Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A second version of the song was released in 2014 on the second disc of the remastered two-disc deluxe edition of Led Zeppelin IV. This version, known as "When The Levee Breaks (Alternate UK Mix in Progress)", was recorded on May 19, 1971, at the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio at Headley Grange. This mix runs 7:09, while the original runs 7:08.
"When the Levee Breaks" "When the Saints Go Marching Home" "When the Sun Goes Down" "When You Love Me" "When You're Asleep" "Where Is My Good Man" "Why Did I Make You Cry" "World of Trouble" "Worried Baby Blues" "You Can't Give It Away" "You Got to Get Out of Here" "You Got to Move" "You Need a Friend" "You Wrecked My Happy Home"
A 1929 Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy song, "When the Levee Breaks", [41] was adapted (with altered lyrics and a different melody) by Led Zeppelin and released in 1971 on their fourth album. "I'm Sailin'" was covered by Mazzy Star on their 1990 debut album, She Hangs Brightly. Her family is currently suing record companies and some artists ...
As with prior albums, most of the material was written by the band, though there was one cover song, a hard rock re-interpretation of the Memphis Minnie blues song "When the Levee Breaks". The album was a critical and commercial success and is Led Zeppelin's best-selling album, having shipped over 37 million copies worldwide.
A different version of this song is featured on the second disc of the remastered 2CD deluxe edition of Led Zeppelin IV.Known as "Going to California (Mandolin/Guitar Mix)", it is an instrumental recorded on 29 January 1971, with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio at Headley Grange with engineer Andy Johns.
The band has produced several videos. "When the Levee Breaks," was released in 2010 with over 20 million YouTube views; [6] "Dazed and Confused," released in 2012, with over 1.8 million YouTube views; [7] [8] and "Kashmir," released in 2019, with over 1 million YouTube views. [9]
2015: Levee Breaks is established and starts selling promissory notes for $10,000 each. The notes promised to return 10%, paid in monthly installments, with a one-year term.
The band covered Joan Baez's version of the song written by Anne Bredon; both guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant were fans of Baez. Baez's album Joan Baez in Concert, where Baez's version of the song appeared, had originally indicated no writing credit, and Led Zeppelin credited the song as "Trad. arr. Page".