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Jimmy Page's New Yardbirds


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Here's an interview Jimmy did in July/Aug 1968 that appeared in the December 1968 issue of Hit Parader. Some interesting details in here...e.g. American dates in October (obviously they didn't happen). No mention of JPJ yet, so Chris Dreja must have still been in the picture. Also, note that Page mentions they will still use the Yardbirds name. Enjoy

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That was fascinating - thank you. And I had no idea that Hit Parader was around that long ago!

It's interesting that Jimmy at that time was envisioning the mellotron as a lead instrument along with the guitar - almost like he would have gone in a Moody Blues direction. Maybe it was hearing Bonham play that inspired him to go for a powerful (predominantly) hard rock sound.

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