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  Cover gtbtsinglejpg
  Artist Led Zeppelin
  From Album Led Zeppelin


  Name Good Times Bad Times
  Cover LedZeppelinLedZeppelinalbumcoverjpg
  Artist Led Zeppelin
  Album '' Led Zeppelin ''
  Released January 12 1969
  Track No 1
  Recorded October 1968
  Genre Hard Rock
  Length 2:46
  Writer Bonham / Jones / Page
  Label Atlantic Records
  Producer Jimmy Page
  Chart Position <!-- none -->
  Next " Babe I'm Gonna Leave You "
  Next No 2


"Good Times Bad Times" is a song by English Rock band Led Zeppelin , featured as the opening track on their 1969 debut album '' Led Zeppelin ''.

Guitarist Jimmy Page passed his guitar through a Leslie Speaker to create a swirling effect. This type of Speaker contains a rotating Paddle and was designed for Organs , however guitars could be used with it. Eric Clapton also did this on the Cream song " Badge ".

Page, also the band's Producer , placed Microphone s all over the recording Studio to capture a live sound when this song was recorded.

This song is also notable for Drummer John Bonham 's repeated use of a series of two triplets on a single Bass Drum , an effect many subsequent rock drummers have imitated.

This was rarely played live at Led Zeppelin Concerts . In a few instances in 1969 it was used as an introduction to " Communication Breakdown ". It also appeared in almost complete form within the "Communication Breakdown" medley performed at the LA Forum on the 4th September, 1970 (as can be heard on the Led Zeppelin Bootleg Recording '' Live On Blueberry Hill ''), and several " Whole Lotta Love ' medleys in 1971.

Cracker recorded a version of "Good Times, Bad Times" for the 1995 Led Zeppelin Tribute Album '' Encomium ''. Metal band Nuclear Assault had earlier covered the song for their 1988 release "Survive."

The Single Charted at #80


SOURCES

  • ''Led Zeppelin: Dazed and Confused: The Stories Behind Every Song'', by Chris Welch, ISBN 1-56025-818-7

  • ''The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin'', by Dave Lewis, ISBN 0-7119-3528-9