The Yardbirds - Roger the Engineer
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Artist: The YardbirdsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-11-11
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Lost Woman
- Over, Under, Sideways, Down
- The Nazz Are Blue
- I Can't Make Your Way
- Rack My Mind
- Farewell
- Hot House Of Omagarashid
- Jeff's Boogie
- He's Always There
- Turn Into Earth
- What Do You Want
- Ever Since The World Began
- Psycho Dasies
- Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
Free Music Notes for Roger the Engineer
Free Music Review: The birth of hard rock
Hit: 5 Stars
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 levels. The Yardbirds, featuring at various times Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page, were perhaps the most important band in rock history, in guitarist terms, and their back catalogue is, thankfully, back in print. 1966's "Roger The Engineer" (formal title: "The Yardbirds"), named for recording engineer Roger Cameron, is mid-period for the band and features Jeff Beck, though future lead guitarist-bandleader Jimmy Page is also on the record ("Happenings Ten Years Time Ago", a signature early-psychedelic track featuring studio wizardry which must have been state-of-the art for the time). "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. There are no cover versions here. This is where hard rock started.
Roger the Engineer Poster
England's Yardbirds were often overlooked in favor of other bands from the heyday of the British Invasion, but their legacy has loomed large decades after their demise. After all, they fostered the careers of Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page, and bands such as Renaissance, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Blind Faith, and the Jeff Beck Group. After cutting their teeth as faithful, if energetic, blues revivalists on live albums and a handful of singles, they cut this, their first real studio album, in 1966. Taking their cue from previous singles like the Gregorian-influenced "Still I'm Sad" and the future-shocker "Shapes of Things," the 'Birds produced what remains one of blues-rock's most progressive and distinctive albums--and one that, remarkably, was never initially released in the U.S. in its original form. Veering sharply from Beck's classic riffing on the rollicking "Over Under Sideways Down," the band explores broad palettes of style and hue, be it the more traditional blues of "Lost Woman," neomedieval turns ("Ever Since the World Began," "Turn into Earth"), strange psychedelia ("Hot House of Omagarashid"), or showcases for Beck's playful, pioneering fret work ("Jeff's Boogie"). As an added bonus, both sides of the band's sonically apocalyptic single "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago"/"Psycho Daisies" (with the rare twin-lead guitar lineup of Beck and Jimmy Page) are also included. An album as enjoyable as it is historically influential. --Jerry McCulleyPop Music CDs
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