Little Games

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Little Games
Studio album by The Yardbirds
Released	July 24, 1967
Recorded	De Lane Lea, London, March–May 1967
Genre	Blues rock
Length	30:28
Label	Epic BN26313
Producer(s)	Mickie Most
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Yardbirds chronology
Roger the Engineer (1966)	Little Games (1967)	Live Yardbirds: Featuring Jimmy Page (1971)

Little Games is an album by British blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in 1967 (see 1967 in music). Successful singles producer Mickie Most was called in to assist The Yardbirds on what was to be their final album before the group disbanded in 1968. Jimmy Page used his guitar-bowing technique on "Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor" and "Glimpses". The song "White Summer" is often played with the song "Black Mountain Side" in live Led Zeppelin shows and appeared as a bonus track for the album Coda in the Complete Studio Recordings box set.

The album peaked at #80 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Personnel 2.1 Additional personnel 3 Production 4 Charts

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

1. "Little Games" (Harold Spiro, Phil Wainman) – 2:25
2. "Smile On Me" (Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, Jimmy Page, Keith Relf) – 3:16
3. "White Summer" (Traditional; Arrangement by Page) – 3:56
4. "Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor" (Page, McCarty) – 2:49
5. "Glimpses" (Dreja, McCarty, Page, Relf) – 4:24

[edit] Side two

1. "Drinking Muddy Water" (Dreja, McCarty, Page, Relf) – 2:53
2. "No Excess Baggage" (Roger Atkins, Carl D'Errico) – 2:32
3. "Stealing Stealing" (Traditional; Arrangement by Dreja, McCarty, Page, Relf) – 2:42
4. "Only the Black Rose" (Relf) – 2:52
5. "Little Soldier Boy" (McCarty, Page, Relf) – 2:39

[edit] Personnel

• Chris Dreja – bass guitar
• Jim McCarty – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Jimmy Page – guitar
• Keith Relf – harmonica, percussion, vocals

[edit] Additional personnel

• Nicky Hopkins – keyboards
• Clem Cattini – drums
• John Paul Jones – bass guitar

[edit] Production

• Producer: Adam Block
• Engineer: Kevin Reeves

[edit] Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1967	Pop Albums	80

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1967	"Little Games"	Pop Singles	51