"The Above Ground Sound" of Jake Holmes

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"The Above Ground Sound" of Jake Holmes
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1967
Genre Folk rock
Length29:57
Label Tower
Jake Holmes chronology
"The Above Ground Sound" of Jake Holmes
(1967)
A Letter to Katherine December
(1968)

"The Above Ground Sound" of Jake Holmes is the debut album of American singer songwriter Jake Holmes, released in June 1967 on Tower Records. The album consists of songs played on bass and two electric guitars with no drummer. Both this record and Holmes' subsequent record, A Letter to Katherine December, were not well received and neither made the charts. [1] Holmes played guitar. Tim Irwin also played guitar with Rick Randle on bass.

Contents

"Dazed and Confused"

The album is best known for the song "Dazed and Confused" because Led Zeppelin released their interpretation of the song on their 1969 debut album Led Zeppelin . Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin guitarist, was familiar with Holmes' song because his previous band, The Yardbirds, had covered the song. [1] [2] [3] The Led Zeppelin song was not credited to Jake Holmes. While Holmes took no action at the time, he did later contact Page in regards to the matter but received no reply. [4]

Starting in 2010, [5] Jake Holmes filed multiple lawsuits against Page for copyright infringement regarding "Dazed and Confused." In August 2025, the case was settled out of court, with both sides informing the California court they had reached a written settlement. The terms and details of the agreement remain confidential. [6]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Jake Holmes

Side one

  1. "Lonely" – 2:38
  2. "Did You Know" – 2:52
  3. "She Belongs to Me" – 2:15
  4. "Too Long" – 2:47
  5. "Genuine Imitation Life" – 4:00

Side two

  1. "Dazed and Confused" – 3:53
  2. "Penny's" – 2:39
  3. "Hard to Keep My Mind on You" – 2:01
  4. "Wish I Was Anywhere Else" – 2:50
  5. "Signs of Age" – 4:02

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Hodgkinson, Will (2008). Song Man: A Melodic Adventure, Or, My Single-Minded Approach to Songwriting. p. 129.
  2. The Above Ground Sound" of Jake Holmes at AllMusic
  3. Schinder, Scott (2008). Icons of Rock. p. 385. ISBN   9780313338472.
  4. Robert Cochrane (September 17, 2008). "Theft As Ownership". hippy.com. Archived from the original on May 30, 2009. Retrieved March 10, 2009.
  5. Led Zeppelin sued by folk singer for alleged plagiarism. New York Post . Retrieved July 6, 2010.
  6. Jake Holmes and Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page reach settlement in ‘Dazed and Confused’ copyright dispute Music Business Worldwide, August 3, 2025