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01 tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor [alternate version].mp3
02 shapes of things.mp3
03 happenings ten years time ago.mp3
04 over, under, sideways, down.mp3
05 i'm a man.mp3
06 white summer [alternate version].mp3
07 ten little indians.mp3
08 glimpses [alternate version].mp3
09 you stole my love.mp3
10 avron knows.mp3
11 spanish blood.mp3
12 my baby.mp3
13 taking a hold on me.mp3
14 dazed and confused.mp3
15 - (bonus) Tangerine.mp3
Cumular Limit is an album of previously unreleased live and studio recordings by English blues rock band The Yardbirds released in 2000. It features alternate versions of recordings from Little Games (#1, 6-9), live-recordings from Offenbach, 16 March 1967 (#2-5) and France TV ("Bouton Rouge", 9 March 1968[1], #14) and previously unreleased material from New York (#10-13).
For those Yardbirds fans who might be wondering if this release is scraping the bottom of the barrel somewhat, take note: "Cumular Limit" is nearly as essential as any of their other releases. Its purpose is to round out the previous "Little Games And More" set with recently-found material from their final 1968 studio sessions and a superb March '67 live TV appearance that appears in audio on the first disc and video on the second. The TV appearance, in which the Page-led lineup runs through blistering renditions of "Shapes", "Over Under", "Happenings" and an elongated, psychedelic "I'm A Man" (note the dancing audiences' confused reaction during the bowed guitar section!) prove that the group were still playing in peak form at this time, forging the heavy sound which would make Led Zeppelin legendary. The April '68 sessions are equally revelatory, as the group works on four tracks for their projected next studio album; freed from the restraints of producer Mickey Most that had made the previous "Little Games" a disappointment, the band turns out the lost power-pop classic "Avron Knows", the acoustic-flamenco gem "Spanish Blood", a decent singalong version of "My Baby" and the riff based rocker "Taking A Hold On Me". Page is on fire throughout, esp during "Spanish Blood" and at the end of "Avron Knows"; his fuzz and wah-wah playing also transforms the other two from standard to inspired. McCarty makes some experimental vocal contributions to "Spanish Blood" and a less-than-thrilling performance on "Taking A Hold On Me", although the latter would no doubt have been re-recorded by Relf. These cuts, which sound superb and surprisingly complete, were to be Page's last studio work before forming Led Zeppelin. As a bonus, the set also includes a live '68 TV rendition of "Dazed And Confused", another track which would probably have been recorded for the projected album, which yields a different lyric from the familiar Zeppelin take but is otherwise the exact same thrilling arrangement. "Cumular Limit" is rounded out by a few alternate versions from the '67 "Little Games" sessions; a few of these like "You Stole My Love" and "White Summer" are repeated from the earlier CD release but still sound good within the context of this one. In all, the set is worth it just to hear Page's playing alone; the songs themselves (esp "Avron Knows" and "Dazed And Confused", as well as the four on the TV appearance) are also great and with this release it now looks like all of the group's available material has been made officially available.
http://rapidshare.com/files/14600286...imit.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/14600325...imit.part2.rar
