Talk:Roger the Engineer/Archive 1

Archive 1

Little Games

Hi. We were wondering why the article Roger the Engineer is about the Little Games album by the Yardbirds. Are they the same? Danny 04:53, 11 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Move to The Yardbirds (album)

I undid the copy and paste move that was recently done. The big reason was that the move was improperly done, in that the page history remained here. The second reason is that although the intended title was indeed 'The Yardbirds' it has always been colloquially known as 'Roger the Engineer' to such an extent that upon each re-release it has been titled as such by the issuing record company. A google, allmusic or amazon search bears this out. I think it would be more appropriate to leave the article here and make mention of the original title in the introduction. In the future, please discuss moves or other big changes on the talk page prior to action. (Please see the talk page of Ric Grech too.) I don't mean to step on anyone's toes, but I do wish to express my disagreement with the move, and would like to see some other opinions. Alcuin 02:02, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

(correction to the above)

The title The Yardbirds was not the "intended" title at all. It was the actual, real title of the album, and as such is how it is known in ALL album chart reference books (The Guinness Book Of British Hit Albums to list but one). By comparison, Allmusic and Amazon are not authorities - the only authorities in this case are the original issuing record company, and chart reference publications. However long a time a mistake is perpetuated for, it is nonetheless still a mistake. 88.105.219.162 (talk) 14:58, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

The definite article

Should it be "The Yardbirds" or "Yardbirds"? [The Yardbird's Discography] and the release history section of this article have the former; the intro to this article and the cover have the latter.--84.70.183.193 (talk) 19:43, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Jimmy Page

Although I am unsure of Page's contributions to this album, I am quite sure that joined soon after, and does appear on 'Happinings Ten Years Time Ago' and 'Psycho Daisies', released immediately after this album and frequently added as bonus tracks. Also, even if he wasn't a member quite yet, it's still well within the realm of possibility that he contributed as a studio musician, as he did on countless other records of the era. Please support your removal of him as a contributor with documentation. Thanks, Alcuin 02:02, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Songs written by?

Who wrote the songs on the album? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.124.174.168 (talk • contribs).

As far as I remember, on the Diablo CD I have, all the songs are credited to the whole band at the time - Dreja, McCarty, Beck, Relf & Samwell-Smith. --David Edgar 12:38, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Sales

Is this the Yardbirds most successful album?

Over Under Sideways Down

2 separate track listings seems a bit cluttered, especially when one of them isn't even the title in question really (Think Beatles for Sale & Beatles '65). The defunct release is worth a significant mention, but the 1983 bonus tracks seem to be missing from two lists now, which seems wrong--that product being in print worldwide currently (correct me if I'm mistaken). Any thoughts on this?--Son of Somebody 07:17, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

The Nazz are blue

Does this song have anything to do with the US group The Nazz , Todd Rundgren's first band? They were around at this time. I think...

Or is it the other way around?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.102.18.188 (talk) 18:07, 20 October 2008 (UTC)