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Added: Nov 4, 2009
Led Zeppelin - How Many More Times At eight and a half minutes, "How Many More Times" is the longest song on the album. It consists of several smaller sections held together by a bolero rhythm that pushes the piece along. At the end, the song pans between the left and right channels. Elements of this song are faintly reminiscent of previously-recorded instrumental "Beck's Bolero" by Jeff Beck, on which Jimmy Page had played guitar and John Paul Jones bass guitar. This was one of three Led Zeppelin songs on which Page used bowed guitar,[2] the others being "Dazed and Confused" and "In the Light". Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham were credited with writing this song. Howlin' Wolf, the late Chester Burnett, had recorded a song called "How Many More Years" in 1951, and all new Led Zeppelin releases since 1993 have co-credited the song to the Burnett via arrangement with his publishing company, ARC Music. Cover versions by many artists, such as the LA Guns 1999 version on the album Shrinking Violet, however, are not credited to Burnett. As with all the other tracks on Led Zeppelin's debut album, Robert Plant didn't get a writing credit for this song due to unexpired contractual obligations, but he undoubtedly had a large influence in its construction[citation needed]. The arrangement and adaptation of old blues songs was something he had much prior experience at during his time with his former band, Hobbstweedle. The line, "I got another child on the way" refers to his unborn child, Carmen, who was born a month or two after Led Zeppelin recorded this album. Though listed at a time of 3:30 on the album sleeve, the correct length of the track is in fact 8:28. The incorrect listing was deliberate as it was intended to help promote radio play. Page knew that radio stations would never play a song over eight minutes long, so he wrote the track time as shorter on the album to trick radio stations into playing it. In an interview he gave to Guitar World magazine in 1993, Page stated that the song "was made up of little pieces I developed when I was with the Yardbirds, as were other numbers such as "Dazed and Confused". It was played live in the studio with cues and nods."[3] It has also been reported that the "Rosie" and "Hunter" components of the song came spontaneously to the group on the night of the recording session.[2] The "hunter" component is reworked from "The Hunter" recorded by bluesmen Booker T & the MGs with Albert King.[4][5]
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