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===Side two=== "[[The Maid Freed from the Gallows#Led Zeppelin version|Gallows Pole]]" is an updated arrangement of a traditional folk song called "[[The Maid Freed from the Gallows]]", inspired by a version recorded by [[Fred Gerlach]]. Page played a variety of acoustic and electric guitars and banjo, while Jones played mandolin as well as bass.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=50}} It was reworked by Page and Plant for their 1994 album ''[[No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r207800/review|title=''No Quarter'': Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded β Review|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine|website=AllMusic|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=12 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312093949/http://www.allmusic.com/album/r207800/review|url-status=live}}</ref> "[[Tangerine (Led Zeppelin song)|Tangerine]]" was written by Page in 1968, when the Yardbirds were still together. The track features [[pedal steel guitar]] as well as acoustic. It was added to the group's live acoustic set in 1971 and performed regularly into the following year. It was then revived as a four-part harmony arrangement in 1975.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=50}} "[[That's the Way (Led Zeppelin song)|That's the Way]]" had the original title of "The Boy Next Door". It was written in Bron-Yr-Aur about the problems two people faced in a relationship and the clashes with their families. The song became a staple of the group's acoustic set throughout the 1970s and was played at the Bath Festival, where Led Zeppelin performed acoustically for the first time in the UK.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=50}}{{sfn|Lewis|2012|p=72}} Page thought highly of Plant's lyrics and considered it a breakthrough in their development as a songwriting team.<ref name=RS2006>{{Cite magazine |last=Gilmore |first=Mikal |title=The Long Shadow of Led Zeppelin |magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=1006 |date=10 August 2006 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-long-shadow-of-led-zeppelin-184055/ |access-date=29 August 2018 |archive-date=24 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724002319/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-long-shadow-of-led-zeppelin-184055/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The pair had gone for a walk and, on their return, sat down by a ravine with a tape recorder, where Page started to play the tune, to which Plant improvised a verse.<ref name=MM70/> "[[Bron-Y-Aur Stomp]]" was originally called "Jennings Farm Blues" and recorded as an electric arrangement, at the end of 1969. It was subsequently reworked as an acoustic number and featured Bonham playing spoons. The closing track, "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper", was based on the [[Bukka White]] blues song "[[Shake 'Em On Down]]" and named as a tribute to their friend and folk singer, [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]]. The original LP credited the arrangement to "Charles Obscure", a band in-joke.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=50}}{{sfn|Lewis|2012|p=92}} It features Plant's voice fed through a [[vibrato]] amplifier.<ref name=MM70/>
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