Blueswailing July '64 is a live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 recorded by English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 blues rock band The Yardbirds

The Yardbirds

- Current :* Chris Dreja - rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Jim McCarty - drums, backing vocals * Ben King - lead guitar * David Smale - bass, backing vocals...

 in July 1964. The recordings were found only in 2003, so the exact date of the concert is unknown.

Track listing

1. "Someone to Love Me" - 2:17
2. "Too Much Monkey Business
   Too Much Monkey Business
   "Too Much Monkey Business" is a song written and performed by rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry. It was released as Chuck's fifth single in September 1956 for Chess Records, and appeared as the third track on Chuck's first solo LP, After School Session in May 1957, as well as the EP of the same name...
   
   " - 3:07
3. "I Got Love If You Want It" - 4:15
4. "Smokestack Lightning
   Smokestack Lightning
   "Smokestack Lightning" is a classic of the blues. In 1956, Howlin' Wolf recorded the song and it became one of his most popular and influential songs...
   
   " - 5:52
5. "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" - 3:36
6. "She Is So Respectable/Humpty Dumpty" - 5:31
7. "The Sky Is Crying
   The Sky Is Crying (song)
   "The Sky Is Crying" is a song that has become a blues standard. The song was written and recorded by Elmore James in 1959. Called "one of his most durable compositions", "The Sky Is Crying" became a R&B record chart hit and has been interpreted and recorded by numerous artists.-Original song:"The...
   
   " - 6:41

Salient facts

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

Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...

's guitar needs to be tuned, and in the meantime, Keith Relf

Keith Relf

Keith William Relf , was a musician best known as the lead singer and harmonica player of The Yardbirds. After the Yardbirds broke up Relf formed the acoustic duo Together, with fellow Yardbird Jim McCarty, followed by Renaissance, which also featured his sister, singer Jane Relf, then hard rock...

 tells the story of how at an earlier gig, Chris Dreja

Chris Dreja

Chris Dreja was the rhythm guitarist, and later bassist, in the 1960s British band, The Yardbirds.-Early life:...

's Gibson

Gibson

Gibson may refer to:* Gibson Amphitheatre* Gibson Appliance* Gibson Girl* Gibson Guitar Corporation* Gibson * Gibson Generating Station-Places:In the United States:* Gibson, Arkansas* Gibson, Georgia* Gibson, Iowa* Gibson, Louisiana...

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

Fender Jazzmaster

The Fender Jazzmaster is an electric guitar designed as an upmarket sibling to the Fender Stratocaster. First introduced at the 1958 NAMM Show, it was initially marketed at jazz guitarists, but found favor among surf rock guitarists in the early 1960s...

 in the world.

Credits

• Keith Relf
  Keith Relf
  Keith William Relf , was a musician best known as the lead singer and harmonica player of The Yardbirds. After the Yardbirds broke up Relf formed the acoustic duo Together, with fellow Yardbird Jim McCarty, followed by Renaissance, which also featured his sister, singer Jane Relf, then hard rock...
  
   - Harmonica, vocals
• Jim McCarty
  Jim McCarty
  Jim McCarty is an English musician, best known as the drummer for The Yardbirds and Renaissance.-Early life:...
  
   - Drums, interviewee
• Eric Clapton
  Eric Clapton
  Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
  
   - Guitar, interviewee
• Chris Dreja
  Chris Dreja
  Chris Dreja was the rhythm guitarist, and later bassist, in the 1960s British band, The Yardbirds.-Early life:...
  
   - Rhythm guitar, interviewee
• Paul Samwell-Smith
  Paul Samwell-Smith
  Paul Samwell-Smith is best known as a founding member and bassist of the 1960s English band, The Yardbirds, a group that spawned such noteworthy musicians as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page...
  
   - Bass

CD production

• Roger Dopson
  Roger Dopson
  Roger Dopson is a rock historian, archivist, researcher, writer and educator who has contributed liner notes for hundreds of LPs and CD albums, issued across a myriad of record labels. These include Sequel Records, EMI, Sony, Universal, BMG, Castle Music, Sanctuary, See For Miles, GVC, Repertoire,...
  
   - Coordination
• Neil Slaven - Liner notes, annotation
• Norman Jopling - Quotes researched and compiled
• David Fricke - Interviewer
• Roger Pearce - Interviewer
• Peter Moody - Interviewer
• Robert Palmer - interviewer
• Nick Watson - Audio restoration, digital mastering
• Sam Szczepanski - Product manager
• Paul Bevoir
  Paul Bevoir
  Paul Bevoir , is a pop/rock songwriter and musician. He is probably best known as a member of the 1980s English pop band The Jetset, who were associated with the British Mod revival.-Early life:...
  
   - Artwork, Design
• Hamish Grimes - Photography