The acoustic riff on Stairway To Heaven was actually lifted from an instrumental track called Taurus, written and recorded in 1967 by 15 year old prodigy guitarist Randy California. Randy, who fronted the band Spirit (along with stepdad Ed Cassidy), was once Jimi Hendrix's protege, having playing in Hendrix's early band Jimmy James & the Blue Flames. Spirit opened up for Zeppelin on many shows in 1969.

While Randy never made an issue of it, I find it somewhat disturbing that Page never really owned up to the lifting or offered any type of compensation to Randy, considering the massive sales figures that 'Stairway' have generated over the years.