On This Day 25 June

 Music, separated by time but not by magic

1995 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour, Glastonbury Festival

• 1966 The Yardbirds - Bury, England at Bury Palais de Danse
• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Inglewood, CA at The Forum
• 1977 Led Zeppelin - Inglewood, CA at The Forum
• 1995 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour - Glastonbury Festival, Pyramid Stage 

1972 Led Zeppelin - Inglewood, CA at The Forum

1972:
This show was so good that when Jimmy Page used it and the June 27 Long Beach show for How the West Was Won, a 2003 triple disc release.    In the liner notes, Jimmy Page says that Led Zeppelin was at its artistic peak in 1972.

Mr Page said that when they were playing their best - such as at these two shows - “we combined to make it a fifth element.  That was the magic, the intangible." (Guitarist Magazine interview, 2003)

The fifth element, in metaphysical and other teaching, is aether or spirit, the other four being  earth, air, fire and water. The fifth element is the thing that is more than the sum of the parts. It is quintessence, qi, mana. It is life force, the energy of the universe.

1977 Led Zeppelin - Inglewood, CA at The Forum

1995 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour, Glastonbury Festival (Photo Ross Halfin)

1995:

Glastonbury Tor is a hill in Somerset County, in SE England.  There is archeological evidence of human occupation of the tor since before human written history.  The Celtic name of the hill, Ynys Wydryn means "Isle of Glass".  In ancient days the plain that the hill rises from would be flooded by high tides.  The Britons named the hill Ynys yr Afalon meaning "The Isle of Avalon".  When there are thermal inversions, heavy mists can blanket the plain with the tor rising from it - these mists are called Fata Morgana, after Morgan le Fay, a sorceress of Arthurian legend.  

The five-day Glastonbury Festival has its own history.  The first series of concerts, lectures and recitals were held in the town of Glastonbury were held in 1914. The first festival at Worthy Farm was the Pilton Pop, Blues & Folk Festival held in 1970.  It now attracts well over 100,000 people each year, and tickets sell out within hours.

Glastonbury Tor (Photo Rob Holden)

You might want to compare SIBLY performed at each of these shows!

♪ Led Zeppelin (Inglewood CA at The Forum, 25 June 1972)  

♪ Led Zeppelin (Inglewood CA at The Forum, 25 June 1977)

♪ Page & Plant - Unledded Tour (Glastonbury Festival, Pyramid Stage, 25 June 1995)

On This Day 27 May

Official live performances! Official videos! The west was won... and the north and south and east, too..

2003 27 May On This Day How The West Was Won released

'HOW THE WEST WAS WON' WAS RELEASED

On this day in 2003, the CD ‘How The West Was Won’ had its release. The content was comprised of a selection of 1972 performances from The Los Angeles Forum and The Long Beach Arena on the West Coast of America. My idea was to accompany the chronological content of the Led Zeppelin DVD with some killer CD audio of a performance where the band had been firing on all cylinders - and 'How The West Was Won' was it. There was eager anticipation of a Led Zeppelin tour in the press around this point in time. As the band was not about to tour, the DVD and CD had to suffice!

• 1967 The Yardbirds-Ramsgate, England at Supreme Ballroom
• 1969 Led Zeppelin-Boston MA US at Boston Tea Party
• 1972 Led Zeppelin-Amsterdam, The Netherlands at Oude Rai
• 1995 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour - George, Washington at The Gorge Ampitheatre
• 1998 Page & Plant - Charleston, SC at North Charleston Coliseum
• 2003 27 May On This Day How The West Was Won released
• 2003 26 & 27 Led Zeppelin DVD released in UK and US
• 2003 Led Zeppelin DVD premiere at Loews Theater NYC

1969 Led Zeppelin-Boston MA US/ Boston Tea Party

1972 Led Zeppelin-Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Oude Rai

2003:
How the West Was Won is a triple live album released by Atlantic Records on CD in 2003. Tracks of original performances are from the L.A. Forum on 25 June 1972 and Long Beach Arena on 27 June 1972.

The Led Zeppelin double DVD set was released in the United Kingdom on 26 May 2003, and the United States on 27 May 2003. It was the first official archival video release to contain footage of the band playing live, from 1969 to 1979. The DVD includes performances from the Royal Albert Hall in 1970, Madison Square Garden in 1973, Earls Court in 1975, and Knebworth in 1979, plus other footage.

Led Zeppelin DVD (2003) cover

  The Led Zeppelin DVD cover image is of West and East Mitten Buttes, photographed from the visitor centre at the Navajo Tribal Park located at Monument Valley, Arizona.  Below is an actual photo.

Photo of "the thumbs" at Monument Valley in AZ

2003 Led Zeppelin DVD premiere at Loews Theater NYC

2014 Paris, Next Musique remasters interview (photo Richard Dumas)

♪ Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin Amsterdam CCTV Footage Noir 1972) YouTube
♪ Travelling Riverside Blues (Led Zeppelin promo video produced in 1990 and as seen on the official Led Zeppelin DVD 2003) YouTube

♫ How The West Was Won CD track listings Wikipedia
♫ Led Zeppelin DVD track listings Wikipedia

On This Day 25 June

Music, separated by time but not by magic.

1995 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour, Glastonbury Festival

• 1966 The Yardbirds - Bury, England at Bury Palais de Danse
• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Inglewood, CA at The Forum
• 1977 Led Zeppelin - Inglewood, CA at The Forum
• 1995 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour - Glastonbury Festival, Pyramid Stage 

1972 Led Zeppelin - Inglewood, CA at The Forum

1972:
This show was so good that when Jimmy Page used it and the June 27 Long Beach show for How the West Was Won, a 2003 triple disc release.    In the liner notes, Jimmy Page says that Led Zeppelin was at its artistic peak in 1972.

Mr Page said that when they were playing their best - such as at these two shows - “we combined to make it a fifth element.  That was the magic, the intangible." (Guitarist Magazine interview, 2003)

The fifth element, in metaphysical and other teaching, is aether or spirit, the other four being  earth, air, fire and water. The fifth element is the thing that is more than the sum of the parts. It is quintessence, qi, mana. It is life force, the energy of the universe.

1977 Led Zeppelin - Inglewood, CA at The Forum

1995 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour, Glastonbury Festival (Photo Ross Halfin)

1995:

Glastonbury Tor is a hill in Somerset County, in SE England.  There is archeological evidence of human occupation of the tor since before human written history.  The Celtic name of the hill, Ynys Wydryn means "Isle of Glass".  In ancient days the plain that the hill rises from would be flooded by high tides.  The Britons named the hill Ynys yr Afalon meaning "The Isle of Avalon".  When there are thermal inversions, heavy mists can blanket the plain with the tor rising from it - these mists are called Fata Morgana, after Morgan le Fay, a sorceress of Arthurian legend.  

The five-day Glastonbury Festival has its own history.  The first series of concerts, lectures and recitals were held in the town of Glastonbury were held in 1914. The first festival at Worthy Farm was the Pilton Pop, Blues & Folk Festival held in 1970.  It now attracts well over 100,000 people each year, and tickets sell out within hours.

Glastonbury Tor (Photo Rob Holden)

You might want to compare SIBLY performed at each of these shows.

♪  Since I've Been Loving You (Led Zeppelin, LA Forum 25 June 1972) YouTube

♪  Full Show "Badgeholders Annual Meeting" (Led Zeppelin, LA Forum 25 June 1977) YouTube

♪  Full show (Page & Plant, Glastonbury 1995) YouTube

On This Day 11 June

How The West Was Won (Japan), day 4 of MSG and Jimmy Page receives OBE

2003 11 June On This Day Japanese version of How The West Was Won was released

• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Baltimore, MD at Baltimore Civic Center
• 1977 Led Zeppelin - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden (3rd night)
• 2003 11 June On This Day Japanese version of How The West Was Won was released
• 2005 Jimmy Page awarded OBE for charity work with children of Brazil

1977 Led Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden 

1977 Jimmy Page & Robert Plant/Led Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden 

1977 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden 

1977 Led Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden 

1977 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden 

2005  Jimmy Page awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II of the UK

2005  Jimmy Page and Brian May with Queen Elizabeth II of the UK

♪  acoustic set (Led Zeppelin, Baltimore 1972) YouTube

♪  8mm audience tape (Led Zeppelin MSG 1977) YouTube

♪  Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin 1977) YouTube

♫ A whole lotta MSG photos by David Allen

On This Day 27 May

Official live performances!  Official videos!  Yay!  This was great stuff and a hint of more to come.

2003 27 May On This Day How The West Was Won released

How the West Was Won is a triple live album released by Atlantic Records on CD in 2003.  Tracks of original performances are from the L.A. Forum on 25 June 1972 and Long Beach Arena on 27 June 1972.

The Led Zeppelin DVD is a double DVD set released in the United Kingdom on 26 May 2003, and the United States on 27 May 2003. It was the first official archival video release to contain footage of the band playing live, from 1969 to 1979. The DVD includes performances from the Royal Albert Hall in 1970, Madison Square Garden in 1973, Earls Court in 1975, and Knebworth in 1979, plus other footage. 

Led Zeppelin DVD (2003) cover

• 1967 The Yardbirds-Ramsgate, England at Supreme Ballroom
• 1969 Led Zeppelin-Boston MA US at  Boston Tea Party
• 1972 Led Zeppelin-Amsterdam, The Netherlands at Oude Rai
• 1995 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour - George, Washington at The Gorge Ampitheatre
• 1998 Page & Plant - Charleston, SC at North Charleston Coliseum
• 2003 27 May On This Day How The West Was Won released
• 2003 26 & 27 Led Zeppelin DVD released in UK and US
• 2003 Led Zeppelin DVD premiere at Loews Theater NYC

1969 Led Zeppelin-Boston MA US/ Boston Tea Party

1972 Led Zeppelin-Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Oude Rai

2003 Led Zeppelin DVD premiere at Loews Theater NYC

 The Led Zeppelin DVD cover image is of West and East Mitten Buttes, photographed from the visitor centre at the Navajo Tribal Park located at Monument Valley, Arizona.  Below is an actual photo.

Photo of "the thumbs" at Monument Valley in AZ

2014 Paris, Next Musique remasters interview (photo Richard Dumas)

♪  Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin Amsterdam CCTV Footage Noir 1972) YouTube
♪ Travelling Riverside Blues (Led Zeppelin promo video produced in 1990 and as seen on the official Led Zeppelin DVD 2003) YouTube

♫  How The West Was Won CD track listings Wikipedia
♫ Led Zeppelin DVD track listings Wikipedia