The Yardbirds’ seminal 1966 classic reissued as a limited 60th anniversary edition of six coloured-vinyl 7” singles in gatefold wallets. Signed by Jim McCarty.

 

Released in 1966 as Over, Under, Sideways, Down in the U.S., and The Yardbirds in the UK (and widely known as Roger The Engineer ever since), it was The Yardbirds’ only studio album of entirely original material and captured the band transitioning from their blues-club roots to new, experimental sounds driven by Jeff Beck’s groundbreaking guitar work. 

 

Songs like Over Under Sideways Down and The Nazz Are Blue mixed blues energy with distortion, Eastern scales, and unusual time signatures, defining the sound that would later feed into both hard rock and psychedelia.

 

Beck’s use of feedback, sustain, and fuzz effects gave tracks a sense of invention that influenced everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Jimmy Page, while songs like Hot House of Omagararshid and He’s Always There were full of studio experimentation courtesy of Paul Samwell-Smith’s tape loops, droning guitars, and haunting harmonies. It was all delivered with the restless energy that made The Yardbirds one of Britain’s most innovative mid-1960s bands and the combination of pioneering production, Keith Relf’s eerie vocals, Beck’s sonic daring, and the driving rhythms of Chris Dreja (rhythm guitar), Samwell-Smith (bass) and Jim McCarty (drums), made it a milestone in rock’s evolution.

 

The set includes song lyrics, contemporary photographs and artwork elements of both the original U.S.and UK releases, spotlighting Chris Dreja’s instantly recognisable ‘Roger’ cartoons.