Led Zeppelin

His passing inadvertently brought an end to one of rock's greatest bands.

When the Yardbirds fell apart, Jimmy Page put together an all new version of the band.

Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham made history in a small space on Gerrard Street in the West End of London.

They broke up a little more than a year later in the wake of the drummer's death.

For guitarist Jimmy Page, who curated Led Zeppelin's recent reissues, it marks the end of a very long chapter in his career.

It was hardly a crippling loss amidst their multi-million dollar 1973 tour, but more troubles were on the way.

Led Zeppelin were on the rise in the summer of 1969, while Doors frontman Jim Morrison was in the midst of a long and painful public downward spiral. On July 27, the two bands met going in opposite directions.

They seemed to be suffering from a curse, as multiple setbacks kept the band from capitalizing on the momentum they'd built.

We're just days away from the last few releases in Led Zeppelin's deluxe reissue series, and the band has offered one last advance sneak peek at the newly remastered and expanded albums by posting a previously unreleased version of "When the Levee Breaks."

With the arrival this month of the final trio of releases in Led Zeppelin's massive reissue series, the focus has turned to what's next for Jimmy Page, the mastermind behind the project.