Led Zeppelin and Their...Tricky Relationship With Blues｜Vinyl Monday 

what album do YOU want to see on vinyl monday in 2023? comment and i might do it!

Communication Breakdown was very radical for its time. Im 65 and remember when it first came out

It knocks me out that a 23 year old is reviewing this music and helping me re-live my younger days. You are very well informed, young lady, and I absolutely love what you’re doing. Keep it up!

His dragon costume was pretty amazing. It's probably the quintessential Jimmy Page look. His Yardbird's psychedelic baroque look was pretty bad ass too though.

blues is the foundation of rock and roll and man I wish I would’ve used that argument back in high school because as a young black girl, I would get repeatedly made fun of for listening to “white music” when black people literally invented rock and roll / just about every genre! And those artists of the original music deserve respect and credit

One of the greatest debuts ever of a music group

A nice summary of LZ's less than stellar history on giving credit where credit is due. I think most bands from that time tended to do the right thing by the original blues artists. I remember when I was a kid noticing that the same names - Robert Johnson, Willie Dixon, McKinley Morganfield, Chester Burnett - kept showing up as songwriters on some of my favorite rock albums. Who were these guys? Not easy to find out when a) you're a kid and b) it's in the pre-pre-internet age. Overall, the British blues boom of the mid-sixties provided much needed exposure to the "old blues guys". But then there were those bands who, for some reason, played fast and loose with what's right.

The only Led Zeppelin album I own a copy of, and that's no accident.

'Dazed and Confused' and 'Communication Breakdown' are my favourite tracks off "Led Zeppelin" (1).

Abby I think you would be fantastic in a talk show/podcast format. Would be great to hear your input on all things music. Would be awesome to hear you interview musicians. You’ve got a deep knowledge of music, respect for the music and artists, and charisma!

Chicago Transit Authority needs to be done for vinyl Monday.

Fabulous album from start to finish. For me, the two best tracks are "Baby I'm Going to Leave You" and "How Many More Times". Those two together are Led Zep in a nutshell in all their brilliance.

Only just discovered your channel, love it, nearly 70 and it’s great to hear your comments on many of the bands I grew up with.

It’s been fun, Abby! Thank you for bringing musical joy and excitement to my mundane Mondays, see ya next year!

I very much enjoyed this thorough dive into Zep I. Well done Abby. Enjoy your well deserved break!

Your videos are my late night Monday viewing here in the UK, looking forward to seeing what you have to offer up in 2023.

Such a deep review of the early years, you must do so much reading to drag this sort of detail out. It’s great watching your reviews on albums long long before you was born. Looking forward to 2023 🥳

This one is very much appreciated. Well done!

Hello, I can’t wait to watch this video when I get home, Led Zeppelin is one of my favorites!!

Looking forward to your deep dive into the Yardbirds! 🎉

Abbey, you are the ultimate Rock Music Nerd ! !

I'm particularly happy when there are Led Zeppelin for the vinyl monday , of course I love Led Zeppelin 1 I was blown away when I first heard it , also for the guitar tones I play guitar and Jimmy Page is my biggest inspiration , my favs are " Good times bad times", " Dazed and confused" ,and " how many more times" great talk as usual, Have a great Holidays

I fucking love Babe im gonna leave you. Vocals and everything is just perfect.

Greatest covers band of all time

Zeppelin I is a banger for sure. I love how you covered this album.

thanks.. love all the video's.. i really love this LP.. Have a great holiday.

Excellent episode as always!

THANK YOU !!

It's rainy and an ugly day here in Austin. You are a much needed ray of sunshine. Great video

Brilliant summation.

Awesome review! Have a wonderful holidays, Abi!! ❤️❤️

I'm travelling back in time, back , back to 2022 and no not just scrolling RU-vid. This makes sense to me. Calling out shabby decision making in not crediting the original blues 'breakers' is so forcefully done. As the episode points out it was simple enough to do it. A more authentic blues, you get that with Peter Green, Cream maybe. Zeppelin's expansive sound did feel big, new. I mean that drumsound where did that come from. Really like JPJ's organ contributions which sounded as good as Stills. Plant is irritating here though. Communication Breakdown really feels a statement of intent. B-Roll Abby's audition was chaos but as a fan I'm glad she got hired.

Luv this vinyl monday i grew up with this music icant believe a young woman like you luvs classic rock and knows so much a learn a little something every episode and the fashion i just luv looking forward to 2023 cant wait to see what comes next

Abigail, your slightly irreverant and amusing presentation on LZ1 was so much fun .... and spot on. I was a College Radio jock at the time in '68. You have an old soul. Keep it up!

Happy holidays!! As usual, great review

Have a great christmas!! Awesome video as always!

I can't wait for your Little Games episode! I love that record.

Yay, there she is☺️! Will be sad what out ya next Monday! Definitely got to let us know if you get any vinyl for Christmas!

What a tremendous record, easily one of the most influential in rock history. It was a perfect snapshot of the energy and power they could harness as a group, and also a revealing window into the exciting and somewhat experimental/improvisational sonic landscape Jimmy was going to explore with his new band. If there is a better example of the through line between the rural blues of the American South and what became known in the 70s as hard rock, I'm not sure what it would be.

Thank you for all you do! Happy Holidays and in terms of Jimmy painting, I think you may be onto something.

The song that turned me on to Zep was “How Many More Times” which i recorded on cassette from the radio back in the 80s as a teen.

Great job, Abby! I'm with you on the Glyn Johns universe being way better than Marvel. You did a great job talking about the blues influence of English bands. You have yet to talk about the greatest album of all time so I hope that comes up soon. I'll throw some tumblin' dice into my lovin' cup and be happy to wait all down the line until you shine a light. Hello from Salem , MA.

one of the greatest rock album ever !!!! a fantastic album classic !!!!!!

Although I totally agree Zeppelin should have credited the original songwriters, and were rightly sued for not giving credit. However this practice has been going on since the early days of recording. Elvis (or more accurately his management) did credit writers but didn't pay them the royalties, many had to sue years later to get their money. Robert Johnson's Love in Vain' is very similar to Leroy Carr's 'In the Evening', Leadbelly claimed many traditional songs as his own. There's a long history of the original bluesmen not getting credit for their work. It would be interesting to hear your commentary on some of the early blues players if you have them on vinyl. The complete Robert Johnson is a great album to start with. Keep up the good work, I'm slowly working my way through your videos, all very good and very informative.

seeing your videos in my feed makes me smile :)

Your time is gonna come is my fav JPJ moment. Despite the lyrics being about a floozy getting her comeuppance, it sounds like LZ touching on gospel. the Segway into black mountainside may seem like a bit of a wart but I guess Jimmy felt that a super-imposition would be more interesting that a standard fade out. Love to see you wrap you head around The Who's Quadrophenia. (any WHO freaks out there?) Overall I think you vids convey a genuine respect and Love for the music. Your doing very well. 🕊Please Continue

Zep 1 and I have a great history, too long to put here. Love this video as always. I’m glad I discovered your channel this year. Btw. Crosby stills and Nash had a great debut album me thinks. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Great job Abbi this was a great blues hard rock album it wasn't a new one when I first listened to it but it also wasn't that old

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Hey Abby, thank you for your work and OMG love love love your style and hair, totally fab! You have a lovely old soul vibe and positive demeanor! Love from a Brit girl, happy holidays, Bella x

You, my dear, are an encyclopedia!! From a long, long, long time LedHead - Fantastic - with great information and points about "that" topic. Thank you for the reaction❣ 👍👍 Little Games

You are a joy. Have a great Holidays!

This album came out the year I was born, which makes me 30 years older than you, which is blowing my mind..anyway, I enjoy your videos, gonna spin my recently acquired copy of this record now, happy holidays to you!

Pagey does an excellent Albert King imitation on I Can't Quit you Baby in his guitar solo - he goes directly from King to Page in that solo (the fast messy parts).

well put.

Happy holidays Abigail 🥰😘🖖

Abby, besides your knowledge about music, you have an actor talent! I have discovered LZ as a student, in 1990s. The first Zeppelin's album I heard as a whole was LZ-II, then LZ-IV. So I was very curious what their debut was, and I wasn't disappointed at all. Well it was more or less what I expected. Blues-rock plus hard-rock plus psychedelia (Hendrix' way). "Good Times..." started and my 1st thought was "that's how the people in 1969 heard LZ for the 1st time, their 1st sounds from Zepp!". Listened, listened, listened - and I was more and more "in it", and sitting there in my 1990s clothes, mentally I was more and more in 1969, feeling as if I was growing long hair and wearing blue denim down and up, and oriental symbols made of plastic or brass on the strap around my neck... I was leaving my baby with accoustic ballad verses and giant rock choruses, and getting dazed and confused by not-so-obvious bluesy riffs and mysterious kettledrums, and guitar solos giving me a trip without LSD, and I was climbing black mountain led by guitar as big as my room, and on the top I was told that communication breakdown is always the same (already knew something about it, "thanks to" streetcars' malfunctions), but I didn't ask how many more times I want to listen to this (oh, that jazzy bass walking and brush-played drums coupled with hard-rocky fuzz guitar). I knew I won't stop, not of my own free will anyway. And by the way: initially I didn't get that Led Zeppelin meant "airship made of lead". For quite a long time I thought it was "airship being led by someone or something". :D Happy Christmas, Abby, and happy new year, in which - see you on Monday. Vinyl Monday of course!

14:40 this is the best part of the video

Hi Abbey, My son and I fight about this album constantly ! I've always loved it,and it was the first time I heard Led Zeppelin. My son is angered that they "Ripped Off" the great Blues artists.I love Jimmy's guitar playing on this and most of their albums. Have a nice vacation !

Since you happened to mention that the blues is foundational for rock n' roll, I completely agree -- one informs the other -- but it goes both ways. For example, I wouldn't know who RL Burnside, Junior Kimbrough or Asie Payton are without the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

Abigail. I am shocked how much you know about music! Merry Christmas from 🇨🇦!

Rock on! ✌

Haha...best first album...ITKOTKC is on my list of top albums also. I could tell what it was before you mentioned Robert Fripp!

Greta Van Fleet sound EXACTLY like Led Zeppelin.....AND I FRIGGIN LOVE THEM FOR IT! There were plenty of Zeppelin clones in the 80's that ended up doing very well for themselves (Whitesnake, Kingdom Come, Great White) and never received the ridicule that these guys do. But just as you pointed out, they aren't a rip off, they are tipping their hat to them along with several other period artists that they've mentioned in their interviews. But you can't help see the similarity not just in sound, but in mannerism, clothing and stage presence. I'd love you to do a Vinyl Monday of a GVF album with a track by track comparison of its Led Zeppelin counterpart. Love the channel Abby and love what you do.

14:45 I had Eruption playing in my head myself

On my first day of High School in the mid 70's I sat at a desk that had song lyrics written on it. Good Times Bad Times song lyrics were written, in full, on the desk I chose to sit at. I felt welcomed. Bongo Fury for Vinyl Monday would be spectacular.

It would be fun to hear your take on any of The Grateful Dead's 1970 and before albums. For me, part of the charm of your channel is listening to your take on the music I grew up on. Well. . .you did ask for suggestions. . . This will be a challenge.

Your videos are great and you have great taste in music. Not many like you at your age or maybe I just don't get out that much. Keep em up!!!

Late to the channel, but those are my top 5 of the album as well.

Robert's vocals on Babe I'm Gonna Leave you are PERFECTION. And they're even better on the Denmark Radio version from around then. I will die on this hill.

All I can say is-I love you!

Led Zeppelin I was recorded and mixed in 30 hours. The recording of the drums for this album forever changed how drums were recorded. Compare this album recorded in 68 to any other record from that time.

I was 18 when LZ1 was released and I immediately became a big fan of the group. I saw them live 5 times, the first being the most memorable, May 30, 1969 at the Fillmore East. The show was sold out but I had a friend, she was similar in many ways to the Penny Lane character from Almost Famous, who seemed to know everyone and she got me in for free! I took some good acid before the show, in fact I took acid so often when listening to Zeppelin's debut that for years afterward every time I heard the album it would trigger a pleasant flashback. There was another controversy about the album, Jeff Beck's Truth album had been released a few months prior to LZ1 and lovers of the blues felt that Beck's album was truer to its source influences. They also preferred Rod Stewart's vocals over Plant's and Beck's gimmick free style of playing. I couldn't disagree but I was so taken by the music on Zep's album that I didn't care, I had Led Zeppelin fever! A few months later on October 25, 1969 I saw them play the Boston Garden to promote LZ2 and it was the first time that I saw John Bonham play a long drum solo where at the half way point, he dispensed with his sticks and continued to play with only his hands! Maybe other drummers played with their hands but Bonzo used his kit like an 8 piece conga drum set that was so wild, I couldn't imagine he wasn't destroying his hands! I saw Led Zeppelin at the Schaffer Music Festival July 21, 1969 and twice at Madison Garden in 1973. I nearly got crushed by the crowd at one of the MSG concerts. I was in front of the first row of seats near the stage when the crowd was pushed back by security, as I went down my brother was standing on one of the front row seats and he lifted me up before I was pushed to the ground and trampled. The second MSG concert, I'm a bit embarrassed about. I went with several friends and we were in the nose bleed section, there were some emergency use wheel chairs near where we were sitting and we took one, a friend sat in it, we told an usher that he couldn't see the band and we were escorted to the front of the stage (cringe). All in all, nothing will ever match the experience of seeing Led Zeppelin live at the Fillmore East at the tender age of 18 years old. It was their 2nd tour of the U.S., they were headlining this time (imagine the indignity of playing 2nd bill to Iron Butterfly on their first tour, yuck!). Now they were returning to the U.S. as kings and everything about that show, the performance, the audience and yes, the acid was over the top amazing!

Honestly didn't think there was anyone else my age whos as into the music and dress style of the 60s and 70s

Truth!

Zep I Changed our lives dramatically.

Jimmy also has all the master tapes.

Led Zeppelin 1 is my personal favorite album by them up there with Led Zeppelin 4 great video the Robert fripp joke made my day and the Eric Clapton stealing Patti joke was also hilarious happy holidays great video

Another great video! Just another manic Monday! Did you hit the threshold level today with the F-bombs?

Yes, greatest debut.

Abigail, you look SO familiar, I think I know you. In fact, I think I 'dated' you at one time..... back in the '70s !! LOL !! You pull off that retro look so well, I can almost smell the incense, petrulli, scented candles - all thats needed now is a blacklight and some posters !! The waterfall one was my favorite. *Not a word of this comment is meant as a 'jab', nor am I, as we used to say, 'goofin' on ya'. I so much enjoy your videos, the retro feels great and I mean this all as a compliment, keep up the great work (please) !!

I can remember maybe summer of 72-73 my sister putting Zep2 on the little record player. Quite the eye opener for an 8-9 yr old kid.

Jimmy Page also used a borrowed Gibson Flying V guitar for the solo in You Shook Me. Also the acoustic Gibson J-200 was used on Babe was also used by Jeff Beck on Greensleeves. The guitar was owned by Producer Mickey Most.

Abby,you RULE!! It’d be great to hear you deep dive on some REAL traditional Blues. Muddy Waters,Howlin Wolf,Little Walter,Sonny Boy Williamson,Buddy Guy & Junior Wells,Albert,Freddie,B.B. & Earl King…might help turn some of your subscribers on to some real hip stuff. Hope you have a great Holiday Season & look forward to resuming your reviews next year

Bought LZ 1 mostly because of the cover, at a drugstore, and it was weirdly transformative because my feel for blues prior to that was from the Stones' "High Tides and Green Grass".

How did Zep hide their thievery? Despite some excellent blues performances throughout the sixties there were not a lot of upscale folk with legal connections whistling Willie Dixon songs. I started playing Willie Dixon songs in 1969 when a friend loaned me an archtop-f-hole-Harmony guitar (Chicago). Zep 1 was what happens when someone pays to have your musical dreams manifest and you really really really like blues. I saw Albert King twice, late sixties, dude can wrench infinity out of one note. So yes, I remembered hearing those 1969 discoveries in 1968 when my brother brought the Zep's debut home. Freddie King's performance of Have You Ever Loved a Woman (in YT) is transcendent. The live version. Also Stevie Ray Vaughn with Albert King is excellent, just jamming in the studio. I'm playing and singing better than ever at 70 and when I don't know what to play I hear that little voice in my head - "blues, dude".

I got an original purple and tan 1969 original label pressing and it blows my red white & green away! The record is much hotter and has more bass

I enjoy your videos, subscribe and I 'thumb's up' them. Some details: Page and Beck crossed paths in the U.S. before the release of LZ1. When Page said they recorded "You Shook Me", Beck went off the cliff. He was going to record it, and he knew that his version wouldn't compare. He got angry and wouldn't speak to Page for a year. Their relationship began when they were very young, years before the Yardbirds. They knew each other from learning guitar in the neighborhood as kids. Re: "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You": Page and Plant bonded early due to their shared interests. Turned out they were both fans of Joan Baez. In concert, Plant would sometimes call Joan's name during "Going to California". Joan Baez's recording of "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" was credited on her album to 'American traditional'. That is where Page got the credit from. Did Bredon charge Joan Baez? No. Side note: the singer is telling his lover that his addiction is calling him away again, that is why he is leaving. Ahmet Ertegun once said that Robert Plant knew every lyric to every song that ever existed. You touch on that while you describe some of the sources of the lyrics. Plant could incorporate lyrics from some early song into a LZ recording or performance (Page did the same thing on lead guitar. In performance of "How Many More Times", "Whole Lotta Love" breaks in.) It is almost as if Plant had all these phrases in memory, and he could come up with the lyrics from wherever when the rhythm matched. It contributed to the improv style. "Boogie with Stu" is an example. The upside was always the success of improv, the downside was the potential infringement liability. Zero liability when you don't sell records, much more liability when you are selling a whole lotta albums. I am lucky enough to have listened to LZ1 when it first came out. I remember the effect it had on everybody, especially the opening. More later.

Hi Abby I have a lot of records too

Hey there Abigail. Thanks so much for the work. Love the "pinball" chime. Your Time is Going to Come is one of my favorite deep cuts of Zep. Plant's voice was crude...BUT only during first few years of zeppelin could he truly hit those high notes that is his trademark. Only nowadays he can't hit the high tenor notes but his lower baritone notes are richer and more beautiful...an interesting sacrifice. What are your thoughts?

Nice work as always do Abby!!!! I love Led Zeppelin I album, they are one of the best rock bands ever... I would love to make a Vinyl Mon about albums that released in January or February, like The doors 1st album or Janis Joplin-Pearl album, whatever you want... Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!!!!!!! See you next year.....

Classic Yabbus! I don't know that yardbirds 68 thing but maybe has the Take A While Think About It song where the solo totally precurses the one from Dazed And Confused. I thought maybe the freeze frame wasn't a video pause but it turned out to be. Request live motionlessness for a freeze frame at least once, that shit was funny than a mofo with the stilted cheesy smile. Happy holiday break

That right there is the holy grail of albums Nothing comes close

Its a great bearly ROCK album. NO roll tho. Love your show.

16:37 this is the best part of the video 🌹🌹♥♥✨✨🙏🏻🙏🏻😅😅

During lockdown i reeally got into music because it was something i could do while working from home. I decided i wanted to get into some classic rock and zeppelin ended up being my intro into my deepdive of this genre (was already familiar with rock but was a casual listener). I ordered my first pair of studio headphones and downloaded zeppelins entire discography (thanks piratebay). I took some time at the end of the day to sit down dim the lights and do nothing but listen to some music. The fist zeppelin album was nothing short of amazing. The first thing that struck me was robert plant. Holy fuck this sounds like the embodiment of what rock music singers should sound like. Totally unique from anything id ever heard. I finished the album and was really impressed. I ended up continuing to listen to zeppelin 1 until i was ready for zeppelin 2. It was the highlight of my day whenever i would sit down and listen to them. Eventually got onto zep 2 and so forth and finished it all with coda. It took probably six months to finish because i really wanted to take my time with it. As much as robert impressed me initially, i quickly discovered how insane the rest of the band was. All of them a sum of equal parts. Its a band i'll never get tired of. The things i would do to go back in time and see them live in their prime. Incredible. also jimmy page is the fucking man

Characteristically great stuff! Greatest debut or not, that opening salvo in Good Times Bad Times with the most Les Paul sounding Telecaster in history - BAM bam! Bam bam! told the world there was someone new on the block. Good summary of the richness of the scene and its players in late 60s UK as though you could throw any four people into a rehearsal room, tell them to play anything and release it. Unlike with the Beatles I didn't quite hear LZ back to front (they were still together when I first got into them) but hearing this after III, IV and II almost sounded like a different band (I knew just enough of psychedelia to hear that in LZ I) which added a zing of extra excitement. My late '70s copy did credit Willie Dixon but not Jake Holmes. It's right to call false attribution out but you added context without having to dilute the message. I think if they had been upfront about the credits the record would go down in history as an off-world inspired set of interpretations but .... These vids are a great treat and I look forward to as many as you can bring to us. Oh, and happy new year for a week and a bit from now.

All of my Zep snark aside I am still learning from Jimmy Page's guitar work, 55 years later.

Electric Warrior. Now there's a story that everyone would love to hear. Really was maybe the biggest band from England at that time. Marc Bolan! He had it all. He went out in a car accident, Like James Dean. That's a show every kid thar grew up outside of Dorksville would want to hear. I liked his lyrics. They were full of hooks, and kindof nonsensical. Fun! The Modern Lovers, from Boston.

Zep 1 really needed to be Led Zeppelin’s first album. The subsequent albums wouldn’t have made sense without it.