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TIL that the distinct sound of John Bonham's drums on Zeppelin's, When the Levee Breaks had little to do with the grandeur of the three-story stone structure Headley Grange where they recorded. The sound engineer Andy Johns incorporated a delay device - Binson Echorec - to achieve the echo effect.

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