Black Country Woman

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{{Infobox Single

name = Black Country Woman image = caption = album = [[Physical Graffiti published = Flames of Albion Music registration = ASCAP 320197024 released = 2 April 1975 recorded = May 1972 at
Stargroves with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio.
Mixed at Olympic Studios, London.
genre = Blues rock language = English length = 4 minutes 30 seconds composer = [[Jimmy Page and [[Robert Plant label = [[Swan Song Records producer = Jimmy Page engineer = Eddie Kramer

}}

'Black Country Woman' is the fourteenth song on [[England|English [[rock music|rock band [[Led Zeppelin's 1975 album [[Physical Graffiti. It was originally intended to be part of the [[Houses of the Holy album, which had been released two years earlier.

Overview

'Black Country Woman' was an [[Acoustic music|acoustic song recorded in the back garden of [[Stargroves, in 1972 (around the same time as '[[D'yer Mak'er').[1] At the beginning of the track, [[Audio engineering|recording engineer [[Eddie Kramer can be heard saying, 'Shall we roll it Jimmy?' followed by 'Don't want to get this airplane on' about an [[Fixed-wing aircraft|aeroplane which is heard flying overhead, to which [[Robert Plant replies 'Nah, leave it, yeah.'

Originally the song was subtitled 'Never Ending Doubting Woman Blues'. This was a reference to a final spoken tag left off the finished version which had Plant proclaiming 'What's the matter with you mama, never-ending, nagging, doubting woman blues.'[2] '[[Black Country' refers to the area around [[Birmingham in which Robert Plant was brought up.

Live performances

'Black Country Woman' was rarely played live at [[Led Zeppelin concerts, but was merged into a medley with '[[Bron-Y-Aur Stomp' on the band's [[concert tour of the [[United States of America in 1977. For this arrangement, John Paul Jones played an [[upright bass. This song was performed by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss live during their tour supporting the duo's album Raising Sand.[3]

Formats and track listings

See '[[Trampled Under Foot' single.

Credits

Personnel
  • Musicians:
    • Jimmy Page – acoustic guitar, producer, remastering, digital remastering
    • Robert Plant – vocals
    • [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones – acoustic bass
    • [[John Bonham - drums, percussion
  • Production:
    • [[Peter Grant – executive producer
    • Eddie Kramer - engineer
    • [[Keith Harwood – mixing
    • Joe Sidore - original CD mastering engineer (mid-1980s)
    • George Marino - remastered CD engineer (1990)

References

  1. Lewis, Dave (2012). Led Zeppelin: From a Whisper to a Scream. London: Omnibus Press, 73. ISBN 978-1-78038-547-1. 
  2. Lewis, Dave (2012). Led Zeppelin: From a Whisper to a Scream. London: Omnibus Press, 73. ISBN 978-1-78038-547-1. 
  3. Chinen, Nate. Music Review - Robert Plant and Allison Krauss Find Harmony in Tension, The New York Times, 12 June 2008. Retrieved on 13 May 2014.