Candy Store Rock
"Candy Store Rock" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in 1976 on their album "Presence". It was also released as a single in the United States, but it did not chart. Recording. The band recorded the song at Musicland Studios in Germany. Plant sang from a wheelchair because he was recovering at the time from a car accident he had sustained in Greece. Plant considers "Candy Store Rock" to be one of his favourite songs from "Presence". Jimmy Page's guitar solo is short and measured, coming in halfway through the song. Live  renditions. "Candy Store Rock" was never performed live by the band at Led Zeppelin concerts, except for a brief riff by Page at Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio, on 20 April 1977. However, a one-minute improvisation was played live in concert by Page and Plant as a "Black Dog" introduction on 26 July 1995 at Wembley Arena. The song was also played live in Montreux by Page and Plant on 7 July 2001. Reception. In a contemporary review for "Presence", Stephen Davis of "Rolling Stone" described "Candy Store Rock" as "perfectly evoking the Los Angeles milieu in which the  Zep composed ["Presence"]." He further described the song as sounding like "an unholy hybrid in which Buddy Holly is grafted onto the quivering stem of David Bowie." In a retrospective review of "Presence (Deluxe Edition)", Andrew Doscas of "PopMatters" described "Candy Store Rock" as sounding like "the prequel to 1971's "Rock and Roll"" from their fourth album. Singer Robert Plant later described "Candy Store Rock", along with "Achilles Last Stand", as the "saving grace[s] of "Presence"". Plant said the song's rhythm section was inspiring to him, partly due to the album's tumultuous recording sessions. Candy Store Rock