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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

On this day 24 January

UNDER CONSTRUCTION - links might not work properly

Smashed up but not beaten down

2009 24 January On This Day Jimmy Page visiting Myanmar

1967 The Yardbirds - Adelaide, Australia at Centennial Hall
1969 Led Zeppelin - Boston, MA at Boston Tea Party (day 2 of 4)
1970 Led Zeppelin - Leeds, England at University of Leeds, The Refectory
1975 Led Zeppelin - Richfield, OH at Richfield Coliseum

1969 jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin Boston Tea Party

1970 Led Zeppelin Leeds University

1970 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin Leeds University

1975:
Jimmy Page was playing with 3 fret fingers, having slammed his ring finger in a train door in England prior to leaving for the US Tour, breaking the tip. He was getting used to his new technique by this point, although Dazed and Confused had been dropped from the setlist because of the injury. That song was next performed at MSG on 03 February.

1976:
Led Zeppelin was scheduled for a show at the Rose Bowl that had been rescheduled from September due to Robert Plant’s car accident. The recovery took longer than anticipated, so this and other shows through the middle of March were rescheduled to later dates or, like the Rose Bowl stadium gig, cancelled.

2009 Jimmy Page passport stamp

2019

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♪ Rock And Roll (Led Zeppelin, Richfield OH 1975) YouTube
♪ In My Time of Dying (Led Zeppelin, Richfield OH 1975) YouTube
♪ The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin, Richfield OH 1975) YouTube
♪ Trampled Under Foot - Led Zeppelin, Richfield OH 1975) YouTube

♪ Led Zeppelin, Richfield/Cleveland OH at Richfield Coliseum, 24 January 1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDwhO8VuOkQ&list=PLf62FjbXtD1JI5oPg0Xe4aZnxtokP5Xl-&index=87&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB

Monday, January 22, 2024

On this day 22 January

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1973 22 January On This Day Led Zeppelin at Southampton University

1967 The Yardbirds - Sydney, Australia at Sydney Stadium
1973 Led Zeppelin - Southampton,UK at Southampton University
1975 Led Zeppelin - Chicago, IL. at Chicago Stadium (day 3 of 3)

1971:
Note that the source for the one minute intro to Four Sticks (link below), with John Bonham's setting up the timing, may have been from a session at Headley Grange between 1970 December and 1971 January or from the 1971 February sessions at Island Studios in London. Rumor has it that this and other outtakes were found in trash.

1973 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin at soundcheck, Southampton University

1973 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin at Southampton University

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♪ Four Sticks / intro only (Led Zeppelin, rehearsal 1971)
♪ Led Zeppelin, Southampton UK at Southampton University, 22 January 1973)

♪ Led Zeppelin, Chicago IL at Chicago Stadium - day 3 of 3, 22 January 1975)

Friday, January 19, 2024

On this day 19 January

2001 19 January On This Day Jimmy Page attends Iron Maiden show in Rio

1969 Led Zeppelin - Detroit, Michigan at Grande Ballroom (day 3 of 3)

1969:
Apropos of nothing, here are some excerpts from a June 1969 Guitar Player article on Jimmy Page I came across on Beat Patrol blog.

“Led Zeppelin’s music never duplicates itself,” [Jimmy Page] insists. “We might use the same pattern, but it’s always changing. By now a tune may be entirely different from when we first started. The only thing which will remain the same is the first couple of verses. Although we’ve got cues when we cut in, the idea is to get as much spontaneity as possible. But to get yourself out of trouble, you’ve got certain keys you can use to come in. Otherwise it can be chaotic. Usually we just start the song off and then go in different tangents, change it four or five times, and then come back to the original song.”

Jimmy wouldn’t call what they do during rehearsal a practice. “We jam,” he says. “Once we’ve got a number, everything is happy, but getting there is another thing. That is why it is so easy using an old blues number. You know it, and then you go on from there. I think most groups must have the same trouble.

“How original our work is depends upon how you want to classify it. You might say it’s 80% original if you want to exclude the words. In fact, it would be 90% original, because our numbers would be ten or fifteen minutes whereas the original number would only be three minutes long. So basically we are making it up all the time.”

Sounds like something Jimmy Page could say today.

2001 Jimmy Page and Iron Maiden auctioning autographed guitar

2001 Jimmy Page & guitarist/photographer Jimmy Appudurai-chua

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Sorry, no music today

Thursday, January 18, 2024

On this day 18 January

The famous Led Zeptlin!

Posted 2024

1969 18 January On This Day Led Zeppelin at Grande Ballroom, Detroit

1969 Led Zeppelin - Detroit, Michigan at Grande Ballroom
1973 Led Zeppelin - Bradford, England at Bradford St. George's Hall
1975 Led Zeppelin - Bloomington, Minnesota at Metropolitan Sports Center

1969 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin, Detroit

1975:
"Page has developed into an energetic, exciting performer, prancing about and exchanging knowing smiles with Plant while he tosses out a succession of stupendous solos, each more incredible than the one before."
~Free Press, 23 January 1975

1975 Led Zeppelin at Bloomington, Minnesota

1975 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin at Bloomington, Minnesota

The January 18, 1975 issue of New Musical Express (UK) featured this photo of the winner of a Gretsch guitar by Jimmy Page at the Swan Song Records office. I don’t know what the rules were for the NME “Spot the guitar” contest, or the winner's name or anything else. Anybody have more info?

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♪ Led Zeppelin (Bradford England at Bradford St. George's Hall, 18 January 1973)
♪ Led Zeppelin (Bloomington, Minnesota at Metropolitan Sports Center, 18 January 1975)

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

On this day 17 January

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I'd scream for Jimmy Page any time!

1967 17 January On This Day The Yardbirds in Singapore (published 2021)

1967 17 January On This Day The Yardbirds in Singapore (published 2016)

1967 Yardbirds - Singapore City, Singapore at National Theatre
1969 Led Zeppelin - Detroit, Michigan at Grande Ballroom
1975 Led Zeppelin rehearsal Bloomington (Minneapolis) Minnesota

1967:

The Raffles Hotel, declared a National Monument by the Singapore government, was named for the founder of Singapore, Sir Stamford Raffles. Built in 1887, by 1904 it was reported to be "the most magnificent establishment of its kind East of Suez". Its reputation continues today as a five-star destination hotel.

Raffles Hotel, Singapore

1975:
Led Zeppelin's 18 month sabbatical was over, and on this day in 1975 they were in Minneapolis rehearsing for the next night's gig. They looked to be having a good time. Neal Preston was there taking photos - some of Led Zeppelin's most iconic images were from that rehearsal.

1975 Led Zeppelin rehearsal for Minneapolis show (Neal Preston photo)

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1975 Led Zeppelin rehearsal for Minneapolis show (Neal Preston photo)

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♪ Led Zeppelin rehearsal (Bloomington/Minneapolis Minnesota at Mets Sport Center, 17 January 1975)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOFu2esIskE&list=PLf62FjbXtD1JI5oPg0Xe4aZnxtokP5Xl-&index=111&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

On this day 16 January

Shocked to the point of apoplexy by Led Zeppelin! Oh no!

1970 Led Zeppelin - Sheffield, England at Sheffield City Hall, Oval Hall
1973 Led Zeppelin - Aberystwyth, Wales at King's Hall

1973 article on Led Zeppelin schedule

1973 Led Zeppelin at Kings Hall in Aberystwyth

2004 16 January Jimmy Page & Joe Perry (Ross Halfin photo)

2004 16 January Jimmy Page & Joe Perry relaxing after photo shoot (Ross Halfin photo)

2004 16 January Jimmy Page, James Brown, Joe Perry, Slash, backstage at House of Blues (Ross Halfin Photo)

2020

On this day in 2020 Jimmy Page announced he would be producing a standard production model Sundragon Amplifier.

"Based on the overwhelming response to the limited edition @sundragonamps amplifier, we produced a standard production model Sundragon amplifier.

"The Sundragon Standard is a follow-up to the immediately sold-out limited edition

amplifier introduced and delivered in 2019. The Standard is a faithful recreation of the amp that I used on Led Zeppelin I and other notable recordings such as Joe Cocker’s With a Little Help from My Friends.

"My original amp started out life as a Supro Coronado. After falling out of the back of the band’s van during an early pre-Zeppelin tour, the amp was restored and modified in significant ways. I realised that the sonic palette of his amp had changed to something new and unique.

"After being shrouded in mystery for more than 50 years, I decided to share this extraordinary amplifier with the world."

In 2023 after his Rumble performance in November, Page announced the release of the Superdragon amp.

“The Super Dragon is a faithful recreation of my “Number 1” amp. After recording the first Led Zeppelin record and creating sounds that define rock guitar I needed an amp capable of reproducing this broad palette of sounds including the light and the shade in the studio and a live setting. Not only was the volume and tone important but it needed to have enough power to hear the subtlety of various aspects of my guitar playing. I experimented with different amps until hearing about a fellow in the USA named Tony Frank who was modifying Marshall amps. I sent Frank my favorite Marshall, a 1968 Super Bass and the result was exactly what I was looking for. Frank’s modification enhanced the amp’s power and expanded the dynamic range. This amp became the main amp for live shows as well as the principal amp I would rely on in the studio for all Led Zeppelin records from Zeppelin II onwards”.

2023

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You know that someone recorded Led Zeppelin in 1970 & 1973. But where are the videos?

Monday, January 15, 2024

On this day 15 January

Who? Jimmy Page, that's who.

On This Day 15 January 1965 - published 2021
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1969 Led Zeppelin - Iowa City, Iowa at Iowa Memorial Union, Main Lounge
1970 Led Zeppelin - Newcastle upon Tyne, England at Newcastle City Hall
1973 Led Zeppelin - Henley, England at Trentham Gardens Ballroom
1992 Jimmy Page - New York City at Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Grand Ballroom

1970 Led Zeppelin at Newcastle

1992

The Yardbirds were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame by the Edge the same year that The Jimi

Hendrix Experienced was. Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page seemed to be having the most fun.

1992 The Yardbirds inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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♪ I Can't Explain (The Who, with Jimmy Page background guitar 1965)
♪ Bald Headed Woman (The Who, Jimmy Page guitar fuzzbox 1965)
♪ All Along The Watchtowers (All Star Jam, feat. Jimmy Page 1992)
♫ The Edge inducts The Yardbirds into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1992

Friday, January 12, 2024

On this day 12 January

Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin inducted in the R&R Hall of Fame

1969 Led Zeppelin I released
1969 Led Zeppelin - San Francisco, at Fillmore West (day 4 of 4)
1975 Led Zeppelin - Brussels, at Vorst Nationaal
1995 Led Zeppelin - inducted in Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame

1995

Twenty-six years after Led Zeppelin I hit the world, Led Zeppelin finally got inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Aerosmith's Joe Perry and Steven Tyler did the induction honors, Tyler opening with a poor imitation of Robert Plant, prompting the latter to whisper, "You wish."

When John Paul Jones took the mic, he made the famous statement that's been quoted so often over the years: "Thank you, my friends, for finally remembering my phone number", referring to the fact that Jones had not been invited to join the Page/Plant Unledded project.

“Well, for my part of this, I must say it's a great honor to be inducted. Actually it's the second time for me, 'cause actually, earlier when I was inducted with the Yardbirds. It's almost like, inducted, induced, and this time it's the forceps. Some of you will get that. But anyway, thank you very much everybody.”
~ Jimmy Page accepting Rock and Roll Hall of Fame award

1995 Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Zoe Bonham, Jason Bonham, Robert Plant, Joe Perry, Steven Tyler
Led Zeppelin induction into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1995 Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Jason Bonham

1995 Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Neil Young at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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♪ Led Zeppelin (San Francisco at Fillmore West - day 4/4, 12 January 1969)
♪ Led Zeppelin (Brussels at Vorst Nationaal, 12 January 1975)
♪ Train Kept A-Rolling (Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1995)
♪ When the Levee Breaks (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, Jason Bonham, Neil Young 1995)
♫ Joe Perry and Steven Tyler induct Led Zeppelin into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1995)

Thursday, January 11, 2024

On this day 11 January

What's a few years among friends?

1975 11 January On This Day Led Zeppelin at Rotterdam

1969 Led Zeppelin - San Francisco, CA at Fillmore West (day 3 of 4)
1975 Led Zeppelin - Rotterdam, The Netherlands at Ahoy Rotterdam

1975

The Rotterdam show was the first performance after an 18 month sabbatical. Robert Plant was nervous or rusty enough to have forgotten some of they lyrics to Stairway to Heaven.

JP came onstage in the same outfit he wore at Madison Square Garden in July 1973, then changed jackets after a few songs. He changed into different pants for the encore.

There seems to be some confusion about photos from the show, including what is on Jimmy Page’s website on this day. The photos on the website are from a pre-show soundcheck on 27 May 1972 at Oude Rai in Amsterdam, Netherlands. On the photographer's website the photo is listed as taken in 1972 and is offered for sale "starting" at $1050.