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  • Artist: The Yardbirds
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1965 11
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

In its original U.S. vinyl release, this album, comprised of several singles and B-sides plus excerpts off of Five Live Yardbirds, was one of the best LPs of the entire British invasion, ranking on a par with the greatest mid-1960s work of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones; it was also just a step away from being a best-of the Yardbirds as well. The contents have reappeared numerous times in many different configurations, but no collection has ever outdone the sheer compactness and high quality of Having a Rave Up. One major problem since the 1960s, as with all of the Yardbirds material owned by Charly Records, has been the sound -- for years, Charly only had substandard master materials to offer. That situation improved significantly in the mid- to late 1990s, and Repertoire Records is working from sources that are the cleanest and most impressive to have surfaced on these tracks during the CD era; one suspects that there might still be room for improvement, but not nearly as much as was previously the case -- a quick comparison of tracks between this and the contents of Train Kept A-Rollin' reveals somewhat superior sound here. The Repertoire reissue also adds 11 songs that cut across the group's history: principally outtakes from later in their careers and some odd studio sides from much earlier, plus the B-side "New York City Blues" (a rewrite of "Five Long Years"), the single "Shapes of Things, and their featured number from the Antonioni movie Blow Up, the "Train Kept A-Rollin'" rewrite "Stroll On," featuring Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page in the lineup. There are new notes by Chris Welch that, although structured somewhat haphazardly, give a good account of the history of the varied (and overall stunning) contents of this CD. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Heart Full of Soul (Lyrics) Graham Gouldman The Yardbirds (2:27)
Mr. You Are a Better Man Than I The Yardbirds (3:17)
Evil Hearted You (Lyrics) Graham Gouldman The Yardbirds (2:23)
Still I'm Sad (Lyrics) Jim McCarty, Paul Samwell-Smith The Yardbirds (2:57)
Jeff's Blues [Take 2] Jeff Beck The Yardbirds (3:06)
Like Jimmy Reed Again Jeff Beck, Jim McCarty, Chris Dreja, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith The Yardbirds (3:06)
Chris' Number Jeff Beck, Jim McCarty, Chris Dreja, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith The Yardbirds (2:39)
Pounds and Stomps Jeff Beck, Jim McCarty, Chris Dreja, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith The Yardbirds (2:29)
Shapes of Things (Lyrics) Jim McCarty, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith The Yardbirds (2:35)
I'm a Man Bo Diddley The Yardbirds (2:36)
The Train Kept A-Rollin' Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, Lois Mann The Yardbirds (3:25)
Here 'Tis Bo Diddley, Ellas McDaniel The Yardbirds (4:04)
Steeled Blues Jeff Beck, Keith Relf The Yardbirds (2:36)
New York City Blues (Lyrics) Chris Dreja, Keith Relf The Yardbirds (4:19)
What Do You Want [Take 4] Jeff Beck, Jim McCarty, Chris Dreja, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith The Yardbirds (3:10)
Stroll On (Lyrics) Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Chris Dreja, Keith Relf The Yardbirds (2:43)

Credits

Jeff Beck (Guitar), Jimmy Page (Bass), Jimmy Page (Guitar), The Yardbirds (Main Performer), Paul Samwell-Smith (Musical Director), Connie de Nave (Liner Notes)
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Having a Rave Up
Compilation album by The Yardbirds
Released November 1965
Recorded 1964-1965
Genre Blues-rock
Length 73:36 (1999 reissue)
Label Epic LN 24177/BN 26177
Producer Giorgio Gomelsky
Professional reviews
The Yardbirds chronology
For Your Love
(1965)		 Having a Rave Up
(1965)		 Roger the Engineer
(1966)
Eric Clapton chronology
For Your Love
(USA, 1965)		 Having a Rave Up
(USA, 1965)		 Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton
(1966)

Having a Rave Up is a compilation album by English blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in 1965 (see 1965 in music) in the United States. In 2003, the album was ranked number 353 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

It was the last album to feature Eric Clapton as the group's lead guitarist (although Clapton's replacement, Jeff Beck, appears on the cover). As with the previous U.S. album "For Your Love", there is also no mention of Clapton in the back cover liner notes.

The album is thought of as one of the most influential of the 60's and has been said to predict Heavy Metal, psychedelia and even art rock several years before their respective times.

A U.S.-only album, Rave Up contains six 7" singles and B-sides on the first side; the second side contains four live recordings previously appearing on the U.K. album Five Live Yardbirds.

Contents

Track listing

Original release

Side 1

  1. "You're a Better Man Than I" (Mike Hugg, Brian Hugg) – 3:17
  2. "Evil Hearted You" (Graham Gouldman) – 2:23
  3. "I'm a Man" (Bo Diddley) – 2:36
  4. "Still I'm Sad" (Jim McCarty, Paul Samwell-Smith) – 2:57
  5. "Heart Full of Soul" (Graham Gouldman) – 2:27
  6. "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, Lois Mann) – 3:25

Side 2

  1. "Smokestack Lightning" (Howlin' Wolf) – 5:35
  2. "Respectable" (O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley) – 5:35
  3. "I'm a Man" (Bo Diddley) – 4:33
  4. "Here 'Tis" (Bo Diddley) – 5:10

Repertoire reissue

  1. "Mr. You're a Better Man than I" – 3:19
  2. "Evil Hearted You" – 2:25
  3. "I'm a Man" – 2:38
  4. "Still I'm Sad" – 2:59
  5. "Heart Full of Soul" – 2:29
  6. "Train Kept a Rollin'" – 3:26
  7. "Smokestack Lightning" – 5:40
  8. "Respectable" – 5:35
  9. "I'm a Man" – 4:31
  10. "Here 'Tis" – 5:10
  11. "Shapes of Things" – 2:26
  12. "New York City Blues" – 4:19
  13. "Jeff's Blues" – 3:04
  14. "Someone to Love" – 2:24
  15. "Someone to Love" – 4:18
  16. "Like Jimmy Reed Again" – 3:04
  17. "Chris' Number" – 2:23
  18. "What Do You Want" – 3:11
  19. "Here 'Tis" – 3:49
  20. "Here 'Tis" – 4:06
  21. "Stroll On" – 2:44

Personnel

v • d • e
The Yardbirds
Original members (1963-68): Keith Relf  · Chris Dreja  · Paul Samwell-Smith  · Top Topham  · Jim McCarty  · Eric Clapton  · Jeff Beck  · Jimmy Page
Rod Demick  · Laurie Garman · Alan Glen · John Idan  · Ben King  · Billy Boy Miskimmin  · Ray Majors  · Gypie Mayo
Albums
Live albums
Compilations
UK Singles
(EMI Columbia)
"I Wish You Would" · "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" · "For Your Love" · "Heart Full of Soul" · "Evil Hearted You" · "Shapes of Things"  · "Over Under Sideways Down"  · "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago"  · "Little Games"
Other songs
"Boom Boom"  · "My Girl Sloopy" · "I'm a Man"  · "Train Kept A-Rollin'"  · "Ha Ha Said the Clown" · "White Summer" · "Ten Little Indians" · "Goodnight Sweet Josephine"  · "Think About It" · "Dazed and Confused"
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