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

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

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

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.

RIP Jeff Beck, your music lives on !

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

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

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 RU-vid so everybody should check it out.

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

The mighty Keith Relf

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

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 .

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

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.

The boys are killing it! Yeah baby!!

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.

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

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

Jeff Beck

100 % rock and roll !!!

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!

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

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

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

Beck is simply incredible!

Itts the harmonica playing that Makes the greatness

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

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

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.

I can't believe Jeff Beck is gone!

Clearly, the cameramen did not like Chris Dreja.

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

RIP Jeff Beck

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

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.

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

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

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

Man I wish I had been there

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.

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

Whatever happened to Linda from Wrexham I wonder

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

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

Sad day in music :(

Around the 2.12 mark,musical ecestay !

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

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

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

RIP Jeff.

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.

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

👍🏻

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

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... 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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

Is that Jeff Beck on solo

Swaggering tune

is this the Song Contest?

Beatles no 1

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

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

Brian Jones on vocals?

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

Самая недооценённая группа 60-х

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

Aerosmith 🍺 Hold my beer 🚂 🚃 🚃 🎸

Jeff Beck. Strictly.

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

Erica

Where is Jimmy Page?

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

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

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

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The best boozy

Much better then Aerosmith .....Original

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

Awkward.

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