The Yardbirds - The Yardbirds Story By Giorgio Gomelsky (1994) - 4 CD Boxset

This fantastic boxset collects almost all The Yardbirds output recorded when they were produced and managed by the legendary . The booklet is actually a whole book where Gomelsky, with the support of journalist , tells the detailed story of The Yardbirds early & middle years. Here we will find the albums and expanded with other live stuff from the same era, all their singles, EP tracks, alternate mixes, alternate versions and the outtakes from their aborted first album (curiously The Yardbirds never recorded a real studio album during the Gomelsky management). This set may be all that some Yardbirds fan would need along with the official albums , and the CD. Originally released in 1994 by Charly Records in long box format and re-released in 2004 by Snapper UK. This is the first edition with better booklet.

Disc: 1
1. Smokestack Lightning
2. You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover
3. Let It Rock
4. I Wish You Would
5. Who Do You Love?
6. Honey in Your Hips
7. Bye, Bye, Bird - Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds
8. Mister Downchild - Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds
9. River Rhine - Sonny Boy Williamson, The Yardbirds
10. 23 Hours Too Long - Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds
11. Lost Care - Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds
12. Pontiac Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds
13. Take It Easy, Baby - Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds
14. Out on the Water Coast - Sonny Boy Williamson, The Yardbirds
15. Western Arizona - Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds
16. Take It Easy, Baby - Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds
17. Do the Weston - Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds
18. Baby, What's Wrong [Studio Demo]

Disc: 2
1. Boom, Boom
2. Honey in Your Hips
3. Talkin' 'Bout You
4. I Wish You Would [Demo Version]
5. Certain Girl [Demo Version]
6. Slow Walk - Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds
7. Highway 69 - Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds
8. My Little Cabin - Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds
9. Too Much Monkey Business
10. Got Love If You Want It
11. Smokestack Lightning
12. Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl
13. Respectable
14. Five Long Years
15. Pretty Girl
16. Louise
17. I'm a Man
18. Here 'Tis
19. I Wish You Would
20. Certain Girl
21. Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl [Backing Track]
22. Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl [Backing Track Plus Harmonica][Instrumental]
23. Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl [Master]
24. I Ain't Got You

Disc: 3
1. For Your Love
2. Got to Hurry [Take 2, False Start]
3. Got to Hurry [Take 3, Master]
4. Got to Hurry [Take 4]
5. Putty (In Your Hands)
6. Sweet Music [Take 3]
7. Sweet Music [Take 4]
8. I'm Not Talkin'
9. I Ain't Done Wrong
10. My Girl Sloopy
11. Heart Full of Soul [Sitar Version]
12. Heart Full of Soul
13. Steeled Blues
14. Evil Hearted You
15. Still I'm Sad
16. Shapes of Things
17. Shapes of Things [Alternative Mix][Alternate Take]
18. You're a Better Man Than I
19. I'm a Man
20. New York City Blues
21. Train Kept A-Rollin'
22. Paff…Bum
23. Questa Volta
24. Mr. Zero - Keith Relf
25. Knowing - Keith Relf
26. New York City Blues [Stereo Remix]

Disc: 4
1. Jeff's Blues [Take 1]
2. Jeff's Blues [Take 1]
3. Someone to Love, Pt. 1 [Take 2, Instr.][Instrumental]
4. Someone to Love, Pt. 1 [Take 4, Instr.][Instrumental]
5. Someone to Love, Pt. 1 [Take 14, Instr.]
6. Someone to Love, Pt. 1 [Take 15, Vocal]
7. Someone to Love, Pt. 2
8. Like Jimmy Reed Again
9. Chris' Number [Take 1]
10. Pounds and Stomps (Xyz)
11. Pounds and Stomps
12. What Do You Want [Take 1]
13. What Do You Want [Take 2]
14. What Do You Want [Take 3]
15. What Do You Want [Take 4]
16. Here 'Tis [Stereo Instrumental Version]
17. Here 'Tis [Version for "Ready, Steady, Go! " TV Show]
18. Crimson Curtain [Edit of Take One and Insert]
19. Stroll On
20. I'm a Man [Live in Germany, 1967]
21. Shapes of Things [Live in Germany, 1967]

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

Enjoy!!!