Having a Rave Up [Having a Rave Up+16]

• Artist: The Yardbirds
• Rating:
• Release Date: February 18, 2003
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Rock

Review

Japanese Victor Corporation, better known as JVC, has issued their own remastered versions of the Yardbirds' classic mid-'60s recordings -- including Having a Rave Up -- independently of Repertoire Records' digipack-style reissues. The most obvious difference is their mini-LP sleeve packaging; but the JVC producers have also radically altered the song content of their Having a Rave Up CD, in recognition of the fact that the original U.S.-released LP's second side consisted of four live tracks taken from Five Live Yardbirds, which hadn't been issued in the U.S., but which does exist as a CD from JVC. Rather than repeat those four tracks from the other CD, the producers have eliminated them, keeping only the original LP's six studio tracks (all single A- and B-sides) from side one. They've loaded up 16 bonus tracks, including the sitar version of "Heart Full of Soul," the proto-metal "Shapes of Things," and the string-bending "New York City Blues" (which features Chris Dreja's most aggressive rhythm guitar work, as well as some of Jeff Beck's best lead playing), the Italian-language singles "Paff...Boom" and "Questa Volta," plus the German version of the former (all of which are essentially Keith Relf solo tracks), the Blow Up featured number "Stroll On" (featuring Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, in another premature heavy metal track), and the studio outtakes "For R.S.G." (the group's studio version of Bo Diddley's "Here 'Tis"), and the multiple Roger the Engineer demos ("What Do You Want," "Someone to Love" etc.). The mastering of the individual tracks is very, very close to the Repertoire release -- the Japanese editions may have pushed the volume slightly harder, but whether that difference is enough to justify the extra $10.00 per disc is a decision that must be made by the individual consumer. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Mr. You're a Better Man Than I [Mono Version]	Mike Hugg, Brian Hugg	The Yardbirds	(3:19)
Evil Hearted You [Mono Version]	Graham Gouldman	The Yardbirds	(2:25)
I'm a Man [Mono Version]	Ellas McDaniel	The Yardbirds	(2:38)
Still I'm Sad [Mono Version]	Jim McCarty, Paul Samwell-Smith	The Yardbirds	(2:59)
Heart Full of Soul [Mono Version]	Graham Gouldman	The Yardbirds	(2:29)
Train Kept a Rollin' [Mono Version]	Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, Lois Mann	The Yardbirds	(3:26)
Heart Full of Soul [Mono Version][Version]	Graham Gouldman	The Yardbirds	(1:54)
Steeled Blues [Mono Version]	Jeff Beck, Keith Relf	The Yardbirds	(2:38)
Shapes of Things [Mono Version]	Jim McCarty, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith	The Yardbirds	(2:26)
New York City Blues [Mono Version]	Chris Dreja, Keith Relf	The Yardbirds	(4:19)
Questa Volta [Mono Version]	Roberto Satti, Gianni Marchetti, Giulio Rapetti, Mogol	The Yardbirds	(2:33)
Paff... Bum [Italian Issue]	Paul Samwell-Smith, Sergio Bardotti, Gianfranco Reverberi	The Yardbirds	(2:37)
Paff... Bum [German Issue]	Paul Samwell-Smith, Sergio Bardotti, Gianfranco Reverberi	The Yardbirds	(2:27)
What Do You Want [Stereo]	Jeff Beck, Jim McCarty, Chris Dreja, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith	The Yardbirds	(3:11)
Jeff's Blues [Stereo]	Jeff Beck	The Yardbirds	(3:04)
Someone to Love, Pt. 1 [Mono Version]	Jeff Beck, Jim McCarty, Chris Dreja, Keith Relf	The Yardbirds	(2:24)
Someone to Love, Pt. 2 [Stereo]	Jeff Beck, Jim McCarty, Chris Dreja, Keith Relf	The Yardbirds	(4:17)
For R.S.G. [Mono Version]	Jeff Beck, Ellas McDaniel, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith	The Yardbirds	(4:05)
Like Jimmy Reed Again [Stereo]		The Yardbirds	(3:04)
Chris' Number [Stereo]	Jeff Beck, Jim McCarty, Chris Dreja, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith	The Yardbirds	(2:23)
Pounds and Stomps [Mono Version]		The Yardbirds	(2:31)
Stroll On [Mono Version]		The Yardbirds	(2:44)

Credits

The Yardbirds (Main Performer), Connie de Nave (Liner Notes)