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Taurus

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“Taurus” is a rock instrumental by American rock band Spirit, originally released on their self-titled debut album in 1968. The track, composed by guitarist/singer Randy California, was recorded in November 1967. It has been noticed that Jimmy Page borrowed the descending guitar figure from “Taurus” for Led Zeppelin’s signature tune “Stairway to Heaven”. Zeppelin opened for Spirit in an early American tour, leaving little doubt that Led Zeppelin had heard the Spirit song before Stairway to Heaven was written. In the liner notes to the 1996 reissue of Spirit’s debut album, songwriter Randy California writes:
People always ask me why “Stairway to Heaven” sounds exactly like “Taurus”, which was released two years earlier. I know Led Zeppelin also played... Read on...

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