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The Yardbirds - For Your Love Audio CD

A fair review of the The Yardbirds "For Your Love" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all The Yardbirds reviews here, or go back to the The Yardbirds tabs.

The Yardbirds Band: The Yardbirds
Title: For Your Love
Rating:
Release Date: 1999-06-01
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: For Your Love 2: I'm Not Talking 3: Putty (In Your Hands) 4: I Ain't Got You 5: Got to Hurry 6: I Ain't Done Wrong 7: I Wish You Would 8: Certain Girl 9: Sweet Music [Take 3] 10: Good Morning Little Schoolgirl 11: My Girl Sloppy 12: Baby What's Wrong [*] 13: Boom Boom 14: Honey in Your Hips 15: Talkin' About You 16: I Wish You Would [Long Version][*] 17: Certain Girl [Alternate Take][*] 18: Got to Hurry [Take 4][*] 19: Sweet Music [Take 4][*] 20: Heart Full of Soul [Sitar Version][*] 21: Steeled Blues [*] 22: Paff...Bum [German Issue][*] 23: Questa Volta 24: Paff...Bum [Italian Issue]

Not the original album
You can also hear Clapton's guitar work in the live cuts on what used to be the B side of "Having a Rave Up. The original version of "For Your Love" did not contain all these tracks, and in spite of the cover photo showing Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton was the guitarist on the title song. " Clapton left the Yardbirds in March of 1965 because he thought they were becoming too "pop"; by that time, Beck was already rehearsing with them in the studio.


Not what I was expecting, but worth a buy
Then I remembered why I bought this album in the first place: I wanted to hear the roots of Rock by a band that was experimenting with American blues (Boom Boom, I Wish You Would, Got to Hurry) and going beyond the blues to form a new sound (For Your Love). Being familiar with the Yardbirds only via their widely played pop hits such as the title track and "Heart Full of Soul", I was surprised to find that many of the songs on this album sound like Anglicized covers of blues tunes sung by skinny guys (like me) with thready voices.
This Yardbirds post-Clapton album is a wonderful sample of Music in Transition, and it is definitely worth the money, especially with the extensive bonus tracks such as a sitar version of "Heart Full of Soul" and "Steeled Blues" featuring amazing steel guitar work by Jeff Beck.


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