Spirit Taurus Song

Jimmy page and robert plant of led zeppelin were accused of plagiarizing the 1968 song taurus by the band spirit.

Spirit taurus song. The track composed by spirit guitarist singer randy california was recorded in. Taurus was part of spirit s set and jimmy page likely heard the song at some point he admitted to owning the album. The beginning of the led zeppelin song contains many musical elements found in taurus which was released three years earlier. Taurus the song by spirit was released in 1968 and appeared on the band s self titled album spirit.

The lawsuit claimed the two were familiar with the song because spirit and led. Do you agree with the court s decision. Not a soundtrack but quite the tune. This is the song that zeppelin stole the intro to stairway to heaven from.

It has been alleged that jimmy page borrowed the descending guitar figure from taurus for led zeppelin s signature song stairway to heaven. Taurus is a rock instrumental by american rock band spirit originally released on their self titled debut album in 1968. We hear jimmy page playing that intro in a session in oktober 1968. Just 2 months before they went on tour with spirit.

The track composed by guitarist singer randy california was recorded in november 1967. The track composed by spirit guitarist singer randy california was recorded in november 1967 and released on the band s debut album spirit. Spirit taurus released on januari 1968 cartoone ice cream dreams. Published on aug 18 2019 taurus is a rock instrumental by american rock band spirit originally released in 1968.