On this day 29 September

 Oh Mr. Bonham....

1971 29 September On This Day Led Zeppelin in Osaka, last performance in Japan
published 2020

1971 29 September On This Day Led Zeppelin in Osaka, last performance in Japan

• 1966 The Yardbirds - Stockton, England at ABC Theatre
• 1971 Led Zeppelin - Osaka, Japan at Osaka Festival Hall
• 1995 Page & Plant - Albuquerque, New Mexico at Tingley Coliseum

1971:

This performance was a bit chaotic, with John Bonham disappearing from the stage and the other three having to wing it for a while. Years later Peter Grant said that Bonzo and Robert Plant were having a tiff about a minor amount of money from some time in the past. Bonham was also reported to have said he was tired of Moby Dick, and in fact the solo was just 11 minutes long this show. 

Perhaps it is fitting that the first and only live performance by Led Zeppelin of Friends was performed at this gig. Note that the On This Day text says Bonham had not yet returned to the stage, but in fact, he had.

1971 Led Zeppelin in Japan

1971 Led Zeppelin, Osaka, day 2

1971 Led Zeppelin in Osaka day 2

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♪  Led Zeppelin (Osaka Japan at Osaka Festival Hall, 29 September 1971) 
♪  Friends (Led Zeppelin, Osaka 29 September 1971) 
♪  Page & Plant, (Albuquerque  NM, 29 September 1995) 

 

On this day 28 September

Domo arigato gozaimashita, Jimmy Page!

1965 28 September On This Day Jimmy Page staff producer at Immediate Records
♪ Infatuation (Martin Raynor demo 1965) Soundcloud

• 1965 Jimmy Page at Immediate Records
• 1966 Yardbirds - Ardwick, Manchester at ABC Theatre
• 1971 Led Zeppelin - Osaka, Japan at Festival Hall 

1965:

"Jimmy was like a wisp. I don't really know what kind of a person he was, because the great ones keep it hidden and metamorphose on us, so that the room works. But he auditioned people for me."

~ Andrew Loog Oldham (Autumn 2008)

1971:

Japan was good for Led Zeppelin. This show was particularly relaxed, with Robert Plant leading the audience in a sing-along (We Shall Overcome), roadie Clive Coulson sharing vocals, and once again Atlantic VP Phil Carson on bass for C'mon Everybody (freeing John Paul Jones for keyboard).

1971 Led Zeppelin, Osaka (day 1)

1971 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin, Osaka

2016

Scarlett Sabet & Jimmy Page at Lou Lou's London

for a Van Morrison gig 28 Sept 2016

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♪  Led Zeppelin (Osaka Japan at Festival Hall, 28 September 1971) 

 
Domo arigato gozaimashita = Japanese for "thank you very much" for something done in the past