Why is what I posted classified as "negativity?" Some self-absorbed nimrod posts a bunch of information already known to Yardbirds' fans and expects...what? He's not impressing anyone, he's just annoying.

And then there are the "I don't care what lineup it is..." morons. Well, people, there are already PLENTY of Yardbirds' live recordings from every era EXCEPT the relatively short-lived Beck/Page on lead guitars lineup. We don't want "more of the same" - there's already plenty of that on offer here at Wolfgang's Vault (it should be called "Bootlegs You've Already Heard a Million Times Before with No Discernable Improvement in Sound Quality Vault."

Give us something new! Give us something we've NEVER heard before. Come on, stop being so lazy with the same old, same old.

Love,
Mackey

And then there's this news today:

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/20/source-jimmy-page-to-reunite-with-jeff-beck-for-yardbirds-tour

According to an industry insider, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck are going to tour as the Yardbirds this fall alongside founding bassist Chris Dreja and drummer Jim McCarty. The tour is said to kick off this October. It’s unclear who will be the reformed Yardbirds’ lead singer (original vocalist Keith Relf died of electrocution in 1976). Eric Clapton, the Yardbirds’ founding guitarist, has no plans to participate, according to the source.

Page and Beck’s tenure in the Yardbirds overlapped by only a few months in 1966, but they have remained close friends since. The British blues legends disbanded in July of 1968, although Dreja and McCarty have been touring steadily under the Yardbirds name since the 1990s, and are currently on the road through August. The band reunited for one night in 1992 when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

 

The Rover:

It would be great to hear a Yardbirds concert with both Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck on dual lead guitars. Both of them played together with the Yardbirds at the Filmore West on Oct 23, 1966. Would it be possible for you to put this show up if you have it.

Thanks in advance


 

Hi, Dopeburger and all you fine Vaulties! :-)

I know this has been asked for before but since the last post is from quite a while back. Any chance we will be able to hear the "Wishbone"-type Yarbirds show, one fine day?

Since Bill a lot of  Airplane shows record by soundboard in 1966, I imagine there is some slight chance he had dubbed them too. They were still pretty popular, at that time, so no wonder Big B. booked them into the Carousel, the largest available venue.

A very knowledgable Yarbirds collector just recently told me Page had mentioned somewhere he knew a guy who had that very show.

I know Page (and/or his lawyers) may be some pain in the butt when it comes to releasing/making available unearthed stuff that features him (see the "Live Yardbirds" album case, his insistence to pull the embryonic "Tangerine" from Cumular Limit and what not....). Well, despite common believe, he doesn't have the rights to Yarbirds material all to himself, it belomgs to the last four Yardbirds members and Keith Relf's estate.

Have you gone through your dungeons and have you found the show?

This issue comes up every year - this is the show (hell, any 1966 show with Beck/Page) that every Yardbirds, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Zep fans wants to hear - the Beck/Page lineup.

Yes, absolutely - Let's have it!