(Guitar Recorded Versions). Note-for-note transcriptions with tab for a dozen cream-of-the-crop tunes from The Yardbirds, the seminal British band whose guitar line-up included superstars Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. Songs: For Your Love * Got to Hurry * Happenings Ten Years Time Ago * Heart Full of Soul * I Ain't Got You * I'm a Man * Jeff's Boogie * Over Under Sideways Down * Shapes of Things * Smokestack Lightning * The Train Kept A-Rollin' (Stroll On) * Train Kept A-Rollin'.

By the time the Yardbirds recorded ROGER THE ENGINEER in 1966, the British Invasion was in full swing. Like their brethren, they targeted Chicago blues as ground zero for musical inspiration. As a result, most Yardbirds recordings and live sets were chock full of numbers by the likes of Sonny Boy Williamson, Chuck Berry, and Elmore James. ROGER was a departure for the band, as all the material was self-penned. With guitarist Jeff Beck leading the charge (having replaced departed blues purist Eric Clapton), the Yardbirds began exploring the possibilities of electric guitar and of rock in general. The Middle Eastern garage rock of "Over, Under, Sideways, Down" bumps up against the rockabilly swing of "Jeff's Boogie." Alongside Beck's thrilling guitar histrionics, there's the genteel English pastoral feel of "Farewell" and a quirky instrumental bubbling over with jazz bass, a rubbery-sounding beat, and chanting--"Hot House Of Omagarashid."