yardbirds - train kept a-rollin'

tomorrow, while i'm trying to force myself to go to sleep during the day in preparation for the first of three overnight shifts i'm working this week, i'll be taping the grubbermeister a yardbirds comp from some of my vinyl 'cos all he knows by them is "train kept a-rollin'." got to youtubing it and discovered a buncha different versions of that toon by different incarnation of the band.

first, here's the clip evabody's seen from blow-up, with beck and page on dueling git-tars.



here's a clip i'd never seen before, of the same lineup in france in 1966, with page playing _bass_ and chris dreja on riddim gtr. duh.



here's the previous incarnation of the band with 'riginal bassist paul samwell-smith (who quit to produce cat stevens an' like that). and yeah, beck sounds kinda lame.



and here they are on their last legs, on french tv in 1968. plant and bonham are already waiting in the wings. note page's townshend imitation, down to the ruffled shirt.