The single "Shapes of Things", released in February 1966, "can justifiably be classified as the first psychedelic rock classic," according to music journalist Richie Unterberger and heralded the coming of British psychedelia, three months before the Beatles' "Paperback Writer"/"Rain".
According to Rolling Stone, the group "virtually wrote the book on guitar-oriented, blues-based rock and roll.
The Yardbirds in 1966. Left to right: Jeff Beck, Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, Jimmy Page and Keith Relf. Courtesy.
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