Led Zeppelin GOOD TIMES BAD TIMES ("Led Zeppelin" 1969 / "Mothership" 2007) (Drum Improv 2)

LP:Mothership
Released:12Nov'07
Recorded:Oct'68–Dec'78
Complier:Jimmy Page John Paul Jones Robert Plant
LP:Led Zeppelin
Recorded:Oct'68
Released:12Jan'69(US),March31,'69(UK)
Studio:Olympic, London
Genre:Hard rock heavy metal blues rock folk rock
Label:Atlantic
Producer:Jimmy Page
"Good Times Bad Times"
(Page/Jones/Bonham)
Recorded and mixed in Oct '68 @ Olympic Studios, London
Engineered by Glyn Johns
Single released 3/10/69
"The New Yardbirds" 1st rehearsed on Aug 19 '68.Before leaving for Scandinavia in late summer early fall '68, the group took part in a recording session for the "P.J. Proby" LP "Three Week Hero"(released April 8, ‘69).The LP's track "Jim's Blues", with Plant on harmonica, was the 1st studio track to feature all 4 members of what was to become as "Led Zeppelin"."Led Zeppelin" completed the Scandinavian tour as "The New Yardbirds" playing together for the first time in front of a live audience@"Gladsaxe Teen Club", Gladsaxe, Denmark, on Sept 7 '68.The band presented their compositions "I Can't Quit You Baby", "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", "Communication Breakdown", "Dazed and Confused", "How Many More Times", and "You Shook Me" in their early dates before brought into the studio."The New Yardbirds" recruited into "Olympic Studios" on Sept 25, '68 at 11pm(+Oct '68)to record their debut LP "Led Zeppelin", done in about 30hrs remained on charts for 73 weeks).Jimmy Page changed the band name from "The New Yardbirds" to "Led Zeppelin" after signing with "Atlantic Records" in '68 with band manager Peter Grant."Led Zeppelin" unfavorable by critics in the early years for their LOUD BOMBASTIC SOUND in clubs!The BRITISH GROUP CLOSING THE '60'S WITH A NEW EXPLOSIVE SHOCK WAVE OF HARD ROCK."LZ" BRANCHING OUT to other STYLES OF MUSIC besides the HEAVY ROCK PSYCHEDELIC sound such as BLUES, FOLK, FUNK, CLASSICAL, and EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF JAZZ with "Bonzo's" light touch of swing in his playing(plays behind the beat).Jimmy Page provided a powerful LP with placing of mics to create a huge ambient reverb sound which would make all the instruments and Robert Plant's powerful vocals STRONG/BIG and not so boxy or muted such as the sounds bands were doing in the '60's.Jimmy experimented with reverse echo and massive reverb on the LP."Good Times Bad Times" opening the LP with an E5 POWER CHORD BLAST, a SLAM ON THE DRUMS WITH A GROOVY BASS, JOHN BONHAM'S FAMOUS BROKEN UP TRIPLET BETWEEN HIS HANDS AND FEET, AND ROBERT PLANT'S SOARING VOCALS TO MAKE A GROWN MAN CRY!SO MUCH GROOVE AND NOT YOUR STANDARD CONVENTIONAL ROCK SONG.THE CREATIVITY WITH BONHAM BLEW ME AWAY!If you listen to it without the tricks, its really just your standard BRokeN heart POPPY '60's PSYCHEDELIC song.LZ AMPLIFIES THE ERA.MAKING YOUR LITTLE BROKEN HEART FEEL HOW YOU REALLY FEEL.This was a 2nd take I did recently and thought it was really good, or at least as good as its going to get.I managed to get those $ shots in there, but still can't get those broken up triplets between the right hand(left hi-hat foot coming down with right hand on cowbell)and bass drum as clean and concise as I wished around 95 BPM.But it's there!NO, Bonham is not using 2 bass drumsJohn Bonham born 5/31/48 in Redditch Worcestershire, England and began playing drums at age 5!Making his kit out of plastic containers and coffee tins and was influenced by the big band jazz drummers like Buddy Rich, Max Roach, and Gene Krupa.No lessons but JB was skilled to play in grammar school bands such as "Gerry Levene & the Avengers."!According to John’s brother Mick his mother said “It was just a phase John was going through and he’d grow out of it.”JB worked for his father as a carpenter after leaving "Lodge Farm Secondary Modern School" in '64.He played in an early band called the "Senators" and recorded a single with the group called "She's a Mod" in '64.JB said "I went into the trade with my dad(carpentry)."He had a building business and I use to like it.""But drumming was the only thing I was really any good at."
Led Zeppelin("Led Zeppelin" '69 LP credits)
*Backing Vocals
Robert Plant–lead vocal harmonica
*Jimmy Page–electric acoustic and pedal steel guitars production
*John Paul Jones–bass organ
*John Bonham–drums timpani
Others
Viram Jasani–tabla on "Black Mountain Side"
Production
Chris Dreja–back cover photo
Peter Grant–executive production
George Hardie–cover design
Glyn Johns–engineering mixing
George Marino–CD remastering
John Davis–'14 reissue remastering
("Mothership" '07 credits)
*photography
*Dick Barnatt
John C. F. Davis–remastering
*Ian Dickson
*Carl Dunn
Shepard Fairey–art direction design
David Fricke–Liner notes
Peter Grant–executive production
*Bob Gruen
Ross Halfin–photo research
*Neal Preston
*Christian Rose
*Peter Simon
Ian Stewart–piano on "Rock and Roll"
*Laurens Van Houten
*Chris Walter
*Baron Wolman
*Neil Zlozower
Gear
RolandmicroCubeGXAmp(Reverb/JCClean)
RolandTDK-4PV-Drums
LudwigSpeedKing
VicFirthSD4Combos
BossGE-7Equalizer
LedZeppelinEst.'68(SwanSong)T