Various Artists- Songs That Shaped The Yardbirds (CD)

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

1. Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'
2. Bo Diddley - You Can't Judge a Book By Looking at the Cover
3. Chuck Berry - I'm Talkin' 'Bout You
4. Billy Boy Arnold - I Wish You Would
5. Chuck Berry - Let It Rock
6. John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom
7. Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love
8. Sonny Boy Williamson II - Pontiac Blues
9. Sonny Boy Williamson II - Mr Down Child
10. Jimmy Reed - Baby What's Wrong
11. Ernie K Doe - a Certain Girl
12. Don ; Bob - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
13. Jimmy Reed - I Ain't Got You
14. The Shirelles - Putty in Your Hands
15. Snooky Pryor - Someone to Love Me
16. Chuck Berry - Too Much Monkey Business
17. Slim Harpo - I Got Love If You Want It
18. The Isley Brothers - Respectable
19. Eric "Monty" Morris - Humpty Dumpty
20. Elmore James - the Sky Is Crying
21. Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years
22. Bo Diddley - Pretty Girl
23. John Lee Hooker - Louise
24. Bo Diddley - I'm a Man
25. Chuck Berry - Little Queenie
26. Snooks Eaglin - Bottle Up and Go
27. Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful
28. Elmore James - Dust My Blues
29. The Johnny Burnette Trio - the Train Kept A-Rollin'

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