Some songs from the album had initially been tried out in earlier sessions , such as " No Quarter " , which was first attempted during a session at Headley Grange Estate , in East Hampshire . Both guitarist and producer Jimmy Page and bassist / keyboardist John Paul Jones had installed home studios , which allowed them to arrive at Stargroves with complete compositions and arrangements . Page 's home studio used some of the equipment from Pye Mobile Studios , which had been used to record The Who 's 1970 live album '' Live at Leeds '' . Because of his home studio , he was able to present a complete arrangement of " The Rain Song " , including non-standard guitar tunings and a variety of dynamics , and " Over the Hills and Far Away " , featuring multiple guitar parts . Meanwhile , Jones had developed a new arrangement of " No Quarter " . Once the group were settled in Stargroves , they composed the other songs through jam sessions together . Further recording took place at Olympic Studios in May , and during the band 's 1972 North American tour additional recording sessions were conducted at Electric Lady Studios in New York . Some songs which were recorded from these various sessions did not make it onto '' Houses of the Holy '' . Some of them were released on later albums . A series of rock 'n' roll covers , including songs that appeared on Elvis Presley 's '' Elvis ' Golden Records '' , were recorded at Electric Lady Studios , which remain unreleased
1972 North American tour
Led Zeppelin North American Tour 1972
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