The Yardbirds • “Train Kept-A Rollin'/Shapes Of Things” • 1966 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]

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[@stratcat71]

RIP Jeff Beck. You will always be a legend's legend. 🎸🕯

[@danielgiraud1118]

But no my friend, he's not really dead. It's just an excuse not to work.

[@debraweaver6308]

​@@danielgiraud1118 WHAT????????!!!!! JEFF WAS THE VERY BEST! WHERE ARE YOU GETTING YOUR INFORMATION?!

[@iadorenewyork1]

@@debraweaver6308 - He is making a joke.

[@user-jy2cn3cn4t]

Jeff Beck was insanely gifted. May he R.I.P.

[@lindsayives4915]

Itts the harmonica playing that Makes the greatness

[@clsclearlightsound5594]

Watching The Yardbirds live, you can hear the excitement they generated in the audience. It was raw and it was great. The one thing most people miss about The Yardbirds was that it was a harmonica driven guitar band. Keith Relf's vocals and his harmonica playing gave the group their unique, edgy sound out of all the the other rock bands at the time. And of course three of the greatest rock guitarists of the century. Bassist Paul Samwell-Smith was also a great producer who was later responsible for some of Cat Stevens biggest hits, among others. Drummer Jim McCarty and Chris Dreja on rhythm and later bass guitar with Jimmy Page on lead, completed the unmistakable sound of this seminal group that changed the sound of rock and roll forever. Eric Clapton went on to form Cream. Jeff Beck went on to form multiple groups that blew open the boundaries of blues rock, fusion, jazz and prog rock. Jimmy Page formed The New Yardbirds which of course became Led Zeppelin. And Keith Relf and Jim McCarty formed the classically based progressive rock group Renaissance, along with Relf's sister Jane. Keith Relf then went on to form Armageddon before his untimely death. In a recent broadcast, The Yardbirds were named as the most influential group in rock history, even moreso than The Beatles or The Rolling Stones. When you look at their musical legacy, that makes total sense.

[@1blastman]

Hey give their first guitarist, Top Topham some credit for creating the innovative blues jamming sound. My best friend was in England during the "Summer of Top" in 1963, and he came back raving about the Yardbirds and their young guitarist, Top Topham. The band was heavily influenced by Top's dad's blues record collection and they started fusing their extended play sound during that summer. My friend literally followed the band from gig to gig that summer and got to know them some. They sometimes fronted Cyril Davies gigs and Cyril encouraged them to "rave up" like their namesake Charlie "Yardbird" Parker. Top and Keith gave the band it's name and initial inprovisional sound. When Top had to leave the band and stay in art school, and Clapton came on board, the band's sound kept expanding.

[@sandeedobberstine5591]

⁠@@1blastman. Well said. Thanks Top!

[@bms9144]

They were only around for about five years, and enjoyed somewhat limited success during their (original) time. They probably broke up thinking they had failed. But history has come to a very different conclusion.

[@debraweaver6308]

NO! The Yardbirds enjoyed MUCH MORE THAN " limited success "!!!!!!!! Are you sure that you know...... exactly......WHO THE YARDBIRDS WERE????????? FROM ENGLAND??? OH! THEY WERE ONE OF MY ALL-TIME ABSOLUTE FAVORITE GROUPS! I AM NOT SAYING THAT THEY WERE " BETTER " THAN THE BEATLES. ACTUALLY...... IT CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT TO COMPARE GROUPS.( EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THEY WERE BOTH ENGLISH! ). The Yardbirds changed the " face " of rock music.......in a VERY CONSIDERABLE WAY!!!! The effects of the Yardbirds can STILL be felt. And I DO remember that...... when they first came out...... they SURELY DID " AFFECT " ME!!!! MY 14-YEAR OLD SELF! UNTIL THIS DAY! AND I JUST TURNED 72...... YESTERDAY!!!

[@Dreamwarrior64]

Wow. Fantastic accounting of the bands's history, members' history, early years and influence. Awesome stuff my friend.Thanks for taking the time and trouble to share that.

[@user-nf2zb9zo4l]

WHAT A GREAT PIECE OF FOOTAGE....I remember in Tasmania hearing " Shapes of things " for the very first time, it blew ALL MY18 Y O FUSES !!!! ....now, at 74 the Yardbirds still thrill me. REST IN PEACE KEITH.

[@garthkolbeck8674]

Keith... " The fuzz box, the fuzz box is bloody on the WRONG side! 4:20... Jeff, " aw , shit!!!!"

[@CarlosReus]

RIP Jeff Beck, your music lives on !

[@danielgiraud1118]

Mais non mon ami, il n'est pas vraiment mort. C'est juste une excuse pour ne pas travailler. Pero no, amigo mío, en realidad no está muerto. Es solo una excusa para no trabajar. But no my friend, he's not really dead. It's just an excuse not to work.

[@joseluistrigosrodriguez9598]

@@danielgiraud1118 Pipeuse for you...

[@danielgiraud1118]

@@joseluistrigosrodriguez9598 Mi pequeña andaluza, no entendí tu mensaje en español. ¿Cuanto cuesta la pipa? Ojalá te tragues el humo por el mismo precio, mi torero lindo?

[@danielgiraud1118]

Et alors ? Tu accouches ou tu fais les dents ?@@joseluistrigosrodriguez9598

[@schuberttim]

Their version of "Train Kept a Rollin'" was the best after the Rock and Roll Trio's version. The Burnette brothers and Paul Burlison just killed it in 1956.It's available on KZbin so everybody should check it out.

[@frankgomez7066]

The mighty Keith Relf

[@garrison6863]

What an incredible group were the Yardbirds. They are so underrated.

[@dlsmpsn]

Not by me!

[@darrensinnott2197]

Me neeeeva... ❤

[@Synonomous]

By whom? lol. Looking for likes?

[@matthewtaylor7355]

Shame they lapsed into Led Zep

[@Synonomous]

@@matthewtaylor7355 Well, Clapton and Beck both 'lapsed'. Page, with his obvious vision, probably would have also and he was the only one of the last iteration of the Yardbirds to 'lapse'. The Yardbirds were 'lapsing' anyway. Their time had passed, albeit a good time. Not sure Plant, Bonham, Jones were ever Yardbirds. They were Zeppelin before the name developed.

[@crv5322]

You can so hear the Blues roots of Rock n Roll here!

[@thianarhome184]

Roots of rocknroll …?! The roots were laid down by chuck berry and little Richard. These guys took it somewhere beautiful but they definitely didn’t start it

[@user-vp2gu8pq8f]

I met Jeff in 1987 he was more interested in hearing about my uncle racing sprints than he was me auditioning for him

[@juhajalosuo6250]

Jeff Beck

[@desertrock1036]

Beck is simply incredible!

[@janinapalmer8368]

They truly were rock pioneers and very radical ... Keith's extraordinary vocals grabbed you straight away ( I often thought he sung out of key many times ...) but he made the band really ... Jeff's guitar work gave it a very new edge on all the other contemporary bands ( groups...) back then .

[@Trobtwillis]

Keith had some drunken off gigs, but when he was in good form, as he was here, he was a great singer & harpist.

[@esmeraldar1924]

Wow, It's amazing to see Paul Samwell Smith on bass. Thank you 👍

[@joebrewer4529]

And Chris on guitar!

[@1blastman]

Yeah, Paul was a brilliant bassist and really doesn't get the credit he deserves. His work on Smokestake Lightning is amazing.

[@esmeraldar1924]

@@1blastman I agree, Smokestake lightning it's a gem.

[@darkarts59]

Before the infamous Oxford Ball incident that led to his departure.

[@alonenjersey]

@@darkarts59 I remember reading about the incident in "The Hammer Of The Gods" book 20 years ago. I can't say I blame P.S.S. for leaving to become a full time producer.

[@marcintime]

RIP Jeff Beck. That amazing, all-too-brief solo is out of sight, as Arthur Lee of Love would have said.

[@danielgiraud1118]

But no my friend, he's not really dead. It's just an excuse not to work.

[@doctorbohr1585]

Love Keith's reaction to Jeff Beck's improved solo! 1:48. God bless you both ♥️

[@glenchapman3899]

Yep it is only a few notes, but boy did sound swampy

[@larrylawson2912]

I was 16 in 66, and I was a huge Yardbirds fan. They were far from underrated, they were monsters. Hit after hit, and they had three of the greatest and most talented guitarist to ever live as members of their band. Clapton from 63-65, Beck 65-66, and Page from 66-68. Unfortunately I only saw them one time in the fall of 66. Keith Relff was an excellent frontman. It saddened me to hear of his death at the young age of 33 in 1976 by electrocution. I always made sure that every guitar I played was grounded properfly after reading of his death from playing an ungrounded guitar.

[@nancykargl4708]

I was 16 also they great.

[@johnloving9401]

Excellent front man indeed. It grieves me how many nitwits criticize Relf's singing. His vocals are pivotal to their sound!

[@andrewstruzyk9954]

Wow !!! So great !!! F***-ing Awesome !!! Nothing, "else", needs, to be "said"....

[@seamus2112ophelan]

The boys are killing it! Yeah baby!!

[@deadlotCamper]

distortion pedal in 1966...and he had to walk over to the other side of the stage to get to it haha...illl take it

[@beatsinabar]

Shapes was the first I heard of Jeff Beck - 14-year-old me: "wtf was that - electric bagpipes or something?" RIP Jeff…

[@dlsmpsn]

Me too. Puts Penny Lane and the rest of McCartney's pop music to shame.

[@laminage]

I also realized that alot of Groups performed on this Stage. Them, Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders and The Moody Blues when Denny Laine was in The Group. The Original Version of Go Now was done by Bessie Banks that Whitney Houston's Mother sang backup on.

[@charalampostseronis6500]

That's before Jimmy on bass... RIP GOAT Jeff

[@danielgiraud1118]

But no my friend, he's not really dead. It's just an excuse not to work.

[@reallyluckyoaklawn8306]

Just a fantastic performance! Brilliant groundbreaking (especially Shapes of Things) There is something to be said for concise well constructed, innovative guitar solos! #3 UK #11 US Billboard #10 Cashbox!

[@frankgomez7066]

4:49 , that is so slick and dramatic sounding that note right before the switch to clean.

[@jorgealejandro4859]

100 % rock and roll !!!

[@alonenjersey]

0% Bull crap.

[@jaytoepfert6776]

It's funny how Jeff had to run over to hit the fuzz pedal for the solo on Shapes. Primitive beginnings on electric guitar

[@Synonomous]

Guitarists still have to 'hit the pedal'. They still use them. I do. Looked like a tech setup.

[@jsamc]

@@Synonomous Nobody today has to slip across the stage to hit the pedal. Thats the point he was making.

[@Synonomous]

@@jsamc What? Pedals aren't used today? Bollocks. Beck had a huge setup even up until his death. You make no sense.

[@user-jy2cn3cn4t]

I'm 70 years old now.But in the 1960s,I reamember bands like the Yardbirds. They couldn't write songs like the Beachboys,Beatles or Rolling Stones. But,musically,they could play circles around those other bands. Jeff Beck,Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page? Yep,enogh said.

[@user-jy2cn3cn4t]

Typo: enough..

[@Meddled]

Nice to see some clear shots of Paul Samwell-Smith on bass.

[@fredericogobbi]

🤔Beatles or Stones?... THE YARDBIRDS 😎...

[@Trobtwillis]

YARDBIRDS left to right Chris Dreja -- guitar Paul Samwell-Smith -- bass guitar, vocal Jim McCarty -- drums Keith Relf -- vocals, harmonica Jeff Beck -- guitar, vocal

[@tommccallan8802]

That was nice of Moe Howard to give the lead singer haircut

[@furyiiiplate]

Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk.

[@williammaurer9450]

I can't believe Jeff Beck is gone!

[@danielgiraud1118]

But no my friend, he's not really dead. It's just an excuse not to work.

[@user-jy2cn3cn4t]

These Guys couldn't write songs like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones,but they could play circles around both of those bands.

[@timflater5425]

Yes!!! And God bless Keith!

[@timflater5425]

Just trying to figure out how JP and these boys all put up with Jeff…

[@Trobtwillis]

​@@timflater5425 After a while, they didn't. Jeff left a particularly grueling concert tour in 1996. Yardbirds completed the tour as a quartet. Jeff offered to return afterwards. Jimmy Page voted in favor of Jeff's return. Page was outvoted by Keith Relf, Jim McCarty, & Chris Dreja.

[@JohnnyYen1977]

Farewell Jeff. Say Keith we miss him too...

[@danielgiraud1118]

But no my friend, he's not really dead. It's just an excuse not to work.

[@roxannestorm2616]

RIP Jeff Beck

[@danielgiraud1118]

But no my friend, he's not really dead. It's just an excuse not to work.

[@DAGDRUM53]

4:28 Why was El Becko's fuzz tone all the way over behind Samwell-Smith?

[@plentinough7222]

I Had No Idea! Aerosmith’s rendition was right on. Pop, Rock and Punk all in one. 🖖🏻👍👆🏻

[@scottjackson1420]

Clearly, the cameramen did not like Chris Dreja.

[@mrboffo28]

You can't even hear Dreja's guitar in the mix at all. It sounds like they didn't even mic his amp.

[@Famulus9]

@@mrboffo28 It’s very faint but it’s there. Listen during the Train solo.

[@mrboffo28]

@@Famulus9 Yeah. It's so faint it sounds like it's being picked up by one of the other stage mics.

[@clinteastwood6875]

@@mrboffo28 You can hear it during the verses of Shapes

[@Harrisonianne]

LOL

[@thefutureispast5848]

Whatever happened to Linda from Wrexham I wonder

[@jayscheidemen4455]

How fun was THAT?!? And why did Beck have his overdrive pedal so far away and unable to be stepped on??

[@laminage]

I have their greatest Hits thanks to Rhino. They are wizards in terms of remastering Music from Groups who recorded for Labels that no longer exist.

[@joshwilliams0391]

Man I wish I had been there

[@arnbridges9746]

Sad day in music :(

[@mikebaker9574]

Around the 2.12 mark,musical ecestay !

[@laminage]

Would you say that The marquee and this stage were popular in The UK the way The Regal was in Chicago, and The Fox was in Detroit and the Fillmore was in San Francisco.

[@Famulus9]

It sounds like the audio and video went through an extensive remastering job compared to other versions of this I’ve seen and heard.

[@matthewtaylor7355]

It reminds me of the BBC mixing of the modern Glastonbury.. Turned down a safe

[@melvynobrien6193]

THE YARDBIRDS WERE THE FIRST HEAVY-METAL BAND. Anyone who thinks otherwise hasn't listened to them.

[@travismclaurin9419]

Did they perform and record the first "Heavy Metal" song? With Jimmy Page with the first song on this live performance?

[@larrylinden9805]

Beck sings!

[@Trobtwillis]

Great harmonies, Paul, Jeff, & Keith.

[@maurice8607]

RIP Jeff.

[@danielgiraud1118]

But no my friend, he's not dead. It's just an excuse not to work.

[@shaunmcdonough9016]

Hopefully Jeff Beck has hooked up with Keith Relf on the other side, and they're making great music together again.

[@thekitowl]

Jeff never forgave them for kicking him out of the Yardbirds. Maybe in the afterlife things change.

[@grahampaulkendrick7845]

@@thekitowl I thought Jeff quit.

[@thekitowl]

@@grahampaulkendrick7845 he said they kicked him out, he even mentioned it when the yardbirds were inducted into the R&RHOF.

[@alanlane3670]

Jejj....rock on with Keith and Chris......

[@VirreFriberg]

Chris Dreja's still alive

[@alanlane3670]

@@VirreFriberg Are you sure?

[@jharri7908]

Linda in wrexham (shes probably dead by now) this is for you x 😂

[@johnsonlee8913]

Is that Jeff Beck on solo

[@BigSky1]

Yes

[@Jos3d3J3sus67]

O som era terrível neste tempo, excelentes músicos mas a gravação é Muito amadora mesmo, tem vezes que não se escutam os instrumentos Todos, só a voz e uma guitarra, era só para assistir ao vivo e a cores 😄,mas muito bom, matar saudades de tempos que não voltam... 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@rachelblanche2907]

👍🏻

[@brainoneill7639]

Swaggering tune

[@bond823]

No kidding I really thought this was an Arrowsmith Original. Hahaha Nice....

[@TheDivayenta]

Watch the movie Blowup and you’ll see them do this with Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck still in the group. There’s a clip from it called Stroll On.

[@johnnyz3073]

Tiny Bradshaw 1951

[@tonylombardi4661]

@@johnnyz3073 And covered by Johnny Burnett in 1956 with a RnR tempo that the Yardbirds used as a model.

[@BigSky1]

@@TheDivayenta Yes but unfortunately it is mimed in Blow Up!

[@TheDivayenta]

@@BigSky1 sure it was. But where else will you see Beck and Page together?

[@dabneyoffermein595]

is this the Song Contest?

[@georgiysayanov9841]

Самая недооценённая группа 60-х

[@jeanclaudejaffry94]

Beatles no 1

[@bluesman7475]

The original. You have Slowhand or Joe Perry on lead. Can't beat it!

[@daveyvane9431]

Dick Wagner played the lead on the Aerosmith record

[@tarasbulba3190]

Brian Jones on vocals?

[@scottjackson1420]

🤣🤣

[@BigSky1]

Keith Relf was sometimes mistaken for Brian Jones in photos.

[@danielgiraud1118]

@@BigSky1 : Impossible ! On ne peut pas le prendre pour Brian Jones.

[@danielgiraud1118]

Rires ! 're ye krazy or somphtin' ?

[@brendawilliams8512]

Love the yard birds keith Relf my personal fav yet I find them all great in their unique fashion but every article about them talks about the 3 great guitarist the yard birds launched but they don't seem to give them any credit l found Eric Clapton to be totally negative even Beck had an ugly comment at the Grammy award Page doesn't seem to say much In the book HEART FULL OF SOUL Keith felt snubbed by Page. Yet they are all wonderful musicians who gifted us with their talent

[@chainedmindsasylum]

Aerosmith 🍺 Hold my beer 🚂 🚃 🚃 🎸

[@bluesman7475]

He is Joe Fing Perry and yes he can make that axe sound like a train whistle!

[@robcostigan8757]

@@bluesman7475 He's Jeff Fing Beck and yes he can.

[@HungryH1951]

Jeff Beck. Strictly.

[@user-jy2cn3cn4t]

The Yardbirds, could not write songs like the Beatles,Sones or th Beachboys. But musically,they coould outplay those Guys.

[@user-pk1hq7tk5o]

Erica

[@ziggybowie2220]

Where is Jimmy Page?

[@hanno-erdmanntietz8424]

The NME Poll Winners Concert took place on May 1, 1966. Jimmy Page's first ever gig with The Yardbirds was on June 21, 1966. He replaced Paul Samwell-Smith on bass.

[@danielgiraud1118]

Rires ! Rires !

[@alanhusband9422]

who knew that within two years time this band would morph into Led Zeppelin.

[@lameduck3630]

No one here was in Led Zeppelin.

[@alanhusband9422]

@@lameduck3630 Jimmy Page was.

[@lameduck3630]

@@alanhusband9422 Jimmy Page isn't in this video.

[@Terrybikesandmusic]

Great band, great music, rubbish watermark ..... really ?

[@jajapapayokohama7572]

♪あなたと飲みたいレモンティー♪…てか？

[@Mncrr]

Musically the stones equal or better. Neither singers were very good but jagger had stage presence relf never did

[@LauraELaplace]

Much better then Aerosmith .....Original

[@hammer44head]

Train is long before the Yardbirds, Tiny Bradshaw's is the original version that was released in 51, arrangement was changed by Johnny Burnett in 56,

[@brainoneill7639]

The best boozy

[@marksturgess2040]

How to ruin a video....water mark it!

[@clownpocket]

Awkward.

[@jamesfea4663]

How old are you?

[@pabloflores2962]

"Shapes of Things "... Good song pre psichedelyc