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Top Topham onstage in 2014
Founding Yardbirds guitarist Antony ‘Top’ Topham dead at 75

By Fraser Lewry Published

The death of original Yardbirds guitarist Antony ‘Top’ Topham has been confirmed by his publicist

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The Yardbirds: Roger The Engineer - Album Of The Week Club review

By Classic Rock Magazine Published

With one foot in their blues past and the other in the psychedelic present, The Yardbirds' Roger The Engineer was the band's only UK album

Albums
The Yardbirds: Roger The Engineer (Super Deluxe)
The Yardbirds' Roger The Engineer: an erratic album held together by dazzling brilliance

By Julian Marszalek Published

Haphazard album 'Roger The Engineer' shows why The Yardbirds were such a terrific singles band

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Fantastically flash, inscrutably cool: How the Yardbirds shaped rock'n'roll

By Mick Wall Last updated

They had Eric Clapton. They had Jeff Beck. They had Jimmy Page. In the late 60s, no other band could get close to them. And without The Yardbirds, there would be no Led Zeppelin

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Join Jimmy Page as he explores the mystical journey of his 1959 Telecaster

By Scott Munro Published

Animated video narrated by the former Led Zeppelin guitarist tells the story of his famous 1959 Fender Telecaster - as recreations of the instrument go on sale

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Jimmy Page joins forces with Fender to recreate his iconic 1959 Telecaster

By Scott Munro Published

Jimmy Page’s famous “mirror” and “dragon” design Fender Telecaster recreated to mark Led Zeppelin’s 50th anniversary

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Cover art for The Yardbirds - Yardbirds ’68 album
The Yardbirds - Yardbirds ’68 album review

By Ian Fortnam Published

Plant-free proto-Zep. What wonders might have been, eh, readers?

Albums
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Jimmy Page producing Yardbirds compilation

By Martin Kielty Published

Yardbirds ’68 to be released in November, containing studio recordings and live tracks

Interviews
No Quarter: The Three Lives Of Jimmy Page book cover
Martin Power - No Quarter: The Three Lives Of Jimmy Page book review

By Kris Needs Published

Page-turningly compelling account from author of acclaimed Jeff Beck book.

Albums
Mick Jagger sitting on a stage
Can there be such a thing as ‘real blues’ in the 21st century?

By Charles Shaar Murray Published

Half a century on from the British blues boom, can authenticity still exist on the scene?

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