Friday, October 3, 2008

Zep Classics























One detour before our last blast of Bonzos. This is a disc I received about 8 years ago, no art, no idea who made it, but luckily I saved the track listing. It chronicles songs that Led Zeppelin covered/borrowed/stole/appropriated, depending on your point of view. Zep scholars will probably understand the inclusion of some of the stranger tracks (I'll admit some of these elude me), while amateur musicologists (of which I am one) will delight in the rare and historical gems presented here. The level of thievery/allusion/homage (again depending on your point of view) is surprising on some of these tracks. The maker also included two fun bonuses (or "bonii" as one of my highschool teachers used to say), the latter of which I upgraded with a less-crackly one from my own collection. Enjoy!

1) Johnny Burnette and the Rock'n'Roll Trio - The Train Kept A-Rollin'
2) Jake Holmes - Dazed and Confused
3) Garnet Mimms - As Long As I Have You
4) Joan Baez - Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You
5) Muddy Waters - You Shook Me
6) Robert Johnson - Stones In My Passway
7) Bert Jansch - Black Water Side
8) Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby
9) Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years
10) Albert King - The Hunter
11) Muddy Waters - You Need Love
12) Howlin' Wolf - Killing Floor
13) Robert Johnson - Traveling Riverside Blues
14) Sonny Boy Williamson II - Bring It On Home
15) John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillun
16) Elvis Presley - That's Alright, Mama
17) Eddie Cochran - Something Else
18) Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
19) Leadbelly - Gallows Pole (The Gallis Pole)
20) Little Richard - Keep A-Knockin'
21) Memphis Minnie - When the Levee Breaks
22) Bukka White - Shake 'Em On Down
23) Blind Willie Johnson - In My Time of Dying (Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed)
24) The Meters - Cissy Strut
25) Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine
26) Rolf Harris - Stairway to Heaven
27) Little Roger and the Goosebumps - Stairway to Gilligan's Island

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