Did anyone buy this set?
I meant to buy when it came out - but it sold out.
I see a used one available now...

Any comments?

Thanks!


Track list below:
Disc: 1
1 Honey in Your Hips [Alternate Studio Take] [Alternate Take]
2 Baby What's Wrong
3 Eric Clapton [Interview]
4 I Wish You Would
5 You Can't Judge a Book By It's Cover [Studio Demo] [Demo Version]
6 Jim McCarty [Interview]
7 Louise
8 Eric Clapton [Interview]
9 Someone to Love Me
10 Too Much Monkey Business
11 I Got Love If You Want It
12 Smokestack Lightning
13 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
14 Respectable
15 The Sky Is Crying
16 Eric Clapton [Interview]
17 I Wish You Would
18 Chris Dreja [Interview]
19 I'm a Man
20 Someone to Love Me
21 Boom Boom
22 I'm a Man
23 Little Queenie
24 Too Much Monkey Business
25 Respectable
26 Carol
27 Here 'Tis
28 Jim McCarty [Interview]
Disc: 2
1 Evil Hearted You
2 Keith Relf [Interview]
3 Heart Full of Soul
4 Chris Dreja [Interview]
5 I Ain't Done Wrong
6 Jim McCarty [Interview]
7 Smokestack Lightning [Full Version] [Version]
8 You're a Better Man Than I [Interview]
9 The Train Kept A-Rollin'
10 Jim McCarty [Interview]
11 I'm Not Talking
12 Keith Relf [Interview]
13 I'm a Man
14 Keith Relf [Interview]
15 Jeff's Boogie
16 Keith Relf [Interview]
17 Steeled Blues
18 Louise
19 Keith Relf [Interview]
20 I Wish You Would
21 Love Me Like I Love You
22 The Stumble
23 Paul Samwell-Smith [Interview]
24 You're a Better Man Than I
25 The Train Kept A-Rollin'
26 Chris Dreja [Interview]
27 I've Been Trying
28 Shapes of Things [Interview]
29 Paul Samwell-Smith [Interview]
30 For You Love [Long Version] [Version]
31 My Girl Sloopy [Long Version] [Version]
32 I'm a Man [Live]
33 I Wish You Would [Live]
34 "Macleans" [Advert]
Disc: 3
1 Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
2 Keith Relf [Interview]
3 Psycho Daisies
4 Stroll on [With Soundtrack Coda] [Version]
5 Chris Dreja [Interview]
6 "Great Shakes" [Advert]
7 I Wish You Would
8 I'm a Man
9 The Train Kept A-Rollin' [Live]
10 Over Under Sideways Down [Live]
11 Shapes of Things [Live]
12 Hre's Always There [Alternate Version] [Version]
13 Turn Into Earth [Alternate Version] [Version]
14 I Can't Make You Way [Alternate Version] [Version]
15 I'm a Man
16 For Your Love
17 Heart Full of Soul
18 I Wish You Would [Live]
19 Jim McCarty [Interview]
20 Questa Volta [Live]
21 Pafff... Burn [Live]
22 Chris Dreja [Interview]
23 The Train Kept A-Rollin' [Live]
24 Shapes of Things [Live]
25 Jim McCarty [Interview]
26 Jimmy Page [Interview]
27 Jeff's Boogie
28 You're a Better Man Than I [Live]
29 Keith Relf & Jeff Beck [Interview]/Ravi Shankar
30 Shapes of Things [Live]
31 Jim McCarty [Interview]
32 Jim McCarty [Interview]
33 Chris Dreja [Interview]
34 I'm Not Talking
35 Heart Full of Soul
36 Spoonful
37 Bottle Up and Go
38 All the Pretty Little Horses (Hushabye)
39 Jeff Beck [Interview]
Disc: 4
1 Shapes of Things
2 Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
3 Over Under Sideways Down
4 I'm a Man
5 Chris Dreja [Interview]
6 Shapes of Things
7 Heart Full of Soul
8 You're a Better Man Than I
9 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
10 Over Under Sideways Down
11 Little Games
12 My Baby
13 I'm a Man
14 Chris Dreja [Interview]
15 The Train Kept A-Rollin'
16 Dazed and Confused
17 Goodnight Sweet Josephine
18 Glimpses (Sound Effects)
19 The in Sound
20 Chris Dreja [Interview]
21 Think About It [Work-In-Progress] [Version]
22 Jimmy Page [Interview]
23 Dazed and Confused [Live]
Disc: 5
1 I Ain't Got You
2 For Your Love/Keith Relf [Interview]
3 I'm Not Talking
4 I Wish You Would
5 Too Much Monkey Business
6 Love Me Like I Love You
7 I'm a Man
8 Still I'm Sad/Paul Samwell-Smith [Interview]
9 My Girl Sloopy [Full Version] [Version]
10 Keith Relf [Interview]
11 Shapes of Things
12 You're a Better Man Than I
13 Dust My Broom
14 Baby, Scratch My Back/Keith Relf [Interview]
15 Over Under Sideways Down
16 The Sun Is Shining [Full Version] [Version]
17 Shapes of Things
18 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
19 Little Games
20 Drinking Muddy Water
21 Think About It
22 Jimmy Page [Interview]/Goodnight Sweet Josephine
23 My Baby
24 White Summer
25 Dazed and Confused
26 Think About It



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2025-11-28 23:57 by soundboard.

I have it but left the CDs at home and haven’t listened to it for at least ten years. I only played it only a few times.
That being said, it is quite a unique collection IIRC, unlike any other compilations or Best-of types of releases by The Yardbirds. A number of takes here are from the radio programmes, presumably air-check tapes rather than BBC archives that have survived to this day hence low-fi. But a lot of them had never been released and you can’t hear elsewhere.

Personally, if it’s too expensive, I’d miss it. But if it’s reasonable and affordable enough for you, worth considering getting your hands on it. Especially if you are a fan of the group.

Hope this helps.

RisingStone,

Thank you for the info.
I remember reading at the time that this was a miracle, with all these tracks from all periods, sources, and producers coming together in one place.

I'm thinking about buying - I'll leave comments if I do.

Very valuable information

Thank you.
Soundboard