Led Zeppelin

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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

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"Over The Hills And Far Away" Is The Third Track From Led Zeppelin's 1973 Album Houses Of The Holy. Jimmy Page And Robert Plant Originally Constructed The Song In 1970 At Bron-Yr-Aur A Small Cottage In Wales Where They Stayed After Completing A Gruelling North American Concert Tour. Page Plays A Six-String Acoustic Guitar Introduction With A Melody Reminiscent Of "White Summer". Page Repeats The Theme With 12-String Acoustic Guitar In Unison. Plant's Vocals Enter On The Next Repetition. He Tenderly Offers Himself To The "lady" Who's "got The Love He Need S ." The Acoustic Guitars Build In A Crescendo Toward The Abrupt Infusion Of Page's Electric Guitars Along With Drummer John Bonham's And Bass Guitarist John Paul Jones' Rhythm Accompaniment. Through The Pre-Verse Interludes And Instrumental Bridge "Over The Hills And Far Away" Stands Out As An Example Of Jones And Bonham's Tight Interplay. Following The Final Verse The Rhythm Section Fades Out Gradually Replaced By The Echo Returns From Page's Electric Guitar And A Few Chords Played By Jones On Harpsichord. In The Final 8 Bars Page Executes A Linearly Descending/ascending Sequence And Then Concludes With The Idiomatic V-I Tag On Pedal Steel Guitar. The Song Was Released As Houses Of The Holy's First US Single Reaching #51 On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart Later Becoming A Staple Of The Classic Rock Radio Format. Set Lists From Led Zeppelin Concerts Frequently Contained "Over The Hills And Far Away" The Song Being One That The Band Introduced On Stage Well Ahead Of Its Studio Release. The Group First Played It During Their 1972 Concert Tour Of The United States And Retained It Consistently Through 1979 Before Omitting It From Their Final Tour Of Europe In 1980. In Singing The Song Live Plant Commonly Followed The Words "pocket-Full Of Gold" With "Acapulco Gold" A Type Of Marijuana As Can Be Heard On The Live Album How The West Was Won. Also At Concerts Guitarist Jimmy Page Performed An Extended Guitar Solo Which Essentially Consisted Of The Rhythm And Lead Guitar Parts Of The Album Version Split Into Two Separate Pieces. This Extended Solo Made The Live Renditions Last Almost Or More Than Seven Minutes. Plant Had Problems With Singing The Song Live - He Struggled To Sing It At The Oxford Show At The UK 1972/1973 Tour And Changed To Melody Of The Song To A Lower Register On All The Future Tours. Archive Footage Of This Track Being Performed Live At Seattle In 1977 And At Knebworth In 1979 Was Used For An Officially Distributed Video Of The Song Used To Promote The 1990 Led Zeppelin Remasters Release. The Video Accompanied A CD Single Which Was Released Following The Successful "Travelling Riverside Blues" Release. The Song Was First Called "Many Many Times" As Shown On A Picture Of The Original Master On The Led Zeppelin Website. Among Blogging And Forum-Attending Led Zeppelin Fans The Song Has Gained The Abbreviation OTHAFA.

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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 read less

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"Over the Hills and Far Away" is the third track from Led Zeppelin's 1973 album Houses of the Holy. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant originally constructed the song in 1970 at Bron-Yr-Aur, a small cottage in Wales where they stayed after completing a gruelling North American concert tour. Page plays a six-string acoustic guitar introduction with a melody reminiscent of "White Summer". Page repeats the theme with 12-string acoustic guitar in unison. Plant's vocals enter on the next repetition. He tenderly offers himself to the "lady" who's "got the love [he] need(s)." The acoustic guitars build in a crescendo toward the abrupt infusion of Page's electric guitars along with drummer John Bonham's and bass guitarist John Paul Jones' rhythm accompaniment. Through the pre-verse interludes and instrumental bridge, "Over the Hills and Far Away" stands out as an example of Jones and Bonham's tight interplay. Following the final verse, the rhythm section fades out, gradually replaced by the echo returns from Page's electric guitar and a few chords played by Jones on harpsichord. In the final 8 bars, Page executes a linearly descending/ascending sequence and then concludes with the idiomatic V-I tag on pedal steel guitar. The song was released as Houses of the Holy's first US single, reaching #51 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, later becoming a staple of the Classic rock radio format. Set lists from Led Zeppelin concerts frequently contained "Over the Hills and Far Away", the song being one that the band introduced on stage well ahead of its studio release. The group first played it during their 1972 concert tour of the United States and retained it consistently through 1979, before omitting it from their final tour of Europe in 1980. In singing the song live, Plant commonly followed the words "pocket-full of gold" with "Acapulco Gold" (a type of marijuana), as can be heard on the live album How the West Was Won. Also, at concerts guitarist Jimmy Page performed an extended guitar solo, which essentially consisted of the rhythm and lead guitar parts of the album version split into two separate pieces. This extended solo made the live renditions last almost or more than seven minutes. Plant had problems with singing the song live - he struggled to sing it at the Oxford show at the UK 1972/1973 tour and changed to melody of the song to a lower register on all the future tours. Archive footage of this track being performed live at Seattle in 1977 and at Knebworth in 1979 was used for an officially distributed video of the song, used to promote the 1990 Led Zeppelin Remasters release. The video accompanied a CD single which was released following the successful "Travelling Riverside Blues" release. The song was first called "Many, Many Times", as shown on a picture of the original master on the Led Zeppelin website. Among blogging and forum-attending Led Zeppelin fans, the song has gained the abbreviation OTHAFA. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.