The result, From Genesis to Revelation , was produced at Regent Sound in ten days during their school’s summer break in August 1968.
The Yardbirds played their final gig on 7 July 1968 at Luton College of Technology in Bedfordshire. They were still committed to several concerts in Scandinavia, so McCarty and Relf authorised Page and bassist Chris Dreja to use the Yardbirds’ name to fulfill the band’s obligations. Page and Dreja began…
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which was released in America in July by Tetragrammaton Records
The group were less involved with Yellow Submarine , which featured the band appearing as themselves for only a short live-action segment. Premiering in July 1968, the film featured cartoon versions of the band members and a soundtrack with eleven of their songs, including four unreleased studio recordings that made…
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Cream decided that they would break up in May 1968 during a tour of the US. Later, in July, the band announced that they would break up after a farewell tour of the US and after playing two concerts in London. Jack Bruce was quoted as saying “Travel can kill…
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Those sessions resulted in the song ” Jumpin’ Jack Flash “, released as a single in May.
In May 1968, the band moved into Pye Studios in London’s Marble Arch to record their debut album
From late May to mid-October 1968, the group recorded what became The Beatles , a double LP commonly known as “the White Album” for its virtually featureless cover. During this time, relations between the members grew openly divisive. Starr quit for two weeks, leaving his bandmates to record ” Back…
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A second single, “A Winter’s Tale” / “One-Eyed Hound”, followed in May 1968, which also sold little.
The group played their first gig on 19 April 1968 at the Nag’s Head pub, at the junction of York Road and Plough Road in Battersea , London. They were all teenagers – bass player Fraser was 15 years old, lead guitarist Kossoff was 17, and lead singer Rodgers and…
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