BBC Sessions (The Yardbirds album)

The Yardbirds Live at the BBC compiles 26 song recordings made for broadcast from eight different sessions between 1965 and 1968. All the songs feature either Jeff Beck (1965–1966) or Jimmy Page (1967–1968) on guitar. Eric Clapton left the group shortly before the first recording session represented on this CD. These recordings were originally released in 1991 as Yardbirds ...On Air.[1]

BBC Sessions
Live album by the Yardbirds
Released	1997
Recorded	1965–1968
Genre	Rock
Label	Warner Archives
The Yardbirds chronology
London 1963 – The First Recordings! (1984) BBC Sessions (1997) Reunion Jam (1999)

Track listing

1. "I Ain't Got You" (Calvin Carter) 1:59
2. "For Your Love" (Graham Gouldman) 2:18
3. "I'm Not Talking" (Mose Allison) 1:37
4. "I Wish You Would" (Billy Boy Arnold) 2:35
5. "Heart Full of Soul" (Gouldman) 2:19
6. "I Ain't Done Wrong" (Keith Relf) 2:28
7. "Too Much Monkey Business" (Chuck Berry) 2:28
8. "Love Me Like I Love You" (Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith, Jim McCarty, Chris Dreja, Jeff Beck) 2:50
9. "I'm a Man" (Ellas McDaniel a.k.a. Bo Diddley) 2:27
10. "Evil Hearted You" (Gouldman) 2:16
11. "Still I'm Sad" (Paul Samwell-Smith, McCarty) 2:54
12. "Hang on Sloopy" (Bert Russell, Wes Farrell) 3:21
13. "Smokestack Lightning" (Chester Burnett a.k.a. Howlin' Wolf) 3:31
14. "You're A Better Man Than I" (Mike Hugg, Brian Hugg) 3:09
15. "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (Tiny Bradshaw, Sidney Nathan, Howie Kay) 2:40
16. "Dust My Broom" (Elmore James) 2:30 (recorded February 1966)
17. "Baby, Scratch My Back" (James Moore a.k.a. Slim Harpo) 3:10
18. "Over Under Sideways Down" (Relf, Samwell-Smith, McCarty, Dreja, Beck) 2:10
19. "The Sun Is Shining" (James) 2:44
20. "Shapes of Things" (Relf, Samwell-Smith, McCarty, Dreja) 2:20
21. "Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" (Bob Dylan) 2:48
22. "Little Games" (Phil Wainman, Harold Spiro) 2:22
23. "Drinking Muddy Water" (Relf, McCarty, Dreja, Page) 2:41
24. "Think About It" (Relf, McCarty, Page) 3:01
25. "Goodnight Sweet Josephine" (Tony Hazzard) 2:31
26. "My Baby" (Mort Shuman, Jerry Ragavoy) 2:50

Recording dates

• Tracks 1–3 recorded 20 March 1965
• Tracks 4–6 recorded 5 June 1965
• Tracks 7–12 recorded August 1965
• Tracks 13–15 recorded December 1965
• Tracks 17–20 recorded 6 May 1966
• Tracks 21–23 recorded 17 March 1967
• Tracks 24–26 recorded 16 March 1968

Personnel

The Yardbirds

• Keith Relf – vocals, harmonica
• Jeff Beck – guitar (tracks 1–20)
• Jimmy Page – guitar (tracks 21–26)
• Chris Dreja – rhythm guitar, bass guitar (tracks 21–26)
• Paul Samwell-Smith – bass guitar (tracks 1–20)
• Jim McCarty – drums

References

1. Yardbirds ...On Air (Album notes). The Yardbirds. Band of Joy. 1991. front cover. BOJCD 2000.CS1 maint: others (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)