THE YARDBIRDS - The Yardbirds Little Games 2003 remaster reissue FLAC

THE YARDBIRDS - The Yardbirds Little Games 2003 remastered reissue

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Deleted in the States! This remastered reissue of the original 1967 studio album includes sleevenotes written by the author of 'Yardbirds - The Ultimate Rave-Up' & 15 bonus tracks, culled from additional studio recordings (1967-1968) & BBC sessions.



The Yardbirds Little Games 2003 Reissue

01 - Little Games

02 - Smile On Me

03 - White Summer

04 - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor

05 - Glimpses

06 - Drinking Muddy Water

07 - No Excess Baggage

08 - Stealing Stealing

09 - Only The Black Rose

10 - Little Soldier Boy

11 - Puzzles [1991 US Stereo Mix]

12 - I Remember The Night [1991 US Stereo Mix]

13 - Ha Ha Said The Clown

14 - Ten Little Indians [1991 US Stereo Mix]

15 - Goodnight Sweet Josephine [Unphased Version]

16 - Think About It

17 - Goodnight Sweet Josephine [Phased Version (US Single)]

18 - Most Likely You'll Go Your Own Way (And I'll Go Mine) [BBC Session]

19 - Liitle Games [BBC Session]

20 - Drinking Muddy Water [BBC Session]

21 - Think About It [BBC Session]

22 - Goodnight Sweet Josephine [BBC Session]

23 - My Baby [BBC Session]

24 - White Summer [BBC Session]

25 - Dazed And Confused [BBC Session]



Total Time = 76:17



Yardbirds Little Games Review



If you were a young James Patrick Page, session man,the years 1966-7 were a period of incredible highs and unbelievable lows. You're regarded as swinging London's top guitarist to call on when your fave-rave pop combo couldn't cut it in the studio. But you're tired of the endless jobbing and you welcome the chance to be the Yardbirds' bass player, working next to friend and hero, Jeff Beck. Ah, but Beck is disgruntled, bored and itchy to move on. One classic single ("Happenings Ten Years Time Ago") with both Beck and you on duelling psych-guitars and, woosh! The band are a four-piece and suddenly you're in the spotlight. By early 1967 you're back in the studio but, under the dread hand of grim popmeister, Mickey Most, recording lightweight pop nonsense for the forgettable (US only release) album Little Games. End of story? Not quite...



This album's been rehashed many times already, particularly as it contains some of the seeds of Page's later work with Led Zeppelin. Yet this particular package finally does away with the shoddy production of yesteryear and replaces it with sparkling clarity. Page's guitar work was pretty well up to scratch by this stage. Endless gigging Stateside had honed his psychedelic muse and the acoustic work on ''White Summer'' was never bettered (and often recapped) in his days with the mighty Zep. Relf's ''Only The Black Rose'' is particularly sweet, and, as extra live tracks (including the original template of ''Dazed And Confused'') and BBC sessions show, the band was as tight as they'd ever been in their Beckian heyday.



So, not the disaster that legend has it. In fact, were it not for the indifference met in the UK by late 1967, these Yardbirds may well have flown on to better things. Their last B-side, ''Think About It'', features playing every bit as explosive as anything that Page was yet to achieve. Unfortunately it came too late to save the band. This reissue goes some way in restoring an unnecessarily tarnished reputation.



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