Into the Way Back Machine - Old music video (and a bit of a history lesson)

[Frog]

Okay, this morning I woke to my wife telling me that she had just dreamed of being executed by getting her head chopped off. Well, somehow, the talk then turned to Freddie and the Dreamers, (this is the Frog twisted mindset at work here, doncha' know) and while finding her the "Do the Freddie" and "I'm Telling You Now" videos on YouTube, I came across this obscure gem in rock evolution.
Though there is no back story included with this clip, I can tell you that the Yardbirds had some time left on their contrtact and even performed at the very end as "The New Yardbirds" with  guitarist Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones on bass. Previously, we were lucky enough to have been graced with both Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. Jimmy even played bass at one point.

At any rate, I'm dazed and confused

The Yardbirds - Dazed And Confused (1968)

[tpitman]

Speaking of Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, here's the scene from "Blow Up" , a Michaelangelo Antonioni (recently deceased) film. His signature was minimal dialog. Anywho, it was the first time I saw the Yardbirds on film or tv. Came out in '66 or '67.
Blow-up - Antonioni (Yardbirds Scene) (The video's owner prevents external embedding)

[Frog]

Speaking of Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, here's the scene from "Blow Up" , a Michaelangelo Antonioni (recently deceased) film. His signature was minimal dialog. Anywho, it was the first time I saw the Yardbirds on film or tv. Came out in '66 or '67.
Blow-up - Antonioni (Yardbirds Scene)

Interestingly, the Yardbirds were the third or fourth choice after the Who ( hence the guitar smashing at Antonioni's suggestion) and the In-Crowd, and even the Velvet Underground who couldn't get work permits.

[Sbrem]

Damn, you're old. But so am I; I was learning those tunes back then. The Yardbirds launched some pretty decent guitarists, eh? My psychidelic band in the sixties did a half hour jam on Mister You're a Better Man That I, good times...

Steve

[hazeremover]

As a long time fan of the late 60's blue rock transitional period, thanks for that gem of a clip Frog! That has to be from the final US tour of the Yardbirds before Keith Relf and Jim McCarty bailed to form their prog rock group Renaissance. The ingredients for Led Zeppelin are all on display here. Page was already moving at light speed around that time with his vision of amped up riff based blues of which some was evident on the Yardbirds final studio album Little Games. The cake was of course baked about several weeks later when Page gathered Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham in a little room to see if his vision could be realized. Wailing vocalist - check. Rock solid motown flavored bass - check. Swinging but heavy drums, unmiked - check. The rest is history.

The Jeff Beck Group, Savoy Brown, Ten Years After, Johnny Winter, Chicken Shack, Cream... what a terrific time period for music.

Over Under Sideways Down has got to be one of my favorite Yardbird tunes. Keith Relf, bless him, did return to the genre in fine form with Armageddon in 1975 but was tragically electrocuted a year later.

[Frog]

What a terrific time to see all of these groups at reasonable prices!
I saw "The New Yardbirds" at the Shrine Exposition Hall in Los Angeles in 1968 and moved to San Francisco and saw Led Zep within a year. Still a little unclear as to all of the personel of the New Yardbirds because it was a somewhat sketchy contractual thing authorized just to meet a contractual obligation. I know for a fact that it included John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page, but could not swear to anyone else as the printed accounts vary.
And as they say, if you can remember the '60's, you probably weren't really there.

And yes, all of the your mentioned acts at the Carousel ( BGP Filmore West) or the Avalon (Family Dog) $3 tops!

[Sbrem]

Seems to me I saw then all for about $6.00... great times

Steve

[Frog]

Some of the shows up in SF probably were a little more, but the Carousel was an on-going thing, sometimes seven days a week, so the prices tended to be low enough to get us out at least twice if not more times a week. The larger shows from Bill Graham were at Winterland, and probably did cost $5-$6!

Then again, we'd also have free shows in Golden Gate Park or even Civic Park in Berkeley very regularly.
Hell, I remember one week where I saw the MC5 at the Straight (a converted movie theater on Haight),  two days later, in Berkeley at the rented Finnish American Hall (complete with '60's porn projected on the walls), and to round out the week, kicking out the jams in a free concert that Sunday at Civic Park! Ramma Lamma Fa fa fa!

Free concerts were a way of life for us back then, but my day at Altamont is another story for another day. It may be cautionary tale of what to expect when a big name band is almost shamed and coerced into "giving back", rather than being completely altruistic.

[hazeremover]

I envy you Frog. I was born about 10 years too late to experience the late 60's music explosion.

By the end of the Yardbirds 1968 tour, it's very possible JPJ was already sitting in for Chris Dreja on bass. Page already had a relationship with him at that time through the session work they were doing back in London. Boy, that would of been something. The Yardbirds would play at high school gymnasiums and assorted small venues.   Zeps first American tour began on Decmber 26, 1968 in Denver CO.

You ever see any bands at the Wiskey-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles?

[Frog]

You ever see any bands at the Wiskey-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles?

Nope, as not only were "clubs" not my thing, I was also underage at the time, and limited to certain venues. I was in good company as you may remember the so-called Sunset Strip riots immortalized (and once again covered) in "For What It's Worth" These were protests to the policy of the LA Sheriffs busting for curfew. Not just busting for curfew, but going out of their way to keep kids for hours, so that parents were really worried, and then upset.

One club I do remember going to a few times was the short-lived Kaleidoscope (the re-named old Moulin Rouge) on Sunset, but not considered the strip. However, they didn't run it like a club, but more like the re-purposed ballrooms in SF, and in fact, would have shows at 1:00 am to actually allow some of the same acts to fly down and do double duty.

[Gabe]

Oldies but Goodies
Froggie
I like to listen oldies
while wrap it up for the week
P.S. cool video weird dude

[Evo]

More nostalgia:

Black Sabbath - Hand of Doom / Rat Salad (live in Paris 1970).mpg

[Sbrem]

We considered Sabbath part of the new breed at the time.

[Command-Z]

Wow... interesting and cool. I must say though... Robert Plant was a wise decision.

I missed it all. I was literally a baby in 1968.

[Evo]

I was 8 months old when Sabbath played that Paris gig above.