Led Zeppelin: The Origin of the Species - How, Why and Where It All Began - Softcover

Clayson, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842403451 ISBN 13: 9781842403457

Publisher: Chrome Dreams, 2006

Synopsis

Proving that a band is truly the sum of its parts, this music history traces the influences and experiences that would later converge to form Led Zeppelin. Every recording and live session made by the future band members is traced and woven into a rich and insightful web of influences that contains a complete family tree of their musical and professional colleagues as well as a massive discography and list of live performances. Staggering insight into the workings of this period's big wigs and foot soldiers accompany details on bands and records that were recently discovered to have featured Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and John Paul Jones. Rare photographs of the bandmates in their preLed Zeppelin incarnations are included along with original interviews with their friends and colleagues.

About this title

Synopsis:

The phenomenon that was to be Led Zeppelin started humbly in the session studios and local beat groups of Wolverhampton - in the heart of the British 'midlands' - and in London's 'home counties'. All four future members started their respective careers playing and singing for others, without so much as a label credit. But between them they played on so many pivotal recordings during that revolutionary period in the early, mid and late 1960s, that it has been estimated, individually, they contributed to more than 50 per cent of all British pop records released between 1963 and 1968. They were of course to become, arguably, the most important rock band ever and certainly have maintained the most loyal and dedicated fan base of any major act since the dawn of the rock n roll era [with the possible exception of The Beatles]. The era during which they shone brightest as a collective unit - the golden age of Zeppelin - has been documented numerous times, occasionally with insight and expertise, often with nothing of the sort - but the genesis of this most important of bands has rarely been investigated in depth.

For Led Zeppelin - "The Origins Of The Species - How, Why And Where It All Began", esteemed music historian and author Alan Clayson has traced every session, recording and live appearance made by each future member of Led Zeppelin and woven the results into a rich and insightful text containing a factually accurate 'family tree' of the future band and all their musical and professional colleagues. The book also serves as a staggering insight into the workings of the music industry, its 'big wigs' and its foot soldiers, during the period in question. With further enlightenment concerning the musical influences each member was absorbing during these formative years, which would later come together as a kind of satanic ritual infused with the hippie ideal, this work is insightful, exciting, revelatory and, above all, a bloody good read.

About the Author:

Alan Clayson has written more than 30 books on various musicians, includingGeorge Harrison, Keith Moon, The Little Box of Beatles, The Walrus Was Ringo, and The Yardbirds. His work regularly appears in a variety of publications that includeThe Daily Mail, FHM, Mojo, and Record Collector.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chrome Dreams
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1842403451
• ISBN 13: 9781842403457
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320