The Yardbirds. I'm a Man. 1967.

At about the 2:40 mark, the Dark Prince manifests an unholy shred spell that defines the blueprint for future Zep wizardry. Unfettered by the constrictive Yardbirds plodding, the young maestro makes the standard stop-time slow blues his own.

Diabolical shit, dudes.

Pink Fairies. 1973.

Supposedly some of the only live Pink Fairies footage in existence with Twink on drums. Kinda defines face melting, doesn't it?

Flower Travellin' Band. 21st Century Schizoid Man. 1970.

Shredding the Flower Travellin' Band on the water cooled Klipsch fetus destroyers. Good Saturday.

Bo Diddley. Elephant Man. 1970.

Bo Diddley's blues/psyche classic Black Gladiator was recently released by the Light In The Attic Records offshoot Future Days Recordings.

It rules.

Sensational Alex Harvey Band. Midnight Moses. 1974.

Scottish lads wearing make-up and shredding scalps.

Jeff Beck Group. Morning Dew. 1972.

Jeff Beck has spent his entire career kicking Eric Clapton in his pasty, pimply british ass.

Led Zeppelin. Whole Lotta Love. 1970.

The Royal Albert Hall live recordings of Zep are a treasure. They were still raw. The energy was incredible. Their chops hadn't fallen off. And Jimmy Page still wore argyle sweaters. This kicks so much dick.

Santana. Europa. 1980.

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedle dee doo, squee squeedle dooo.

Naughty Lady - Silver Metre, 1969.

Skullcrucher - iron Claw, 1970.