"The Wanton Song" is a song by English
rock band
Led Zeppelin from their sixth studio album, 1975's ''
Physical Graffiti
''Physical Graffiti'' is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released as a double album on 24 February 1975 by the group's new record label, Swan Song Records.
The band wrote and recorded eight new songs for the a ...
''. It was developed from a jam session during rehearsals.
Recording
For his guitar solo, Page employed a
backwards echo (where the echo is heard before the note), and also put his guitar through a
Leslie speaker
The Leslie speaker is a combined amplifier and loudspeaker that projects the signal from an electric or electronic instrument and modifies the sound by rotating a baffle chamber ("drum") in front of the loudspeakers. A similar effect is provided ...
.
This was a technique Page had himself used as far back as his work with
the Yardbirds, and faced serious opposition from
audio engineer
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s when he tried it on the earliest Led Zeppelin recordings.
Live performances
"The Wanton Song" was played live during some of the Led Zeppelin's European and American
concerts in 1975, but was discontinued.
On 8 May 1998,
Page and Plant performed it on ''
Later... with Jools Holland''.
See also
*
List of cover versions of Led Zeppelin songs"The Wanton Song" entries
References
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1975 songs
Led Zeppelin songs
Song recordings produced by Jimmy Page
Songs written by Jimmy Page
Songs written by Robert Plant