Robert Plant/Led Zeppelin Index A-F

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A

Achilles Last Stand - Appears on Led Zeppelin's Presence and one the first US box set. This epic was performed by Page and Plant during the first two nights of their No Quarter tour in 1995.

Justin Adams - Played, Gimbri, Barbuka on Robert Plant's Dreamland. Also toured with Robert.

Najma Akhtar - Sang with Robert Plant on The Battle Of Evermore on the No Quarter album. She also made a few concert appearances during the tour to sing this song.

Bashir Abdel Al-Nay - Played the Egyptian Bamboo Flute on Page and Plant's No Quarter album.

All My Love - Appears on In Through The Out Door and on the first Zeppelin box set. The lyrics are a tribute to Plant's son Karac who died in 1977. Performed by Zeppelin during the 1980 European tour.

Madrtin Allcock - Played mandolin on If I Were A Carpenter on Fate Of Nations.

Phillip Andrews - Played keyboards on Fate of Nation's Memory Song (Hello Hello). Also with Page/Plant on the Walking Into Everywhere tour.

Anniversary - A song written by Plant that dealt with his divorce with Maureen, appeared on Manic Nirvana and was performed live in the 1990 tour. Plant would play the guitar during live versions of this song.

Hassan El Arfaoui - One of the Marrakech Musicians on No Quarter.

Jane Atkins - viola player on No Quarter.

Amin Abdel Azim - played the strings on No Quarter.

B

Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Appeared on Led Zeppelin I and on the first box set. This song was performed in Page/Plant's second that included a bit of 'Stairway.' Performed by Page and Plant and also by Plant from the Fate Of Nations tour through Mighty Rearranger.

Baby Come On Home - A song that didn't appear until Zeppelin's second box set. Recorded back in 1968 for the first album.

John Baggott - Played Keyboards on the Dreamland album.

Wael Abu Bakr - Was a Soloist and string player on No Quarter.

Brahim El Balkani - A Marrakech musician who appeared on No Quarter.

Barriemore Barlow - Played drums on Wreckless Love and Stranger Here...Than Over There on The Principle Of Moments. Was also a drummer for Jethro Tull.

Mark Berrow - Violin player on No Quarter.

Big Log - One of Robert Plant's biggest hits. Made top 20 in the US and UK as a single, and did well in a lot of other countries. Includes great guitar playing by Robbie Blunt. A concert favorite in 83, 85, and 90. Appears on the Principle of Moments album and Sixty Six  To Timbuktu.

Big Love - Appears on Manic Nirvana and is a song about a quickie on any airplane. Includes backing vocals from Micky Groome and Rob Strude. Also includes a Zeppelin reference in the song went Plant mentions a hotel getting remodeled from the 1975 tour. Never played live.

Billy's Revenge - One of many Plant and Johnstone collaborations on Now And Zen. Track was performed live in 1988 and 1990. The versions from 1990 contains some riffs from Oompah (Watery Bint).

Black Country Woman - The B-side to Trampled Under Foot and on Physical Graffiti. This is the song that has that Airplane flying during the intro. Performed by Plant in 1988 and occasionally in 1993.

Black Dog - A concert favorite that first appeared on the 1971 untitled album, and was released as a single. A little bit of this song appears in Plant's Tall Cool One, and some vocal lines are used in Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night. A song that many thought would never see the day of light in concert was performed on the American Music Awards in 1995 (with a different arrangement), and as an encore during a couple Page and Plant tours and included the Out On The Tiles riff for the intro. Also performed for some US warm up dates for Mighty Rearranger with a new arrangement.

Black Mountain Side - Shows up on Led Zeppelin I and on the first box set included with White Summer. Also appears on the second box set.

Chris Blackwell - Appears on three Robert Plant albums, Now And Zen, Manic Nirvana, and Fate Of Nations, either as a drummer or guitar player. Is NOT the same Chris Blackwell who has produced many records and formed Island Records in the 70s. 

Bluebird - A David Crosby song that Robert Plant performed lived during his Fate Of Nations tour.

Blue Train - Appears on Walking Into Clarksdale.

Robbie Blunt - Appeared on Roberts first three albums and played Guitar and Synthesized Guitar. After the struggle to complete Shaken And Stirred and the following tour, he parted ways with Plant.

Bonzo's Montreux - Appears on Coda and on the second box set. This song was also mixed with Moby Dick and appears on the first box set.

Boogie With Stu - The Physical Graffiti track that is a jam with the group and sort of official member of the Rolling Stones Ian Stewart.

Doug Boyle - Played guitars on Plant Now And Zen, Manic Nirvana, and Fate Of Nations.

Break on Through - The Doors classic that Plant performed as an encore during 1988.

Marie Brennan - Does backing vocals on Come Into My Life on Fate Of Nations.

Bring It On Home - Appears on Led Zeppelin II and on the second box set. Performed all throughout Page and Plant tours without the slow intro.

Bron-Y-Aur Stomp - The song about Plant's dog Stryder from Led Zeppelin III and first box set. May have been tried for No Quarter, but never played by Plant solo or with Page.

Bron-Yr-Aur - Jimmy Page's short acoustic masterpiece that shows up on Physical Graffiti, and on the second box set.

Andrew Brown - Played violas on No Quarter

Burning Down One Side - This rocker is the first track on Pictures at Eleven. Features great drumming by Phil Collins. Plant's first post Zeppelin single and first music video. Still gets played on AOR stations.

Burning Up - Appears on Walking Into Clarksdale.

C

May Clee Cadman - Backing Vocals on Dreamland.

Calling To You - First track on Fate of Nations, as Robert is calling out to Jimmy. Many remixes of this song exist, they are all pretty similar. Performed live during the 1993 tour and Page/Plant's first US tour and part of the European tour.

Candy Store Rock - Appeared on Zeppelin's Presence and first box set. Also released on a single but did not chart. Performed once at a by Robert with Jimmy in Switzerland in July of 2001.

Carouselambra - A song with lead keyboards by John Paul Jones. Appears on In Through The Out Door and the second box set. Parts of this song showed up during In The Evening during Page/Plant concerts.

Celebration Day - Rocker from Led Zeppelin III and first box set, this song was used near the opening of Page/Plant's tours. Also played by Plant with Lenny Kravitz while touring in Europe.

Ben Chappell - Cello player on No Quarter.

City Don't Cry - One of the new Page/Plant compositions on No Quarter.

Laila Cohen-Appears on S S S & Q on Manic Nirvana.

Ginny Clee - Backing Vocals on Dreamland.

B. J. Cole - Played the Pedal Steel on Song to the Siren on the Dreamland album.

Phil Collins - Played drums-Pictures At Eleven, The Principle Of Moments. Played on Philadelphia Baby with Plant for the Porky's soundtrack which inspired the Honeydripper sessions. Also an ex-member of Genesis and has a very  successful solo act as well. Played a part of the Led Zep reunion at Live Aid. Also appears on the Sixty Six To Timbuktu track Road To The Sun.

Colour Of A Shade - Great Fate of Nations track that only appears on UK pressings. Was never played live.

Come Into My Life - Another wonderful song from Fate of Nations. Featuring Nigel Eaton on hurdy gurdy and Maire Brennan on backing vocals.

Communication Breakdown - From Led Zeppelin I, the first box set, and the BBC Sessions. Also the group's first single. Played by Plant in concert 1988 or 1990. Also included as an encore when John Paul Jones toured with Diamanda Galas.

Ed Coxon - violin player on No Quarter

Crunge - James Brown tribute on House of the Holy. A B-side to D'yer Ma'ker. Appears on the second box set.

Custard Pie - Physical Graffiti track that had small bits used in Plant's Tall Cool One. Shows up occasionally in concert by Page/Plant. Also appears on first box set.

D

Caroline Dale - Cello player on No Quarter

Dance on my Own - One of many singles from Now And Zen, performs occasionally on Plant in concert.

Dancing Days - Appears on Houses of the Holy and first box set. B-side to Over The Hills And Far Away. Performed by Page/Plant with and without an orchestra.

Darkness, Darkness - A Youngblood's song played by Plant in concert and then would show up on the Dreamland album. Performed live in 2005 as well. Also on Sixty Six to Timbuktu.

John David - Provides backing vocals on The Principle Of Moments album.

Harriet Davies - Played violins on No Quarter.

Dark Moon - A Plant, Ptacek composition that appears as a B-side to I Believe.

Raj Das - Backing vocals on Dreamland

Dazed And Confused - Off Led Zeppelin I, The Song Remains The Same, the first box set, and the BBC Sessions, this Page composition was sometimes included in Calling to You during the first Page/Plant tour.

Clive Deamer - Played Drums and Percussion on the Dreamland.

Dimples - A John Lee Hooker song that Plant performed in concert in 1988. The performance usually included a bit of Heartbreaker.

Dirt In A Hole - Bonus track to UK version of Dreamland and appears on Sixty Six To Timbuktu.

Don't Look Back - B-side to the Hurting Kind from Manic Nirvana.

Doo Doo A Do Do - Appears on Shaken and Stirred and was performed live occasionally in 1985.

Down By The Seaside - This track appears on Physical Graffiti and the second box set. Plant and Tori Amos performed a long version of this song for the Encomium CD. Would sometimes show up during the medley section of Calling To You or Whole Lotta Love.

Down To The Sea - A wonderful track that appears on Fate of Nations. Finally performed live by Plant in 2002.

Dreamland - Plant solo album featuring cover tunes released in 2002.

Francis Dunnery - Played Guitar on Fate Of Nations, and on tour with Robert. Has put out a few solo albums of his own.

D'yer Mak'er - The reggae like track that appeared on Houses of the Holy and the first box set. Also released as a single. Rarely even mentioned in concert by Page/Plant or by Led Zeppelin.

E

Easily Lead - Appears on Plant's Shaken and Stirred album. Played live in 1985 and maybe in 1988.

Nigel Eaton - Played Hurdy Gurdy on two songs on Fate Of Nations. Also played on Plant's No Quarter album, and toured with Page and Plant.

Abdelhak Eddahmane - Marrakech Musician on No Quarter.

8:05 - A Moby Grape tune covered by Plant, that appears on an import on the Calling To You single.

Es Paranza - Robert's own Record Label from Principle of Moments through Fate of Nations.

Everybody's Gonna Say - An early Plant tune, recorded with the group Listen. Released in October of 1967.

F

Far Post - The B-side to Big Log, and the B-side to the 12-inch Burning Down One Side in the UK. This song also appears on the White Nights soundtrack. Great tune that never made an early Plant album for some reason.

Fat Lip - Second single from Plant off of Pictures at Eleven.

John Flynn - Backing Vocals-Fate Of Nations.

Fool In The Rain - Last Zeppelin single to be released. Appears on In Through The Out Door and on the first box set.

For Your Life - Appears on Presence and the first box set. A song written on some of the experiences that band has gone through in a span of year.

For What It's Worth - Performed by Robert's pre Zeppelin band The Band of Joy. Also Appears on Sixty Six To Timbuktu. Plant used parts of this song in many concerts.

Four Sticks - Appears on Led Zeppelin's fourth album, the second box set, and No Quarter. B-side to Rock And Roll. Performed by Page/Plant and drummer Michael Lee played the song with four sticks in his hands.

Steve French - Provides backing vocals on I Believe off of Fate Of Nations.

Friends - Appears on Led Zeppelin III, the first box set, and No Quarter. This is Zeppelin's most mysterious song, and was played in concert during the first Page/Plant tour.

Funny In My Mind (I Believe I'm Fixin To Die) - Cover of the Bubka White song that appears on Dreamland. Performed by Plant in 2002.

Rosemary Furniss - Played violins on No Quarter.

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