Rare Led Zeppelin record that band wanted destroyed unearthed on ‘Antiques Roadshow’

A rare record from Led Zeppelin, which the band ordered to be recalled and destroyed, has been found on Antiques Roadshow.

The rarity was found as the hit BBC show headed to Wales for a recent episode. When at Caerphilly Castle, a man brought in a copy of a seven-inch single, and told antiques expert Marc Allum about how he managed to get his hands on it.

The seven-inch contained the legendary group’s classic single ‘Whole Lotta Love’, which was certified gold in the US and had a rare single pressing of 500 copies made by Atlantic Records.

Led Zeppelin manteve uma regra rígida de não lançar singles ao longo de sua carreira, desejando que sua música fosse lançada apenas em álbuns completos. Como resultado, seu gerente Peter Grant ordenou a retirada e destruição de todas as cópias do single.

Not everyone returned the singles, however, and the man who brought his copy in on Antiques Roadshow had his copy since the early ‘70s.

He also noted that there were some finger marks and light scratches on the vinyl, and while it was “difficult to put a value on”, he estimated that it could fetch around £1,000 at auction.

O dono do disco também disse que, apesar de sua raridade, as pessoas que vinham ao seu disco não ficaram “impressed” com ele, e que “it cleared the dance floor” quando ele o tocava.

As for other Led Zeppelin rarities, earlier this year guitarist Jimmy Page shared the “original home demo” version of their song ‘Ten Years Gone’. Before then, high-quality rare footage of the band playing live in Amsterdam in 1972 emerged online.

Em 2023, Page compartilhou um demo instrumental do Led Zeppelin ainda não lançado, ‘The Seasons’. Esta gravação acabaria por servir de base para ‘The Rain Song’, do álbum de 1973 ‘Houses Of The Holy’.

Last autumn, Led Zeppelin marked the 50th anniversary of ‘Physical Graffiti’ with the release of ‘Live EP’ on 12″ vinyl, CD and digital formats. A deluxe edition arrived in 2015 to celebrate the LP’s 40th anniversary.

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