Led Zeppelin: Born in Darkness - Non-Album Tracks, 1969-1970

I must say, out of the five stray tracks Led Zeppelin albums I’ve made, I’m happiest with this one. I think it holds up very well as an album. It mostly covers 1969, with the last two songs from 1970. If you’re a Led Zeppelin fan and you don’t have this, you’re missing out. The centerpiece to this album has to be the lead song, “As Long as I Have You.“ This requires some explanation. The song was a minor soul hit originally written and performed by Garnet Mimms. Led Zeppelin played it in concert at least 80 times (only in 1968 and 1969), which makes it one of their most frequently performed covers in their career. They totally transformed the song, turning it from a light soul song to a heavy rocker, and using it to go into a long medley of other songs. As chance has it, most of the performances of the song were never bootlegged, or were only recorded poorly. But luckily, there’s one pristine soundboard recording of it from April 1969 that’s extraordinary. T