Re: Keys

["John R." <roesli@xxxxxxx>]

Why was it published in C#?
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>Eddie Edwards wrote:
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>> There has been no change to the key of "No Quarter".  It has been played
>> in D minor through all its various Zep and P/P incarnations.  With one
>> exception - the original Zep studio version!  This is one semitone
>> lower, in C sharp minor, although there is a strong suspicion that it
>> was recorded in D minor and slowed down.
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>I remember reading a Page interview around the time of the release of the
boxed
>set; where he says that he slowed the pitch down a half-step with the
vari-speed on
>the tape machine, because it gave it a really dark mood, and he liked it
better
>that way...    The studio version always sounded eerie to me, and that
would
>explain why the outtake I have of it is in the "wrong" key...
>    Toonz
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>See my list of Led Zeppelin shows at:
>http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Amphitheatre/6374/
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