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    Ultimate!

    The Yardbirds are largely known as the training ground for three of the best guitarists still working today -- even by people who think they did "Mr. Tambourine Man." This should set things straight. There is enough recognizable Clapton, Beck and Page on this collection, but the compilers wisely dec...

    2001 RS: Not Rated

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Biography

Although other English blues bands tried to play R&B the American way, with the emphasis on the singing or the groove, the Yardbirds saw it as a means of showcasing guitar playing. That this should be the case hardly seems surprising, given the quality of guitarist the band favored; this, after all, was where Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck made their names, and where Jimmy Page laid the foundations fo...

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