| Five Live Yardbirds | ||||
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| Released | 4 December 1964 | |||
| Recorded | 20 March 1964 | |||
| Venue | Marquee Club, London | |||
| Genre | Blues rock, R&B | |||
| Length | 42:11 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Giorgio Gomelsky | |||
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Five Live Yardbirds is the live debut album by the English rock band the Yardbirds. It features the group's interpretations of ten American blues and rhythm and blues songs, including their most popular live number, Howlin' Wolf's "Smokestack Lightning". The album contains some of the earliest recordings with guitarist Eric Clapton.
Recorded at the Marquee Club in London on 20 March 1964, it was released in the United Kingdom by Columbia Records nine months later.[1] Despite several favourable retrospective reviews, the album did not reach the UK album charts. It was not issued in the United States; however, four songs were included on the Yardbirds' second American album, Having a Rave Up.
- ^ Russo 2016, pp. 25, 213.