The Yardbirds

The Yardbirds – Live at the BBC Revisited (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · December 21, 2023 · Comments off

3 CD Set, 69 remastered and and restored tracks from 1964-1968 together for the first time on one release. Featuring Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck And Jimmy Page.

Repertoire Records presents the most comprehensive collection of the Yardbirds BBC ‘live’ recordings ever released, bringing 69 tracks together for the first time.

Over 3 hours of BBC recordings including tracks from ‘Saturday Club’, ‘A Whole Scene Going’, ‘Top Gear’ with John Peel and more.

Newly sourced from rare, hard-to-find and archival sources, the BBC’s Yardbirds recordings have been expertly repaired and restored especially for this updated ‘Live At The BBC Revisited’ album. The result is the best sounding and most comprehensive Yardbirds BBC collection released to date, with many tracks making their official debut on CD.

Included during the 3 hours of recordings are versions of smash hits such as ‘For Your Love’ and ‘Heart Full Of Soul’ as well as Yardbirds stage favourites ‘Too Much Monkey Business’, ‘Smokestack Lightning’, ‘I’m A Man’ and ‘Train Kept A-Rollin’’.

Also included is the complete legendary final BBC session featuring ‘White Summer’ and ‘Dazed And Confused’.

British guitar legends Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page feature alongside frontman Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith, Jim McCarty and Chris Dreja in these sessions recorded by the world-renowned BBC.

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The Yardbirds – Live in France (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · November 16, 2023 · Comments off

This major English band of the 60s, precursor and founder of hard rock blues, exerted a decisive influence on a whole section of rock history. Despite his short career (1963-1968) started at the same time as The Beatles or The Rolling Stones, he saw the holy trinity of British guitarists : Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck.

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The Yardbirds – Live and Rare (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · November 16, 2023 · Comments off

Limited five disc (four CDS + NTSC/Region 0 DVD) set. This landmark boxset brings together 70 audio tracks by legendary English group, The Yardbirds, for the first time. Featuring live performances from across Europe, rare studio cuts and 21 previously unissued BBC off-air recordings. The band’s career from their blues beginnings to the pioneering psychedelic hard rock which lay the foundations for Led Zeppelin is charted across five discs. Amongst the numerous highlights are seminal performances by guitar legends, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, all of whom ranked in the top five of Rolling Stone magazine’s list of 100 greatest guitarists ever. Five discs packaged individually in deluxe mini-gatefold digipaks. 70 remastered tracks across four CDs charting the career of The Yardbirds, featuring seminal performances from British guitar legends, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. CD highlights include 21 previously unissued BBC off-air recordings, live performances across Europe and rare studio cuts. DVD featuring 21 restored live performances, taken from archival sources at the BBC, ITV and French, German TV. Each disc includes extensive liner notes by celebrated music journalist and critic, Chris Welch. 36 page mini book with a new essay by Ugly Things magazine editor, Mike Stax.

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The Yardbirds – Little Games (Stereo, Remastered) (1967/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · November 16, 2023 · Comments off

“Little Games” is the fourth studio album released by the English Rock group the Yardbirds. This was the band’s first album recorded with newly inducted guitarist Jimmy Page, after Jeff Beck left the group. The 1967 record features singles “White Summer” and “Stealing Stealing”. By the time Jeff Beck left the Yardbirds in late 1966, the group was down to a four-piece, with former session-man Jimmy Page left to handle the guitar duties. As the group disintegrated over the next year and a half, Page would end up taking the remnants of this group and turning it into Led Zeppelin.

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The Yardbirds – 1967 – Live in Stockholm & Offenbach (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · November 16, 2023 · Comments off

1967 – what a wonderful year! It heralded the Summer of Love when hippies roamed the streets of London clad in kaftans and beads and Flower Power ruled. It was also a year of artistic development when the Yardbirds became an important part of the coming rock revolution.

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The Yardbirds – Yardbirds ’68 (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · November 8, 2022 · Comments off

Yardbirds ’68 is a double CD and LP record album by English rock group the Yardbirds. Recorded in 1968 in New York City when the group was a quartet with guitarist Jimmy Page, it includes live performances and demos. Page produced the album, which was released in November 2017 on his own record label…

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