Disc One 1963-64
1. Honey In Your Hips (Alternate Studio Take)
2. Baby What’s Wrong
3. Eric Clapton
4. I Wish You Would
5. You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover (Studio Demo)
6. Jim McCarty
7. Louise
8. Eric Clapton
9. Someone To Love Me
10. Too Much Monkey Business
11. I Got Love If You Want It
12. Smokestack Lightning
13. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
14. Respectable
15. The Sky Is Crying
16. Eric Clapton
17. I Wish You Would
18. Chris Dreja
19. I'm A Man
20. Someone To Love Me
21. Boom Boom
22. I’m A Man
23. Little Queenie
24. Too Much Monkey Business
25. Respectable
26. Carol
27. Here ‘Tis
28. Jim McCarty
Tracks 1,2,4,5. Recorded R.G. Jones Studios, Morden, Surrey England, December 1963 & January 1964. Tracks 9-15. Recorded 7th August 1964 at the Marquee London. Tracks 7 & 17.
Recorded 5Th April 1964 UK. Track 19. Recorded 26 July 1964, Live Crawdaddy, Richmond, Surrey. Tracks 21-27. Recorded 9th August 1964, Fourth National Jazz & Blues Festival, Richmond. Track 20. Re-Edit 7th August 1964, Marquee, London.

DISC Two 1965 74.31

1. Evil Hearted You, Keith Relf Introduction (27 September)
2. Keith Relf
3. Heart Full Of Soul Paul Samwell-Smith Interview/ (1 June)
4. Chris Dreja
5. I Ain't Done Wrong (3 July)
6. Jim McCarty
7. Smokestack Lightning (Full Version)(16 November)
8. You're A Better Man Than I Interview/ (16 November)
9. The Train Kept A-Rollin' (16 November)
10. Jim McCarty
11. I’m Not Talking (16 March )
12. Keith Relf – I’m a Man
13. I’m A Man (9 April )
14. Keith Relf – The blues
15. Jeff’s Boogie (9 June)
16. Keith Relf
17. Steeled Blues (1 June)
18. Louise (4 June )
19. Keith Relf
20. I Wish You Would (6 August )
21. Love Me Like I Love You (9 August)
22. The Stumble (27 September)
23. Paul Samwell-Smith
24. You're A Better Man than I
25. The Train Kept A-Rollin’
26. Chris Dreja
27. I’ve Been Trying (9 June)
28. Shapes of Things plus interview
29. Paul Samwell
30. For Your Love (Long Version)
31. My Girl Sloopy (Long Version)
32. I’m A Man (Live)
33. I Wish You Would
34. Macleans Advert

Tracks 1,3,5,7,8,9. Recorded at Maida Vale Studios London for the BBC during 1965. Tracks 11,13,15,17,18,20,21,22,27. Unreleased lost UK Radio sessions from 1965, Tracks 24 & 25 Live England November 1965, Track 28. U.S Broadcast 10th January 1966. Tracks 30-32. 6th August 1965, Fifth National Jazz & Blues Festival, Richmond Athletic Association Grounds, Richmond. Track 33. 23rd September 1965, Dutch TV

DISC Three 65-66 78:17
1. Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (26 July 1966 and 20 September 1966 – 2 October 1966,)
2. Keith Relf
3. Psycho Daisies
4. Stroll On (With Soundtrack Coda)
5. Chris Dreja
6. "Great Shakes" Advert
7. I Wish You Would
8. I'm A Man
9. The Train Kept A-Rollin' (Live)
10. Over Under Sideways Down (Live)
11. Shapes of Things (Live)
12. He's Always There (Alternate Version)
13. Turn into Earth (Alternate Version)
14. I Can't Make Your Way (Alternate Version)
15. I'm A Man
16. For Your Love
17. Heart Full Of Soul
18. I Wish You Would (Live)
19. Jim McCarty
20. Questa Volta (Live)
21. Pafff…Bum (Live)
22. Chris Dreja
23. The Train Kept A-Rollin' (Live)
24. Shapes Of Things (Live)
25. Jim McCarty
26. Jimmy Page
27. Jeff's Boogie (6 May 1966, )
28. You’re A Better Man Than I (Live)
29. Keith Relf & Jeff Beck Interview Ravi Shankar (8 June 1966)
30. Shapes Of Things (Live)
31. Jim McCarty
32. Jim McCarty
33. Chris Dreja
34. I'm Not Talking (4 June 1965)
35. Heart Full of Soul (9 June 1965)
36. Spoonful (9 April 1965)
37. Bottle Up And Go (9 April 1965)
38. All The Pretty Little Horses (Hushabye) (9 April 1965)
39. .Jeff Beck
Tracks 1 & 3. Recorded at De Lane Lea Studios, London. Track 4. Recorded 3rd -5th October 1966, Sound Techniques Studios, Chelsea, London
Track 5. Radio Commercial (12th July 1966, Marquee Studios, London) Track 7 & 8. 10-11th August 1965, US Broadcast. Tracks 9-11. 27th June 1966, Music Hall De France. Tracks 12 & 13. 31st May – 4th June 1966, Advision Sound Studios, London. Track 14. 14th June 1966, IBC Studios, London. Tracks 15 - 17. Recorded 10-11th August 1965, US Broadcast. Track 18. 20th June 1965, Palais Des Sports, Paris, France. Tracks 20 & 21. Recorded 28th & 29th January 1966, "The 16th Festival of Italian Songs Tracks 23 & 24. 1st May 1966, "Poll Winners Concert," Empire Pool, Wembley. Tracks 27, 34-38. Unreleased UK Radio Broadcast. Track 28 Recorded Live May 1966, England. Track 30. 1st April 1966, La Locomotive Club, Paris, France

DISC Four 1967-68
1. Shapes Of Things
2. Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
3. Over Under Sideways Down
4. I'm A Man
5. Chris Dreja
6. Shapes Of Things
7. Heart Full Of Soul
8. You're A Better Man Than I
9. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
10. Over Under Sideways Down
11. Little Games
12. My Baby
13. I'm A Man
14. Chris Dreja
15. The Train Kept A-Rollin'
16. Dazed and Confused
17. Goodnight Sweet Josephine
18. Glimpses (Sound Effects)
19. "The In Sound"
20. Chris Dreja
21. Think about it
22. Jimmy Page
23. Dazed And Confused (Live)
Tracks 1-4. Recorded on 15th March at the Stadthalle Offenbach. Tracks 6 - 13. Recorded 7th April 1967 Stockholm. Tracks 15-17. Recorded 9th March in France. Track 18. Recorded early 1967 in New York. Track 19. August 1967 US Army Radio Program. Track 21. Recorded January 1968 London. Track 23. Unknown Venue in England January 1968

DISC 5 BBC Radio One Re-Mastered
1) I Ain't Got You (22 March 1965)
2) For Your Love - Keith Relf Interview (22 March 1965)
3) I'm Not Talking (22 March 1965)
4) I Wish You Would (1 June 1965)
5) Too Much Monkey Business (6 August 1965)
6) Love Me Like I Love You (6 August 1965)
7) I'm A Man (6 August 1965)
8) Still I'm Sad - Paul Samwell-Smith Interview (27 September 1965)
9) My Girl Sloopy (Full Version) (27 September 1965)
10) Keith Relf interview (28 February 1966)
11) Shapes of Things (28 February 1966)
12. You're A Better Man than I (28 February 1966)
13) Dust My Broom (28 February 1966)
14) Baby, Scratch My Back/ Keith Relf Interview (6 May 1966)
15) Over Under Sideways Down (6 May 1966)
16) The Sun Is Shining (Full Version)(6 May 1966)
17) Shapes of Things (6 May 1966)
18) Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)(17 March 1967)
19) Little Games (17 March 1967)
20) Drinking Muddy Water (17 March 1967)
21) Think about It (16 March 1968)
22) Jimmy Page Interview/ Goodnight Sweet Josephine (16 March 1968)
23) My Baby (16 March 1968)
24} White Summer (5-6 March 1968)
25) Dazed and Confused (5-6 March 1968)
26} Think About It (5-6 March 1968)
All Tracks Recorded at Maida Vale Studios London for the BBC

7" single
I wish You would B/W Baby what's wrong.

Amazon USA:
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This is an update on "The Yardbirds-Glimpses"5-CD box set from the UK label "Easy Action". 6 months after the label posted a tracklisting for this collection of concert recordings, radio broadcasts, interviews and soundtracks from T.V. performances, the set has yet to go to the pressing plant. The label stated twice before that they would begin accepting preorders, but that didn't happen. Then, they said that they received requested permission from Jimmy Page's representatives for several tracks. Now, they say that they'll send the project to the pressing plant in another two weeks, and begin accepting preorders in July. We'll see.

But, I should note that the box set is not such a big event as it seems at first glance. 40% of the material has already been released officially by other labels, specifically Castle Communications, EMI & New Millenium. The entire 5th disc is the exact same BBC disc as "The Yardbirds-On Air" or the first disc of "Where The Action Is". The Stockholm 1967 tracks were already offered on "Where The Action Is". The Marquee 1964 recordings were already released on Castle's "Live Blueswailing 1964" CD, and the four 1967 tracks from Offenbach, Germany have been released on the DVD "Beat Beat Beat:The Yardbirds" through a label affiliated with Britain's "Voiceprint" label. And the BBC versions of "White Summer" & "Dazed & Confused" were already offered(as bonus tracks) on EMI/UK's most recent expanded reissue of "Little Games".

An assortment of fans had expressed skepticism over this box(and whether it will be released) on a forum at the record company's website, and finally, some individual(apparently the label chief or owner) posted an angry(and obscenity-laced) rant, largely aimed at me, though I was not the first person to question whether this box set will be released. After this label chief or owner alienated the fans(whose grievances were legitimate, considering how long the label has teased the public with a tracklisting), another individual(possibly a mastering engineer for the project) did a brief, more conciliatory post, to try to smooth things over. I'd say, "too little,too late". If the set is released and internet feedback indicates reasonable musical or sound quality for the actual unreleased material, I might buy the set(despite the label's bad attitude towards the fans), but in the meantime, I'm putting this box set out of my thoughts.

Thanks for the update Phil. Do you know if any of the tracks are unbooted? What is the provenance of the outtake/demo material?

There may be some unbooted material, but it remains to be seen what the sound quality is. The BBC material(other than the previously released material on Disc 5) is likely to be off the air tapings. Liner notes writer Greg Russo may have found some better sources since I last communicated with him in the early 1990's, but the sources for the officially unreleased BBC tracks that he had back then(in the early 1990's) were pretty dismal; like a mediocre bootleg.

There's one obvious lesson to be learned from this Yardbirds project: Having a tracklisting for an eagerly awaited box set is, in itself, no guarantee that the box set will be released. I collect "Classic Rock" in a wide variety of styles, and I have noted that many people who want to buy The Beach Boys' "Smile Sessions" box seem to believe(as I once did) that the announcing of a tracklisting brings that project closer to reality or guarantees that it will be released. Perhaps not.

I'm perceived to be the bringer of bad news. I'm only the messenger. Don't shoot the messenger. I'll admit that I can (sometimes) be a strident "firebrand" when it comes to keeping the heat on labels and artists behind long-delayed CD releases(for example, The Beatles remasters & Neil Young's "Archives Vol.1") particularly when the release postponements drag on for years.

I should note that the proprietor of the Easy Action label was rather vicious, posting "Please don't mistake us for people who give a flying F@#k". I won't. The discussion of The Yardbirds "Glimpses" box fell almost totally silent on Easy Action's website. His contempt for all the people who had expressed interest in this troubled box set project is kinda shocking, but I guess the music biz is filled with characters like that.

Trivia note: I'm actually a very nice guy, even though I occasionally get stressed out over the music collecting hobby. It has been my main hobby for 44 years. When a hobby goes on that long, some stress is eventually going to enter the picture.

Phil, for what it's worth I've found you to be an excellent source of knowledge in your areas of expertise & have much appreciated your posts.

I actually work with a guy who asked "Now who's Eric Clapton? He was with the Eagles, right?" Wrong kind of bird was my reply. (And here I thought Clapton was pretty much a household name, being so mainstream these days).

I like the idea of more Yardbirds, if it's not all scratchy archival stuff like the stuff that's leaked out on these questionable European labels. Not so interested in a box set that includes all that I already have, though!

About a decade back when Eric Clapton met the Queen of England, she asked him "What is it you do?", to which Eric replied "I've been playing the guitar for 40 years". Eric has stated that he didn't expect the Queen to know who he is.

Nearly 10 months after the label posted a tracklisting for the box set, there has been no progress towards actually releasing the thing. My guess is that the legal problems, licensing problems, manufacturing problems or artist permission issues were insurmountable. On the forum at the record company website, the box set's art director has been boasting of all the wonderful Yardbirds T-shirts that the record company has printed. And so.....the record company just came up with something that they can do with all of those T-shirts, if the CD box set never happens: sell the T-shirts a la carte. WOW! What a brainstorm guys!

Would you believe.....today "Easy Action Records" started accepting preorders for the Yardbirds box?(£34.99 for the box set & vinyl single/ £44.95 for the box set, vinyl single + T-shirt). There's a choice of 3 different T-shirt designs. I went with the £34.95 package(I can always buy the T-shirt later, if I want). With all of the box sets coming this year, I have to allocate available funds carefully.

I agree, no way in hades I'd spend 10 pounds on a t shirt.

.....and it is £14.99 plus shipping purchased a la carte!

I hope this does come out (finally). You can never have too much Yardbirds stuff.

Déjà vu reading this thread...

Any pre-order listing on Amazon UK yet?

I'm kind of getting "boxed in" by all these box sets lately. I wonder how much of this is really unreleased and/or good. I have "gray area" CDs that might already have some of this stuff. Could be good. Could also be poor quality "archival" sounding stuff, hardly worth listening to. Any word?

So, am I correct in reading these posts, that the only remastered cuts on this will be the BBC sessions?

And how much better sounding could they be than the 33 track BBC Sessions on Repertoire from 1999?

As much as I would like to see a deluxe, all-inclusive Yardbirds box, it looks like this isn't it....

If it turns out to be remastered however, that's another thing entirely....

It's up now -- see the updated first post for links (and I've moved Robin's tracklisting up into the first post as well).

Bump: added cover image to the first post. Amazon UK's listing has just dropped below the £30 mark, so this might be a good time to pre-order and lock in the price:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0060ARVY2/?tag=imwan-21

Thanks Linda! I did the conversion to US dollars and sounds halfways reasonable. (As far as the recent influx of box sets goes, depending on whatever percentage of truly unreleased material there might be, especially in comparison to the Quadriphenia price). Think I should. Lock in on that price?