THE YARDBIRDS-Five Live Yardbirds-BLUE COLUMBIA LP *RARE* 1ST PRESS VG+/VG++
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Five Live Yardbirds is the live debut album by English rock band the Yardbirds. It features the group's interpretations of ten American blues and rhythm and blues songs, including their most popular live number, Howlin' Wolf's "Smokestack Lightning". The album contains some of the earliest recordings with guitarist Eric Clapton.
Recorded at the Marquee Club in London on 20 March 1964, it was released in the United Kingdom by Columbia Records nine months later.[1] Despite several favourable retrospective reviews, the album did not reach the UK album charts.
In October 1963, the Yardbirds took over the Rolling Stones' position at the Crawdaddy Club and had signed a management contract with club owner Giorgio Gomelsky. After touring with Sonny Boy Williamson II, the band signed a contract with Columbia Records. In 1964, they recorded two singles, "I Wish You Would" and "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl".[2] These had limited success and Gomelsky was able to persuade Columbia to release a live album as the Yardbirds' debut album.[3]
The Yardbirds were a popular live attraction at music clubs.[4] Much of their reputation was built on their use of a "rave up" musical arrangement, an instrumental interlude that builds to a climax.[3] Clapton credits the rave up to bassist Paul Samwell-Smith and explains: "While most other bands were playing three-minute songs, we were taking three-minute numbers and stretching them out to five or six minutes, during which time the audience would go crazy".[5] It was at such performances that Clapton often broke a guitar string. While he was putting on a new one, the audience would slowly clap their hands (slow handclapping). This led manager Gomelsky to nickname him "Eric 'Slowhand' Clapton".[5]
Five Live Yardbirds was recorded at the Marquee Club in London. Yardbirds' biographer Gregg Russo describes the conditions and equipment for recording at the club was less than ideal, they were able to capitalise on their greater popularity there than at the Crawdaddy.
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Side one No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Too Much Monkey Business" Chuck Berry 3:51 2. "I Got Love If You Want It" James Moore a.k.a. Slim Harpo 2:40 3. "Smokestack Lightnin'" Howlin' Wolf 5:35 4. "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" Don Level, Bob Love[a] 2:42 5. "Respectable" O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley 5:35 Side two No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Five Long Years" Eddie Boyd 5:18 2. "Pretty Girl" Ellas McDaniel a.k.a. Bo Diddley 3:04 3. "Louise" John Lee Hooker 3:43 4. "I'm a Man" McDaniel[b] 4:33 5. "Here 'Tis" McDaniel 5:10 Total length: 42:11SELLER NOTE:
I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING VINYL RECORDS FOR THE LAST FOUR DECADES AND HAVE A GREAT INTEREST IN ALL GENRE : ROCK/BLUES/JAZZ MAINLY FROM 60'S/70'S/80'S SADLY I MUST DOWNSIZE TO CREATE MORE SPACE AND SO I AM REDUCING MY COLLECTION OVER THE COMING WEEKS. ALL MY RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT IN ALUMINIUM BOXES TO RETAIN THEIR FRESHNESS AND WILL BE POSTED IN STRONG EDGE PROTECTIVE RECORD MAILERS Royal Mail FIRST CLASS SIGNED FOR RECORDS WILL BE SEPARATED FROM THEIR COVERS, WRAPPED IN BUBBLE WRAP AND TAPED TO ENSURE WATER TIGHTNESS I WILL BE LISTING PINK FLOYD, FLEETWOOD MAC, SAVOY BROWN, FAIRPORT CONVENTION, BLACK SABBATH, CREEDENCE C R, CANNED HEAT, GRACE SLICK and some West Coast bands, JETHRO TULL, MILES DAVIS, COLTRANE AND MANY MORE.
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FURTHER NOTE ON PACKAGING AND POSTING: I have been asked whether I would bundle albums to reduce postage costs. I use strong edge protective record mailers with bubble wrap that cost about £1.50 each package plus postage. I believe these will take up to 5 single LP's without too much strain. The only additional cost will be increased postage, which I will advise after the bidding process finishes. Thank you and good luck.
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