Five Live Yardbirds

Five Live Yardbirds
Live album by The Yardbirds
Released	December 4, 1964 (1964-12-04)[1]
Recorded	March 13, 1964 at Marquee Club, London
Genre	Blues rock, rhythm and blues
Length	42:11
Label	Columbia SX1677
Producer	Giorgio Gomelsky
The Yardbirds chronology
Five Live Yardbirds (1964) For Your Love (1965)

Five Live Yardbirds is the live debut album by English blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in the United Kingdom in December 1964^[2] (see 1964 in music) by Columbia Records. The album has been re-released and remastered by numerous record companies.

History

In October 1963, the Yardbirds took over The Rolling Stones position at the Crawdaddy Club and had signed a management contract with Crawdaddy owner Giorgio Gomelsky. After going on tour with Sonny Boy Williamson the band got a contract with Columbia Records and released the singles "I Wish You Would" and "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl".^[3]

Rave Up

Many of the songs on the album including "I'm a Man" and "Here Tis" feature a "rave up", an instrumental interlude which starts low and builds to a climax. "I'm a Man" was later recorded with Jeff Beck on lead guitar. Guitarist Eric Clapton credits the rave up to bassist Paul Samwell-Smith.^[3][4] The use of the "rave up" is evident in the fact that the songs "Smokestack Lighting", "Respectable", "I'm a Man", and "Here 'Tis" appear on the US release Having a Rave Up".

Track listing

Side one

1. "Too Much Monkey Business" (Chuck Berry) – 3:51
2. "Got Love If You Want It" (Slim Harpo) – 2:40
3. "Smokestack Lightning" (Howlin' Wolf) – 5:35
4. "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" (H. G. Demarais) – 2:42
5. "Respectable" (O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley) – 5:35

Side two

6. "Five Long Years" (Eddie Boyd) – 5:18
7. "Pretty Girl" (Ellas McDaniel) – 3:04
8. "Louise" (John Lee Hooker) – 3:43
9. "I'm a Man" (McDaniel) – 4:33
10. "Here 'Tis" (McDaniel) – 5:10

2003 bonus tracks

11. "You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover" (Willie Dixon) – 2:56
12. "Let It Rock" (Berry) – 2:16
13. "I Wish You Would" (Billy Boy Arnold) – 5:53
14. "Who Do You Love?" (McDaniel) – 4:07
15. "Honey in Your Hips" (Keith Relf) – 2:27
16. "A Certain Girl" (Naomi Neville) – 2:17
17. "Got to Hurry" (O. Rasputin) – 2:47
18. "Boom Boom" (Hooker) – 2:24
19. "I Ain't Got You" (Calvin Carter) – 1:59
20. "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" (Studio Version) – 2:44

Tracks 1 to 10 recorded at the Marquee Club, in London, England on 13 March 1964.

Tracks 11 to 15 recorded at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, Surrey, England on 8 December 1963.

Tracks 16, 19-20 released in 1964 as singles.

Tracks 17-18 released in 1965 as singles.

Personnel

Performers

• Eric "Slowhand" Clapton – lead guitar, co-lead vocals on "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl"^[5]
• Chris Dreja – rhythm guitar
• Jim McCarty – drums
• Keith Relf – lead vocals; except on "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl",^[5] harmonica, maracas
• Paul "Sam" Samwell-Smith – bass guitar, co-lead vocals on "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl"^[5]

Production

• Giorgio Gomelsky – producer, liner notes
• Phillip Wood – engineer, sound effects engineer
• Bill Inglot – digital remastering
• Richard Rosser – photography

Release history

References