For Your Love | ||||
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Released | June 1965 | |||
Recorded | March 1964 – April 1965 | |||
Studio | Olympic, IBC and Advision, London | |||
Genre | Blues rock | |||
Length | 31:04 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Giorgio Gomelsky [lower-alpha 1] | |||
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For Your Love is the first American album by English rock band the Yardbirds. Released in July 1965, [lower-alpha 2] it contains new studio recordings along with previously released singles. [3] The album features some of the earliest recordings by guitarists Eric Clapton and his replacement Jeff Beck.
The Yardbirds' manager, Giorgio Gomelsky, who selected the songs, planned to capitalise on the group's hit "For Your Love". The album, released as the Yardbirds were preparing for their first American tour, reached number 96 in Billboard's Top LPs chart. It was unissued in the UK, although the songs with Beck were released in August 1965 on the Five Yardbirds EP.
For Your Love features three songs from Jeff Beck's first recording sessions with the Yardbirds: "I'm Not Talking", "I Ain't Done Wrong", and "My Girl Sloopy". [4] Eric Clapton provided the guitar for the remainder of the tracks, that include the three Yardbirds singles (with B-sides) released up to that time and two demos which were not released in the UK until the 1980s (see discography for singles information). [5]
"I Ain't Done Wrong" was solely credited as a Keith Relf composition, as part of the group's desire to emulate the Beatles and other some other British groups that were doing their own songwriting. [6] In reality, though, "I Ain't Done Wrong" was largely a rewrite of Eddie Kirkland's "I Must Have Done Somebody Wrong", [7] by way of Elmore James' own rewrite, "Done Somebody Wrong". [6]
Clapton, who had left the band four months earlier, is not pictured on the album cover nor mentioned in the liner notes. [8] Group chronicler Gregg Russo notes, "The cover was somewhat of a joke, as Jeff Beck was humorously seated in front of a keyboard that he did not play on the album." [8]
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AllMusic | [9] |
The album reached number 96 in Billboard 's Top LPs chart. [10] It was the Yardbirds' first charting album; their British debut, Five Live Yardbirds, did not reach the UK Albums Chart and was not issued in the US.
In a retrospective review, AllMusic writer Bruce Eder gave the album three out of five stars, who notes the inconsistency of the Gomelsky-selected material. [9] He describes the songs with Beck as "hard, loud, blazing showcases ... show[ing] where the band was really heading" and although the material with Clapton is "primitive" compared to his later efforts, it "was some of the best blues-based rock & roll of its era [1964]." [9]
Songwriter credits are taken from the original Epic LP. [1] However, since the running times are not given, those from The Yardbirds Story (2002), produced by Gomelsky, are used instead. [11]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead guitar/ recording date(s) | Length |
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1. | "For Your Love" | Graham Gouldman | Eric Clapton, 1/2/65 | 2:28 |
2. | "I'm Not Talking" | Mose Allison | Jeff Beck, 13/4/65 | 2:31 |
3. | "Putty (In Your Hands)" | Kay Rogers, John Patton | Clapton, 11/64 | 2:11 |
4. | "I Ain't Got You" | Calvin Carter | Clapton, 19/9/64 | 1:59 |
5. | "Got to Hurry" (take 3) | Oscar Rasputin a.k.a. Giorgio Gomelsky [lower-alpha 3] | Clapton, 6/8/64 | 2:34 |
6. | "I Ain't Done Wrong" | Keith Relf | Beck, 15/3/65 | 3:37 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead guitar/ recording date(s) | Length |
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1. | "I Wish You Would" | Billy Boy Arnold | Clapton, 3/64 | 2:18 |
2. | "A Certain Girl" | Naomi Neville a.k.a. Allen Toussaint | Clapton, 3/64 | 2:16 |
3. | "Sweet Music" (stereo, take 3) | Major Lance, Otis Leavill Cobb, Walter Bowie | Uncertain, 11/64 | 2:29 |
4. | "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" | H.G. Demarais [lower-alpha 4] | Clapton, 8–9/64 | 2:52 |
5. | "My Girl Sloopy" | Bert Russell, Wes Farrell | Beck, 13/4/65 | 5:36 |
The Yardbirds' 2001 compilation album Ultimate! contains eight of the eleven tracks from the original album. [17] For Your Love has been reissued by several record labels, including JVC, Castle, and Repertoire. [9] In addition to the eleven tracks from the original album, the Repertoire reissue includes 13 non-album single and demo tracks.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Baby, What's Wrong" (demo) | Sonny Boy Williamson II | 2:38 |
13. | "Boom Boom" (A-side of German/Dutch "Honey in Your Hips") | John Lee Hooker | 2:25 |
14. | "Honey in Your Hips" (B-side of "Boom Boom") | Relf | 2:19 |
15. | "Talkin' About You" (demo) | Chuck Berry | 1:56 |
16. | "I Wish You Would" (demo) | Arnold | 4:17 |
17. | "A Certain Girl" (demo) | Neville | 2:21 |
18. | "Got to Hurry" (demo, take 4) | Gomelsky | 2:35 |
19. | "Sweet Music" (demo, take 4) | Lance | 2:28 |
20. | "Heart Full of Soul" (demo, sitar version) | Gouldman | 1:54 |
21. | "Steeled Blues" (B-side of "Heart Full of Soul") | Jeff Beck | 2:38 |
22. | "Paff...Bum" (shorter version, B-side of German "Shapes of Things") | Sergio Bardotti, Gianfranco Reverberi, Paul Samwell-Smith | 2:27 |
23. | "Questa Volta" (A-side of Italian "Paff...Bum") | Mogol Audio 2, Johnny Dinamo, Roberto Satti | 2:33 |
24. | "Paff...Bum" (longer version, B-side of "Questa Volta") | Bardotti, Reverberi, Samwell-Smith | 2:36 |
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