LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 29, 2020…IN 1988 ROBERT PLANT RELEASED HIS 4TH SOLO ALBUM “NOW AND ZEN.” THE ALBUM IS PLANT’S BIGGEST SELLING SOLO RECORD FEATURING A MINI LED ZEPPELIN REUNION, WITH JIMMY PAGE APPEARING ON THE SONGS ‘TALL COOL ONE’ AND ‘HEAVEN KNOWS’. ON THE LINER NOTES FOR THE ALBUM, PAGE’S PARTICIPATION IS NOTED WITH THE ‘ZOSO’ SYMBOL. THE ALBUM WAS HUGE FOR PLANT, GOING TRIPLE PLATINUM. THE SONG ‘TALL COOL ONE’ CONTAINED SAMPLES FROM 5 LED ZEPPELIN SONGS. PLANT SAMPLED ‘WHOLE LOTTA LOVE’ ‘DAZED AND CONFUSED’ ‘CUSTARD PIE’ ‘BLACK DOG’ AND ‘THE OCEAN.’ TRY AND CATCH ALL THE SAMPLES, HERE’S ‘TALL COOL ONE’
