CHRIS DREJA+JIM McCARTY (YARDBIRDS) SIGNED "HAVING A RAVE UP" 1965 MONO LP

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THIS AUTOGRAPHED ITEM COMES FROM MY TIME WORKING FOR A NATIONAL RADIO NETWORK WHERE I WAS THE MUSIC AND PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR FOR NEARLY 15+ YEARS.

THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE ACTUAL ITEM FOR SALE, SORRY IF THE PICTURE(S) ARE A BIT BLURRY.

ALL AUTOGRAPHED ITEMS THAT I SELL, I EITHER OBTAINED THE AUTOGRAPH DIRECTLY FROM THE ARTIST, OR RECEIVED IT FROM THE ARTISTS RECORD COMPANY WITH WRITTEN OR ORAL VERIFICATION THAT THE ITEM WAS SIGNED BY THAT ARTIST. I WILL INCLUDE A LETTER OF PROVENANCE WITH ALL SIGNED ITEMS AS WELL AS A COPY OF MY OLD BUSINESS CARDS WHEN I WAS THE MUSIC & PROMOTIONS POINT PERSON AT THE NETWORK. AND NO I DO NOT ACCEPT BEST OFFERS! THANKS IN ADVANCE! FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS...

I HAD THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD FOR A WHILE, THE MUSIC AND PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR FOR A NATIONAL RADIO NETWORK, WHICH ALLOWED ME TO MEET A FEW OF MY MUSIC HEROS INCLUDING CHRIS DREJA & JIM McCARTY OF THE YARDBIRDS, WHO I MET BACK IN CLEVELAND AT THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM, I WAS THERE WITH MY ADULT ROCK & ROLL P.D. & JOCK FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS OF LIVE REMOTE BRODCASTS ON OUR ADULT ROCK & ROLL FORMAT, THE RE-FORMED YARDBIRDS WERE THERE STARTING OFF A SHORT U.S. TOUR, AND WE SCHEDULE TO PERFORM AT THE ROCK HALL FOR MEMBERS & GUEST PLUS THEY, JIM & CHRIS RECORDED A LIVE INTERVIEW & Q.&A. WITH A ROCK HALL VP FOR THEIR ARCHIVES, THEN PLAYED A SHORT 20-30 MINUTE SET AFTERWARDS, I SAW THE BAND A COUPLE OF TIMES HERE IN L.A. AND DID A PHONE INTERVIEW WITH JIM A YEAR OR TWO LATER. THIS IS A MONO COPY OF MY FAVORITE YARDBIRDS LP TITLED “HAVING A RAVE UP WITH THE YARDBIDRDS”. (I WAS GIVEN A COPY CHRISTMAS OF 1965 & WORE IT OUT). KNOWING THAT WE WOULD BE INTERVIEWING THE BAND I BROUGHT BACK SOME JACKETS FOR THEM TO SIGN EVEN A BOX OF FROGS LP, THIS IS AN EXTRA COPY. AND ONE I AM WILLINBG TO PART WITH, THE RECORD ITSELF IS IN VG/VG- CONDITION, STILL SOUNDS GREAT. THE PHOTOS OF THE ARTISTS ARE NOT A PART OF THIS AUCTION.SALE, BUT USING AS PROVENANCE, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PM THEM TO THE SCRIPTS WINNER/PURCHASER ON REQUEST. THANKS FOR LOOKING FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS...

BOB

MORE ON THE ARTIST:

James Stanley McCarty (born 25 July 1943) is an English musician, best known as the drummer for The Yardbirds and Renaissance Following Chris Dreja's departure from the Yardbirds in 2013, McCarty became the only member of the band to feature in every line up.

Christopher Walenty Dreja (born 11 November 1945 in Surbiton, Surrey) is an English musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist and bassist for rock band the Yardbirds .

Tracklist

You're A Better Man Than I

3:17

Evil Hearted You

2:24

I'm A Man

2:37

Still I'm Sad

2:57

Heart Full Of Soul

2:28

The Train Kept A-Rollin'

3:26

Smokestack Lightning

5:35

Respectable

5:28

I'm A Man

4:24

Here 'Tis

5:04

This pivotal UK R&B outfit was formed in London in 1963 when Keith Relf (22 March 1943, Richmond, Surrey, England, d. 14 May 1976; vocals, harmonica) and Paul Samwell-Smith (b. 8 May 1943, Richmond, Surrey, England; bass), both members of semi-acoustic act the Metropolis Blues Quartet, joined forces with Chris Dreja (b. 11 November 1944, Surbiton, Surrey, England; rhythm guitar), Tony ‘Top’ Topham (lead guitar) and Jim McCarty (b. 25 July 1943, Liverpool, England; drums). Within months Topham had opted to continue academic studies and was replaced in October by Eric Clapton (b. Eric Clapp, 30 March 1945, Ripley, Surrey, England). The reconstituted line-up forged a style based on classic Chicago R&B and quickly amassed a following in the nascent blues circuit. They succeeded the Rolling Stones as the resident band at Richmond’s popular Crawdaddy club, whose owner, Giorgio Gomelsky, then assumed the role of group manager. Two enthusiastic, if low-key singles, ‘I Wish You Would’ and ‘Good Morning Little Schoolgirl’, attracted critical interest, but the quintet’s fortunes flourished with the release of Five Live Yardbirds. Recorded during their tenure at the Marquee club, the set captured an in-person excitement and was marked by an exceptional rendition of Howlin’ Wolf’s ‘Smokestack Lightning’.

Clapton emerged as the unit’s focal point, but a desire for musical purity led to his departure in March 1965 in the wake of a magnificent third single, ‘For Your Love’. Penned by Graham Gouldman, the song’s commerciality proved unacceptable to the guitarist despite its innovative sound. Clapton later resurfaced in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and Derek And The Dominos before establishing a highly successful solo career. Jeff Beck (b. 24 June 1944, Surrey, England), formerly of the Tridents, joined the Yardbirds as the single rose to number 1 in the UK’s New Musical Express chart. Gouldman provided further hits in ‘Heartful Of Soul’ and ‘Evil Hearted You’, the latter of which was a double-sided chart entry with the band-penned ‘Still I’m Sad’. Based on a Gregorian chant, the song indicated a desire for experimentation prevailing in the raga-rock ‘Shapes Of Things’, the chaotic ‘Over Under Sideways Down’ and the excellent Roger The Engineer. By this point Simon Napier-Bell had assumed management duties, while disaffection with touring, and the unit’s sometimes irreverent attitude, led to the departure of Samwell-Smith in June 1966. Respected session guitarist Jimmy Page (b. James Patrick Page, 9 January 1944, Heston, Middlesex, England) was brought into a line-up that, with Dreja switching to bass, now adopted a potentially devastating twin-lead guitar format. The experimental ‘Happenings Ten Years Time Ago’ confirmed such hopes, but within six months Beck had departed during a gruelling USA tour. The Yardbirds remained a quartet but, despite a growing reputation on the American ‘underground’ circuit, their appeal as a pop attraction waned. Despite late-period collaborations with the commercially minded Mickie Most, singles, including ‘Little Games’ (1967) and ‘Goodnight Sweet Josephine’ (1968), failed to chart. The disappointing Little Games was denied a UK release but found success in the USA. They followed with two bizarre successes in America: ‘Ha Ha Said The Clown’ and Nilsson’s ‘Ten Little Indians’. When Relf and McCarty announced a desire to pursue a folk-based direction, the band folded in July 1968. Page subsequently founded Led Zeppelin, Dreja became a highly successful photographer while the remaining duo forged a new career, firstly as Together, then Renaissance.

The legacy of the Yardbirds has refused to die, particularly in the wake of the fame enjoyed by its former guitarists. Relf was fatally electrocuted in 1976, but the following decade McCarty and Dreja joined Samwell-Smith - now a respected record producer - in Box Of Frogs. When this short-lived attraction folded, the former colleagues reverted to their corresponding careers, with McCarty remaining active in music as a member of the British Invasion All-Stars and the Yardbirds Experience. In 1992, McCarty and Dreja performed a series of reunion concerts in London to commemorate the Yardbirds election to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. The two men reunited once more in 1996, this time on a more permanent basis, and in the new millennium they began working on a studio album. Birdland was released by the Favored Nations label in 2003 with a number of famous names helping to bolster the line-up. The addition of Steve Vai, Jeff Baxter and Slash to new versions of the old hits made little impression.

The allure of the Yardbirds still flourishes and they remain acclaimed as early practitioners of technical effects and psychedelic styles. The ‘blueswailing’ Yardbirds have maintained enormous credibility as true pioneers of primal British R&B, classic experimental pop and early exponents of heavy rock.

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