The Yardbirds Version
Page initially recorded "White Summer" for the Yardbirds' final album, Little Games. An alternate take has been released on Cumular Limit. Page performed "White Summer" live with the group, and it also appears on the album Live Yardbirds: Featuring Jimmy Page β the latter being a recording of a concert by the Yardbirds at the Anderson Theatre in New York City on 30 March 1968. Page would play the piece solo or with just percussion accompaniment during Yardbirds concerts. When playing the song live with the Yardbirds, Page used a Danelectro guitar. In an interview he gave in 1977, he commented:
| β | I used a special tuning for ; the low string down to D, then A, D, G, A and D. Itβs like a modal tuning, a sitar tuning, in fact. | β |
"White Summer" is based around the traditional Irish melody "She Moved Through the Fair".
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