Yardbirds Live & Rare CD

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.

1. Train Kept A-Rollin' 2. Shapes of Things 3. Over Under Sideways Down (Tracks 1-3, Live on French TV Music Hall de France, 27 June 1966) 4. Questa Volta 5. Paff Bum (Live at Sanremo Music Festival, 27-28 January 1966) 6. Great Shakes 7. MacLean's Toothpaste (Commercials) 8. Train Kept A-Rollin' 9. Shapes of Things (Tracks 8-9, Live at the New Musical Express Poll Winners Concert, Wembley, UK 1 May 1966) 10. Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (Single A-Side) 11. Psycho Daisies (Single B-Side) 12. Stroll on (From 'Blow-Up') (1966 Mono Recordings) 13. Mr. Zero (Single A-Side) 14. Knowing (Single B-Side) 15. Shapes in My Mind (Single A-Side) 16. Blue Sands (Single B-Side) 17. Shapes in My Mind (Alternate Version) (Tracks 13-17, Keith Relf 1966 Mono Recordings) 18. Shapes of Things 19. Happenings Ten Years Time Ago 20. Over, Under, Sideways, Down 21. I'm a Man (Tracks 1-4, Live on German TV Beat! Beat! Beat! 15 March 1967) 22. Shapes of Things 23. Heart Full of Soul 24. You're a Better Man Than I 25. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) 26. Over, Under, Sideways, Down 27. Little Games 28. My Baby 29. I'm a Man (Tracks 5-12, Live at Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, 4 April 1967) 30. Shapes of Things 31. Train Kept A-Rollin' 32. You're a Better Man Than I 33. Heart Full of Soul 34. My Baby 35. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) 36. Over, Under, Sideways, Down (Tracks 13-19 Live at Grand Spectacle de Jeunes, Paris, France, 30 April 1967) 37. Interview: Jimmy Page Talks About Touring 38. Goodnight Sweet Josephine 39. My Baby 40. Think About It 41. White Summer (Instrumental) 42. Dazed and Confused 43. Think About It (Alternate Take) (Tracks 1-7, Live at the BBC, Recorded for Saturday Club at the Playhouse Theatre) 44. The Train Kept A-Rollin' 45. Dazed and Confused 46. Goodnight Sweet Josephine (Tracks 8-10, Live on French TV Bouton Rouge, 9 March 1968) 47. Louise 48. I Wish You Would (Tracks 1-2, Go Tell It on the Mountain, Recorded 5 April 1964) 49. Boom Boom 50. I'm a Man 51. Little Queenie 52. Too Much Monkey Business 53. Respectable 54. Carol 55. Here 'Tis (Tracks 3-9, Live at the 4th National Jazz ; Blues Festival, 9 August 1964) 56. I'm Not Talking (Tracks 10, Saturday Club, 20 March 1965) 57. Hush-A-Bye 58. I'm a Man 59. Bottle Up and Go 60. Spoonful (Tracks 11-14, Saturday Swings, 17 April 1965) 61. Steeled Blues (Tracks 15, Saturday Club, 5 June 1965) 62. I'm Not Talking 63. Louise (Tracks 16-17, Saturday Swings, 12 June 1965) 64. For Your Love 65. I Wish You Would (Tracks 18-19 Europe 1, Palais Des Sports Broadcast, 20 June 1965) 66. I Wish You Would (Tracks 20, You Really Got Me, 30 August 1965) 67. Love Me Like I Love You (Tracks 21, the Beat Show, 13 August 1965) 68. The Stumble (Tracks 22, Saturday Club, 2 October 1965) 69. Jeff's Boogie (Tracks 23, Saturday Swings, 21 May 1966) 70. Jeff's Boogie (Tracks 24, Joe Loss Pop Show, 1 July 1966) 71. Louise 72. I Wish You Would (Tracks 1-2, Live on British TV Go Tell It on the Mountain, 22 July 1964) 73. Train Kept A-Rollin' (Edit) 74. Shapes of Things (Edit) (Tracks 3-4, Live at the New Musical Express Poll Winners Concert, Wembley, UK, 1 May 1966) 75. Train Kept A-Rollin' 76. Shapes of Things 77. Over, Under, Sideways, Down (Tracks 5-7, Live on French TV Music Hall de France, 27 June 1966) 78. Shapes of Things 79. Happenings Ten Years Time Ago 80. Over, Under, Sideways, Down 81. I'm a Man (Tracks 8-11, Live on German TV Beat! Beat! Beat!, 15 March 1967) 82. Shapes of Things 83. Train Kept A-Rollin' 84. You're a Better Man Than I 85. Heart Full of Soul 86. My Baby 87. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) 88. Over, Under, Sideways, Down (Tracks 12-18 Live at Grand Spectacle de Jeunes, Paris, France, 30 April 1967) 89. Train Kept A-Rollin' 90. Dazed and Confused 91. Goodnight Josephine (Tracks 19-21, Live on French TV Bouton Rouge, 9 March 1968)