Led Zeppelin IV (ZOSO) Album Retrospective

GO HERE: http://LouLombardiRocks.com if you love great guitar driven rock from the 70s, 80s, 90s and even today. This is the place to hang out with the coolest fans and musicians ever collected, in one place online! On this week's Loudini Rock & Roll Circus podcast we will take a step back in time and explore one of the most important albums in all of rock history. Led Zeppelin IV (more commonly known as "Zoso") was a watershed moment not only for the band but for rock music and rock history. With songs like Black Dog, Rock 'n Roll and Stairway to FREAKIN' HEAVEN the album joins the pantheon of the greatest rock albums of all time; right up there with Dark Side of the Moon and Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club. Topics Discussed: This day in Music: https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/ the four symbols on the jacket they each picked their own Plant: Feather of Mot Page: Zoso... designed by page himself Bonham: Bromian Rings Jones: Celtic Knot guest vocalist Sandy Denny on Battle of Evermore Headley Grange... suggested by Andy Johns & Fleetwood Mac to go to a country estate to record Oil painting for cover purchased at an antique shop while at headley Painting thought to resemble the "10 of ones" tarot card and/or George Pickengill (father of modern witch craft) The fold out art is based on "The Hermit" tarot card... symbol of the band's crusade "When the LEvee Breaks" (memphis minnie) recorded drums in lobby. Tempo slowed down in post... everything accept vocals recorded faster then slowed backwards harmonica with echo Black Dog... black lab that hung around hedley grange. Riff composed by JPJ. The stop and start verses inspired by "oh well" by Fleetwood Mac Four Sticks...played with 2 sets of sticks Rockn' Roll... jamming on "keep a knocking" by little richard Page concerned about small details Stairway... second take is the one you hear on recording lyrics deliberately vague so tthe listener could use their imagination Shifts from Aeolian to dorian mode "Battle of Evermore"... influence by LOTR Page didn't like the mix... then remixed 4 months of work to record an mix Led Zep Tribute band: ZoSo Ranking Tracks: Black Dog 1 Rock & Roll 2 Battle of Evermore 7 Stairway to Heaven 5 Misty Mountain Hop 4 Four Sticks 8 Going to California 6 When the Levee Breaks 3