Bonham’s Squeaky Drum Pedal

Classic Speed King squeak. They all do it pretty much. Very obvious, especially to me. I’m a drummer… cool they kept it in there.

Never heard of this person.2 threads dude!!

Jimmy Page said that when he was working on the remasters (released in about 1990) he was unable to remove the squeak.

Yes, it was and is an issue. A shame, but there ya go.

I haven’t heard any subsequent remasters.

The squeak is there right @ 4" when the drums enter, continues throughout the track. Not the end of the world IMO...

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.