''Live! Blueswailing July '64'' is a live album by English

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group the Yardbirds. The recordings were discovered in 2003 and when the album was released that year, the date and location of the performance was uncertain. However, it since has been determined that it was recorded at the Marquee Club in London on 7 August 1964. As with the group's British debut album (recorded at the Marquee in March) it contains some of the earliest live recordings with guitarist

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Recording

After the song "Got Love If You Want It", it is announced that

's guitar needs to be tuned, and in the meantime, Keith Relf tells the story of how at an earlier gig, Chris Dreja's

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guitar was broken in two by a falling speaker cabinet. He also claims that Clapton's guitar is the only black

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in the world. Dreja adds:

Critical reception

AllMusic reviewer Thom Jurek gave the album three out of five stars. He believes that the Yardbirds' performance and the sound quality of the recording is superior to the group's first live album, ''

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'' (1964). He notes:

Track listing

Songwriters and track running times are taken from the original

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/ Sanctuary CD. Other releases may have different listings.

Personnel

The Yardbirds * Keith Relfharmonica, vocals * Jim McCartydrums *

guitar * Chris Drejarhythm guitar *

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bass Technical *Roger Dopsoncoordination *Neil Slavenliner notes, annotation *Norman Joplingquotes researched and compiled *Nick Watsonaudio restoration, digital mastering *Sam Szczepanskiproduct manager *

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artwork, design *Hamish Grimesphotography

Footnotes

References

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External links

* {{Authority control The Yardbirds live albums 2003 live albums Albums produced by Giorgio Gomelsky Castle Communications live albums