Matt Dolloff at WZLX 100.7 has filed the following report on a rare LED ZEPPELIN clip from 1968 that has surfaced online:

"In the fall of 1968, singer/songwriter P.J. Proby recruited Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham – before they were known as Led Zeppelin – to perform as his band on his album Three Week Hero.

The clip is controversial for Proby’s extensive use of racial slurs, but the music echoes a young rock band destined to become legends. Robert Plant handled harmonica duties while Page chopped his typically fiery lead riffs.

Other versions of the clip have edited out the first 90 seconds due to the harsh language, but The Metal Den obtained and preserved the clip in its entirety."

Listen to the full audio clip below (Warning: strong and offensive language at beginning).

As previously reported, one of the rarest rock t-shirts in the world recently sold for $10,000 US - the largest sum ever paid for a vintage t-shirt. The record-setting sale of a 1979 Led Zeppelin t-shirt on eBay has sent ripples through the competitive vintage clothing community.

The item was sold by Kyle Ermatinger of Stormcrow Vintage, one of the top online destinations for sought-after authentic vintage tees. The recent completion of the transaction places the purchase as the world's rarest and most expensive vintage t-shirt.

"When I got the sale notification, my jaw hit the floor," Ermatinger said. "Given this shirt may be one of the only ones in existence, the price tag is completely justifiable. It's a rock relic, beyond rare. Admittedly, I still frequently pinch myself." As the most scarce Led Zeppelin t-shirt ever produced, the article was printed in limited quantity as a unique way to replace conventional backstage passes for one of the band's historic 1979 Knebworth House concerts. Ermatinger acquired the item for $123 US from the family who ran the shop that screen-printed the original shirts. "At the time, I thought I may have overpaid, until I got back home, looked it up online and noticed it was ranked #1 as the rarest Zeppelin t-shirt."
"Other t-shirts have been priced higher on eBay, but never sold," said James Applegath, eBay award-winning t-shirt vendor at Defunkd.com. "We've documented eBay's highest-selling t-shirts on our blog for years and nothing has come close." Applegath, a veteran in the vintage business, migrated away from eBay to transform his Defunkd brand into a comprehensive vintage t-shirt resource and active online community. He says the buzz on his site about this story isn't a total surprise. "People are shocked at the value of some vintage t-shirts, but these items have become as collectible as baseball cards and comics."

The only details known about the buyer are that he's located in Australia and he bought a second Led Zeppelin t-shirt in the same week as the backstage pass gem. Although he declined to comment about the purchases, one thing is for certain: he's got a whole lotta love for Led Zeppelin.