Jim's Blues

[yourmustangsajoke]

I came across this song the other night while driving home. I was just flippin stations when I just gave up and left it on this song. As I was listening, I sensed something powerful in the music. I KNEW this music.Listen closely, you will hear hints of every song the group would be making in the future BUT even the group had no idea that each chord they played were pieces of their future hits. It was an eerie feeling. Then......It hit me; THIS IS ACTUAL RECORDING  OF THE BIRTH OF LED ZEPPELIN.

[Misirlau]

I've spent half of the song with jaw drop. This turns me on

[Patrishaify]

i've a question: if there are bonham,jones,jimmy and robert who's playing the piano???

[68SSCAM]

@Patrishaify it would be jones as well, you can record more than one track ya know

[Tecumseh1812]

I think Steve Marriott is the only other vocalist beside Plant who would have been acceptable for the Zep.

[san5a89]

@Tecumseh1812 who's on the voice?!

[elruchito]

@Tecumseh1812 i don't know if his personality would have matched with the band, or if they would have ever reached their "godlike" status with a 5'4" little guy like steve.

but don't get me wrong it gives me chills just to think about it.

i think part of the magic of LZ though is that it was only page on guitar, instead of like... robert playing rhythm.

[shrooms318]

I've never had of this before, this is great.

[yardbirdmackay]

Officially the group were still known as The Yardbirds,I remember a pop newspaper report at he time ,saying a group of Yardbirds helping out P.J.Proby for some recordings. Pretty sure its all around the same period they got involved in the Amory Kane LP.Great up load though,had forgotten all about this,nice pics used as well,good job.

[brianpsmyth]

The New Yardbirds and were sent a an order to stop using the name.

[ozguryilmaz91]

who sings the song ?

[SohoDelights]

@ozguryilmaz91 P.J. Proby i think

[jeff88bell]

@SohoDelights that is correct

[damens]

@SohoDelights You think ?? That is DEF. Pj. Proby singing !!

[flyingkashmirband]

i like the pictures.

[Theloniousfunkk]

Why does pj proby sound so black?

[Coolinbnyoncrack]

Damn, what luck Proby had that Page and JPJ were at first renowned session musicians and would do this. Little did Proby know that these session artists would become the greatest band of all time.

[Theloniousfunkk]

This was Led Zeppelin. Page and JPJ were already out of sessions, and the band was months away from their first album

[Coolinbnyoncrack]

I know they were Zeppelin/The New Yardbirds at the time, but, JPJ and Jimmy were nonetheless renowned for session work. You could kinda call this "The members of Led Zeppelin doing one last final session."

[Theloniousfunkk]

Sure, lets

[parisianUK]

Great guitar in this

[PsychedelicDrummer93]

Bonham sounds really good with blues.. I love led zepeplin but i just wish they play more blues

[Theloniousfunkk]

That's the world that I someday wanna live in

[5Cincinnatus]

find some old bootlegs

[oramikleepunk]

@PsychedelicDrummer93 Alot of their early stuff was blues or blues rock.

[257dk]

@PsychedelicDrummer93 i agree. but listen to i can't quit you baby and enjoy some awesome blues rock (whatever that means)

[ilovebathurst]

Recorded in late August or early September of 1968, Robert Plant (on harmonica), Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham performed as backing band on the P J Proby album 'Three Week Hero'.

They were known at that stage as The New Yardbirds and it was their first time together in a studio. On September 7, they performed live together for the first time in Gladsaxe, Denmark. By the end of the month, as Led Zeppelin, they recorded their first album, 'Led Zeppelin'.

[dgmusic7]

let's just say they made a MUCH wiser go with Plant as the Vocalist.

:D

[RockerForLife74]

Who is singing? Is that really Jimmy Page on guitar?

[iamtheeggman100]

pj proby. yes.

[razorman916]

jimmy and his bow look so bad ass at 0:40.

[yatez100]

4:18 to 4:20 sounds like those licks from rock and roll

[ttoale]

You guys realize this sounds a lot like You Shook Me? I think it's the same exact bass line. The drums aren't far off, either, nor is the harmonica. Am I the only one to realize this? But really it's not surprising, because prior comments say this is EARLY Zep, and You Shook Me was released on Led Zeppelin I.

[ttoale]

I only realized this cause I'm sittin here watching this video and halfway through I think to myself "Damn I really wanna pause this video and pull up iTunes to play You Shook Me really quick" and then it dawned on me

[brownsound1]

Well there are COUNTLESS 12 bar blues tunes with this exact same feel, and You Shook Me is no exception. I Can't Quit You Babe could be another. ;)

[444Sal444]

@ttoale It's The Blues man, all the same

[dlm9293]

@ttoale it does, but it is a simple blues bassline. it probably sounds like a lot of songs

[garbeaj]

As Jimmy would say..."Fantastic!" :)

[enther7]

1:39 i love that pic for some reason.

[KTVIII]

Three Week Hero is a must have album. Totally overlooked. If you don't have it, then you better rush out and buy it while you can.

[stainwalk]

hey i thought the same thing, then i got it n SURPRIZE i think it was kinda lame, theres some really amazing stuff in it, but most of it is not great

[sherilyn1977]

Don't know if anyone has noticed it yet, but this song starts out sounding a lot like that very blusy Elvis Presley, "Merry Christmas Baby" Now that's a song I'd really love to hear P.J. record for a Christmas Album or Single.

How about it P.J.

[manjadolan]

This record is written and sung by P.J. Proby in 1968 for his album Three Week Hero. Proby's real name is Jim (James Marcus Smith)! It's one of my favourites!

Proby's backing session musicians on this LP are the members of Led Zeppelin, when they were still unknown and called themselves the New Yardbirds.

Three Week Hero is still available on CD!

[theBESTelvis]

GREAT bluesy rock track from jim and the Led Zeppelin guys.

THIS ROCKS, Jim (aka)PJ Proby can sing anything and is one of a very few singers EVER that can.

HOW MANY SINGERS CAN CHANGE THERE VOICE TO ANY STYLE BE IT..OPERATIC,BLUES,SOUL,ROCK,C­OUNTRY,MUSICAL NUMBERS AND BALLADS OR ANY OTHER STYLE YOU COULD THROW AT THEM. PJs THE BEST

[KTVIII]

Three Week Hero is a must have album. Totally overlooked. If you don't have it, then you better rush out and buy it while you can.

[KTVIII]

Three Week Hero is a must have album. Totally overlooked. If you don't have it, then you better rush out and buy it while you can.

[stainwalk]

in case ur wondering, NO, this is a recording made by LED ZEPPELIN, it was their first recording ever n to test their skills they recorded with pj proby, plant was send to play the harmonica but other than that, thats bonham, jone paul, jimmy n plant!!!

[SohoDelights]

Ah, yes that's correct. I did a bit of research on the song after I saw your comment and found out that I was wrong all along >_> Thanks for telling me.

[sparklewebs]

... nice!

[xashleyxisxhardcorex]

Amazing