On this day 07 October

 Man of many surprises and talents, who, at 15 years old, is playing one support spot Cliff [Richard] and the Shadows

1966 07 October On This Day Jimmy Page sessions for Cliff Richard

2013 07 October On This Day, Led Snooppelin (2008 Led Zeppelin / Snoop Dog mashup)

• 1966 Release of Time Drags By, by Cliff Richard, feat. Jimmy Page on harmonica
• 1966 The Yardbirds-Bristol, England at Colston Hall
• 1967 The Yardbirds-Holyoke, MA at Amusement Park Ballroom
• 1981 Jimmy Page overdubbs orchestra track for Death Wish II at Edmonton Odeon studio
• 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - Inglewood, CA at The Forum
• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Mountain View, CA at Shoreline Amphitheatre
• 2008 Mashup of Snoop Dog's Drop It Like It's Hot & Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love
• 2014 Jimmy Page and Paul Smith launch a limited edition line of scarves at Paul Smith’s Tokyo store

1966:

Cliff Richard, born Harry Webb, is a British pop singer, musician, actor and philanthropist. He is the third-top-selling singles artist in UK Chart history after the Beatles and Elvis Presley. His backing band, The Shadows, grew from 1950s UK skiffle groups. They started out as The Drifters with Harry Webb on vocals and guitar and using the stage name, Cliff Richard. Cliff Richard and the Shadows dominated British pop music in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and Jimmy Page would have been quite aware of them. The Shadows split in 1968 but reformed with new members a few years later and continued to to perform and tour through a final tour in 2010.

In 1980, Richard changed his to his stage name legally and also that year he received the O.B.E. from the Queen for services to music and charity. In 1995, Richard was appointed a Knight Bachelor, the first rock star to be awarded that honor.

Jimmy Page wasn't needed for his guitar or bass talents on the Cliff Richard songs, but he was called on for his skills with harmonica. The video below for Time Drags By is from the movie referred to in the On This Day post - you don't need me to tell you that the actor pretending to play harmonica isn't Jimmy Page.  Don't confuse La La La Song (a.k.a. La La La La) with Led Zeppelin's La La, either. They don't sound at all alike. But interesting about the name.

Check out the harmonica on Coverdale/Page's Pride and Joy (below), at approximately 1:46-2:36. That's Jimmy Page you hear. JP played electric guitars, acoustic guitar, bass; harmonica, and dulcimer on the album.

1988 Jimmy Page Outrider promo photo

 2014:
Jimmy Page was promoting the remasters releases, and one of the events was the launch of a line of Led Zeppelin scarves at Paul Smith's Tokyo store.

2014 07 October Jimmy Page and Paul Smith at the Paul Smith Store in Tokyo (Ross Halfin photo)

2014 07 October Paul Smith and Jimmy Page at the Paul Smith Store in Tokyo (Ross Halfin photo)

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♪  Time Drags By (Cliff Richard and the Shadows, feat. Jimmy Page harmonica 1966) 
♪  La La La Song (Cliff Richard and the Shadows, feat. Jimmy Page  harmonica 1966) 
♪  La La Intro/Outro Rough Mix (Led Zeppelin II remaster 1969/2014) 

♪  Jimmy Page (Inglewood CA at The Forum, 07 October 1988)

♪  Pride and Joy (Coverdale/Page 1993) 

♪  Page & Plant (Mountain View, CA at Shoreline Amphitheatre, 07 October 1995)

♪  Led Snooppelin (Led Zeppelin / Snoop Dog mashup 2008) 

On this day 13 August

 He's the man who started everything. He's just a genius."  
~ Jimmy Page, about Les Paul

"Dazzling"
~ Jimmy Page, about James Brown

Posted 13 August 2020 On This Day James Brown vs Led Zeppelin mashup

Note from Mage Music: Mashups suck. All they do is ruin good songs.

2013, 2015 13 August On This Day James Brown vs Led Zeppelin mashup

Note from Mage Music: As we move along through the year I try to capture a years' different On This Day posts on jimmypage.com. I don't have a lot of time for this project (which I do for free) so it can take a while before they all show up.  Sorry.

 

2011 13 August On This Day 

• 1966 The Yardbirds - Amarillo,TX at Checkmate Young Adult Club
• 2009 Les Paul died

Les Paul (1915-2009)
Born Lester William Polsfuss was a man of many talents.  A guitarist, songwriter, maker of stringed instruments and inventor, Les Paul, was a pioneer of the solid-body electric guitar from which rock and roll rose.  As a guitarist he experimented with overdubbing, tape delay, phasing effects and multi-tracking, not to mention playing the guitar using style techniques that pushed the envelope beyond what others were doing at the time.  Jimmy Page paid attention.

Les Paul wasn't the first to come up with a solid body guitar but Gibson's Les Paul models are considered by many to be the guitar of choice.  Goldtops were the first of the Les Paul line for Gibson, with the Les Paul Custom being next.  These were the Black Beauties, black guitars with gold-plated hardware. After that came the Les Paul Standards (Jimmy Page's Number One and Number Two, among others). There have been countless versions and special editions of Les Paul guitars put out by Gibson over the years.

Les Paul's fertile mind came up with many innovations for the electric guitar and for the recording industry, including the eight-track deck for multi-track recording and a disc-cutter for acetate discs.  He has a permanent exhibit in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and has received dozens of awards, not only for his contributions to the music industry.  Les Paul was also inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. 

Les Paul's casket gives the date of August 12th for his death, but apparently his website at one point said August 13th.  Whatever. Video mashups aren't my thing. James Brown may be dazzling, and Jimmy Page might appreciate all kinds of music but I'm a mere mortal and I'd rather have Jimmy Page's music as he himself created it.

1993 Jimmy Page with goldtop Les Paul guitar (image from Coverdale/Page Pride and Joy video - )

♪  Lover (When You're Near Me) Les Paul 1988 YouTube
♪  Pride and Joy (Coverdale/Page) YouTube
♪  James Brown vs Led Zeppelin video mashup YouTube
♪  Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin, MSG 1973)

On This Day 7 October

Man of many surprises and talents

1966 07 October On This Day Jimmy Page sessions for Cliff Richard

2013 07 October On This Day, Led Snooppelin (2008 Led Zeppelin / Snoop Dog mashup)

• 1966 Release of Time Drags By, by Cliff Richard, feat. Jimmy Page on harmonica
• 1966 The Yardbirds-Bristol, England at Colston Hall
• 1967 The Yardbirds-Holyoke, MA at Amusement Park Ballroom
• 1981 Jimmy Page overdubbs orchestra track for Death Wish II at Edmonton Odeon studio
• 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - Inglewood, CA at The Forum
• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Mountain View, CA at Shoreline Amphitheatre
• 2008 Mashup of Snoop Dog's Drop It Like It's Hot & Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love
• 2014 Jimmy Page and Paul Smith launch a limited edition line of scarves at Paul Smith’s Tokyo store

1966:

Cliff Richard, born Harry Webb, is a British pop singer, musician, actor and philanthropist. He is the third-top-selling singles artist in UK Chart history after the Beatles and Elvis Presley. His backing band, The Shadows, grew from 1950s UK skiffle groups. They started out as The Drifters with Harry Webb on vocals and guitar and using the stage name, Cliff Richard. Cliff Richard and the Shadows dominated British pop music in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and Jimmy Page would have been quite aware of them. The Shadows split in 1968 but reformed with new members a few years later and continued to to perform and tour through a final tour in 2010.

In 1980, Richard changed his to his stage name legally and also that year he received the O.B.E. from the Queen for services to music and charity. In 1995, Richard was appointed a Knight Bachelor, the first rock star to be awarded that honor.

Jimmy Page wasn't needed for his guitar or bass talents on the Cliff Richard songs, but he was called on for his skills with harmonica. The video below for Time Drags By is from the movie referred to in the On This Day post - you don't need me to tell you that the actor pretending to play harmonica isn't Jimmy Page.  Don't confuse La La La Song (a.k.a. La La La La) with Led Zeppelin's La La, either. They don't sound at all alike. But interesting about the name.

Check out the harmonica on the Coverdale/Page track below, at approximately 1:46-2:36. That's Jimmy Page you hear.

1988 Jimmy Page Outrider promo photo

 2014:
Jimmy Page was promoting the remasters releases, and one of the events was the launch of a line of Led Zeppelin scarves at Paul Smith's Tokyo store.

2014 07 October Jimmy Page and Paul Smith at the Paul Smith Store in Tokyo (Ross Halfin photo)

2014 07 October Paul Smith and Jimmy Page at the Paul Smith Store in Tokyo (Ross Halfin photo)

♪

♪  Time Drags By (Cliff Richard and the Shadows, feat. Jimmy Page harmonica 1966) YouTube
♪  La La La Song (Cliff Richard and the Shadows, feat. Jimmy Page  harmonica 1966) YouTube
♪  Pride and Joy (Coverdale/Page 1993) YouTube
♪  Since I've Been Loving You (Page & Plant Mountain View 1995) YouTube
♪  Led Snooppelin (Led Zeppelin / Snoop Dog mashup 2008) YouTube
♪  La La Intro/Outro Rough Mix (Led Zeppelin II remaster 1969/2014) YouTube

On This Day 13 August

"He's the man who started everything. He's just a genius."
~ Jimmy Page, about Les Paul

"Dazzling"
~ Jimmy Page, about James Brown

Posted 13 August 2020 On This Day James Brown vs Led Zeppelin mashup

2013, 2015 13 August On This Day James Brown vs Led Zeppelin mashup

Note from Mage Music: As we move along through the On This Day year I try to capture the multiple years' different posts on jimmypage.com.  I don't have a bunch of spare time and I do have a slow internet connection, so they won't all be here right away.
 

2011 13 August On This Day 

• 1966 The Yardbirds - Amarillo,TX at Checkmate Young Adult Club
• 2009 Les Paul died

Les Paul (1915-2009)
Born Lester William Polsfuss, Les Paul was a man of many talents.  A guitarist, songwriter, maker of stringed instruments and inventor, Les Paul, was a pioneer of the solid-body electric guitar from which rock and roll rose.  As a guitarist he experimented with overdubbing, tape delay, phasing effects and multi-tracking, not to mention playing the guitar using style techniques that pushed the envelope beyond what others were doing at the time.  Jimmy Page paid attention.

Les Paul wasn't the first to come up with a solid body guitar but Gibson's Les Paul models are considered by many to be the guitar of choice.  Goldtops were the first of the Les Paul line for Gibson, with the Les Paul Custom being next.  These were the Black Beauties, black guitars with gold-plated hardware. After that came the Les Paul Standards (Jimmy Page's Number One and Number Two, among others). There have been countless versions and special editions of Les Paul guitars put out by Gibson over the years.

Les Paul's fertile mind came up with many innovations for the electric guitar and for the recording industry, including the eight-track deck for multi-track recording and a disc-cutter for acetate discs.  He has a permanent exhibit in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and has received dozens of awards, not only for his contributions to the music industry.  Les Paul was also inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. 

Les Paul: not just guitars

Les Paul's casket gives the date of August 12th for his death, but apparently his website at one point said August 13th.  Whatever. Video mashups aren't my thing. James Brown may be dazzling, and Jimmy Page might appreciate all kinds of music but I'm a mere mortal and I'd rather have Jimmy Page's music as he himself created it.

1993 Jimmy Page with goldtop Les Paul guitar (image from Coverdale/Page Pride and Joy video - )

♪  Lover (When You're Near Me) Les Paul 1988 YouTube
♪  Pride and Joy (Coverdale/Page) YouTube
♪  James Brown vs Led Zeppelin video mashup YouTube