Five Live [Import]

Yardbirds | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 6, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Snapper UK
• ASIN: B000IHYU60
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #106,438 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hot fresh raw performance, the early light of Eric Clapton.., October 22, 2007

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collegemoney - See all my reviews

This review is from: Five Live (Audio CD)

Ignore commentary that this was "the poorest" version of the Yardbirds; it is only "poor" if you prefer artistic nuances like raga stylings and instruments to great raw live shows. Portions of this material were originally available in the US as just one side of the LP "Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds," our first taste of how hot the band was in concert. Our first real exposure to Eric Clapton's power, so how can you lose? Ultimately "Five Live" arrived at our shores and now we have several versions available to choose from, so be careful which one you buy so you don't feel left short.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Superb Performances, October 4, 2008

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Dave "Musicman" (Milwaukee, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Five Live (Audio CD)

It was fun to compare the progression and developement of the live guitar work of Eric Clapton when with the Yardbirds and troughout the years. It has pretty decent sound for a live recording from that time period!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is hot S**T!, December 6, 2010

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Dr GB Dennill "Aham Brahmasmi" (Azania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Five Live (Audio CD)

Although I grew up during the golden age and had always heard about the Yardbirds,I only bought this - my first Yardbirds album - a week ago. I never thought that anyone at that time could have been better than the Stones, and dare I say it, I think the Yardbirds were. This version of 'Smokestack Lightning' was regarded Howlin' Wolf as better than his own! What an accolade. And the vocalist is better than Jagger in those early days. On top of all of this, Five Live Yardbirds was their unusual debut (unusual in that it was a wild, raucous live album; most groups then followed up a series of studio albums with a live one)- what a wonderful place for me to start! And I unreservedly recommend it to you.