The Yardbirds - 1968-05-31 / 1968-06-01 - Los Angeles, CA (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

THE YARDBIRDS - LOS ANGELES MAY 31 / JUNE 1, 1968 
LOS ANGELES, SHRINE EXPOSITION HALL 
MAY 31, 1968 & JUNE 1, 1968. 

Jimmy Page 
Keith Relf 
Chris Dreja
Jim McCarty 

Lineages: 
CD 1: 2nd or 3rd gen. gen. audience tape>DAT>CD-R>EAC >Audacity (speed correction by +7 %)>FLAC (level 8

CD 2: 2nd or 3rd gen. audience tape>DAT>CD-R>EAC> FLAC (level 8)

Sound quality 3(out of 6)/vg 

Cd1
May 31, 1968 (Complete, Sped Up By 7%) 
01. Train Kept A-Rollin’ 
02. Mr, You’Re A Better Man Than I / 
03. Heart Full Of Soul 
04. Dazed And Confused 
05. Shapes Of Things 
06. I’M A Man 
07. White Summer 
08. Smokestack Lightning / 
09. Waiting For The Man 
10. Bye Bye Bird 
11. Happenings Ten Years Time Ago 
12. Drinking Muddy Water 
13. New York City Blues (Aborted) 
14. I Wish You Would / Hey Gyp 

Total: 79:57 Min. 

Cd 2 
June 1St, 1968 (Partial): 
01. Train Kept A-Rollin’ 
02. Mr, You’Re A Better Man Than I / 
03. Heart Full Of Soul 
04. Happenings Ten Years Time Ago 
05. I Wish You Would / Hey Gyp 
06. Drinking Muddy Water 
07. New York City Blues 
08. I Ain’T Done Wrong 
09. Over Under Sideways Down 

TOTAL: 49:36 min. 

Please note, that this torrent is NOT from the old 1979/1980 „LAST RAVE-UP IN LA“ triple vinyl album bootleg box or any other bootleg CDs but from a 2nd or 3rd. gen. off-the-master source. The first night’s show was taped in total, the second night obviously only partially. 

I also still have the vinyl bootleg which was one of my earliest unofficial collectibles in my collection, and cost me a fortune when I purchased it in Dec. 1980. Never regretted it, though. FYI, for their release, the bootleggers wisely replaced the aborted “New York City Blues” from the 1st night with the version from the second, and added two tracks from the 2nd night that were not played on the first night (I AIN’T DONE WRONG and OVER UNDER SIDEWAYS DOWN). 

Legend has it that the taper had his then pregnant girl-friend smuggle his tape machine into the venue underneath her wide skirt. Cool – well done, baby (both of you!). The taper is reputed to have entered serious music business, later. 

The sound quality has long been known as pretty rough (to say the least), but this here is as good as it gets I think, and better at least than the numerous the bootlegs that were all made from higher generation copies.