The Making of Led Zeppelin IV - Episode 1 - 1970 Island Studios Sessions - Led Zeppelin Documentary
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- Welcome to Episode 1 of the series. The year was 1970 and Led Zeppelin went back into the studio in November, a hero's journey of two recording locations and a collection of anthems for classic rock. From Black Dog to When The Levee Breaks, the band stepped up their game to achieve the natural extensions of the sounds and textures from back to back killer albums. We will explore the roots, inspiration and process of how these songs came to be. Acoustic guitars, mandolins, stairwells, big drums, piano and more...this is the story that sheds light and solves the many mysteries behind Led Zeppelin IV, the one with the four symbols we sometimes call "ZOSO". #ledzeppelin #documentary #classicrock #robertplant #jimmypage #johnbonham #johnpauljones
Timestamps
0:00 - Album Synopsis & How i discovered IV
3:24 - Intro w/theme song
4:20 - September 1970 and the Music Business
8:36 - Recording Sessions - Island Studios UK - November 2nd/December 5th 1970
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Jose, the amount of information you put into these videos is insane. I bet the band is impressed with your knowledge. I know I am. Looking forward to more. Thank you.
Hey man i really appreciate this! Working out another Zepp album was scary..in a good way. After SO many Post Zeppelin 1990s episodes, i was happy to be back HOME! Stay tuned for Part 2!
1971 was the most consistent year in rock ― every artist made a great and classic album that year! 💿💯🤘🏻
[1977 was also like that]
To me it’s 1969. The year the best of the best released great albums that would become legendary.
That's right, man. Sticky Fingers, Aqua Lung, Runes, and on and on and on.... I was born in '71, which must count for something, too ;-)
1969 thru 1972 was HEAVY! So many great albums. I think i found out why it ended in 1973 sorts!
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories Really, why do you think? Are you saving it for an episode?
This was the album that got me hooked on Led Zeppelin. A true masterpiece in my opinion.
Agreed. And they had two: Runes and Physical Graffiti
A great place to get hooked, you couldn't ask for more right? Well maybe...Down by the Seaside! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 2
Same here. It was the first cassette I ever bought.
This was my last of their albums and also their last great album.
@@postoffice146 whatever
The Black Dog rehearsal tapes and demo are gold. Hearing Jonesy get it right away while Bonzo and Pagey work it out is a reminder Jonesy was the band’s secret weapon. Great analysis and roots description as well.
I think jonesy wrote the riff. Maybe why he didn’t struggle. I haven’t watched yet, but if I remember that’s one JPJ wrote.
Jones and Bonham's command of rhythm really made arranging so much "easier". They should've received writing credits, even Jones admitted this. How they both transformed acoustic ideas into Achilles Last Stand for example...is breathtaking. Jones knew Black Dog was going to be a hit, i'm sure :) Thank you for watching, stay tuned for Episode 2! We're going to Headley Grange!
@@mumbles215You are right. "Black Dog" was a riff that John Paul Jones had brought with him.
If your still digging led zeppelin after all these years( like me) then this is the DEEP DIVE into their tapestry of mastery thats created just deadly, timeless music...
Love zepp....till my end days
I've told my daughter that I'm going to have a play list when the end comes. I want her to put headphones on me and send me off listening to Zeppelin. I'm 70 and I'm very serious about this. 🥴
@@user-ws6rt2vm2k Thought about the music id play to occupy my remaining time on earth and yha, led zeppelin did occur to me as one of a small handfull
Thank you so much William! This album was a challenge to revisit, but i found the angles, it triggered nostalgia for sure! Stay tuned for Episode 2
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories i don't expect you to buy what I'm about to say but aside from listening to zeppelin for 42 years, my brother lived with Jimmy and his family in England and was their body guard. Jimmy was outta town but hung out with Jill's, then wife, hermina a couple hours( very nice lady) and took some pics w Jimmys kids. This was bout 13 years ago. Really dig zeppelin and your indepth breakdown of zeppelin 4 was the best I've seen. Take care and God Bless..very much looking forward to part 2.
Got to drive family car to high-school in 2004. Listened to When thr Levee Breaks, on the way home.
I was hooked
Oh yes Bryan, it's the ultimate driving song! You just feel you're in a movie!
Zeppelin smoked any and all “ competition “.
Good thing is they never underestimated their competition and worked HARDER to grow as musicians. Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 2
I'd say Black Sabbath was the only other band on par lyrically and musically. Geezer's lyrics could be expanded into volumes on philosophy and existence if one contemplates them.
@@tomservo5347 Sorry dude, not even close.
WOW!!!!!! JCM how are we supposed to sit by and wait for the next episode!!!! You have a gift my friend! The digging up of deep unknown facts is KILLER!!! THANKS AGAIN for all of your time and dedication to these documentaries!!! 👍😎🔥❤️ ready for episode 2!!!!
I couldn’t of said it better. Jose is a great documentary maker and an amazing guitar player. Thanks Jose. Looking forward to more
Haha thanks Gary! I almost worked on a different album...but i trusted my gut feeling and while working on the scripts weeks ago, next thing i know there's articles talking about the cover photo's identity revealed...i was surprised. Happy to ready you enjoyed this first installment of Zeppelin IV, it's a challenge to revisit an album that has been talked about so much but hey...it's down to feeling the music and getting to work :) Stay tuned for Part 2!
I started with their last studio album which I listened to obsessively in 1979 through 1982 and went mostly backwards until I got the first album, Coda, and Presence between 1988 & 1990. I remember sitting in my car in Texas on a point overlooking the huge Lake Tawakoni by the two mile bridge listening to the first album in 1988. Mind blown! I traded two Doors albums for that one, Presence, and Coda. When John Bonham died I was listening to In Through The Out Door on 8-track every night when I slept. I woke up one morning with the headphones cord wrapped around my neck and had trouble walking due to numbness in my legs. I didn`t go to school that day. I heard about John Bonham that day on the radio. I was already unusually obsessed with Bonham`s drums before his death and got my first Tama set with Paste cymbals in late 1981 and was in a band by Spring. I got Jason Bonham`s autograph in 1998 in Louisiana.
Oh man, listening to ITTOD then hearing about John Bonham must have been a nightmare....i own 47 copies of ITTOD so trust me, i hear you! Thank you so much for watching, stay tuned for Episode 2!
Cranking out the content!!!
It's rock and roll!!! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 2
Can see this one being a 7 parter. Love your work JCM
Wow 7 parts, i think 3 tops with MAYBE a 4th video as an epilogue...we'll see! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 2
At laaaaaaaaast
The story about forth album
Is going oooon!
Thanks a lot, waiting for continuation
You know it!!! Thank you for watching, stay tuned for Episode 2! We're going to Headley Grange!
Each one of these songs deserves an individual video by you.
Thanks man! Do you think a cover version or explaining the song? I saw Rick Beato's most recent take on Thank You!
Explain the song. Do a deep dive into the history of it.@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories
YESSSSSS !!!!!!
Was hoping that JCM would end up covering the early days.
Besides BBC sessions
Heheh yeah, i know, i couldn't just do BBC Sessions. Coming back to Zeppelin after so many 1990s episodes feels like Home. I still think Stairway from CD2 BBC sessions is a better take than the one on The Song Remains The Same and How The West Was Won!
Awesome job Jose .... I need more !!!👍🏼✌🏼🤘🏼Zep is absolutely amazing . Seeing and hearing these albums come together and the band itself is awesome. Waiting on that Zep Documentary to come out ... Rumors this holiday season ... ‼️
Let's keep out fingers crossed, i wanna check out Becoming Led Zeppelin. If it does have unearthed footage....then we are in for a REAL TREAT!
The greatest album from my first year of life. To celebrate the anniversary, I listened to the cd of iv three times in a row on repeat while setting up my automated pet feeder for my (black) dog. Well done once again Jose'!
You have a Black Dog! Oh man that's cool. Cheers for the Anniversary indeed! Levee remains a milestone in rock and roll recording. Stay tuned for part 2!
Jose does it again 🎉❤
Cheers Scott! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 2
Thank you once again, Jose, on a great documentary. Peace, from Florida, USA.
Peace vibes to Florida man! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 2
YES!!!!........Your work is getting better and better.....its been a while.....I missed a few.....about binge watch .....THANK YOU, brother.....never stop. Peace and Rock on!
Yes........
- Cork
in Nor California.
Hey Cork, nice to read you again! Working 24/7 in getting these out, lots of fun and coffee! Hope you are doing well!
Great analysis. As a 14-year-old in 1977, it was the first Led Zeppelin album I bought and the band quickly became my musical obsession.
What a place to begin! This is like getting Dark Side of the Moon first for Floyd!
AMAZING! love it. and i love that they played that legendary MSG show on my 8th birthday. i', unbeknownst to LZ, was enjoying my Batman themed party featuring Batman cake, napkins, etc. Legendary. Almost as legendary as the LZ show on that night. Almost.
A fellow Septemberian, i'm from the same month! The MSG gig 1970 is.......ridiculously good. I wish they released it officially! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 2
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories hey Jose! I've been meaning to ask you this... Have you seen the video of PFoZ doing carouselambra with Jimmy Sakurai on the double neck? It's pretty incredible!
I rewatched the entire ITTOD series this weekend and got even more out of it than I did the first pass through. Which was a lot!
Thank you for all youu do. You are a massive shot of goodness in the zeppelin community
Oh man that's awesome. I am glad you revisited the series. It's such a killer album, i still get excited to spin it on my stereo. I've watched PFOZ's take on Carouselambra, its AMAZING!!!
I have been waiting for this for a while now. Thank you so much for all that you do
Thank YOU John for watching. Episode 2 is coming up! We're going to Headley Grange!
Thanks for the history course as usual professor---oh and Four Sticks is one of my favorite tracks of all time....
Professor hehe...Thank you very much!
How bloody awesome is your Intro Soundtrack?! 🎉🎉 I am so happy to be able to witness your talent of producing this documentary and also your musical genius in all of this portrayal! keep on going 😊😊
Thank you so much! I took my time to construct the theme song, lots of walking listening to the album to come up with this stuff hehe. Glad you enjoyed it, honored by your comment!
Great stuff..looking forward to more.Thank you.
Just one minor point, there was another recorded live performance of Four Sticks in Odense Denmark May 4th 71. Another fantastic version a little more cohesiveness in the outro than previous night.
You're right, great catch on Odense! I think from a historic perspective the Copenhagen one feels like the "official" one you know? Thanks to your comment i will add ODENSE in there as well when i cover this part of the European Tour!
Love the theme songs JCM creates for each album.Perfection !!
Glad you enjoyed my musical take on the album's sound! Thank you for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 2, 3 and 4!
Awesome! Thank you,Jose! And thank you again for that excellent interview with Andy Edwards. I loved his stories.
All the best friend. ✌️
My pleasure OOTT! Andy is a great storyteller, had a fantastic time! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 2
In the summer of 1977. My older brother had a 8-track copy of the fourth album. It was the album that made me a Led Zeppelin fan. Track one had Black Dog, and four Sticks. I've heard Black Dog on the radio, and loved it. Four Sticks was out of left field and very unusual. Track 2 was Going to California and Stairway. Going to California is a personal favorite, but Stairway I didn't know what the fuss was about, until I heard TSRTS version. Track 3 was Misty Mountain Hop and it was Okay, but it grew on me. The Battle of Evermore was great, but Track 4 was my favorite part of the album. Rock and Roll was Zeppelin at its most commercial, and When The Levee Breaks is my pick of the best track on the 4th album.
Oh man so cool you were hooked on Stairway by the live versions, 100% relate to that! Wow the 8-Track had Misty as track 3, that's news to me! Levee is the best track, absolutely, as a studio creation it's i think...their second best after Stairway. Thank you for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 3 coming up!
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Storiesdo you know what an 8-track tape cartridge is? The tape is wider than a cassette tape, and you turn it over when you play one side, but an 8-track tape when you put it in a 8-track player you put on track 1,and it plays through then its goes to track 2, and plays through to track 3 and track 4 then it goes back to track 1. This is the play list for the debate album of Led Zeppelin
Track 1 Good Times, Bad Times, Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You, and You Shook Me (Part 1)
Track 2 You Shook Me (Part 2,or the rest of the song) Dazed and Confused
Track 3 Your Time Is Gonna Come, Black Mountain Side, Communication Breakdown, and I Can't Quit You (Part 1)
Track 4 l Can't Quit You (Part 2, or the rest of the song) How Many More Times
Happy New Year, JCM!! I'm catching up on some videos that I missed, thank you for the quality entertainment! I truly appreciate you, amigo.
🎸🎵🎶🎸
Hey Jason! Happy New Year! Nice to read you. Hope you enjoy this series!
Thank you for this amazing episode Jose, I like seeing the attention you put into your research and the tips you give us about those times. LZ IV is definitely the album I've listened to the most since I was born, it was my dad’s favorite so I listened to it every day... I've listened to it thousands of times and I never get tired of it, for me it's the perfect album. Now I wonder what surprise you will bring in the next episode…see ya 😊
Marcia, always a pleasure to read your comments. You know when i began my research process on this one i thought, "what can i possibly say about IV", it will be a "short" script. I was wrong, very wrong lol. It''s a great album, no wonder it's sold millions. The more i dived into this one, the more Zepp 3 is really like a brother-album! Hope you are doing well! Stay Safe!
The 4th one is the big one for so many great bands.
True, it's a magical number for discographies! Thank you so much for watching, stay tuned for Episode 2!
Was wondering what was next.🤙 Lot of weird synchronicity with this album lately. I currently have the OG old man photo used for this albums cover art in a folder.
Man yes!!! I love this is hitting all news outlets! Fascinating stuff. I was working on this script weeks before this was announced, happy to choose IV as my next project! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 2
@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories God bless you JCM 🙏
Led Zeppelin IV was my first Led Zeppelin album, and what an album it was. It single-handedly changed my life in many ways, and remains to this day my all-time favorite album. Can't wait for the next episode!
It changes life indeed. This is the exact feeling, thanks for saying it! When The Levee Breaks just takes you in right? haha
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories No kidding it does, that song blew me away the first time I heard it and really punctuated the end of that album.
You are a true artist. Bravo.
Thank you very much!!! Hope you enjoy this 4-part series.
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories Indeed.
Awesome episode as always 🤘
Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 2
Awesome!! Thank you Jose
Thank you for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 2, 3 and 4!
Thanks amazing story for an awesome cover, everyone was inspired by this alucinante song, the creativity of Jimmy Page's sounds is totally amazing!!👏👏😍😍
Thanks for watching Nelly! Page was years ahead of everyone as a producer, most definitely. Hope you enjoy the 4 part series :)
JCM, I love how you recount your introduction to Z’s music. I began with hand me downs of a scratched up Houses, then a wobbly sounding 8-track of Song R.t S. until I was old enough to afford the cassette versions of II, IV and ITtOD. Those memories are for life!👏👏👏
They are memories for life like you said! Music is timeless and it's power is INFINITE! Thank you for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 3 coming up!
The first thing I remember hearing from Zeppelin was Black Dog. It was maybe 1982 and I was 10 years old. Visiting my cousin, he puts this cassette in and cranks up the stereo. I was floored! Never heard anything like it. All I knew was I loved that guitar sound. I was listening to radio pop at this time only, so it blew me away. I started trying to learn guitar not long after that.
Definitely a life changing moment, i can relate 100%. Thank you so much for watching, stay tuned for Episode 2!
Again, very interesting stuff; some I was aware of and some I was not. Well done!
Glad this is a positive journey. Working out the script was hard because of the info everybody knows by now on IV, so i had to meditate on the angles! Thank you for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 3 coming up!
Today is November 12th.2023, and a day or two ago a rock magazine article claimed that the old man on LZ IV has been identified. The photo was taken in 1892 of him, he was a Thatcher by the name of Lot Long.
Americans may not know what a thatcher is, but our English cousins don't have to guess. That's the reason the bundle of sticks on his back.
The article l read said that Jimmy Page when living in Pangbourne on Thames, West of London. He would rummage around junk shops, and after Robert Plant had met, both were in a shop and Robert ran across the iconic print of ol' Lot Long and bought it. It was just a spur of the moment buy, with no thought of using it for future work in their musical field for artwork.
Would someone notify or comment, so as l will know that CZcams isn't deleting my comments. THANKS
Oh yes, i love this is hitting all news outlets! Fascinating stuff. I was working on this script weeks before this was announced, happy to choose IV as my next project! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 2
😘Yes!!! This is what i have been waiting for!! A breakdown of the making of the LZ Albums. Jose, I've got a fever! And i am going to keep coming back IN through your OUT door (is that even legal?) until i can get my cure. LMAO. Great interview again btw? I'm putting my on my imitation Jimmy Page/Elvis Jumpsuit with my Aleister Crowley Spells to wish you Good Luck on possibly getting the legendary Kevyn Gammond for an interview to Spill the "Tea for Two". That score would blow away any Championship Game by Jordan and The Bulls! I don't need 500 copies of ITTOD to know that fact. Blessings. Rock On🏀🤘🎸
Man, after doing so many post 1990s episodes, coming back to ZEPP feels so good lol. We'll see what the future holds for this channel, i am excited to taking it one video at a time! Heheh, i am waiting on two ITTOD copies 48 and 49 by mail, currently at 47!
I like the music at the start....cool
Thank you for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 3 coming up!
A beautiful history lesson as always Sir! And I remember several years ago discovering the original rehearsal of Black Dog, it was like a steam train pulling away, wheels slipping a bit, but once the train gathered momentum there was no holding it back! The rehearsal is to me just as important as anything released. A rock band doing its thing, having fun and making history.
Hey Martin, Thank you so much for watching. I agree, the Black Dog rehearsal is magical. I didn't feature the complete recording because i just wanted to make a summary but it's always a treat to revisit this session. Bonzo and Jones really deserve SO MUCH credit for their songwriting contributions man!
Oh yes!! Was waiting for these Jose. Can’t wait to watch them. I’ll say good job already! Cheers.
Thanks so much! It's a four part series, in honor of the fourth album!! hehe
Great stuff but it’s too short! This is priceless stuff!
Great as always, thank you! 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you for watching Erik! stay tuned for Episode 2! We're going to Headley Grange!
Superb episode Jose! Thanks for your work!
As always, Thank YOU for watching, stay tuned for Episode 2! We're heading out to Headley Grange!
🌠 Oh Duude ..this is gonna be Good ..$ is coming your way ..from me...sent by clemy
Exceptional video, Jose. I've listened to a lot of those in-studio bootlegs of the band creating songs like Black Dog, etc, and man it's fascinating to be a fly on the wall when they create songs that end up becoming rock history. Looking forward to the next great installment....ty! Ernie
Thank you for watching Ernie, the rehearsal tapes are truly fascinating, i didn't wanna put the whole thing up there of course but a summary for reference, what a band they were, WHAT A BAND!, stay tuned for Episode 2! We're going to Headley Grange!
I really enjoyed this, thanks Jose !
Hey Keith! Glad you enjoyed this one. Research for ZEPP IV has been very interesting. I thought there was little to say...little that i knew !! Thank you so much for watching, stay tuned for Episode 2!
As usual, great presentation
Thank you for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 3 coming up!
Hey thanks for doing zeppelin once again Jose. Good job mate 👍
Thank you for watching, stay tuned for Episode 2! We're going to Headley Grange!
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories cool, but isn't it haunted? Lol
Somewhat...the album cover has some spooky $#%$ in there lol
Pretty good job you did. Glad I got to see them twice in the 70's. 1973 & 1977
Wow, you saw them on GREAT tours! Thank you so much for watching, stay tuned for Episode 2!
I’m with you. I love ZEPPELIN, but really enjoy the live albums!
Live material takes this energy to a different dimension!
I was only 11, but i remember clearly hearing it on my little AM transistor radio...Rock and Roll, Black Dog , and Stairway.
And i loved how you researched the other popular songs with that same time signature.
Also the way they influenced themselves from one album to the next.
You do a great job.
Glad you enjoyed the research on the songs of 1969-1970. As a songwriter myself, i just can't deny the influence the music scene HAS on musicians themselves. It was such an exciting time for rock and roll. 1973 was definitely a shift in intention. Thank you so much for watching, stay tuned for Episode 2!
It’s crazy that by 71’ just 3yrs they had completely taken over rock with 4 albums full of their most classic songs that would live on forever in classic rock history
Yes, in terms of success, they are one of the greatest bands, most acts took them many albums and lineups to get there. Zepp was really done by 1972, and i say this with due respect, i know you know what i mean. Yes Houses and Graffiti rock but they borrowed from III and IV. The element of NEW was gone outside of the big stage and outfits!
The guys have admitted the start stop feel of Oh Well as a big influence on Black Dog. JPJ coins the rambling blues riff but Jimmy progresses that riff into the final arrangement it seems with Bonzo holding the bear straight, it’s epic…
Yeah, they did the start stop, but the riff, it's fascinating all these influences it had right? Being it a pentatonic scale based riff that was pretty buch the bread and butter in bands back then, i still think Zeppelin managed to create a very complex passage that really made them stand out so much more than others...say Grandfunk!
Hey, this is great! I'm wondering are you going to include the outtake material from these sessions that ended up on Physical Graffiti? I think it's interesting to tie that material together to its origin.
I will! These are definitely the product of its time and HAVE to be here! Stay tuned as i think this will be a 3-part series :)
Agreed 💯 %
Extroardinarily phenomenal this is
Thank you for watching, stay tuned for Episode 2! We're going to Headley Grange!
Great job again1 i like how you are not afraid to critique in spots. makes it authentic
Thank you for appreciating my "critique" and observations. I don't believe these songs just came out from the blue. Everything is the result of previous actions. The fascinating aspect of human nature right?
STILL remember the very first time I heard Black Dog!
Excellent new series!
Eso Christian! Gracias por sintonizar! Después de tanto Post Zepp 1990s...volver a un álbum de Zepp es volver a CASA!
@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories Exactamente! Muy interesante lo de la influencia del disco All things must pass en Led Zeppelin IV!
Green tint when showing GREENY. Fantastic!
You know it Daniel! Glad you dig this color palette! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 2
Yes! I love these 'making of' videos. Looking forward to the next installment! Great timing being that the photograph used for this album cover was recently identified.
I was working the script for LZIV like 2 weeks before news of the old man photo hit made headlines and i was like OMG! Haha. I almost worked on a different Zepp album but went by my gut instinct i guess!! Stay tuned for Part 2!
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-StoriesI Was 13 When I heard Black Dog
😊Wow-awesome job. I learned so much from that video that filled in blanks. Subscribed and liked!
Thank you so much for watching AND subscribing, stay tuned for Episode 2! We're heading out to Headley Grange!
More musicians need to make documentaries like these. Share!
Thank you Ernie! You rock! Stay tuned for Episode 2
You've been calling me Ernie for years, but my name is not Ernie. Loyal Opposition will do. @@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories
I also wanted to mention I was recently watching an interview with "Martin Barre" talking about the recording of "Aqualung" and he'd mentioned that at that very same time they were in the studio, Zeppelin was and had been in the studio below them for quite some time although they had not seen them. Okay so, Aqualung was recorded and released in 1971, Zep 4 was recorded and released in 1971, so, I know much was done by Zep at "Headley Grange" they were also in the studio in the same place, same time as Jethro Tull. Both bands working on what would become monumental albums for them both, how cool is that?! Martin said when he was recording solos, if he didn't get it right in 2 tries, it became a flute solo 😂 so, he was about to record his famous "Aqualung" solo and didn't want to blow it when Jimmy Page showed up waving hello at Martin from the control room. He said he had to turn away and didn't acknowledge him cuz he knew if he had he'd blow his solo. So, Jimmy Page was actually present when Martin recorded that famous solo. For someone like myself that is a fan of both bands and both albums this was actually some of the coolest rock trivia I'd ever heard!
THIS IS INCREDIBLE INSIGHT. The dates definitely match and Island Studios was a novelty back then which Jethrotull finished recording in February 1971 so the timing was perfect to meet the Zeps there. Poor Martin hehe. But hey, they produced a masterpice as well. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this bit, wish i could redo this episode to add this hahaha. Thank you for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 2, 3 and 4!
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories When Martin started talking about this mentioning Zeppelin being in studio he said they were working on their second album which couldn't have been possible. Both their first and second album were released in 1969 so Martin's facts were a little cloudy on that part but when I thought about it and realized it had to be the fourth album I was blown away to learn this information. Zeppelin was in fact traveling back and fourth from Headley Grange to Island studios during the recording of that album.
Lone the intro mashup. Stairway over Four Sticks. Inspired work, JCM.
Thank you very much! I recorded all these guitar sections after much thought on how to mix the album's motifs! Glad you liked it!
Ah really glad that your series is back to the band's glory days, I am going to relish this!!! Four sticks and Black Dog are challenging in terms of rythme and not obvious to master in a band setting. I enjoyed the musical parallels that you gave on Black Dog for the vocal phrasing, the main riff and the chorus. I will also add that some of the guitar solo elements draw from the Heartbreaker solo of the second album. On Black Dog, there's one portion that I just can't get it's the odd intro sound before Plant starts singing. Rubbing my thumb on the low e string with a lot of delay is the closest I get to it but it sounds on the record like there's some slight pitch modulation as well. Any hints?
It’s pages warm up ..!
Maxime!!! So happy to read you enjoyed the research on this one. I agree some of the guitar solo for Black Dog comes from Page's shredding on Heartbreaker, i mean that was quite the warmup to Lead playing in the Key of A right? The portion before Plant comes in is exactly that, rubbing your finger or just one side of the pick! This is some of the "avant garde" stuff of studio banter they left in! What you hear as modulation is the bass actually adding a second layer on it. The metallic sound gives it away!
Bass through an binson echo rec
Thank you, the delay that I used was my Dawner Prince Boonar (echorec emulator) but with my Les Paul I was still not in the right frequency range. Perhaps it was doubled bass and guitar or just bass but always thought Page played it.
Page is scraping his plectrum on the strings a couple of times on the intro.
My introduction to Zep was the fourth album. It was mystical and magical and life changing to my 9 year old self. I wasn't sure what it was or what I was hearing but I'd never heard anything like it and it moved me in a way no music had yet. Black Dog the echoes on Roberts voice and that riff. The Battle of Evermore with mandolin an acoustic and those voices Sandie and Robert were brilliant. Stairway's rings of smoke through the trees and the piper leading to reason and just the whole story. Then to "packing my bags for the Misty mountain" where the spirits go now, wow the sound of the music, the subject matter they sang about, the light and shade of emotion inside the music. The groove of Four Sticks the thunder of the Levee. No writing or pictures or explanation of anything. A fold out Album with the night scene of the hermit with a lantern atop the mountain. Four symbols on the album with the name Led Zeppelin. It was like finding a book of occult knowledge or something. I wasn't sure at that point who or what Led Zeppelin was but I knew I'd never be the same again ☮️
Your description is great, thanks for sharing it and you nail the concept here, it feels like a book of the occult, quite an odd choice for a cover and gatefold right? Hope you enjoy this 4-part series!
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories thank you I'm glad you liked my share it was a very powerful experience for me.
Even the heavy album sleeve with the words to stairway written in calligraphy. Yup, there was something spiritual about that whole experience for me.
Already being a young guitar enthusiast once I learned who he was Jimmy Page became my first guitar God and I knew for certain I needed to play guitar so I could somehow be a part of that music. I believe the first time I actually saw a picture of him was in a band shot on the cover of "Hit Parader" magazine and he was playing his Les Paul when "Houses" came out and I knew there had to be something magical about that guitar and I wanted one so badly I could taste it. The story I read in that magazine was a bit disturbing however when the author was praising the HOTH album I hadn't heard yet saying "no more mushy stairway's" I was really upset, "how dare they" although I went on to of course love all the material, the fourth album was, is, and will forever remain the most important and life changing musical experience of my life!
There will never be bands like the 70s ever again
Agree. The art of RECORDING was truly an artform.
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Nice work Jose. 4 was the first album for me back in 82???
YOU KNOW IT MAN! Wow, a great album to begin with!
Always ROCK SOLID
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JCM, thank you for your comments and observations of the evolution of the music!
Oh, if you could have only been a teenager in these years; I was.
It was such a welcomed and beautiful relief from the monotony of " The British Invasion" !
To finally have accomplished true talent and performances from such an oddly formed foursome, was astonishing; especially during the horrors of the war in Vietnam.
You are right about the monotony of that 60s feeling. It was a commercial move right? I mean i love the tracks from that era, but you can't help to feel the formula to an extent. That time around 1970 was crucial. So much stuff happening. I love Zeppelin never sang about politics to be honest, it speaks louder because of it while talking about it in a way!! Thank YOU for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 4 of 4 coming up!
I personally rate this as their best, because in 8 songs, they did so many different genres and all of the songs are very strong. Ill admit that Four Sticks had to grow on me. I inow that others rate "Physical Graffiti" as their best, but IMO, its not consistently great all the way from start to finish. If I wanted to introduce someone to Zeppelin, this is what Id play them.
Graffiti is not consistent if we have an objective view, i agree. IV is the best one for casual starters, but i personally play them Zepp 2 for the heavy attack and then 3!
helluva job as usual. im looking forward to either any further info on Lot Long, or the possible "hidden" images in the gatefold artwork.
I will talk about Lot Long for sure, the image speaks for itself really! What a mystery it was until NOW right?
Finally! I never bought this album. But in the 70s every kid has this album. Stairway of course was the make out song and last dance at every high school dance….I was puzzled at the time where there weren’t more dance numbers on it…
Wow they played Stairwat at High School dances? Lucky. My high School no way...ughh they played so much crap! lol.
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories from my days in junior high and high school 1977-to 1984 the last song of every dance was one of: Hotel California, Stairway to Heaven, Two out of three aint bad or We are the Champions.
1971 foi início de uma grande jornada
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JPJ came up with the Black Dog riff after being inspired by Muddy Waters ‘Electric Mud’ album
Yes i can see where he may have been inspired by this October 1968, specially track 1 , "I Just Want to Make Love to You". Thing is, when writing music the circumstances of the actual period when they are sitting down at it has an influence too. Some ideas stick in your head for years and then it acts like a chemical reaction to new elements presented in the time and space. With 1970 being such a busy year for music, we have to add it onto the mix! Thank you for watching! Stay tuned for Episode 2
I have heard Page talk about starting IV and recording levee breaks at Olympic studios. Before moving to Headley and eventually America. Never heard him talk about Island studios in that period.
Check the records. It was Island. Olympic was for Zepp 1, 2 and 3 ;)
Yes, JPJ does steal the show with what he did on Levee! Here’s a couple things I’m hearing that I’d like to share: starting @ 5:09 I’m hearing a root-five chord pattern being played on the bass, (as if the song wasn’t sounding thick and sludgy enough already!) This chordal sequence continues until 5:48. Secondly, I’m hearing a low F bass pedal drone coming in at 6:01. Let me know if y’all hear what I’m hearing too.
Hmm i listened to this closely, are you saying the bass notes are played on the pedal? This is That's the Way we're talking right? If so, yes, there's a pedal coming in at 6:01 for sure.
Well…if I understand you rightly, no. The 5:09 mark starts the electric bass chords for the remaining measures up until almost the point of the low F pedal entering. During the pedal part the bass returns to single note hits.
Jose I’m referring to “Levee Breaks.”
Oh yes. Today i revisited the song and it definitely sounds like a bass pedal. Cant miss there. The "hum" sound just grows like a Huge wave!
I read somewhere once that Zep wanted to write a song with the vocal breaks like Oh Well and Young Man Blues by The Who from Live at Leeds. Btw, JPJ was the fleg of his father!
Totally agree with the riff analysis for Black Dog. Pretty sure Out on Tiles was JPJ but that's gut feeling, got no evidence for it. You might recognise the icon I use; JPJ's solo output has many riffs that totally underline his being a master of those sort of weaving riffs, imo.
Our gut feeling knows...JPJ did MORE than he is recognized for. Look for all Jimmy and Robert can talk about them writing songs.....the arrangement side of things down to Jones and Bonham made things "easier" because they were enourmously talented. Their musical instinct....Page and Plant were NEVER able to find it in their solo careers.
Looking forward to the rest of the series.
Question: which tune from IV didn't make it to the 1990 boxed set? Four Sticks?
Yes, Four Sticks didn't make the cut in 1990. Funny right? But...kinda telling. I find it "hilarious" they add 7 out of 8, i mean, just put the whole album in there man hahahah
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories Thanks. I think Four Sticks is the only tune from IV that I actually ever listen to anymore. Maybe it's because it wasn't on the boxed set.....I didn't wear that one out in my brain (I had that boxed set. Long gone now unfortunately, although I still have the box somewhere)
Yeah i hear you. I think it's too long to be honest...the trick wears off fast. No disrespect, it's just what it is. The 1971 Live performance of the song proves it!
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories Was definitely too long when they played it live. At least the studio version keeps it interesting with some odubs. Probably one of the worst songs they ever played live. Was so excited when I came across the the show that they played it......was pretty disappointed by it.
Same goes for Levee for that matter.
Neither were good live tunes.
These songs needed a fifth member on stage to make them work. I sometimes think what if you know?
Awesome JCM....Ok first my pet peeve that people call the album by the Jimmy Page symbol as a word. I hated when the label had that printed on the CD seal strip on top. I wonder what it must of been like to hear this before radio got a hold of it. Growing up I heard songs on the radio before I knew who they were. To hear this fresh out of the box would be epic. You are right this album is a greatest hits. I have heard every song played on the radio here in Chicago 6 of them are staples in classic rock radio. This also was (I think) the first album I bought from them on cassette memory is hazy.
Hehe yeah i know what you mean on the ZOSO thing. I don't recall the strip, you mean the symbols as the seal itself? I've never liked the CD versions of this for some reason. The mini LP replicas are better. I didn't mention this on the documentary but at first i thought Black Dog was Rock and Roll from the line that goes I gotta roll, can't stand still, i misheard it as Rock and Roll can't stand still. !!!!
I bought the album in 1981 tens years after it came out. I still have it as with all my LZ albums. I was 16 it coast under 10 bucks. In good condition. LZ III has some scratches on it. I also have my Pink Floyd albums except for The Final Cut, I gave that away,
You'll find this strange but i do like The Final Cut hehe. Led Zeppelin on the other hand, all their albums are great! Thank you so much for watching, stay tuned for Episode 2!
I gotta give the 80s band's guitarists some defense here. They relied on 'crunch' in the guitar tones because most of those bands weren't 'formed' from 'Studio' musicians, but rather had to rely on thier equipment alone to get thier tone. By the time they got a record deal, thier recognizeable 'tones and riffs' were already established, so there was no need to go into the mixing console, unless thier amps were in a mic'd room or mic'd echo chamber and signal cables ran from said rooms/ echo chambers to the mixing console. Page and Bonham, however, were 'Session' musicians when they met, and 'The New Yardbirds' a.k.a.' Led Zeppelin' was formed 'from' studio musicians, maybe with the exception of Robert Plant. So, 80s bands, especially those who perfected thier songs in clubs and small venues gig after gig, never knew anything about "going straight into the mixer board" until introduced to the technique 'after' they got a record deal and went into thier first studio experience for thier first albums. Michael Wagner said that George Lynch went into the Mixer Console during DOKKEN'S 'Under Lock and Key'-sessions, but had a Marshall Plexi or JCM 800 in a downstairs room cranked up, and used some Scholz Research & Development 'ROCKMAN' effects units to get the guitar tones on that album. But DOKKEN had already put out two full-length LPs by 1985, and then Under Lock And Key came out in1986, so they were familiar with the technique by that time. Max Norman and Randy Rhoads did the same thing for Ozzy's 'Diary' album, and may have done it on the previous release, 'Blizzard Of Ozz' also. But I don't know if Randy Rhoads was familiar with the 'Straight-Into-Mixer'-technique before that, like on Quiet Riot's first recordings, which were released in Japan. I know Eddie Van Halen probably had never done it before Van Halen recorded thier 1st album, and it would have been impossible for him to rely on any 'crunch' the Mixer Board was capable of producing because Ed's high-gain tone was generated by the Marshall plexi w Variac AND his Fender Bassman amp setup. Yes, he used BOTH those amps simultaneously, in the echo chamber of Sunset Sound Recorders to get that 'VH 1'-guitar tone. Anyway, bands like RATT and STRYPER had to rely on thier AMPS and effects to get thier tones, regardless of how much 'ear candy' was available to them in the form of 'Studio'-effects. But Page had an 'ear' for all things guitar, so it's not suprising to learn from you he went straight into the mixing console and cranked the channel he was using to get 'dirty tones.'
@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories i see the man on the album cover has been identified recently, as per a Guardian article. Lot Long or Longyear from Wiltshire.
Did you slow down/lower your voice track for this episode?
Sounds good anyway.
1971 also saw Roy Harper's magnum opus STORMCOCK released, with Jimmy on half of side 1 of the LP ('Same Old Rock').
I didn't lower my voice for the episode, that would have been very Jimmy Page recording technique hehe. That's post Covid man, i still have cough and such. Hanging in there! Thank you for watching, stay tuned for Episode 2! We're going to Headley Grange!
The summer 1970 tour was meant to be the Zep 3 tour but the album was delayed due to issues with the Art work .
I still think not touring after Zep 3's release was strange right? At least do 10 shows in the U.K say October-November 1970. The album was a breakthrough in composition!
Great work as always Jose...thank you! Question: I believe that LZ III and the fourth album are heavily influenced by The Band's first two albums. When I listen to Big Pink I definitely get LZ III vibes. I am wondering your opinion as I have never heard the two bands compared anywhere.
You make a great question here, Big Pink. Now i believe their sound is actually based on Procol Harum! Now as far as influence on Zeppelin, i think they had an effect on Robert Plant more than Page. Big Pink's recordings have an interesting "space" to them!
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories Jimmy`s favourite American band was Little Feat,so maybe some of them in there too.
The LP is called... Lot Longyear.
Yeah, they should rename it! Thank you so much for watching, stay tuned for Episode 2!
4 sticks had John Bonham using two sets of sticks to play this song! Led Zeppelin never performed it live. Bonham said it was too complicated to reproduce and left him drained trying to perform as it took many takes.
You know it! Interesting Bonham said this, because LIVE he actually went for a faster tempo. They could have slowed down the thing for a closer aproximation to the studio version.
The album with many names...
Zoso
Zeppelin 4
4 Sticks
Ruins
4 symbols
Untitled
Stairway To Heaven
Etc Etc...
The strangest name i heard for this album was GREY hehe.
Where do you get these “4” demos? Awesome.
Years of collecting stuff hehe. I'm glad i can put them to good use now!
And it was just revealed last week that the Thatcher carrying the sticks on the album was a Victorian era man named Lot Long. After all these years we finally found out! Needless to say we all had our own theories on who he was back on the album was released. I mean we did live with the album in our hands for a month at least when it first came out learning the lyrics and just reading about everything.🎉
I find it strange the photographer died the year Jimmy was born! Yeah, we are lucky to find out who the man was now! Thank you so much for watching, stay tuned for Episode 2!
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-StoriesI'm waiting!
@5:25 To be clear, that list of album sales has to do with current sales amassed over 53 years later - NOT 1970 sales. In the year 1970, Zep 3 was outsold by Bridge, Abraxas, Abbey, Let It Be, Cosmos Factory, and even Zep 2 among others. The Zep fans I knew who bought it were so unhappy with it they never played it. When I heard “That’s the Way” on the radio in 1972 I thought it was a brand-new song.
We could get into the data and you'd be surprised, magazines and radio stations definitely played a part in this idea of sales. Zep 3 may have been outsold at the beginning, but its performance was not as bad as Rolling Stone wants us to believe. :) Thanks so much for watching!
In my mind 71 in a lot of ways what is the best year for Zepplin? They sounded so good. Those shows in Japan and of course stairway.
Almost the best, it we look into the foundational aspects, it's 1970. A major transformation happened for them. As for shows, 1971 was probably the most balanced in terms of the musicianship, everybody gave 110%. Plant was never the same. The reason like i like 1970 more, is that Robert has a bit more restraint. The high pitch vocals was all over the place in 1971 hehe.
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories’71 and ‘73 are their best in terms of live sound for me. Just my opinion. But in terms of great years 70 has all that “getting it together in the country vibe” jpj talked about. ‘75 and ‘77 can be tough because they sounded like crap some dates and on others were really tight. But loose. Anyway thanks for the best Zeppelin channel on CZcams 🤙