Led Zeppelin AND IV TO GO LP Album Vinyl - Rare
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Description
VERY RARE
LED ZEPPELIN IV OUTTAKE ALBUM
HEADLEY GRANGE STUDIOS, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND
Albums in near mint condition
Recording Includes: Stairway To Heaven instrumental (take 1) [ 3:43 -cut ], [ cut ], Blues guitar improvisation [ 4:09 - cut ], [ cut ], Black Dog acoustic intrumental (take 1) [ 1:20 ], [ cut ], Black Dog acoustic instrumental (take 2) [ 0:20 ], [ cut ], drum clip [ 0:02 -edit/cut], [ cut ], Black Dog electric (several takes) [ 6:41 -edit/cut ], [ edit/cut ], No Quarter [ 3:56 - cut ], [ edit/cut ], Stairway To Heaven instrumental (take 2) [ 2:06 ], [ edit/cut ], Stairway To Heaven instrumental (take 3) [ 1:29 - cut ], [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven instrumental (take 4) [ 2:51 ], [ edit/cut ], Electric guitar improvisation [ 0:59 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven with vocals (take 1) [ 6:01 - cut ], [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven with vocal (take 2) [ 7:48 ].
The outtakes form the fourth album, these are essential. Especially in hearing the development of Stairway To Heaven from its shy acoustic beginnings to its masterpiece conclusion. The first take of Stairway To Heaven and the following three instrumental tapes feature Page on guitar and Jones on electric piano. Stairway To Heaven is a three and a half instrumental run-through of the opening theme played at normal speed, faster, and then returning to normal. The following jam features Jones playing a happy theme on the keyboard and Page accompanying him with a bouncy, catchy melody. Black Dog at this stage has yet to be fully worked out and Plant is improvising lyrics on the spot. By the third take, the band are clearly having difficulty mastering the difficult riff until Jones shouts out instructions and leads the band on the bass guitar. Page, followed by Bonham hit into a groove with Bonham shouting, "Yes!". The final take is a very confident delivery. No Quarter is the earliest reference to the Houses Of The Holy song, three years before its official release. Even in this primitive state the basic melody and structure of the song is present. Plant scats vocals and Page plays a solo. The next couple of tracks come again from the Stairway To Heaven sessions. The first four rehearsals feature Page and Jones again working on the breaks and tempos of the piece. The final two Stairway To Heaven tracks are joined by Plant adding vocals to the rehearsals and Jones adding recorders at the beginning, bring the song closer to the final, recognizable version.
This is for true collectors
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