Name: Yardbirds Aka Roger the Engineer
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Yardbirds Aka Roger the Engineer

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Album: Yardbirds Aka Roger the Engineer
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Lost Woman	More Info...
2)	Over Under Sideways Down	More Info...
3)	The Nazz Are Blue	More Info...
4)	I Can't Make Your Way	More Info...
5)	Rack My Mind	More Info...
6)	Farewell	More Info...
7)	Hot House of Omagarishid	More Info...
8)	Jeff's Boogie	More Info...
9)	He's Always There	More Info...
10)	Turn Into Earth	More Info...
11)	What Do You Want	More Info...
12)	Ever Since the World Began	More Info...
13)	Happenings Ten Years Time Ago	More Info...
14)	Psycho Daisies	More Info...
15)	Stroll On	More Info...
16)	Mr. Zero	More Info...
17)	Knowing	More Info...
18)	Shapes in My Mind	More Info...
19)	Blue Sands	More Info...
20)	Shapes in My Mind	More Info...

Album: Yardbirds Aka Roger the Engineer
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Lost Woman	More Info...
2)	Over Under Sideways Down	More Info...
3)	The Nazz Are Blue	More Info...
4)	I Can't Make Your Way	More Info...
5)	Rack My Mind	More Info...
6)	Farewell	More Info...
7)	Hot House of Omagarishid	More Info...
8)	Jeff's Boogie	More Info...
9)	He's Always There	More Info...
10)	Turn Into Earth	More Info...
11)	What Do You Want	More Info...
12)	Ever Since the World Began	More Info...
13)	Happenings Ten Years Time Ago	More Info...
14)	Psycho Daisies	More Info...
15)	Stroll On	More Info...
16)	Mr. Zero	More Info...
17)	Knowing	More Info...
18)	Shapes in My Mind	More Info...
19)	Blue Sands	More Info...
20)	Shapes in My Mind	More Info...

Performer Notes

The Yardbirds: Keith Relf (vocals, harmonica); Jeff Beck (vocals, guitar, bass); Chris Dreja (guitar); Paul Samwell-Smith (bass); Jim McCarty (drums).
Additional personnel: Jimmy Page (guitar, bass); John Paul Jones (bass).
Producers: Paul Samwell-Smith, Simon Napier Bell.
Reissue producer: Gregg Geller.
Recorded at Advision Studios and IBC Studios, London, England in the spring and summer of 1966.
Original US LP release was titled "Over Under Sideways Down".
Includes original release liner notes by Jim McCarty.
This 31 track collection features the original 12 track album from 1966 in a mono version, then the entire album in a stereo version, including 5 bonus single tracks by Keith Relf, as well as 2 mono tracks that open the disc.
By the time the Yardbirds recorded ROGER THE ENGINEER in 1966, the British Invasion was in full swing. Like their brethren, they targeted Chicago blues as ground zero for musical inspiration. As a result, most Yardbirds recordings and live sets were chock full of numbers by the likes of Sonny Boy Williamson, Chuck Berry, and Elmore James. ROGER was a departure for the band, as all the material was self-penned.
With guitarist Jeff Beck leading the charge (having replaced departed blues purist Eric Clapton), the Yardbirds began exploring the possibilities of electric guitar and of rock in general. The Middle Eastern garage rock of "Over, Under, Sideways, Down" bumps up against the rockabilly swing of "Jeff's Boogie." Alongside Beck's thrilling guitar histrionics, there's the genteel English pastoral feel of "Farewell" and a quirky instrumental bubbling over with jazz bass, a rubbery-sounding beat, and chanting--"Hot House Of Omagarashid."

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (11/11/99, p.137) - 4.5 stars out of 5 - "...unreels [guitarist, Jeff beck's] brilliant pyrodelic riffs....pushing the rhythm to the outer extremes...[into] one spooky sound..."

Rolling Stone (11/11/99, p.137) - 4.5 stars out of 5 - "...unreels [guitarist, Jeff beck's] brilliant pyrodelic riffs....pushing the rhythm to the outer extremes...[into] one spooky sound..."