Achilles Last Stand
A ten-minute opener recorded in the weeks after Plant's accident.
Led Zeppelin, from Presence (1976)
- Written by
- Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
- Released
- 1976
- Length
- 10:26
- Album
- Presence
The backing track was laid down on 12 November 1975 at Musicland in Munich. Jones played an eight-string Alembic bass, which gave the track a distinctive tone. Plant wrote the lyrics from travelling across Africa with Page in mid-1975, and Page added six guitars in the long overdubbing session at the end of the recording period.
With Nobody's Fault but Mine, it was one of only two Presence songs played in full on stage while the band was active, joining the set for the 1977 US tour and staying through the last concerts in 1980.
More songs by Led Zeppelin
Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, Kashmir, Dazed and Confused, When the Levee Breaks, Black Dog, Immigrant Song, Communication Breakdown, Heartbreaker, The Rain Song, Trampled Under Foot
Sources
- Presence (Led Zeppelin album), Wikipedia
- Presence, master release, Discogs
- Presence, In Through the Out Door, Coda (reissue review), Pitchfork (2015-07-28)