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I don't know if this has been posted before, but this is a very good (French?) Led Zeppelin site with free downloads of the "originals" and/or "inspiration for" all the following songs, including Levee:

Joan Baez - Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You [2,46 Mo] - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You

Jakes Holmes - Dazed And Confused [3,30 Mo] - Dazed And Confused

Bert Jansch - Blackwater Side [3,45 Mo] - Black Mountain Side

The Small Faces - You Need Lovin' [3,62 Mo] - Whole Lotta Love

Howlin' Wolf - Killing Floor [2,61 Mo] - The Lemon Song

Bobby Parker - Watch Your Step [2,58 Mo] - Moby Dick

Sonny Boy Williamson - Bring It On Home [2,38 Mo] - Bring It On Home

Leadbelly - Gallis Pole [2,77 Mo] - Gallows Pole

The Yardbirds - Knowing That I'm Losing You [2,66 Mo] - Tangerine

Bert Jansch - The Waggoner's Lad (intro) [805 Ko] - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp

Bukka White - Shake 'Em On Down [2,77 Mo] - Hats Off To (Roy) Harper

Little Richard - Keep A Knockin' [2,06 Mo] - Rock And Roll

Spirit - Taurus [2,39 Mo] - Stairway To Heaven

Bert Jansch - Go Your Way My Love (intro) [420 Ko] - Going To California

Memphis Minnie - When The Levee Breaks [2,92 Mo] - When The Levee Breaks

Josh White - Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed [2,83 Mo] - In My Time Of Dying

Ritchie Valens - Ooh! My Head [2,07 Mo] - Boogie With Stu

Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine [2,92 Mo] - Nobody's Fault But Mine

Davey Graham - She Moved Through The Fair [2,86 Mo] - White Summer

Robert Johnson - Travelling Riverside Blues [2,46 Mo] - Travelling Riverside Blues

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I don't know if this has been posted before, but this is a very good (French?) Led Zeppelin site with free downloads of the "originals" and/or "inspiration for" all the following songs, including Levee:

Joan Baez - Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You [2,46 Mo] - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You

Jakes Holmes - Dazed And Confused [3,30 Mo] - Dazed And Confused

Bert Jansch - Blackwater Side [3,45 Mo] - Black Mountain Side

The Small Faces - You Need Lovin' [3,62 Mo] - Whole Lotta Love

Howlin' Wolf - Killing Floor [2,61 Mo] - The Lemon Song

Bobby Parker - Watch Your Step [2,58 Mo] - Moby Dick

Sonny Boy Williamson - Bring It On Home [2,38 Mo] - Bring It On Home

Leadbelly - Gallis Pole [2,77 Mo] - Gallows Pole

The Yardbirds - Knowing That I'm Losing You [2,66 Mo] - Tangerine

Bert Jansch - The Waggoner's Lad (intro) [805 Ko] - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp

Bukka White - Shake 'Em On Down [2,77 Mo] - Hats Off To (Roy) Harper

Little Richard - Keep A Knockin' [2,06 Mo] - Rock And Roll

Spirit - Taurus [2,39 Mo] - Stairway To Heaven

Bert Jansch - Go Your Way My Love (intro) [420 Ko] - Going To California

Memphis Minnie - When The Levee Breaks [2,92 Mo] - When The Levee Breaks

Josh White - Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed [2,83 Mo] - In My Time Of Dying

Ritchie Valens - Ooh! My Head [2,07 Mo] - Boogie With Stu

Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine [2,92 Mo] - Nobody's Fault But Mine

Davey Graham - She Moved Through The Fair [2,86 Mo] - White Summer

Robert Johnson - Travelling Riverside Blues [2,46 Mo] - Travelling Riverside Blues

THANK YOU!!! I had been looking for that site, I'd forgotten the name of it.

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I don't know if this has been posted before, but this is a very good (French?) Led Zeppelin site with free downloads of the "originals" and/or "inspiration for" all the following songs, including Levee:

Joan Baez - Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You [2,46 Mo] - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You

Jakes Holmes - Dazed And Confused [3,30 Mo] - Dazed And Confused

Bert Jansch - Blackwater Side [3,45 Mo] - Black Mountain Side

The Small Faces - You Need Lovin' [3,62 Mo] - Whole Lotta Love

Howlin' Wolf - Killing Floor [2,61 Mo] - The Lemon Song

Bobby Parker - Watch Your Step [2,58 Mo] - Moby Dick

Sonny Boy Williamson - Bring It On Home [2,38 Mo] - Bring It On Home

Leadbelly - Gallis Pole [2,77 Mo] - Gallows Pole

The Yardbirds - Knowing That I'm Losing You [2,66 Mo] - Tangerine

Bert Jansch - The Waggoner's Lad (intro) [805 Ko] - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp

Bukka White - Shake 'Em On Down [2,77 Mo] - Hats Off To (Roy) Harper

Little Richard - Keep A Knockin' [2,06 Mo] - Rock And Roll

Spirit - Taurus [2,39 Mo] - Stairway To Heaven

Bert Jansch - Go Your Way My Love (intro) [420 Ko] - Going To California

Memphis Minnie - When The Levee Breaks [2,92 Mo] - When The Levee Breaks

Josh White - Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed [2,83 Mo] - In My Time Of Dying

Ritchie Valens - Ooh! My Head [2,07 Mo] - Boogie With Stu

Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine [2,92 Mo] - Nobody's Fault But Mine

Davey Graham - She Moved Through The Fair [2,86 Mo] - White Summer

Robert Johnson - Travelling Riverside Blues [2,46 Mo] - Travelling Riverside Blues

This is GREAT Man.....thanks a bunch

T

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I couldn't find an audio link but here are the lyric's off Dylan's version

The Levee's Gonna Break

Words and Music by Bob Dylan

First Release

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"Modern Times"

2006

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If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break

If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break

Everybody saying this is a day only The Lord could make

Well I worked on the levee Mama, both night and day

Well I worked on the levee Mama, both night and day

I got to the river and I threw my clothes away

I paid my time and now I'm as good as new

I paid my time and now I'm as good as new

They can't take me back, not unless I want them to

If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break

If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break

Some of these people gonna strip you of all they can take

I can't stop here, I ain't ready to unload

I can't stop here, I ain't ready to unload

Riches and salvation can be waiting behind the next bend in the road

I picked you up from the gutter and this is the thanks I get

I picked you up from the gutter and this is the thanks I get

You say you want me to quit ya, I told you no, not just yet

I look in your eyes, I see nobody else but me

I look in your eyes, I see nobody other than me

I see all that I am and all I hope to be

If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break

If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break

Some of these people don't know which road to take

When I'm with you I forget I was ever blue

When I'm with you I forget I was ever blue

Without you there's no meaning in anything I do

Some people on the road carrying everything that they own

Some people on the road carrying everything that they own

Some people got barely enough skin to cover their bones

Put on your cat clothes, Mama, put on your evening dress

Put on your cat clothes, Mama, put on your evening dress

A few more years of hard work then there'll be a thousand years of happiness

If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break

If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break

I tried to get you to love me, but I won't repeat that mistake

If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break

If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break

Plenty of cheap stuff out there still around to take

I woke up this morning, butter and eggs in my bed

I woke up this morning, butter and eggs in my bed

I ain't got enough room to even raise my head

Come back, baby, say we never more will part

Come back, baby, say we never more will part

Don't be a stranger without a brain or heart

If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break

If it keep on rainin' the levee gonna break

Some people still sleepin', some people are wide awake

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Joan Baez - Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You [2,46 Mo] - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You

Jakes Holmes - Dazed And Confused [3,30 Mo] - Dazed And Confused

Bert Jansch - Blackwater Side [3,45 Mo] - Black Mountain Side

The Small Faces - You Need Lovin' [3,62 Mo] - Whole Lotta Love

Howlin' Wolf - Killing Floor [2,61 Mo] - The Lemon Song

Bobby Parker - Watch Your Step [2,58 Mo] - Moby Dick

Sonny Boy Williamson - Bring It On Home [2,38 Mo] - Bring It On Home

Leadbelly - Gallis Pole [2,77 Mo] - Gallows Pole

The Yardbirds - Knowing That I'm Losing You [2,66 Mo] - Tangerine

Bert Jansch - The Waggoner's Lad (intro) [805 Ko] - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp

Bukka White - Shake 'Em On Down [2,77 Mo] - Hats Off To (Roy) Harper

Little Richard - Keep A Knockin' [2,06 Mo] - Rock And Roll

Spirit - Taurus [2,39 Mo] - Stairway To Heaven

Bert Jansch - Go Your Way My Love (intro) [420 Ko] - Going To California

Memphis Minnie - When The Levee Breaks [2,92 Mo] - When The Levee Breaks

Josh White - Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed [2,83 Mo] - In My Time Of Dying

Ritchie Valens - Ooh! My Head [2,07 Mo] - Boogie With Stu

Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine [2,92 Mo] - Nobody's Fault But Mine

Davey Graham - She Moved Through The Fair [2,86 Mo] - White Summer

Robert Johnson - Travelling Riverside Blues [2,46 Mo] - Travelling Riverside Blues

Oh wow, thank you so much! :D

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Found this out there......this is awesome...had to share it.

It is the original or at least I think it is the original Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe.

Totally cool.....I must learn these licks.....hope you enjoy

is here on Blog

http://originallevee.blogspot.com/

Cheers T

Weird. I click on the play and nothing happened. :(

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I don't know if this has been posted before, but this is a very good (French?) Led Zeppelin site with free downloads of the "originals" and/or "inspiration for" all the following songs, including Levee:

Joan Baez - Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You [2,46 Mo] - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You

Jakes Holmes - Dazed And Confused [3,30 Mo] - Dazed And Confused

Bert Jansch - Blackwater Side [3,45 Mo] - Black Mountain Side

The Small Faces - You Need Lovin' [3,62 Mo] - Whole Lotta Love

Howlin' Wolf - Killing Floor [2,61 Mo] - The Lemon Song

Bobby Parker - Watch Your Step [2,58 Mo] - Moby Dick

Sonny Boy Williamson - Bring It On Home [2,38 Mo] - Bring It On Home

Leadbelly - Gallis Pole [2,77 Mo] - Gallows Pole

The Yardbirds - Knowing That I'm Losing You [2,66 Mo] - Tangerine

Bert Jansch - The Waggoner's Lad (intro) [805 Ko] - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp

Bukka White - Shake 'Em On Down [2,77 Mo] - Hats Off To (Roy) Harper

Little Richard - Keep A Knockin' [2,06 Mo] - Rock And Roll

Spirit - Taurus [2,39 Mo] - Stairway To Heaven

Bert Jansch - Go Your Way My Love (intro) [420 Ko] - Going To California

Memphis Minnie - When The Levee Breaks [2,92 Mo] - When The Levee Breaks

Josh White - Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed [2,83 Mo] - In My Time Of Dying

Ritchie Valens - Ooh! My Head [2,07 Mo] - Boogie With Stu

Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine [2,92 Mo] - Nobody's Fault But Mine

Davey Graham - She Moved Through The Fair [2,86 Mo] - White Summer

Robert Johnson - Travelling Riverside Blues [2,46 Mo] - Travelling Riverside Blues

This is the list that Howard Stern was talkin bout a few months ago, when there was a big hubbub about Zeppelin stealing. What's funny is, I read that the Beatles have actually been sued more times than Zep, for it.

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