The Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up

Title: Having a Rave Up Artist: The Yardbirds Release Date: 11/1965 Re-Released On: 11/11/2008 Label: Sunspots, JVC Compact Discs Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPCs: 4988002512089, 8013252752728, 8013252354717, 498800251208 Genre: Rock Styles: Rock & Roll, Blues-Rock, British Invasion, British Blues, Regional Blues Moods: Confident, Energetic, Gritty, Passionate, Bravado, Brittle, Confrontational, Earnest, Freewheeling, Knotty, Reverent, Sexual, Street-Smart, Stylish, Swaggering, Messy, Playful, Rambunctious, Rousing, Self-Conscious, Visceral, Amiable/Good-Natured, Organic, Whimsical, Druggy, Eerie, Raucous, Reckless, Rollicking, Rowdy, Trippy, Volatile Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 5 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Heart Full of Soul
2. Mr. You Are a Better Man Than I
3. Evil Hearted You
4. Still I'm Sad
5. Jeff's Blues [Take 2]
6. Like Jimmy Reed Again
7. Chris' Number
8. Pounds and Stomps
9. Shapes of Things
10. I'm a Man
11. The Train Kept A-Rollin'
12. Here 'Tis
13. Steeled Blues
14. New York City Blues
15. What Do You Want [Take 4]
16. Stroll On

Year Type Label Catalog # 2006 CD JVC Compact Discs 63567 2003 CD Sunspots 527 2000 CD JVC Compact Discs 61099

Having a Rave Up [Germany Bonus Tracks] Having a Rave Up [Having a Rave Up+16]

In its original U.S. vinyl release, this album, comprised of several singles and B-sides plus excerpts off of Five Live Yardbirds, was one of the best LPs of the entire British invasion, ranking on a par with the greatest mid-1960s work of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones; it was also just a step away from being a best-of the Yardbirds as well. The contents have reappeared numerous times in many different configurations, but no collection has ever outdone the sheer compactness and high quality of Having a Rave Up. One major problem since the 1960s, as with all of the Yardbirds material owned by Charly Records, has been the sound -- for years, Charly only had substandard master materials to offer. That situation improved significantly in the mid- to late 1990s, and Repertoire Records is working from sources that are the cleanest and most impressive to have surfaced on these tracks during the CD era; one suspects that there might still be room for improvement, but not nearly as much as was previously the case -- a quick comparison of tracks between this and the contents of Train Kept A-Rollin' reveals somewhat superior sound here. The Repertoire reissue also adds 11 songs that cut across the group's history: principally outtakes from later in their careers and some odd studio sides from much earlier, plus the B-side "New York City Blues" (a rewrite of "Five Long Years"), the single "Shapes of Things, and their featured number from the Antonioni movie Blow Up, the "Train Kept A-Rollin'" rewrite "Stroll On," featuring Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page in the lineup. There are new notes by Chris Welch that, although structured somewhat haphazardly, give a good account of the history of the varied (and overall stunning) contents of this CD. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Name Credits Connie de Nave Liner Notes Jeff Beck Guitar Jimmy Page Bass, Guitar Paul Samwell-Smith Musical Director