All language subtitles for LED ZEPPELIN 1973 - Untold Story of Houses of the Holy (1972–73) - Ep. 1

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later period Led Zeppelin albums took a

while to grow on me back in high school

except houses of the Holy and I had a

good reason why two words progressive

rock by early 2001 I was into Led

Zeppelin's classic four and of course

that was pretty much my playlist it was

during a five hour drive to my uncle's

house of the country where I came across

an album that would expand the Sonic

possibilities of rock and roll my uncle

drove his 1982 Land Cruiser and said

open the glove compartment I've got some

cassette tapes I found two tapes and he

said play the one with the skull on the

cover my uncle told me to fast forward

this to track number two and then it

happened it was a Sinister tune by the

name of tokara and it changed my life

forever the sounds and rhythms of

Emerson Lake and Palmer's brain set of

surgery was my introduction to

progressive rock the other table

listened to in the car it was the

purples man in Japan talk about a good

soundtrack for a long drive right and

yes I consider this to be the greatest

Library album of all time back at home I

played that ELP tape to death the

three-part Street Carnival 9 was

mind-blowing and I saw a structural

connection to classical music this

resonated heavily with me being a

classical guitar student at the time

Keith Emerson's keyboard magic had the

biggest impact on me since Jimmy Page's

guitar my uncle was a DJ back in the

late 70s and he shared his rock and roll

knowledge with me build that he knew he

turned his nephew into a music junkie

his holy grail of albums had a huge

influence on me made in Japan Santana 3

Led Zeppelin II two two wheeler rails

and relayer this last one by yes became

the face of British progressive rock the

first exposure to the houses of the Holy

material was through The Song Remains

the Same VHS which I got in 2002. No

Quarter was a song that stood out the

most the mysterious Vibes had me

wondering what was it about this was so

far away from the 1969 version of the

band I was fascinated by it the latter

day CD was my second door into houses

the first time I played in 2003 I was

blown away by the first song it was a

treasure so much different than the

movie version Jimmy's guitar layer of

sound was massive The Song Remains the

Same as a leap of faith into a world of

possible and of course it had a

progressive rock vibe to it with

aggressive and created Rhythm changes

track number two was no quarter and

although the guitar solo was a bit short

I was sold the textures in the mood of

the track had me craving for more this

was a Led Zeppelin of more ambitious

songwriting and complex Arrangements

track three was houses of the Holy I

enjoyed this and reminded me of the

theme song for one of my favorite TV

series at the time that 70's Show I was

very much the Eric Foreman type and my

dad was well it was just like metformin

I wanted to get the houses of the Holy

album little that I knew the album's

title track was not on the actual record

weeks later I got my hands on a cheap

cassette copy of remasters part 2 and I

heard the Rain song my first thought was

this is better than Stairway to Heaven I

was mesmerized at the beauty of the

composition how can someone come up with

this what was Jimmy thinking this is

brilliant I figured this one was from

houses of the Holy as it felt like Part

B of The Song Remains the Same for some

reason it sounded like a progressive

rock suite and I was delighted and

surprised Cry 3 was familiar I've heard

on the radio before John stole the show

on this reggae number by the name of

dire maker or so I thought took me a

couple of years to learn it was

pronounced Jamaica

Midway 2003 a local radio station did a

special two-hour show for the release of

How the West Was Won there it was

Saturday May 31st 2003 around 11 pm this

was my shot at recording this on

cassette tape since the 3cd set was

quite expensive never mind the five

hours Led Zeppelin DVD they were in my

wish list for many years so the radio

station had a raffle to give away a copy

of the brand new album plus several

promotional t-shirts among the

participants who called in I was one of

them but of course I didn't want

anything the DJ was kind enough to do a

small intro and then let the album play

with little to no interruptions nor

mentioning what song was next I managed

to tape most of it there it was at 1am a

teenage guitar player with headphones on

thrilled with each passing minute not

able to share with anybody no social

media just the music and myself it was

loud fresh and explosive I played air

guitar in silence and the recording gave

me a different angle to the mighty core

tip this was my first time listening to

over the hills and far away Dancing Days

the ocean and the a crunch as that crazy

Funk jump section in the middle of days

and confused I finally got a silly copy

of houses of the Holy in late 2003 an

absolute treat of innovative sounds and

moments it had the adventure of Led

Zeppelin 3 with some of the Bold

statements of my British progressive

rock favorites like yes besides the

music I had another reason to like this

stuff you see I have a form of

synesthesian which I see colors in music

more specifically the guitar fretboard

each fret has a color I'm not sure how I

assigned these but it just happened over

the years I've understood why album

covers and music need to match in my

head I can see music and sometimes album

cover can ruin the experience when it

doesn't sound the right way I'll give

you an example of my guitar color coding

the third fret is yellow

fourth fret is green

seventh fret is orange houses of the

Holy has a lot of G major harmonies and

chord variations that revolve around the

third fret No Quarters tone of C sharp

is played on the fourth fret and the

ocean's D major voicings are played in

Triads found on the seventh fret so you

can see where the album cover for houses

of the Holy makes absolute sense to me

now past the album's good intentions

houses of the Holy seems to be

overlooked in favor of entitled in

Physical Graffiti quite unfair indeed

despite its unique sound and composition

behind the shiny album cover Vibes and

sales Led Zeppelin fought silent battles

on and off the stage they had the

pressure of a follow-up after Stairway

to Heaven they were living in the

mainstream shadow of their Rolling

Stones and a musical tragedy happened

within the band The Ultimate demise of

rubber plant's High vocal range by July

1973 in New York the band gave No

Quarter to it all the cameras capture

Led Zeppelin's crowning tour officially

becoming the biggest band of the 70s

behind their growing popularity light

obstacles the late release dates a busy

market and fierce competition a 1972

concert series that seems to be lost in

time Robert planned losing his signature

high range in less than a year after

putting out an iconic album and Jones

page and Bonham reaching their live show

instrumental Peak the stakes were high

and the struggle was real very real they

faced their fears towards greatness and

in the process we got great songs new

outfits and the mighty vistalight an

album that I have eight copies of the

orange sounding record this is the

making of houses of the Holy

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the year was 1971. each member of the

band playing with massive amounts of

energy and a musical style creating new

classic moments in the frenetic

fast-paced rhythm of touring Jimmy Page

added the Gibson double neck guitar to

his Frederick Arsenal John Paul Jones

used his Fender P bass attack his

aggressive picking style and increasing

keyboard spots made him the band's

secret weapon John Barnum premiered his

Ludwig green Sparkle kit back in 1970.

he perfected his craft of reactionary

drumming with new elements like

polyrhythms Robert Plant's 1970 vocals

were a glorious Display of Power and

vitality he recorded the fourth album in

full force he went high and low raspy

and clean plus everything in between the

band started their 1971 concert runs on

March 5th with the legendary show in

Belfast where they premiered four tracks

from the upcoming album going to

California rock and roll black dog and

Stairway to Heaven the next night in

Dublin went well for Robert however the

first subtle signs of travel emerged on

black dog plants 4 is slightly cracked

on the highest notes

Robert got laryngitis at the end of

March forcing the band to postpone their

BBC Sessions their April 1st concert

showed Robert was not in top form his

voice was scratching hoarse but managed

to give a great performance given the

circumstances

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he made a spectacular recovery in May in

Copenhagen plant's voice remained the

same until events August through

September tour of the United States

Robert was excited to see new material

and push his voice to the absolute limit

on almost every song rock and roll from

August 21st had planned going wild with

some true bone chilling screams in the

finale

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while the audience were starting to hear

this it was only the beginning of a

month-long tour plan wouldn't get a day

off until four days later this could

lead to permanent vocal cord damage the

rest of the 1971 concerts found Robert

Plant in vocal lottery results of great

good and okay performances while he had

memorable comebacks these started to be

further apart from each other the

musical landscape of 1971 saw the

release of many iconic albums that

reflected the impulse of experimentation

the counterculture of progressive rock

grew in numbers walking side by side

with established bands at the time they

challenged The Listener and added new

rhythmical propositions to the legacy of

the Woodstock aerobans instrumental

sections behind the vocals grew wiser

and daring some study was the Miles

Davis electric band effect or the king

crimson shot in the arm whatever the

reason there was a generational green

light to go places where record buyers

could experience higher levels of

creation and reflection competition was

fears and many proc bands were very

close to the Revere masterpieces Pink

Floyd's metal laid the foundations for

the stratospheric jump into riches with

key tracks one of these days and Echoes

Genesis third album and first with Phil

Collins and Steve Hackett saw a

promising feature in the Horizon for

sure we say Horizons like the Led

Zeppelin of 1969 yes released two albums

in a year and their virtue also sound

revolutionized the way Rock could be

approached with the base as conductor

Jethro tells Universe he merits

audiences into the mind of Ian

Anderson's street gang that would

somewhat ridicule prog Brock's lengthy

songs on their next record with one long

and thick musical statement

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Japan became an important destination

the rock and roll circuit the ventures

were the first band to visit the Eastern

stage back in 1964. Acts that Fowler

included the animals in 65 The Beatles

in 66 and the monkeys in 68 by 1971 it

was a sign of success the luxury of

travel and a credential among their

peers the list of performers by then

included the names of Blood Sweat and

Tears in February BB King in March free

in April Chicago and June Grand Funk

Railroad in July who also held a record

for selling out Shea Stadium faster than

the Beatles and Pink Floyd in August Led

Zeppelin arrived in September to play

five shows the concerts were recorded at

the insistence of the Japanese record

company born in bras Pioneer Corporation

but Paige considered the audio quality

subpar the cultural shock of the

overpopulated areas of Tokyo left an

impression on the band of the power of

music as a universal language that

brought people together Jimmy had a

portable camera to document his travels

at the time Robert and Bonzo got into a

fist fight over gasoline money from

1970. Peter Grand recalled plan coming

off the stage with a split lip the black

country mates Were A brotherhood and

like a family blocked the tightrope of

love and punching themselves in the face

there were a true friendship of

challenging each other like The

Outsiders of Led Zeppelin before joining

Peyton Jones well-established London

session Fame John Bonham was the ground

cable that kept robber on his toes the

band's first Japanese shows contributed

to the growing bootleg Market that took

over the world of independent releases

her concerts became holy Grails for

collectors

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despite having 47 shows under their belt

by the time they came back from Japan

the Japan's upcoming album suffered a

major delay in the mixing process this

made the 1971 tours a somewhat wasted

opportunity to capitalize on FM radio

and musical journalism promoting their

new songs the fourth album could have

been ready by May with a possible

release date of July to coincide with

their U.S dates for the first time in

their career they toured without a new

product on the shelves technically

speaking the 1971 shows of March through

September looked like an extension of

the tour for Led Zeppelin 3. Led

Zeppelin's Untitled album was finally

released on November 8 1971. the band

played 16 dates in the UK from November

11th through December 21st a definite

collection of hard rock blues and folk

attack sends shockwaves throughout the

industry stay with Heaven black dog and

rock and roll elevated them into FM

royalty it was their highest selling

record of the year but travels lied

ahead based on sale certifications and

chart numbers it was their most

commercially successful album of the 70s

none of their Works past 1973 managed to

sell more than 10 million units in the

70s success would haunt Zeppelin's

songwriting plans in November 1971.

where could they go from here records

released that month suggest what the

band's next Endeavor could be the sounds

were changing and the players had the

chops on imagination What Led Zeppelin

ignore their surroundings and carbon

copular success or would they accept a

creative challenge that was in the air

Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones have the

answer for the first time in a

Zeppelin's pre-production history both

had studio equipment installed at home

which allowed them to wear compositions

and Arrangements beforehand this saved

them headaches down the line and

strengthened the songwriting habits to

progressive rock terrains where

everything was carefully constructed one

bar at a time the fifth album

centerpiece is comprised of the Jimmy

Page Trilogy in G major three songs that

carry much of the weight of the record

and act like a small Symphony much in

the style of yes and ELP next are songs

created as a banner duet these are more

straightforward but nevertheless can

only happen with the kind of chemistry

Led Zeppelin had last but not least we

have John Paul Jones with the finishing

touch that adds balance and finesse

which puts them in a program league with

a song that the Genesis lineup of

trespass would have died for

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sessions for houses of the Holy began

with a recording of recorder a

composition worked at his home studio in

John Paul Jones's finest Hour was the

second time they attempted to lay down

the song on tape

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Temple Jones historian relationship with

keywords had him consistently polish his

skills to the delicate Touch of Stairway

to Heaven and since I've been loving you

plus an organ improvisation leading up

to thank you an outtake from the Led

Zeppelin four sessions down by the

seaside was further proof of things to

come featuring John Paul Jones on Modern

Electro piano

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he ran the signal through an EMS vcs3

synthesizer to create the underwater

wobble effect John Bonham used his

secret weapon of drumming accents to

create a sense of displaced Rhythm

within a 4x4 framework he black dogged

his way through the composition to great

effect Jimmy's riff seems to be inspired

by three references from 1970. every

single day

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his guitar tone in the Final Mix was

achieved in a similar way to black dog

running the signal to the mixing console

and using the preamp to achieve

Distortion plant's vocals were ran

through a quartus filter and its lyrics

are derived from the military practice

of showing no mercy to the enemy the

song was recorded in D Minor with Jimmy

Page applying virus speed to drop the

whole song A semitone down to C sharp

for a thicker sound diversions were

played in D Minor

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piano

quarter was one of Led Zeppelin's

Landmark concert tracks played a total

of 124 times including the 2007 reunion

the song was an instrumental showcase

for Jones page and Barnum's on stage

telepathy transforming the piece into an

Exquisite Jam that would extend the same

vein of Dazed and Confused with some

1977 versions almost 35 minutes long it

should be paid to use a theremin for the

dogs of Doom effect in response to

plan's vocal delay added to his phrasing

the song made its life debut on May 4th

1973 during Led Zeppelin's time series

tour with Jones using offender roads

plus a phaser effect he would add a

grand piano from 1975 onwards for added

soloing featuring classical musical bits

page and plan Revisited the song for the

1994 reunion their acoustic version was

an alternate take in perspective on its

magic too bad they forgot John Paul

Jones's phone number who performed the

track himself on his 2000 and 2001 solo

tours one of the best covered versions

of the song was recorded by tool for the

2000 saliva release a great version you

can also check my YouTube channel for a

very special 1973 rendition of the song

alongside drumming Legend the mighty

George flutus from YouTube's bottomology

and people's front of Zeppelin

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so as far as your music goes during your

concert tour of Australia we sort of

into a lot of things and try and present

what as much as we can really

you know it's not always easy but trying

to just give a cross-section of what we

do and what we've done that's basically

we do we do a little short Acoustics

section where we try and

show people that were not a bunch of

areas only you know

the Dreadful thing was when we started

all these other groups that were going

on like like Sabbath and Graham fun and

and everyone was sort of lumping us in

with them for short while anyway and

then they suddenly realized that there

was a bit more to it than just that you

know

at least I had it so anyway I mean I

know what we're doing we all know what

we're doing I mean we singers we don't

really care about anything else anybody

else

um I like I think Stairway to Heaven is

the the the the the epitome really of

what we're up to that's that's about the

best one third LP friends actually

there's more on the second LP but really

hard to tell you what I don't like

because it's only about two living

loving made about the only one I don't

like and uh and apart from that you know

with the band having four super

successful albums around the world do

you reckon it's going to be a problem

the next time you're going to record

that you're having your mind that you've

got to top the last album yeah I think

that um if you've taken the four albums

I mean people have criticized the third

album for being far removed from what

they expected of it but if you listen to

those four albums and we go air trials

and tribulations when we when we write

the music much greater than any

criticism that could ever come along

because we would never put anything

out at all that we weren't at all happy

with you know so I mean the four albums

as a whole the whole four put together

it's such a cross section and I mean

every album that we do I mean we said

it's a thousand times but it's a fact

you know that it's good stuff we know

it's good stuff you know otherwise it

wouldn't go on the album because we do

all sorts of things far removed from

even what you've heard so far you know

so as far as I think the variation that

we've got is quite vast it would have

been as easy as anything to carry on the

one line for as long as possible you

know and reap the benefit of it but that

really you know I don't I I know I agree

with him in what he says that we're

fantastic you know but uh I wouldn't go

I wouldn't agree with the latter part of

it

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barely rain the dreams of you all

through my head

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baby

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about the noisiest people really well

one or two people are so

shut up again

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scriptures

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I gotta tell you we're all sick and bad

and poorly it's amazing we've even been

able to stand up but nevertheless

we're gonna rock on

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it

anything reflections

now A Thousand Years

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got it starting to rain today

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thank you very much and we've got to go

we're going to otherwise we'll all blow

up

we can't do it because the electricity

and water just don't get together at all

but we've had a wonderful time

and thank goodness you're not in

Adelaide

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the Japanese 1972 australasian tour was

their only visit to Australia and New

Zealand from February 16th to the 29th

Paige visited the same circuit with The

Yardbirds in January 1967. the setlist

remained pretty much the same as 1971

for Led Zeppelin with only three cuts

from their most recent LP and the

majority of songs from the Zeppelin 3

including Tangerine one date for

Singapore was canceled after the

authorities refused her entry as their

last ban man with long hair Jimmy Peach

shade off his beard of two years after

the concert in Melbourne he would remain

clean shaved for the rest of the duppans

on stage career his facial hair seems to

be his secret weapon that beard gave us

Led Zeppelin 3 and 4. Robert Plant's

voice was off to a good start but his

high range was still giving him problems

he began to change the Melodies like the

final section of Stairway the band

passed the touring scheduled to record

the rest of the material for the fifth

album Howard's voice began to change the

power in his vocal seems to have

lessened and he had a thinner sound

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I don't know

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okay before

wait a minute

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plan page traveled to India at least

four times in the space of 12 months the

first of these visits was in early

October 1971 right after Led Zeppelin's

tour of Japan the influence of Eastern

harmonies and rhythms inspired a

cyclical guitar riff of dancing days

that Jimmy played on the same open G

tuning used on the Zeppelin's three

that's the way and Untitled going to

California this would explain why the

song was played before Moby Dick under

1972 shows as it was easier to go into

the drop d tuning after open G and gave

enough time to retune the guitar during

the drum solo John Paul Jones played a

far fisa vip-255 keyword around the

minute and 38 second Mark as a Harmony

layer that complements the guitar work

the 2014 companion disc rough mix for

dancing days with no Reverb and no

post-production effects allowed The

Listener to appreciate Jones and

Bonham's punch where the final version

is sometimes harsh from the ears due to

raise her sharp guitar EQ a rough mix is

a different take on the song The

Zeppelin's Rhythm base speaks for itself

here one of the best covered versions

was recorded by Stone Temple Pilots for

the 1995 incoming tribute album and it's

no surprise their take was successful as

dancing days is very product brunch

itself a solid effort that brought

Zeppelin's music to the audiences of the

90s page and plan performed the song

during their 1995 and 1996 fronts of the

tour

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from Asia did their unsurprising version

for a 2010 tribute release as well

houses of the Holy was a mid Temple rock

song with a trademark Jimmy Page riff in

the key of A plus a prominent use of a

cowbell the lyrics describe the concert

venue atmosphere where LEDs up and

performed ironically the song was never

played live the 2014 rough mix release

of this track is a standard piece the

Crunch and heavy attack of Jones and

Bonham is a master class in Rhythm maybe

a practical joke from the ban or not but

they chose not to add this on the final

track test for houses of the Holy and

saved it for Physical Graffiti Robert

Plant performed this track live for his

2010 band of Joy air shows

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John Barnum's introductory chant opens

the door to this hard rock classic the

Japanese experiments without meter

riffing began without in the tiles and

was perfected in Black Dog the ocean

takes all the elements from past glories

and transforms them into a celebration

of Rhythm featuring a main section

comprised of a standard 4x4 bar plus a 7

8 segment

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a small capella segment after the guitar

solo provides effective tension and

release before going back to the groove

well not a direct reference it is

reminiscent of yes vocal only passages

from fragile as a songwriting tool the

closing section features a do-board

tribute with the bandmate singing back

from vocals and modern playing a 12x8

swing group Live versions of the song

Hajime changing some elements from the

studio version the main Rift staccato

figure was switched to the low string

downslide the guitar solo was played

with a Wawa pedal despite the track

being premiered in the 1972 US tour

Manzo sang the intro in the middle

section Harmony until 1973 on their

ninth visit to the United States

controversy exists of the studio version

being sped up as Robert Plant's vocals

in the crash symbols sound high is

unusual as opposed to the live version

so in comparison or at least halftone

lower

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over the hills and far away was one of

the three songs worked out by Jimmy Page

at his home studio the opening Motif is

reminiscent of the hammer and string

attack of black Mountainside the Rhythm

pattern seemed like a continuation of

The Vibes of Led Zeppelin III the core

voicings we see of GA with the basement

of D just before the Hard Rock section

moved in the same vein of the intro

before The Song Remains the Same Robert

Plant's vocals start off relaxed as

preparation to a very demanding high

range when the man comes in the last

time he was able to perform the high

range vocals was on January 15 1973 at

Stoke England plan was unable to

replicate this phrasing for March 73 on

and change the melody for a lower

register interpretation he managed to do

a small comeback to the original

Arrangement on June 13th 1977. both

shows a net worth 1979 was the last time

the band performed the song on the stage

past the catchy course of the song the

track moves into a guitar solo with a

seek of chords t-a and E plus a

modulation to F sharp where Jimmy will

throw in the solo for Immigrant Song

plus other licks and ideas his keyword

signal out of the solo was a Rhythm

Section reprised from the verses of Good

Times bad times from 1969. the band then

jumps into a series of three four bars

painting a lick and three octaves they

come back into the main section to be a

tricky 2x4 bar that balances the tempo

back to the 4x4 Groove this is

progressive rock as I reach the finale

the opening Motif is back with displays

accents on the two the three Chandler

arpeggio closure to Greatness

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the crunch is one or two polarizing

tracks from houses to the holy a song

that evolved from jamming with Bonham

playing a crazy 9 8 beat with Jones

joining on base for a juxtaposition of

James Brown's Funk again some danceable

shifting time signatures with alternate

bars of four four five eight and two

four as well this is Progressive Funk

the EMS vcs3 synthesizer was played by

Jones to emulate horn sounds that were

overdubbed separately to create a brass

section Arrangement jimin plays a

Stratocaster guitar for a clean Funk

sound the crunch was mostly caught as a

live studio gem improvisation that saw

its life debut in the middle of this and

Confused during the U.S tour of 1972. if

you're going to do a film and we're

going to do a television show or

anything like that it has to be done

properly with a lot of thought a lot of

time you don't really have the time yeah

Jimmy tried a book had arranged for the

recording sessions but it wasn't

available British band helped herself

was living there after Zeppelin left in

early 1971. their second album strange

Affair was written and recorded at

Headley Grange the band finally left the

old mansion in 1973. because of this

page settled for Mick Jagger's star

Groves where the who had just recorded

who's next their seminar and bombastic

studio album left Good Vibes in the

building the Zeppelin called in engineer

Eddie Kramer Eddie Kramer was a bit

surprised to hear from them again since

his last meeting with the banner was not

pleasant the year was 1970 and they came

in to Electric ladyland during sessions

for Led Zeppelin 3. the band crashed the

studio they ordered Indian food and a

whole bunch spill on the floor when

Kramer asked the Roadies to clean it up

the band said you don't tell a road is

what to do both sides wouldn't speak to

each other for over a year by the time

Zeppelin reached out to Kramer in 72 the

band acted as if nothing happened

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