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Kashmir 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: Kashmir

"Kashmir" Is A Song By The English Rock Band Led Zeppelin From Their Sixth Album Physical Graffiti 1975 . It Was Written By Jimmy Page And Robert Plant With Contributions From John Bonham Over A Period Of Three Years With The Lyrics Dating Back To 1973. "Kashmir" Is Considered To Be One Of Led Zeppelin's Most Successful Songs All Four Band Members Have Agreed That It Is To Date One Of Their Best Musical Achievements. John Paul Jones Suggested That It Showcases All Of The Elements That Made Up The Led Zeppelin Sound. During A Television Interview In January 2008 Plant Named "Kashmir" As His First Choice Of All Led Zeppelin Songs That He Would Perform Commenting "I'm Most Proud Of That One".
Page Has Indicated He Thinks That The Song Is One Of The Band's Best Compositions. The Song Centres Around A Signature Chord Progression Guitar Riff Which First Appeared On Page's Home-Studio Work Tapes.
It Was Initially A Tuning An Extension Of A Guitar-Cycle That Page Had Been Working On For Years. This Was The Same Cycle That Produced "Black Mountain Side " "White Summer" And The Unreleased Track "Swan-Song."
As Bass Player And Keyboardist John Paul Jones Had Been Late For The Recording Sessions Page Used The Time To Work On The Riff With Drummer John Bonham. The Two Demoed It Late In 1973.
Plant Later Added The Middle Section And In Early 1974 Jones Added All The String Parts.
The Guitar Was Played In An Alternative Guitar Tuning The Strings Are Tuned To 'Open Dsus4' Or DADGAD. Bonham's Drums Feature A Phasing Effect Courtesy Of An Early Eventide Phaser Supplied By Engineer Ron Nevison.
Plant Has Stated That Bonham's Drumming Is The Key To The Song "It Was What He Didn't Do That Made It Work".
The Song Also Includes Many Distinctive Musical Patterns Of Classical Moroccan Indian And Middle Eastern Music. Orchestral Brass And Strings With Electric Guitar And Mellotron Strings Are Used In The Song. This Is One Of The Few Led Zeppelin Songs To Use Outside Musicians. Session Players Were Brought In For The String And Horn Sections.
According To Jones "the Secret Of Successful Keyboard String Parts Is To Play Only The Parts That A Real String Section Would Play. That Is One Line For The First Violins One Line For Second Violins One For Violas One For Cellos One For Basses. Some Divided Parts Two Or More Notes To A Line Are Allowed But Keep Them To A Minimum. Think Melodically". Originally Called "Driving To Kashmir" The Lyrics To The Song Were Written By Plant In 1973 While Driving From Goulimine To Tantan In The Sahara Desert Morocco Immediately After Led Zeppelin's 1973 US Tour.
This Was Despite The Fact That The Song Is Named For Kashmir A Region In The Northernmost Part Of The Indian Subcontinent. As Plant Explained To Rock Journalist Cameron Crowe “The Whole Inspiration Came From The Fact That The Road Went On And On And On. It Was A Single-Track Road Which Neatly Cut Through The Desert. Two Miles To The East And West Were Ridges Of Sandrock. It Basically Looked Like You Were Driving Down A Channel This Dilapidated Road And There Was Seemingly No End To It. 'Oh Let The Sun Beat Down Upon My Face Stars To Fill My Dreams...' It's One Of My Favourites...That 'All My Love' And 'In The Light' And Two Or Three Others Really Were The Finest Moments. But 'Kashmir' In Particular. It Was So Positive Lyrically. In An Interview He Gave To William S. Burroughs In 1975 Page Mentioned That At The Time The Song Was Composed None Of The Band Members Had Even Been To Kashmir. The Song Runs For 8 28 A Length That Radio Stations Usually Consider Too Long To Play. However Upon Its Release Radio Stations Had No Problem Playing "Kashmir " Especially After Seeing "Stairway To Heaven" Which Was Almost As Long Do So Well. Original LP Releases Of Physical Graffiti Incorrectly List The Song's Length As 9 41. "Kashmir" Was Played Live At Almost Every Led Zeppelin Concert From Its Debut In 1975. One Live Version From Led Zeppelin's Performance At Knebworth In 1979 Is Featured On Disc 2 Of The Led Zeppelin DVD. This Performance Came From The Band's First Show At The Venue On 4 August. "Kashmir" Was Also Performed At Led Zeppelin's Reunion Show At The O2 Arena London On December 10 2007. Led Zeppelin Expert Dave Lewis Describes "Kashmir" As “Unquestionably The Most Startling And Impressive Track On Physical Graffiti And Arguably The Most Progressive And Original Track That Led Zeppelin Ever Recorded. 'Kashmir' Went A Long Way Towards Establishing Their Credibility With Otherwise Sceptical Rock Critics. Many Would Regard This Track As The Finest Example Of The Sheer Majesty Of Zeppelin's Special Chemistry. The Song Was Ranked The 140th Greatest Song Of All Time On Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time In 2004. References ^ Led Zeppelin The Definitive Biography By Ritchie Yorke
^ A B C D E F G Liner Notes By Cameron Crowe For The Complete Studio Recordings.
^ Untitled Document
^ Dave Schulps Interview With Jimmy Page Trouser Press October 1977.
^ A B C D E Dave Lewis 1994 The Complete Guide To The Music Of Led Zeppelin Omnibus Press ISBN 0-7119-3528-9.
^ Guitar World May 2005
^ John Paul Jones' Mellotron
^ Gilmore Mikal August 10 2006 . "The Long Shadow Of Led Zeppelin". Rolling Stone 1006 . Retrieved On 9 December 2007.
^ William S. Burroughs Rock Magic Jimmy Page Led Zeppelin And A Search For The Elusive Stairway To Heaven Crawdaddy! June 1975.
^ Http //www.Rollingstone.Com/news/story/6595985/kashmir

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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