Discography
UK Singles
"I Wish You Would"/"A Certain Girl" Columbia DB7838 (1964)
"Good Morning Little Schoolgirl"/Ain’t Got You" Columbia DB7391 (1964)
"For Your Love"/"Got To Hurry" Columbia DB7499 (1965)
"Heart Full Of Soul"/"Steeled Blues" Columbia DB7549 (1965)
"Evil Hearted You"/"Still I’m Sad" Columbia DB 7706 (1965)
"Shapes Of Things"/"Mr.You’re A Better Man Than I" Columbia DB7848 (1966)
"Over, Under, Sideways, Down"/"Jeff’s Boogie" Columbia DB7928 (1966)
"Happenings Ten Years Time Ago"/"Psycho Daisies" Columbia DB8024 (1966)
"Little Games"/"Puzzles" Columbia DB8165 (1967)
"Goodnight Sweet Josephine"/"Think About It" Columbia DB8368 (1968)
UK EP:s
"Five Yardbirds" Columbia SEG8421 (1965)
"Over, Under, Sideways, Down" Columbia SEG8521 (1966)
No EP:s were released in the US but some EP:s with different tracks were released in different European countries.
US Singles
"I Wish You Would"/"A Certain Girl" Epic BC9709 (1964)
"For Your Love"/"Got To Hurry" Epic BN 9790 (1965)
"Heart Full Of Soul"/"Steeled Blues" Epic BN9823 (1965)
"I’m A Man"/"Still I’m Sad" Epic BN9857 (1965)
"Shapes Of Things"/"I’m Not Talking" Epic BN 9891 (1966)
"Shapes Of Things"/"New York City Blues" Epic BN 10006 (1966)
"Over, Under, Sideways, Down"/"Jeff’s Boogie" Epic BN10035 (1966)
"Happenings Ten Years Time Ago"/"The Nazz Are Blue" Epic BN 10094 (1966)
"Little Games"/"Puzzles" Epic BN10156 (1967)
"Ha, Ha Said The Clown"/"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor" Epic BN10204 (1967)
"Ten Little Indians"/"Drinking Muddy Water" Epic BN 10248 (1967)
"Goodnight Sweet Josephine"/"Think About It" Epic 10303 (1968)
UK albums
"Five Live Yardbirds" Columbia SX1677 (1965)
"The Yardbirds" (Roger The Engineer) Columbia SCX6063 (1966)
"Yardbirds With Sonny Boy Williamson" Fontana TL5277 (1967)
"Yardbirds Reunion Concert" Promised Land PLCD 202020 (1992)
"Birdland" Favored Nations Entertainment FN2280-2 (2003)
US albums
"For Your Love" Epic BN26167 (1965) (mono LN24167)
"Having A Rave Up" Epic BN26177 (1965) (mono LN24177)
"Yardbirds With Sonny Boy Williamson" Mercury SR61071 (1966) (mono MG21071)
"Over, Under, Sideways, Down" Epic BN26210 (1966) (mono LN24210)
"Little Games" Epic BN26313 (1967) (mono LN24313)
"Live Yardbirds" Epic BN30615 (1968). Withdrawn on request by Jimmy Page and only available as bootleg.
"Afternoon Tea" Rhino RNDF253 (1982). An interwiew with Chris Dreja and Jim McCarty
"Yardbirds Reunion Concert" Renaissance RMED00169 (1992)
"Birdland" Favored Nations Entertainment FN2280-2 (2003)
Reissues and compilations
There have been a lot of reissues and compilations of Yardbirds material during the years and almost everything that the band ever recorded is available on CD. Unfortunately, a lot of the Yardbirds compilations who exists are of lousy quality and mostly covers only the Clapton-Beck period. Listed here are only reissues of original albums on vinyl and CD and compilations worth to buy. For a definitive list of all Yardbirds releases, see the books "Yardbirds-The Ultimate Rave-Up" by Greg Russo and "The Yardbirds Discography And More" by Richard Mackay.
Vinyl albums
"Remember" Starline SRS5069 (1971). Includes a longer version of "I Wish You Would".
"Yardbirds" Columbia SSX1018 (1967). Rare Swedish compilation
"Yardbirds (Roger The Engineeer)" Edsel ED116 (1983). Reissue of the mono version of the 1966 album with two extra tracks, "Happenings ten Years Time Ago" and "Psycho Daisies". The mono album has different versions with better guitar work on "Hot House Of Omargarashid", "Lost Woman" and "He’s Always There". The mono version of the album is not yet released on CD.
"Shapes Of Things" Charly BOX104 (1984). 7 LP box with almost everything the band recorded with Giorgio Gomelsky as manager, including the UK album "Five Live Yardbirds" and "Yardbirds With Sonny Boy Williamson" , US albums "For Your Love" and "Having A Rave Up", all singles up to summer 1966 plus "Stroll On" and previous unreleased materiel.
CD:s
"Over, Under, Sideways, Down" Raven RVCD-12 (1991). This 28 track Australian compilation is one of two compilations which covers the band’s entire career (Clapton-Beck and Page-line-ups)
"Train Kept A-Rollin’" Charly CD LIK BOX3 (1993). Everything that the band recorded during Giorgio Gomelsky’s time as manager. Remastered with excellent sound quality.
"Little Games Sessions & More" EMI E2-98214 (1992). The album "Little Games" plus singles and previous unreleased materiel recorded when Jimmy Page was lead guitarist in the band.
"On Air" Band Of Joy BOJCD200 (1991).Yardbird’s BBC performances
"Where The Action Is" NMC PILOT10 (1997). The same BBC performances as on "On Air" plus a Swedish concert from the Swedish Radio House, broadcasted on Swedish Radio 1967.
"Cumular Limit" Burning Airlines PILOT22 (2000) contains previous unreleased materiel from 1967-68 (the Jimmy Page era).
"The Yardbirds Ultimate" Rhino Records R2 79825 (2001) is a double CD that covers the whole career of The Yardbirds (Clapton-Beck and Page-line-ups). It also includes three Keith Relf solo recordings. Excellent sound quality.
If you buy the CD-box set "Train Kept A-Rollin’, The Edsel mono album "Roger The Engineer", "Little Games Sessions & More", "Where The Action Is", the bootleg "Live Yardbirds" (from Anderson Theatre 1968) and "Cumular Limit"it will give you an almost complete Yardbirds collection without spending too much money and too much work. For a first introduction to the wonderful world of the Yardbirds, the Australian compilation "Over, Under, Sideways, Down" (Raven Records) is a good start.
Books
"Yardbirds" by John Platt, Jim McCarty & Chris Dreja (Sidgwick & Jackson) 1983
"Yardbirds World" by Richard Mackay & Mike Ober (Yardbirds World) 1989
"Over, Under, Sideways, Yardbirds" by Richard Mackay (Yardbirds World) 1991
"The Yardbirds Discography And More" by Richard Mackay (Yardbirds World) 1994
"Silver Tightrope-Keith Relf Dicography" by Richard Mackay (Yardbirds World) 1994
"Then Play On" by Mike Ober. (Brisk Productions) 1992. About Yardbirds, Downliners Sect, Creation, Searchers, Procol Harum, Zombies. (Includes an interwiew with Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty)
"Yardbirds-The Ultimate Rave Up" by Greg Russo (Crossfire Publications) 1998
"Yardbirds" by Alan Clayson (Backbeat Books) 2002
Videos
"Yardbirds" (US A*Vision UK Warner Music Video) 1992
Contains various video performances throughout the band’s career
