Rare 8mm film of Yardbirds at Dayton's in Minnesota - August 5th, 1966. Page & Beck. Page's first US gig

[thozil]

It's amazing what is still out there. 12 secs of 8mm film of the Yardbirds playing at Dayton's in Minnesota on August 5th, 1966. Page and Beck. Page's first US gig. Hope this link works:  https://www.facebook.com/gary.schwartz.7737/videos/1383672435827441/

[sam_webmaster]

great clip

[luvlz2]

Wow, great find!

[custard pie man]

looks like Page was willing to do anything back then including singing

[Zep Hed]

Over Under Sideways Down is my guess based on how Jimmy and Chris are shouting Hey! into the microphone.

[Zep Hed]

One other detail. Jimmy's still playing bass here. By the time they filmed their scene in Blow Up the following month, he'd switched to dual lead with Beck.

Edited February 14 by Zep Hed