(All I know is that if you play along in standard it's totally off.)
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 8 February 2019 04:19 (five years ago) link
yeah, or tape speed?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Guitar/comments/2w0976/weird_tuning_on_led_zeppelin_tangerine/
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 8 February 2019 04:44 (five years ago) link
Isn’t a pedal steel kind of hard to tune?
― Only a Factory URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 February 2019 04:52 (five years ago) link
very
― budo jeru, Friday, 8 February 2019 04:58 (five years ago) link
The pedal steel on "Your Time..." sounds like it's actually out of tune. "Tangerine" generally sounds in tune to me, just about a quarter-tone down from A=440 Hz concert pitch, as Al says. I feel like I recall Beatles tunes that are also a bit like this. I don't recall a definitive reason given for it on "Tangerine" but on this Reddit thread, people suggest the possibilities of tape speed alteration or the fussiness of 12-strings of the time, both of which might be credible (esp the first). This 1975 live version seems a lot closer to A440.
Ha 3xp!
― silent as a seashell Julia (Sund4r), Friday, 8 February 2019 05:00 (five years ago) link
I feel like there could be something a little unnatural about the timbre of the voice on the recording; it seems noticeable when comparing to the live video. Tape speed alteration sounds believable to me.
― silent as a seashell Julia (Sund4r), Friday, 8 February 2019 05:11 (five years ago) link
I'm sure there's literally thousands of examples of tape speed manipulation knocking the overall pitch of tracks just slightly out of standard pitch. There's an entire Stranglers album (La Folie) that's like this because of the way Tony Visconti mixed it.
Then again, in the days of vinyl I'm sure different turntables all had their own inherent quirks which could potentially lead to further subtle pitch differences.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 8 February 2019 07:17 (five years ago) link
It's weird to think that there was a point in their early career where Zep had to mime their songs on TV shows like any other band of the era...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMRJSXHJ8ok
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 20 February 2019 18:20 (five years ago) link
xpost Just about every song on "Highway to Hell" is in a different varispeed-manipulated key.
Obv. Zep get into tape manipulation a lot more on "Houses of the Holy" and "IV."
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 20 February 2019 21:11 (five years ago) link
https://www.amazon.in/Tupperware-Rocker-Lunch-Set-Multicolor/dp/B00KFC4F8G
Spotted one of these at work today
― calstars, Monday, 18 March 2019 19:35 (five years ago) link
India exclusive (and/or bootleg)?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 March 2019 20:06 (five years ago) link
Squeeze my lemon, until the juice collects in the Tupperware...
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 18 March 2019 20:30 (five years ago) link
Lid Zeppelin: Gonna Make You Burp, Gonna Make You Dish
― pplains, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 01:22 (five years ago) link
Leftover The Hills and Far Away
― heinrich boll weevil (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 01:26 (five years ago) link
D'yer Tup'er
― weatheringdaleson, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 01:50 (five years ago) link
Living, Loving Rubbermaid
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 04:16 (five years ago) link
got a whole lotta lunch
― say it with sausages (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 06:17 (five years ago) link
Quichemir
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 06:23 (five years ago) link
Rock and Casserole
― Sam Weller, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 09:14 (five years ago) link
Stairway to Oven
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 09:48 (five years ago) link
Tea For One
― L'assie (Euler), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 10:03 (five years ago) link
The Wonton Song
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 10:07 (five years ago) link
Achilles Cake Stand.
― Lammy's Show (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 10:23 (five years ago) link
Four Chopsticks
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 10:31 (five years ago) link
Boogie With Stew
― Lammy's Show (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 12:11 (five years ago) link
Traveling Liverwurst Blues
― Goody Rickels on the Dime (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 12:18 (five years ago) link
Tartbreaker
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 12:25 (five years ago) link
Mouth Bound Saurez
― heinrich boll weevil (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 12:25 (five years ago) link
lol
― Goody Rickels on the Dime (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 12:27 (five years ago) link
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (Leftovers)
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 13:02 (five years ago) link
Tupperware-ing and Tearing
― Goody Rickels on the Dime (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 13:11 (five years ago) link
How Many More Thymes
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 13:13 (five years ago) link
Nobody’s Pho But Mine
― calstars, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 13:15 (five years ago) link
haaa
― heinrich boll weevil (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 13:31 (five years ago) link
ahah
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 13:40 (five years ago) link
In My Time of Frying
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 13:41 (five years ago) link
Physical Spaghetti
― Sam Weller, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 13:42 (five years ago) link
Motherchips
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 13:51 (five years ago) link
When the levee bakes
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 14:01 (five years ago) link
Braised and confused
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 14:05 (five years ago) link
Stairway to leaven
Crumble on
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 14:06 (five years ago) link
Cold collation breakdown
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 14:07 (five years ago) link
I think I should stop this
Spotted dick
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 14:09 (five years ago) link
Really, I should stop. Who thought LZ food puns were my superpower.
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 14:10 (five years ago) link
Stirfry to Heaven
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 14:21 (five years ago) link
Anchovies' Last Stand
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 14:22 (five years ago) link
Casserolambra
― heinrich boll weevil (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 14:34 (five years ago) link
Hots on for Ninety Seconds
― Goody Rickels on the Dime (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 14:39 (five years ago) link