“Shapes of Things,” written by Samwell-Smith, singer Keith Relf, and McCarty (a trio who were always the crux of the Yardbirds songwriting team) was a single that would be notable for its surreal and self-sea
Beck’s influence on the band’s sound was initially restricted to remarkable but truncated virtuoso passages on their two further fine Gouldman hits “Heart Full of Soul” and “Evil Hearted You.” But come February 1966, Beck was doing things with a guitar that had never been done before....