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Dazed And Confused by Led Zeppelin

Artist Biography For Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin Was An English Rock Band Formed In London In 1968. The Group Comprised Vocalist Robert Plant Guitarist Jimmy Page Bassist And Keyboardist John Paul Jones And Drummer John Bonham. With A Heavy Guitar-Driven Sound They Are Cited As One Of The Progenitors Of Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Although Their Style Drew From A Variety Of Influences Including Blues And Folk Music. Led Zeppelin Have Been Credited As Significantly Impacting The Nature Of The Music Industry Particularly In The Development Of Album-Oriented Rock AOR And Stadium Rock. Originally Named The New Yardbirds Led Zeppelin Signed A Deal With Atlantic Records That Gave Them Considerable Artistic Freedom. Initially Unpopular With Critics They Achieved Significant Commercial Success With Eight Studio Albums Over Ten Years. Their 1969 Debut Led Zeppelin Was A Top-Ten Album In Several Countries And Featured Such Tracks As "Good Times Bad Times" "Dazed And Confused" And "Communication Breakdown". Led Zeppelin II 1969 Was Their First Number-One Album And Yielded "Ramble On" And "Whole Lotta Love". In 1970 They Released Led Zeppelin III Which Featured "Immigrant Song". Their Untitled Fourth Album Commonly Known As Led Zeppelin IV 1971 Is One Of The Best-Selling Albums In History With 37 Million Copies Sold. The Album Includes "Black Dog" "Rock And Roll" And "Stairway To Heaven" With The Latter Being Among The Most Popular And Influential Works In Rock History. Houses Of The Holy 1973 Yielded "The Ocean" "Over The Hills And Far Away" And "The Rain Song". Physical Graffiti 1975 A Double Album Featured "Trampled Under Foot" And "Kashmir". Page Wrote Most Of Led Zeppelin's Music Particularly Early In Their Career While Plant Wrote Most Of The Lyrics. Jones's Keyboard-Based Compositions Later Became Central To Their Music Which Featured Increasing Experimentation. The Latter Half Of Their Career Saw A Series Of Record-Breaking Tours That Earned The Group A Reputation For Excess And Debauchery. Although They Remained Commercially And Critically Successful Their Touring And Output Which Included Presence 1976 And In Through The Out Door 1979 Grew Limited And The Group Disbanded Following Bonham's Death In 1980. Since Then The Surviving Former Members Have Sporadically Collaborated And Participated In One-Off Reunions. The Most Successful Of These Was The 2007 Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert In London With Bonham's Son Jason Bonham On Drums. Led Zeppelin Are One Of The Best-Selling Music Artists Of All Time Their Total Record Sales Are Estimated To Be Between 200 And 300 Million Units Worldwide. They Achieved Eight Consecutive UK Number-One Albums And Six Number-One Albums On The US Billboard 200 With Five Of Their Albums Certified Diamond In The US. Rolling Stone Magazine Described Them As "the Heaviest Band Of All Time" "the Biggest Band Of The Seventies" And "unquestionably One Of The Most Enduring Bands In Rock History". They Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1995 The Museum's Biography Of The Band States That They Were "as Influential" During The 1970s As The Beatles Were During The 1960s. Albums
Led Zeppelin 1969 Led Zeppelin II 1969 Led Zeppelin III 1970 Led Zeppelin IV 1971 Houses Of The Holy 1973 Physical Graffiti 1975 Presence 1976 In Through The Out Door 1979 Coda 1982

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Dazed and Confused

Dazed And Confused Is The Biggest Hit From The Debut Album Of Led Zeppelin Released 12th January 1969. This Song And Album Became Music History. It Is Still Considered A Huge Cover Hit By Many People. In Fact Most Of The Songs From Led Zeppelin's Debut Album Are Cover Versions Of Other Artists' Material And Not Zeppelin Compositions.
According To The Dazed And Confused Songfacts It Was Inspired By An Acoustic Song That Jimmy Page Heard Folk Singer Jake Holmes Perform. Holmes' Version Was Not About An Acid Trip But Contained Many Of The Same Elements That Made Their Way Into The Led Zeppelin Version. Singer-Songwriter Jake Holmes Wrote And Recorded "Dazed And Confused" For His Debut Solo Album "The Above Ground Sound" Of Jake Holmes Released In June 1967. Like The Other Tracks On The Album The Song Does Not Include Any Drums. It Was Recorded Entirely With The Trio Of Holmes On Guitar Keyboard And Vocals Ted Irwin On Guitar And Rick Randle On Bass. The Song Has Been Incorrectly Labelled As A Tale About A Bad Acid Trip. Holmes Has Confirmed That Is Not The Matter "I Never Took Acid. I Smoked Grass And Tripped On It But I Never Took Acid. I Was Afraid To Take It. The Song's About A Girl Who Hasn't Decided Whether She Wants To Stay With Me Or Not. It's Pretty Much One Of Those Love Songs."
In August 1967 Holmes Opened For The Yardbirds At A Greenwich Village Gig In New York. According To Holmes "That Was The Infamous Moment Of My Life When Dazed And Confused Fell Into The Hands Of Jimmy Page." When "Dazed And Confused" Appeared In Led Zeppelin's Album In 1969 Holmes Was Aware Of It But Didn't Follow Up On It At That Time. He Said "In The Early 1980s I Did Write Them A Letter And I Said Basically 'I Understand It's A Collaborative Effort But I Think You Should Give Me Credit At Least And Some Remuneration.' But They Never Contacted Me."
In June 2010 Holmes Brought Suit Against Led Zeppelin Guitarist Jimmy Page For Copyright Infringement Claiming To Have Written And Recorded "Dazed And Confused" Two Years Before It Appeared On Led Zeppelin's Debut Album. In Court Documents Holmes Cited A 1967 Copyright Registration For "Dazed And Confused" Which Was Renewed In 1995. This Court Case Was "dismissed With Prejudice" As The Parties Settled Out Of Court In January 2012.
In Concert Led Zeppelin Would Play An Extended Version Of This Song Which Would Sometimes Run As Long As 30 Minutes. It Was A Showcase For The Amazing Guitar Wizardry Of Jimmy Page And They Never Played It Quite The Same Twice.

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Frogtoon Music Album Info: Mothership

2007 Atlantic Records
Made In The UK Mothership Is A Compilation Album By English Rock Group Led Zeppelin Released By Atlantic Records And Rhino Entertainment On November 12 2007 In The United Kingdom And November 13 2007 In The United States. It Was Released On The Same Day That Led Zeppelin's Entire Catalog Became Available In Digital Stores Including The ITunes Store. The Cover Was Created By Artist Shepard Fairey. The Songs Included Were Chosen By The Surviving Members Of Led Zeppelin Robert Plant Jimmy Page And John Paul Jones Representing All Eight Of The Band's Studio Albums. In Addition To A Two-Disc Set The Album Is Also Available In Both "deluxe" And "collector's" Editions With A DVD Featuring Varied Live Content From The Previously Released Led Zeppelin DVD. A 4-LP Vinyl Package Was Also Released On 2008-08-26. On November 8 2007 A Temporary XM Radio Station XM LED Was Made In Order To Support The Album. It Was Scheduled Only To Last Six Months And Ceased Its Operations On May 5 2008. Disc One
01 "Good Times Bad Times" From Led Zeppelin Page/Jones/Bonham - 2 46
02 "Communication Breakdown" From Led Zeppelin Page/Jones/Bonham - 2 30
03 "Dazed And Confused" From Led Zeppelin Page - 6 26
04 "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" From Led Zeppelin Anne Bredon/Page/Plant - 6 41
05 "Whole Lotta Love" From Led Zeppelin II Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham/Willie Dixon - 5 34
06 "Ramble On" From Led Zeppelin II Page/Plant - 4 24
07 "Heartbreaker" From Led Zeppelin II Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham - 4 14
08 "Immigrant Song" From Led Zeppelin III Page/Plant - 2 25
09 "Since I've Been Loving You" From Led Zeppelin III Page/Plant/Jones - 7 23
10 "Rock And Roll" From Led Zeppelin IV Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham - 3 41
11 "Black Dog" From Led Zeppelin IV Page/Plant/Jones - 4 58
12 "When The Levee Breaks" From Led Zeppelin IV Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham/Memphis Minnie - 7 08
13 "Stairway To Heaven" From Led Zeppelin IV Page/Plant - 8 02 Disc Two
01 "The Song Remains The Same" From Houses Of The Holy Page/Plant - 5 29
02 "Over The Hills And Far Away" From Houses Of The Holy Page/Plant - 4 50
03 "D'yer Mak'er" From Houses Of The Holy Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham - 4 22
04 "No Quarter" From Houses Of The Holy Page/Plant/Jones - 7 00
05 "Trampled Under Foot" From Physical Graffiti Page/Plant/Jones - 5 36
06 "Houses Of The Holy" From Physical Graffiti Page/Plant - 4 02
07 "Kashmir" From Physical Graffiti Page/Plant/Bonham - 8 28
08 "Nobody's Fault But Mine" From Presence Page/Plant - 6 15
09 "Achilles Last Stand" From Presence Page/Plant - 10 23
10 "In The Evening" From In Through The Out Door Page/Plant/Jones - 6 51
11 "All My Love" From In Through The Out Door Plant/Jones - 5 51