Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2008. "Roger the Engineer," like most British LP's, featured more selections than the U.S. counterparts. Roger the Engineer is the only UK studio album by English rock band the Yardbirds. His playing here is restrained and but you can hear his style come through, and Jeff's Boogie is almost worth the price of admission by itself. Nevertheless, it is the Yardbirds' best individual studio album, offering some of their very best psychedelia, even if it doesn't rank among the great albums of its era. Recorded and released in 1966, it is also the only Yardbirds album with guitarist Jeff Beck on all tracks and contains all original material. Great album but like most UK product from the 1960's, the stereo mix on disc one is unlistenable, what with instruments and vocals hard panned to opposite channels. To enjoy Prime Music, go to Your Music Library and transfer your account to Amazon.com (US). Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2018. I have it as part of a very limited, out of production 4 CD Box Set called Roger the Engineer Box. Roger the Engineer è, sopratutto, il primo album realizzato dalla band dall’abbandono di Eric Clapton, fino ad allora chitarrista solista degli Yardbirds, sostituito in questo ruolo da Jeff Beck. This is a surprisingly enjoyable album -- I think the Yardbirds most interesting and overall best LP. Your Amazon Music account is currently associated with a different marketplace. For the Birds fan, this is critical to one's collection! Roger the Engineer (original UK title: Yardbirds, US, German, and French title: Over Under Sideways Down) is an album by the English blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in 1966.It was produced by bassist Paul Samwell-Smith and Simon Napier-Bell.It was the only Yardbirds album with all original material. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. "Happenings" and "Over, Under, Sideways, Down" are psychedelic rock, not blues--the band had changed a great deal from the group which had recorded with Sonny Boy Williamson just a few years earlier. 15 July 1966 Roger the Engineer (originally released in the UK as Yardbirds and in the US, Germany, France and Italy as Over Under Sideways Down) is the only UK s… read more Over Under Sideways Down / Roger the Engineer (Remastered) 2009 Five Live Yardbirds (Bonus Track Version) 1964 The Yardbirds Story 1965 Little Games (Deluxe Edition) 1967 London 1963: The First Recordings! 9 45734-2; CD). Back in the days of vinyl, "Roger the Engineer" was a must-have for any Yardbirds fan. Despite a handful of brilliant moments, Roger the Engineer falls short of expectations, partially because the band is reluctant to leave their blues roots behind and partially because they simply can't write a consistent set of songs. The item format is a vinyl lp. 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 -- Beck's first full album with the group and the band's first album of all-original material -- would have offered them the opportunity to fully explore their adventurous inclinations. Size: 133 Mb. ... -- I think the Yardbirds most interesting and overall best LP. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, Over Under Sideways Down (The Mono Album), Hot House of Omagararshid (The Mono Album), Ever Since the World Began (The Mono Album), Over Under Sideways Down (The Stereo Album), Hot House of Omagararshid (The Stereo Album), Ever Since the World Began (The Stereo Album), © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Released 11 November 1997 on Warner Bros. (catalog no. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 17, 2018, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 29, 2018. great cd, classic album, good selection of songs. After the commercially and critically successful Yardbirds' albums Having a Rave Up with The Yardbirds (1965) and Yardbirds/Over Under Sideways Down aka Roger the Engineer (1966), founder member and bassist/musical director Paul Samwell-Smith left the group to pursue a career as a record producer. Little Games-Wikipedia Vinyl records are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, demonstration demo, not for sale, promotional promo, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions. Despite leaving behind a strong legacy of classic songs, The Yardbirds only recorded one original U.K. studio LP. Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2009, "Roger the Engineer" was the British version of the American LP Over Under Sideways Down. Released: 2020. There's a problem loading this menu right now. https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/yardbirds/yardbirds-roger-the-engineer Sold by Amazon.com Services LLC. Hard rock, as it began in the late Sixties, basically emanates from the Brits--having thoroughly absorbed our Yank blues, R&B, and early rock and roll over the previous few years, and then combining it with psychedelia, young white English blokes (as well as a black American expatriate by the name of Hendrix) began upping the wattage and experimenting at earsplitting decibel levels. Some of the selections were not even available on the American albums. "Roger the Engineer" was the British version of the American LP Over Under Sideways Down." Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2018, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 1, 2018, item arrived on time intact and was reasonably priced. Format: MP3 320Kbps. The packaging is top notch as well, with the CDs encased in a great box that replicates the front and back covers of the original album. On the mono disc you also get the contemporaneously-issued 45 "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago/Psycho Daisies", a product of the brief overlap of Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page in the YB lineup. ", Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2008. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Genres: Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock. I have owned numerous releases of the vinyl and CDs of this album over the years, and I would have to say this is the best sounding one of them all. Roger the Engineer is the fan nickname for this album - based on the album cover - and is now the most commonly used title for this album. 『ロジャー・ジ・エンジニア』（Roger the Engineer）は、イギリスのロックバンド、ヤードバーズのスタジオ・アルバム。プロデューサーはポール・サミュエル・スミスおよびサイモン・ネピア＝ベル。全英20位 、全米52位を記録 。 At their best on Roger, the Yardbirds strike a kinetic balance of blues-rock form and explosive psychedelia ("Lost Woman," "Over, Under Sideways, Down," "The Nazz Are Blue," "He's Always There," "Psycho Daisies"), but they can also bog down in silly Eastern drones (although "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" is a classic piece of menacing psychedelia) or blues tradition ("Jeff's Boogie" is a pointless guitar workout that doesn't even showcase Beck at his most imaginative). Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2008. It was produced by bassist Paul … Amoeba Music. Roger the Engineer (originally released in the UK as Yardbirds and in the US, Germany, France and Italy as Over Under Sideways Down) is the only UK studio album by English rock band the Yardbirds. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm. Here you get a second disc with the superior mono mix, which is how most listeners in Blighty heard it in 1966. 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 -- Beck's first full album with the group and the band's first album of all-original material -- would have offered them the … 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. Vinyl records are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, demonstration demo, not for sale, promotional promo, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions. Well worth the cost of having to buy a double-disc set. There is no shortage of talent and energy in this band. "Roger the Engineer" was the British version of the American LP Over Under Sideways Down." There are no cover versions here. The Yardbirds put out their strongest album ever in 1966 as well as their only album of all original material. The Title is Roger The Engineer. Much like the impact Jimi Hendrix had on those of us 'of age' to remember his first ever UK TV appearance on Top Of The Pops, and how utterly gobsmacking it was as rock history had never witnessed such a trail-blazing comet before; and likewise, this album had much the same effect when released in 1966. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. 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