Roger the Engineer

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Roger the Engineer is an album by the English rock band The Yardbirds from 1966. It is the only album by the Yardbirds with songs exclusively written by the band. The album was released under the name Yardbirds in the UK and Over Under Sideways Down in the United States, Canada, Germany and France . The mostly used unofficial name "Roger the Engineer" refers to the drawing on the record cover , which had been made by Chris Dreja and showed the sound engineer Roger Cameron. Later, new editions of the album appeared under this name.

admission

The album was recorded in the spring and summer of 1966 at Advision Studios in London . Producers were Paul Samwell-Smith and Simon Napier-Bell .

reception

In the list of the 500 best albums of all time by Rolling Stone magazine , the album was led in 2012 at position 350. Allmusic sees the album as the Yardbirds' best studio album with some of their best psychedelic recordings, even if it is not one of the great albums of its time.

Track list

All the pieces were written by Chris Dreja , Jim McCarty , Jeff Beck , Keith Relf and Paul Samwell-Smith . On the US edition, the names of Dreja and McCarty were given as "Drega" and "McCarthy". Unless otherwise noted, all tracks were recorded in stereo.

Yardbirds (United Kingdom)

page 1
  1. Lost Woman
  2. Over Under Sideways Down - Rechanneled stereo
  3. The Nazz Are Blue
  4. I can't make your way
  5. Rack My Mind
  6. Farewell
Page 2
  1. Hot House of Omagarashid
  2. Jeff's Boogie - Rechanneled stereo
  3. He’s Always There
  4. Turn into Earth
  5. What do you want
  6. Ever Since the World Began

Over Under Sideways Down (USA)

page 1
  1. Lost Woman
  2. Over Under Sideways Down
  3. I Can't Make Your Way - Mono version with intro that is missing in the stereo recording
  4. Farewell
  5. Hot House of Omagarashid - Beck's guitar playing differs significantly from the UK version
Page 2
  1. Jeff's boogie
  2. He’s Always There - mono version with a longer finish
  3. Turn into Earth - mono version with modified drum intro
  4. What do you want
  5. Ever Since the World Began

occupation

  • Keith Relf - vocals (except for "The Nazz Are Blue"), harmonica
  • Jeff Beck - lead guitar, vocals on "The Nazz Are Blue", bass on "Over Under Sideways Down"
  • Chris Dreja - rhythm guitar, backing vocals, piano
  • Paul Samwell-Smith - bass (except for "Over Under Sideways Down"), backing vocals
  • Jim McCarty - drums, backing vocals, percussion

Cover

  • Chris Dreja - drawing and visual design
  • Jim McCarty - Cover Text

publication

The album was released on July 15, 1966 by Columbia .

The original American edition of the album, entitled "Over Under Sideways Down" and a different cover, does not contain two titles from the English edition: "The Nazz Are Blue" and "Rack My Mind". Some pieces differ from the corresponding recordings in the English edition. There are also differences between the mono and stereo versions in which the album was released.

1983 appeared in the United States a new edition with the original English cover and the title "The Yardbirds". This version also contains the previously missing titles as well as two additional tracks from the single "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago", back side "Psycho Daisies", both with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Chris Jones: The Yardbirds Roger the Engineer Review . BBC , 2007 (English)
  2. ↑ Discogs, see web links
  3. ↑ 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . Rolling Stone , May 31, 2012 (English)
  4. ↑ a b Allmusic, see web links