Various Artists- Songs That Shaped The Yardbirds
SKU: 604988330922
Successors to The Rolling Stones at the legendary Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, Surrey, THE YARDBIRDS - with Eric Clapton on lead guitar - were initially viewed as regular white Blues/R&B band. Their initial inspiration and repertoire drew from "the usual suspects", i.e. men like Howlin' Wolf, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed, Elmore James, and of course Sonny Boy Williamson II, with whom they toured. However, from the outset they were different to their peers and played long, extended, free-form improvisations - which they called "Rave-Ups" - long before anyone else in the UK. This unique compilation presents the original versions of many of the numbers that they either recorded, or became staple elements of their live sets. The "Most Blueswailing Yardbirds" would go on to become influential way beyond their expectations.
Track List
- Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'
- Bo Diddley - You Can't Judge a Book By Looking at the Cover
- Chuck Berry - I'm Talkin' 'Bout You
- Billy Boy Arnold - I Wish You Would
- Chuck Berry - Let It Rock
- John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom
- Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love
- Sonny Boy Williamson II - Pontiac Blues
- Sonny Boy Williamson II - Mr Down Child
- Jimmy Reed - Baby What's Wrong
- Ernie K Doe - a Certain Girl
- Don ; Bob - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Jimmy Reed - I Ain't Got You
- The Shirelles - Putty in Your Hands
- Snooky Pryor - Someone to Love Me
- Chuck Berry - Too Much Monkey Business
- Slim Harpo - I Got Love If You Want It
- The Isley Brothers - Respectable
- Eric "Monty" Morris - Humpty Dumpty
- Elmore James - the Sky Is Crying
- Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years
- Bo Diddley - Pretty Girl
- John Lee Hooker - Louise
- Bo Diddley - I'm a Man
- Chuck Berry - Little Queenie
- Snooks Eaglin - Bottle Up and Go
- Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful
- Elmore James - Dust My Blues
- The Johnny Burnette Trio - the Train Kept A-Rollin'
Shop online 24/7 at Darkside Records.
Follow us on Instagram.
Successors to The Rolling Stones at the legendary Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, Surrey, THE YARDBIRDS - with Eric Clapton on lead guitar - were initially viewed as regular white Blues/R&B band. Their initial inspiration and repertoire drew from "the usual suspects", i.e. men like Howlin' Wolf, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed, Elmore James, and of course Sonny Boy Williamson II, with whom they toured. However, from the outset they were different to their peers and played long, extended, free-form improvisations - which they called "Rave-Ups" - long before anyone else in the UK. This unique compilation presents the original versions of many of the numbers that they either recorded, or became staple elements of their live sets. The "Most Blueswailing Yardbirds" would go on to become influential way beyond their expectations.
Track List
- Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'
- Bo Diddley - You Can't Judge a Book By Looking at the Cover
- Chuck Berry - I'm Talkin' 'Bout You
- Billy Boy Arnold - I Wish You Would
- Chuck Berry - Let It Rock
- John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom
- Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love
- Sonny Boy Williamson II - Pontiac Blues
- Sonny Boy Williamson II - Mr Down Child
- Jimmy Reed - Baby What's Wrong
- Ernie K Doe - a Certain Girl
- Don ; Bob - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Jimmy Reed - I Ain't Got You
- The Shirelles - Putty in Your Hands
- Snooky Pryor - Someone to Love Me
- Chuck Berry - Too Much Monkey Business
- Slim Harpo - I Got Love If You Want It
- The Isley Brothers - Respectable
- Eric "Monty" Morris - Humpty Dumpty
- Elmore James - the Sky Is Crying
- Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years
- Bo Diddley - Pretty Girl
- John Lee Hooker - Louise
- Bo Diddley - I'm a Man
- Chuck Berry - Little Queenie
- Snooks Eaglin - Bottle Up and Go
- Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful
- Elmore James - Dust My Blues
- The Johnny Burnette Trio - the Train Kept A-Rollin'
Shop online 24/7 at Darkside Records.
Follow us on Instagram.