Classic Rock

WHOLE LOTTA LOVE

Page initially came up with the classic Whole Lotta Love riff at his Pangbourne home in the late summer of 1968. Some nine months later in April 1969, it was this song that kick-started the sessions for Led Zeppelin II at Olympic Studios in Barnes.

The song originally took shape around Page’s killer three-note riff with its octave E conclusion, and a descending chord structure which made use of a backwards echo, an effect that the guitarist had first used on a

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