The Yardbirds discography
Year Title Label Type Notes
Aug 1970 The Yardbirds Featuring Performances by Jeff Beck , Eric Clapton , Jimmy Page Epic US ( EG-30135 ) Antho-logy Early US compilation that spans their career on Epic
Sep 1971 Live Yardbirds ! Featuring Jimmy Page Epic US ( E 30615 ) Live Recorded 1968 in New York City ; withdrawn shortly after release , but frequently bootlegged
Dec 1977 Shapes of Things Charly ( CDZ 1 ) Antho-logy Canadian version on Bomb Records reached No . 96 on RPM Top 100
July 1981 London 1963 - The First Recordings ! L & R ( 44.001 ) Live Unreleased live recordings and demo from 1963
May 1991 Yardbirds ... On Air Band of Joy ( BOJCD 200 ) Live Recorded 1965-68 by BBC ; re-released as BBC Sessions ( 1999 )
Aug 1992 Little Games Sessions and More EMI USA ( 0777-7-98213-2 7 ) Antho-logy Includes non-album singles and alternate takes/mixes
Dec 1999 Reunion Jam Mooreland St Live Recorded 1992 in London
Aug 2000 Cumular Limit Burning Airlines ( Pilot 24 ) Antho-logy Includes demos recorded in New York in 1968 and enhanced CD of four live songs from 1967 German TV show
July 2001 Ultimate ! Rhino ( R2 79825 ) Antho-logy Features selections spanning career from 1963 demos to 1968 last single
Mar 2002 The Yardbirds Story Charly ( SNAB 905 CD ) Antho-logy Most available Yardbird recordings from 1963-66 ( before Yardbirds/Over Under Sideways Down ) , including previously unreleased 1963-64 demos and live recordings , and later alternate takes
Apr 2003 Birdland Favored Nations ( FN2280-2 ) Studio Recorded 2003 in Los Angeles and London , reached No . 25 on US Billboard 's Independent Albums chart
Oct 2003 Live ! Blueswailing July '64 Castle Music ( 06076-81331-2 ) Live Unreleased 1964 live recordings
Mar 2007 Live at B.B . King Blues Club Favored Nations ( FN2580-2 ) Live Recorded 2006 in New York City
June 2007 Reunion Jam Vol . II Mooreland St Live Recorded 1992 in London
Dec 2011 Glimpses 1963-1968 Easy Action ( EARS 035 ) Live Mostly live recordings , including some unreleased and those previously scattered among various semi-official and bootleg releases
Oct 2014 Making Tracks Wienerworld Live Recorded during 2010-11 tours
Nov 2017 Yardbirds '68 JimmyPage.com Live Remixed live recordings from Anderson Theater 3/1968 and Columbia demos from 4/68
Releases after 1969
Numerous Yardbird 's anthologies have issued by a number of record companies have been released over the years . Often , they are a haphazard mix of studio and live recordings from the Clapton and early Beck eras , but some include material from the later Beck and Page periods . [ 14 ]
The Yardbirds were an English rock group, that had a string of Top 40 radio hits in mid-1960s in the UK and the US and introduced guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. Their first album released in the UK, Five Live Yardbirds (1964), represented their early club performances with Clapton. The Yardbirds' first American album, For Your Love (1965), was released to capitalise on their first hit, and to promote the group's US tour. However, Clapton had already decided to pursue a different musical direction and was replaced by Beck. Several popular singles with Beck followed, including a second American album, Having a Rave Up with The Yardbirds (1965), that again was a split release featuring songs with both Clapton and Beck. In 1966, the Yardbirds recorded their first studio album of all original material. Released in the UK as Yardbirds and in the US as Over Under Sideways Down, the album acquired the nickname Roger the Engineer after a caption on the English cover (drawn by rhythm guitarist Chris Dreja). Shortly after its release, bassist Paul Samwell-Smith left the group and was replaced by Page. After awhile, Page switched to second lead guitar, with Dreja taking over on bass. This lineup only produced two songs - the psychedelic Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (1966), that was the group's last song to reach the charts in the UK, and Stroll On, the proto-heavy metal remake of Train Kept A-Rollin' they performed in the film Blowup (1966). The dual lead lineup with Beck and Page did not last long; Beck had become increasingly unhappy with the constant touring and left the group, with Page remaining as the sole guitarist. The period as a quartet with Page was the Yardbirds' most stable and lasted nearly two and a half years.