Led Zeppelin: Lighter than Air - Non-Album Tracks, 1971-1973

It’s strange how things work out sometimes. This is the fourth stray tracks Led Zeppelin album I’ve made. The first three all had a majority of original songs. But this one is almost entirely make up of cover versions, generally of classic 1950s rock and roll songs. Since I’ve ordered these chronologically, I can’t take credit for giving this thematic unity. I guess the band was just really into 1950s music in this time period, because the number of such covers goes way down after this. As far as I can tell, the only originals here are “Walter’s Walk,“ the instrumental “Lighter than Air,“ and “Sugar Baby,“ which I guess is also known as “Strawberry Jam.“ The other songs generally come from live concerts, where I removed the audience noise to make them sound like studio tracks. Four of the songs actually come from the official live album “How the West Was Won,“ although that isn’t obvious at first, because they’re not o
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