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Ultimate!
Artist : The Yardbirds
List Price : $31.98 USD
Your Price : $31.98 USD
ProductGroup: Music
Release Date : 2001-07-31
Studio : Rhino / Wea
Label : Rhino / Wea
Avg. Customer Rating :  (32 reviews)
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Customer Reviews for Ultimate
All in One.
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This was on my Wish List for a long time. Figured I'd include it with a recent order. I'm glad I did because not only did it have all the hits like "Heart Full of Soul" and "For your Love", but also tunes I haven't heard like "Drinking Muddy Water" and "A Certain Girl". All eras and areas were covered: Live stuff, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and even a few solo Kieth Relf. Fantastic collection!!!
Customer Reviews for Ultimate Cd
If you want it all, this is the one.
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I am not a fanatical fan of the Yardbirds. In fact I hardly know the names of all the members. But, I do know that they created some fantastic rock and roll in the mid-60's. I am old enough to remember hearing their songs on AM radio. Hearing them today sounds terrific and reminds how today's music is badly lacking in creativity. Many of the Yardbirds greatest hits packages always seemed to be missing one or two of their hits. This one has it all! "For Your Love", "I'm a Man', "Shapes of Things", "Heart Full of Soul", "Still I'm Sad", "Happenings 10 Years Time Ago", "Little Games", and even "Over Under Sideways Down" !! Plus about 22 more tracks that true fans will enjoy. I feel that there are many tracks on this CD that I would not consider Ultimate. But, if you want to hear the Yardbirds through all of their various iterations, this is the one compilation you need. It's the best batch of Yardbirds tunes that you will find in one package. You'll hear the great guitar work of Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton. And the rhythm section isn't too shabby either. The sound and engineering is top notch. Highly recommended.
Editorial Reviews for Ultimate Audio Cd
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With a tenure on the charts of barely five years, a fitful discography, and the erratic guidance of three managers during their prime, the Yardbirds have a legacy that is as unlikely as it is undeniable: they're second only to the Beatles as the most influential band of the 1960s. Long known as the musical divinity school of the Beck-Clapton-Page guitar trinity, the Yardbirds cast a much longer shadow across rock music, one that encompassed psychedelia, blues rock, heavy metal, jam bands, and even the nascent world music and alt-rock movements. Culled from a woefully meager recording history that includes a handful of singles and but two real studio albums (yet, strangely, three live collections), this double-disc anthology instantly becomes the single most comprehensive document of the band's brief reign and lasting influence. Eric Clapton's tenure with the energetic blues revivalists hardly hinted at enduring superstardom, but it did help foster the band's ambitious rave-ups, the frenzied mini-jams that became one of the Yardbirds' live trademarks and set the stage for Jeff Beck's groundbreaking two-year stint. But often overlooked in the homages to fret frenzy is the band's restless musical curiosity and the moody-cool, expressive charms of vocalist Keith Relf, explored here by the overtly Gregorian "Still I'm Sad," the sloppy, monkish "Hot House of Omagararshid," and the brooding "You're a Better Man Than I." But by the time Page signed on (briefly sharing duties with Beck), the Yardbirds shifted managers and directions, resulting in an uneasy cocktail of rock and pop that ultimately fractured the band, if not its heritage; Page would rebuild the New Yardbirds around an amped-up vision of its original blues roots, then quickly change the name to Led Zeppelin. All that ground is covered, along with some rarities (the odd Italian single "Questa Volta"/"Paff Bum" and three spotty solo tracks by Relf). Missing are session outtakes and live performances by the band's prime Beck-era lineup (see Live at the BBC). --Jerry McCulley
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