Bonham’s Squeaky Drum Pedal

I can hear it at moderate volume. It gives me a chuckle as a former Speed King user, I don't think it's a big deal. There are other quirks in Zep's recordings such as tape bleed through, a phone ringing during "The Ocean," airplane passing overhead, and some flubs by Page which he intentionally left in.

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I like it as well. Lots of amp buzz in recordings from that era. All kinds of studio sounds in Hendrix albums. I listen to Floyd often and never heard the amp stand, I’ll call it up on Qobuz.

@baclagg  Yeah, the noise is certainly audible. It sounds like they used some processing to dull the sound. I'm listening to a remaster.

Some of the best songs ever recorded have tone issues, straight up mistakes, flubs etc. One of the issues with todays music is it is too “clean”. Quantized to the click, perfect pitch correction etc. The human element has been all but removed. There are exceptions, but for the most part today’s music is just too sterile.

Yes and these mistakes and flubs largely go unnoticed by most listeners. A fan is absorbing the experience in its entirety, as a complete work of art. An incorrect change in tempo or flub is what makes the song unique to that band.

Regarding today's homogenized music and pitch control, it's ironic that singers are directed to sing "off key" or "flat" so that Auto-tune (using a square wave) can make those "electronic" vocals used in pop music.

When I was in my late teens thru my 30's I never heard the squeak with my mid-fi system. But I certainly heard my Speed King squeaking. Now that I'm older and progressed to a revealing system, the squeak stands out as if it was part of the music. Using Atma-sphere, Audio Note, and Devore.