The Lemon Song

The track was recorded for Led Zeppelin II during the band 1969 tour period, with Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham working across several studios. The album sessions included A and R Studios, Olympic Studios, Morgan Studios and Mirror Sound, with Page producing and Eddie Kramer engineering key sessions. Released on Led Zeppelin II in 1969, it became one of the album major blues based tracks and reflected the band adaptation of older blues material into heavier rock arrangements. The song was later credited in part to Chester Burnett after its debt to Howlin Wolf Killing Floor became formally acknowledged. It remains a central example of Led Zeppelin early blues reinterpretations and the legal and authorship debates around them. The recording continues to be discussed for John Paul Jones bass performance, Page production and its connection to the Chicago blues tradition.