Black Country Woman
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| "Black Country Woman" | ||
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| Song by Led Zeppelin | ||
| from the album 'Physical Graffiti' | ||
| Released | February 24, 1975 | |
| Recorded | 1972 | |
| Genre | Folk rock | |
| Length | 4:24 | |
| Label | Atlantic Records | |
| Writer(s) | Page/Plant | |
| 'Physical Graffiti' track listing | ||
| "Boogie with Stu" (13) |
"Black Country Woman" (14) |
"Sick Again" (15) |
"Black Country Woman" is the penultimate song on English rock band Led Zeppelin's 1975 album Physical Graffiti. It was originally intended to be part of the Houses of the Holy album, which was released two years earlier.
"Black Country Woman" was an acoustic song recorded in the back garden of Mick Jagger's home, Stargroves, in 1972 (around the same time as "D'yer Mak'er"). At the beginning of the track, recording engineer Eddie Kramer can be heard saying, "Got to get this airplane off," about an aeroplane which is heard flying overhead, to which Robert Plant replies "Naw, leave it in."
Recording outdoors proved to be difficult. On one occasion at Headley Grange when Plant tried to go outside to sing the song, he was attacked by a flock of angry geese.
Originally the song was subtitled "Never Ending Doubting Woman Blues," with Plant adding that line at the end.
"Black Country Woman" was rarely played live at Led Zeppelin concerts, but was merged into a medley with "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp" on the band's concert tour of the United States in 1977. For this arrangement, John Paul Jones played an upright bass.
[edit] Sources
- Led Zeppelin: Dazed and Confused: The Stories Behind Every Song, by Chris Welch, ISBN 978-1-56025-818-6
- The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin, by Dave Lewis, ISBN 978-0-7119-3528-0
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