On this day in 1969, Led Zeppelin recorded The John Peel Sessions at Maida Vale, London.⁣ ⁣ We recorded this show to promote Led Zeppelin II. ⁣ ⁣ In typical Led Zeppelin tradition Travelling Riverside Blues was made up on the spot from a riff I had on the electric twelve string. We had reached a point at the BBC where you could overdub a solo over the initial track of the song. ⁣ ⁣ This helped a lot to give a more complete rendition of our material and I must say the BBC engineer Tony Wilson did