Jeff Beck remembered the recording sessions of his 1967 single “Beck’s Bolero” – which saw him join forces with Jimmy Page, Keith Moon, John Paul Jones, and pianist Nicky Hopkins, who later agreed that the line up was a first attempt at what became Led Zeppelin – telling Classic Rock Magazine:
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“That was recorded with John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Nicky Hopkins, and Keith Moon. And that was the band we hoped to form out of that session.
“Keith had agreed to play drums for one day, and when he turned up we were hoping that he might be interested in a permanent position. He was not happy with his current band [The Who]; something to do with the vocalist [Roger Daltrey], I think.
“I don’t know if it would have worked or not but it sounded so great in the studio. I couldn’t believe it when we went back and listened to it in the control room. We were going: ‘This is amazing. What can we do with it?’
“And the next thing we know Keith is back with The Who and the whole thing never got off the ground. But all we needed was a singer. Unfortunately, there was no Peter Grant [Led Zep manager] around at the time to grab us and do something with us.”