For Your Love

by The Yardbirds

Overview

Back in 1965, this album seemed like a real mess, which was understandable, because For Your Love wasn't a "real" album, in the sense that the Yardbirds ever assembled an LP of that name or content. Rather, it was the response of their American label, Epic, to the band's achieving a number six single with the title track, with manager Giorgio Gomelsky selecting the cuts. The quasi-progressive "For Your Love," dominated by guest artist Brian Auger's harpsichord, is juxtaposed with hard-rocking blues-based numbers, almost all of which featured departed lead guitarist Eric Clapton (who is mentioned nowhere on the LP), with current lead guitarist Jeff Beck on just three tracks. The Clapton cuts, although primitive next to the material he was soon to cut with John Mayall, have an intensity that's still riveting to hear four decades later, and was some of the best blues-based rock & roll of its era. The three Beck sides show where the band was really heading, beyond the immediate success of "For Your Love" -- "I'm Not Talking" and "I Ain't Done Wrong" were hard, loud, blazing showcases for Beck's concise blues playing, while "My Girl Sloopy" was the first extended jam to emerge on record from a band on the British blues scene; the source material isn't ideal, but Beck and company make their point in an era where bands were seldom allowed to go more than four minutes on even an album track -- these boys could play and make it count. ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	07/19/2024
Label:	Imports
UPC:	5060767445372
Rank:	215579

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Yardbirds   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Johnny Dinamo   Composer
Gianfranco Reverberi   Composer
Roberto Satti   Composer
John Collis   Liner Notes
Sergio Bardotti   Composer
Paul Samwell-Smith   Composer
Sonny Boy Williamson II   Composer
Bert Russell   Composer
Bo Diddley   Composer
Billy Boy Arnold   Composer
Keith Relf   Composer
Chuck Berry   Composer
Clarence Carter   Composer
Graham Gouldman   Composer
Ellas McDaniel   Composer
Big John Patton   Composer
Jeff Beck   Composer
Howlin' Wolf   Composer
Audio 2   Composer
Naomi Neville   Composer
Giorgio Gomelsky   Composer,Producer
Major Lance   Composer
Jimmy Rogers   Composer
James Moore   Composer
John Lee Hooker   Composer
Wes Farrell   Composer
Mose Allison   Composer
Sonny Boy Williamson I   Composer