Stairways To Heaven (58 Cover Versions)

This is 58 versions of the Led Zeppelin classic "Stairway To Heaven".

The first 22 are from Australian TV show 'The Money or The Gun', where different performers gave a rendition of the song each week, in wildly varying formats. The 'bonus tracks' are 35 more covers and a BBC live recording of Led Zep themselves.

Performers and styles included:

1 Kate Ceberano and the Ministry of Fun, cool funk with woodwind
2 John Paul Young, in the style of "Love is in the Air"
3 Pardon Me Boys, in a swing style (with references to Glenn Miller songs)
4 Nick Barker and the Reptiles, in a heavy blues style
5 Rolf Harris, in the style of "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport".
6 The Australian Doors Show, in the style of The Doors
7 Sandra Hahn, Michael Turkic and the Australian Opera chorus, as an epic Wagner opera
8 Toots - Helen Jones and Jenny Lovell, femme fatale lounge singer style
9 Robyne Dunn in the style of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" by The Beatles
10 Elvis impersonator Neil Pepper, in the style of "Viva Las Vegas".
11 Rock Lobsters, a B-52s tribute band, in the style of "Rock Lobster"
12 Toys Went Berserk, post-punk UK pop rock
13 Jodie Gilles, as a Broadway musical number (with references to A Chorus Line)
14 The Beatnix, in the style of the Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "She Loves You" and "Twist and Shout".
15 Fargone Beauties , as a country thrash in the style of Duelling Banjos
16 Etcetera Theatre Company, as a techno dance in the style of Talking Heads
17 Judi Connelli, as a gospel song
18 Barry Crocker & DAAS as a comedy routine with a nod to the 'Neighbours' theme
19 Vegemite Reggae, as a modern reggae
20 Whipper Snappers, as an indie rock girl group
21 The Chorus of the Sydney Philharmonia Choir, as an a capella chorus
22 Leonard Teale, as a dramatic bush poem

The show relaunched Rolf Harris with a UK no.7 and a rock covers CD, and later the host Andrew Denton had Robert Plant and Jimmy Page on his new show to do a Rolf Harris song!

Other cover versions included:

Foo Fighters - rock spoof
Little Roger & the Goosebumps - Gilligan’s Island Theme
Dread Zeppelin- reggae with Elvis overtones
Sisters Of Mercy - Elvis’ Vegas era
Mary Schneider - Australian country yodelling (radio show)
Dusty Cowshit - sax jam
Helloween - live riff
Mutsuhiro Nishiwaki - music box (glockenspiel?)
Heart - soft rock with pan pipes
Ann Wilson - solo version of Heart’s
Hard-Ons - messed up practice
Sauerkraut Project - funky beat (Jungla Mix)
Todd Taylor - banjo
The Raleigh Ringers - percussion
Gregorian Masters of Chant - Gregorian hymn
Orchestre National de Jazz - traditional jazz
Sisters of Mercy - Metal Rock (live, Blackburn, UK, 1985)
The String Quartet -parlour music
Those Damn Accordions - polka
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - metal rock
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Spanish guitar (Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero)
Hayseed Dixie - rock/bluegrass
Dolly Parton - country ballad/gospel
Far Corporation - soft rock
Soundchaser - rock (live)
White Skull - Italian power metal
Nileppez Del - Dutch band singing backwards
Bellanova - techno funk
Congo Natty - R&B funk rap
Nashville Super Pickers - hillbilly
Pat Boone - crooner
Peter Bennett - g lass harmonica
Tiny Tim and Brave Combo - cabaret, with Tiny Tim vocal touches
Havanarama - live (poor quality)
Led Zeppelin - live at the BBC
+ Michael Mills classic rant about Satanism hidden in rock music
(Led Zeppelin, Kiss, Beatles and Queen)


Source is from various torrents, mostly VBR, mostly 192 - 224 kbps. Includes "Money or the Gun" album cover and a word doc explaining the television show and listing the bands and styles.