Behind the Recording of Led Zeppelin I

[@ministerofdarkness]

If there's ever been album that masterfully demonstrates " Less is More " this is the one! A true Rock Masterpiece! PLAY LOUD

[@ScoDiddley]

less? hardly. "less" from that same era would be a band like the Velvet Underground. this is not to detract from Zeppelin -- that band just defines excess, though, musical and otherwise.

[@massapower]

EXACTLY... Less has always been More and let's not forget ANALOG BaBy 😛👊👊

[@APEXCARNIVORE]

Led Zeppelin 1 and Can't Buy a Thrill by Steely Dan

[@Kenneth-c4j]

Led Zeppelin released Led Zeppelin I on Sunday January 12,1969.The same day that the NY Jets upset my Baltimore Colts in Superbowl III I was 15 at the time and turned 16 that following April.

[@w.harrison7277]

I was 9 years old in 1969 so I can't say when was the moment I first heard Led Zeppelin because by the time I was specifically interested in them I was used to hearing them everywhere in Denver, CO, and they had just come out with Physical Graffiti. Somehow in Denver high schools and junior high schools Led Zeppelin were understood to be the true Lords of Rock and unsurpassed to this day. My parents had countless fights with me and my older brother because we couldn't keep the volume down and they hated rock music. They were Burt Bacharach types.

[@yeti1002]

Nice story 😁

[@deantait8326]

I was 19 living in Los Angeles in my 1st apartment…. Safe to say, I really enjoyed the music

[@bruceterrell9287]

In 69, I was a 15 year old in my keyboard-playing band mate's basement where we rehearsed. He had very forward-thinking tastes for our little podunk southern town. Hearing this was also my first experience smoking pot. Communications Breakdown broke my mind!

[@AllenGarberGuitarFun]

Thank you for mentioning the Flying V…most people miss that. You could have used one of the famous photos of Keith Richards playing the actual Flying V that Jimmy used on “You Shook Me” at the famous 1969 Hyde Park Stones gig. There was no Maestro Echoplex or delay in front of the amp on the first album. All delay and reverb was done with EMT plate reverb. Roger Mayer did not modify any of Page’s Yardbirds or Led Zeppelin era pedals. Mayer only modified a very rudimentary light fuzz pedal that Page used for a time during his pre-Yardbirds session days. The photos you have with the Vox UL-4120 were taken during the first session for the second album which included “Whole Lotta Love”, “La La” and “What Is and What Should Never Be”. Again, no other amp besides the modified Supro Coronado 1690T was used to record the first album. One overdubbed guitar on “How Many More Times” was recorded by overdriving the direct signal from the guitar through the mixing desk which then drove an an amp (almost certainly the Supro) which then in turn drove a Leslie speaker without the rotating speakers engaged…the Leslie cabinet was then mic’ed. Then another outlier was the solo on “Good Times Bad Times” which had the Supro amp driving the fast speed Leslie as was a fairly normal recording technique.

[@michaelangelo9262]

Where did you gather this information? Very interesting!

[@AllenGarberGuitarFun]

@@michaelangelo9262I’m a guitar player and teacher who has been studying Led Zeppelin and especially Page for over 40 years with a particular emphasis on his gear. I contributed to a book called ‘Led Zeppelin Gear’ and my guitar transcriptions have appeared in Guitar World magazine. But to answer your question, all of this information is readily available in books, guitar magazines, interviews with the band members and really all available audio/video and photographic evidence.

[@thepaganash]

Thank you for making this clip. The information is absolutely fantastic.🔥

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you!

[@dreamscuba]

Great video and Led Zeppelin 1 is my favourite Zeppelin album.

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you!

[@TRUMP-2024-STF]

Mine as well.!! Nothing come close to that RAW sound..

[@JP-hs6ii]

Plant didn't get writing credits due to an existing publishing contract he had issues with. (he signed before Zeppelin)

[@RogerHeathers]

Great video, thank you for making and sharing

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you! 😀

[@aeropro7558]

I was given that turquoise zepplin as well as the second and third album from my uncle....the sound quality from the first pressings are incredible.

[@CarlWinter-oy8uf]

Pages brilliant guitar mastery just got going ---stunning band !

[@seranatus]

The kit is silver. Its at the Experience Museum in Seattle.

[@landonfinnerty2391]

The quote was from Keith Moon.

[@thecolourrose9022]

Entwistle said it was him JPJ said it was either Entwistle or Moon and Zeppelin tour manager Richard Cole said it was Entwistle so 🤷

[@digitaldesigner5284]

Masterpiece

[@Exercise-01]

The sheer amount of great bands from England is unbelievable in all genres and styles. In fact England produced more bands than the rest of the world combined. And nope I'm not English.

[@mjh5437]

That War Baby Generation were something special.

[@remnantsofasoundblast]

Well done video my friend!

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you! 😃

[@rareform6747]

Of all the albums : This is the Epitome . Still have my 1969 vinyl . Now CD

[@gbass7328]

What a great video and document to LZ!!

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you! 🙏

[@jamesconradtucker]

A Rolling Stones top 500 list is as important as a newspaper used in a cat litter box. Rock on ZOSO!

[@josemenendez4454]

The first Led Zeppelin rehearsal was August 12

[@bluzzedude8111]

Peter Grant made all the difference for this band. He took them in the right direction and he made sure NOBODY ripped them off under any circumstances. He learned from the mistakes all the other British band managers made. Like the Beatles' Brian Epstein!

[@chumbels]

Thanks. Ate it up.ahhh

[@ast3663]

a real classic classic.

[@YoMyNamesJakeG]

These videos are so great. I could watch them all day. Would love to see one on the debut Ramones album.

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you! I’ll put it on the list 😀

[@dominikpohli2381]

i think the 12 inch speaker was a pre rola celestion g12h 30watt 75hz

[@liontone]

Clapton didn’t recommend Page, according to Page. Clapton didn’t know they were already looking. Page referred Beck, as to not risk his relationship with Clapton.

[@johnperiard9594]

Why is Your Time is Gonna Come connected to Black Mountain Side. Why cant we get a version with a fade out??

[@turbinenraum9476]

Interesting stuff. Thanks for this video.

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you!

[@jeffreyhosie6593]

I wish we could know more about the mics and micing techniques for this album. I'm seeing U67s, and what looks like a Beyer M88 on Jimmy's Supro in one shot.

[@carloswhomusic]

My controversial opinion: METAL GUITAR began ...... and ENDED ...... with the first 3 Led Zeppelin records. Everything since then is just different varieties of ........... imitation. NOTHING in guitar today is heavy by comparison, no matter how downtuned it is. (Maybe Zep was down 1/2 step?). BIG downtuning simply means .... you can't deliver "heavy" guitar. Jimmy invented heavy guitar 50+ years ago, kids. Listen.😋

[@OutOnTheTiles]

I absolutely agree with this but I’d also add Zeppelin 4 to that list with the first 3. Those first 4 albums changed everything that followed ….and not just guitar but vocals and drumming also. Cheers ✌️

[@carloswhomusic]

@@OutOnTheTiles yes yes yes

[@aeropro7558]

Nothing controversial buddy....fact

[@poindextertunes]

ah man. I love where you heart is but theres so many heavier bands than Zeppelin. Sabbath for one. in my personal opinion, Sevendust is one of the heaviest bands and they are tighter live than Zeppelin was. Of course Bonzo had a BAC of .350 at any given time and jimmy page was riding the white horse lol. Thats actually one the things I like about Pages live performances. He’s so out of it and the rest of the band just has to go with it. Its a sound unique from the studio albums, like hearing it for the first time again All that being said, my 69 year old dad would definitely agree with you

[@johnholmes912]

You really got me by the KINKS is the start of metal

[@artrogers3985]

Why does John Paul Jones always get mentioned last???? 🎸

[@chrisfoussekis501]

For the same reason Ringo does, when we mention “the Beatles”!

[@mikelistman5263]

I was 16 in 69, in love with a girl who treated me poorly ... LZ 1 immediately struck home.

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Music can really be great for that.

[@theartfuldodger3987]

‘Babe I’m Gonna Leave You’ was *also* a cover, and the original writer was only acknowledged and compensated starting in 1990. So funny how that wasn’t mentioned, even though you guys did get into Dazed & Confused being a cover. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_I'm_Gonna_Leave_You?wprov=sfti1#Joan_Baez_rendition

[@jaydoster]

Diggin' recording details as avid Zepper. Guessin' recording engineers are especially intrigued...possibly inspired to experiment with mic placement, amp tweaking, etc... Kudos for excellent research and production value! Keep IT GOin'. . .

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you! 😀

[@keitha.563]

Good work ... Still waiting on the Doc Becoming Led Zeppelin.

[@johnwallace2319]

correction, they are almost all covers of blues standards

[@JP-hs6ii]

The Gibson J-200 was owned by producer Mickey Most.

[@Johngonefishin]

Didn't Page also borrow one from Big Jim Sullivan ??

[@moistnugget1178]

I’m surprised and sad Jake Holmes didn’t get his dues earlier

[@stevenmeger3798]

Allegedly the Vox amp was a rare UL730 solid-state/tube hybrid, also used on the Beatles Sgt Pepper album.

[@OFR]

I don't know. When I met Jimmy he told me he was looking for more 7120s. When I saw his gear in storage, he had 2 of the 7120 heads. UL gear went to the biggest bands in England, but well before 1969, so who knows...

[@ArthurPerez-t2e]

Insane that it gets so many negative reviews initially.

[@sharokrokni5317]

Zeppelin is the best ever

[@JP-hs6ii]

The Slingerland Kit was blue. There is a color photograph of the drum kit for the Marquee Oct 68 show.

[@poindextertunes]

damn haven’t heard the Singerland name in a looong time lol

[@luvbasses5487]

Fender introduced Brazilian Rosewood on their guitars and Precision Bass around April-May of ‘59. That said, the “dragon Tele” could be late ‘59 or maybe even a ‘60. No biggie…but I’m a Fender geek….sorry.

[@anthonyrausch2323]

Who cares if these kids did a cover album at the time! They turned some pretty ordinary and dull songs into sheer masterpieces. And perhaps their lack of disposable income at this juncture in their career meant their inability to pay royalties to the original artists. Who cares, thank God for giving us Led Zeppelin!

[@kuttermclaughlin3631]

Except the amp has been inspected and it was stock minus being converted to a single 12… wasn’t heavily modified

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

🚬😎

[@chumbels]

Underrated producer. As important as Beatles stuff.

[@poindextertunes]

more so imo

[@humbledb4jesus]

zep I is my favorite blues album of all time...

[@TheBeatleverse]

Zeppelin III is their best album, but Zeppelin I has a sonic boom quality unlike anything else in rock. The opening and closing tracks are monstrous.

[@i_want_a_day]

Zeppelin IV is their best imo, even though my favorite is their debut album, but I think that album has a little bit of everything: you got the folky stuff like Battle of Evermore and Going to California, you got Black Dog and Rock n’ Roll that have resemblances to their earlier sounds, you got Misty Mountain Hop and Four Sticks with more experimental sound, Stairway to Heaven a successor to Gallows Pole imo that combined folk with rock with slow build up at the beginning and goes into rock mode towards the end of the song, and When The Levee Breaks an amazing rendition of old blues song.

[@giancarlosilano8690]

where is the evidence confirming that the Slingerland set was used on the 1st album??

[@Edmond347]

Rolling Stone proving to be trash as early as 1969.

[@fredfox3851]

Friday morning coffee, and a new video with great pictures and recording details from MMO. This day is starting off GREAT! : ) Too bad every band didn't have a feared manager, enough loot to self record their own album, and of course the talent of LZ. Rolling Stone Magazines editor Yawn Wiener (Jann Wenner) is a joke. He has RUINED Cleveland Ohio's Rock Hall of Shame. Being disrespected by him is a badge of honor. Just ask McCartney and Grand Funk Railroad. Keep up the good work MMO.

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you! With kind comments like that, I have to! 😃

[@ProfessorKenneth]

Another masterpiece album thats a cover album. Its cool for a first album, to get noticed,but page using this blue print on every album was over done. most album's they made, greatest collage artist 👍🏻 love zep

[@georgejamesducas9602]

All the songs are cover songs

[@theesperanzacompromisebyja9044]

There is no Led Zeppelin I. There is their self-titled debut. Likewise there is no Led Zeppelin IV, there is their untitled fourth album.

[@mixingmasteringonline]

I bet you hate it when people call 'The Beatles' album the 'White Album' then. Or 'Metallica' the 'Black Album'. 😂

[@rock_sitian6709]

3:35-4:00 Yeah,there shouldn't have been heavy Reverb on this track.You can tell that was a mid-60's Trend he was on.Wasn't needed for this song.

[@allanmills6540]

John Bonham's a kid

[@georgejamesducas9602]

Cover album

[@jackrohan4906]

Led who?

[@winstonnicoll5175]

Cos, he's the least seen on stage

[@DavidCornwell-p3h]

Page is far better than Beck and Clapton. He can do it all. Beck plays the same way most of the time. Clapton puts me to sleep vs Page. They were older and appeared first, Zeppelin blows away any Yardbirds fluff.

[@cwinsten1]

Pedophile page is shit. Beck vastly superior.

[@KeithMcHenry-sn9hg]

Led Zeppelin I seen him in 1975 the first album I had all the albums I feel that bonhams just a wailer Jimmy was quaalude out he should have stopped Bonham from drinking so much at his home but he was out of it he was into demonic devil worshiping and it just turn me off of that, the music's okay but that was then this is now....

[@JamesThompson-zk1ht]

I'll never understand why people who are practically functionally illiterate think that what they write will be of interest to anyone.

[@KeithMcHenry-sn9hg]

@@JamesThompson-zk1ht you know I speak through the microphone and if I did more drugs than Jimmy Page and I'm pretty damn smart my friend if you don't like what I say don't reply I didn't ask you in the first place I'm 68 years old be a gentleman not a wise ass if you're so smart why didn't you play music like I did when I was young, my dad would tell my brothers and I are you going to be assholes all your life I took that advice in my twenties

[@KeithMcHenry-sn9hg]

@@JamesThompson-zk1ht so I guess you're the smartest guy around huh

[@georgejamesducas9602]

Shame on you promoting this as original

[@37Dionysos]

I never tire of seeing how blind-wrong all the first msm critics were about Zep...