LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page has released the original home demo version of 'Ten Years Gone', a song which was later included on the band's iconic sixth album, 1975's 'Physical Graffiti'.
The song is part of a new video uploaded to Page's official YouTube channel.
In an accompanying message, Page writes: "As a footnote to 'Physical Graffiti', I thought you might like to hear the original home demo, recorded in my studio at Plumpton Place of a piece of music that was going to surface as '10 Years Gone'.
I presented this rough mix to the band at Headley Grange in order to do this for real.
Robert Plant came up with some lyrics for my music that were extraordinary and then we arrive at the song '10 Years Gone'." The demo is part of a series of rare recordings Page has shared over the past year, including previously unreleased instrumental arrangements.
Last September, LED ZEPPELIN celebrated the 50th anniversary of 'Physical Graffiti' with the release of a live EP featuring live recordings from Earl's Court and Knebworth in 1975.
The new 'Live EP' featured live performances of songs like 'In My Time Of Dying', 'Trampled Under Foot', 'Sick Again', and 'Kashmir'.
These live performances were originally released on the 2003 'Led Zeppelin' DVD and appeared on CD, vinyl, and digital formats for the very first time.
Released in February 1975 in the US and four days later in the UK, 'Physical Graffiti' immediately achieved platinum sales status and has been certified 17 times platinum.
Its commercial success was equaled by its critical reception.
Generally regarded as one of the greatest double albums of all time, the original 15 tracks represent a creative tour de force that explores the band's dynamic musical range, from the driving rock of 'Custard Pie' to the exotic construction of 'Kashmir' and the funky groove of 'Trampled Under Foot'.
The album was comprised of new compositions including 'Kashmir', 'Sick Again', 'Ten Years Gone', 'The Wanton Song', 'Custard Pie', 'Trampled Under Foot', and 'In My Time Of Dying', as well as unreleased songs from earlier album sessions.
Page began the initial work at his home studio in Plumpton, Sussex, England, in the summer and autumn of 1973, with the first recording sessions taking place that October at Headley Grange, using Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio.
Further sessions at Headley continued in January 1974.
Additional overdubs were recorded at Olympic Studios, where Page completed mixing of the album in July 1974.
Page said: "We had enough material for one and a half LPs, so I figured, 'Let's put out a double and use some of the material we'd done previously but never released'.
I always thought the sequencing of an album was really important and that was part of my role as the producer." The band's self-titled debut in 1969 marked the beginning of a 12-year reign, during which LED ZEPPELIN rose to become one of the most influential rock bands in the world.
The band was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1995 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005.