Editing Led Zeppelin (album) (section)

==Background==
In July 1968, the English rock band [[the Yardbirds]] disbanded after two founder members [[Keith Relf]] and [[Jim McCarty]] quit the group to form the band [[Renaissance (band)|Renaissance]], with a third, [[Chris Dreja]], leaving to become a photographer shortly afterwards.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=87}} The fourth member, guitarist [[Jimmy Page]], was left with rights to the name and contractual obligations for a series of concerts in [[Scandinavia]]. Page asked seasoned session player and arranger [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]] to join as bassist, and hoped to recruit [[Terry Reid]] as singer and [[Procol Harum]]'s [[B. J. Wilson]] as drummer. Wilson was still committed to Procol Harum, and Reid declined to join but recommended [[Robert Plant]], who met with Page at his boathouse in [[Pangbourne]], [[Berkshire]], in August to talk about music and work on new material.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=87}}<ref name=ZEP1>{{cite web|url=https://www.planetrock.com/news/rock-news/jimmy-page-sheds-new-light-on-the-inception-of-led-zeppelin-i/|title=Jimmy Page sheds new light on the inception of 'Led Zeppelin I'|publisher=Planet Rock|first=Scott|last=Colothan|date=27 September 2018|access-date=29 September 2018|archive-date=29 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929160224/https://www.planetrock.com/news/rock-news/jimmy-page-sheds-new-light-on-the-inception-of-led-zeppelin-i/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Page and Plant realised they had good musical chemistry together, and Plant asked friend and [[Band of Joy]] bandmate [[John Bonham]] to drum for the new group. The line-up of Page, Plant, Jones and Bonham first rehearsed on 19 August 1968 (the day before Plant's 20th birthday), shortly before a [[Led Zeppelin Scandinavian Tour 1968|tour of Scandinavia]] as "the New Yardbirds", performing some old Yardbirds material as well as new songs such as "[[Communication Breakdown]]", "[[I Can't Quit You Baby]]", "[[You Shook Me]]", "[[Babe I'm Gonna Leave You]]" and "[[How Many More Times]]".{{sfn|Lewis|Pallett|1997|p=43}} After they returned to London following the tour, Page changed the band's name to [[Led Zeppelin]], and the group entered [[Olympic Studios]] at 11 p.m. on 25 September 1968 to record their debut album.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=87}}<ref name=ZEP1/>