For Your Love (album)
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| Studio album by the Yardbirds | ||||
| Released | 13 June 1965 (US) | |||
| Recorded | London, March 1964 – April 1965 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 31:04 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Giorgio Gomelsky | |||
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For Your Love is the first American album by English rock band the Yardbirds. Released in June 1965, it is a mix of US-only tracks and previously released singles compiled by Yardbirds' producer, Giorgio Gomelsky. The album, which was released as the Yardbirds were preparing for their first American tour, reached number 96 in Billboard's Top LPs chart. The album was unissued in the UK; similarly, the Yardbirds' debut British album, Five Live Yardbirds, was not released in the US.
For Your Love features three songs from Jeff Beck's first recording sessions with the Yardbirds: "I'm Not Talking", "I Ain't Done Wrong", and "My Girl Sloopy" (these songs were later released in the UK on the Five Yardbirds EP).Eric Clapton provided the guitar for the remainder of the tracks, which included the three Yardbirds singles (with B-sides) released up to that time and two demos which were not released in the UK until the 1980s (see discography for singles information). Clapton, who had left the band four months earlier, is not pictured on the album cover nor mentioned in the liner notes.
The album reached number 96 in Billboard's Top LPs chart. It was the Yardbirds' first charting album; their British debut, Five Live Yardbirds, did not reach the UK Albums Chart and was not issued in the US.
In a retrospective review, AllMusic writer Bruce Eder gave the album three out of five stars. He noted "For Your Love wasn't a 'real' album ... Rather, it was the response of their American label, Epic, to the band's achieving a number six single with the title track, with manager Giorgio Gomelsky selecting the cuts."
Songwriter credits are taken from the original Epic LP. However, since the running times are not given, those from The Yardbirds Story (2002), produced by Gomelsky, are used instead.
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