YARDBIRDS 1968 ANDERSON THEATER = Hard Psych JIMMY PAGE LED ZEPPELIN = no tmoq

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                 ANDERSON THEATER NEW YORK 1968

                                       RARE CLEAN COLLECTIBLE 

     Last Hurrah In The Big Apple               

                           Blank / TAKRL 1914

SCARCE '70s issue of the outstanding 'last stand' by the Yardbirds ...

It was March 30, 1968, the Yardbirds had come to the Lower East Side's Anderson Theatre to make what was ultimately to be their farewell concert in New York. That had fallen on evil times, this most progressive of the English rhythm 'n blues bands that had coalesced around the old Crawdaddy Club in Richmond. And now they were entering the twilight, with rumors of an imminent break-up following them wherever they would go. Gone were the screaming girls, the anguished teenyboppers who would plaster themselves all over the stage as soon as Keith Relf stepped toward the microphone; gone also were the hit singles, the flash of a Clapton or Beck, the incredibly progressive drive that was so much a part of them during the good years. All that was left was the rhythm section of McCarty/Dreja, Keith's voice and harp and a good-credentials-but-who-is-he-anyway lead guitarist named Jimmy Page.

And so, for the hordes of fans who faithfully made the pilgrimage all wondered whether or not the Yardbirds would be able to get-it -on in the way most of the remembered; like the way Clapton sort of nudged that perfect four-second break in "Here 'Tis" or all those insane stops and starts in "I'm Not Talking"; or maybe "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" which was definitely so far ahead of its time.

Well, getting the benefit of hindsight to look back at the occasion, let me tell you that you're in for one of those maniac rock 'n roll times, which you're going to carry out of that theatre and tell all your friends about, and which they're about to tell all their friends, and so on, until you have on your hands a concert which approaches legend. LEGEND! The blues/R&B base of the band is still here, but Page steps forward in many ways. He tears up the soloing on "Train Kept A Rollin,'" lays out trippy netherworlds on "I'm Confused," demonstrates his ethereal mysticism on "White Summer," and helps to extend "I'm A Man" to the kind of macho instrumental workout the Zeppelin would partially make their name on.

The album was quickly withdrawn after Page's lawyers filed an injunction. For this reason, it is the rarest Yardbirds album.

1. "Train Kept A-Rollin'"
2. "You're A Better Man Than I"/"Heart Full of Soul"
3. "I'm Confused"
4. "My Baby"
5. "Over, Under, Sideways, Down"
6. "Drinking Muddy Water"
7. "Shapes of Things"
8. "White Summer" (Page solo Instrumental)
9. "I'm a Man" (12 minutes))

CONDITION: The Cover: is solid all over, "EX" (excellent)  hard to find this clean when most surviving copies have shelf wear - this cover is pretty well clean white with no split seams, no writing anywhere....

The Vinyl: both sides are all glossy with clean surface: M- looks and plays all clean... with clean labels

keeper!

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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