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The recording was released in 1968 on the band's debut album, Spirit. [1] [2] It is perhaps best known for having similarities with the 1971 Led Zeppelin song "Stairway to Heaven", in which guitarist Jimmy Page used an opening acoustic guitar arpeggio bearing a resemblance to the instrumental without any legal permission from the band. [3]
"Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 8 November 1971 on the band's untitled fourth studio album (commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV), by Atlantic Records. Composed by the band's guitarist Jimmy Page with lyrics written by lead singer Robert Plant , it is widely regarded as one of the greatest rock ...
The guitar part of "Taurus" is said to have influenced Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page in writing "Stairway to Heaven". [5] Led Zeppelin opened for Spirit on an American tour in 1968, and also borrowed from "Fresh Garbage" in live performances of the song 'As Long as I Have You'. [6]
The magnificence of “Stairway to Heaven” can’t be denied, nor the loveliness of “Going to California”, but for such a legendary hard-rock landmark, so much feels uninspired and second-hand.
Led Zeppelin was on the same bill as Spirit on two American music festival dates in 1969. [9] In the liner notes for the 1996 reissue of Spirit's first album, California stated: "people always ask me why 'Stairway to Heaven' sounds exactly like 'Taurus,' which was released two years earlier.
Spirit was an American rock band founded in 1967 and based in Los Angeles. Their most commercially successful single in the United States was " I Got a Line on You ". They were also known for their albums, including their self-titled debut album , The Family That Plays Together , Clear , and Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus .
The Ha‘ikū Stairs, referred to as the Stairway to Heaven, is made up of nearly 4,000 treacherous, steel steps across the Koolau Mountain Range on the island of Oahu.
Throughout the late 1960s and 1970s, Led Zeppelin made numerous concert tours of the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe in particular. They performed over 600 concerts, [1] initially playing small clubs and ballrooms and then, as their popularity increased, larger venues and arenas as well.