Led Zeppelin released their first U.S. single in 1969, with a B-side track that gained just as much popularity among fans and would become one of Jimmy Page‘s most famous guitar moments.
“Communication Breakdown” has often been tagged as one of the rock band’s most influential hits that defined their overall sound. It was released early in their career, as the band had just finished their first tour in Scandinavia. They had been playing a new track titled “Too Good,” and by the time they returned to the studio, it was renamed “Communication Breakdown,” and the “New Yardbirds” would be known as Led Zeppelin.
Page would be key to having developed the hit track, despite it never having entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart. This was mainly due to the song never being released as a commercial single.
The band had come together thanks to Page after having left the Yardbirds, with Robert Plant having remembered their self-titled debut album “had so much weight, so much power” behind it.
“Communication Breakdown” was a major reason why, with the band having developed the track around Page’s guitar riff. The guitarist was actually inspired by Eddie Cochran‘s track “Nervous Breakdown” and created the distinctive feature of using downstrokes only. Page even used distance mic-ing to get the “guitar in a shoebox” sound.
“I put [the amp] in a small room, a tiny vocal booth-type thing and miked it from a distance,” Page said, according to MusicRadar. “You see, there’s a very old recording maxim which goes, ‘Distance makes depth’. I’ve used that a hell of a lot on recording techniques with the band generally, not just me.”
“You’re always used to them close-miking amps, just putting the microphone in front, but I’d have a mic right out the back, as well, and then balance the two, to get rid of all the phasing problems; because really, you shouldn’t have to use an EQ in the studio if the instruments sound right. It should all be done with the microphones.”
Reports claim that Page’s guitar riff was what inspired Ramones’ guitarist Johnny Ramone‘s downstroke guitar style. He once commented that he developed the skill having practiced the track over and over.
“Communication Breakdown” was a concert staple for Led Zeppelin until 1970. In later years, the band would play it once during every tour until 1980. The band decided to split after the death of drummer John Bonham.
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