Various Artists – The Songs That Shaped Led Zeppelin

• When Led Zeppelin first emerged, in 1968, New Musical Express scribe Charles Shaar Murray famously hailed their playing style as “Blues on steroids”.
• Rolling Stone later called them “The heaviest band of all time”, “The biggest band of the Seventies” and “One of the most enduring bands in Rock history”.
• However, their “adaptations” of various Blues and R&R classics frequently landed them in trouble, for breaches of copyright, which led to several well-publicised court cases.
• This compilation presents twenty-eight prime examples of Led Zeppelin’s roots, with the emphasis very much on those Blues icons - Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Robert Johnson, Otis Rush, Blind Willie Johnson, Sleepy John Estes, etc - whose tunes they played on steroids.
• Plus, songs they purloined/borrowed from R&R icons like Eddie Cochran, The Johnny Burnette Trio, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, etc.

Track Listing

1. JOAN BAEZ - BABE I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU
2. MUDDY WATERS - YOU SHOOK ME
3. EDDIE COCHRAN - NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
4. OTIS RUSH - I CAN'T QUIT YOU BABY
5. HOWLIN WOLF - HOW MANY MORE YEARS
6. HOWLIN' WOLF - NO PLACE TO GO
7. MUDDY WATERS - YOU NEED LOVE
8. ROBERT JOHNSON - TRAVELLING RIVERSIDE BLUES
9. BOBBY PARKER - WATCH YOUR STEP
10. LEAD BELLY - THE GALLIS POLE
11. FRED GERLACH - GALLOWS POLE
12. BUKKA WHITE - SHAKE 'EM ON DOWN
13. RAY CHARLES - I GOT A WOMAN
14. JOE LIGGINS - THE HONEYDRIPPER
15. LITTLE RICHARD - KEEP A-KNOCKIN'
16. MEMPHIS MINNIE & KANSAS JOE MCCOY - WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS
17. SLEEPY JOHN ESTES - DROP DOWN MAMA
18. BLIND BOY FULLER - I WANT SOME OF YOUR PIE
19. BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON - JESUS MAKE UP MY DYING BED
20. ROBERT JOHNSON - TERRAPLANE BLUES
21. RITCHIE VALENS - OOH, MY HEAD
22. BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON - IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE
23. ROBERT WILKINS - THAT'S NO WAY TO GET ALONG
24. THE JOHNNY BURNETTE TRIO - THE TRAIN KEPT A-ROLLIN'
25. SLEEPY JOHN ESTES - THE GIRL I LOVE, SHE GOT LONG CURLY HAIR
26. BUKKA WHITE - FIXIN' TO DIE BLUES
27. BO DIDDLEY - I'M A MAN
28. LITTLE RICHARD - LONG TALL SALLY