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When Queen was in process of recording thier first album the magazines were claiming "Led Zeppelin" foot prints. Then a year or so later Rush was about to hit and the magazines were claiming "Led Zeppelin" foot prints. In 72 or 73 when Ronnie Montrose was done with the Edgar Winter Group and was putting Montrose together they were telling us about this young "kid" that was going to be the next "Robert Plant". It was all based on the wailing vocals, but when you get down to it the music was quite different. The only thing that was really common was the music was heavy and all the vocalists were capable of being high screamers. So they were like 50% correct, Zeppelin set the trend, and we would like it, but when I got those debut albums I sat there listening and thought to myself "no, this does not sound like Led Zeppelin". I still have all those debut records, but not Rushs first, just Fly by Night and Caress of Steel. All the records I mentioned are great in my opinion, they also have significant historic value in the development of heavy music, milestones I suppose.
Child in Time could be compared to Uriah Heep, about the only one I can think of right now. While its a simple lyric line Child in Time is one of Gillans ultimate vocal performances, as well as some of the stuff he did on JCS.
If you listen to old Deep Purple you will hear they had alot of Rock N Roll and Blues in them. Uriah Heep didnt boogie like Deep Purple did.
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