"THE ABOVE GROUND SOUND" OF JAKE HOLMES LP/1967/Led Zeppelin/Dazed And Confused

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JAKE HOLMES '"The Above Ground Sound" Of Jake Holmes' LP (UK, Radioactive Records, Catalogue #RRLP049) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited year 2004 Radioactive Records label LP edition of rare and highly sought-after 1967 US Acid-Folk album by Jake Holmes.., highly sought-after by knowing Led Zeppelin fans for the sole (and significant) reason that this contains the original version of the song Dazed And Confused (with significantly different lyrics and some structural differences to the musical arrangement, though you will certainly not mistake this for being a "different" song), which Jimmy Page first heard when Holmes opened for the Yardbirds in New York in 1967 and then.., well, the rest, as they say, is history.

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(NOTE: MANDATORY ITEM FOR LED ZEPPELIN COLLECTORS!)

When folk-rock singer/songwriter Jake Holmes opened for The Yardbirds in New York in August 1967, little did he suspect that one of his songs, "Dazed and Confused," would be "commandeered" by guitarist Jimmy Page and become one of his next band's major live showpieces. The band in question is, of course, Led Zeppelin, and although The Yardbirds did incorporate the song into their live set, it is the Led Zep version that provided Holmes with his 15 minutes of fame, although Mr. Page, clearly suffering from a temporary bout of amnesia, forgetfully claimed the songwriting credit himself. Holmes had done the rounds of the New York folk scene, working in bands with the likes of Tim Rose before going solo. This, his first recording, originally appeared on the Tower label in 1967. The album is considered a folk-rock masterpiece, and was described at the time as "a songwriter, three guitars and a mirror." The guitars of Holmes, Ted Irwin (later to play with Elliot Murphy, Roy Buchanan and various country singers) are the only backing for Holmes' voice and the 10 short tracks are outstanding, but especially the sparer, stripped-down original version of "Dazed and Confused."  

Tracks on this LP are as follows:

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