Having a Rave Up

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Having a Rave Up
Studio album by The Yardbirds
Released	November 1965
Recorded	???
Genre	Blues rock
Length	??:??
Label	Epic
Producer(s)	Giorgio Gomelsky
Professional reviews
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The Yardbirds chronology
For Your Love (1965)	Having a Rave Up (1965)	Roger the Engineer (UK) (1966) ---- Over Under Sideways Down (US-title)
Eric Clapton chronology
For Your Love (1965)	Having a Rave Up (1965)	Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (1966)

Having a Rave Up is the third album by British blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in 1965 (see 1965 in music). In 2003, the album was ranked number 353 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

It was the last album to feature Eric Clapton as the group's lead guitarist.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Mr. You Are a Better Man Than I" (Hugg)– 3:17
2. "Evil Hearted You" (Graham Gouldman) – 2:23
3. "Still I'm Sad" (Jim McCarty, Paul Samwell-Smith) – 2:57
4. "Heart Full of Soul" (Gouldman) – 2:27
5. "I'm a Man" (Bo Diddley) – 2:36
6. "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, Lois Mann) – 3:25
7. "Smokestack Lightning" (Howlin' Wolf) – 5:35
8. "Respectable" (O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley) – 5:35
9. "I'm a Man" (Bo Diddley) – 4:33
10. "Here 'Tis" (Bo Diddley) – 5:10

[edit] Personnel

• Jeff Beck - guitar (on "I'm A Man", "Mr. You're A Better Man Than I", "Evil Hearted You", "Still I'm Sad", "Heart Full of Soul", "Train Kept A'Rollin")
• Eric Clapton - guitar
• Chris Dreja - guitar
• Jim McCarty - drums
• Jimmy Page - bass, guitar
• Keith Relf - vocals, harmonica
• Paul Samwell-Smith - bass

[edit] Production

• Producer: Giorgio Gomelsky
• Musical director: Paul Samwell Smith
• Liner notes: Connie de Nave