On this day in 1969, Led Zeppelin recorded The John Peel Sessions at Maida Vale, London.⁣ ⁣ We recorded this show to promote Led Zeppelin II. ⁣ ⁣ In typical Led Zeppelin tradition Travelling Riverside Blues was made up on the spot from a riff I had on the electric twelve string. We had reached a point at the BBC where you could overdub a solo over the initial track of the song. ⁣ ⁣ This helped a lot to give a more complete rendition of our material and I must say the BBC engineer Tony Wilson did

One of the most iconic guitars in history is Jimmy Page’s Gibson EDS-1275 doubleneck. The images of him playing it on stage with Led Zeppelin are indelible to rock ’n’ roll history. Gibson has made doubleneck electric guitars since 1958, but Jimmy defined the model from the moment his EDS-1275 was delivered to him, allowing him to play the acoustic and electric 6-string and 12-string parts of Stairway to Heaven at live performances and later using it for The Song Remains the Same, The Rain Song,