Does the band that perfected the ''rave-up'' (which Webster's should define as ''a gleeful, noisy burst of high-speed jamming in a blues-based rock context'') deserve anything less than a rave review? We think not. Remember that the Yardbirds were the font from which flowed the white-hot proto-metal that inspired hundreds of garage bands; factor in the presence of guitar gods Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, and Jeff Beck; and recall monumental tunes like ''Shapes of Things'' and ''The Train Kept A-Rollin'.'' Then tell us why you'd even dream of skipping this primo two-disc compilation.
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