
Yardbirds is a Rock album by Yardbirds, originally released in 1966. On Gatefold: 130 pressings tracked, owned by 18 collectors.
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Sound DNA
- Rock
- Psych Rock
- fuzzy
- intense
- psychedelic
The only UK studio album and the third US album released by the band. "Yardbirds," now semi-officially known as "Roger the Engineer," and released in the US, Germany, Canada, and Italy as "Over, Under, Sideways, Down." It's the only Yardbirds album containing all original material and the only album to feature lead guitarist Jeff Beck on all tracks.
Aside from the apparent differences in the cover design, there are other significant differences between the US and the UK releases, and between the mono and stereo versions of both. Some tracks use alternate mix-downs, and the tracks are ordered differently. In Canada, France, and Germany, the album was released with unique artwork different from the UK and US artwork.
"Over, Under, Sideways, Down" was the only single released from the album, and was highly successful for the group, reaching #10 in their native UK, #13 in the US, #5 in Canada, and #35 in Germany. To promote the album, Epic Records saw fit to use it as the title for the LP, as they had done with the album "For Your Love" in 1965.
The album served to showcase the Yardbirds' foray into psychedelic blues and rock, as well as highlighting their new pop direction after the departure of Eric Clapton. It was one of the first psychedelic albums released in the UK, preceding the Beatles' "Revolver" by about a month.
It has been reissued many times since its release and saw a Super Deluxe release in 2021.
The band created by Todd Rundgren aka NAZZ named their group after the Yardbirds' song "The Nazz Are Blue"
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Chris DrejaCOVER , ARTWORK BY, GUITAR DESIGN , ARTWORK, RHYTHM GUITAR PIANO, DESIGN , ARTWORK
- Jeff BeckGUITAR GUITAR, WRITTEN-BY LEAD GUITAR
- Jim McCartyDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION DRUMS, SLEEVE NOTES
- Keith RelfHARMONICA HARMONICA, VOCALS HARMONICA, WRITTEN-BY
- Paul Samwell-SmithBASS BASS GUITAR BASS, WRITTEN-BY
- Brian RogersARRANGED BY, HARPSICHORD
- Hal BlaineDRUMS
- Jimmy PageBASS GUITAR
- John Paul JonesBASS
- Larry KnechtelKEYBOARDS
- Mick FitzpatrickBASS
- Rick JonesACOUSTIC GUITAR
18 collectors on Gatefold own this · 130 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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