Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up
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Free Music Review: A great milestone in 1960s rock'n'roll.
Hit: 5 Stars
Having a Rave Up is one of the best albums from the 1960s. In particular, one might find interesting, I'M A MAN, STILL I'M SAD, HEART FULL OF SOUL, EVIL HEARTED YOU, and MISTER YOU'RE A BETTER MAN THAN I.
These tunes feature easy-to-learn guitar leads and riffs, some more developed than others. In subsequent recorded work, Jeff Beck produced exciting and creative lead guitar solos and riffs in LOST WOMAN, SHAPES OF THINGS, JEFF'S BOOGIE, HAPPENINGS TEN YEARS TIME AGO and BECK'S BOLERO. In particular, LOST WOMAN features the most interesting pairing of guitar and harmonica to be found in the entire genre of rock'n'roll, or perhaps even in the entire history of recorded music.
Moreover,what distinguishes this album is the deadpan, British-style singing of Keith Relf. Other examples of British deadpan singing can be found, for example, in anything by the 80s New Wave group, Squeeze, and anything by the 80s New Wave group, Gang of Four.
In guitar other work from that era, comparable lead guitar solo work can be found in Pink Floyd's COMFORTABLY NUMB, Vanilla Fudge's YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON, anything from The Greatful Dead's first album, and Quicksilver Messenger Service's THE FOOL. I might also recommend Return To Forever's first album, HYMN OF THE SEVENTH GALAXY. Unlike most "jazz fusion" albums, HYMN OF THE SEVENTH GALAXY cannot whatsoever be mistaken for easy listening music. This album features excellent, easy-to-learn guitar leads in a style not too far removed from that of Jeff Beck.
Free Music Review: Inspirational!
Hit: 5 Stars
Considered by many to be The Yardbirds' best, whether it is or is not true, hardly matters. It's good. That's all that really matters.
The opening track, "Mr. You're a Better Man Than I" serves as evidence of this, as it manages to be, simultaneously, catchy, bluesy, slightly psychedelic, and pretty heavy (especially for its time). The album is full of such songs, with a bluesy feel over very heavy bass and drum lines, making it both rock and proto-metal, while maintaining a psychedelic, progressive feel. Thus, in one album, The Yardbirds balance a good number of future trends in rock/metal music, and it's easy to see in this one album the precursors to Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Cream, as well as Jeff Beck's solo material.
The number of artists influenced by this, either directly or through one of the above bands/artists, must be staggering!
Free Music Review: 1965, not 1966
Hit: 5 Stars
"Having a Rave Up" actually came out in late 1965 ... "Heart Full of Soul" was a hit in London during the summer of that year (I know from personal experience). I bought this album without hearing it on the basis of comments made by Clay Cole in the December 1965 issue of 16 magazine ... he said that, "if you were a guitar fan, Jeff Beck was the best one out there (even George Harrison and Keith Richards said so!)." He was right.
This album changed my life. It redefined rock & roll, and was the first (and one of the all-time best) examples of what can happen when musicians push the envelope. Beck has gone on to create some of the most interesting and innovative music imaginable; his recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was long overdue.
Buy it. You won't be disappointed!
Free Music Review: Essential Yardbirds
Hit: 5 Stars
This LP, I bought the vinyl way back when , was such a wonderful experience. The band played with the fringe element of Psychedelic rock and perfectly infused the blues element they were known for.I live in San Francisco and most garage bands at that time couldn't cover the intricate vocals of say the Beatles. But they could play the Yardbirds. Not that they were simple songs but they were just so much darn fun to play and expand on. This is the real deal and no other album of this period was so well done in its melding of genre's... do yourself a favor and buy it.. you won't be sorry , even happenings 40 years on it sounds Fab !!!!Free Music Review: I got this album when it first came out ...
Hit: 5 Stars
It was December 1965, and after reading a music column by Clay Cole saying that Jeff Beck was the best guitarist out there, I knew I had to have this album. I will never forget the first time I heard "The Train Kept A-Rollin" ... I couldn't believe a guitar could sound like that. This album changed my life; it made me realize that rock and roll could be intense, improvisational, virtuoso, and hot.
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