THE YARDBIRDS' GREATEST HITS LN 24246 (-67) US MONO

(For background on this - check my posts on their other recordings.) With only three '45 tracks unavailable on previous US LP:s - "Happening Ten Years Time Ago", "Shapes Of Things" and " New York City Blues" - this still became the groups highest charting album in America, peaking at #28 on Billboard. Interesting with the new tracks is they all have a very rough playing Jeff Beck with a guitar sound moving towards the hard rock of late sixties. I'm convinced the musical development within this group had a great part in giving birth to that new genre - at least it worked as a cradle for both Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. "Shapes Of Things" was also re-recorded by Beck and used as opening track on his "Truth" album (see previous post). As far as I can hear most tracks on this are the original monos, but "Over Under Sideways Down" might be a reduction. I have no stereo to compare with, but it sounds different and more lo-fi than the version on the UK mono LP - so either the US mix was different from the beginning, or this is a fold down from the stereo. If anyone here knows - please tell! (YÄB*)(PÖP*)(JÄBÄ*) (YZÄ*) (ÖXCÅ*)