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Led Zeppelin - Travelling Riverside Blues (Official Music Video) (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Sep 2022
OP
Couldn't find a much better inspiration. And Steve noticed when he was being copied.
highplainsdem
Sep 2022
#2
I did prefer that Zeppelin song to the Faces cover, and I preferred the Faces cover, how Steve sang,
highplainsdem
Sep 2022
#4
BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)1. I just finished with Led Zep 1 and now I find this post.....
Fucking A!!!!! I need to close my windows again since my neighbors will bitch when I enjoy this on #11
I can see how Plant was inspired by Steve Marriott (Small Faces).
highplainsdem
(48,966 posts)2. Couldn't find a much better inspiration. And Steve noticed when he was being copied.
Listen to this:
From Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Faces_(1966_album)
Small Faces is the debut album of Small Faces, released in May 1966 by Decca Records. It includes the hit singles "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" and "Sha-La-La-La-Lee". The album was well received by music critics and was popular with the public, rising to number 3 on the UK album chart remaining at the top for several weeks.[4][5] It also reached number 8 in Finland.[6]
The album was recorded at IBC Studios, Portland Place, London between June 1965 and February 1966.[7] Glyn Johns was the studio engineer. In 1966, Small Faces became the eleventh biggest selling artists of the year.[8]
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In 1962, Muddy Waters recorded "You Need Love", written for him by peer Willie Dixon. "You Need Loving" is a thinly veiled cover of "You Need Love".[9] Small Faces were never sued by Dixon, even though "You Need Loving" only credits Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriott as writers. Guitarist Jimmy Page (initially of The Yardbirds and later of Led Zeppelin fame) has claimed to have been disappointed when, after coming up with a wicked guitar riff and requesting Robert Plant pen some lyrics, the singer returned with those of "You Need Loving", a tune Plant, a big Small Faces fan, had, according to Small Faces singer Steve Marriott in early 70s Canadian rock newspaper Beetle, said he had longed to record. Thus, "You Need Loving" became the basis for lyrics of Led Zeppelin's hit song "Whole Lotta Love" in 1969.
The album was recorded at IBC Studios, Portland Place, London between June 1965 and February 1966.[7] Glyn Johns was the studio engineer. In 1966, Small Faces became the eleventh biggest selling artists of the year.[8]
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In 1962, Muddy Waters recorded "You Need Love", written for him by peer Willie Dixon. "You Need Loving" is a thinly veiled cover of "You Need Love".[9] Small Faces were never sued by Dixon, even though "You Need Loving" only credits Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriott as writers. Guitarist Jimmy Page (initially of The Yardbirds and later of Led Zeppelin fame) has claimed to have been disappointed when, after coming up with a wicked guitar riff and requesting Robert Plant pen some lyrics, the singer returned with those of "You Need Loving", a tune Plant, a big Small Faces fan, had, according to Small Faces singer Steve Marriott in early 70s Canadian rock newspaper Beetle, said he had longed to record. Thus, "You Need Loving" became the basis for lyrics of Led Zeppelin's hit song "Whole Lotta Love" in 1969.
BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)3. I remember reading from a few sources
that Steve was flattered and thought Plant did agreat job. He said if anybody did it justice it, it was Plant. Steve had a big voice for such a "small" face (mod hipsters).
highplainsdem
(48,966 posts)4. I did prefer that Zeppelin song to the Faces cover, and I preferred the Faces cover, how Steve sang,
to the original.