Studio Vaults       Led Zeppelin collectors are quite fortunate when it comes to owning outtakes and rehearsals. Except for The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, no other big group has as many and various behind the scene tapes as Zeppelin. So much of this material has been released that it is possible to trace the entire history of the band, from the first album sessions right through to their last.       The first massive collection to be issued was the Antrabata eleven disc set Studio Sessions released more than a decade ago. This set collected every piece of tape known at the time and presented them in a chronological, cohesive order. Despite the knock against it for using inferior sounding tapes, it remains a popular and sought after item. Akashic was going to attempt a comprehensive box set to be called The Final Option. This, however, was scraped and only five discs spread out over three titles, Meet Led Zeppelin, Scorpio Rising and The Smithereens, have been released (and even some of them collected totally faked songs!). Just few years after the "new" Scorpio label, with the new release Studio Sessions Ultimate, gives a much needed overhaul of Antrabata. Spread over twelve discs, Scorpio not only includes everything found in the older box set, but also include most of the material that has surfaced in the past decade and use only the best sounding versions of the more familiar tapes.       But there are still some excerpt worth to mention if speaking about 'extras'. TDOLZ's Sessions presents more than 20 minutes of undocumented Battle of Evermore material. Empress Valley's Lost Sessions Volume 2 debuts the first peak at some new outtakes from the second album. Celebration's Alternative Graffiti title releases the 'long version' of Trampled Underfoot. The ending is about a dozen seconds longer than the album length version. Empress Valley's Lost Sessions Volume 4 debuts drum tracks from In Through the Out Door's rehearsals. Empress Valley's Lost Sessions Volume 8's only contribution is Poor Tom. It's ending is a few seconds longer, but is most likely explained as a mixing error. The other material on the title can be found on other titles, including Coda. Empress Valley's Lost Sessions Volume 9 debuts a Stairway To Heaven outtake, which is also a fake.       Thus, this discography is compiled from mentioned albums and its original tape sources. The individual dates and locations will help You to choose the exact session.   September - October 1968 AUGUST 12 - RONNIE SCOTT'S JAZZ CLUB BUILDING, 39 GERRADRD STREET, SOHO, LONDON, ENGLAND (MONDAY) (unconfirmed) Group's first ever studio rehearsal. The songs rehearsed (as reported) most likely include: The Train Kept A Rollin', Smokestack Lightning, As Long As I Have You and early version of Dazed And Confused. AUGUST 00/SEPTEMBER 00 - LANSDOWNE STUDIOS, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) Led Zeppelin supporting P.J. Proby. Robert Plant guests on harmonica. First known ever public recording of the band. Recording Includes: Merry Hopkins Never Had Days Like These [ 5:56 ], Jim's Blues/George Wallace Is Rollin' In This Mornin' [ 7:12 ]. Source: Complete superb soundboard recording. 13 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Official LP Reference(s): Three Week Hero (Liberty) Bootleg LP Reference(s): The Final Option (Rock Solid Records & The Swingin' Pig Records) & Strange Tales From The Road (Rock Solid Records) Bootleg CD Reference(s): Cabala (Osoz), Olympic Gold (scorpio "old"), & Strange Tales From The Road (no label) Comments: A very rare and a treat - Led Zeppelin supporting just an average British singer, P. J. Proby during the sessions for his album! Two bluesy numbers played with guts and fresh energy ... but it was before the first album was released! Some sources claimed Plant wasn't involved though. More likely he played harmonica on one track and he also may play percussion on the other. The story goes that John Paul Jones books the other three Led Zeppelin members in on his P. J. Proby session as it was a good way to earn money. Led Zeppelin Database email update SEPTEMBER 27 - OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, BARNES, LONDON, ENGLAND (FRIDAY) According to studio records they recorded under the name The Yardbirds. The final mixes of Babe I'm Gonna Leave You and You Shook Me were later used for Led Zeppelin I. They supposedly did do a full studio run through of As Long As I Have You during these sessions that could possibly be released at some point. Flames and Chest Fever were rehearsed for the album, but no one in the band has ever confirmed that either song was actually recorded. Recording Includes: Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (take 1) [ 6:21 ], Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (take 2) [ 0:07 - cut ], [ edit ], Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (take 3, with count-in) [ 5:31 ], You Shook Me [ 7:38 - cut ]. Source: Incomplete superb soundboard recording. 21 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg CD Reference(s): Meet The Led Zeppelin (Akashic Records), Olympic Gold (scorpio "old"), Robert's Last Stand (Red Devil), The Rockpile Canada 2-2-69 (Totonka), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new") Comments: The first two tracks are full band run through of Babe I'm Gonna Leave You. The final product sounds much more restrained than these two takes, with Plant singing his guts out. You Shook Me is the very first take according to the voice of engineer Glyn Johns. It lasts for almost eight minutes and cuts out at the very end. Led Zeppelin Database email update OCTOBER 00 - OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, BARNES, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones home rehearsal. Some other sources claims that the second musician was Steve Winwood or Steve Miller (UK) instead of John Paul Jones. Recording Includes: Guitar/Organ instrumentals (take 1) [ 0:29 ], Guitar/Organ instrumentals (take 2) [ 1:00 ], Guitar/Organ instrumentals (take 3) [ 1:40 ], Guitar/Organ instrumentals (take 4) [ 2:47 ], [ cut ], Guitar/Organ instrumentals (take 5) [ 4:11 ], [ edit/cut ], Guitar/Organ instrumentals (take 6) [ 4:58 ], Guitar/Organ instrumentals (take 7, with "voices") [ 5:31 - cut ]. Source: Incomplete superb soundboard recording. 22 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg CD Reference(s): Danish TV And Studio Sessions (Watch Tower 1st and 2nd edition), Olympic Gold (scorpio "old"), Meet The Led Zeppelin (Akashic Records), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new") Comments: A very interesting jam. Its origin and purpose is a mystery and when they first surfaced it was claimed the organ player was Steve Winwood. The music is very moody and it sounds like Page and John Paul Jones trying to get a handle on Your Time Is Gonna Come. Led Zeppelin Database email update OCTOBER 10 - OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, BARNES, LONDON, ENGLAND (THURSDAY) According to studio records they recorded under the name The Yardbirds. The final version remained unreleased until appearing on the 1993 compilation Boxed Set 2, promoted by a single also. The track stems from an old master reel labeled "Yardbirds. October 10, 1968". The master tape went missing for a number of years and allegedly turned up in a refuse bin outside Olympic Studios in 1991. Recording Includes: Baby Come On Home [AKA Tribute To Bert Berns] (take 1, instrumental with count-in) [ 1:12 ], Baby Come On Home [AKA Tribute To Bert Berns] (take 2, instrumental with count-in) [ 1:07 ], Baby Come On Home [AKA Tribute To Bert Berns] (take 3, full mix) [ 5:18 ]. Source: Incomplete superb soundboard recording. 8 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Official CD Reference(s): Led Zeppelin Box Set 2 (Atlantic) Bootleg CD Reference(s): Meet The Led Zeppelin (Akashic Records), Olympic Gold (scorpio "old"), The Rockpile Canada 2-2-69 (Totonka), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new") Comments: There are three takes of Tribute To Bert Burns, which surfaced in 1993 as Baby Come On Home. A rather rare example of Zeppelin playing in a quite pop style! The song was originally recorded in honor of the American songwriter and producer who had died in December 1967. It is loosely based on two slightly different songs Berns had written and produced for "Hoagy Lands" (1964) and "Solomon Burke" (1965), although the lyrics were completely re-written for Led Zeppelin's version. What's very interesting, on this track Page played a Leslie guitar and Jonesy played piano and a Hammon organ. Led Zeppelin Database email update OCTOBER 00 - OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, BARNES, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) According to studio records they recorded under the name The Yardbirds. Final mixing of Led Zeppelin I. The exact date is unknown but it appeared somewhere after October 19th, 1968 and before October 25th, 1968. Some sources claims that initial sessions were recorded at Abbey Road Studio, St. John's Wood, London, England but could be nothing recorded at this studio though.   April - November 1969 APRIL 00 - A&M STUDIOS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (NONE) MAY 00 - JUGGY SOUND STUDIOS, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (NONE) MAY 00 - QUANTUM STUDIOS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (NONE) APRIL 29/MAY 1 - MIRROR SOUND and/or GOLD STAR, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (NONE) A total of six tracks are recorded by the end of their stint in Los Angeles. MAY 4 THRU 6 - MIRROR SOUND, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY) The band also rehearsed Whole Lotta Love. The final mixes of these songs were later used for Led Zeppelin II. Recording Includes: Moby Dick [ 1:38 ], [ cut ], drum solo [ 6:49 - edit/cut ]. Source: Incomplete superb soundboard recording. 8 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Moby Dick is introduction and end only, without drum section. Bootleg CD Reference(s): 1970 Studio Works (Theramin Music), All Our Love (Beelzebub Records CD-R), Meet The Led Zeppelin (Akashic Records), Olympic Gold (scorpio "old"), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new") Comments: A fine example of how Moby Dick was recorded. Now we know the band just recorded an intro and outro to that song first, then they left Bonham for his drum solo. Led Zeppelin Database email update MAY 10 - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (SATURDAY) Laying down harmonica tracks for Bring It On Home (also final recording of the entire song). Also record vocal overdubs. MAY 30 THRU 31 - A&R STUDIOS, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (FRIDAY THRU SATURDAY) Recording of Heartbreaker. MAY 19 - A&R STUDIOS (or) JUGGY SOUND STUDIOS (or) MAYFAIR STUDIOS (or) GROOVE STUDIOS, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (MONDAY) Studio session for Led Zeppelin II. (An eight-track r&b studio.) MAY 20 thru 22 - A&R STUDIOS (or) JUGGY SOUND STUDIOS (or) MAYFAIR STUDIOS, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (TUESDAY thru THURSDAY) Studio session for Led Zeppelin II. MAY 26 - A&R STUDIOS (or) JUGGY SOUND STUDIOS (or) MAYFAIR STUDIOS, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (MONDAY) Short-notice studio session for Led Zeppelin II in order to catch the fall market. JUNE 00 - GROOVE STUDIOS, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (NONE) Recording of What Is And What Should Never Be (overdubs). JUNE 00 - JUGGY SOUND STUDIOS, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (NONE) Recording of Ramble On. JUNE 00 - MAYFAIR RECORDING STUDIO, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (NONE) Recording of Moby Dick (drum solo). JUNE 00 - HANWELL COMMUNITY CENTRE, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) Preparing programme for the forthcoming fourth British Tour, featuring a set that would concentrate primarly on their own material from the Led Zeppelin I album. JUNE 00 - OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, BARNES, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) Recording of Whole Lotta Love (middle section) and What Is And What Should Never Be. JUNE 00 - MORGAN STUDIOS, WILLESDON, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) Also recording of Thank You and Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman). Recording Includes: Sugar Mama (full mix w/vocals) [ 2:50 ]. Source: Complete superb soundboard recording. Almost 3 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg CD Reference(s): Coda Advanced Tapes (Boogie Mama), Different Mixed Coda (POT), The Lost Sessions Volume 8 ~ Led Zeppelin In The 80's Coda Advance Tapes (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new") Comments: A very rare cover of Sonny Boy Williamson's tune. This was intended possibly for the second album. It is a bouncy, catchy pop number and is obvious why it has never been issued by the band in any form. Led Zeppelin Database email update JUNE 25 - MORGAN STUDIOS, WILLESDON, LONDON, ENGLAND (WEDNESDAY) The take was later mixed at The Sol Studio, Cookham, Berkshire, England and released on Coda in 1982. Recording Includes: We're Gonna Groove (full mix w/vocals) [ 2:34 ]. Source: Complete superb soundboard recording. 2 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Official LP Reference(s): Coda (Swan Song) Official CD Reference(s): Coda (Swan Song) Bootleg CD Reference(s): Different Mixed Coda (POT) & The Lost Sessions Volume 8 ~ Led Zeppelin In The 80's Coda Advance Tapes (Empress Valley Supreme Disc) Comments: The band cut the studio take of Ben E. King/James Bethea's song for possible inclusion on the second album. Although it was not used on the Led Zeppelin II, this track remained as a set opener for their early 1970 shows. Led Zeppelin Database email update AUGUST 00 - LOS ANGELES (NONE) Jimmy Page, John Bonham and John Paul Jones Jones (?) spend a few days in studio with Lord Sutch to record songs on his album Lord Sutch & Heavy Friends. AUGUST 12 - A&R STUDIOS, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (TUESDAY) Jimmy Page and Eddie Kramer complete the mixing of Bring It On Home and playback Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman), Heartbreaker and What Is And What Should Never Be. AUGUST 00 - A&R STUDIOS, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (NONE) These takes are from a 60-minute tape which is currently not circulating yet anywhere. There are rumours about in-studio film footage of the band laying down mixes. A short excerpt of this video exists. Recording Includes: Whole Lotta Love (bass take with headphones bleed) [ 1:14 - cut ], Whole Lotta Love (drum take with headphone bleed) [ 1:08 - edit/cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be (guitar solo with headphones bleed) [ 0:32 ], What Is And What Should Never Be (vocal take with headphones bleed) [ 0:35 - cut ], Heartbreaker (drum take with headphone bleed, beginning of the song) [ 0:43 - cut ], Heartbreaker (guitar solo with room mic running) [ 1:09 - cut ], Heartbreaker (solo with rhythm section and vocals, end of the song) [ 0:59 - edit/cut ], Ramble On (drums and some guitar and bass bleed up) [ 0:33 - edit/cut ], Ramble On (vocal take with headphones bleed) [ 1:19 - cut ]. Source: Incomplete superb soundboard recording. Near 9 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg CD Reference(s): All Our Love (Beelzebub Records CD-R), Countdown (Boogie Mama), Early Ramshackle Days (Beelzebub Records CD-R), The Lost Sessions Volume 2 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), & Royal Albert Hall 1970 (Wendy Records) Comments: An extremely rare example of how the band working in the studio! Recorded on 8-track equipment these are not mixdown tracks, just individual tracks. The story is the multi reels were digitized into a pro tools session years ago and these leaked from that. Complete LZ II outtakes supposed to be exists but still not released as a definitive. Led Zeppelin Database email update AUGUST 5 - MYSTIC SOUND STUDIOS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (TUESDAY) Recording of The Lemon Song (overdubs) and Bring It On Home (verses, chorus). AUGUST 29 THRU 30 - A&R STUDIOS, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (FRIDAY THRU SATURDAY) Final mixing of Led Zeppelin II. NOVEMBER 00 - OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, BARNES, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) Rehearsal session for Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, then known as Jenning Farm Blues. Recording Includes: Jennings Farm Blues (take 1) [ 0:46 - cut ], guitar exercise [ 0:16 ], [ cut ], Jennings Farm Blues (take 2) [ 1:20 ], [ edit/cut ], Jennings Farm Blues (take 3) [ 0:40 ], Jennings Farm Blues (take 4) [ 0:46 ], Jennings Farm Blues (take 5) [ 0:16 ], Jennings Farm Blues (take 6) [ 4:34 ], Jennings Farm Blues (take 7, very short attempt) [ 0:07 ], Jennings Farm Blues (take 8) [ 2:07 - cut ], Jennings Farm Blues (take 9) [ 3:24 ], Jennings Farm Blues (take 10) [ 0:56 ], Jennings Farm Blues (take 11) [ 0:20 ], Jennings Farm Blues (take 12, full mix w/guitar overdubs) [ 6:16 ]. Source: Incomplete superb soundboard recording. Near 25 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg CD Reference(s): 1970 Studio Works (Theramin Music), Jennings Farm Blues (scorpio "old"), The Lost Sessions Volume 6 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Scorpio Rising (Akashic), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new") Comments: Led Zeppelin's manager Peter Grant at the time was quoted in the music press that the band have "written a special number which they intended as their first British single which they will be recording next week" for a January, 1970 release to coincide with their appearance at the Royal Albert Hall. This would have been their first single but this, along with several throughout their career, was scrapped and England wouldn't have a single from Led Zeppelin until 1997's "Whole Lotta Love". What more interesting, the song was re-arranged in the early 1970 and was re-named as Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp. Led Zeppelin Database email update DECEMBER 13 - OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, BARNES, LONDON, ENGLAND (SATURDAY) Final recording of Jennings Farm Blues, the song that became later slightly rearranged and recorded acoustically under its new title, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp.   April - December 1970 00 - UNKNOWN LOCATION (NONE) Possibly this comes from between May and June 1970 Headley Grange Studios, Hampshire, England recording sessions. It is whispered these outtakes were found in trash. Recording Includes: Celebration Day (pre-vocal mix w/count-in) [ 3:22 ], Hey Hey What Can I Do? (pre-vocal mix) [ 3:24 ], Out On The Tiles (pre-vocal mix w/count-in) [ 4:07 ]. Source: Incomplete superb soundboard recording. 11 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg LP Reference(s): The Alternative Led Zeppelin III (The Swingin' Pig Records) Bootleg CD Reference(s): All Our Love (Beelzebub Records CD-R), The Lost Mixes EP Volume 3 ~ Led Zeppelin 1970-1971 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Outside The Door (Beelzebub Records CD-R), & The Smithereens (Akashic, 3CD) Comments: All three songs sounds similar to their album versions. The only difference is all are pre-vocal mixes. Led Zeppelin Database email update APRIL 00/MAY 00 - BRON-YR-AUR COTTAGE, MACHYNLLETH GWYNEDD, WALES (NONE) Robert Plant and Jimmy Page home rehearsal. Recording Includes: Friends [ 0:13 - edit/cut ], Friends (with pre-vocals line) [ 3:05 ]. Source: Incomplete very good to excellent cassette demo recording. 3 minutes. Details: The recording is amateur rehearsal tape. Bootleg CD Reference(s): 1970 Studio Works (Theramin Music), Led Zeppelin III (Tarantura), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new") Comments: An early attempt to that song, with Bonzo playing on congas. This version was later used on Bron-Yr-Aur sessions. Led Zeppelin Database email update APRIL 00/MAY 00 - BRON-YR-AUR COTTAGE, MACHYNLLETH GWYNEDD, WALES (NONE) Robert Plant and Jimmy Page home rehearsal. Recording Includes: I Wanna Be Her Man, Down By The Seaside instrumental (several takes), Over The Hills And Far Away instrumental >> Down By The Seaside instrumental, Guitar Instrumental, Over The Hills And Far Away instrumental, Gallows Pole instrumental (several takes), Guitar Instrumental, Down By The Seaside instrumental and with initial vocals (few takes), Unknown Song, Guitar Instrumental (proto-Crunge), Guitar Instrumental (few takes), Guitar Instrumental (proto-Crunge) [ 46:54 - edit/cut throughout ]. Source: Incomplete excellent cassette demo recording. Almost 47 minutes. Details: The recording is amateur rehearsal tape. Many songs are in fact a short excerpts/medleys, severely cut and sometimes rather hard to determine. Most of arangements varies much from their later studio versions. Bootleg LP Reference(s): The Alternative Led Zeppelin III (The Swingin' Pig Records), Best Of Led Zeppelin Vol. 1 (Rock Solid Records), The Final Option (Rock Solid Records & The Swingin' Pig Records), Led Zeppelin Film Can (Rock Solid Records), Led Zeppelin III Studio Rehearsals May 1970 (RL Records), More Inedits (MLZ), Studio Rehearsals May 1970 (Rock Live), Studio Rehearsals 1967-1971 Part 1 (Grasshopper), & III To Get Ready (Early Times) Bootleg CD Reference(s): 1970 Studio Works (Theramin Music), Another Way To Wales (Black Swan), Led Zeppelin III (Tarantura), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master), Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new"), Tribute To Johnny Kidd And The Pirates (scorpio "old"), Ultra Rare Tracks Volume 1 (Missing Link), & Ultra Rare Trax Part 2 (Savage Beast Music) Comments: A wonderful piece of history here; these are the sketches for Led Zeppelin III and besides that, are some great examples of Jimmy's acoustic guitar style. The instrumentals are haunting and contain snippets of other songs, including Over The Hills And Far Away and Down By The Seaside, and Gallows Pole as well as Crosby Stills Nash's Suite: Judy Blue Eyes interpretation! has nearly the same arrangement it had when it was recorded and eventually released on Coda, except Robert hums the melody. Led Zeppelin Database email update MAY 6 - MORGAN STUDIOS, WILLESDON, LONDON, ENGLAND (WEDNESDAY) Take 3 was later mixed at The Sol Studio, Cookham, Berkshire, England and released on Coda in 1982. Recording Includes: Poor Tom (take 1, instrumental) [ 3:13 ], Poor Tom (take 3, full mix w/vocals) [ 3:10 ]. Source: Complete superb soundboard recording. 6 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Official LP Reference(s): Coda (Swan Song) Official CD Reference(s): Coda (Swan Song) Bootleg CD Reference(s): All Our Love (Beelzebub Records CD-R), Coda Advanced Tapes (Boogie Mama), Different Mixed Coda (POT), The Lost Sessions Volume 8 ~ Led Zeppelin In The 80's Coda Advance Tapes (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new") Comments: Another example of Zeppelin preparing studio material. In fact, this is group's own interpretation of Robert Wilkins' Prodigal Son number. Initially, this song was intended to be a part of third album but this was never materialized. Two different takes, from which the one was later used on Coda album in 1982. Led Zeppelin Database email update MAY 00/JUNE 00 - HEADLEY GRANGE STUDIOS, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND (NONE) Near this date the following songs were recorded: Immigrant Song (another version), Friends, Celebration Day, Since I've Been Loving You, Gallows Pole, and Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp. The final mixes of these songs were lated used for Led Zeppelin III album. Some of the songs were initially known under their working titles: Out On The Tiles [AKA Bathroom Song], Friends [AKA My Oh My], That's The Way [AKA The Boy Next Door]. Recording Includes: Guitar Instrumental (take 1) [ 2:14 - cut ], [ cut ], Guitar Instrumental (take 2) [ 2:06 ], [ cut ], Poor Tom (with pre-vocals line) (take 1) [ 3:36 - cut ], [ cut ], Instrumental (take 3) [ 2:01 - cut ], [ cut ], Instrumental (take 4) [ 1:19 ], [ cut ], That's The Way (take 1) [ 2:44 - cut ], [ cut ], That's The Way (take 2) [ 1:34 - cut ], [ cut ], That's The Way (take 3) [ 0:24 - cut ], [ cut ], That's The Way (take 4) [ 0:35 ], [ cut ], That's The Way (take 5) [ 3:33 - cut ], [ cut ], Friends (with pre-vocals line) (take 1) [ 1:00 - cut ], [ cut ], Bron-Yr-Aur (take 1) [ 2:23 ], [ cut ], Bron-Yr-Aur (take 2) [ 1:02 ], [ cut ], Instrumental (take 5) [ 5:12 - cut ], [ cut ], Instrumental (take 6) [ 0:28 - cut ], [ cut ], Instrumental (take 7) [ 1:23 - cut ], [ cut ], Bron-Yr-Aur (take 3) [ 0:54 - cut ], [ edit/cut ], Friends (with pre-vocals line) (take 2) [ 3:00 - cut ], [ cut ], Bron-Yr-Aur (take 4) [ 0:43 - cut ], [ cut ], Poor Tom (take 2) [ 0:09 - cut ], [ cut ], Poor Tom (take 3) [ 0:08 - cut ], [ cut ], Poor Tom (take 4) [ 0:16 - cut ], [ cut ], Poor Tom (take 5) [ 0:09 - cut ], [ cut ], Poor Tom (take 6) [ 2:32 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], Hey Hey What Can I Do? (take 1), [ 1:35 - cut ], Hey Hey What Can I Do? (take 2) [ 0:09 - cut ], [ cut ], Immigrant Song (with pre-vocals line) [ 2:34 ], [ cut ], Out On The Tiles (with pre-vocals line) [ 2:55 - cut ]. Source: Incomplete very good to excellent cassette demo recording. 49 minutes. Details: The recording is amateur rehearsal tape. The arrangements are almost the same or similar to their studio versions. Bootleg LP Reference(s): The Alternate Led Zeppelin III (The Swingin' Pig Records) & Hiawatha Express (Stash) & The Making Of Friends (III) Bootleg CD Reference(s): 1970 Studio Works (Theramin Music), Another Way To Wales (Black Swan), Cabala (Osoz), Hiawatha Express (Toasted/Condor), Led Zeppelin III (Tarantura), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master), Stairway Sessions (Silver Rarities), Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new"), Tribute To Johnny Kidd And The Pirates (scorpio "old"), & Ultra Rare Trax Part 2 (Savage Beast Music) Comments: The versions of Friends, Poor Tom, Bron-Yr-Aur and Hey Hey What Can I Do? sound like they date from the Bron-Yr-Aur cottage since it contains only Page and Plant playing guitar and bongos. Immigrant Song and Out On The Tiles, are full band rehearsals and bootlegs have always attributed them to the third album rehearsals in Headley Grange. Afterwards they convened in Olympic Studio to record Friends and Poor Tom and afterwards continued rehearsals in Headley Grange. It is difficult to determine which set of rehearsals those two tracks date from, but if indeed all six tracks come from the same rehearsal then they were recorded at Plant's farm. The two full band electric rehearsals are fascinating to hear as the band work on them. Immigrant Song contains the famous screeching and inaudible lyrics different from the Viking saga the song developed into. The final studio version doesn't have a guitar solo, but the rehearsal has one that is short and primitive. Out On The Tiles, John Bonham's song, has the basic melody and only the chorus present ("all I need from you/is all your love"). Led Zeppelin Database email update MAY 00/JUNE 00 - OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, BARNES, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) Near this date Out On The Tiles was recorded and later used for Led Zeppelin III. Some sources reported that these sessions were recorded in Studio One in Island Studios, London and were concluded in August same year. Full mixes are identical to their album versions. There's also uncirculated version of Since I've been Loving You with vocals during the guitar solo that was recorded around the same time and very likely, an alternate version of Hats Off To (Roy) Harper under its working title, Blues Mama. Recording Includes: That's The Way (full mix) [ 5:31 ], Feel So Bad [ 0:19 - edit/cut ], Feel So Bad (<< Fixin' To Die, That's Alright Mama..) [ 6:30 ], Since I've Been Loving You (full mix) [ 7:27 ], Since I've Been Loving You (vocal track) [ 3:00 ]. Source: Incomplete superb soundboard recording. 23 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg LP Reference(s): The Alternative Led Zeppelin III (The Swingin' Pig Records) & Studio Daze (scorpio "old") Bootleg CD Reference(s): 1970 Studio Works (Theramin Music), Cabala (Osoz), Led Zeppelin III (Tarantura), Live On Tour With Led Zeppelin Volume 1 (Beelzebub Records CD-R), The Lost Sessions Volume 6 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Scorpio Rising (Akashic), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master), Studio Daze (scorpio "old"), Studio Daze Revisited (scorpio "old"), Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new"), & Ultra Rare Trax Part 2 (Savage Beast Music) Comments: That's The Way sounds identical to the final version. Feel So Bad is a medley of blues hits played by Page on a nervous sounding slide guitar and is part of the sessions for Hats Off For (Roy) Harper which closes the third album. Since I've Been Loving You is the take used for the final product with the addition of Plant screaming during the solo. This is followed by the three-minute vocal take of Since I've Been Loving You of which many collectors question its authenticity. Led Zeppelin Database email update JULY 00 - ISLAND STUDIOS, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) Recording of Bron-Yr-Aur Tangerine, That's The Way and Hats Off To (Roy) Harper. Another version of Bron-Yr-Aur was later used for Physical Graffiti. AUGUST 00 - ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (NONE) Final mixing of Gallows Pole. AUGUST 18 (or) 19 - ARDENT STUDIOS, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE (TUESDAY) Jimmy Page completes additional mixing of Led Zeppelin III. He overdubbed finally Since I've Been Loving You and honed the album from 17 tracks down to 10 and completed final mixes. AUGUST 00 - STUDIO 1, ISLAND STUDIOS, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) Final mixing of Led Zeppelin III. OCTOBER 00 THRU DECEMBER 00 - BRON-YR-AUR COTTAGE, MACHYNLLETH GWYNEDD, WALES (NONE) Page and Plant returne d to the cottage for more writing and recording. They began recording the Led Zeppelin IV, using Island Studios. OCTOBER 00 THRU DECEMBER 00 - ISLAND STUDIOS, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) DECEMBER 00 - ROLLING STONES MOBILE STUDIO, HEADLEY GRANGE STUDIOS, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND (NONE) Further working on the Led Zeppelin IV but failed to achieve results.   January - October 1971 JANUARY 00 - ROLLING STONES MOBILE STUDIO, HEADLEY GRANGE STUDIOS, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND (NONE) The constant recording songs from December last year. Black Dog, Four Sticks, Going To California, The Battle Of Evermore and When The Levee Breaks were much rehearsed and recorded in their initial forms. Possibly these sessions were continued on February but not confirmed yet. Also, on these sessions Night Flight and Boogie With Stu (w/Ian Stewart on piano) were recorded and later used on Physical Graffiti. JANURY 00/FEBRUARY 00 - HEADLEY GRANGE STUDIOS, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND (NONE) Possibly this comes from between December 1970 and January 1971 Headley Grange Studios, Hampshire, England or February 1971 Island Studios, London, England sessions but not confirmed. It is whispered that these outtakes were found in trash. Recording Includes: drum clip [ 0:20 ], Four Sticks (full mix w/count-in) [ 4:41 ], Black Dog (full mix w/count-in) [ 5:01 ], When The Levee Breaks (full mix w/o drum intro) [ 5:36 ], Four Sticks (pre-vocal mix w/count-in) [ 4:41 ], When The Levee Breaks (full mix w/alternate lyrics) [ 6:56 ]. Source: Incomplete superb soundboard recording. 28 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg CD Reference(s): All Our Love (Beelzebub Records CD-R), All That Glitters Is Gold (Celebration Definitive Masters), Control Monitor Mixes EP (Watch Tower), The Lost Mixes EP Volume 1 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), The Lost Mixes EP Volume 3 ~ Led Zeppelin 1970-1971 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Outside The Door (Beelzebub Records CD-R), The Smithereens (Akashic, 3CD), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new") Comments: The variations of the final tracks that was released on the fourth album. These are pristine quality versions of the official releases with some minor variations in the mix. When The Levee Breaks begins with inaudible studio chatter and the opening drums are missing, beginning with the first verse. Absent also is the second verse and some guitar overdubs. The bass and drums are louder than the final mix. Four Sticks begins with Bonham playing the rhythm on drums, stopping and speaking about the sound being "African" before the tune begins again. This does sound slightly clearer than the final version. Black Dog begins with the same guitar tune-ups but there is a Bonham count-in before the vocals begin. Bonham's time keeping on the sticks is louder and the ending of the song contains a solo that was omitted from the final version before the fade. The second take of Four Sticks is instrumental and we can hear the entire rhythm lines. The other version of When Tke Levee Breaks has a different lyrics and sounds kinda strange. Led Zeppelin Database email update JANUARY 00/FEBRUARY 00 - HEADLEY GRANGE STUDIOS, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND (NONE) There is at least one fake version of Stairway To Heaven in circulation dated to be from this particular recording sessions. Recording Includes: Stairway To Heaven (take 1, instrumental) [ 3:47 - cut ], [ cut ], Blues guitar/piano improvisation [ 3:59 - cut ], [ cut ], Black Dog acoustic (take 1, intrumental) [ 1:22 ], [ cut ], Black Dog acoustic (take 2, instrumental) [ 0:24 ], [ cut ], drum clip [ 0:02 - edit/cut], [ cut ], Black Dog electric (several takes) [ 6:50 - edit/cut ], [ edit/cut ], No Quarter (with pre-vocals line) [ 4:02 - cut ], [ edit/cut ], Stairway To Heaven (take 2, instrumental) [ 2:09 ], [ edit/cut ], Stairway To Heaven (take 3, instrumental) [ 1:30 - cut ], [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven (take 4, instrumental) [ 2:55 ], [ edit/cut ], Electric guitar improvisation [ 1:00 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven (take 1, w/vocals) [ 6:08 - cut ], [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven (take 2, w/vocals) [ 7:58 ]. Source: Incomplete excellent cassette demo recording. 43 minutes. Details: The recording is amateur rehearsal tape. Bootleg LP Reference(s): And IV To Go (Ugly Duckling), Inedits (LZ 1-2), Led Zeppelin IV Studio Rehearsals January 1971 (RL Records), Studio Rehearsals January 1971 (Rock Live), & Studio Rehearsals 1967-1971 Part 1&2 (Grasshopper) Bootleg CD Reference(s): All That Glitters Is Gold (Celebration Definitive Masters), The Lost Sessions Volume 9 (Eelgrass), The Lost Sessions Volume 9 ~ All Roads Lead To Headley Grange 1 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master & The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new"), Ultra Rare Tracks Volume 1 (Missing Link), & Ultra Rare Trax Part 2 (Savage Beast Music) Comments: 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 rehearsals are sounds as if they was recorded on a two-track, sounding heavy with the echo. Black Dog at this stage has yet to be fully worked out and Plant is improvising lyrics on the spot (something he would continue to do on stage for many years, come to think of it). 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 although it is a bit too up-tempo. Plant scats vocals and Page plays a solo before the tape runs out. 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. Led Zeppelin Database email update JANUARY 00/FEBRUARY 00 - HEADLEY GRANGE STUDIOS, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND (NONE) Takes 4 through 6 are recorded with Sandy Denny on back-up vocals. Two final takes were later mixed at Island and Olympic Sound Studios and used to produce the final version released on Led Zeppelin IV. Recording Includes: The Battle Of Evermore (take 1, start only) [ 0:21 - cut ], [ cut ], The Battle Of Evermore (take 2 w/different lyrics) [ 5:30 ], The Battle Of Evermore (take 3 w/echoed harmonies and choruses, main vocal line faded out) [ 5:44 ], The Battle Of Evermore (take 4 w/higher main vocals) [ 5:55 ], The Battle Of Evermore (take 5, final mix version 1) [ 5:46 ], The Battle Of Evermore (take 5, final mix version 2) [ 5:46 ]. Source: Incomplete excellent soundboard recording. 29 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg CD Reference(s): All That Glitters Is Gold (Celebration Definitive Masters), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master & The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (Scorpio "new") Comments: The focus of this session and what makes it still relevant even after the Scorpio boxset, are the Battle Of Evermore outtakes that are not found elsewhere. The first take is a forty-second fragment of the introduction. The second take contains the final instrumental track and has Plant singing lyrics, with some variations from the final version, without Sandy Denny’s contribution. This is available on Scorpio and other sets in similar sound quality. It is interesting to hear Plant working out the song as he goes along. Him singing the tune by himself sounds one-sided and bare and one can understand why they chose to invite Sandy Denny to sing on the track. Lyrically, this take goes (and the final version are in parenthesis): The Queen of Light took her bow and then she turned to go / The Prince of Peace embraced the gloom to wait the night alone / (The Prince of Peace embraced the gloom and walked the night alone) / The Dark Lord rides in force tonight, and time will tell us all / Side by side we wait the might, of the darkest of them all / Oh well, the time is coming and would it be so much to say / The people will now let go / (I hear the horses thunder down in the valley below / I’m waiting for the angels of Avalon, waiting for the eastern glow) / The apples of the valley hold the seeds of happiness / The ground is rich from tender care, which they do not forget / The apples turn to brown and black, the tyrant’s face is red / The sky is filled with good and bad, the mortals never fail / Oh well, the night is long, the beads of time pass slow / Tired eyes on the sunrise, waiting for the eastern glow / The drums will shake the walls of stone, the Ringwraiths ride in black / (The drums will shake the castle wall, the Ringwraiths ride in black) / The pain of war can not exceed the woe of aftermath / No comfort in the fires at night that lights the face so cold / The runes of old have reappeared to swing the tide of war / (The magic runes are writ in gold to bring the balance back, bring it back) / And the song ends with Plant saying, “that’s it!” The other takes are all of the final version with Denny’s contribution. The first has the vocals buried deep in the music, and the other two contain variations on the echo. Led Zeppelin Database email update JANUARY 00/FEBRUARY 00 - HEADLEY GRANGE STUDIOS, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND (NONE) The track was later mixed at Island Studios to be a part of Physical Graffiti. The below take was also used during initial mixing of Coda at The Sol Studio, Cookham, Berkshire, England in 1981. Recording Includes: Night Flight (full mix w/vocals) [ 3:33 ]. Source: Complete excellent soundboard recording. 3 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg CD Reference(s): Coda Advanced Tapes (Boogie Mama), & The Lost Sessions Volume 8 ~ Led Zeppelin In The 80's Coda Advance Tapes (Empress Valley Supreme Disc) Comments: Night Flight is full mix later overdubbed and releaded on Physical Graffiti album. Led Zeppelin Database email update FEBRUARY 00 - ISLAND STUDIOS, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) Recording of Stairway To Heaven and Four Sticks. Down By The Seaside was also recorded and later used on Physical Graffiti album. Another track, Night Flight, was overdubbed during these sessions. FEBRUARY 00 - ISLAND STUDIOS, LONDON, ENGLAND/OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, BARNES, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) Final mixing of Led Zeppelin IV, soon abandoned because of mastering issues. OCTOBER 00 - SUNSET SOUND, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (NONE) Final mixing of Led Zeppelin IV, with all tracks properly balanced.   March - October 1972 MARCH 00 - EMI STUDIOS, BOMBAY, INDIA (NONE) Robert Plantand Jimmy Page reheased with Bombay Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vijay Ragav Rao. Recording Includes: Friends (teaching the tune & several takes) [ 31:23 - cut ], [ cut ], Four Sticks (take 1, orchestra only) [ 4:43 ], [ cut ], Friends (take 1) [ 0:14 ], Friends (take 2, with guitar & vocal) [ 4:30 ], Friends (take 3, with guitar, vocal & orchestra) [ 4:26 ], [ cut ], Four Sticks (take 1, orchestra only) [ 0:08 ], Four Sticks (take 2, orchestra only) [ 1:46 ], [ cut ], Four Sticks (take 3, orchestra only) [ 0:10 - cut ]. Source: Incomplete excellent soundboard recording. 48 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. These are multiple takes at the start along with long tune-ups, where Indian musicians are teached by Page and Plant the right key. The rest are semi-finished takes, never released anywhere else. Bootleg LP Reference(s): The Making of Friends (III) Bootleg CD Reference(s): All That Glitters Is Gold (Celebration Definitive Masters), Cabala (Osoz), Complete 1972 Bombay Sessions (Tecumseh), The Lost Sessions Volume 2 - Led Zeppelin In India (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master & The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), The Smithereens (Akashic, 3CD), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new") Comments: Page and Plant recruited famous Indian musician Vijay Ragav Rao to assemble an ad hoc orchestra comprised of both western and Indian instruments. What can be clearly heard are both Jimmy Page and Robert Plant speaking to Rao, and Rao translating their instructions to the musicians. The orchestra tries their best but the different takes reveal missed cues and misunderstandings. This is the first time they tried to interpret their musical ideas to anyone other than members of the band and they have difficulty in explaining what they want. Rehearsals exist only for Friends, as well as a very good final take with vocals. For Four Sticks, the other eastern inspired tune they practice, only more polished takes without vocals exist. Led Zeppelin Database email update APRIL 00/MAY 00 - OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, BARNES, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) The recording of Dancing Days, The Song Remains The Same (known under its initial title Overture) and The Rain Song, and No Quarter. At that time Over The Hills And Far Away was titled as Many Many Times. St. Tristan's Sword (commonly attributed to the 1970 sessions), another song reported to be recorded by the band during that time very likely was just an early working title and embryonic piece that developed into either The Song Remains The Same or The Rain Song. It may have even been No Quarter though. There are several fake takes reported to be from these sessions and all were confirmed as being taken from official albums. MAY 5 - WIGAN, U.K. (FRIDAY) (disputed) MAY 6 - WIGAN, U.K. (SATURDAY) (disputed) MAY 7 - WIGAN, U.K. (SUNDAY) (disputed) MAY 15 - ROLLING STONES MOBILE STUDIO, STARGROVES, NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND/ISLAND STUDIOS, LONDON, ENGLAND (MONDAY) One of vocal takes was later mixed at The Sol Studios, Cookham, Berkshire, England and released on Coda in 1982. While producing the album, only the original guitar lick was a remainder of this session. The rest of parts were recorded (minus the drum tracks) and finished after 1980. Some reports says that Page also played the bass track. Some other songs, such as The Rover and Black Country Woman were also recorded around the time at the same location and later included as a part of Physical Graffiti. Recording Includes: Walter's Walk (take 1, instrumental) [ 4:32 ], Walter's Walk (take 2, full mix w/vocals) [ 4:29 ], Walter's Walk (take 3, full mix w/vocals) [ 4:22 ]. Source: Complete superb soundboard recording. 13 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Official LP Reference(s): Coda (Swan Song) Official CD Reference(s): Coda (Swan Song) Bootleg CD Reference(s): 1970 Studio Works (Theramin Music), All Our Love (Beelzebub Records CD-R), Coda Advanced Tapes (Boogie Mama), Different Mixed Coda (POT), The Lost Sessions Volume 8 ~ Led Zeppelin In The 80's Coda Advance Tapes (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master), Studio Daze (scorpio "old"), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new") Comments: Walter's Walk was the instrumental track recorded during the rehearsals and recording of Houses Of The Holy. Plant recorded vocals at that time for Coda and this represents his final recorded vocal performance as a member of Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin Database email update JUNE 00 - ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (NONE) This is one of the final mixing sessions where the band prepared tracks for Houses Of The Holy, recorded previous months in England. Near this date the following tracks were also mixed: Over The Hills And Far Away, The Crunge, Dancing Days, D'yer Mak'er, and The Ocean. The title album song was also mixed during these sessions and later used on Physical Graffiti. Recording Includes: No Quarter (take 1, instrumental) [ 7:04 ], No Quarter (take 2, instrumental w/count-in) [ 0:21 ], No Quarter (take 3, instrumental) [ 0:14 ], No Quarter (take 4, instrumental) [ 7:14 ], [ cut ], No Quarter (take 5, with count-in) [ 0:10 ], No Quarter (take 6, with count-in) [ 0:19 ], No Quarter (take 7, full mix w/vocals, overdubs and count-in) [ 7:16 ]. Source: Almost complete superb soundboard recording. 25 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg LP Reference(s): Studio Daze (scorpio "old") Bootleg CD Reference(s): 1970 Studio Works (Theramin Music), Cabala (Osoz), The Lost Sessions Volume 6 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master), Scorpio Rising (Akashic), Studio Daze (scorpio "old"), Studio Daze Revisited (scorpio "old"), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new") Comments: The first No Quarter opens with Bonham banging the sticks before Jones begins the familiar cold organ intro. This is a complete seven and a half minute run-through without vocals or guitar solo, but with the same timbre of the official version. The second take is thirty seconds and is aborted by Jones with a giggle. This is followed by another attempt stopped after twenty seconds since Jones hits a bum note. This is followed by the second full run-through, lasting eight minutes. Again no vocals, guitar solo or grand piano is present, but Jones and Bonham change the rhythm during the solo. After two more aborted takes, with Jones hitting a really nasty note, we are rewarded with the final take of the song. This one is complete with vocals, guitar solo, and grand piano flourishes in the solo. There are also additional effects and guitars by Page and some Plant moans that were eventually cut out of the final release. Led Zeppelin Database email update JUNE 26 - RECORD PLANT, LOS ANGELES (MONDAY) The whole band allegedly dropped in on Black Sabbath to check on the progress of their Volume IV album and jammed on their new song Supernaut (unrecorded). It is also reported that Led Zeppelin jammed with Black Sabbath several times during the whole career but exact dates are not known yet and recordings are possibly not surfaced. OCTOBER 00 - RAINBOW THEATRE, FINSBURY PARK, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) Preparing programme for the band's Eighth UK Tour.   April - November 1973 APRIL 00 - OLD STREET FILM STUDIOS, LONDON, ENGLAND/SHEPPERTON STUDIOS, SHEPPERTON, ENGLAND (NONE) The band rehearsing a new stage and lighting act for the forthcoming Ninth US Tour. Also preparing some new live arrangements such as No Quarter and Misty Mountain Hop. OCTOBER 17 - HEADLEY GRANGE STUDIOS, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND (WEDNESDAY) Possibly the tapes are in the hands of the group if were not wiped. Approach any tapes or LPs/CDs that claim to be this date with caution. Recording Includes: Baby I Don't Care (take 1), Baby I Don't Care (take 2), Jailhouse Rock (take 1), Jailhouse Rock (take 2), One Night, Don't Be Cruel (take 1), Don't Be Cruel (take 2), The Girl Of My Best Friend, Jailhouse Rock (take 3), Jailhouse Rock (take 4), Jailhouse Rock (take 5), Money Honey (take 1), Money Honey (take 2), Summertime Blues. Source: Incomplete superb soundboard recording. (Need length.) Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg CD Reference(s): Comments: 16-track professional recording. Still not released anywhere and possibly wiped but the track listing is very promising and telling us that the band rehearsed heavily on 50's classics as well. Led Zeppelin Database email update OCTOBER 00/NOVEMBER 00 - BOLESKINE HOUSE, LOCH NESS, SCOTLAND (NONE) Jimmy Page home rehearsal. The location of this session still speculative. Also the date is sometimes given as the end of 1975. Recording Includes: Lucifer Rising (take 1, violin bow fragment), [ 0:57 - cut ], Lucifer Rising (take 2, guitar fragment), [ 2:05 - cut ], Lucifer Rising (take 3, violin bow fragment) [ 1:54 - cut ]. Source: Incomplete excellent cassette demo recording. 5 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg CD Reference(s): Brutal Artistry II (Midas Touch), Cabala (Osoz), Inducted And Possessed (Beelzebub Records CD-R), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new") Comments: These three takes consist of violin bow on guitar exercises and Page finding the right harmonics to produce an unsettling effect while playing acoustic guitar and rehearsing the song. Recording Includes: Lucifer Rising [ 22:39 ]. Source: Complete excellent multi-track recording. 23 minutes. Details: The recording is a professionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg LP Reference(s): Lucifer Rising (Boleskine House Records ) & Solo Performances (RPJP) Bootleg CD Reference(s): Cabala (Osoz) Comments: The many and various Lucifer Rising titles all contain the soundtrack used for the final cut of Kenneth Anger's film recorded by Bobby Beausoleil And The Freedom Orchestra. This is so called "finished" song that was initially thought as movie soundtrack. The suite consits of many trance, dark passages played on guitar and violin bow, some portions are repeated to make the overall effect even more hypnotic. Generally, very interesting but quite chaotic project showing Page as a solo composer, much influenced by semi-tonal Eastern music style mixed up with intuitive phrases. The 23-minute piece has circulated for several years, and it's supposedly missing several minutes of music that Anger decided not to use (according to Page). Led Zeppelin Database email update OCTOBER 00/NOVEMBER 00 - HEADLEY GRANGE STUDIOS, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND (NONE) Initial rehearsals on new compositions, including Trampled Underfoot, Kashmir (known back then as Driving To Kashmir), In The Light, and Swan Song. Recording sessions are cut short on account of Jones becoming disillusioned with his role as a bassist of constant rigours of touring and started to think to leave the band. After some talk with manager, he agreed to take a rest for few weeks. Page starts working on Swan Song [AKA MIdnight Moonlight] solo project, while still working on Lucifer Rising soundtrack. NOVEMBER 00 - HEADLEY GRANGE STUDIOS, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND (NONE) Jimmy Page solo rehearsal. Due arrangements sometimes this session is attributed to early 1970 or 1971. It is possible that some of these takes were initially recorded around that time and then overdubbed during this session. Recording Includes: Untitled Instrumental (several takes, some with overdubs - guitar/piano) [ 43:29 - cut throughout ]. Source: Incomplete excellent cassette demo recording. 43 minutes. Details: The recording is amateur rehearsal tape. Bootleg CD Reference(s): All That Glitters Is Gold (Antrabata Reference Masters) & Studio Sessions Ultimate (Scorpio "new") Comments: This is a real mystery. It consists of Page working out melodies on the acoustic guitar. Some of the melodies introduced on the guitar are then (very occasionally) played on piano. The piano playing is very good and causes questions as to whether or not it is Page playing or someone else. There is no further evidence on tape that he even plays the instrument. Nevertheless some of the melodies are recognizable including the fast break found in 1976's Hots On For Nowhere and an embryonic version of The Rain Song. Led Zeppelin Database email update NOVEMBER 00 - HEADLEY GRANGE STUDIOS, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND (NONE) Jimmy Page solo. The date of this session is still speculative. Recording Includes: Untitled Instrumental [ 4:18 - cut ], [ cut ], Ten Years Gone (take 1) [ 1:52 ], [ edit/cut ], Ten Years Gone (take 2) [ 0:25 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], Ten Years Gone (take 3, w/guitar overdubs) [ 0:33 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], Ten Years Gone (take 4, w/guitar overdubs) [ 0:24 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], Ten Years Gone (take 5, w/guitar overdubs) [ 0:25 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], Ten Years Gone (take 6, w/guitar overdubs) [ 0:24 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], Ten Years Gone (take 7, w/guitar overdubs) [ 0:25 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], Ten Years Gone (take 8, w/guitar overdubs) [ 0:26 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], Ten Years Gone (take 9, w/guitar overdubs) [ 0:24 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], Ten Years Gone (take 10, w/guitar overdubs) [ 0:31 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], Ten Years Gone (take 11, w/guitar overdubs) [ 0:31 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], Ten Years Gone (take 12, w/guitar overdubs) [ 0:27 - edit/cut ]. Source: Incomplete excellent soundboard recording. 11 minutes. Details: The recording is a professionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg CD Reference(s): All That Glitters Is Gold (Celebration Definitive Masters) & Studio Outtakes Ultimate (Scorpio "new") Comments: The first track is another unidentified composition Page rehearsed during that time. Several Ten Years Gone takes are just very short attempts to the guitar solo; we can hear as he's trying to match it in the right key. Led Zeppelin Database email update NOVEMBER 00 - HEADLEY GRANGE STUDIOS, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND (NONE) Jimmy Page solo. The date of this sessions is still speculative. Recording Includes: Swan Song [AKA Midnight Moonlight] (several takes, smoe with overdubs - guitar/mellotron) [ 53:49 - cut/edit throughout ]. Source: Incomplete excellent cassette demo recording. Almost 62 minutes. Details: The recording is amateur rehearsal tape. Bootleg CD Reference(s): Brutal Artistry (Midas Touch), The Lost Sessions Volume 10 ~ All Roads Leads To Headley Grange 2 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (Scorpio "new") Comments: This is the famous lost Zeppelin epic song. It is also known under the title Midnight Moonlight and that is correct since it did finally surface in the early eighties with The Firm. It is an important piece of Zeppelin's history, giving the band the name of its record label, and deserves to be acknowledged as such. This recording has Page playing acoustic guitar over splashes of mellotron. He works on themes that have been heard onstage for years in his White Summer improvisations, and over the hour or so he runs these themes through many different textures and variations. The last take of Midnight Moonlight is an eight minute long variation of the old Yardbirds tracks. Led Zeppelin Databas email update   January - November 1974 JANUARY 00/FEBRUARY 00 - HEADLEY GRANGE STUDIOS, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND (NONE) The exact date of this session isn't known, very likely it was happened somewhere between this date but some sources reports from between November 1973 through May 1974. The initial structure of some songs shows the early 1974 is the correct date. Recording Includes: The Wanton Song (take 1, w/count-in) [ 3:27 ], [ edit/cut ], The Wanton Song (take 2) [ 0:45 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], Take Me Home (take 1) [ 0:36 ], guitar/bass exercise [ 0:22 ], Take Me Home (take 2) [ 4:40 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], In The Morning [AKA In The Light] (take 1, w/count-in) [ 6:00 ], [ cut ], Trampled Underfoot (take 1) [ 2:18 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], Trampled Underfoot (take 2, w/count-in) [ 0:39 ], [ cut ], drum/guitar exercise [ 0:18 ], Trampled Underfoot (take 3) [ 2:36 ], [ edit/cut ], Trampled Underfoot (take 4, w/count-in) [ 1:56 ], Trampled Underfoot (take 5) [ 2:01 ], [ edit/cut ], Trampled Underfoot (take 6) [ 2:16 - cut ], [ edit/cut ], bass exercise [ 0:18 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], Trampled Underfoot (take 7, w/guitar exercise) [ 1:07 - cut ], [ cut ], Trampled Underfoot (take 8, w/count-in) [ 3:07 ], Trampled Underfoot (take 9, w/count-in) [ 0:29 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], In The Morning [AKA In The Light] (take 2, w/count-in) [ 5:24 ], [ cut ], Sick Again [ 3:33 ], drum clip [ 0:03 - edit/cut ], [ edit/cut ], The Rover (acoustic & vocal only) [ 1:00 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], funk-jazz rhythm exercise [ 3:11 ], [ cut ], ABC Song (non-Zeppelin content) [ 0:07 ], [ cut ], In My Time Of Dying (take 1, w/count-in) [ 0:27 ], In My Time Of Dying (take 2, w/count-in) [ 0:58 - edit/cut ], In My Time Of Dying (take 3) [ 8:03 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], In My Time Of Dying (take 4) [ 0:05 - cut ], [ cut ], In My Time Of Dying (take 5) [ 0:22 ], In My Time Of Dying (take 6) [ 0:23 ], [ edit ], In My Time Of Dying (take 7) [ 0:19 ]. Source: Incomplete very good to excellent cassette demo recording. 63 minutes. Details: The recording is amateur rehearsal tape. Bootleg LP Reference(s): Hiawatha Express (Stash), In Through The Outtakes (White Box & Widget Recordworks), Tangible Vandalism (TV & White Box), & White Summer (Marc & Rock Solid Records) Bootleg CD Reference(s): Alternative Graffiti (Celebration Definitive Masters), Brutal Artistry (Midas Touch), Headly Grange (Immigrant), The Lost Sessions EP Volume 10 ~ All Roads Leads To Headley Grange 2 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Physically Present (House Of Elrond), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master), Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new"), & Totally Tangible (Blimp) Comments: This tape is a crucial document for seeing the development of songs and the album and the songwriting talents of Led Zeppelin. The Wanton Song is much more complete than in the 1973 sound check tape with lyrics close to the final version and plenty of missed time signatures. The second The Wanton Song is the same descending riff from the earlier tape capturing the band nailing down that difficult transition with the track ending with Bonham saying "hold on, hold on". Take Me Home has a country picking beginning before landing on a Zeppelin groove very similar to The Wanton Song with Plant singing about someone wanting to leave or some such. The second take reaches almost five minutes and is more of the same. In The Light is a very early version with its original diatonic arrangement and lyrics about singing a song of salvation. The next tracks are the band working out Trampled Underfoot. None of the tracks is longer than three and a half minutes and they try different tempi over Jones' clavinet melody. Following this is another five-minute stab at In The Light, called"In The Morning at this point. Sick Again is an early rehearsal of the closing track of the album. In My Time Of Dying rehearsals consist mostly of Page working with Bonham to get the correct rhythm down. The one version of In My Time Of Dying is an almost complete take lasting eight minutes and breaks down by the end. The last couple of tracks reveal some tensions with Bonham. "You've got to have a count” he says after one take. "There's got to be a count. It would be easy but the way Rob..." "Just do it again and see" Page says to the drummer trying to calm him down. "Now just a minute, Rob's vocals never come in." Page plays the riff and Bonham responds with marching patterns on the drums before it all come crashing down and Bonzo saying still "we gotta have a count. We'll give Robert there his freedom and it doesn't matter what Rob does we can still do it." Plant asks, "but where are you counting from now?" "Well I can't count where he stops because your vocals might be different. I mean, your voice might go half a beat and we're gonna be fucked." Plant responds: "Ah, but if you do that it will be like 'Black Dog', it gives me time to move." Bonham shouts back, "but the reason we did 'Black Dog' is because we counted and you did it afterwards". Sadly, the tape cuts out. Led Zeppelin Database email update JANUARY 00/FEBRUARY 00 - HEADLEY GRANGE STUDIOS, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND (NONE) The exact date of this session isn't known, very likely it was happened somewhere between this date but some sources reports from between January through May 1974. Since the structure of these songs is much involved and sounds almost the same as on official album, this session might have been recorded after February. Recording Includes: The Wanton Song (full mix w/count-in) [ 4:07 ], Trampled Underfoot (full mix w/fade ending) [ 5:12 ]. Source: Incomplete superb soundboard recording. 9 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. The Wanton Song has count-in. Bootleg CD Reference(s): Alternative Graffiti (Celebration Definitive Masters), Control Monitor Mixes EP (Watch Tower), The Lost Mixes EP Volume 1 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new") Comments: Both songs are the final mixes done possibly at Olympic Studios that appear on Physical Graffiti but with minor variations in the mix. The Wanton Song has a count in and is perhaps a bit more raw in the vocals than the final mix. Trampled Underfoot has soft piano intro from Jones. There are subtle differences in the guitar mix and additional guitar dubs in the end. This version also fades out whereas the final mix ends with a sustained chord. Led Zeppelin Database email update JANUARY 00/FEBRUARY 00 - HEADLEY GRANGE STUDIOS, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND (NONE) Mixing session of Boogie With Stu originally recorded between December 1970 and January 1971 at Headley Grange Studios, Hampshire, England with Ian Stewart accompaning on piano. Night Flight was originally recorded at Page's home studio and mixed in Headley Grange Studios somewhere between January and February of 1971. The exact date of this session isn't known, very likely it was happened somewhere between this date. Since the structure of these songs is much involved and sounds almost the same as on official album, this session might have been recorded after February. Recording Includes: Ten Years Gone (take 1, full mix excerpt) [ 1:25 - cut ], [ cut ], Ten Years Gone (take 2, full mix) [ 6:41 ], [ cut ], Ten Years Gone (take 3, full mix excerpt) [ 0:09 - cut ], [ cut ], Ten Years Gone (take 4, full mix excerpt ) [ 0:11 - cut ], [ cut ], Boogie With Stu (take 1, full mix) [ 3:15 ], Boogie With Stu (take 2, ending excerpt) [ 0:11 - cut ], Boogie With Stu (take 3, ending excerpt) [ 0:14 - cut ], Boogie With Stu (take 4, ending excerpt) [ 0:18 - cut ], [ cut ], Boogie With Stu (take 5, full mix) [ 3:16 ], Boogie With Stu (take 6, full mix excerpt) [ 1:14 - cut ], Boogie With Stu (take 7, beginning excerpt) [ 0:02 - cut ], [ cut ], Boogie With Stu (take 8, full mix excerpt) [ 0:27 - cut ], [ cut ], Boogie With Stu (take 9, full mix w/fade ending) [ 3:36 ], [ cut ], Night Flight (take 1, full mix excerpt) [ 0:04 - cut ], [ cut ], Night Flight (take 2, full mix excerpt) [ 0:05 - cut ], [ cut ], Night Flight (take 3, full mix excerpt) [ 0:53 - cut ], organ clip [ 0:02 ], [ cut ], Night Flight (take 4, full mix excerpt) [ 0:06 - cut ], [ cut ], Night Flight (take 5, full mix) [ 3:35 ], [cut ], Night Flight (take 5, full mix excerpt) [ 0:05 - cut ], [ cut ], Night Flight (take 6, full mix excerpt) [ 1:05 - , [ cut ], Night Flight (take 7, full mix) [ 3:35 ], [ cut ], Night Flight (take 8, full mix) [ 3:35 ]. Source: Incomplete superb soundboard recording. 37 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg CD Reference(s): Alternative Graffiti (Celebration Definitive Masters), Brutal Artistry II (Midas Touch), Studio Sessions Ultimate (Scorpio), & Ultra Rare Trax Part 2 (Savage Beast Music) Comments: This is a fragment of tape that came out from one of final mixing sessions that were later used to create final versions released on Physical Graffiti album. Ten Years Gone sounds almost the same as officially released track, with all overdubs and complicated melodic lines. Boogie With Stu was not recorded at Olympic Studio in 1974 but at Headley Grange in 1971 with Ian Stewart of the Rolling Stones on piano and was overdubbed during these sessions and used on the album after. Night Flight is just the same as album version. Led Zeppelin Database email update JANUARY 00/FEBRUARY 00 - HEADLEY GRANGE STUDIOS, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND (NONE) The exact date of this session isn't known, very likely it was happened somewhere between this date. Since the structure of these songs is much involved and sounds almost the same as on official album, this session might have been recorded after February. Recording Includes: Trampled Underfoot (normal ending) [ 5:37 ], Kashmir (instrumental, with count-in) [ 8:44 ], Custard Pie [ 4:15 ], In The Light [ 7:08 ], Swan Song (take 1) [AKA Midnight Moonlight] [ 1:19 ], Swan Song (take 2) [AKA Midnight Moonlight] [ 3:36 ]. Source: Incomplete superb soundboard recording. 32 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg CD Reference(s): All Our Love (Beelzebub Records CD-R), Alternative Graffiti (Celebration Definitive Masters), Brutal Artistry (Midas Touch), Brutal Artistry II (Midas Touch), The Lost Sessions Volume 12 - All Roads Lead To Headley Grange 3 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Physical Graffiti Alternate Trax (Tarantura), Physically Present (House Of Elrond), Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new"), & Swansongs (Tarantura) Comments: Trampled Underfoot is another mix of the final version and Kashmir is the instrumental rhythm track used in the final version. Custard Pie is again the final mix but without the harmonica at the end. In The Light is a perfectly mixed polished version of the version heard on the Headley Grange rehearsal tape. It is amazing to think how far this version got before they scrapped it in favor of the arrangement used on Physical Graffiti. The following two tracks are perfectly mixed versions of Swan Song, but with no vocals. Since the band spent the time to record and mix Swan Song in the studio, it begs the question why it was never completed with vocals. There were some stories in the press that Page was working on a suite based on the four seasons and this was one of them, but that project never got off the ground. This tape got released because Plant himself gave it to someone who passed it around and we are all fortunate to have it available to listen to and enjoy. It is truly the greatest of Zeppelin's lost tracks and deserves an official release, even in this form, in the future. Led Zeppelin Database email update SPRING - STARGROVES, NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND (NONE) Studio recording sessions continue. AUGUST 00 - SHEPPERTON STUDIOS, SHEPPERTON, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) An additional The Song Remains The Same on-stage sequences were prepared during these sessions with Peter Clifton to complete the video. OCTOBER 00 - OLYMPIC SOUND STUDIOS, BARNES, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) Other sources claims November. Final overdubing and mixing tracks for Physical Graffiti except for Houses Of The Holy, which has been done already. NOVEMBER 26 - LIVEWIRE THEATRE, EALING, LONDON, ENGLAND (TUESDAY) Rehearsing Trampled Underfoot, In My Time Of Dying, When The Levee Breaks, Sick Again, Custard Pie, Don't Be Cruel, and Hound Dog.   January - November 1975 00 - WPLJ 95.5 RADIO BROADCAST, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (NONE) Recording Includes: The Wanton Song (full mix) [ 3:46 - cut ]. Source: Complete excellent professional FM broadcast recording. Near 4 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg CD Reference(s): The Lost Sessions Volume 12 - All Roads Lead To Headley Grange 3 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc) & Relax (Beelzebub Records CD-R) Comments: Still a dispute if it is really from that radio station but obviously a great improvement over the old version and a real gem! It has dimensional stereo quality and no DJ comments, it just cuts abruptly at the end of fading. Led Zeppelin Database email update JANUARY 1 - WLIR 92.7 RADIO BROADCAST, WESTBURY, NEW YORK (WEDNESDAY) Recording Includes: The Wanton Song (full mix w/DJ comments) [ 3:59 ]. Source: Complete very good to excellent professional FM broadcast recording. 4 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg CD Reference(s): Alternative Graffiti (Celebration Definitive Masters), Brutal Artistry (Midas Touch), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new") Comments: It was never confirmed how this song found its way to the public transmission. Definitely an outtake from which official version was made, possibly leaked out from Eddie Kramer studo reels. We can hear the speaker saying that this song is an alternate take. Led Zeppelin Database email update APRIL 00 - ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (NONE) Mixing of The Song Remains The Same movie and soundtrack. APRIL 00/MAY 00 - SHEPPERTON STUDIOS, SHEPPERTON, ENGLAND/EARLS COURT EXHIBITION CENTRE, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) The band had their vast PA flown over and set up in the studio in preparation for the fothcoming UK dates. Various lighting tests were made to ensure the laser lights worked effectively. The band also rehearsed new extended set to include acoustic numbers. AUGUST 00 - TRIDENT STUDIOS, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) Final mixing sessions of tapes later used for The Song Remains The Same movie soundtrack. OCTOBER 00 - STUDIO INSTRUMENT RENTALS STUDIOS (SIR), HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (NONE) Other sources claims September or November. Page and Plant are joined by Bonham and Jones for three weeks of on and off rehearsal sessions for the new album, Presence. Some reports are saying that Tea For One was rehearsed under the title Minnie The Moocher/Tea For One around that time. Recording Includes: Royal Orleans (instrumental) [ 0:17 - cut ], [ edit/cut ], Tea For One [AKA Hootchie Kootchie version] [ 1:48 - cut ], Don't Start Me Talking (<< Blues Medley, All My Lovin'..) [ 4:41 - cut ]. Source: Incomplete very good to excellent cassette demo recording. Almost 8 minutes. Details: The recording is amateur rehearsal tape. Bootleg CD Reference(s): Bizarre (Tarantura), Brutal Artistry II (Midas Touch), Countdown (Boogie Mama), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new") Comments: Royal Orleans is only twenty seconds of the opening riff. The following Tea For One is called the Hootchie Cootchie version. The final song is a slow blues dirge, but this is at a faster pace with Plant singing the hootchie cootchie lyrics over the plodding rhythm. The final five minutes of the tape show the band jamming on some blues oldies before the tape cuts out. It is valuable since this is all we have from such a tumultuous time but doesn't really reveal all that much. Led Zeppelin Database email update NOVEMBER 9 THRU 27 - ARABELLA HOTEL - MUSICLAND STUDIOS, ARABELLA HOTEL BASEMENTS, MUNICH, GERMANY (SUNDAY thru THURSDAY) Recording nad mixing of entire Presence. DECEMBER 00 - ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (NONE) Page flies to New York City during the Christmas holidays to direct the editing of The Song Remains The Same film and soundtrack.   November - December 1976 JANUARY 00 - ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (NONE) Page produces mixes of the soundtrack for The Song Remains The Same. AUGUST 00 - TRIDENT SOUND STUDIOS, SOHO, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) Page completes the mixing of the soundtrack for the film The Song Remains The Same. NOVEMBER 00 - EZYHIRE STUDIOS, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) Working on live arrangement of Achilles Last Stand due to the forthcoming Eleventh US Tour. SEPTEMBER 9 - MOUNTAIN STUDIOS, MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND (THURSDAY) Some sources incorrectly attributed this date to December. Page produces Bonzo's Montreux and also plays A.R.P. synthesiser and guitar on the track. SEPTEMBER 12 - MOUNTAIN STUDIOS, MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND (SUNDAY) Some sources incorrectly attributed this date to December. Page produces this song and also plays A.R.P. synthesiser and guitar on the track. One of below takes was later mixed at The Sol Studio, Cookham, Berkshire, England and released on Coda in 1982. Also, part of it was mixed in May 1990 at Atlantic Synclavier Suite in New York and spliced with Moby Dick from Led Zeppelin II and then released in 1993 on Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2. Recording Includes: Bonzo's Montreux (take 1, full mix) [ 4:16 ], Bonzo's Montreux (take 2, full mix) [ 4:13 ]. Source: Complete superb soundboard recording. Near 9 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Official LP Reference(s): Coda (Swan Song) Official CD Reference(s): Coda (Swan Song) Bootleg CD Reference(s): All Our Love (Beelzebub Records CD-R), Coda Advanced Tapes (Boogie Mama), Different Mixed Coda (POT) & The Lost Sessions Volume 8 ~ Led Zeppelin In The 80's Coda Advance Tapes (Empress Valley Supreme Disc) Comments: Two very similar takes later used to produce final mix for Coda album in 1982. A very fine and powerful example of Bonham's playing in time. Led Zeppelin Database email update   January - February 1977 JANUARY 00/FEBRUARY 00 - MANTICORE STUDIOS, FULHAM, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) Working on live arrangements of Ten Years Gone, The Battle Of Evermore, Custard Pie, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, and Candy Store Rock due to the forthcoming Eleventh US Tour. Also the band spent time perfecting a new stage show for the next American tour. Once upon a time, Steve Marriott joined the band, singing old Muddy Waters tunes.   May - November 1978 MAY 00 - CLEARWELL CASTLE, FOREST OF DEAN, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND (NONE) Some reports are saying that Page noted that he brought the Shake My Tree riff to the band during the In Through The Out Door sessions but only Bonham was interested and nothing developed. Recording Includes: Say You Gonna Leave Me [AKA Fire] [ 3:05 - cut ], [ cut ], Carouselambra (take 1) [ 2:50 - edit ], Carouselambra (take 2) [ 3:39 ], [ edit/cut ], Carouselambra (take 3) [ 3:38 ], Carouselambra (take 4) [ 0:11 - cut ]. Source: Incomplete very good to excellent cassette demo recording. 17 minutes. Details: The recording is amateur rehearsal tape. Bootleg LP Reference(s): The Complete Outtakes And Rehearsals (Swan Song) Bootleg CD Reference(s): Bizarre (Tarantura), Brutal Artistry II (Midas Touch), In Through The Outdoor Sessions (Boogie Mama), The Lost Sessions Volume 4 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Missing Links (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new") Comments: A really great snippet of studio time during the sessions for In Through The Out Door. Fire is a great unreleased song that should have seen its place on the album! The takes of Carouselambra are really heavy and sound great as the band develops it throughout these three takes. Led Zeppelin Database email update OCTOBER 13 - EZYHIRE STUDIOS, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) Rehearsing Carouselambra, In The Evening, All My Love (then under working title Hook), and Wearing And Tearing. The band reconvened to write and rehearse new material to be recorded by the end of the year. Most likely more songs had to come out during this session. NOVEMBER 00 - POLAR STUDIOS, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (NONE) Near this date possibly some other songs and takes were recorded, later mixed at the end of 1978 in Plumpton Studios, Sussex, England and then used for In Through The Out Door. These sessions took place between a series of Monday thru Friday recording sessions. During weekends the band had returned to London, England to overdubbing initial material. Recording Includes: Carouselambra (take 1, instrumental) [ 10:52 ], [ cut ], untitled fragment [ 0:07 - edit/cut ], [ edit/cut ], Wearing And Tearing (w/count-in) [ 5:30 ], [ cut ], Fool In The Rain (take 1, w/count-in) [ 6:12 ], [ cut ], Hot Dog [ 3:13 ], [ cut ], In The Evening [ 6:28 - cut ], [ cut ], Southbound Suarez [ 4:19 ], [ cut ], [ edit/cut ], Darlene (w/count-in) [ 5:13 ], [ cut ], Fool In The Rain (take 2, w/count-in) [ 6:11 ], [ cut ], Carouselambra (take 2, with vocal) [ 8:35 ]. Source: Incomplete excellent soundboard recording. 58 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg LP Reference(s): The Complete Outtakes And Rehearsals (Swan Song), In Through Out Door Sessions (Toasted Records), In Through The Outtakes (White Box & Widget Recordworks), & Out Through The Back Door (Amazing Stork & White Box) Bootleg CD Reference(s): All My Love (Tarantura), In Through The Outdoor Sessions (Boogie Mama), The Lost Sessions Volume 4 ( Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new") Comments: Carouselambra is the instrumental track used for the final mix without vocals. This is the last of Zeppelin's great epics and incorporates new wave and disco elements within a bombastic idiom that only Zeppelin could pull off. This sounds brighter than the final version and doesn't end in a fade out. Wearing And Tearing was going to be a special EP to commemorate the Knebworth concerts but was scrapped and wouldn't be released until 1982's Coda. This is the final version of the piece with a count-in by Bonham and additional Plant interjections throughout the song. Fool In The Rain begins with a count-in from Bonham. And Plant, referring to the Latin flavor of the song, shouts "quartro!". There is an additional "oh yea" by the beginning but the whistle, Plant's vocals in the bridge and guitar solo are missing. Hot Dog is the same as the final version except with the guitar solo missing and Plant throwing in funny interjections like "that's my kind of music" and "c'mon Mr. Philips you can do it again". In The Evening sounds dull and fuzzy compared to the others. Since it has the vocals, guitar solo and vocal and guitar overdubs this is the final product but has a drone introduction rather than the one used for the final take. The second Carouselambra begins with a snort and giggle and contains the final take of the lyrics. NOVEMBER 00 - POLAR STUDIOS, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (NONE) Near this date possibly some other songs and takes were recorded, later mixed at the end of 1978 in Plumpton Studios, Sussex, England and then used for In Through The Out Door. These sessions took place between a series of Monday thru Friday recording sessions. During weekends the band had returned to London, England to overdubbing initial material. Recording Includes: All My Love (full mix) [ 6:54 ]. Source: Complete superb soundboard recording. Almost 8 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg LP Reference(s): The Complete Outtakes And Rehearsals (Swan Song) & Studio Daze (scorpio "old") & Studio Sessions Ultimate (Scorpio "new") Bootleg CD Reference(s): All Our Love (Beelzebub Records CD-R), Cabala (Osoz), In Through The Outdoor Sessions (Boogie Mama), The Lost Sessions Volume 4 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Studio Daze (scorpio "old"), Studio Daze Revisited (scorpio "old"), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new") Comments: These tracks are drum mixes of versions later used on In Through The Out Door album. Stellar quality, you hear a drum’s view of the songs. We can clearly hear Bonham working on the drums with the tape of the vocals and guitar faintly in the background. It’s a brilliant insight into a brilliant drummer and makes me wish they had released the official album with this good quality. They sound fresh and excited. Bonzo let’s out a "fookin’ ‘ell" right before Fool In The Rain and it’s a joy to hear. NOVEMBER 00 - POLAR STUDIOS, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (NONE) Near this date possibly some other songs and takes were recorded, later mixed at the end of 1978 in Plumpton Studios, Sussex, England and then used for In Through The Out Door. These sessions took place between a series of Monday thru Friday recording sessions. During weekends the band had returned to London, England to overdubbing initial material. Recording Includes: drum segment [ 2:11 ], Carouselambra (drum track) [ 2:36 - cut ], Ozone Baby (drum track #1) [ 3:40 ], Ozone Baby (drum track #2) [ 3:10 ], All My Love (drum track) [ 7:10 ], Wearing And Tearing (drum track) [ 4:36 - cut ], I'm Gonna Crawl (drum segment) [ 0:06 - cut ], Fool In The Rain (drum track) [ 3:45 - cut ]. Source: Incomplete superb soundboard recording. Near 29 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg CD Reference(s): All Our Love (Beelzebub Records CD-R), Coda Advanced Tapes (Boogie Mama), & The Lost Sessions Volume 4 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc) Comments: All My Love is one of the greatest outtakes from these sessions to emerge. It begins with giggling and tuning before Jones counts the band in. After an abrupt stop and another giggle, the band begins again. There is a deeper drum sound than on the final version but the vocals are the same. This version is missing the trumpet fanfare solo in the middle and unlike the version on In Through The Outdoor comes to a stop instead of a fade. What is chopped off is some of Page's most lyric and sublime playing on record. It is well known that he and Bonham didn't care for this song, but it is a mystery why the final edit chose to omit these beautiful and delicate riffs. Led Zeppelin Database email update NOVEMBER 14 - POLAR STUDIOS, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (TUESDAY) One of below takes was later mixed at The Sol Studio, Cookham, Berkshire, England and released on Coda in 1982. Near this date possibly some other songs were recorded, later mixed at the end of 1978 in Plumpton Studios, Sussex, England and then used for In Through The Out Door. Recording Includes: Ozone Baby (take 1, full mix w/vocals) [ 2:11 - cut ], [ cut ], Ozone Baby (take 2, full mix w/vocals) [ 3:30 - cut ]. Source: Complete superb soundboard recording. 10 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Official LP Reference(s): Coda (Swan Song) Official CD Reference(s): Coda (Swan Song) Bootleg CD Reference(s): Coda Advanced Tapes (Boogie Mama), Different Mixed Coda (POT) & The Lost Sessions Volume 8 ~ Led Zeppelin In The 80's Coda Advance Tapes (Empress Valley Supreme Disc) Comments: Just two compact and already finished takes with different endings. Very sadly, no one is complete though. Led Zeppelin Database email update NOVEMBER 16 - POLAR STUDIOS, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (THURSDAY) One of below takes was later mixed at The Sol Studio, Cookham, Berkshire, England and released on Coda in 1982. Near this date possibly other some songs were recorded, later mixed at the end of 1978 in Plumpton Studios, Sussex, England and then used for In Through The Out Door. Recording Includes: Darlene (take 1, full mix w/vocals) [ 4:59 ], Darlene (take 2, full mix w/vocals) [ 4:55 ]. Source: Complete superb soundboard recording. 10 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Official LP Reference(s): Coda (Swan Song) Official CD Reference(s): Coda (Swan Song) Bootleg CD Reference(s): Coda Advanced Tapes (Boogie Mama), Different Mixed Coda (POT) & The Lost Sessions Volume 8 ~ Led Zeppelin In The 80's Coda Advance Tapes (Empress Valley Supreme Disc) Comments: Another two compact album mixes, differs in minors only. Led Zeppelin Database email update NOVEMBER 17 - POLAR STUDIOS, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (FRIDAY) All My Love sessions. Near this date possibly some other songs were recorded, later mixed at the end of 1978 in Plumpton Studios, Sussex, England and then used for In Through The Out Door. NOVEMBER 21 - POLAR STUDIOS, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (TUESDAY) One of below takes was later mixed at The Sol Studios, Cookham, Berkshire, England and released on Coda in 1982. Near this date possibly some other songs were recorded, later mixed at the end of 1978 in Plumpton Studios, Sussex, England and then used for In Through The Out Door. Recording Includes: Wearing And Tearing (take 1, full mix w/vocals and count-in) [ 5:29 ], Wearing And Tearing (take 2, full mix w/vocals and count-in) [ 5:25 ]. Source: Complete superb soundboard recording. 11 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Official LP Reference(s): Coda (Swan Song) Official CD Reference(s): Coda (Swan Song) Bootleg CD Reference(s): Coda Advanced Tapes (Boogie Mama), Different Mixed Coda (POT) & The Lost Sessions Volume 8 ~ Led Zeppelin In The 80's Coda Advance Tapes (Empress Valley Supreme Disc) Comments: And another two album mixes of possibly groups' most punk-ish song ever! The difference is instruments separation. Led Zeppelin Database email update DECEMBER 19 - POLAR STUDIOS, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (WEDNESDAY) Guitar overdubs and the final mixes midway through the final week of sessions for the In Through The Out Door album.   February - July 1979 FEBRUARY 00 - POLAR STUDIOS, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (NONE) Final mixes for In Through The Out Door, in January they had ten tracks mixed and ready to release. JUNE 00/JULY 00 - BRAY STUDIOS, BRAY, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND (NONE) An extensive rehearsals for the forthcoming Knebworth shows. The band rehearsing new lighting effects. Video footage was shot for possible future use, including a sketch with John Bonham demonstrating the art of folding a tee-shirt which drew on his experience as a former meanswear salesman. Other promo shots were also prepared. Rumoured to be professionally filmed.   April - September 1980 APRIL 00/MAY 00 - RAINBOW THEATRE/NEW VICTORIA THEATRE, LONDON, ENGLAND (NONE) It was reported that the band took Rainbow Theatre between April 29th - May 4th first and then moved to New Victoria Theatre between May 5th - May 12th. Therein lies the conflict with the original dates (that were rescheduled until June). Recording Includes: White Summer [ 2:05 ], drum/guitar clip [ 0:06 ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ 5:40 ] >> Kashmir [ 8:46 ], Achilles Last Stand (take 1) [ 6:35 - cut ], [ edit/cut ], Achilles Last Stand (take 2) [ 3:19 - cut ], Stairway To Heaven [ 9:51 ]. Source: Incomplete excellent soundboard recording. Almost 39 minutes. Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape. Bootleg LP Reference(s): The Final Option (Rock Solid Records & The Swingin' Pig Records), The Last Rehearsal - Bonzo's Last Stand (Oznob), Out Through The Back Door (Amazing Stork & White Box), Strange Tales From The Road (Rock Solid Records), & Tangible Van-Dalism (TV & White Box) Bootleg CD Reference(s): The Last Rehearsal (Missing Link), The Lost Sessions Volume 11 ~ The Final Rehearsal (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Rehearsals (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Sessions (Antrabata Reference Master), Strange Tales From The Road (no label), & Studio Sessions Ultimate (scorpio "new") Comments: On this tape are the epic numbers that were included in the set list on Zeppelin's final tour. White Summer, which by July would sound wandering and incoherent, sounds pretty good here, as do the two takes of Achillies Last Stand. Stairway To Heaven, which Plant hated by this point, sounds stale. He said they used to do a reggae version in rehearsals which would be great to someday hear. Led Zeppelin Database email update APRIL 00/MAY 00 - SHEPPERTON STUDIOS, SHEPPERTON, ENGLAND (NONE) It was reported that the band have rehearsed since May 18th forward to the end of May or so and therein lies the conflict with the original dates (that were rescheduled until June). SEPTEMBER 25 - BRAY STUDIOS, BRAY, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND (WEDNESDAY) Final rehearsal of the group. Start of preparing material for the long awaited next US tour. After few attempts the band suggested to move rehearsals for the next day because John Bonham, after all-day boozing, was drunk and rest of the band wanted to take a rest for the rest of evening. After as John Bonham was found dead in his own bed next day, the band had decided not to rehearsing anymore.