barney2EH Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Seems odd that this song never came out on Vinyl as it was obviously important to Jimmy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED68 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 To my knowledge they never did. It would be great if there was one though. I've only ever heard them do it live though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I agree, this song was really their first fusion together. Seems strange they never recorded a version either at the BBC or in studio. Would LOVE to hear one though - always loved it when they played the song live! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Knebs Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 What a great thought and question... I like the live recordings that are available and half expected to hear it in the WLL medley at the O2 it was on tape early in initial jams (Aug 12-24, 1968), never recorded with intent to be on an LP - likely since a full on rework would still not get the track far enough away from previous renditions already released by other artist(s). Possible that they did a warm up jam in a studio setting and one of the engineers kept the tape a rollin' and captured it- no idea. insofar of it ever seeing the light of day- I am hopeful. I have not heard any of the initial reference purpose only recordings of the initial rehearsals and practices. I have seen a picture of a mono reel-to-reel recorder that was purportedly on site at Brondby and Malmo in Denmark. The deck had tape in it so.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney2EH Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 Next year maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Historian Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 ^ Yeah, I'm hoping for the same. Page mentioned that the additional songs/visuals would be "substantial", not just every day Joe type stuff. All of the live versions have been really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Knebs Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 The Train Kept A Rollin' is a perfect track to do a visual montage over maybe Page will ask Sam to do a teaser and a web splash of the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elderer Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I hope its one of those "treats" in upcoming remastered albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magerogue Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I actually like the 1980 versions of the song. They were really great, but the sound from those soundboards are really bad in the first two/three songs. They probably recorded it in 1968. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swandown Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I doubt they recorded a studio version of "The Train Kept A-Rollin'". There was really no reason to record the song, since it had already been recorded (twice!) by The Yardbirds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEPFAN17 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I bet money it comes out on the remastered albums coming soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecube Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I bet money it comes out on the remastered albums coming soon... You're on. What shall it be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEPFAN17 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 The topic we are discussing...Train Kept A' Rolling will hopefully make on the remastered albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudslider Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 KEPT A ROLLIN’ VARIOUS RECORDINGS Title Performer Release date Info 1 The Train Kept A-Rollin' Tiny Bradshaw 1951 2 The Train Kept A-Rollin' The Johnny Burnette Trio 1956 3 The Train Kept A'Rollin' Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages May 1965 4 The Train Kept A-Rollin' The Yardbirds November 1965 5 Train Kept A-Rollin' The Rogues [1] 1966 6 The Train Kept A-Rollin' (Stroll On) Sugarloaf 1970 7 The Train Kept A Rollin' Shakin' Stevens and The Sunsets January 1970 8 The Train Kept A Rollin' Aerosmith 1974 9 The Train Kept A-Rollin' Albert Järvinen 1974 10 The Train Kept A-Rollin' Motörhead September 24, 1977 11 The Train Kept A-Rollin'/Strangers in the Night Aerosmith 1978 12 The Train Kept a Rolling Tav Falco's Panther Burns October 1981 13 The Train Kept A-Rollin' Shockabilly 1982 14 The Train Kept-A-Rollin' Alex Chilton 1982 15 Train Kept a Rolling Hanoi Rocks 1984 16 Train Kept A-Rollin' Nazz 1984 17 The Train Kept A-Rollin Dread Zeppelin 1991 18 The Train Kept A-Rollin' Count Five 1991 19 The Train Kept-A-Rollin' Colin James 1993 20 The Train Kept A-Rollin' Paul Burlison September 23, 1997 21 Train Kept A-Rollin' The Living End 1999 22 Train Kept A-Rollin' Ironboss July 2000 23 The Train Kept A-Rollin' Han Bennink & Eugene Chadbourne 2001 24 The Train Kept A-Rollin' Brave New World [1] September 17, 2002 25 Train Kept a Rollin' Chrome Daddies April 2004 26 The Train Kept A Rollin' Nymonics 2006 27 Train Kept A Rollin Johnny Red 2006 28 The Train Kept A-Rollin' American Dog 2006 29 Train Kept A Rollin' Porky's Hot Rockin' 2009 30 The Train It Kept A Rollin' Jeff Beck feat. Darrel Higham February 22, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Knebs Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 and there we have it.... I am speculating with ZEPFAN17 that it shows up on a box set, most likely the first one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingzoso Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I think that if Led Zeppelin did record a studio version of "Train Kept a Rollin'" back in late 1968, when they were in the studio to record Led Zeppelin, it would have already surfaced by now. Along the same lines, "As Long as I Have You", would have surfaced as well (if indeed they did record it in a studio environment). Take for instance, "Baby Come on Home", "the Girl I Love (She Got Long Black Wavy Hair") and "Sunshine Woman, etc...". Even "Travelling Riverside Blues". All these songs have been available on bootlegs and other sources for many, many years now. If "Train Kept a Rollin'" from 1968 does actually come out sometime in the near future, I will gladly welcome it. However, I am not 'holding my breath'. All I can say is this: Jimmy Page, please surprise me and release this song in it's original format (if there is one). I know that this is the first song that You suggested and rehearsed with John Paul Jones and the then unknowns: Robert Plant and John Henry Bonham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecongo Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Page recorded it for Outrider but didn't include it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Knebs Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Page recorded it for Outrider but didn't include it. shhhhhhhhhhh !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phhhl Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 I love Aerosmith's cut of this song, and I think I heard the Yardbirds' version on a casette I bought in a retail store 25 years ago or something... one of the greatest hard rock songs of all time. I know Zeppelin would have absolutely KILLED it. If Robert, Jimmy, JPJ and Jason Bonham walked into a studio today and cut a version of this tomorrow, I am absolutely certain it would go platinum in a week and turn a lot of working stiffs into millionaires... warts and all. What a great song! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStairwayRemainsTheSame Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 shhhhhhhhhhh !!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLqGaosb-vQ&feature=share&list=UUOfa1FtNjMZCklpHVjKWteQ Wouldn't make sense for him to put it in the Zep boxset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidZoso Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Maybe Jimmy could do what he did with 'We're Gonna Groove' take a version that is live -multitrack and overdub more guitars etc. Coda had 'We're Gonna Groove' listed as studio but we all know now it was from Royal Albert Hall 1970 with the crowd edited out and more guitars overdubbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the chase Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLqGaosb-vQ&feature=share&list=UUOfa1FtNjMZCklpHVjKWteQ Wouldn't make sense for him to put it in the Zep boxset Is that John Miles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiser Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Yes, it's John Miles. The version recorded is essentially the same arrangement that Zeppelin did live in 1980 which I prefer to the live versions of 1968 & 1969. I'm probably alone in preferring an ITTOD era studio version of "Train Kept..." than a LZ I version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Knebs Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 no question about it- was thinking along similar lines Page is going to bring out whatever he can in whatever way he can- so much available to him now DWS. Maybe Jimmy could do what he did with 'We're Gonna Groove' take a version that is live -multitrack and overdub more guitars etc. Coda had 'We're Gonna Groove' listed as studio but we all know now it was from Royal Albert Hall 1970 with the crowd edited out and more guitars overdubbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Historian Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Maybe Jimmy could do what he did with 'We're Gonna Groove' take a version that is live -multitrack and overdub more guitars etc. Coda had 'We're Gonna Groove' listed as studio but we all know now it was from Royal Albert Hall 1970 with the crowd edited out and more guitars overdubbed. Are you SURE about that? I've never heard that before. There are similarities to the "live" version, but it's not completely the same (the guitar itself is much more muddy in the live track from RAH) . Even with the added overdubs from the "studio"version, it doesn't sound like it's taken from a live performance. The vocals are a little different too, unless Page eliminated a few of Plant's "add-libs"? He must have completely erased the guitar track from the live version and replaced it with overdubbed guitars and shortened the song? However, could it be you are thinking about "I can't quit you babe" from CODA? If you look at the liner-notes, it says it was taken during a Sound check from Jan. 9th, 1970 (RAH), but it's obvious-it IS the real deal from that night-audience noise excluded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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