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Titled "The Rain Song (Mix Minus Piano)", it was recorded on 18 May 1972 at the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio at Stargroves with engineer Eddie Kramer and mix engineer Keith Harwood. Page and Plant recorded a version of the song in 1994 but it was not originally released on their album No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded. It was ...
Jimmy Page says: "My original idea for the opening tracks for 'Houses Of The Holy' was that a short overture would be a rousing instrumental introduction with layered electric guitars that would segue in to 'The Seasons', later to be titled 'The Rain Song'." In 1994 Andy Manson was commissioned to make another triple neck guitar for Page.
Dsus4: D-A-D-G-A-D (devised by British guitarist Davey Graham [21] in the late 1950s, associated with French acoustic guitarist Pierre Bensusan, [22] and used by Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin for a number of songs including "Kashmir" and "Black Mountain Side"; also used by David Wilcox on multiple songs, occasionally tuning half a step down)
After singer Robert Plant added lyrics, it was temporarily known as "The Campaign" before becoming "The Song Remains the Same". [2] In an interview he gave to Guitar World magazine in 1993, guitarist Jimmy Page discussed the song's construction: It was originally going to be an instrumental – an overture that led into "The Rain Song". But I ...
"Black Mountain Side" was inspired by a traditional Irish folk song called "Down by Blackwaterside". The guitar arrangement closely follows Bert Jansch's version of that song, recorded for his 1966 album Jack Orion. [4] Al Stewart, who followed Jansch's gigs, taught it to Page, who was a session musician for Stewart's debut album. [5]
No Quarter is a live album by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, both formerly of English rock band Led Zeppelin.It was released by Atlantic Records on 31 October 1994. [2] The long-awaited reunion between Jimmy Page and Robert Plant occurred on a 90-minute "UnLedded" MTV project, recorded in Morocco, Wales and London.
Jimmy Page dubbed extra guitar parts onto the track (the main track being played on a 12-string electric guitar) and it was broadcast four days later on John Peel's Top Gear show under the title "Travelling Riverside Blues '69", [1] and repeated on January 11, 1970.
The song combines elements of traditional Eastern as well as Western music. [1] In a 1977 interview, Page commented, "I used a special tuning for [the song]; the low string down to D, then A, D, G, A and D. It’s like a modal tuning, a sitar tuning, in fact". [4]