Earlier on that tour we had recorded a live show at the Anderson Theatre and also some studio material in New York. The thing about the Anderson Theatre show, is that it really is a boiled down version of the longer set that we would’ve played at venues that were perhaps a little bit more underground, like the Grande Ballroom in Detroit or The Fillmore in San Francisco. There were more numbers that we had in the set at the time.

We were to go our separate ways and individually make some good music along the way. I made my decision to form a band from the ashes of the Yardbirds, but the time I was part of that group, both with Jeff Beck and then as a four piece, I hold with great affection.

I believe that these recordings and the current mixes reflect just how good, creative, and versatile these musicians, Keith Relf, Jim McCarty, Chris Dreja and myself were in that incarnation.

I’m A Man, featured here from the Anderson Theatre recording, does really change shape all the way through and, on another night, it would have sounded different again.