Five Live Yardbirds

Track Listings
1. Too Much Monkey Business    
2. Got Love If You Want It    
3. Smokestack Lightning    
4. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl    
5. Respectable    
6. Five Long Years    
7. Pretty Girl    
8. Louise    
9. I'm a Man    
10. Here 'Tis    

Editorial Reviews
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Featuring Eric "Slowhand" Clapton on lead guitar, this concert recording presents the Yardbirds at their most blues-wailing. Of the band's four actual albums, it's definitely aged the poorest; Clapton's playing is unquestionably sweet, and the extended rave-ups on "Smokestack Lightning" and "Here 'Tis" are genuinely exciting, but mostly the band just sounds like British art students earnestly negotiating their way through their favorite blues tunes--which is, in fact, what they were. As excellent a guitarist as Clapton was, the band didn't really come into its own until Jeff Beck signed on as his replacement, bringing with him an arsenal of fuzz tones, raga scales, and rockabilly licks; the blues-influenced pop mutations that followed are, in retrospect, far more interesting than the rote covers included here. --Dan Epstein --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Album Description
Reissue of the hit British Invasion rockers' 1964 debut album with eight bonus tracks added, 'Smokestack Lightnin'', 'You Can't Judge A Book By Looking At The Cover', 'Let It Rock', 'I Wish You Would', 'Who Do You Love', 'Honey In Your Hips', 'I'm A Man' and 'Shapes Of Things'. 18 tracks total. Comes packaged in a digipak with the original cover art intact. 1999 release. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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    ASIN: B000IHYU60
    Release Date: 2006-11-06

    Tracks:

    1. Too Much Monkey Business
    2. Got Love If You Want It
    3. Smockstack Lightning
    4. Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl
    5. Respectable
    6. Five Long Years
    7. Pretty Girl
    8. Louise
    9. I'm a Man
    10. Here 'Tis
    11. You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover [*]
    12. Let It Rock [*]
    13. I Wish You Would [*]
    14. Who Do You Love [*]
    15. Honey in Your Hips [*]
    16. Certain Girl [*]
    17. Got to Hurry [*]
    18. Boom, Boom [*][Demo Version]
    19. I Ain't Got You [*]
    20. Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl [Single][*]

    Album Description

    CD reissue of the debut album from the British Blues legends featuring 10 bonus tracks including 'Let It Rock', 'Who Do You Love', 'A Certain Girl', 'Boom Boom' and more. ! Recorded live at the Marquee Club in 1964, the line-up of the band was their best-ever and featured Eric Clapton, Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, Keith Relf and Paul Samwell-Smith, Snapper. 2006.

    Album Details

    Recorded Live at London's Famous Marquee Cub in March of 1964, 'five Live Yardbirds' Remains the Best Document of the Group's Early Years and Captures the Group's First Guitarist Eric Clapton in Superb Form. In this Blistering Set Consisting of Ten R&B Evergreens from the Likes of Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and Howlin' Wolf, the Yardbirds Set Themselves Apart from their Peers, Both Through the Quality of the Guitar Playing and their Energy Level. This Re-issue Includes Ten Bonus Tracks, all featuring Eric Clapton, which were Recorded Within a Few Months of the Legendary Marquee Gig.
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    ASIN: B000085RUJ
    Release Date: 2003-01-28

    Tracks:

    1. Smokestack Lightning (Live Version 1)
    2. Let It Rock
    3. Honey In Your Hips
    4. I Wish You Would
    5. You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover
    6. Who Do You Love
    7. I Wish You Would (Demo Version)
    8. Introduction (By Hamish Grimes)/Too Much Monkey Business
    9. Got Love If You Want It
    10. Smokestack Lightning (Live Version 2)
    11. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
    12. Respectable
    13. Five Long Years
    14. Pretty Girl
    15. Louise
    16. I'm A Man
    17. Here 'Tis
    18. Here 'Tis (Alternate Version)

    Customer Reviews:

    1 out of 5 stars Five LIve Yardbirds.......2005-09-13

    My husband asked for this for his birthday. While I was glad to find it, it was truly awful - like the worst of the '60s garage band sound.

    5 out of 5 stars Lives up to the hype!.......2004-01-25

    This has long been cited as an essential album, because of the live show the Yardbirds put on especially with Eric "Slowhand" Clapton as lead guitarist. I finally got my hands on this recently and can say that it truly lives up to the hype!

    This edition of the album has some nice extras, however, that make it doubly essential: a rare late '63 gig that starts off slow and a little shaky but gets off the ground with "Let it Rock", "Honey in Your Hips", and "I Wish You Would" (which is also included in the form of an early demo of the single version). The sound quality is adequate enough to convey the atmosphere (having some experience with live recordings of a dubious sound quality, I can say this is pretty good for a forty-year old recording, though nowhere near as good as the "Live Blueswailing" set which I reviewed earlier).

    The real meat of the album, of course, is the historic set delivered in March 1964, which is documented here in its full glory. I defy anyone not to at least tap their toes (and at most, get up and dance) when "Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl", "Respectable", and "Here 'Tis" come through the speakers. This would be the one "album" recorded with Clapton on lead guitar, before he jumped ship after the release of "For Your Love". That in and of itself makes this essential, but the CD is worth owning as well because it presents the absolute best British blues band (after the Animals and Stones) in their full-on blues mode (before the pop trappings of the Jeff Beck-era group, which is still recommendable if laced with a certain wistfulness for Clapton's blues purism). You will find no better document of the power of blues mixed with rock, in a live setting, than this stellar LP.

    My recommendation: Get this and "Live Blueswailing" around the same time, both are must-haves for diehard British Invasion nuts like myself. Keep on rockin', all night long...

    5 out of 5 stars The Definitive Version.......2003-02-14

    What's new about this umpteenth version of the Yardbirds' classic live album? To begin with, the bonus tracks open the album: first, the 6-song set recorded at the Craw Daddy Club on 8 December 1963. After a sluggish start, the band catches fire with "I Wish You Would" (which within 15 seconds had this 51-year-old reviewer off the couch and dancing in his living room) and blazes through the rest of the short set. This is followed by a studio demo version of the same song, not nearly as exciting. Then comes the legendary Marquee Club performance recorded three months later, remastered at the correct tape speed, and sounding as good as the poorly recorded set can. There seems to be more bottom to it than on earlier versions, which is essential for an appreciation of Paul Samwell-Smith's thrilling bass playing: he steals the show, and in fact fledgling bassists should study his performance to learn how a bassist can be the driving force in a band and whip the crowd into a frenzy. After the delirious "Here 'Tis" closes the set, there's another version of the song also taped that night, which sounds nearly identical. With informative notes by Greg Russo, this may be the definitive version of this superb album. O to have been in the audience that night.
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    ASIN: B00000JOP8
    Release Date: 2002-11-21

    Tracks:

    1. Too Much Monkey Business
    2. I Got Love If You Want It
    3. Smokestack Lightning
    4. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
    5. Respectable
    6. Five Long Years
    7. Pretty Girl
    8. Louise
    9. I'm a Man
    10. Here 'Tis
    11. Smokestack Lightning [Live][*]
    12. You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover [Live][*]
    13. Let It Rock [Live][*]
    14. I Wish You Would [Live][*]
    15. Who Do You Love? [Live][*]
    16. Honey in Your Hips [Live][*]
    17. I'm a Man [Live][*]
    18. Shapes of Things [Live][*]

    Amazon.com

    Featuring Eric "Slowhand" Clapton on lead guitar, this concert recording presents the Yardbirds at their most blues-wailing. Of the band's four actual albums, it's definitely aged the poorest; Clapton's playing is unquestionably sweet, and the extended rave-ups on "Smokestack Lightning" and "Here 'Tis" are genuinely exciting, but mostly the band just sounds like British art students earnestly negotiating their way through their favorite blues tunes--which is, in fact, what they were. As excellent a guitarist as Clapton was, the band didn't really come into its own until Jeff Beck signed on as his replacement, bringing with him an arsenal of fuzz tones, raga scales, and rockabilly licks; the blues-influenced pop mutations that followed are, in retrospect, far more interesting than the rote covers included here. --Dan Epstein

    Album Description

    Reissue of the hit British Invasion rockers' 1964 debut album with eight bonus tracks added, 'Smokestack Lightnin'', 'You Can't Judge A Book By Looking At The Cover', 'Let It Rock', 'I Wish You Would', 'Who Do You Love', 'Honey In Your Hips', 'I'm A Man' and 'Shapes Of Things'. 18 tracks total. Comes packaged in a digipak with the original cover art intact. 1999 release.

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Do you know where your version is?.......2004-09-18

    The makers of 'Five Live Yardbirds' must be pro-choice. There are at least 5 or 6 versions of this CD listed on Amazon, and the particular one I possess, which contains only ten tracks from the March 1964 Marquee show, isn't even here. The disc I'm reviewing is a French import, on the 'Decal' label. There is a comparable 10 track Rhino version, 16 track versions by Prism and JVC Japan, an 18 track Repertoire version, 19 track Verese version, and a 20 track Phantom version. Most of these alternates package the Marquee show with a variety of other Yardbird demos, studio releases, and various live tracks. The Marquee show, however, is always at the core as the 'main attraction'.

    While some reviewers disparage the quality of the recording, I find it remarkably good considering the year and the locale... the London Marquee club. In contrast to live recordings by The Beatles of the same era, these tapes are clean and crisp. Comparing these recordings to bootlegs is really a disservice. I once owned a fairly extensive bootleg collection, and this recording puts most of them to shame.

    The Yardbirds were clearly at the forefront, along with The Rolling Stones, of the emerging rhythm and blues genre in the UK in the early 1960's. It's rather fascinating to listen to the superb quality of Eric Clapton's lead guitar, although if there is to be disparaging of the recording quality, it would have to be the squelching of Eric's leads in favor of Keith Relf's mouth harp. Never again in his career would another instrument render Clapton to second fiddle.

    At times the Yardbirds leaned toward pure rock and roll rather than rhythm and blues, as in their opening cover of Chuck Berry's 'Too Much Monkey Business', and at other times submerged themselves in pure blues, as in Ellas McDaniel's 'Pretty Girl'. Three of the last four songs on the disc, in fact, are McDaniel compositions, including one of his best, 'I'm a Man' ("...spelled M... A... N... man....", what a great lyric!), which I would pick as the best song of the evening. As other reviewers have noted, however, this is bare bones RnB from a band working hard to establish themselves (this recording even pre-dates the release of their first single, 'I Wish You Would'). Every song is infused with maximum voltage, and the crowd is clearly a hard-core bunch eating it up. For a band without a hit to their name, they already possessed a rabid following.

    While none of the songs on this disc proved to be hits for the Yardbirds, the recording provides a unique, high-caliber snapshot of early British pub-rock. Beyond Clapton, Relf's vocals and mouth harp are exquisite, and Paul Samwell-Smith's bass meanders in delightful ways not often experienced. While the Yardbirds lacked the 'innocence' of the early Beatles, they were above the decadence the Stones excreted even in their genesis, opting for a sound not unlike the early, blues-oriented Animals. Despite Beatlemania, it may have been the most excitingly musical place to be as rock and roll evolved full throttle into the mid-1960's. You can sense the band is on the cusp of something special. We're lucky to have this recording, and you should hear it.

    5 out of 5 stars The Best of British Blues.......2002-07-22

    Despite being only the start of his long and illustrious career, Eric Clapton never played more convincing (or
    more enjoyable) blues than with the Yardbirds. The youthful energy and enthusiasm, the absence of guitar-god
    posturing, and the tightness of the band combine to produce a magical recording. The sound quality is sub-par,
    but that only adds to its charm. If you like John Mayall or the early Stones, don't miss this album - it's even
    better.

    5 out of 5 stars The Best of British Blues.......2002-07-22

    Despite being only the start of his long and illustrious career, Eric Clapton never played more convincing (or more enjoyable) blues than with the Yardbirds. The youthful energy and enthusiasm, the absence of guitar-god posturing, and the tightness of the band combine to produce a magical recording. The sound quality is sub-par, but that only adds to its charm. If you like John Mayall or the early Stones, don't miss this album - it's even better.

    5 out of 5 stars Marquee Act.......2001-12-15

    The Yardbirds only lasted five years (1963-68) but even in their embryonic stage they could rock as loud and as hard as any band in the world. This raw, powerful CD of a 1964 performance from the Marquee Club proves this conclusively. Bootleg-level sound and a set list of covers aside, this is maximum R&B with a perspiring punk edge. Hamish Grimes' giddy introduction gets the show off to a gleeful start as the lads rip into "Too Much Monkey Business," a ferocious recasting of the Chuck Berry classic that even non-fan Dave Marsh described as "genius." (Great as it is, Eric Clapton plays the intro in the wrong key -so says Cub Koda - but no matter, it's awesome.). Clapton's spitfire guitar takes up much of the ink, but the dynamics these five generate on "I'm a Man", "Respectable" and "Here Tis" are rock as brutal jazz improvisation, full of impassioned soloing that never quite gets out of hand. Keith Relf dominates the set as much as Clapton with his feral harp and gasping vocals. Keith's adenoidal singing may be an acquired taste (he's no Eric Burdon, let's face it) but I like it because his enthusiasm is so relentless. Check out the intoxicating way Relf plays off of Slowhand on "Louise." Glorious. The rest of the gang are no slouches either. Paul Samwell-Smith lays down a pulsating bass, Chris Dreja raves on sweaty rhythm guitar and Jim McCarty revs the engine with a cattle-stampede beat. The Clash could have learned a thing or two about energy from this record. But allow me to leave the final word with Howlin' Wolf. He called their version of "Smokestack Lighting" the best he'd ever heard. Take that Animals!

    4 out of 5 stars Early Yardbirds.......2001-06-03

    The Jeff Beck era of the Yardbirds was the best no doubt. They really influenced heavy rock and punk. I do enjoy when Clapton played with the band but even the later Yardbirds with Jimmy Page were better. This is coming from a person who dosent like Led Zep. The point is the Yardbirds were a great band throughout their short life. If you can find them get some Yardbird boot albums with Jeff Beck in the band. Also, try to pick up the albums Truth and Beck-ola for some great music, these are made by the Jeff Beck group. have fun, theprisoner
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    ASIN: B0000032C3
    Release Date: 1990-10-25

    Tracks:

    1. Too Much Monkey Business
    2. Got Love If You Want It
    3. Smokestack Lightning
    4. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
    5. Respectable
    6. Five Long Years
    7. Pretty Girl
    8. Louise
    9. I'm A Man
    10. Here 'Tis

    Amazon.com

    Featuring Eric "Slowhand" Clapton on lead guitar, this concert recording presents the Yardbirds at their most blues-wailing. Of the band's four actual albums, it's definitely aged the poorest; Clapton's playing is unquestionably sweet, and the extended rave-ups on "Smokestack Lightning" and "Here 'Tis" are genuinely exciting, but mostly the band just sounds like British art students earnestly negotiating their way through their favorite blues tunes--which is, in fact, what they were. As excellent a guitarist as Clapton was, the band didn't really come into its own until Jeff Beck signed on as his replacement, bringing with him an arsenal of fuzz tones, raga scales, and rockabilly licks; the blues-influenced pop mutations that followed are, in retrospect, far more interesting than the rote covers included here. --Dan Epstein

    Album Description

    Reissue of the hit British Invasion rockers' 1964 debut album with eight bonus tracks added, 'Smokestack Lightnin'', 'You Can't Judge A Book By Looking At The Cover', 'Let It Rock', 'I Wish You Would', 'Who Do You Love', 'Honey In Your Hips', 'I'm A Man' and 'Shapes Of Things'. 18 tracks total. Comes packaged in a digipak with the original cover art intact. 1999 release.

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Do you know where your version is?.......2004-09-18

    The makers of 'Five Live Yardbirds' must be pro-choice. There are at least 5 or 6 versions of this CD listed on Amazon, and the particular one I possess, which contains only ten tracks from the March 1964 Marquee show, isn't even here. The disc I'm reviewing is a French import, on the 'Decal' label. There is a comparable 10 track Rhino version, 16 track versions by Prism and JVC Japan, an 18 track Repertoire version, 19 track Verese version, and a 20 track Phantom version. Most of these alternates package the Marquee show with a variety of other Yardbird demos, studio releases, and various live tracks. The Marquee show, however, is always at the core as the 'main attraction'.

    While some reviewers disparage the quality of the recording, I find it remarkably good considering the year and the locale... the London Marquee club. In contrast to live recordings by The Beatles of the same era, these tapes are clean and crisp. Comparing these recordings to bootlegs is really a disservice. I once owned a fairly extensive bootleg collection, and this recording puts most of them to shame.

    The Yardbirds were clearly at the forefront, along with The Rolling Stones, of the emerging rhythm and blues genre in the UK in the early 1960's. It's rather fascinating to listen to the superb quality of Eric Clapton's lead guitar, although if there is to be disparaging of the recording quality, it would have to be the squelching of Eric's leads in favor of Keith Relf's mouth harp. Never again in his career would another instrument render Clapton to second fiddle.

    At times the Yardbirds leaned toward pure rock and roll rather than rhythm and blues, as in their opening cover of Chuck Berry's 'Too Much Monkey Business', and at other times submerged themselves in pure blues, as in Ellas McDaniel's 'Pretty Girl'. Three of the last four songs on the disc, in fact, are McDaniel compositions, including one of his best, 'I'm a Man' ("...spelled M... A... N... man....", what a great lyric!), which I would pick as the best song of the evening. As other reviewers have noted, however, this is bare bones RnB from a band working hard to establish themselves (this recording even pre-dates the release of their first single, 'I Wish You Would'). Every song is infused with maximum voltage, and the crowd is clearly a hard-core bunch eating it up. For a band without a hit to their name, they already possessed a rabid following.

    While none of the songs on this disc proved to be hits for the Yardbirds, the recording provides a unique, high-caliber snapshot of early British pub-rock. Beyond Clapton, Relf's vocals and mouth harp are exquisite, and Paul Samwell-Smith's bass meanders in delightful ways not often experienced. While the Yardbirds lacked the 'innocence' of the early Beatles, they were above the decadence the Stones excreted even in their genesis, opting for a sound not unlike the early, blues-oriented Animals. Despite Beatlemania, it may have been the most excitingly musical place to be as rock and roll evolved full throttle into the mid-1960's. You can sense the band is on the cusp of something special. We're lucky to have this recording, and you should hear it.

    5 out of 5 stars The Best of British Blues.......2002-07-22

    Despite being only the start of his long and illustrious career, Eric Clapton never played more convincing (or
    more enjoyable) blues than with the Yardbirds. The youthful energy and enthusiasm, the absence of guitar-god
    posturing, and the tightness of the band combine to produce a magical recording. The sound quality is sub-par,
    but that only adds to its charm. If you like John Mayall or the early Stones, don't miss this album - it's even
    better.

    5 out of 5 stars The Best of British Blues.......2002-07-22

    Despite being only the start of his long and illustrious career, Eric Clapton never played more convincing (or more enjoyable) blues than with the Yardbirds. The youthful energy and enthusiasm, the absence of guitar-god posturing, and the tightness of the band combine to produce a magical recording. The sound quality is sub-par, but that only adds to its charm. If you like John Mayall or the early Stones, don't miss this album - it's even better.

    5 out of 5 stars Marquee Act.......2001-12-15

    The Yardbirds only lasted five years (1963-68) but even in their embryonic stage they could rock as loud and as hard as any band in the world. This raw, powerful CD of a 1964 performance from the Marquee Club proves this conclusively. Bootleg-level sound and a set list of covers aside, this is maximum R&B with a perspiring punk edge. Hamish Grimes' giddy introduction gets the show off to a gleeful start as the lads rip into "Too Much Monkey Business," a ferocious recasting of the Chuck Berry classic that even non-fan Dave Marsh described as "genius." (Great as it is, Eric Clapton plays the intro in the wrong key -so says Cub Koda - but no matter, it's awesome.). Clapton's spitfire guitar takes up much of the ink, but the dynamics these five generate on "I'm a Man", "Respectable" and "Here Tis" are rock as brutal jazz improvisation, full of impassioned soloing that never quite gets out of hand. Keith Relf dominates the set as much as Clapton with his feral harp and gasping vocals. Keith's adenoidal singing may be an acquired taste (he's no Eric Burdon, let's face it) but I like it because his enthusiasm is so relentless. Check out the intoxicating way Relf plays off of Slowhand on "Louise." Glorious. The rest of the gang are no slouches either. Paul Samwell-Smith lays down a pulsating bass, Chris Dreja raves on sweaty rhythm guitar and Jim McCarty revs the engine with a cattle-stampede beat. The Clash could have learned a thing or two about energy from this record. But allow me to leave the final word with Howlin' Wolf. He called their version of "Smokestack Lighting" the best he'd ever heard. Take that Animals!

    4 out of 5 stars Early Yardbirds.......2001-06-03

    The Jeff Beck era of the Yardbirds was the best no doubt. They really influenced heavy rock and punk. I do enjoy when Clapton played with the band but even the later Yardbirds with Jimmy Page were better. This is coming from a person who dosent like Led Zep. The point is the Yardbirds were a great band throughout their short life. If you can find them get some Yardbird boot albums with Jeff Beck in the band. Also, try to pick up the albums Truth and Beck-ola for some great music, these are made by the Jeff Beck group. have fun, theprisoner
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      ASIN: B000GIWNX8
      Release Date: 2006-09-18

      Tracks:

      1. Too Much Monkey Business
      2. I Got Love If You Want It
      3. Smokestack Lightning
      4. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
      5. Respectable
      6. Five Long Years
      7. Pretty Girl
      8. Louise
      9. I'm a Man
      10. Here 'Tis
      11. Baby What's Wrong
      12. Boom Boom
      13. Honey in Your Hips
      14. Talking 'Bout You
      15. Honey in Your Hips [Live]

      Album Description

      Limited Edition Japanese pressing of their 1964 debut album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve and features five bonus tracks. Victor. 2006.
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        ASIN: B00004T2CY
        Release Date: 2001-03-21

        Tracks:

        1. Too Much Monkey Business
        2. I Got Love If You Want It
        3. Smokestack Lightning
        4. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
        5. Respectable
        6. Five Long Years
        7. Pretty Girl
        8. Louise
        9. I'm a Man
        10. Here 'Tis
        11. I Wish You Would
        12. Certain Girl
        13. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
        14. I Ain't Got You
        15. For Your Love
        16. Got to Hurry
        Five Live Yardbirds
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          		Five Live Yardbirds
          The Yardbirds
          Manufacturer: Japanese Import
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          ASIN: B000060NNF
          Release Date: 2003-02-18

          Tracks:

          1. Too Much Monkey Business
          2. I Got Love If You Want It
          3. Smokestack Lightning
          4. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
          5. Respectable
          6. Five Long Years
          7. Pretty Girl
          8. Louise
          9. I'm a Man
          10. Here 'Tis
          11. Baby What's Wrong
          12. Boom Boom
          13. Honey in Your Hips
          14. Talking 'Bout You
          15. Honey in Your Hips [Live]

          Album Description

          Japanese reissue of the British Invasion act's 1964 album, packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Includes five bonus tracks 'Baby What's Wrong', 'Boom Boom' (John Lee Hooker), 'Honey Inn Your Hips', 'Talking 'Bout You' (Chuck Berry) & 'Honey In Your Hips' (live). Digitally remastered in 2000.

          Album Details

          Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase. Include Five Bonus Tracks: 'baby What's Wrong', 'boom Boom', 'honey in Your Hips', 'talkin' 'bout You', and 'honey in Your Hips (Alternate Version)'.
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            The Yardbirds
            Manufacturer: Jvc Japan
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            Binding: Audio CD

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            ASIN: B00004Y2BV
            Release Date: 2000-07-26

            Tracks:

            1. Too Much Monkey Business
            2. I Got Love If You Want It
            3. Smokestack Lightning
            4. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
            5. Respectable
            6. Five Long Years
            7. Pretty Girl
            8. Louise
            9. I'm a Man
            10. Here 'Tis
            11. Baby What's Wrong
            12. Boom Boom
            13. Honey in Your Hips
            14. Talking 'Bout You
            15. Honey in Your Hips [Live]

            Album Details

            Japanese Reissue featuring Five Bonus Tracks: Baby What's Wrong, Boom Boom, Honey in Your Hips, Talking Bout You, and Honey in Your Hips (Live).
            Five Live Yardbirds
            Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
            • Do you know where your version is?
            • The Best of British Blues
            • The Best of British Blues
            • Marquee Act
            • Early Yardbirds
            		 Five Live Yardbirds
            The Yardbirds
            Manufacturer: Charly UK
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

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            ASIN: B000008F5P
            Release Date: 1993-01-12

            Tracks:

            1. Too Much Monkey Business
            2. Got Love If You Want It
            3. Smokestack Lightning
            4. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
            5. Respectable
            6. Five Long Years
            7. Pretty Girl
            8. Louise
            9. I'm a Man
            10. Here 'Tis

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            Featuring Eric "Slowhand" Clapton on lead guitar, this concert recording presents the Yardbirds at their most blues-wailing. Of the band's four actual albums, it's definitely aged the poorest; Clapton's playing is unquestionably sweet, and the extended rave-ups on "Smokestack Lightning" and "Here 'Tis" are genuinely exciting, but mostly the band just sounds like British art students earnestly negotiating their way through their favorite blues tunes--which is, in fact, what they were. As excellent a guitarist as Clapton was, the band didn't really come into its own until Jeff Beck signed on as his replacement, bringing with him an arsenal of fuzz tones, raga scales, and rockabilly licks; the blues-influenced pop mutations that followed are, in retrospect, far more interesting than the rote covers included here. --Dan Epstein

            Album Description

            Reissue of the hit British Invasion rockers' 1964 debut album with eight bonus tracks added, 'Smokestack Lightnin'', 'You Can't Judge A Book By Looking At The Cover', 'Let It Rock', 'I Wish You Would', 'Who Do You Love', 'Honey In Your Hips', 'I'm A Man' and 'Shapes Of Things'. 18 tracks total. Comes packaged in a digipak with the original cover art intact. 1999 release.

            Customer Reviews:

            4 out of 5 stars Do you know where your version is?.......2004-09-18

            The makers of 'Five Live Yardbirds' must be pro-choice. There are at least 5 or 6 versions of this CD listed on Amazon, and the particular one I possess, which contains only ten tracks from the March 1964 Marquee show, isn't even here. The disc I'm reviewing is a French import, on the 'Decal' label. There is a comparable 10 track Rhino version, 16 track versions by Prism and JVC Japan, an 18 track Repertoire version, 19 track Verese version, and a 20 track Phantom version. Most of these alternates package the Marquee show with a variety of other Yardbird demos, studio releases, and various live tracks. The Marquee show, however, is always at the core as the 'main attraction'.

            While some reviewers disparage the quality of the recording, I find it remarkably good considering the year and the locale... the London Marquee club. In contrast to live recordings by The Beatles of the same era, these tapes are clean and crisp. Comparing these recordings to bootlegs is really a disservice. I once owned a fairly extensive bootleg collection, and this recording puts most of them to shame.

            The Yardbirds were clearly at the forefront, along with The Rolling Stones, of the emerging rhythm and blues genre in the UK in the early 1960's. It's rather fascinating to listen to the superb quality of Eric Clapton's lead guitar, although if there is to be disparaging of the recording quality, it would have to be the squelching of Eric's leads in favor of Keith Relf's mouth harp. Never again in his career would another instrument render Clapton to second fiddle.

            At times the Yardbirds leaned toward pure rock and roll rather than rhythm and blues, as in their opening cover of Chuck Berry's 'Too Much Monkey Business', and at other times submerged themselves in pure blues, as in Ellas McDaniel's 'Pretty Girl'. Three of the last four songs on the disc, in fact, are McDaniel compositions, including one of his best, 'I'm a Man' ("...spelled M... A... N... man....", what a great lyric!), which I would pick as the best song of the evening. As other reviewers have noted, however, this is bare bones RnB from a band working hard to establish themselves (this recording even pre-dates the release of their first single, 'I Wish You Would'). Every song is infused with maximum voltage, and the crowd is clearly a hard-core bunch eating it up. For a band without a hit to their name, they already possessed a rabid following.

            While none of the songs on this disc proved to be hits for the Yardbirds, the recording provides a unique, high-caliber snapshot of early British pub-rock. Beyond Clapton, Relf's vocals and mouth harp are exquisite, and Paul Samwell-Smith's bass meanders in delightful ways not often experienced. While the Yardbirds lacked the 'innocence' of the early Beatles, they were above the decadence the Stones excreted even in their genesis, opting for a sound not unlike the early, blues-oriented Animals. Despite Beatlemania, it may have been the most excitingly musical place to be as rock and roll evolved full throttle into the mid-1960's. You can sense the band is on the cusp of something special. We're lucky to have this recording, and you should hear it.

            5 out of 5 stars The Best of British Blues.......2002-07-22

            Despite being only the start of his long and illustrious career, Eric Clapton never played more convincing (or
            more enjoyable) blues than with the Yardbirds. The youthful energy and enthusiasm, the absence of guitar-god
            posturing, and the tightness of the band combine to produce a magical recording. The sound quality is sub-par,
            but that only adds to its charm. If you like John Mayall or the early Stones, don't miss this album - it's even
            better.

            5 out of 5 stars The Best of British Blues.......2002-07-22

            Despite being only the start of his long and illustrious career, Eric Clapton never played more convincing (or more enjoyable) blues than with the Yardbirds. The youthful energy and enthusiasm, the absence of guitar-god posturing, and the tightness of the band combine to produce a magical recording. The sound quality is sub-par, but that only adds to its charm. If you like John Mayall or the early Stones, don't miss this album - it's even better.

            5 out of 5 stars Marquee Act.......2001-12-15

            The Yardbirds only lasted five years (1963-68) but even in their embryonic stage they could rock as loud and as hard as any band in the world. This raw, powerful CD of a 1964 performance from the Marquee Club proves this conclusively. Bootleg-level sound and a set list of covers aside, this is maximum R&B with a perspiring punk edge. Hamish Grimes' giddy introduction gets the show off to a gleeful start as the lads rip into "Too Much Monkey Business," a ferocious recasting of the Chuck Berry classic that even non-fan Dave Marsh described as "genius." (Great as it is, Eric Clapton plays the intro in the wrong key -so says Cub Koda - but no matter, it's awesome.). Clapton's spitfire guitar takes up much of the ink, but the dynamics these five generate on "I'm a Man", "Respectable" and "Here Tis" are rock as brutal jazz improvisation, full of impassioned soloing that never quite gets out of hand. Keith Relf dominates the set as much as Clapton with his feral harp and gasping vocals. Keith's adenoidal singing may be an acquired taste (he's no Eric Burdon, let's face it) but I like it because his enthusiasm is so relentless. Check out the intoxicating way Relf plays off of Slowhand on "Louise." Glorious. The rest of the gang are no slouches either. Paul Samwell-Smith lays down a pulsating bass, Chris Dreja raves on sweaty rhythm guitar and Jim McCarty revs the engine with a cattle-stampede beat. The Clash could have learned a thing or two about energy from this record. But allow me to leave the final word with Howlin' Wolf. He called their version of "Smokestack Lighting" the best he'd ever heard. Take that Animals!

            4 out of 5 stars Early Yardbirds.......2001-06-03

            The Jeff Beck era of the Yardbirds was the best no doubt. They really influenced heavy rock and punk. I do enjoy when Clapton played with the band but even the later Yardbirds with Jimmy Page were better. This is coming from a person who dosent like Led Zep. The point is the Yardbirds were a great band throughout their short life. If you can find them get some Yardbird boot albums with Jeff Beck in the band. Also, try to pick up the albums Truth and Beck-ola for some great music, these are made by the Jeff Beck group. have fun, theprisoner
            Five Live Yardbirds
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              		Five Live Yardbirds
              The Yardbirds
              Manufacturer: Musicrama/Koch
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD

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              ASIN: B0000DEMTM
              Release Date: 1999-06-25

              Tracks:

              1. Too Much Monkey Business
              2. Got Love If You Want It
              3. Smokestack Lightning
              4. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
              5. Respectable
              6. Five Long Years
              7. Pretty Girl
              8. Louise
              9. I'm a Man
              10. Here 'Tis

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              8. I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! [Extra tracks]
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