[Slowhand] Re: rolling stone advert/album poll

[Brooz Slowhand]

Hi Sam and everyone,

Have not seen this RS, but if the Yardbirds album is "Having a Rave Up with 
the Yardbirds,"  the lp version had EC on one side and Beck on the other.  
The EC tunes were from "Five Live Yardbirds" which Epic did not release in 
the US at the time.  The Beck tunes were singles and other studio recordings 
from the early part of his tenure.

from allmusic.com:

Used as an encore number during the Yardbirds' residency at London's Marquee 
Club (where this track was cut live for the Five Live Yardbirds album), 
"Here 'Tis" is driven by a furious " Bo Diddley" beat and rhythm. Aside from 
the locomotive-like drive, the song features a lengthy rave-up, which was an 
instrumental interlude that the band made popular. The high-pitched, 
scratchy strings by guitarist Eric Clapton sound like a precursor to what 
would be known as punk over ten years later. Clapton's interplay with 
bassist Paul Samwell-Smith is one of the great moments in the band's 
recorded history, showing just how exciting the band really was in a live 
setting. Now available on the Rhino anthology Ultimate Yardbirds. — Matthew 
Greenwald

"Heart Full of Soul" was the Yardbirds' fourth single and their immediate 
follow-up to their first hit, "For Your Love," but it was much more than 
that — it was the song that introduced the group's real sound, or something 
close to it, to the mass public, and also helped mark the opening of a new, 
experimental era in British rock. The song came from the pen of Graham 
Gouldman, a composer/performer (later with 10CC) who had also written "For 
Your Love." That earlier song, although it had been a hit, didn't really 
represent the group's sound; indeed, it had played a key role in the exit of 
lead guitarist Eric Clapton, who couldn't abide "For Your Love"'s pop music 
attributes, especially the use of the reverb-laden harpsichord as the lead 
instrument. The group's recording of "Heart Full of Soul," by contrast, was 
very representative of the Yardbirds' music and was a production that all 
members of the group pursued with interest and enthusiasm. Indeed, where 
Eric Clapton had been dealt out of "For Your Love," his successor, Jeff 
Beck, played a vital role in the arrangement and recording of "Heart Full of 
Soul." It had been the idea of the group's manager, Giorgio Gomelsky, to use 
a sitar as the lead instrument on the song — this notion got as far as a 
rehearsal and an attempt at a recording at Advision Studios in March of 
1965, but the Indian musician brought to the session couldn't play in time 
with the group. It was Jeff Beck who saved the song and the session with his 
fuzztone guitar licks, which mimicked the sound of a sitar. With rhythm 
guitarist Chris Dreja playing a metal-strung acoustic guitar, the effect was 
a startling breakthrough on a pop single for the period. The song expanded 
the range of guitar sounds that the public knew and understood, in much the 
same manner as the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction," except that "Heart Full 
of Soul" was recorded first, two months earlier, and released before the 
Stones' recording was made. And where the latter song used the fuzztone 
guitar to imitate a Stax Records-style horn section, "Heart Full of Soul" 
reached outside of Western music altogether, imitating the sound of a 
Hindustani instrument. The song was not only a major hit (and, finally, one 
that matched the group's real sound) but an immensely influential record, 
inspiring hundreds of bands to try and imitate Beck's guitar and a 
significant number of those to look beyond Western music for their 
inspiration on songs. Along with the Beatles' "I Feel Fine" and the Stones' 
"Satisfaction," "Heart Full of Soul" heralded in a new phase of exoticism in 
popular music, letting the "genie" of musical experimentation out of its 
bottle and starting a process that would completely alter the shape of 
popular music, starting branches of psychedelic and progressive rock, in 
both of which the Yardbirds would participate fully. Strangely enough, after 
"I'm a Man," "Heart Full of Soul" remained in the group's repertory longer 
than almost any other song, right until the final tour with Jimmy Page on 
the eve of the group's transformation into Led Zeppelin. — Bruce Eder

Have a great Thanksgiving,
brooz

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>From :
"Sam Mangano" <smangano at solartestinglabs.com>

To :
"'sd'" <slowhand at planet-torque.com>

Subject :
[Slowhand] rolling stone advert/album poll

Date :
Mon, 24 Nov 2003 11:26:40 -0500

just got my new magazine with the 500 greatest albums of all time. huge
issue (a lot of advertising), which included tower records artist spotlight,
and had a page for EC and a lot of his albums.

as for the poll:

1. beatles-sgt pepper
2. beach boys-pet sounds
3. beatles-revolver

27. robert johnson-king of the delta blues singers
34. music from big pink

101. cream-fresh cream
112. cream-disraeli gears
115. layla

141. bb king-live at the regal
195. bluesbreakers w/EC

325. slowhand
353. raveup with the yardbirds (no EC)

409. 461 ocean blvd
424. robert johnson -king vol. 2
437. all things must pass
499. albert king-born under a bad sign

have a good holiday!

regards
sam

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