Live Yardbirds! Featuring Jimmy Page [LIVE] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED]

Yardbirds

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 28, 2000)
• Original Release Date: May 1, 1971
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live, Original recording reissued
• ASIN: B00004Y76F
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #87,081 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist
The Yardbirds. The band that launched the careers of rocks three greatest living guitarists. Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. Inducted into The Rock&Roll Hall of Fame- 1992

Product Description
This is the album you've been waiting to hear on CD. Lovingly remastered and repackaged using the original color cover artwork, "Live Yardbirds! Featuring Jimmy Page" presents The Yardbirds' Anderson Theatre concert in New York from March 30, 1968 in the best possible quality.

This collection also includes two bonus tracks-- the sound checks of the songs "The Train Kept A-Rollin" and "Dazed And Confused"-the first commercial release for both recordings!

Dont buy bootlegs or audience tapes of this show! For the first time, the entire Yardbirds performance from that night has been presented on one disc. Get it now!

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yardbirds - 'Live Yardbirds! Featuring Jimmy Page' , May 14, 2006

By	Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Wow!Cannot even believe this rare(most of the time)and hard to find CD is even available on Amazon.I've heard there were two versions of this title available.A bootleg CD and a legit pressing.Believe the legit release has eleven tracks and the bootleg has just nine.Really very good sound quality,SPECIALLY for the time this show was recorded,on March 30,1968 in New York's lower east side's Anderson Theater.Tunes that will have you playing this disc over until you wear it out are "The Train Kept A Rollin'","I'm Confused",the ultimate late '60's boot-stomper of all time "Over Under Sideways Down",the bluesy "Drinking Muddy Water",Jimmy Page's stellar instrumental "White Summer" and the 12-minute awesome "I'm A Man".An ABSOLUTE must-have.A true keeper.Highly recommended.You get the point.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Smokin' Pagey, April 24, 2007

By	JohnnyD "Johnnyd" (Brentwood, NY USA) - See all my reviews

I was lucky enough to get this from amazon a few years back before Mr.Page ONCE AGAIN killed it with legal injunctions.I see his point.The canned cheering,crappy recording and Keith Relf singing flat for a hour is a bit much.Why the 5 stars then? Jimmy Page sounds great.The Telecaster/Vox combo is stunning and he seldom reached this level of tone again even in Zeppelins best moments.Grab this and enjoy a great guitarist while he was young and fresh.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars JIMMY PAGE RISES FROM THE ASHES OF THE YARDBIRDS, February 13, 2006

By	FRANK ROCKER "ROCKN IN SO CAL" (RIVERSIDE, CA) - See all my reviews

THANK YOU AMAZON. I HAVE WAITED DECADES TO GET THIS CD.

I owned the original vinyl LP of this set back in 1977. I paid
around $35 dollars for it back then. The Yardbirds had it pulled
from release due to the company dubbing in fake crowd noises,bull
fight cheering and the clinking of cocktail glasses according to
Jimmy Page. Those in the audience witnessed the birth of Led
Zeppelin and the implosion of the Yardbirds on this night. J.Page was unknown to an american crowd and unleased his guitar
fury on this tour. Jimmy Page had played bass on the Yardbirds
previous tour which showcased Jeff Beck,and rightfully so.

Singer Keith Relf had a hard time matching Jimmy Page's guitar solos and power cords, which dominated their sound. You
can hear Jimmy using wah-wah pedal, fuzztone, and even a string-
bow on the early version of Dazed and Confused with different
lyrics. My LP labeled the song as Im So Confused.

Songs of interest are Dazed and Confused, a blueprint for the great Zeppelin epic to come, White Summer,which appeared in early Zeppelin live sets. Drinking Muddy Water, which was the
other song played from their album Little Games- it is very similar to Train Kept A Rollin. From the shadows of the stage
that night, Jimmy Page roared through the Jeff Beck Classics-
Heart Full of Soul,Over Under Sideways Down,I'm a Man,and Shapes of Things. The other band members wisely let him take the stagefront. Followers of early Led Zeppelin might
be interested in this CD. Zeppelin arose from the ashes of The
Yardbirds and this music served notice of things to come.

I recommend Yardbirds ... Where the Action is, with the second disc- Jimmy Page with the birds at Stockholm 1967. This
set includes Shapes of Things and Little Games. Especially if you
can't find Live At The Anderson Theatre with Jimmy Page. I also
recommend the band Armageddon,self titled, which rocks to the
singing of the late Keith Relf,the voice of the Yardbirds.