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unusual facts about the Yardbirds



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Blazer

Another mod band, Small Faces, and other bands liked by mods — such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Kinks, Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, The Animals, The Yardbirds, The Moody Blues and The Troggs — had band members wearing striped blazers/boating jackets or later, brightly coloured blazers with wide white or other light edging.

Bowed guitar

Jimmy Page, of Led Zeppelin and The Yardbirds, is perhaps one of the most famous bowed guitar players, such as on the songs "Dazed and Confused" and "How Many More Times" (from the album Led Zeppelin) as well as "In the Light" (from the album Physical Graffiti).

Chris Townson

Notwithstanding the Beatlemania that was sweeping the country at the time, Townson and Ellison were more interested in the rhythm and blues sound of The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds and The Who.

Colin Wood

He was also playing on rock sessions with The Yardbirds, David Bowie, Cat Stevens, Kevin Coyne and was the keyboardist on two songs included as part of the debut album of Uriah Heep.

Epiphone Rivoli

Notable users of the Epiphone Rivoli in the 1960s include Chip Hawkes (The Tremeloes), Chas Chandler (The Animals, John Entwistle (The Who), Tony Jackson (The Searchers), Karl Green (Herman's Hermits), Paul Samwell-Smith and Jimmy Page (The Yardbirds), Peter Birrell (Freddie and the Dreamers), and Scott Walker (The Walker Brothers).

Jimmy Page: Session Man

# "The Yardbirds" - "White Summer" (purportedly live at the Marquee, October 18, 1968, though it is actually from a Led Zeppelin bootleg)

Lord Don't Slow Me Down

The film features a new Oasis song also called "Lord Don't Slow Me Down", written by Noel Gallagher and recorded during the Don't Believe the Truth sessions, Gallagher described it as being "one of the best things, like The Who, The Yardbirds and the Jeff Beck Group combined, and it's got two drum solos on it!".

The Graham Gouldman Thing

Gouldman had already written hit singles for Herman's Hermits ("No Milk Today" and "Listen People"), the Yardbirds ("For Your Love"), the Hollies ("Bus Stop") and Wayne Fontana ("Pamela, Pamela", "The Impossible Years") and on this album Gouldman delivered his own versions of some of those songs as well as other new compositions.


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More Golden Eggs

The cover artwork was, like the previous volume, drawn by William Stout, who had been a fan of The Yardbirds.

You Shook Me

For the recording, studio session musician John Paul Jones (who played bass on "Beck's Bolero" and the Yardbirds' "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago") contributed the organ part, which he would do later for Led Zeppelin's version.