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The Yardbirds Greatest Hits is the first compilation album of songs recorded by the Yardbirds.It was released in the United States in March 1967 by Epic Records and included all six of the Yardbirds' American A-side singles up to that time, plus three B-sides and the live "Smokestack Lightning" from Having a Rave Up and Five Live Yardbirds.
The Yardbirds were signed to EMI and their records were released through the Columbia Graphophone Company in the UK and Epic Records in the US. [13] In other countries, the group's releases were handled by a variety of labels, including affiliates of Columbia and Epic, Capitol (Canada), Riviera (France), Ricordi International (Italy), Odeon (Japan), and CBS (international). [14]
The Yardbirds are an English rock band formed in London in 1963. The band started the careers of three of rock's most famous guitarists: Eric Clapton (1963–1965), Jeff Beck (1965–1966) and Jimmy Page (1966–1968), all of whom ranked in the top five of Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 greatest guitarists. [5]
The album's best-known song, "Over Under Sideways Down", was released as a single in May 1966, two months before the album. [5] The album is included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. [7] In 2012, the album was ranked number 350 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. [8]
Prior to Ultimate!, several Yardbirds compilation albums were issued.In March 1967, Epic Records released the ten-song collection, The Yardbirds Greatest Hits. [2] It was the group's most successful American album on the record charts [2] and was included on Billboard magazine's 100 Top LPs of 1967 chart. [3]
"For Your Love" is a rock song written by Graham Gouldman and recorded by the English group the Yardbirds. Released in March 1965, it was their first top ten hit in both the UK and the US. The song was a departure from the group's blues roots in favour of a more commercial pop rock sound.
The song won a Grammy in 1958 for best R&B performance, and in 2001, the song was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Michael Ochs Archives - Getty Images “Diana” by Paul Anka (1957)
The single became the Yardbirds' fifth single to reach the UK top 10 chart, where it peaked at number 10. In Canada it reached number 5. [9] In the US, it reached number 13. [10] In July 1966, the song was released on Yardbirds, the group's first studio album in the UK and in August on the US edition titled after the song. [7]