Various - The Songs That Shaped... [CD]

Successors to The Rolling Stones at the legendary Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, Surrey, The Yardbirds - with Eric Clapton on lead guitar - were initially viewed as regular white Blues/R&B band. Their initial inspiration and repertoire drew from "the usual suspects", i.e. men like Howlin' Wolf, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed, Elmore James, and of course Sonny Boy Williamson II, with whom they toured.

However, from the outset they were different to their peers and played long, extended, free-form improvisations - which they called "Rave-Ups" - long before anyone else in the UK.

This unique compilation presents the original versions of many of the numbers that they either recorded, or became staple elements of their live sets.

The "Most Blueswailing Yardbirds" would go on to become influential way beyond their expectations.

Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'

Bo Diddley - You Can't Judge A Book By Looking At The Cover

Chuck Berry - I'm Talkin' 'Bout You

Billy Boy Arnold - I Wish You Would

Chuck Berry - Let It Rock

John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom

Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love

Sonny Boy Williamson Ii - Pontiac Blues

Sonny Boy Williamson Ii - Mr Down Child

Jimmy Reed - Baby What's Wrong

Ernie K Doe - A Certain Girl

Don & Bob - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl

Jimmy Reed - I Ain't Got You

The Shirelles - Putty In Your Hands

Snooky Pryor - Someone To Love Me

Chuck Berry - Too Much Monkey Business

Slim Harpo - I Got Love If You Want It

The Isley Brothers - Respectable

Eric Monty Morris - Humpty Dumpty

Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying

Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years

Bo Diddley - Pretty Girl

John Lee Hooker - Louise

Bo Diddley - I'm A Man

Chuck Berry - Little Queenie

Snooks Eaglin - Bottle Up And Go

Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful

Elmore James - Dust My Blues

The Johnny Burnette Trio - The Train Kept A-Rollin'

• Genre: Blues
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 604988330922
• Release Date: March 21, 2025

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