Editing Roger the Engineer (section)

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Yardbirds
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[the Yardbirds]]
| cover        = Yardbirds-RogerTheEngineer.jpg
| caption      = UK release
| alt          = Caricature drawing of an audio engineer Roger Cameron (Who went on to run Advision Studios)holding headphones and a reel of recording tape
| released     = {{start date|1966|07|15|df=yes}}
| recorded     = 19 April – 14 June 1966
| studio       = [[Advision Studios|Advision]], London
| genre        = 
*[[Psychedelic rock]]
*[[blues rock]]<ref name=Erlewine>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=roger-the-engineer-mw0000192532|label=The Yardbirds: Roger the Engineer – Review |first=Stephen |last=Erlewine  |accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref>
| length       = 35:52 (14-track version)
| label        = [[Columbia Graphophone Company|Columbia]]
| producer     = 
* [[Simon Napier-Bell]]
* [[Paul Samwell-Smith]]
| chronology   = [[The Yardbirds]] UK
| prev_title   = [[Five Live Yardbirds]]
| prev_year    = 1964
| next_title   = Remember
| next_year    = 1971
| misc         = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[The Yardbirds]] US
 | type       = studio
 | prev_title = [[Having a Rave Up with the Yardbirds]]
 | prev_year  = 1965
 | title      = Over Under Sideways Down
 | year       = 1966
 | next_title = [[The Yardbirds Greatest Hits]]
 | next_year  = 1967
}}{{Extra album cover
 | header  = Alternative covers
 | type    = studio
 | cover   = Overundersidewaysdown.jpg
 | alt     =
 | caption = US release
 }}
}}

'''''Roger the Engineer''''' (originally released in the UK as '''''Yardbirds''''' and in the US, West Germany, France and Italy as '''''Over Under Sideways Down''''') is the only UK studio album and the third US album by the English [[rock music|rock]] band [[the Yardbirds]]. Recorded and released in 1966, it contains all original material and is the only Yardbirds album with guitarist [[Jeff Beck]] on all tracks.<ref name=Erlewine/> It was produced by bassist [[Paul Samwell-Smith]] and manager [[Simon Napier-Bell]].

Although the British edition is still officially titled ''Yardbirds'' by authoritative chart sources, such as [[Official Charts Company]],<ref name="OCC"/> it has since been referred to, first colloquially, then semi-officially, as ''Roger the Engineer'',<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DL3I9qQWdeAC&pg=PA24 |title=Guitar Gods: The 25 Players Who Made Rock History |page=24 |first=Bob |last=Gulla |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |year=2008 |isbn=978-0313358067|access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref> a title stemming from the cover drawing of the record's audio engineer Roger Cameron by band member [[Chris Dreja]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/zdcz |title= The Yardbirds Roger The Engineer Review |first=Chris |last=Jones |website=bbc.co.uk |date=17 April 2007 |access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref>