Bonzo's Montreux

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"Bonzo's Montreux"

Song by Led Zeppelin
from the album Coda
Released	19 November 1982
Recorded	1976
Genre	Hard rock
Length	4:17
Label	Swan Song
Writer(s)	John Bonham
Producer(s)	Jimmy Page
Coda track listing
"Darlene" (6)	"Bonzo's Montreux" (7)	"Wearing and Tearing" (8)

"Bonzo's Montreux" is a song by English rock group Led Zeppelin. The song is a solo by drummer John Bonham, recorded in 1976. Jimmy Page added the electronic effects afterwards.

The song was left unreleased until 1982, when it was included on the compilation album Coda.

The song was also included on both of the band's boxed sets. It was presented in a medley with Bonham's solo on "Moby Dick" on the boxed set in 1990, and as an individual track on the boxed set 2 in 1993.

Although the version of Coda included on the career-spanning boxed set Complete Studio Recordings featured the new songs that were released on the boxed set series, the "Moby Dick/Bonzo's Montreux" medley (Released on the first boxed set, in 1990) was omitted.

This is one of the few Led Zeppelin songs in which it is possible to hear the squeak of John Bonham's bass drum pedal in the recording studio, the others being "Since I've Been Loving You" from 1970's Led Zeppelin III, "The Ocean" from 1973's Houses of the Holy, and "Ten Years Gone" from 1975's Physical Graffiti.

[edit] Sources

Led Zeppelin: Dazed and Confused: The Stories Behind Every Song, by Chris Welch, ISBN 1-56025-818-7
The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin, by Dave Lewis, ISBN 0-7119-3528-9