My favourite drum riff of all time. Levee is the most sampled drum riff, in history - with over 800 commercial samples as of 2020. The next greatest drum riff for me, is Black Knight by Ian Paice (Deep Purple). Zeppelin and Purple are the two greatest rock bands of the 70s, and two of the unholy trinity, along with Black Sabbath.

What it cuts out is a portion of the “freakout” section where we hear the theramin and Plant’s simulated orgasm. The intro and everything past Bonham’s pounding drums to begin the outro is the same. I do think the pre-echo (“woman”, etc.) is quieter on this version than the album version, but that may be due to my hearing deteriorating in the 52 years, 8 months, and 8 days since I received it on Christmas Day, 1969. 😁 I played that old vinyl record on my parents stereo and became immersed in LZ. I saw them in concert in Aug 1971 Fabulous Forum, Inglewood and May, 1975 at the San Diego sports arena. Phenomenal memories. No Quarter with a fog machine and John Paul Jones playing classical piano is seared in my brain!

@@alancharbonneau4108 The only thing I noticed that was different was the percussion section in the middle with the psychedelic effects, which is about a minute shorter but I have to listen to the album version again in detail to be certain.

Great insight. Thanks

It wasn't an 'idea', it was a magical mistake... Back in the days of analog 4-track recording, while mixing this song, Page and his co-producer realized that Plant's vocals had bled through to another track... it was playing ahead of the main vocals and couldn't be deleted, so that ramped the reverb, panned it, and the rest is history.

They didn't come up with it. They discovered it by accident. It is just an audio artifact. It is a cross-talk artifact from the Maestro Echoplex EP-3 that Jimmy page was controlling. But the bleed from Plant's headphones was looping back through the mic into the EP-3, and was tapping through it at different rates alongside Plant's 'dry' vocal. They were literally just doing overdubs on a recording that had been mostly finished in LA, so they were playing around to see what they could do with the new Olympic Studio 2 in London. Upon playback, they heard what was happening, and although George Chkiantze, their engineer, stated that it needed to be removed, as it shouldn't be there - Page and the rest of the band loved it, and decided that it would be good to keep it. So, they thought it would sound good in stereo, and had a go at recording it again, but this time the engineer created a subgroup to pan the crosstalk signal on different channels. This was really pushing the boundaries of 60s technology. In Studio Two, they had a new set-up, but they only had a 24-16-8 Helios console, into an 8 track Ampex. They had really good EMT plate reverb - which could be summed to a stereo channel, and / or 4 dedicated effects inserts. Yes, I know what everyone is thinking - that is a lot of work just for a tiny effect. But you have to remember, this was the 60s, and it was the decade of panache pioneering. Every musician in the world was pushing the boundaries of what the studio could achieve, and upon reading an article in _Studio Sound and Tape Recorder UK_ in 1968 featuring Roger Waters who was talking about the studio as 'another member of the band', and as an instrument in its own right', Jimmy Page wanted to embrace electronics and the brave new world of the solid state engine and make the most of what they could achieve. So the band told George to help them as much as possible. _[ Source: My English cousin Jerry Boys, who was an engineer at Abbey Road during the early Beatles sessions and my inspiration for becoming an audio engineer and producer]_

That's an effect (among others) that can't be reproduced live, which is why I prefer studio versions of songs over the live versions even if they tend to be longer.

Definitely gonna listen to it again for sure!! 🙏💯🔥

@@OfficialLifeWithRecklezz watch it live 1973 at MSG!! Killer!!

"male gentile part"? lol

@@JQuickDraw 😬😉

🤣😂🤣..yea a different type ,you took the words out of my mouth ,you said it better though!..👍

Thanks Nathan!💯