Wednesday, April 24, 2019

“Good Times Bad Times” #80 4/19/1969

The first single and opening track from Led Zeppelin’s debut album. When the New Yardbirds broke up in the summer of 1968, their guitarist Jimmy Page was tasked with fulfilling gigs in Scandinavia. So Page and fellow session musician John Paul Jones recruited Robert Plant, who brought in his old bandmate John Bonham. Page ran a Fender Telecaster through a Leslie rotating speaker for his solo here. The B-side was “Communication Breakdown.” Their first LP didn’t get great reviews but sold reasonably well. A hint of things to come...


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