The Yardbirds Story
The Yardbirds Story, originally released as Train Kept A-Rollin' – The Complete Giorgio Gomelsky Productions, is a 90-track CD box set compilation of all of the known Yardbirds recordings from 1963 to 1966 (before "Yardbirds" a.k.a. "Roger the Engineer"/Over Under Sideways Down), including all of the band's singles and flip-sides, previously unreleased 1963–64 demos, live recordings, and alternate takes. The music is assembled Bear Family Records-style, in chronological recording date order. It contains all of the Eric Clapton Yardbird tracks and everything Jeff Beck contributed to up until Roger the Engineer. It's also augmented by a pair of 1967 live tracks with Jimmy Page in the lineup.
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Released | May 1993 |
Recorded | 1963 – 1967 |
Genre | Rock |
Label | Charly |
Producer | Giorgio Gomelsky |
The original box set, "Train Kept A-Rollin' – The Complete Giorgio Gomelsky Productions," included a 64-page booklet filled with information about, and photos of the Yardbirds. Initial pressings contained a bonus Yardbirds T-shirt.
"Train Kept A-Rollin' – The Complete Giorgio Gomelsky Productions" was released May 1993 on Charly Records (SNAB 905 CD).[1][2] That set was then re-released in 2002 as The Yardbirds Story on Charly's subsidiary label, Snapper UK (SNAJ 736)
Track listing
Disc 1
- "Smokestack Lightning" – 6:48
- "You Can't Judge A Book By Looking at the Cover" – 2:56
- "Let It Rock" – 2:17
- "I Wish You Would" – 5:54
- "Who Do You Love" – 4:10
- "Honey in Your Hips" – 2:27
- "Bye Bye Bird" – 3:38
- "Mister Downchild" – 3:56
- "The River Rhine" – 5:21
- "23 Hours Too Long" – 5:07
- "A Lost Care" – 2:16
- "Pontiac Blues" – 3:49
- "Take It Easy Baby" (Version One) – 5:41
- "Out on the Water Coast" – 3:07
- "I Don't Care No More" – 3:42
- "Western Arizona" – 3:00
- "Take It Easy Baby" (Version Two) – 4:12
- "Baby What's Wrong" – 2:38
- "Boom Boom" – 2:25
- "Honey in Your Hips" – 2:18
Disc 2
- "Talkin' 'Bout You" – 1:56
- "I Wish You Would" (Alternate Take, Long Version) – 4:16
- "A Certain Girl (Alternate Take) 2:20
- "Slow Walk" – 1:04
- "Highway 69" – 3:17
- "My Little Cabin" – 33:47
- "Too Much Monkey Business" – 3:49
- "Got Love If You Want It" – 2:36
- "Smokestack Lightning" – 5:43
- "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" – 2:40
- "Respectable" – 5:30
- "Five Long Years" – 5:15
- "Pretty Girl" – 3:03
- "Louise" – 3:41
- "I'm A Man" – 4:31
- "Here 'Tis" – 5:09
- "I Wish I Would" – 2:18
- "A Certain Girl" – 2:16
- "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (Backing Track) 3:18
- "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (Backing Track & Harmonica) 3:09
- "Good Morning Little Schoogirl (Master) 2:44
- "I Ain't Got You" – 1:59
Disc 3
- "Four Your Love" – 2:28
- "Got To Hurry" (Take 2-False Start) 0:42
- "Got To Hurry" (Take 3) 2:47
- "Got To Hurry" (Take 4) 2:34
- "Putty (In Your Hands)" – 2:17
- "Sweet Music" (Take 3) 2:29
- "Sweet Music" (Take 4) 2:36
- "I'm Not Talking" – 2:31
- "I Ain't Done Wrong" – 3:37
- "My Girl Sloopy" – 5:36
- "Heart Full of Sou"l (Sitar Version) 1:53
- "Heart Full of Soul" – 2:27
- "Steeled Blues" – 2:36
- "Evil Hearted You" – 2:23
- "Still I'm Sad" – 2:57
- "Shape of Things" – 2:35
- "Mr. You're A Better Man Than I" – 3:17
- "I'm A Man" – 2:36
- "New York City Blues" – 4:19
- "Train Kept A-Rollin'" – 3:25
- "Paff...Bum" (Version One) – 2:26
- "Questa Volta" – 2:23
- "Paff...Bum" (Version Two) – 2:36
- "Mr. Zero" – 2:42
- "Knowing" – 1:50
- "Without You" – 2:25
- "Climbing Through" – 3:01
Disc 4
- "Jeff's Blues" (Take One) – 3:02
- "Jeff's Blues" (Take Two) – 3:06
- "Some To Love, Part One" (Take 2 Instr.) – 2:15
- "Some To Love, Part One" (Take 4 Instr.) – 2:13
- "Some To Love, Part One" (Take 14, Instr.) – 2:04
- "Some To Love, Part One" (Take 15, Vocal) – 2:22
- "Some To Love, Part Two" – 4:16
- "Like Jimmy Reed Again" – 3:06
- "Chris' Number (Take 1) – 2:38
- "Pounds And Stomps (XYZ)" – 2:43
- "Pounds And Stomps" – 2:28
- "What Do You Want" (Take 1) – 3:45
- What Do You Want" (Take 2) – 3:29
- "What Do You Want" (Take 3) – 3:37
- "What Do You Want" (Take 4) – 3:09
- "Here 'Tis" (Stereo Instrumental Version) – 3:48
- "Here 'Tis" (Version "For R.S.G.") – 4:04
- "Crimson Curtain" (Edit of Take One And Insert) – 2:45
- "Stroll On" – 2:43
- "I'm A Man" (Live in Germany 1967) – 5:45
- "Shape of Things" (Live in Germany 1967) – 2:18
Core Personnel
The Yardbirds
- Keith Relf – lead vocals, harmonica
- Eric Clapton – guitars
- Jeff Beck – guitars
- Jimmy Page – guitars
- Chris Dreja – rhythm guitar, piano, backing vocals
- Paul Samwell-Smith – bass guitar & backing vocals
- Jim McCarty – drums, backing vocals, percussion
References
- Carson, Annette (2001). How the Fender Bass Changed the World. Hal Leonard. p. 241.
- "Train Kept A-Rollin' – The Complete Giorgio Gomelsky Productions". allmusic.com. allmusic.com. 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2017.