same here, though my parents had 'Led Zeppelin IV' and i'm sure i had heard it on the radio at some point by then. same with 'The Ocean', which they used on 'She's Crafty'. Sabbath too, never heard 'Sweetleaf' until a few years later.I think I first heard that drum beat on the opening to the 1st Beastie Boys record. I hadn't become a Zep fan as of then...I was only 11 though
Pure subjectivity.....As I have brought my analyses on the Reality of Zep. I have pointed out the the first two albums were fantastic.But that exhausted their talents quite a bit. They couldn't follow Jeff Beck anymore, but their albums continued. There were however always one or 2 outstanding cuts amongst the filler. Funny my two favorite zep song are about water; The Levee & The Ocean
It is indeed shameful.It’s a shame they didn’t cite appropriately