14 June

 

1977

• 1972 14 June On This Day Led Zeppelin - Uniondale, NY at Nassau Memorial Coliseum
• 1977 Led Zeppelin - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden

Read more at https://jimmypagemusic.blogspot.com/2015/06/on-this-day-14-june.html

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 ♪ Led Zeppelin (Uniondale NY at Nassau Memorial Coliseum

♪ Led Zeppelin (NYC at Madison Square Garden - day 6/6, 14 June 1977)

13 June

 

• 1965 13 June On This Day Jimmy Page starts using the Danelectro in the studio
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Birmingham, West Midlands, England at Birmingham Town Hall
• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Philadelphia, PA at The Spectrum
• 1977 Led Zeppelin - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden (show  5 of 6)
• 1998 Page & Plant - Fargo, ND at Fargo Dome
• 2014 Announcement that Jimmy Page to receive a Silver Clef award in July

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♪ Led Zeppelin (Philadelphia PA at The Spectrum, 13 June 1972)

♪ Led Zeppelin (New York NY at Madison Square Garden - show 5 of 6, 13 June 1977)

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On this day 07 February

 UNDER CONSTRUCTION - working on another (time consuming) project that takes precedence. Note that info on this page has not been fully updated yet and links may not work properly. Thank you for your patience.

Best in show - any show anytime anyplace!

1975 07 February Led Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden

• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Chicago at Kinetic Playground (day 1 of 2)
• 1975 Led Zeppelin - New York City at Madison Square Garden (day 2 of 3) 

1969 Led Zeppelin at Kinetic Playground, Chicago

1975:
The three MSG shows were not on consecutive days but involved some traveling back and forth from other venues. Robert Plant was still fighting the flu.

1975 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden

1975 Led Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden

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♪  Rock and  Roll / Sick Again (Led Zeppelin MSG 07 February 1975) 
♪ Led Zeppelin (NYC at MSG, 07 February 1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXOF0698joU&list=PLf62FjbXtD1JI5oPg0Xe4aZnxtokP5Xl-&index=94&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB

On this day 27 October

 MSG makes your experience tastier

1995 27 October On This Day Page & Plant at Madison Square Garden (day 2)
Video:  ♪ Achilles Last Stand (Page & Plant, Atlanta 1995) YouTube

• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden (day 2) 

1995 Page & Plant chillin' at MSG (Ross Halfin photo)

2013:

On this day musician, singer and songwriter Lou Reed died from liver disease. Just a few weeks before Jimmy Page had attended the London launch of the photobook, Transformers, a joint project by Reed and Mick Rock.

RIP Lou Reed (1942-2013)
Jimmy Page, Lou Reed, Mick Rock in London shortly before Lou's death

2014

Financial Times, London (Anna Huix photo)

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♪  I'm Waiting For My Man (The Yardbirds feat. Jimmy Page, Lou Reed cover 1968) YouTube
♪  Page & Plant (New York, NY at Madison Square Garden - day 2, 27 October 1995) 

On this day 26 October

 Never out of time when it comes to Jimmy Page's music

1987 26 October On This Day Jimmy Page recorded Blues Anthem with Chris Farlowe

• 1968 Led Zeppelin - Bristol, England at Bristol Boxing Club 
• 1987 Jimmy Page with Chris Farlowe, Blues Anthem for Outrider recorded
• 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - East Rutherford, NJ at Brendan Byrne Arena
• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden (day 1)

1966:

Mick Jagger and Keith Richard wrote Chris Farlowe's biggest hit, Out of Time.  Jagger produced it as well as sang backup vocals, with Jimmy Page on guitar.  

"Funnily enough I didn’t like the song at first. I saw myself as an r’n’b and blues singer, and it seemed too “pop” to me. But Mick said, wait until you hear it with a full orchestra behind it. And he was right – it’s a great song. I’ve still got photographs of the recording session.’
~ Chris Farlowe, The Merceysider Magazine interview 2014

The orchestra was okay. Kind of overdone, if you ask me. But Jimmy Page - he was the secret weapon. More would have been better.

Jimmy Page's Gibson Cromwell acoustic guitar used to record Out of Time (1966)

Jimmy Page with Gibson Cromwell acoustic guitar

1968:

There isn't much info about this Led Zeppelin appearance, but Mick Farren (1943-2013) of The Deviants talked about the show.

"We supported Led Zeppelin at one of their first gigs at the local Bristol boxing club and the audience hated us and despised them. Somebody threw a beer glass at the stage and Sid Bishop, our guitarist, unfortunately threw it back and cut somebody's head open. When Led Zeppelin came on, they got through number and a half until the fire extinguishers, buckets, bricks and everything was being thrown at them.

"All these farmboys with brown suits and haircuts who had come into town looking to get laid marched in. Page and Plant were cracking up in the dressing room after we'd come off, saying how terrible we were. But they had gotten the same treatment because by now it had gotten way out of hand. We had to huddle inside the van while the kids bounced up and down on it and we didn't escape until 2 in the morning when it was safe to go home."

~ LedZepConcerts.com 

1988:
Chris Farlowe sang on three tracks from Jimmy Page's Death Wish II soundtrack (1982), as well as Hummingbird, Prison Blues and Blues Anthem on Outrider.

1995:
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant's American tour was sponsored by Miller Genuine Draft (Miller Brewing Company), a portion of the proceeds from the sponsored tour to benefit the Second Harvest National Food Bank Network. It's not clear to me whether every venue in 1995 was covered or only the first leg of the tour. Part of the deal was the Miller Genuine Draft Led Zeppelin Memorabilia truck that was supposed to show up at each venue, and 50 "Miller Genuine Draft Page/Plant guitars" were to be autographed and donated to the cause.  The brewing company guaranteed a minimum $100,000 for Second Harvest.

1995 Robert Plant & Jimmy Page, Madison Square Garden

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♪  Out Of Time (Jimmy Page, Chris Farlowe 1966) YouTube
♪  Jimmy Page Outrider (East Rutherford NJ at Brendan Byrne Arena, 26 October 1988) 

♪  Page & Plant Unledded Tour - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden - day 1, 26 October 1988)

On this day 19 September

 Jimmy Page, from sea to shining sea

1998 19 September On This Day Page & Plant at Hollywood Bowl

♪  The Window (Page & Plant 1998) Soundcloud

• 1970 Led Zeppelin - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden- 2 Shows
• 1998 Page & Plant - Hollywood, CA at Hollywood Bowl

1970:

A little over one year from their first concert, Led Zeppelin not only was the only act on the bill, the band was booked for two shows in a row at Madison Square Garden.  At both shows Robert Plant spoke about the death of Jimi Hendrix on the previous day.

Jimi Hendrix death announcement by Robert Plant at MSG 

Today many consider the MSG performance to be one of the band's very best. Yet a reviewer back then said, "I found the group flashy but dull, somewhat contrived and certainly  not high energy excitement." Do reviewers ever acknowledge how far off they were in their assessment?

1970 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at MSG

Led Zeppelin MSG 19 Sept 1970

Led Zeppelin MSG 19 Sept 1970

1998:

Most High is from the studio album Walking into Clarksdale, released through Atlantic Records in 1998. By May 1998 it reached #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. In 1999, the song won a Grammy for Page and Plant for Best Hard Rock Performance. 

Most High was released as a single. To me the real winner is the song on the B side, The Window.

Text from 19 September On This Day

1998 Hollywood Bowl setlist

2015:

A little fun at jimmypage.com today, with an interactive image. I've posted a few views from it for you, though none of them contain Jimmy Page or Robert Plant.

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♪  Led Zeppelin, New York NY at Madison Square Garden - 2nd show, 19 September 1970) 

♪  Page & Plant (Hollywood CA at Hollywood Bowl, 19 September 1998) 

♪  Most High (Page & Plant, Walking Into Clarksdale) 

♪  The Window (Page & Plant, B-side of Most High single 1998) 

On this day 03 September

 Sometimes touring is hard, hard, harder than it needs to be.

1998 03 September On This Day Page & Plant arrive in Vancouver

• 1966 The Yardbirds - Salem, OR at Salem Armory Auditorium
• 1970 Led Zeppelin - San Diego, CA at San Diego Sports Arena
• 1971 Led Zeppelin - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden
• 1998 Page & Plant arrive in Vancouver, British Columbia

1970

According to Dave Lewis the crowd in San Diego was rowdy. Then Jimmy Page had a problem with his guitar in the acoustic set and Bron Yr Aur was abandoned. Robert Plant got creative with Whole Lotta Love lyrics. 

After all that, a music critic from San Diego Union panned the show, ending with..."if this music is part of the new life style, it somehow makes the wrong side of 40 seem like the right side."  [D. Dierks/Music Critic/SD Union/9-4-70]

I always wonder if the music critics of then ever ate their words.

1970 Led Zeppelin San Diego bootleg insert

1971:
"I'm Scott Muni, from WNEW-FM. They take a poll over in England every year. For the second time, the greatest rock and roll band in the land, LED ZEPPELIN!"!

"...the stage collapsed. Plant and Page made their way to the top of the stacks of amps, then crawled down and off stage. The house lights came up and the P.A. announcer asked for calm and for everyone to return to their seats."
~ A.J. Crandall report on his experience of the 1971 show

1971 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin MSG

1971 Led Zeppelin MSG

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♪  Led Zeppelin (San Diego at San Diego Sports Arena, 03 September 1970) 

♪  Led Zeppelin (New York at Madison Square Garden, 03 September 1971) 

On this day 10 July

APOLOGY to my readers. I screwed up the dates/gigs in prior years' posts. I believe I've got the correct ones now. Sorry!

JP on July 10 2000

• 1967 The Yardbirds - Hastings, England at Hastings Pier Ballroom
• 1973 Led Zeppelin - Milwaukee, WI at Milwaukee Arena
• 1998 Page & Plant - Philadelphia, PA at Core States Arena
• 2000 Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes - Wantagh, NY at Jones Beach Amphitheater

1972 at Elvis Presley afternoon concert

♪ Led Zeppelin (Milwaukee, WI at Milwaukee Arena, 10 July 1973)
♪ Page & Plant (Philadelphia, PA at Core States Arena, 10 July 1998)
♪ Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes (Wantagh, NY at Jones Beach Amphitheater, 10 July 2000)
♫ 10 June 2014 Jimmy Page "Post-it" Paris interview for Telerama YouTube

On This Day 14 June

 Two NY concerts, including the final explosive night of Madison Square Garden in 1977

1972 14 June On This Day Led Zeppelin - Uniondale, NY at Nassau Memorial Coliseum

• 1972 14 June On This Day Led Zeppelin - Uniondale, NY at Nassau Memorial Coliseum
• 1977 Led Zeppelin - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden

1972 Led Zeppelin - Uniondale, NY at Nassau Memorial Coliseum.
Steve Jones collection,  photo: Ed Stasium

I've said it before and I'll say it again: It's tough being a rock star. Yesterday in 2015 Dave Grohl took a fall off the stage in Sweden during a Foo Fighters concert and fractured his leg, though he came back on stage to continue the show.

Jimmy Page has had a few of his onstage mishaps, too, suffering more than broken bones.  At the close of the final night at MSG some a**hole in the audience threw a firecracker (said to be an M-80) at the stage. The explosion damaged Jimmy Page's right hand, fortunately for the world not causing permanent damage. He left the stage, but came back out to finish up the concert with bloody bandages to perform Whole Lotta Love and Rock and Roll.

1977 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin - Madison Square Garden. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp

1977 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin - Madison Square Garden. Kashmir. (Photo by Richard E. Aaron/Redferns)

1977  Jimmy Page at MSG.  Gibson EDS-1275  double neck guitar (Photo by Richard E. Aaron/Redferns)

1977 MSG - John Bonham at the end of Moby Dick.
This is such a great photo.  If anyone could supply the photographer's name, I'd appreciate it.

♪  Led Zeppelin (Uniondale, NY 14 June 1972) 
♪  Led Zeppelin (Madison Square Garden  14 June 1977) 

On This Day 08 June

1977 08 June On This Day Led Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden, NYC (day 2)

Day two of Madison Square Garden in 1977.

And here's Sugar Mama (track from CODA remaster companion disc). Enjoy!

• 1967 The Yardbirds (Worthing,West Sussex, England at Worthing Assembly Hall)
• 1977 Led Zeppelin (New York, NY at Madison Square Garden)

NOTE: jimmypagemusic.blogspot.com is being updated. It's going to take a while. Thank you for your patience.

On This Day 14 June

Two NY concerts, including the final explosive night of Madison Square Garden in 1977

1972 14 June On This Day Led Zeppelin - Uniondale, NY at Nassau Memorial Coliseum

• 1972 14 June On This Day Led Zeppelin - Uniondale, NY at Nassau Memorial Coliseum
• 1977 Led Zeppelin - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden

1972 Led Zeppelin - Uniondale, NY at Nassau Memorial Coliseum.
Steve Jones collection,  photo: Ed Stasium

I've said it before and I'll say it again: It's tough being a rock star. Yesterday Dave Grohl took a fall off the stage in Sweden during a Foo Fighters concert and fractured his leg, though he came back on stage to continue the show.

Jimmy Page has had a few of his onstage mishaps, too, suffering more than broken bones.  At the close of the final night at MSG some a**hole in the audience threw a firecracker (said to be an M-80) at the stage. The explosion damaged Jimmy Page's right hand, fortunately for the world not causing permanent damage. He left the stage, but came back out to finish up the concert with bloody bandages to perform Whole Lotta Love and Rock and Roll.

1977 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin - Madison Square Garden. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp

1977 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin - Madison Square Garden. Kashmir. (Photo by Richard E. Aaron/Redferns)

1977  Jimmy Page at MSG.  Gibson EDS-1275  double neck guitar (Photo by Richard E. Aaron/Redferns)

1977 MSG - John Bonham at the end of Moby Dick.
This is such a great photo.  If anyone could supply the photographer's name, I'd appreciate it.

♪  Full concert (Led Zeppelin - Uniondale, NY 1972) YouTube
♪  The Song Remains the Same and Sick Again (Led Zeppelin, MSG, 1977) YouTube
♪ Segments from MSG concert  (Led Zeppelin, MSG, 1977) YouTube
♪ Whole Lotta Love and Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin, MSG, 1977) YouTube