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Having a Rave Up
Rock · 1965 · 5 tracks

Having a Rave Up

The Yardbirds

A split-personality document of British rock history. Half studio experimentation with Jeff Beck, half raw blues-club intensity featuring Eric Clapton.

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The record where the blues gets a shot of adrenaline and starts hallucinating.

A high-tension collision of disciplined studio experimentation and unhinged live energy.

Having a Rave Up · vs · The Yardbirds
Social Commentary+3.1σ

The writing leans far further into social commentary than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 5 Tracks
01
Mr. You’re a Better Man Than I
3:17
02
Evil Hearted You
2:24
07
Smokestack Lightning (live)
5:35
08
Respectable (live)
5:28
09
I’m a Man (live)
4:24
Moments Worth Waiting For
The frantic double-time instrumental break in I'm a Man where the maracas and guitar reach a fever pitch.
Jeff Beck's jagged, Middle Eastern-influenced guitar lines on Evil Hearted You that signaled a shift toward psychedelia.
The raw, five-minute endurance test of Smokestack Lightning where the harmonica and guitar duel in a live setting.
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