Led Zeppelin recorded the song at Headley Grange, Headley, East Hampshire, using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio. Led Zeppelin biographer Dave Lewis calls it 'a smooth woman-tone solo' After a second chorus, the song winds down with pedal steel fills and ends with an acoustic guitar figure. Page solos on a heavily sustained Gibson Les Paul Standard electric guitar, which is also double tracked. The verses are broken up with an instrumental middle section with Page, Jones, and Bonham. For the third verse, Plant returns to singing accompanied by guitar chording. Page also adds pedal steel guitar fills however, he departs from the typical American country music approach by adding a wah-wah pedal tonal effect. Through the use of double tracking, Plant provides a harmony vocal line. The second verse contains the chorus, at the beginning of which Jones on bass and drummer John Bonham come in – Jones follows the chord changes and Bonham plays a straightforward, backing beat. Plant then sings the first verse accompanied by the backing guitar chords:īassist John Paul Jones complements Page on mandolin. Page actually plays two guitar parts – one on a six-string and the other on a twelve-string Giannini Craviola acoustic guitar – which, due to the audio mixing, almost sound as one. The guitar proceeds with an A minor–G–D guitar progression. The song begins with a guitar figure, then a pause to set the right tempo. Other earlier influences include songs recorded at Mickie Most's Donovan sessions, when John Paul Jones and Page were studio musicians.

Although written earlier, 'Tangerine' reflects this rural sensibility and journalist Nigel Williamson includes it with the acoustic material born of the Bron-yr-aur sojourn. Several songs on Led Zeppelin III and later albums. Accompanied only by acoustic guitar, hand-claps, and harmonica, the pair created tunes that served as the basis for Plant in particular was inspired by the back-to-the-land trends in northern California and the British folk scene. To develop material for a follow-up album to Led Zeppelin II, Page and singer Robert Plant took a working holiday at Bron-Yr-Aur, a rustic retreat in South Snowdonia, Wales. While the demo recorded by the Yardbirds featured a vocal by Keith Relf, the 2017 release does not include it.

Recordings from these sessions (with producer Manny Kellem) and the concert performance later used for Live Yardbirds: Featuring Jimmy Page were rejected for release at the time, but were issued in 2017 on the Yardbirds '68 compilation album produced by Page. Page biographer George Case notes that 'Knowing That I'm Losing You' is very similar to 'Tangerine' and suggests that Jackie DeShannon inspired the tune. In April 1968, the group recorded demos for several songs at the Columbia Studios in New York City. 'Tangerine' dates back to Page's time as lead guitarist with the Yardbirds. 'Tangerine' has been performed in concert by Led Zeppelin at different points in their career and has been recorded by other musicians. When it was released on the Page-produced 2017 album Yardbirds '68, Keith Relf's vocal was left out. The Yardbirds, with guitarist Jimmy Page, recorded an early version of the song in 1968, titled 'Knowing That I'm Losing You'. The plaintive ballad reflects on lost love and features strummed acoustic guitar rhythm with pedal steel guitar. Recorded in 1970, it is included on the second, more acoustic-oriented side of Led Zeppelin III (1970). ' Tangerine' is a folk rock song by the English band Led Zeppelin.

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