coogeeboy Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I have a CD titled Led Zeppelins Sources of Inspiration which features old blues artists that do songs that inspired Zeppelins music as well as giving them songs to cover. Artists include Howling Wolf, Baba Blues, Otis Rush, Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Fred McDowell, Snooks Eaglin etc. Some of the tracks include Smokestack Lightening, No place to go, The Train kept a rollin, I'm a man, I cant quit you babe etc all in their original format. As i am right into LZ's legacy that they have left the world then to me this is a very important reference because there is no doubt that LZ love the blues in it's purest form & it shows on this CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Where are you from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coogeeboy Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 Where are you from? Sorry to sound so obvious but i'm from Australia. Coogee is near Sydney in NSW, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dawg Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 I would like to get my hands on a Copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dawg Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Found it But it is pricey $50 on amazon Thanx, Coogee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coogeeboy Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 Found it But it is pricey $50 on amazon Thanx, Coogee That's the one BD. Just got a new Yamaha stereo for chrissy so i'll give it a blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dawg Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 That's the one BD. Just got a new Yamaha stereo for chrissy so i'll give it a blast. Coogee you da man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyPage1977 Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Obvious omissions were Willie Dixon and Ritchie Valens. ...and it's Robert Johnson! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedAndyZoSo Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 how much did u get it for coogee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadester48 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 there's another one, called "The Early Blues Roots of Led Zeppelin", but i forget how much you can get it for. Basically, alot of their songs are traditional blues arrangements, modified and/or reworked, sometimes so as to become barely recognisable. The only issue some have with this is that they didn't (when they originally released their albums) credit any of the original artists (where known), instead they just credited themselves. Some see this as a bit disingenuous. Personally, i like to think it is more a case of they took inspiration from so many sources that it would have seemed a little overblown to credit them all. Easier to credit those who have modified the tunes. The vast majority, if not all, of them *were* modified at least to some degree, which to me adds weight to this supposition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coogeeboy Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 how much did u get it for coogee? I think about $ A25.00 LAZS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmie ray Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 What makes a song "traditional" - is that when the originator is unknown or the song developed over the generations? I know some people who boycott Zep because they put their names on music that already existed. Yet others use old stuff and just credit it as traditional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadester48 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 "traditional" means it has a tradition around it, which in turn usually means it's been around for awhile. If you credit a traditional song as "traditional" rather than trying to claim it as your own, that surely gives you more credibility than someone trying to claim they wrote it even though other people have been playing it before they supposedly wrote it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmie ray Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 It doesn't make much sense that they paid so much attention to how the albums looked, sometimes delaying the release - but didn't research the origin or inspiration of some songs. It's almost defiant, I hate to say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Kite Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I Wanna have this "Sources of Inspiration" . It must be very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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