According to him he did . In the documentary "It Might Get Loud " He says he did and they got it in one take .
The concert footage is from a 1976 show at Madison Square Garden.
According to Led Zep's Fandom page:
Yes, at the Concert for Bangladesh with George Harrison August 1971.
They signed a deal with Atlantic Records after changing their name from The New Yardbirds to Led Zeppelin.
No, Robert Plant did not sing a song called on the road.
the symbols come from arcane magical and ancient Egyptian sources and represent each band member: Zoso is Jimmy Page, The feather is Robert Plant, The 3 interlocking circles is John Bonham and the other one is John Paul Jones.
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Some people seem to think that the symbols are related to the occult:
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mledzeppelin.html
http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Rock-n-Roll/led_zeppelin.htm
http://www.cuttingedge.org/NEWS/n1957.cfm
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but Jimmy Page is a documented occultist who worshiped Alister Crowley who believed and practiced SEX MAGICK (the occult) OMFS!!! I think Jimmy's symbol is an ancient fixture or symbol for Saturn , the 6th planet , and many believe this ancient rune or symbol or Saturn to be where the word or idea of Satan came from definitely occult. But the other members symbols are really harmless
Led Zeppelin wrote their own music, although they did do a few covers and a few bits of plagiarism.
i saw it at a music store, and it was going for $350
Black Mountain Side of Led Zeppelin 1.
Bonzo's Montreux off of Coda.
Moby Dick of Led Zeppelin 2.
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James Patrick Page, (born 9 January 1944) started out in a band called Neil Christian and the Crusaders (not Freddie and the Dreamers) before bad health made it impossible for him to tour. After this he concentrated on being a session musician, rejecting the Yardbirds first offer for him to replace Eric Clapton in 1964. He later joined the band when they asked him again in 1966, staying until they broke up in 1968.
He also had a small stint with 'The nobs'The Fauves names were, Henri Matisse, Maurice De Vlaminck, Andre Derain, Georges Braque and Raoul Dufy.
Led Zeppelin are a pretty diversive group, meaning they can be classified as metal because of the raw sound that they create, but they have very different songs. Like Battle of Evermore for example.
It's also hard to say since the idea of metal has changed since it starting getting angrier and distorted.
The name of the song is derived from a play on the words "Jamaica" and "Did you make her", based on an old joke ("My wife's gone to the West Indies." "Jamaica?" "No, she went of her own accord.")
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I posted a Web link- scroll most of the way down to the category called "covers." It's all there.
Techinally the last album was "How the West was Won" that released in May of 2003. The last album that was released while all the band members were alive was "In Through the Out Door". There were two more albums released after John died between the two mentioned here.
How the west was won.