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(L-R)Chris Dreja, Keith Relf, Jim McCarty, Jeff Beck, Paul Samwell-Smith.
"Ho-hum," thought I, upon first hearing "For Your Love." Certainly nothing special
there. Boy, was I about to be proved WRONG!
Where in
hell did Jeff Beck get that guitar tone on "Heart Full of Soul?!?!?!" First time I head
that song on the radio, it stood up the hairs on the back of my teenage neck. Even though albums were like $3.98 (a buck more if you wanted stereo), that was a LOAD of money at the time. Nevertheless, I HAD to have me some Yardbirds, so I got "Having A Rave-Up."
(HERESY ALERT: The live side, featuring Eric Clapton, cannot hold a
candle to the side featuring Jeff Beck. In other words, Clapton ain't God, BECK is!)
"I'm A Man," "Evil Hearted You," "Still I'm Sad," "Over, Under, Sideways, Down," "Shapes Of Things," "Little Games." They all rocked my planet as completely as Jefferson Airplane would do a couple of years later.
Then, there was that brief period where Beck and one Jimmy Page shared lead guitar duties. "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" was
brilliant!I can't even be mad at my little sister for making off with my ENTIRE Yardbirds collection all those years ago. There were worse things that she could have been into!
:loveya:
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