Jimmy Page released a demo of “The Seasons,” which became “The Rain Song”
jimmy pagelegendary guitarist Led Zeppelin, released unreleased material from the band. An unreleased, instrumental demo of “The Seasons” was published on YouTube. The track would become “The Rain Song,” from disk Houses Of The Holy (1973).
“My original idea for the opening tracks on the record was an instrumental intro layered with electric guitar leading up to ‘The Seasons,’ which was named ‘The Rain Song‘ later. Again, there would be an acoustic guitar contrasting the instrumental movement and a mellotron, which would lead to the first vocals on the album and the first verse of the song,” Page explained in the video description (via NME).
“‘The Seasons‘ were my notes to remember the sequence of the song and various ideas I had in the embryonic stage. I worked overnight at home. During the production of the overture, now called ‘The Plumpton And Worcester Races,’ half the session was born and turned into ‘The Song Remains The Same,” he added.
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Jason Bonham found tapes with possible unreleased Led Zeppelin recordings
jason bonhamson of the drummer of Led Zeppelin, John Bonhammay have found unreleased tapes of the band’s recordings in a box belonging to his father.
jason revealed on the podcast The Vinyl Guide (via Ultimate Classic Rock): “Believe it or not, my dad didn’t like playing at home at all. He didn’t even have recording equipment. Just a two-track Revox, which was just for playing the mixes when he got back from the studio.”
The surprise came when revisiting the house where they lived: “I found a box full of tapes the last time I was home. But I need a machine to check if it’s still working. I’ll save this to show on YouTube: ‘Let’s put this on to work. See if we can find something that was never released.'”
Source: Rollingstone
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