For Your Love (album)
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| Studio album by The Yardbirds | |||||
| Released | 13 June 1965 | ||||
| Recorded | London March 1964 – April 1965 |
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| Genre | Blues rock, rhythm and blues | ||||
| Length | 31:04 | ||||
| Label | Epic (Cat. no.LN 24167/BN 26167) | ||||
| Producer | Giorgio Gomelsky Manfred Mann: "Sweet Music" |
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For Your Love is the second album released by English blues rock band The Yardbirds, and the first released in the USA.[1] Released in June 1965, the album is a mix of US-only tracks and previously released singles compiled by Yardbirds' producer, Giorgio Gomelsky. The album, which was released as the Yardbirds were preparing for their first American tour, reached number 96 in Billboard's Top LPs chart.
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" (these songs were later released in the UK on the Five Yardbirds EP). Eric Clapton provided the guitar for the remainder of the tracks, which included 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). Clapton, who had left the band four months earlier, is not pictured on the album cover nor mentioned in the liner notes.
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Reception
The album, which was released as the Yardbirds were preparing for their first American tour, reached number 96 in Billboard's Top LPs chart.
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
Track listing
Original album
| Side 1 | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "For Your Love" | Graham Gouldman | 2:31 |
| 2. | "I'm Not Talking" | Mose Allison | 2:33 |
| 3. | "Putty (in Your Hands)" | John Patton, Kay Rogers | 2:18 |
| 4. | "I Ain't Got You" | Calvin Carter | 2:00 |
| 5. | "Got to Hurry" | Oscar Rasputin a.k.a. Giorgio Gomelsky | 2:33 |
| 6. | "I Ain't Done Wrong" | Keith Relf | 3:39 |
| Side 2 | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "I Wish You Would" | Billy Boy Arnold | 2:19 |
| 2. | "A Certain Girl" | Naomi Neville a.k.a. Allen Toussaint | 2:18 |
| 3. | "Sweet Music (stereo)" | Walter Bowie, Otis Leavill Cobb, Major Lance | 2:30 |
| 4. | "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" | H.G. Demarais[3] | 2:46 |
| 5. | "My Girl Sloopy" | Wes Farrell, Bert Russell | 5:38 |
Album reissues
The Yardbirds' 2001 compilation album Ultimate! contains eight of the eleven tracks from the original album. For Your Love has been reissued by several record labels, including JVC, Castle, and Repertoire.[4] In addition to the eleven tracks from the original album, the Repertoire reissue includes Yardbirds' demos recorded with Eric Clapton December 1963 – November 1964 (Tracks 1–8), a demo with Indian musicians (9), a single B-side with Jeff Beck (10), and an Italian single with Beck (11 & 13) and with Chris Dreja (12).
| Repertoire reissue additional material | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Baby, What's Wrong" (demo) | Elmore James | 2:38 |
| 2. | "Boom, Boom" (demo) | John Lee Hooker | 2:25 |
| 3. | "Honey in Your Hips" (demo) | Keith Relf | 2:19 |
| 4. | "Talkin' 'Bout You" (demo) | Chuck Berry | 1:56 |
| 5. | "I Wish You Would" (demo) | Billy Boy Arnold | 4:17 |
| 6. | "A Certain Girl" (demo) | Naomi Neville a.k.a. Allen Toussaint | 2:21 |
| 7. | "Got to Hurry" (take 4) | Oscar Rasputin a.k.a. Giorgio Gomelsky (group composition) | 2:35 |
| 8. | "Sweet Music" (take 4) | Walter Bowie, Otis Leavill Cobb, Major Lance | 2:28 |
| 9. | "Heart Full of Soul" (demo, sitar version) | Graham Gouldman | 1:54 |
| 10. | "Steeled Blues" | Jeff Beck | 2:38 |
| 11. | "Paff Bumm" (German issue) | Gian Piero Reverberi, Sergio Bardotti, Paul Samwell-Smith | 2:27 |
| 12. | "Questa Volta" | Roberto "Bobby Solo" Satti, Gianni "Dinamo" Marchetti, Mogol | 2:33 |
| 13. | "Paff Bum" (Italian issue) | Gian Piero Reverberi, Sergio Bardotti, Paul Samwell-Smith | 2:36 |
Note: Liner notes for Repertoire release actually attribute "Baby, What's Wrong" to Sonny Boy Williamson credited as "Rice Miller Williamson". However, most sources credit this song to Jimmy Reed.
Personnel
- Keith Relf – lead vocals, harmonica
- Eric Clapton – lead guitar on all tracks except as indicated below
- Jeff Beck – lead guitar on "I'm Not Talking", "I Ain't Done Wrong", and "My Girl Sloopy"
- Chris Dreja – rhythm guitar
- Paul Samwell-Smith – bass, vocals
- Jim McCarty – drums, vocals
- Giorgio Gomelsky – backing vocal on "A Certain Girl"
- Brian Auger – harpsichord on "For Your Love"
- Denny Pierce – bongos on "For Your Love"
- Ron Prentice – bowed bass on "For Your Love"
- Manfred Mann – keyboard and backing vocals on "Sweet Music"
- Paul Jones – backing Vocals on "Sweet Music"
- Mike Hugg – vibes on "Sweet Music"
- Tom McGuinness – guitar on "Sweet Music"
- Mike Vickers – guitar on "Sweet Music"
Notes
- ↑ Five Live Yardbirds, the Yardbirds' first UK album, was not released in the US.
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- ↑ H.G. Demarais a.k.a. Dee Marais, a Shreveport, LA record label owner/distributor, was originally credited on the LP; see "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" article.
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