The quartet played gigs that had been booked for the Yardbirds, performing as the New Yardbirds, until they formally unveiled their debut album as Led Zeppelin in early 1969. Robert Plant and ...

Original pressings of 'Led Zeppelin' list ‘How Many More Times’ as lasting only around three minutes and 30 seconds, but the song was much longer.

In retrospect, it makes sense that backing Bassey would prove formative: So much of Led Zeppelin was about power, poise and drama (or melodrama, if you think of the first album’s overwrought ...