Ultimate!
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Ultimate! is a two-disc
compilation album by English
blues rock band The Yardbirds
, released in 2001 on Rhino Records, catalogue R2-79825. This is the first official "complete" compilation to feature the group throughout its entire recording era.
, both A and b sides
, released in either the UK or US during the band's lifetime, as well as the Italian
single "Questa Volta" and the Dutch
-only single from their first recording session, a cover of John Lee Hooker
's "Boom Boom". The b-side to the US-only single "I'm A Man
" was "Still I'm Sad", and "I'm Not Talking" had initially been the flip to the American release of "Shapes of Things
", pulled and replaced with "New York City Blues". The single "Over Under Sideways Down
" and its b-side were released seven weeks ahead of their home album in the UK. "Drinking Muddy Water" appeared also as the b-side to the single "Ten Little Indians
" three months after its release on the LP Little Games
.
In addition to the 32 tracks issued as singles, the album includes 20 tracks released on long-playing
records. Tracks five through eight on disc one derive from a live gig at the Marquee Club
in London
in early 1964, released on the Five Live Yardbirds
album. The first ten tracks on disc two approximate the Yardbirds
album of the summer of 1966, those ten tracks identical to sides one and two of the British LP with the final tune on each side excised, bringing the British running order down from twelve tracks to the American length of ten. During the final year of the band's existence, the band's management concentrated on the American market, with only one EP
and the single "Little Games" released in the UK after 1966.
The set includes the only recordings by the line-up while both Jeff Beck
and Jimmy Page
were in the band, "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
", "Psycho Daisies" and their reworking of "Train Kept A-Rollin'
", "Stroll On", for the film Blow-Up
by Michelangelo Antonioni
. Also featured are three Keith Relf
solo tracks recorded just prior to and following the Roger The Engineer
sessions in 1966 and released as singles, which were extremely difficult to obtain until their issue on this compilation.
Studio recordings done at R.G. Jones Studios, Olympic Sound Studios, IBC Studios
, Advision Sound Studios, De Lane Lea Studios
, and Sound Techniques Studios
in London
; Columbia Recording Studios
in New York City
; Sam Phillips Recording Studios
in Memphis, Tennessee
; and Chess Studios
in Chicago
, Illinois
. Original recordings were produced by Giorgio Gomelsky
, Paul Samwell-Smith
, Simon Napier-Bell
, and Mickie Most
.
; for US LPs and singles from Billboard Top Pop Albums
and Billboard Hot 100
chart. UK albums and singles released on British Columbia
; US albums and singles released on Epic Records
.
+ released in The Netherlands; # released in Italy
+ Keith Relf
solo singles
Compact Disc
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compilation album by English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
blues rock band The Yardbirds
The Yardbirds
- Current :* Chris Dreja - rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Jim McCarty - drums, backing vocals * Ben King - lead guitar * David Smale - bass, backing vocals...
, released in 2001 on Rhino Records, catalogue R2-79825. This is the first official "complete" compilation to feature the group throughout its entire recording era.
Content
The set includes every singleSingle (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
, both A and b sides
A-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
, released in either the UK or US during the band's lifetime, as well as the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
single "Questa Volta" and the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
-only single from their first recording session, a cover of John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.Hooker began his life as the son of a sharecropper, William Hooker, and rose to prominence performing his own unique style of what was originally closest to Delta blues. He developed a 'talking blues' style that was his trademark...
's "Boom Boom". The b-side to the US-only single "I'm A Man
I'm A Man (Bo Diddley song)
"I'm a Man" is a song written and recorded by Bo Diddley in 1955. A moderately slow blues with a stop-time figure, it was inspired by an earlier blues song and became a #1 R&B chart hit. "I'm a Man" has been acknowledged by Rolling Stone magazine and has been recorded by a variety of artists,...
" was "Still I'm Sad", and "I'm Not Talking" had initially been the flip to the American release of "Shapes of Things
Shapes of Things
"Shapes of Things" is a song written by Paul Samwell-Smith, Keith Relf, and Jim McCarty, originally recorded by The Yardbirds and released as a single in March 1966 by the Columbia Graphophone Company...
", pulled and replaced with "New York City Blues". The single "Over Under Sideways Down
Over Under Sideways Down
"Over Under Sideways Down" was a single by The Yardbirds released on Columbia in the UK and Epic in the U.S. Chart tops: UK: #10, US: #13.It was the title song to the album Over Under Sideways Down , or Yardbirds which is more commonly referred to as Roger the Engineer...
" and its b-side were released seven weeks ahead of their home album in the UK. "Drinking Muddy Water" appeared also as the b-side to the single "Ten Little Indians
Ten Little Indians (Harry Nilsson song)
Ten Little Indians is a song by Harry Nilsson released on his 1967 album Pandemonium Shadow Show.It was covered by The Yardbirds and released the same year . However, Chris Dreja and Jim McCarty do not appear on this track...
" three months after its release on the LP Little Games
Little Games
1992 Expanded editionAn expanded Little Games edition entitled Little Games Sessions and More, was released as a 2 disc set featuring additional sessions and alternate takes from the period, plus the singles "Ha Ha Said the Clown", "Ten Little Indians", and "Goodnight Sweet...
.
In addition to the 32 tracks issued as singles, the album includes 20 tracks released on long-playing
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
records. Tracks five through eight on disc one derive from a live gig at the Marquee Club
Marquee Club
The Marquee was a music club first located at 165 Oxford Street, London, England when it opened in 1958 with a range of jazz and skiffle acts.It was also the location of the first ever live performance by The Rolling Stones on 12 July 1962....
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
in early 1964, released on the Five Live Yardbirds
Five Live Yardbirds
Five Live Yardbirds is the live debut album by English blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in the United Kingdom in December 1964 by Columbia Records...
album. The first ten tracks on disc two approximate the Yardbirds
Roger the Engineer
Roger the Engineer is an album by the English blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in 1966. It was produced by bassist Paul Samwell-Smith and Simon Napier-Bell. It was the only Yardbirds album with all original material...
album of the summer of 1966, those ten tracks identical to sides one and two of the British LP with the final tune on each side excised, bringing the British running order down from twelve tracks to the American length of ten. During the final year of the band's existence, the band's management concentrated on the American market, with only one EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
and the single "Little Games" released in the UK after 1966.
The set includes the only recordings by the line-up while both Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an English rock guitarist. He is one of three noted guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds...
and Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page
James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page...
were in the band, "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
"Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" was the first single by the British rock band The Yardbirds to feature future Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page in the band. Page had recently replaced the original bassist for The Yardbirds, Paul Samwell-Smith. "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" was also the first of...
", "Psycho Daisies" and their reworking of "Train Kept A-Rollin'
Train Kept A-Rollin'
"Train Kept A-Rollin" is a song written by Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, and Lois Mann. Bradshaw first recorded the song as a jump blues in 1951—his best known recording. After a rock and roll version of the song was recorded and released by Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio in 1956, numerous...
", "Stroll On", for the film Blow-Up
Blowup
Blowup is a 1966 film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, his first English-language film.It tells of a British photographer's accidental involvement with a murder, inspired by Julio Cortázar's short story, "Las babas del diablo" or "The Devil's Drool" , translated also as Blow-Up, and by the life...
by Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian modernist film director, screenwriter, editor and short story writer.- Personal life :...
. Also featured are three Keith Relf
Keith Relf
Keith William Relf , was a musician best known as the lead singer and harmonica player of The Yardbirds. After the Yardbirds broke up Relf formed the acoustic duo Together, with fellow Yardbird Jim McCarty, followed by Renaissance, which also featured his sister, singer Jane Relf, then hard rock...
solo tracks recorded just prior to and following the Roger The Engineer
Roger the Engineer
Roger the Engineer is an album by the English blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in 1966. It was produced by bassist Paul Samwell-Smith and Simon Napier-Bell. It was the only Yardbirds album with all original material...
sessions in 1966 and released as singles, which were extremely difficult to obtain until their issue on this compilation.
Studio recordings done at R.G. Jones Studios, Olympic Sound Studios, IBC Studios
IBC Studios
The IBC Recording Studios were recording studios in 35 Portland Place, London, England. After the Second World War it was the address of the leading independent studio in London and the British Isles...
, Advision Sound Studios, De Lane Lea Studios
De Lane Lea Studios
De Lane Lea Studios is a recording studio, currently based in Dean Street, Soho, London, England, UK. Although the studios have mainly been used for dubbing feature films and television programmes, major artists such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink...
, and Sound Techniques Studios
Sound Techniques (studio)
Sound Techniques was a popular London recording studio at 46a Old Church Street, Chelsea, London, SW3 founded in December 1964. The premises were originally built as a dairy. It quickly became one of the top independently-owned studios in England. In 1976 the original location in Old Church Street...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
; Columbia Recording Studios
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
; Sam Phillips Recording Studios
Phillips Recording
Phillips Recording is the short name widely used to refer to the Sam C. Phillips Recording Studio opened at 639 Madison Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee by Sam Phillips in 1960...
in Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
; and Chess Studios
Chess Records
Chess Records was an American record label based in Chicago, Illinois. It specialized in blues, R&B, soul, gospel music, early rock and roll, and occasional jazz releases....
in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. Original recordings were produced by Giorgio Gomelsky
Giorgio Gomelsky
Giorgio Gomelsky is a filmmaker, impresario, music manager, songwriter and record producer. He owned the Crawdaddy Club where The Rolling Stones were house band, and he was involved with their early management. He hired The Yardbirds as a replacement and managed them. He was also their...
, Paul Samwell-Smith
Paul Samwell-Smith
Paul Samwell-Smith is best known as a founding member and bassist of the 1960s English band, The Yardbirds, a group that spawned such noteworthy musicians as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page...
, Simon Napier-Bell
Simon Napier-Bell
Simon Napier-Bell has undertaken many jobs in the music industry, including bandboy, manager, producer, songwriter, journalist and author and gourmet...
, and Mickie Most
Mickie Most
Mickie Most was an English record producer, with a string of hit singles with acts such as The Animals, Arrows, Herman's Hermits, Donovan, Suzi Quatro and the Jeff Beck Group often issued on his own RAK Records label....
.
Track listing
Chart positions for UK LPs and singles from Record RetailerRecord Retailer
Record Retailer was a trade newspaper for the UK record industry. It was founded in August 1959 as a monthly newspaper covering both labels and dealers. Its founding editor was Roy Parker...
; for US LPs and singles from Billboard Top Pop Albums
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
and Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
chart. UK albums and singles released on British Columbia
Columbia Graphophone Company
The Columbia Graphophone Company was one of the earliest gramophone companies in the United Kingdom. Under EMI, as Columbia Records, it became a very successful label in the 1950s and 1960s...
; US albums and singles released on Epic Records
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
.
Disc One
| Track | Recorded | Catalogue | Release Date | Chart Peak | Song Title | Writer(s) | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 12/10/63 | CBS 1433+ | 3/11/65 | Boom Boom | John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.Hooker began his life as the son of a sharecropper, William Hooker, and rose to prominence performing his own unique style of what was originally closest to Delta blues. He developed a 'talking blues' style that was his trademark... |
2:31 | |
| 2. | 12/10/63 | CBS 1433b+ | 3/11/65 | Honey In Your Hips | Keith Relf Keith Relf Keith William Relf , was a musician best known as the lead singer and harmonica player of The Yardbirds. After the Yardbirds broke up Relf formed the acoustic duo Together, with fellow Yardbird Jim McCarty, followed by Renaissance, which also featured his sister, singer Jane Relf, then hard rock... |
1:55 | |
| 3. | 3/64 | DB 7823b | 5/1/64 | A Certain Girl | Allen Toussaint Allen Toussaint Allen Toussaint is an American musician, composer, record producer, and influential figure in New Orleans R&B.Many of Toussaint's songs have become familiar through numerous cover versions, including "Working in the Coalmine", "Ride Your Pony", "Fortune Teller", "Play Something Sweet ", "Southern... |
2:42 | |
| 4. | 3/64 | DB 7823 | 5/1/64 | I Wish You Would I Wish You Would "I Wish You Would" is a song recorded by Chicago blues musician Billy Boy Arnold in 1955. It was developed while Arnold was performing with Bo Diddley and incorporates a Diddley-style rhythm... |
William Arnold Billy Boy Arnold Billy Boy Arnold is an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter.-Biography:... |
2:35 | |
| 5. | 3-4/64 | Five Live Yardbirds Five Live Yardbirds Five Live Yardbirds is the live debut album by English blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in the United Kingdom in December 1964 by Columbia Records... |
12/31/64 | Too Much Monkey Business Too Much Monkey Business "Too Much Monkey Business" is a song written and performed by rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry. It was released as Chuck's fifth single in September 1956 for Chess Records, and appeared as the third track on Chuck's first solo LP, After School Session in May 1957, as well as the EP of the same name... |
Chuck Berry Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B... |
2:02 | |
| 6. | 3-4/64 | Five Live Yardbirds Five Live Yardbirds Five Live Yardbirds is the live debut album by English blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in the United Kingdom in December 1964 by Columbia Records... |
12/31/64 | Got Love If You Want It | James Moore Slim Harpo Slim Harpo was an American blues musician. He was known as a master of the blues harmonica; the name "Slim Harpo" was derived from "harp," the popular nickname for the harmonica in blues circles.-Early life:... |
2:31 | |
| 7. | 3-4/64 | Five Live Yardbirds Five Live Yardbirds Five Live Yardbirds is the live debut album by English blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in the United Kingdom in December 1964 by Columbia Records... |
12/31/64 | Smokestack Lightning Smokestack Lightning "Smokestack Lightning" is a classic of the blues. In 1956, Howlin' Wolf recorded the song and it became one of his most popular and influential songs... |
Chester Burnett Howlin' Wolf Chester Arthur Burnett , known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player.... |
2:58 | |
| 8. | 3-4/64 | Five Live Yardbirds Five Live Yardbirds Five Live Yardbirds is the live debut album by English blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in the United Kingdom in December 1964 by Columbia Records... |
12/31/64 | Here 'Tis Here 'Tis Here 'Tis is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label in 1961 and performed by Donaldson with Baby Face Willette, Grant Green, and Dave Bailey.... |
Ellas McDaniel Bo Diddley Ellas Otha Bates , known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter , and inventor... |
2:24 | |
| 9. | 8/6/64 | DB 7391 | 10/30/64 | #44 | Good Morning Little Schoolgirl | Sonny Boy Williamson Sonny Boy Williamson I Sonny Boy Williamson was an American blues harmonica player and singer, and the first to use the name Sonny Boy Williamson.-Biography and career:... |
2:27 |
| 10. | 8/6/64 | DB 7499b | 3/5/65 | Got to Hurry | Giorgio Gomelsky Giorgio Gomelsky Giorgio Gomelsky is a filmmaker, impresario, music manager, songwriter and record producer. He owned the Crawdaddy Club where The Rolling Stones were house band, and he was involved with their early management. He hired The Yardbirds as a replacement and managed them. He was also their... |
2:32 | |
| 11. | 9/19/64 | DB 7391b | 10/30/64 | I Ain't Got You | Calvin Carter Calvin Carter Calvin Carter is the brother of the founder of Vee-Jay Records Vivian Carter. Born May 27, 1925. He joined the company in 1953 and became the principal producer, in charge of the recording sessions. He is a songwriter and composer of jazz and popsongs.... |
2:12 | |
| 12. | 2/1/65 | DB 7499 | 3/5/65 | #3 | For Your Love For Your Love -Album reissues:The Yardbirds' 2001 compilation album Ultimate! contains eight of the eleven tracks from the original album. For Your Love has been reissued by several record labels, including JVC, Castle, and Repertoire... |
Graham Gouldman Graham Gouldman Graham Keith Gouldman is an English songwriter and musician who is a long-time member of British band 10cc.-Early life and 1960s pop career: 1946–1968:Gouldman was born in Broughton, Salford, England... |
2:38 |
| 13. | 4/13/65 | For Your Love | 6/13/65 | US#96 | I'm Not Talking | Mose Allison Mose Allison Mose John Allison, Jr. is an American jazz blues pianist and singer.-Biography:... |
2:12 |
| 14. | 3/15/65 | DB 7594b | 6/4/65 | Steeled Blues | Jeff Beck Jeff Beck Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an English rock guitarist. He is one of three noted guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds... and Keith Relf |
2:15 | |
| 15. | 4/20/65 | DB 7594 | 6/4/65 | #2 | Heart Full of Soul Heart Full of Soul "Heart Full of Soul" is a 1965 single by the English rock band The Yardbirds. It was written by Graham Gouldman, who later had a lengthy career as a member of 10cc. It charted in the United States at number nine and at number two in the United Kingdom. The song makes an early use of the fuzz box by... |
Graham Gouldman | 2:36 |
| 16. | 3/15/65 | For Your Love | 6/13/65 | US#96 | I Ain't Done Wrong | Keith Relf | 2:24 |
| 17. | 9/65 | DB 7848b | 2/25/66 | You're A Better Man Than I | Brian Hugg and Michael Hugg | 2:28 | |
| 18. | 12/65-1/66 | DB 7848 | 2/25/66 | #3 | Shapes of Things Shapes of Things "Shapes of Things" is a song written by Paul Samwell-Smith, Keith Relf, and Jim McCarty, originally recorded by The Yardbirds and released as a single in March 1966 by the Columbia Graphophone Company... |
Samwell-Smith, Relf, McCarty | 2:31 |
| 19. | 9/65 | Having A Rave-Up with The Yardbirds Having a Rave Up Having a Rave Up With The Yardbirds is the second American album by English rock band The Yardbirds. Released in 1965, the album is a mix of US-only tracks, previously released singles, and material from Five Live Yardbirds. The album spent thirty-three weeks in Billboard's Top LPs chart where it... |
11/15/65 | US #53 | Train Kept A-Rollin' Train Kept A-Rollin' "Train Kept A-Rollin" is a song written by Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, and Lois Mann. Bradshaw first recorded the song as a jump blues in 1951—his best known recording. After a rock and roll version of the song was recorded and released by Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio in 1956, numerous... |
Tiny Bradshaw Tiny Bradshaw Myron C. Bradshaw was an American jazz and rhythm and blues bandleader, singer, composer, pianist, and drummer from Youngstown, Ohio.-Early years:... , Howard Kay, Lois Mann |
2:01 |
| 20. | 9/65 | Epic 10006b | 3/25/66 | New York City Blues | Keith Relf and Chris Dreja Chris Dreja Chris Dreja was the rhythm guitarist, and later bassist, in the 1960s British band, The Yardbirds.-Early life:... |
2:23 | |
| 21. | 8/23/65 | DB 7706 | 10/1/65 | #3 | Evil Hearted You Evil Hearted You "Evil Hearted You" is a 1965 single by the British Invasion band The Yardbirds. It charted at #3 in the UK. The single was not released in the USA, but was featured on the compilation albums Having a Rave Up and Shapes of Things.... |
Graham Gouldman | 2:08 |
| 22. | 9/65 | Epic 9857 | 10/6/65 | US#17 | I'm A Man I'm A Man (Bo Diddley song) "I'm a Man" is a song written and recorded by Bo Diddley in 1955. A moderately slow blues with a stop-time figure, it was inspired by an earlier blues song and became a #1 R&B chart hit. "I'm a Man" has been acknowledged by Rolling Stone magazine and has been recorded by a variety of artists,... |
Ellas McDaniel | 2:34 |
| 23. | 7-8/65 | DB 7706b | 10/1/65 | Still I'm Sad | Paul Samwell-Smith Paul Samwell-Smith Paul Samwell-Smith is best known as a founding member and bassist of the 1960s English band, The Yardbirds, a group that spawned such noteworthy musicians as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page... and Jim McCarty Jim McCarty Jim McCarty is an English musician, best known as the drummer for The Yardbirds and Renaissance.-Early life:... |
2:24 | |
| 24. | 1/66 | Ricordi MRL 6050# | 2/4/66 | Questa Volta | Roberto Satti, Sergio Bardotti, Samwell-Smith | 2:33 | |
| 25. | 1/66 | Ricordi MRL 6050b# | 2/4/66 | Pafff...Bum | Gianfranco Reverberi Gianfranco Reverberi Gian Franco Reverberi is an Italian composer and musician. He worked mainly on the soundtracks for Spaghetti Westerns.He was one of the first Italian rock music artists.... , Bardotti, Samwell-Smith |
1:58 |
+ released in The Netherlands; # released in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
Disc Two
| Track | Recorded | Catalogue | Release Date | Chart Peak | Song Title | Writer(s) | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5-6/66 | Yardbirds Roger the Engineer Roger the Engineer is an album by the English blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in 1966. It was produced by bassist Paul Samwell-Smith and Simon Napier-Bell. It was the only Yardbirds album with all original material... |
7/15/66 | #20 | Lost Woman | Beck, Dreja, McCarty, Relf, Samwell-Smith | 2:08 |
| 2. | 4/66 | DB 7928 | 5/27/66 | #10 | Over Under Sideways Down Over Under Sideways Down "Over Under Sideways Down" was a single by The Yardbirds released on Columbia in the UK and Epic in the U.S. Chart tops: UK: #10, US: #13.It was the title song to the album Over Under Sideways Down , or Yardbirds which is more commonly referred to as Roger the Engineer... |
Beck, Dreja, McCarty, Relf, Samwell-Smith | 2:37 |
| 3. | 5-6/66 | Yardbirds Roger the Engineer Roger the Engineer is an album by the English blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in 1966. It was produced by bassist Paul Samwell-Smith and Simon Napier-Bell. It was the only Yardbirds album with all original material... |
7/15/66 | #20 | The Nazz Are Blue | Jeff Beck | 2:40 |
| 4. | 5-6/66 | Yardbirds Roger the Engineer Roger the Engineer is an album by the English blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in 1966. It was produced by bassist Paul Samwell-Smith and Simon Napier-Bell. It was the only Yardbirds album with all original material... |
7/15/66 | #20 | I Can't Make Your Way | Dreja, McCarty, Relf, Samwell-Smith | 2:16 |
| 5. | 5-6/66 | Yardbirds Roger the Engineer Roger the Engineer is an album by the English blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in 1966. It was produced by bassist Paul Samwell-Smith and Simon Napier-Bell. It was the only Yardbirds album with all original material... |
7/15/66 | #20 | Rack My Mind | Beck, Dreja, McCarty, Relf, Samwell-Smith | 2:02 |
| 6. | 5-6/66 | Yardbirds Roger the Engineer Roger the Engineer is an album by the English blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in 1966. It was produced by bassist Paul Samwell-Smith and Simon Napier-Bell. It was the only Yardbirds album with all original material... |
7/15/66 | #20 | Hot House of Omagararshid | Beck, Dreja, McCarty, Relf, Samwell-Smith | 2:13 |
| 7. | 4/66 | DB 7928b | 5/27/66 | Jeff's Boogie | Jeff Beck | 2:30 | |
| 8. | 5-6/66 | Yardbirds Roger the Engineer Roger the Engineer is an album by the English blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in 1966. It was produced by bassist Paul Samwell-Smith and Simon Napier-Bell. It was the only Yardbirds album with all original material... |
7/15/66 | #20 | He's Always There | Jim McCarty Jim McCarty Jim McCarty is an English musician, best known as the drummer for The Yardbirds and Renaissance.-Early life:... and Paul Samwell-Smith Paul Samwell-Smith Paul Samwell-Smith is best known as a founding member and bassist of the 1960s English band, The Yardbirds, a group that spawned such noteworthy musicians as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page... |
2:41 |
| 9. | 5-6/66 | Yardbirds Roger the Engineer Roger the Engineer is an album by the English blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in 1966. It was produced by bassist Paul Samwell-Smith and Simon Napier-Bell. It was the only Yardbirds album with all original material... |
7/15/66 | #20 | Turn Into Earth | Rosemary Simon and Paul Samwell-Smith Paul Samwell-Smith Paul Samwell-Smith is best known as a founding member and bassist of the 1960s English band, The Yardbirds, a group that spawned such noteworthy musicians as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page... |
2:13 |
| 10. | 5-6/66 | Yardbirds Roger the Engineer Roger the Engineer is an album by the English blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in 1966. It was produced by bassist Paul Samwell-Smith and Simon Napier-Bell. It was the only Yardbirds album with all original material... |
7/15/66 | #20 | What Do You Want | Beck, Dreja, McCarty, Relf, Samwell-Smith | 2:08 |
| 11. | 7-10/66 | DB 8024 | 10/21/66 | #43 | Happenings Ten Years Time Ago Happenings Ten Years Time Ago "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" was the first single by the British rock band The Yardbirds to feature future Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page in the band. Page had recently replaced the original bassist for The Yardbirds, Paul Samwell-Smith. "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" was also the first of... |
Beck, Page, McCarty, Relf | 2:50 |
| 12. | 9-10/66 | DB 8024b | 10/21/66 | Psycho Daisies | Beck, Dreja, Page, McCarty, Relf | 2:43 | |
| 13. | 10/66 | Blow-Up Original Soundtrack Blowup Blowup is a 1966 film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, his first English-language film.It tells of a British photographer's accidental involvement with a murder, inspired by Julio Cortázar's short story, "Las babas del diablo" or "The Devil's Drool" , translated also as Blow-Up, and by the life... MGM SE4447 |
2/20/67 | Stroll On Train Kept A-Rollin' "Train Kept A-Rollin" is a song written by Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, and Lois Mann. Bradshaw first recorded the song as a jump blues in 1951—his best known recording. After a rock and roll version of the song was recorded and released by Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio in 1956, numerous... |
Beck, Dreja, Page, McCarty, Relf | 2:23 | |
| 14. | 3/5/67 | Epic 10156 | 3/24/67 | US#51 | Little Games | Phil Wainman Phil Wainman Phil Wainman is a British record producer and songwriter, primarily active in the 1970s. He is noted for his work with Sweet, XTC, Dollar, Mud, and the Bay City Rollers... and Harold Spiro Harold Spiro Harold Spiro was an English songwriter.- Early days :His interest in music began at an early age, in London's East End, where his uncle regularly took him to the Music hall.... |
2:10 |
| 15. | 3/5/67 | Epic 10156b | 3/24/67 | Puzzles | Dreja, Page, McCarty, Relf | 2:23 | |
| 16. | 4/67 | Little Games Little Games 1992 Expanded editionAn expanded Little Games edition entitled Little Games Sessions and More, was released as a 2 disc set featuring additional sessions and alternate takes from the period, plus the singles "Ha Ha Said the Clown", "Ten Little Indians", and "Goodnight Sweet... |
7/24/67 | US#80 | White Summer White Summer "White Summer" is a guitar instrumental by English rock guitarist Jimmy Page, recorded with both The Yardbirds and, later, with Led Zeppelin.-The Yardbirds version:... |
Jimmy Page Jimmy Page James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page... |
2:20 |
| 17. | 4/67 | Epic 10204b | 7/10/67 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor | Jim McCarty and Jimmy Page | 1:51 | |
| 18. | 4/67 | Little Games Little Games 1992 Expanded editionAn expanded Little Games edition entitled Little Games Sessions and More, was released as a 2 disc set featuring additional sessions and alternate takes from the period, plus the singles "Ha Ha Said the Clown", "Ten Little Indians", and "Goodnight Sweet... |
7/24/67 | US#80 | No Excess Baggage | Roger Atkins and Carl D'Errico | 4:10 |
| 19. | 4/67 | Little Games Little Games 1992 Expanded editionAn expanded Little Games edition entitled Little Games Sessions and More, was released as a 2 disc set featuring additional sessions and alternate takes from the period, plus the singles "Ha Ha Said the Clown", "Ten Little Indians", and "Goodnight Sweet... |
7/24/67 | US#80 | Drinking Muddy Water | Dreja, Page, McCarty, Relf | 2:31 |
| 20. | 5/1/67 | Little Games Little Games 1992 Expanded editionAn expanded Little Games edition entitled Little Games Sessions and More, was released as a 2 disc set featuring additional sessions and alternate takes from the period, plus the singles "Ha Ha Said the Clown", "Ten Little Indians", and "Goodnight Sweet... |
7/24/67 | US#80 | Only the Black Rose | Keith Relf | 2:26 |
| 21. | 9/25/67 | Epic 10248 | 10/9/67 | US#96 | Ten Little Indians Ten Little Indians (Harry Nilsson song) Ten Little Indians is a song by Harry Nilsson released on his 1967 album Pandemonium Shadow Show.It was covered by The Yardbirds and released the same year . However, Chris Dreja and Jim McCarty do not appear on this track... |
Harry Nilsson Harry Nilsson Harry Edward Nilsson III was an American singer-songwriter who achieved the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. On all but his earliest recordings he is credited as Nilsson... |
1:56 |
| 22. | 6/67 | Epic 10204 | 7/10/67 | US#45 | Ha Ha Said the Clown | Tony Hazzard Tony Hazzard Tony Hazzard is an English singer and songwriter. He has written songs for The Hollies , Manfred Mann , "Me, The Peaceful Heart" for Lulu, The Yardbirds , Herman's Hermits , Peter Noone Tony Hazzard (born Anthony Hazzard, 31 October 1943, Liverpool) is an English singer and songwriter. He has... |
3:22 |
| 23. | 3/68 | Epic 10303 | 3/29/68 | US#127 | Goodnight Sweet Josephine | Tony Hazzard | 1:53 |
| 24. | 1/68 | Epic 10303b | 3/29/68 | Think About It | Page, McCarty, Relf | 2:05 | |
| 25. | 4/16/66 | DB 7920+ | 5/13/66 | Knowing | Keith Relf | 2:05 | |
| 26. | 4/16/66 | DB 7920b+ | 5/13/66 | Mr. Zero | Bob Lind Bob Lind Bob Lind is an American folk music singer-songwriter who reached the height of his success during the 1960s... |
2:31 | |
| 27. | 8-9/66 | DB 8084+ | 11/25/66 | Shapes In My Mind | Simon Napier-Bell Simon Napier-Bell Simon Napier-Bell has undertaken many jobs in the music industry, including bandboy, manager, producer, songwriter, journalist and author and gourmet... |
1:56 |
+ Keith Relf
Keith Relf
Keith William Relf , was a musician best known as the lead singer and harmonica player of The Yardbirds. After the Yardbirds broke up Relf formed the acoustic duo Together, with fellow Yardbird Jim McCarty, followed by Renaissance, which also featured his sister, singer Jane Relf, then hard rock...
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Personnel
- Keith RelfKeith RelfKeith William Relf , was a musician best known as the lead singer and harmonica player of The Yardbirds. After the Yardbirds broke up Relf formed the acoustic duo Together, with fellow Yardbird Jim McCarty, followed by Renaissance, which also featured his sister, singer Jane Relf, then hard rock...
— vocals, harmonicaHarmonicaThe harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
, tambourineTambourineThe tambourine or marine is a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though some variants may not have a head at all....
, acoustic guitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound... - Eric ClaptonEric ClaptonEric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
— electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
disc one tracks 1 through 12 - Jeff BeckJeff BeckGeoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an English rock guitarist. He is one of three noted guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds...
— electric guitars disc one tracks 13 through 25, disc two tracks 1 through 13, 25 and 26; bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
on "Over Under Sideways DownOver Under Sideways Down"Over Under Sideways Down" was a single by The Yardbirds released on Columbia in the UK and Epic in the U.S. Chart tops: UK: #10, US: #13.It was the title song to the album Over Under Sideways Down , or Yardbirds which is more commonly referred to as Roger the Engineer...
;" vocal on "The Nazz Are Blue" and "Psycho Daisies" - Jimmy PageJimmy PageJames Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page...
— guitars disc two tracks 11, 13 through 24, and 27; bass guitar on "Psycho Daisies" - Chris DrejaChris DrejaChris Dreja was the rhythm guitarist, and later bassist, in the 1960s British band, The Yardbirds.-Early life:...
— rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
disc one, disc two tracks 1 through 10, 25, and 26; lead guitar on "Questa Volta;" bass guitar disc two tracks 13, 15, 17, 19, and 24 - Paul Samwell-SmithPaul Samwell-SmithPaul Samwell-Smith is best known as a founding member and bassist of the 1960s English band, The Yardbirds, a group that spawned such noteworthy musicians as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page...
— bass guitar disc one except track 15, disc two tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 25 and 26 - Jim McCartyJim McCartyJim McCarty is an English musician, best known as the drummer for The Yardbirds and Renaissance.-Early life:...
— drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
except disc two tracks 14, 21, 22, 23, and 27
Additional personnel
- Brian AugerBrian AugerBrian Auger is a jazz and rock keyboardist, who has specialized in playing the Hammond organ.A jazz pianist, bandleader, session musician and Hammond B3 player, Auger has played or toured with artists such as Rod Stewart, Tony Williams, Jimi Hendrix, Sonny Boy Williamson, Led Zeppelin, Eric Burdon...
— harpsichordHarpsichordA harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It produces sound by plucking a string when a key is pressed.In the narrow sense, "harpsichord" designates only the large wing-shaped instruments in which the strings are perpendicular to the keyboard...
on "For Your LoveFor Your Love-Album reissues:The Yardbirds' 2001 compilation album Ultimate! contains eight of the eleven tracks from the original album. For Your Love has been reissued by several record labels, including JVC, Castle, and Repertoire...
" - Denny Piercey — bongoesBongo drumBongo or bongos are a Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of single-headed, open-ended drums attached to each other. The drums are of different size: the larger drum is called in Spanish the hembra and the smaller the macho...
on "For Your Love" - Ron Prentice — bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
on "For Your Love;" bass guitar on "Heart Full of SoulHeart Full of Soul"Heart Full of Soul" is a 1965 single by the English rock band The Yardbirds. It was written by Graham Gouldman, who later had a lengthy career as a member of 10cc. It charted in the United States at number nine and at number two in the United Kingdom. The song makes an early use of the fuzz box by...
" - Giorgio GomelskyGiorgio GomelskyGiorgio Gomelsky is a filmmaker, impresario, music manager, songwriter and record producer. He owned the Crawdaddy Club where The Rolling Stones were house band, and he was involved with their early management. He hired The Yardbirds as a replacement and managed them. He was also their...
— backing vocals on "A Certain Girl" and "Still I'm Sad" - Joe OsbornJoe OsbornJoe Osborn is an American bass guitar virtuoso, notable for his work as a session musician in Los Angeles and Nashville during the period from the 1960s through the 1980s. Osborn's work is widely admired by fellow musicians.Osborn began his career working in local clubs, then played on a hit...
— bass guitar on "Shapes In My Mind" - Hal BlaineHal BlaineHal Blaine is an American drummer and session musician. He is most known for his work with the Wrecking Crew in California. Blaine played on numerous hits by popular groups, including Elvis Presley, John Denver, the Ronettes, Simon & Garfunkel, the Carpenters, the Beach Boys, Nancy Sinatra, and...
— drums on "Shapes In My Mind" - John Paul JonesJohn Paul Jones (musician)John Paul Jones is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, arranger and record producer. Best known as the bassist, mandolinist, and keyboardist for English rock band Led Zeppelin, Jones has since developed a solo career and has gained even more respect as both a musician and a...
— bass guitar on "Happenings Ten Years Time AgoHappenings Ten Years Time Ago"Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" was the first single by the British rock band The Yardbirds to feature future Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page in the band. Page had recently replaced the original bassist for The Yardbirds, Paul Samwell-Smith. "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" was also the first of...
," "Little Games", "No Excess Baggage," "Ten Little IndiansTen Little Indians (Harry Nilsson song)Ten Little Indians is a song by Harry Nilsson released on his 1967 album Pandemonium Shadow Show.It was covered by The Yardbirds and released the same year . However, Chris Dreja and Jim McCarty do not appear on this track...
," and "Goodnight Sweet Josephine;" arrangements on "Little Games" and "Ten Little Indians" - Dougie Wright — drums on "Little Games"
- Chris KaranChris KaranChris Karan is a jazz percussionist, primarily a drummer, of Greek descent from Melbourne. He played in Mike Nock's trio in Sydney in the early 1960s...
— tablaTablaThe tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in Hindustani classical music and in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres...
on "White SummerWhite Summer"White Summer" is a guitar instrumental by English rock guitarist Jimmy Page, recorded with both The Yardbirds and, later, with Led Zeppelin.-The Yardbirds version:...
" - Ian StewartIan Stewart (musician)Ian Andrew Robert Stewart was a Scottish keyboardist, co-founder of The Rolling Stones and inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
— pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
on "Drinking Muddy Water" - Al GorgoniAl GorgoniAl Gorgoni is an American guitarist, born October 11, 1939, known for his work as a session musician during the 1960s and 1970s. Growing up in Philadelphia, his family moved to The Bronx where he took up the guitar at age 14....
— guitar on "Ha Ha Said the Clown" - Rick NielsenRick Nielsen-External links:* * *...
— organOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
on "Ha Ha Said the Clown" - Joe Macho — bass guitar on "Ha Ha Said the Clown"
- Bobby GreggBobby GreggRobert J. Gregg is a musician who has performed as a drummer and has also been a record producer. As a drum soloist and band leader he recorded one album and several singles, including one Top 40 single in the United States...
— drums on "Ha Ha Said the Clown" - Nicky HopkinsNicky HopkinsNicholas Christian "Nicky" Hopkins was an English pianist and organist.He recorded and performed on noted British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s as a session musician....
— pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
on "Goodnight Sweet Josephine" - Clem CattiniClem CattiniClem Cattini , is an English rock and roll drummer who was a member of The Tornados before becoming well known for his work as a session musician...
— drums on "Ten Little Indians" and "Goodnight Sweet Josephine"