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| ==== ABBA ==== | ==== ABBA ==== |
| You wouldn't think there's much in common between prog-rock outliers Led Zeppelin and syrupy Scandi pop group ABBA, yet there is: Zep recorded tracks for their album 'In Through The Out Door' at ABBA's Polar Studios. According to legend, after meeting at the Stockholm recording studio, ABBA's Benny and Bjorn took Robert Plant on a night out to a local sex club. [([[https://forums.ledzeppelin.com/topic/26757-abbas-night-out-with-led-zeppelin/|Led Zeppelin Forum]])] | You wouldn't think there's much in common between prog-rock outliers Led Zeppelin and syrupy Scandi pop group ABBA, yet there is: Zep recorded tracks for their album "In Through The Out Door" at ABBA's Polar Studios. According to legend, after meeting at the Stockholm recording studio, ABBA's Benny and Bjorn took Robert Plant on a night out to a local sex club. [([[https://forums.ledzeppelin.com/topic/26757-abbas-night-out-with-led-zeppelin/|Led Zeppelin Forum]])] |
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| ==== Jimmy Page and Occultism ===== | ==== Jimmy Page and Occultism ===== |
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| ==== Audio Breakthrough ==== | ==== Audio Breakthrough ==== |
| Zeppelin made some significant audio advances. Jimmy Page's usage of reverse echo, as heard on "Whole Lotta Love," for example, was groundbreaking at the time. Of course, Page played it down: "I'd just been in the studio twisting nobs". [([[https://powerpop.blog/2021/02/15/led-zeppelin-whole-lotta-love/|Powerpop]])] | Zeppelin made some significant audio advances. Jimmy Page's usage of reverse echo, as heard on "Whole Lotta Love," for example, was groundbreaking at the time. Of course, Page played it down: "I'd just been in the studio twisting nobs." [([[https://powerpop.blog/2021/02/15/led-zeppelin-whole-lotta-love/|Powerpop]])] |
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| ==== Starship ==== | ==== Starship ==== |
| Zeppelin had their own special plane, the Starship, by 1973. It cost $30,000 to lease and included a bar with a built-in keyboard organ, a video library, and a shower area. The blimp was also used by Deep Purple, the Rolling Stones, and Peter Frampton. [([[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/21/magazine/flying-high.html|NYTimes]])] | Zeppelin had their own special plane, the Starship, by 1973. It cost $30,000 to lease and included a bar with a built-in keyboard organ, a video library and a shower area. The plane was also used by Deep Purple, the Rolling Stones and Peter Frampton. [([[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/21/magazine/flying-high.html|NYTimes]])] |
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| ==== Gibson EDS-1275 ==== | ==== Gibson EDS-1275 ==== |
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| ==== The Who ==== | ==== The Who ==== |
| The Who's man is rumored to have given Zep their name. Moon and Who bassist John Entwistle recorded the instrumental “Beck's Bolero” with Page, John Paul Jones, and Jeff Beck in May 1966. The song turned out good, and they discussed creating a new band. Moon reputedly predicted that the band would fail like a lead balloon, hence the name "Led Zeppelin." [([[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-10-wildest-led-zeppelin-legends-fact-checked-153103/jimmy-page-once-owned-aleister-crowleys-former-home-154298/|Rolling Stone]])] | The Who's man is rumored to have given Zep their name. Moon and Who bassist John Entwistle recorded the instrumental “Beck's Bolero” with Page, John Paul Jones and Jeff Beck in May 1966. The song turned out good, and they discussed creating a new band. Moon reputedly predicted that the band would fail like a lead balloon, hence the name "Led Zeppelin." [([[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-10-wildest-led-zeppelin-legends-fact-checked-153103/jimmy-page-once-owned-aleister-crowleys-former-home-154298/|Rolling Stone]])] |
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| ==== Fans Of Tolkien ==== | ==== Fans Of Tolkien ==== |
| There aren't many Tolkien fanciers than Zeppelin, whose songs 'The Battle of Evermore,' 'Ramblin' On' (with references to Gollum and Mordor), and 'Carouselambra' were all odes to the Lord of the Rings. [([[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ramble-on-rockers-who-love-the-lord-of-the-rings-100787/|Rolling Stone]])] | There aren't many bigger Tolkien fans than Zeppelin, whose songs "The Battle of Evermore," "Ramblin' On" (with references to Gollum and Mordor) and "Carouselambra" were all odes to the Lord of the Rings. [([[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ramble-on-rockers-who-love-the-lord-of-the-rings-100787/|Rolling Stone]])] |
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| ==== Minibus Pimps ==== | ==== Minibus Pimps ==== |
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| ==== No Singles ==== | ==== No Singles ==== |
| Zep's stubborn unwillingness to produce singles helped to establish the concept of "AOR": album-oriented rock. [([[https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1414765/Why-did-Led-Zeppelin-not-release-singles-radio-play-peter-grant-evg|Express]])] | Zep's stubborn unwillingness to produce singles helped to establish the concept of "AOR:" album-oriented rock. [([[https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1414765/Why-did-Led-Zeppelin-not-release-singles-radio-play-peter-grant-evg|Express]])] |
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| ==== 30 Hours ==== | ==== 30 Hours ==== |
| The amount of time it took Zep to develop and produce their debut album after founding in 1969. The band barely spent 30 hours in the studio. [([[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/led-zeppelin-inside-debut-album-jimmy-page-robert-plant-775226/|Rolling Stone]])] | This is the amount of time it took Zep to develop and produce their debut album after founding in 1969. The band barely spent 30 hours in the studio. [([[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/led-zeppelin-inside-debut-album-jimmy-page-robert-plant-775226/|Rolling Stone]])] |
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