1. The New Yardbirds

Featuring two different lineups of the seminal British R&B outfit, RAVE UP WITH THE YARDBIRDS distills tracks from their UK debut album FIVE LIVE YARDBIRDS, featuring guitarist Eric Clapton, and a later collection of studio recordings featuring Clapton's replacements, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. It includes several classics, including the almost-hit 'Heart Full of Soul,' the eastern-influenced drones of 'Still I'm Sad' (around this time, every UK band was doing their Indian music thing), and the Ray Davies-like social commentary of 'Mister, You're A Better Man Than I.'

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The New Yardbirds

In its original U.S. vinyl release, this album, comprised of several singles and B-sides plus excerpts off of Five Live Yardbirds, was one of the best LPs of the entire British Invasion, ranking on a par with the greatest mid-'60s work of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones; it was also just a step away from being a best-of the Yardbirds as well. No collection has ever outdone the sheer compactness and high quality of Having a Rave Up.