What's Spinning

Released on this day in 1971.

My least played LZ record. A few of these songs, I never, ever need to hear again. This one, I need to hear as often as possible.

This song was only trotted out a handful of times at the beginning of the '75 tour. This is easily the best capture I've run across...




Led Zeppelin - IV or Runes or Four Symbols or Untitled or Beggar or ZOSO - take your pick...

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Ben Howard – The Burgh Island E.P.
Island Records – 4585706, 2012/2022

Limited/Numbered to 5000, #2971

Pressed at Optimal

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I've been holding off on getting this, it might be time. My dad bought this on CD when it came out -- the Buena Vista revival hit the Cuban diaspora hard when it came out in the early oughts. It hit the older generation as a nostalgia thing from their youth; I don't get that, but it reminds me of his joy and sadness listening to it. Nostalgia by proxy, I guess.

In fact, IIRC it was the first CD he bought (at my urging) via Amazon ("You can do that? Buy it on the web page and they just....send it to you?") -- it was their early days into selling non-book-stuff. I bought Skinny Puppy's Remix Dystemper and he got Omara and a Yo-yo Ma Bach thing. Back then you could pay by check, it just took forever (maybe you still can?). I remember when it showed up weeks later it seemed real flighty and kind of shady, like 'nah this'll never last long term, people like going to stores and holding stuff in their hands'.
 
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