Led Zeppelin Version
This recording comes from the live BBC broadcast made from the Playhouse Theatre on 27 June 1969, for the pilot of Radio One's In Concert series, which took place during the band's U.K. Tour of Summer 1969. Middle Eastern, Egyptian and Indian styles are incorporated into the song, which is played in the DADGAD tuning.
As with most of the live versions of this song, Page dove-tailed the end of it straight into the instrumental "Black Mountain Side", which was a track from Led Zeppelin's first album. "Black Mountain Side" is also based on a traditional folk song. The recording remained shelved for many years, but was eventually included on the 1990 Led Zeppelin Box Set under the combined title "White Summer / Black Mountain Side". The piece was later included as a bonus track on the 1993 boxed set The Complete Studio Recordings.
Jimmy Page often performed "White Summer / Black Mountain Side" at Led Zeppelin concerts as part of the standard set list during 1968-1970 and again on the 1977 US, 1979 and 1980 Europe tours, segueing it with "Kashmir". He used his Danelectro guitar to play this piece, as shown on the Led Zeppelin DVD which includes his performance of the song at the Royal Albert Hall in 1970.
On 26 April 1970, Page performed the piece on the Julie Felix Show. Page would also play versions of this song when he was with The Firm, and again during his Outrider tour, seguing into the "White Summer / Black Mountain Side" part of the solo section for "Midnight Moonlight".
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