YARDBIRDS – The Live Anthology 1966-1968 (4CD)

SDBRD 9.4 /Audience 8.1/Audience 8.8/Audience 8.3 – A comprehensive collection but not everything is represented here, but I would say the more complete recordings are…and so, well, what you get is a pretty mixed bag. The good stuff is very good, and the not so good stuff is…not so good. What does it mean? Should I get this 4 disc set?  Yes you should if you care anything at all about this seminal band. There just isn’t a whole lot of live “bootleg” recordings because they predate the era of the taper – not to say there aren’t tapes from 1967-1968 because there are, but not nearly as plentiful or as good as tapes that were made subsequently. That being said, I still found myself listening to everything in this set because you can’t argue the fact that hearing Jeff Beck or Jimmy Page before they were rock gods is immensely interesting.

The Yardbirds
“The Anthology 66-68”

Disc 1

Stockholm, Sweden (Featuring Jimmy Page)
April 1967

01 -Shapes Of Things
02 -Heart Full Of Soul
03 -Mr. You’re A Better Man Than I
04 -You Go Your Way
05 -Over Under Sideways Down
06 -Little Games
07 -My Baby
08 -I’m A Man

Unknown Location 1966 (Featuring Jeff Beck)

09 -Shapes Of Things
10 -For Your Love
11 -Hang On Sloopy

Disc 2
Civic Center
Santa Monica, CA
July 22, 1967

01 -Train Kept A Rollin’
02 -You’re A Better Man Than I
03 -Heartful of Soul
04 -I Wish You Would – Hey Gyp
05 -My Baby
06 -Most Likely You Go Your Way and I’ll Go Mine
07 -Smile On Me
08 -I’m A Man
09 -Over Under Sideways Down

Allen Theatre, Cleveland, OH
April 25, 1968

10 -Train Kept A Rollin’
11 -You’re A Better Man Than I
12 -Heartful of Soul
13 -Dazed & Confused
14 -White Summer
15 -I’m A Man

Disc 3

The Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco, CA, USA
July 25 or 26, 1967
First Set

1. -Intro
2. -Train Kept A-Rollin’
3. -You’re A Better Man Than I
4. -Heart Full Of Soul
5. -I Wish You Would – Hey Gyp
6. -My Baby 3:08
7. -Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I‘ll Go Mine)
8. -Shapes Of Thing

Second Set

9. -Smokestack Lightning
10. -Bye Bye Bird
11. -Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
12. -Smile On Me
13. -Glimpses
14. -I Ain‘t Done Wrong
15. -Over Under Sideways Down

Disc 4

Shrine Exposition Hall
Los Angeles, CA
May 31, 1968

00 -Intro
01 -Train Kept A Rollin’
02 -You’re A Better Man Than I
03 -Heartful of Soul
04 -Dazed & Confused
05 -Shapes of Things
06 -I’m A Man
07 -White Summer
08 -Smokestack Lightning
09 -I’m Waiting For The Man
10 -Bye Bye Bird
11 -Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
12 -Drinking Muddy Water
13 -New York City Blues
14 -I Wish You Would
15 -Hey Gyp