Little Games
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| Little Games | |||||
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| 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 LN 24313/BN 26313 | ||||
| Producer | Mickie Most | ||||
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Little Games is an album by English 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.
The album peaked at #80 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart.
Chris Dreja's name on all his songwriting credits for this album was misspelled on the LP labels as "Ereja". This misprint also appears on the U.S. "Drinking Muddy Water" single and the tracks "Smile On Me" and "Drinking Muddy Water" from the 1970 Epic Records compilation The Yardbirds Featuring Performances By Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page.
Dreja and Jim McCarty do not play on the LP title track
Epic Records (US) mistakenly released a number of stereo versions of the LP in mono version sleeves, with the mono version catalog number, and a mono version record label. The only way to tell if a mono copy is truly mono is by listening or by examining the numbers stamped into the LP trail-out grooves. Counterfeit copies of the album exist also. Genuine copies have deep, dark purple album covers, counterfeits have brighter or "bleached" purple covers.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Side one
- "Little Games" (Harold Spiro, Phil Wainman) – 2:25
- "Smile On Me" (Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, Jimmy Page, Keith Relf) – 3:16
- "White Summer" (Traditional; Arrangement by Page) – 3:56
- "Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor" (Page, McCarty) – 2:49
- "Glimpses" (Dreja, McCarty, Page, Relf) – 4:24
[edit] Side two
- "Drinking Muddy Water" (Dreja, McCarty, Page, Relf) – 2:53
- "No Excess Baggage" (Roger Atkins, Carl D'Errico) – 2:32
- "Stealing Stealing" (Traditional; Arrangement by Dreja, McCarty, Page, Relf) – 2:42
- "Only the Black Rose" (Relf) – 2:52
- "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 |
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| 1967 | Pop Albums | 80 |
Singles – Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1967 | "Little Games" | Pop Singles | 51 |
