8/5/2023 0 Comments Led zeplin 4![]() "We had the drums in the hall and sometimes the drums were in the room as well, (in the sitting room with the fireplace) and the amplifiers were all over," said Page. That's it, I've finally owned up as no one else will in the band, but that was the idea to give it the vocal thing then the riffs in."Īll of the basic tracks were recorded at Headley Grange, while Page added guitar overdubs in Ireland. "But he had this great riff with "Black Dog" and I added some sections to it as well, and then we had the idea actually, I must be totally honest, I suggested, how you get the breaks with the vocals. "We were always trying to encourage him to come up with bits and pieces so to speak, cause that's usually what they were, he never came up with a complete whole song or anything, (until 'In Through the Out Door')," Page told BBC. Jimmy Page told BBC's "Classic Albums" that the band members would sit around and ask if Jones had anything to contribute songwise, because, up to that time, it was Page and Plant bringing forth most of the ideas and pieces for songs. The house had no distractions and the band was under no pressure to finish in a specific time period, so the working conditions were ideal and the finished product reflects that. They also worked on a few songs, including "Black Dog" at Island Studios in London. The band brought in the Rolling Stones mobile studio and engineer Andy Johns to handle the sounds, since he was familiar with the mobile truck setup after working with the Stones. ![]() 1970, the band set themselves up at Headley Grange (after a recommendation on the place from Fleetwood Mac), on old three-story poorhouse in Hampshire, U.K. ![]() Guitarist Jimmy Page, who produced it, vocalist Robert Plant, bassist John Paul Jones and drummer John 'Bonzo' Bonham needed only four months in the studio to produce the piece that catapulted them into the stratosphere among the biggest rock stars in the world. ![]() Since its release way back in 1971, the album continues to be one of the top-selling albums, year after year (more than 37 millions copies sold worldwide). There's no question Led Zeppelin IV is one of the most iconic rock albums ever recorded. ![]()
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