Volume 2: Blues, Backtracks And Shapes Of Things

Yardbirds | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 1, 1991)
• Original Release Date: 1991
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002845
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #339,316 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Smokestack Lightning

2. Let It Rock

3. Honey In Your Hips

4. I Wish You Would

5. You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover

6. Who Do You Love

7. I'm Talking About You

8. Bye Bye Bird

9. Mr. Downchild

10. The River Rhine

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Shapes Of Things

2. What Do You Want

3. Someone To Love (Take 1)

4. Someone To Love (Take 2)

5. Heart Full Of Soul

6. Heart Full Of Soul (Alternative Version)

7. For R.S.G. (Here 'Tis Studio Version)

8. Pounds And Stomps (He's Always There, Backing Track)

9. Jeff's Blues

10. Chris' Number

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

This 2 CD set is the original 1991 Sony Special Products release. Catalog #A2K-48658. There is a drill hole through the case and art. Still sealed.Track Listing:Disc One:1. Smokestack Lightning2. Let It Rock3. Honey In Your Hips4. I Wish You Would5. You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover6. Who Do You Love7. I'm Talking About You8. Bye Bye Bird9. Mr. Downchild10. The River Rhine11. Twenty Three Hours Too Long12. A Lost Care13. Pontiac Blues14. Take It Easy Baby15. Out On Water Coast16. I Don't Care No More17. Western Arizona18. Boom BoomDisc Two:1. Shapes Of Things2. What Do You Want (backing track)3. Someone To Love (take 1)4. Someone To Love (take 2, backing track)5. Heart Full Of Soul6. Heart Full Of Soul (alternate version with sitar)7. For R.S.G. (Here 'Tis) (studio version)8. Pounds And Stomps (he's always there, backing track)9. Jeff's Blues10. Chris' Number11. Like Jimmy Reed Again12. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl13. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (backing track)14. Steeled Blues15. New York City Blues16. Too Much Monkey Business (live)17. Got Love If You Want It (live)18. Five Long Years (live)19. Pretty Girl (live)20. Louise (live)21. Stroll On

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Blues Backtracks Shapes, June 20, 2003

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This review is from: Volume 2: Blues, Backtracks And Shapes Of Things (Audio CD)

I purchased this 2CD set sold it after a week. Not much original 'good' YardbiRds recordings here. Try Roger The Engineer, or better, locate some good original 45's on Epic vinyl. Blues and Backtracks' is an 'almost-there' 2CD set. It could have and should have been a lot better.

If you find the original vinyl, many are in Stereo, and you can check out the dual lead guitar solos by Jeff Beck with Jimmy Page. The webpage says out of stock, I agree, don't buy it unless you collect cover-art. The tracks are stale, same-ol, same-ol' vinyl 45s and LPs seem much better and original. aa

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Sloppy Overview of a Great Group, December 14, 2001

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"donnelly117" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Volume 2: Blues, Backtracks And Shapes Of Things (Audio CD)

This 2 CD set of Yardbirds odds and sods was rendered superfluous by Rhino's release of ULTIMATE. A few interesting inclusions help, like the sitar version of "Heart Full of Soul" and a few outtakes from the sessions that would result in ROGER THE ENGINEER, but otherwise this is a mess. "Shapes of Things" and "Stroll On" are also here, but they're also available on ULTIMATE. Worse, several tracks are repeated from Sony's earlier SMOKESTACK LIGHTING (again rendered superfluous by ULTIMATE). Sony clearly didn't care much about the band, one already notorious in collectors circles for its confused catelogue. To top it off, Bruce Eder's liner notes are dull and uninformative and chockfull of middlebrow disdain for his subject. Not to be too much of a pedant, a photo featuring Paul Samwell-Smith is mistakenly listed as being from "Blow Up." Skip it unless you're desperate to hear "Pounds and Stomps" or "For RSG."