Yardbirds LIVE AT THE BBC

BBC SESSIONS covers a three-year period from March 20, 1965 to March 16, 1968. Also includes previously unreleased interviews with the band members including Jimmy Page.The Yardbirds: Keith Relf (vocals, harmonica); Chris Dreja (guitar, bass); Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page (guitar); Paul Samwell-Smith (bass); Jim McCarty (drums).Includes liner notes by Ira Robbins.Digitally remastered by Chris Herles (Polygram Studios, Edison, New Jersey).Recorded between 1965 and 1968.The Yardbirds include: Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page (guitar).Between 1965 and 1968, the Yardbirds went from a group that slavishly imitated Chicago blues to more of a psychedelic pop act, virtually inventing the heavy rock guitar style along the way. These BBC recordings document that journey. Having replaced the recently departed blues purist Eric Clapton with the more adventurous Jeff Beck, the Yardbirds produced more daring experimental compositions, like the electric sitar rave-up "Over Under Sideways Down" and the Gregorian cha