The Yardbirds - The Yardbirds Story 1963-66

 

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The Yardbirds - The Yardbirds Story 1963-66

Yardbirds Story: 1963-66 Review by Al Campbell:

Spread over four discs, this set contains every released recording the Yardbirds made under the leadership of their manager Giorgio Gomelsky from 1963 to 1966. Among the 89 tracks are the original hit versions of "Heart Full of Soul," "For Your Love," "Shapes of Things," "Still I'm Sad" along with a slew of rarities, alternate takes and an illustrated 52-page booklet.

Tracklist:

Disc 1:

1. Smokestack Lightning

2. You Can't Judge A Book By Looking At The Cover

3. Let it rock

4. I wish you would

5. Who do you love

6. Honey In Your Hips

7. Bye Bye Bird

8. Mister downchild

9. The river Rhine

10. 23 hours too long

11. A lost care

12. Pontiac blues

13. Take It Easy Baby

14. Out On The Water Coast

15. Western Arizona

16. Take It Easy Baby

17. Do the weston

18. Baby, what’s wrong

 

Disc 2:

 

1. Boom Boom

2. Honey in your hips

3. Talkin' 'bout you

4. I wish you would (Demo)

5. A certain girl (Demo)

6. Slow walk

7. Highway 69

8. My little cabin

9. Too much monkey business

10. Got love if you want it

11. Smokestack lightning

12. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl

13. Respectable

14. Five long years

15. Pretty girl

16. Louise

17. I'm a man

18. Here 'tis

19. I wish you would

20. A certain girl

21. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (Backing Track)

22. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (Backing Track Plus Harmonica)

23. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (Master)

24. I ain't got you

 

Disc 3:

 

1. For your love

2. Got To Hurry (Take 2 - False Start)

3. Got To Hurry (Take 3 - Master)

4. Got To Hurry (Take 4)

5. Putty (in your hands)

6. Sweet music (Take 3)

7. Sweet music (Take 4)

8. I'm not talking

9. I ain't done wrong

10. My girl sloopy

11. Heart full of soul (Sitar Version)

12. Heart full of soul

13. Steeled blues

14. Evil hearted you

15. Still I'm sad

16. Shapes of things

17. Shapes of things (Alternative)

18. You're A Better Man Than I

19. I'm a man

20. New York City blues

21. The Train Kept A-Rollin'

22. Paff... Bum

23. Questa volta

24. Mr. Zero (Keith Relf)

25. Knowing (Keith Relf)

26. New York City blues (Stereo Remix)

 

Disc 4:

 

1. Jeff's blues (Take 1)

2. Jeff's blues (Take 2)

3. Someone To Love, Part One (Take 2, Instr.)

4. Someone To Love, Part One (Take 4, Instr.)

5. Someone To Love, Part One (Take 14, Instr.)

6. Someone To Love, Part One (Take 15, Vocal)

7. Someone To Love, Part Two

8. Like Jimmy Reed again

9. Chris' Number (Take 1)

10. Pounds and stomps (XYZ)

11. Pounds and stomps

12. What do you want (Take 1)

13. What do you want (Take 2)

14. What do you want (Take 3)

15. What do you want (Take 4)

16. Here 'tis (Stereo Instrumental Version))

17. Here 'tis (Version For R. S. G.)

18. Crimson Curtain (Edit Ot Take One And Insert)

19. Stroll on

20. I'm a man (Live In Germany, 1967)

21. Shapes of things (Live In Germany, 1967)

Pt one - ***

Pt two - ***