#The Yardbirds

[thecodeisveroncia]

JIMMY IN THE YARDBIRDSSSS I’ll get him

[soraismycat]

baby jimmy for your viewing pleasure

[sweetpaintedladie]

Jeff Beck, 1968

[dazedandconfussed]

twink twunking part 2

[cheriikisses]

the Cheshire cat ass grin after he said "like Carnaby Street and miniskirts" JIMMY YOU PERVERT

taken from an old Yardbirds interview, speaking about London

[singemall-stayallnight]

Jimmy Page with the Yardbirds, 1966-67.

Jimmy Page. I remember the first time I saw him, on one of his first gigs with the Yardbirds, in a packed mid-sixties marquee in the middle of some scrub land in Derby. He was in a white suit, and he stood back and scrubbed six strings till they blurred, and the sound was like one great marching wall. The lady who was on my shoulders fell off, and the marquee went mad.

—Roy Hollingworth, Melody Maker, November 1971

[boxwright]

The Yardbirds - Jeff Beck

[guitwithstumps]

oh jimmy the man you are

[rhapsodynew]

The story of the first Led Zeppelin concert recording

Led zeppelin is a diamond of Rock music- the purest water

The first ("known to science") Led Zeppelin concert recording appeared back in the period when not everyone could even immediately remember their name, and the team's debut record has not yet been released. On December 30, 1968, Led Zeppelin opened for the Americans from New York, Vanilla Fudge, who were at the peak of their popularity that year.

The venue was Gonzaga University in the American city of Spokane (Washington State), it is, remarkably, considered Catholic, and named after a saint named Aloysius Gonzaga of the Jesuit Order, the patron saint of youth and students. If they only knew what Led Zeppelin's lyrics might be about! A concert was held in one of the buildings on campus, to be precise, in the John F. Kennedy Pavilion (built in 1965). By the way, it was cold sub-zero weather outside.

This is what John F. looks like. The Kennedy Pavilion is equipped.

And so inside in 1965.

The cheapest concert ticket cost three dollars (now, and the most expensive - five

The setlist of the performance was as follows:

"Train Kept A Rollin'"

"I Can't Quit You"

"As Long As I Have You"

"Dazed And Confused"

"White Summer"

"How Many More Times"

"Pat's Delight"

As you can see, of the seven tracks, only three will be released on the debut album in just two weeks. Such a number of "non-album" tracks speaks to the level of musicians who enjoyed live performances rather than playing a standard set of songs.

The concert was recorded by the simplest amateur method on a cassette, so the recording quality is far from ideal, and sometimes you can even hear a hell of a mess.

A very funny story is also connected with this concert - Led Zeppelin was named Len Zefflin in an advertisement. One can only guess why the band's name has been distorted so much.

That's how you imagine American students waking up with a hangover and asking,

"Well, how was Len Zefflin yesterday?"

[stellastarr7]

April 1968 with the yardbirds.

[thecodeisveroncia]

Jimmy during the yardbirds idk if I should run away or towards him

[mottokuro]

The Yardbirds at the gates of Marble Arch in London, 1967. Photo by Ivan Keeman

[ameliamusic]

Pt.1 baddie appreciation post 😛

I want to thank all of these beautiful creatures for existing. Because who tf else is gonna have me giggling and kicking my feet. 💋

@thecodeisveroncia

[antigoneikk]

One of his friends was a boy about Jimmy's age named Jeff Beck. Jeff had built his own guitar and had been playing for a year when he and his sister took the bus over to Jimmy's house in Epsom one weekend afternoon. Jeff played the James Burton solo from Ricky Nelson's "My Babe." "We were immediately like blood brothers,” Jimmy recalled.

“By early 1966 Jeff Beck was already trying to convince Jimmy Page to join him in the Yardbirds so they could play dual lead guitar on stage.”

When they reached Los Angeles…at a band meeting the three original Yardbirds refused to play with Jeff anymore and fired him. Jeff got up to leave and asked Jimmy if he was coming. Jimmy looked at him and said, "No. I'm going to stay behind." With Jeff's departure, the Yardbirds became Jimmy's.

Then in New York, after one of Beck's Fillmore East triumphs, Jimmy played Led Zeppelin’s demo of "You Shook Me" for Jeff, which of course was one of Beck's show stoppers. According to Beck, Jimmy said, "Listen to this, listen to Bonzo, this guy called John Bonham that I've got." When Beck heard the version, his heart sank. “I looked at him and said, “Jim, what?” and the tears were coming out with anger."

[cheriikisses]

HE'S JUST SO MIRACULOUSLY BEAUTIFUL LIKE WHAT THE FUCK I'M BREATHTAKEN

[singemall-stayallnight]

Jimmy Page, c.1967.