 The group recorded "Presence" in November 1975 at the Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany, while Plant was largely confined to a wheel chair.Lyrically, "Nobody's Fault but Mine" has been compared to Robert Johnson's "Hell Hound on My Trail".Johnson's 1937 Delta blues song tells of a man trying to stay ahead of the evil which is pursuing him, but it does not address the cause or lasting solution for his predicament.