On this day in 1969, Led Zeppelin II was released. It began with rehearsals at my home in Pangbourne and 'Whole Lotta Love' and 'What Is and What Should Never Be' were later recorded at London's Olympic Studio Number 1 with George Chkiantz, who engineered the basic tracks and some guitar overdubs. This provided the foundation for the rest of the tracks to be recorded and overdubbed at various studios in America during our forthcoming tour. We recorded and overdubbed our way from West Coast to Ea

Nobody expected us to open our Ahmet Ertegün Tribute concert at the O2 Arena with Good Times Bad Times. But, as it was the first track on the debut album, it was right that it should be the first song at the O2. The audience didn’t have time to catch their breath. They could instantly tell we were taking this very seriously. | Jimmy Page