Music: “For Your Love” by the Yardbirds

Apr. 9, 1965 - On sale today is “For Your Love,” a new single written by Graham Gouldman and recorded by the English group the Yardbirds. The B-side is “Got to Hurry.”

The Yardbirds recorded “For Your Love” at the IBC Studios in London on Feb. 1st. The majority of the song was recorded with singer Keith Relf and drummer Jim McCarty backed by session musician Ron Prentice on bowed bass, Denny Piercy on bongos, and Brian Auger on harpsichord. Guitarists Eric Clapton and Chris Dreja perform only during the song’s middle break section.

Clapton, reportedly frustrated by the group’s departure from its blues roots in favor of a more commercial approach, recently left the band.

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