Fact #83908
When:
Short story:
Led Zeppelin begin recording their debut album at Olympic Studios, Barnes, London, England, UK, Europe.
Full article:
Glyn Johns (producer) : It was groundbreaking, astonishing musicianship, it had everything, and I’m terribly proud of the sound, I must tell you. We were putting together the ‘Rock ’n’ Roll Circus’ (Rolling Stones television special) so I’m thinking, ‘We’ll get them on that.’ But Mick (Jagger) says he doesn’t get it, not at all. And George (Harrison) was the same. Exactly the same. George just didn’t get it. He didn’t know what I was going on about.
Look, we all have different tastes, and I’m sure there are things that Mick or George liked that I didn’t particularly like, like Ravi Shankar. It’s just that because I had been so excited about something and it was so new, I naturally expected my contemporaries to feel the same way. It was disappointing. I didn’t lose sleep over it, but it was a bit of a shock.
In retrospect, the only thing I can think is, that if you consider what the Stones had done up to that point, and still do, it is pretty far removed from heavy metal. I think it’s disgraceful to align that first Led Zeppelin record with heavy metal because it’s far, far better, but you know what I’m saying: It started that genre.
(Source : interview with Larry Rohter in New York Times, 2014)
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Look, we all have different tastes, and I’m sure there are things that Mick or George liked that I didn’t particularly like, like Ravi Shankar. It’s just that because I had been so excited about something and it was so new, I naturally expected my contemporaries to feel the same way. It was disappointing. I didn’t lose sleep over it, but it was a bit of a shock.
In retrospect, the only thing I can think is, that if you consider what the Stones had done up to that point, and still do, it is pretty far removed from heavy metal. I think it’s disgraceful to align that first Led Zeppelin record with heavy metal because it’s far, far better, but you know what I’m saying: It started that genre.
(Source : interview with Larry Rohter in New York Times, 2014)