[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

A couple fun facts about this song:

1. The sound of the drums comes in part from setting up John Bonham’s drum kit inside a stairwell.

2. The only thing that was recorded at normal speed on the finished track is Robert Plant’s vocals.

[plain talk]

1. The sound of the drums comes in part from setting up John Bonham’s drum kit inside a stairwell.

... processed through limiters and run through a Binson echorec per Andy Johns who recorded it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZYDDX1DHDU

[KTM rider]

Bonham was a gifted drum genius.

[TalBlack]

Were the drums set up in the stairwell or was the stairwell used as a chamber with a speaker microphone set up?