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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Great album, for its price; with all of the tracks that you would expect to find eg: For Your Love, Heart Full of Soul, Still I'm Sad, Shapes of Things etc - but still generally concentrating on the Eric Clapton & Jeff Beck eras.
But, still, as with several other compilations by The Yardbirds, that I have come across, not featuring any more than one track featuring Jimmy Page on it; and always seeming to be the same one - namely "Stroll On," who, I'm sure did more than just this one track. But, I suppose, where Jimmy Page is concerned; that is another story entirely, as he created one of the UK's most successful acts out of the ashes of The Yardbirds, namely Led Zeppelin, when The Yardbirds ceased to exist, as such; and the rest of the members went their own separate ways.
However, for all of its faults, it is still a good compilation, worth purchasing, and giving an excellent overview of one of the UK's finest Rock Bands of the period, as good as The Kinks, although overshadowed by Cream, The Beatles, The Who, and The Rolling Stones.
But, still, as with several other compilations by The Yardbirds, that I have come across, not featuring any more than one track featuring Jimmy Page on it; and always seeming to be the same one - namely "Stroll On," who, I'm sure did more than just this one track. But, I suppose, where Jimmy Page is concerned; that is another story entirely, as he created one of the UK's most successful acts out of the ashes of The Yardbirds, namely Led Zeppelin, when The Yardbirds ceased to exist, as such; and the rest of the members went their own separate ways.
However, for all of its faults, it is still a good compilation, worth purchasing, and giving an excellent overview of one of the UK's finest Rock Bands of the period, as good as The Kinks, although overshadowed by Cream, The Beatles, The Who, and The Rolling Stones.
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A band that are quite under-rated, this CD asks the question WHY!!!!! They already sound like one of the greatest bands ever when you hear that they first had Eric Clapton, then Jeff Beck and finally Jimmy Page, and you don't even have to click on the soundbite of New York City. The material ranges from live high-powered R&B to early psychedelic pop. Occaisionly too poppy for Eric Clapton who left due to the popiness of For Your Love, they unfortunately had a member who joined 10CC. They probably started the hard-rock/heavy metal movement, heard in Led Zeppelin who were basically a revised version of the New Yardbirds.
This CD is also a brilliant bargain I strongly recomend it to any fan of rocked-up blues or bluesed-up rock music. It also contains nearly -if not- all of Five Live Yardbirds.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is an excellent CD, with probably the best compilation of the band's music. I have been playing it over and over since I got it. It made me discover the Yardbirds, which I love for their mix of rock and blues - and lyrics are meningful too.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great
There all on this cd and very good recordings considering how old it is. Great stuff from eric clapton and Jeff Beck especially.
Published 4 months ago by crocko64
brilliant
takes me back to one of the first 45s I bought and have loved ever since. Fabulous compilation recommended for anyone who enjoys early Clapton.
Published 6 months ago by N. J. Powell
Strange omission
Some seminal tracks on this album such as For Your Love which recall the great days of the mid/late 60s. Read more
Published 10 months ago by PeterD
OK, but not great
I didn't take to this album. Some of the songs are great, but overall, I would not have bought it had I heard all the songs. A very good group, but this album lacked something.
Published 16 months ago by Glyn
Youth re lived
OMG take me back to the sixties why don't you ! I had quite forgotten how much the Yardbirds influenced my life choices of music. Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2009 by Bigrog
Yardbirds
Great album, with a good mixture of tracks. (The ones that I wanted were all there!)
Good value.
Graham
Good value.
Graham
Published on 4 Sep 2009 by G. E. Mcmillan-cox
Good Yardbirds overview
Some of lyrics a little twee and dated but overall a very entertaining album if you like 60's British blues/R&B bands
Published on 11 April 2009 by Mr. Mark Harrison
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