Behind the Recording of Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin’s second album was sound of he band cementing their place as one of the biggest hard rock bands of all time. Songs such as ‘Whole Lotta Love’ and ‘Ramble on’ are true rock classics. This is the story of how it was recorded and the techniques and equipment used.
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The breakdown of how the individual instruments were recorded during the first to Led Zeppelin records is definitely informative. There's definitely something to be said about how the hardware used to create reverb, echo and modulation effects was employed. However, I'm sort of convinced that the most significant negative info is the Glynn John's method of capturing the drums and percussion.
It is Leap Year 2024 as I comment. My 12th solo record, The Price that Fools will Pay, is out today. Of all the recordings I've made on my own, the only one to include a regular drum kit is my self-titled debut, Eric Benjamin Gordon, which is also the only record I've made in a facility other than my own. Since then, I've (mostly) depended upon electronically-triggered percussion in lieu of traditional drums. In the future, if I found myself at liberty to include a regular kit on my tracks again, I imagine I would attempt to use the method employed by Glynn John's in capturing John Bonham's playing.
When I first seen Zep 2 in the record store window , I thought they redid a Gene Pitney song, Heartbreaker.
I blame the parents.
The mic at 2:18 is not an AKG D19 but actually an Electro-Voice RE15. I own one and they use similar vents/proximity technology as the D19
I don't think you can say Zeppelin II displaced the Beatles or Rolling Stones on the charts because of the style of music, it was just a really amazing record, regardless of style.
Amazing. Recording and engineering one of the greatest rock albums of all time in a piece meal fashion, with what by today's standard would be considered a hammer and chisel. A testament to how skilled engineers were before they could rely on software and cut & paste.
Didn’t John Paul Jones use a 1962 Jazz (not 1961)? Almost sure that’s what was discussed and shown in Geddy Lee’s book and interview.
I swear by the Glynn John’s method
It always gets great results
Jones' Jazz Bass is a 1962. He's stated it himself.
Talking about all the technical details – guitars, amps, production techniques – as if any of these elements were somehow responsible for the genius of these records, is a common mistake that to me seems a bit silly. It's like attributing it to some magical set of coincidences, right? Back then, these Instruments and equipment, musicians picked what felt right, based on their taste. If Marshall or Fender or Gibson hadn't existed, and different equipment had been available, and you can bet the records would still be just as impactful. Why? it was all in their minds, imaginations, and how they translated this through their very human fingers and voices. Entire industries have been generated, pretending it's a magic that somehow existed in the guitars and amps. "If I get that Les Paul I'll sound like Jimmy Page?" no you wont mate, you'll sound like you.
Zep 3 is my favorite!
Whole Lotta Love is a classic riff to this day. Masterpiece! Bring it on Home is a tour de force riff also. Powerful! Ramble On is an acoustic beautiful song. Joe Walsh did Jimmy a huge favor when he sold him a vintage Gibson Les Paul sunburst. It became Jimmy's favorite guitar from then on. Moby Dick has an undeniable monolithic riff, giving way to a Bonzo drum solo. Heartbreaker and Living Loving Maid are also magic riffage.
Had this on 8-track! Good times!
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Zep 1 was recorded in Sept-Oct 1968 …. not '69.
This is my favourite album of all time. When I hear that initial cough on Whole Lotta Love the adrenaline starts to flow.
Except for the last album that was a good album but not a great one the rest of them are all musical statements of the time , and with Page producing they were all well made . Stand the test of time , having two studio session men in the band , is what set them apart from their contemporary’s . Rock on
I saw them at the Boston tea party in Jan69, then a few months later at the Carousel Theatre in Natick Mass then at Boston Garden where ZepII was being sold in the Lobby. They went from playing to maybe 700 at the tea party to 2500 at The Carousel, (a tent with rotating stage) to 20k at Bos Garden by Nov. Between shows they wrote and recorded ZepII.. That's a stunning 9 mon of productivity!
Greatest rock album of all time
The delay effect used was a 3-head reel to reel machine? How do you know that it was not Jimmy page's vox long tom echo? Source?
It is terrifying how long ago this was.
It seems like last week I was in a record shop in Liverpool buying this a week after it's release.
Great documentary, awesome pictures!
Ramble On, a priceless ageless work of art. i never tire of it now @ 77 still rambling on.
The quintessential LZ album is the one Im listening too at that particular time .I hate comparisons
The first album was way better than Led Zep 2.
Great music. Great Band. Rotten recording. Can't believe Eddy Kramer was involved. Mixed well but flat and lifeless. I have listened to it on McIntosh amps with all rebuilt JBL 4310s 4330s and 4350s. Put on any other album and life returns to the system. Not vinyl, digital with Accuphase DA converters.
1st record ….. Telecaster …… best sound the band ever had.
It's interesting how production is inconsistent from album to album and some classic rock bands' early albums sound a lot better than later ones…
GREAT album! Ramble on! m/
Good stuff! It really is amazing just how technically savvy and ahead of their times bands like Zeppelin were considering the technology of the day was hardware and not software. As a kid you just waited for the next album to come out and went to the record store to buy it. Most never knew the incredible backstory to making the albums only that the music grabbed your soul.
Black and white images are better than poorly-recoloured images
ROBERT PLANT…. HIS VOICE ON THE FIRST ALBUM WAS AT IT'S VERY BEST EVER….ROBUST, STRONG, ABSOLUTELY MY FAVORITE SINGER OF ALL TIME. 2ND ALBUM WAS A HIT MACHINE. NO OTHER BAND HAS SUCH A VAST CATALOG OF GREAT SONGS….NOBODY IMHO RESPECT
when the album was released on CD the first time it sounded awful. Totally flat sound.
He wasn't yet using Marshalls when this was recorded. He toured a custom made Jimmy Page amp, the JP100, from Hiwatt.
Really nice to see a video that focuses on what this band was all about.
Short, sweet and chock full of good stuff. Well done.