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Recorded and released in 1966, it is the only yardbirds album with guitarist jeff beck on all tracks and contains all original material. Roger the engineer by the yardbirds on amazon music. Forever to be now known as roger the engineer, after chris drejas cartoon rendition of a studio technician roger cameron this album was originally just titled the yardbirds. Check out roger the engineer by the yardbirds on amazon music. The yardbirds roger the engineer new vinyl uk import. Roger the engineer is an album by english blues rock band the yardbirds, released in 1966. How the yardbirds took a creative leap with roger the engineer. Roger the engineer was the first attempt by the yardbirds to consciously go into the studio to record an album. Roger the engineer over under sideways down, an album by the yardbirds on spotify.
Yardbirdsroger the engineer repertoire 40th anniversary. This version was the 2nd release in 1983 with additional tracks happenings ten years time ago and psycho. The band is known for starting the careers of three of rocks most famous guitarists, eric clapton, jimmy page and jeff beck, all of whom. Buy mp3 music online the yardbirds rodger the engineer. Roger the engineer the yardbirds releases allmusic. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. The bands core lineup featured vocalist and harmonica player keith relf, drummer jim mccarty, rhythm guitaristbassist chris dreja and bassistproducer paul samwellsmith. Whilst all the yardbirds tracks have been mastered from the yardbirds own tapes, the cd medium will reveal the shortcomings of the sources for the keith relf singles. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. The nonbritish versions are titled over, under, sideways, down but they are both based on the british roger but the track lists are each unique to that country.
Best vinyl version of the yardbirdsroger the engineer. The yardbirds roger the engineer full album youtube. Once jeff beck joined the yardbirds, the group began to explore uncharted territory, expanding their bluesrock into wild sonic permutations of psychedelia, indian music, and avantgarde white noise. The result is an unfocused record that careens between the great and the merely adequate, but the yardbirds always had a problem with consistency none of their early albums had the impact of the singles, and roger the engineer suffers from the same problem. Roger the engineer by the yardbirds vinyl, apr2016. I have three versions of the roger the engineer album, british stereo, american mono, and canadian stereo. 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 the engineer is just about my favorite album, and i have a number of different releases of it. This album is the only album by the yardbirds featuring all original material.
Whats not so obvious is that it is the stereo version, however the back cover has a reproduction of the original stereo disclaimer warning of incompatibility with older mono systems. It was thought preferable to include all the tracks, cleaned. Roger the engineer special edition by the yardbirds. Formed in 1962, the yardbirds were the band the term guitar hero originated from. The album is officially titled simply yardbirds but the common name for the album, due to its cover art depicting the albums audio engineer, roger cameron, is roger the engineer. When jeff beck joined the yardbirds in 1965, they had already racked up a top 10 hit for your love in both the u. My favorite version of this is a black and blue labelled columbiaemi uk mono lp sx 6063 it has one of those british jackets that folds over on itself. Roger the engineer, like most british lps, featured more selections than the u. This site is dedicated to the yardbirds 19631968 and the guitarist and bands they spawned. By the time the yardbirds recorded roger the engineer in 1966, the british invasion was in full swing.
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Not only did guitarists eric clapton, jeff beck, and jimmy page pass through the band, but by the time the band finally broke up in july 1968, jimmy page who obtained the rights to the yardbirds name, ultimately put together three talented musicians in their own right, played a few shows under. The yardbirds roger the engineer mp3 album download. Roger the engineer over under sideways down by the. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Some of the selections were not even available on the american albums. The yardbirds story by giorgio gomelsky is a slightly upgraded edition of my previous 4cd box train kept arollinthe complete giorgio gomelsky productions. Like their brethren, they targeted chicago blues as ground zero for musical inspiration. The yardbirds over under sideways down roger the engineer. Roger the engineer by the yardbirds on amazon music unlimited. Listen to your favorite songs from roger the engineer by the yardbirds now.
It was produced by bassist paul samwellsmith and manager simon napierbell. It was produced by bassist paul samwellsmith and manager simon. Roger the engineer, an album by the yardbirds on spotify. There are a few extra selections added,and new packaging. Each subsequent single displayed a new direction, one that expanded on the ideas of the previous single, so it would seem that roger the engineer becks first full album with the. Find similar albums to roger the engineer the yardbirds on allmusic.