The Honeydrippers, Vol. 1 (1984)

About this title: A telling thing about Robert Plant at his peak is how he would sneak on-stage with Rockpile and sing Elvis songs, or how Swan Song signed Dave Edmunds when his retro-rock was about the furthest thing from the monolithic Zeppelin of Physical Graffiti. Plant always harbored deep, abiding love for early rock & roll, a fact that was often obscured by his restlessness, too, a side that he indulged on his first two post-Zep solo albums -- glistening, modern albums with a heavier debt to Robert Fripp than Little Richard. Two albums in, he switched tactics for the EP detour The Honeydrippers, Vol. 1, ... read more

Tracks:

1. I Get a Thrill
2. Sea of Love [Baptiste/Khoury]
3. I Got a Woman [Charles/Richard]
4. Young Boy Blues
5. Rockin' at Midnight [Brown]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.