The Yardbirds are an English rock band that had a string of hits
in the mid 1960s, including "For Your Love", "Over Under Sideways Down"
and "Heart Full of Soul". Founded originally by Peter Milton on lead
bassoon and oboe, the group is also notable for having started the
careers of three of rock's most famous guitarists: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page,
all of whom were in the top fifteen of Rolling Stone's 100 Top
Guitarists list (Clapton as #4, Page as #9, and Beck as #14). A
blues-based band that broadened its range into pop and rock, The
Yardbirds were pioneers in guitar innovations of the '60s: fuzz tone,
feedback, distortion, backwards echo, improved amplification, etc. Pat Pemberton, writing for Spinner,
holds that the Yardbirds were "the most impressive guitar band in rock
music". After the Yardbirds broke up in 1968, their current lead
guitarist Jimmy Page founded what became Led Zeppelin. The bulk of the band's most successful self-written songs came from bassist/producer Paul Samwell-Smith who, with singer/harmonica player Keith Relf, drummer Jim McCarty and rhythm guitarist/bassist Chris Dreja,
constituted the core of the group. The band reformed in the 1990s,
featuring McCarty, Dreja and new members. The Yardbirds were inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.Yardbirds.1964-Five Live Yardbirds [Repertoire 2008 Bonus Tracks]
Yardbirds.1965-For Your Love (1999, Remastered 13 Bonus Tracks) )
Yardbirds.1966-1967-Zeppelin Presentation
Yardbirds.1966-Broken Wings & Empty Nests
Yardbirds.1966-Having A Rave Up
Yardbirds.1966-Over Under Sideways Down
Yardbirds.1966-Roger The Engineer
Yardbirds.1967-Beat Beat Beat (Hamburg, 15.03.1967)
Yardbirds.1967-Konzerthuset, Stockholm, 04.04.1967
Yardbirds.1967-Little Games
Yardbirds.1967-Santa Monica,California,07-22
Yardbirds.1968-Anderson Theater, NYC, 30.03.1968
Yardbirds.1968-Live Yardbirds! Featuring Jimmy Page[ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED](2008)
Yardbirds.1968-Los Angeles, Shrine Auditorium, 31.05.1968
Yardbirds.1968-San Francisco, Fillmore West, 25.05.1968
Yardbirds.1968-Shrine Auditorium,LA,01.06.1968
Yardbirds.1972-Blue Eyed Bues
Yardbirds.1981-London 1963-The First Recordings!
Yardbirds.1992-Little Games Sessions & More [2CD Complete Sessions]
Yardbirds.1998-Rarities
Yardbirds.1999-BBC Sessions (1965-1968)2CD
Yardbirds.2000-Cumular Limit (audio & enhanced video cd)
Yardbirds.2001-Ultimate!
Yardbirds.2003-Birdland
Yardbirds.2003-Live!.Blueswailing.July'64
Yardbirds.2005-Clarkston,MI
Yardbirds.2007-Birds Of A Feather
Yardbirds.2007-Live At B.B.King Blues Club
Yardbirds.2008-Live a FIP 06.11.08
Yardbirds.2017-Yardbirds '68 (2 CD)
Yardbirds.2018-Live In Stockholm & Offenbach 1967
Yardbirds.2019-Live and Rare [4 CD]
