*edit 30/03/2014* It took over two years, but some miserable fuck at Universal Music Group finally took it upon himself to have this track removed from Soundcloud. Not the end of the world, but annoying. The video's still up at the moment, and a 320k mp3 can be downloaded from this link here... Makes you pine for the the good old days of EMI, eh? And I notice there's been no online outcry over this, not even an solitary email of condolence... perhaps only people into shitty tedious over-hyped 'hip hop m@$hups' do that sort of thing? Anyway, I'm not bitter or anything...*cough*
So after saying I don't 'do bootlegs' anymore, I gone and done another one. I'm not setting out to make a habit of this, it's just that some nice source material came my way and I had a couple of evenings to kill. I don't think I need to say much else about this, really... it's all in the title and the artwork. Suffice to say, I'm of the opinion that if anyone else had attempted this, it would have been a disaster. As it is, I think it's come out pretty jolly well.
Could this be the one which finally gets me appreciated and blogged about with 25,000 plays and a mention in Uncut/Mojo/Old Fart Rocker Monthly and all that sort of stuff, after 10 long years of trying? Yeah, dream on... Anyway, find a decent stereo system to play this on, and turn the volume control up all the bloody way. Please let me know in some way if it tickles your rock buds.
This makes me want a whole album of Zep and White Album mashes...
ReplyDeleteTo put it politely, this is the top fucking bollocks!
Nice one!
We downloaded it and played it three times the past week on the radio. It sounds awesome on the FM dial! Kudos!
ReplyDeleteThe Time Machine Radio Crew
KEAO FM / KONI FM / KPMW FM / KRKH FM
Thanks, chaps! :)
ReplyDeleteExcellent!
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That may be the coolest thing I've listened to in 20 years.
ReplyDeleteUnbelievable! Well done!
The Beatles wish they were Led Zeppelin.
ReplyDeleteLet the flames begin. :)...
Hope you don't mind, but:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPuyLJl83fM
I don't mind at all - keeps the YT crowd happy until I manage to finish a 'proper' video for it, which is taking some time! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteIncredible. Great job! I'm so glad the Beatle stems are being put to good use. Now only if we had some Zep stems...
ReplyDeleteThis is extremely clever, thanks so much for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteEffing awesome, dyood!
ReplyDeleteToppermost of the poppermost, as they used to say. This is just so great.
ReplyDeleteYou have achieved the impossible. You've made The Beatles AND Led Zeppelin better!!!!
ReplyDeleteAh, the mighty arms of Atlas, music lovers! If only Fluff had lived to hear this. Magnificent!
ReplyDeletePS John Holmes put this out on 6Music on Saturday afternoon - return to your decks and prepare to be slightly notorious.
As I started my truck to leave work at 2 this morning, this song started. I was entranced. Thank you for what you do and thank you to KUT and Rick Daddy in Austin, Texas for sharing this with the world.
ReplyDeleteIt's a pleasure, Mr. Walker, glad you liked it! Thanks to everyone else for the comments too, they really do mean a lot! / ben sH
ReplyDeleteTerrific Stuff - winging its way around the Zep fan community!!
ReplyDeleteExtraordinary!
ReplyDeleteSocial Network Radio want to put this on the air email us at socialnetworkradiostaion@gmail.com so we can add it to our stations
ReplyDeleteJust got a call from my husband he heard this on the radio and he said you have to find this for me :) !! Glad to have found you...we are rockin' it in Arizona!!! Will share with many friends!!
ReplyDeleteI found out about this via a Rob Michael share on Google+. The songs work well together, and are more similar than they would initially appear.
ReplyDeleteLove it! and I detest most mashups. This was amazing. Did justice to both songs. Bonham drumming for the Beatles!
ReplyDeleteLove it - been listening to your work since about 2004, gets my vote as one of the best (albeit not the most complex) tracks.
ReplyDeleteOutstanding piece of musical art! Best mashup I've heard ever! Keep doing what you do so well!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Even though I hate mashups! Maybe, the best mash-up ever!
ReplyDeleteHeard this on Sirius this weekend. Found out it was you, of long-ago Boom Selection days! This mix is so on point, not a single missed opportunity. Well done, thank you!
ReplyDeletehow about a round of applause for soundhog? many thanks. :)
ReplyDeleteSomeone posted this to FB, where I first listened to it. Congratulations on a brilliant mashup and thank you for sharing this with us. Well done!
ReplyDeleteFantastic, thank you. Incidentally McCartney wrote Helter Skelter in response to the Who's I Can See for Miles - how about a Who/R.E.M mashup? Just a thought... but in the meantime, thanks so much I've played this several times :-)
ReplyDeleteAnyone else think that Springsteen ripped off the Beach Boys Wild Honey for We Take Care of Our Own?
You are a genius! It just works so well.
ReplyDeleteHoward Stern mentioned and played your Led Zep / Beatler Helter Skelter song on his Sirius satellite raido show in American on Jan 7th, 2013. He said he loved it !!!! That's how I found you last night and your stuff is TERRIFIC, keep it up and thanks!
ReplyDeleteWOW!!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat job! ;)
This song ended up on BWTB on Sirius XM and it was fucking awesome to hear.
ReplyDeleteI found your remix via Jimmy Page's official site...so you have his attention and he likes it! Congratulations .
ReplyDeleteOne of the best mash up I ever hear
ReplyDeleteWow just an amazing mash up. Made the end of a tough day totally rocking. Thanks
ReplyDeleteOh boy! This... this is what music is about! Such a perfect mix.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the online outcry about SoundCloud deleting songs:
ReplyDeleteI've given up on them. All i uploaded has been "disabled". Where's freedom of remixing? Where's fair use?
I did not visit your site for a while but THIS has to be the most amazing mashup EVER! Add your "Barleycorn - Ramble On" to this as well. Awesome!
As someone else stated on SC: keep on keeping ... please!
Your's truly DJ KenBaxter
This rocked me - truly amazing work. It's like it was meant to be.
ReplyDeleteThis is fucking brilliant. Thanks for taking the time to make this. The world owes you more gratitude. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm not even a Zeppelin fan, but this riff kicks the bejesus out of Helter Skelter — in a good way, I mean. Fricking brilliant work.
ReplyDeleteThanks folks! Sorry for not replying to all this earlier. My fault. As far as Soundcloud goes, the problem is they've basically given Universal (and probably some others) a spare set of keys to the place, so stuff's getting automatically deleted all over the place. On the flipside, you've got YouTube actually automatically *creating* it's own "Topic" videos from mp3 files, and nobody's getting paid for those. It's all gone very strange out there...
ReplyDeleteI know I'm a bit late but WOW, simply put, WOW. This straight up one of the best rock tracks I've ever heard. You produced this like they would have, genius. I admire the integrity, vision, and musical sense you've got. I'd like to think that somewhere John and George are digging this jam.
ReplyDeleteSuperb - well done amazing work involved in making a seamless 'new' song !
ReplyDeleteJust heard tis on CBC Vinyltap. F___ing amazing!!! Great job!!!
ReplyDeleteF**king awesome
ReplyDeleteSoundhog, you wouldn't happen to have the original video available, would you? Or at least a better quality copy of the video you uploaded to Youtube? I miss it.
ReplyDeleteMust've listened to this a HUNDRED times this month! Just amazing!
ReplyDeleteI posted a comment months ago saying your mix was better than either. Upon listening to it anew, I now wish to amend that: you have crafted THE GREATEST, ASS-KICKING ROCKNROLL SONG OF ALL TIME. Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteAnd of course, there is this particular mash-up, based on the same LZ tune:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd0b42chX5A
Thanks man, been looking for this for some time!
ReplyDeleteJust heard this today on xm little Steven’s underground garage. Here now to play it for my husband. It’s fantastic!
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