On this day in 1974 at Headley Grange with Led Zeppelin, I had recorded Drop Down Mama (which became Custard Pie), Everybody Makes It Through (In the Light), and Swan Song, parts 1 and 2. ⁣ ⁣ Swan Song was an ambitious piece that I had prepared in my home studio with a number of sections and orchestrated overdubs and we laid down two contrasting sections of it. It never made it any further than this at the time, but the song title was chosen as the name for the forthcoming label that would see t

39K views · 4.2K reactions | On this day in 1977, I played at Chicago Stadium with Led Zeppelin. ⠀⠀⁣ We opened the set on the 1977 tour with 'The Song Remains The Same' and in the extras section of the Led Zeppelin DVD there is a version of this edited from various sources. It displays the full-on energy of the approach to that tour.⁣ ⠀⠀⁣  © Neal Preston, 1977 | Jimmy Page | Facebook

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