On this day 14 February

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Ladies and gentlemen: The Intergalactic Elephant Band

1974 04 February On This Day Jimmy Page at Roy Harper's Valentine concert

2015 14 February On This Day preview of Sound Tracks

• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Miami, FL at Thee Image Club
• 1974 Jimmy Page with Roy Harper - London at Rainbow Theatre 
• 1975 Led Zeppelin - Uniondale, NY at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (day 2)

1974: 

Jimmy Page, John Bonham and Robert Plant attended Roy Harper's Valentine Concert at the Rainbow Theatre in London. Jimmy Page joined Harper, Ronnie Lane, Keith Moon and Max Middleton for a few numbers, John Bonham made an appearance onstage to strum an acoustic guitar and Robert Plant took the mic at the end to announce "Ladies and gentlemen: Roy Harper!".  Harper named the one-time lineup The Intergalactic Elephant Band.

1974 Roy Harper's Valentine concert (Colin Curwood photo)

1974 Jimmy Page with "Harpic Award"

2014 Mark Oliver Everett (Eels) and Jimmy Page

2015:
Sound Tracks, previewed on Jimmy Page's website on this day, is a four-disc box set that brings together his scores for the movies Lucifer Rising and Death Wish II plus bonus discs with previously unreleased tracks. The 36 page booklet includes awesome original artwork.

Image from Sound Tracks booklet

“The archive material and work included here serve as an illustration of the ongoing process at the time of these two projects,” Page said in a press release.  Sound Tracks is available on Jimmy Page's website.

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♪  Male Chauvinist Pig Blues (The Intergalactic Elephant Band, Roy Harper's Valentine's Day Concert, London 1974) 
♪  Too Many Movies (The Intergalactic Elephant Band, Roy Harper's Valentine's Day Concert, London 1974) YouTube
♪  Home (The Intergalactic Elephant Band, Roy Harper's Valentine's Day Concert, London 1974) YouTube
♪ Sound Tracks preview excerpts (SoundCloud)

On this day 03 December

 Remembering Michael Lee.

1972 03 December On This Day Led Zeppelin at Green's Playhouse, Glasgow

• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Glasgow, Scotland at Green's Playhouse
• 1973 Jimmy Page with Roy Harper - London, England at Royal Albert Hall  
• 1983 Jimmy Page ARMS Charity Concert Tour - Daly City, CA at  Cow Palace
• 1984 Jimmy Page The Firm - Frankfurt, Germany at Kongresshalle
• 1998 Page & Plant - Frankfurt, Germany at Festhalle Frankfurt 

1972 Led Zeppelin at Greens Playhouse, souvenir book

1972 Led Zeppelin at Greens Playhouse, souvenir book

1972 Led Zeppelin at Greens Playhouse, souvenir book

1972 Led Zeppelin at Greens Playhouse, souvenir book

1972 Led Zeppelin at Greens Playhouse, souvenir book

1973
Jimmy Page joined Roy Harper on stage at Royal Albert Hall for a guest appearance, playing Male Chauvinist Pig Blues.  According to Dave Lewis, the concert was professionally taped but never released. If anyone has this performance of the song with Jimmy Page playing, please share!

1983
Last date of ARMS gig at Cow Palace

1983 Jimmy Page ARMS at Cow Palace (Larry Hulst/Getty Images)

1983 Jimmy Page ARMS at Cow Palace (Philip Anderson photo)

1984 Jimmy Page with The Firm, Frankfurt

2008
Jimmy Page attended the Darlington, England funeral of drummer Michael Lee, who had died from an epileptic seizure at 39 years old.

2008 Jimmy Page at drummer Michael Lee's funeral

2012
Read Dave Lewis' text of a Steve Sauer report on the Late Show with Dave Letterman appearance of Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones and Robert Plant.

2012  Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Dave Letterman 

2015

JP signed a guitar for a charity auction but I've lost the details of the event. Anyone know?

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♪ Led Zeppelin (Glasgow Scotland at Green's Playhouse, 03 December 1972)

♪ Jimmy Page ARMS Charity Concert Tour (Daly City CA at Cow Palace - day 3, 03 December 1983)

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On this day 29 July

 Dum de dum dum...

1973 29 July On This Day Led Zeppelin - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden
♪ Drake Hotel (Dragnet radio & TV theme song) (Soundcloud)

• 1967 The Yardbirds - Danville, CA at San Ramon High School
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Edmonton, Alberta, at Kinsmen Field House
• 1973 Led Zeppelin - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden
• 1984 Jimmy Page with Roy Harper at Battersea Park, London

1973:
This was the third performance in a row at Madison Square Garden. At the end of Whole Lotta Love, East Indian fire-eater Mike Quashie came dancing out on the stage with a couple of torches. He lit John Bonham's gong and one drumstick, but Bonzo just kept on playing.

This is the show where the robbery occurred of MSG receipts from the safety deposit box at the Drake Hotel. Originally reported as $203,000, the amount was $180,000 and no one was ever arrested for the theft. The band later sued the hotel and received a settlement.

After the show, the band went to a party held by Ahmet Ertegun to present gold records for Houses of the Holy.

This final night was also the final performance in this 1973 North American tour.

1973 29 July Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden

1973 Led Zeppelin at MSG - Mike Quashie lights Bonzo's fire

Led Zeppelin - New York  1973 - Houses of the Holy Gold Album Award.

1984:
GLC Free Festival Battersea Park in London was put on by the Greater London Council, the city's local authority from 1964 to 1986.  It was one of two music festivals used to highlight what the GLC was doing to fight unemployment, boost the London economy and help create and fund new jobs. 

1984 Jimmy Page at Battersea with Roy Harper

♪ Led Zeppelin (New York NY at Madison Square Garden day 3/3, 29 July 1973)

♪  Short & Sweet (Roy Harper feat Jimmy Page, Battersea Park London, 29 July 1984)

On this day 28 July

 Fenders.  It's what was happening.

1958 28 July On This Day Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps release Hot Rod Gang EP 

1984 28 July On This Day Jimmy Page with Roy Harper - Cambridge Folk Festival
♪  Short and Sweet (Jimmy Page with Roy Harper)

• 1967 The Yardbirds - Sacramento, CA at Governor's Hall
• 1973 Led Zeppelin - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden (day 2 of 3)
• 1984 Jimmy Page with Roy Harper - Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge Folk Festival

1973:

Day two of the Madison Square Garden show. More firecrackers. The band was asked to wear the same outfits for the sake of the filming that was being done. Mr. Jones was the only one of the four who didn't comply.

1984:

We don't think of Jimmy Page as a folk guitarist, but of course he has demonstrated he can play any musical genre he wants to, and do it well.

The Cambridge Folk Festival's first show was in 1965. Back then Paul Simon and about a dozen others were on the bill, and 1400 tickets were sold. Simon earned £15 for his performance. Since then the festival has expanded and now includes non-folk performers as well. In 2014 there were more than a hundred acts featured over four days, including Van Morrison, Sinéad O’Connor and Rosanne Cash.

1984 Jimmy Page with Tony Franklin, Roy Harper - Cambridge Folk Festival

1984 Jimmy Page with Roy Harper - Cambridge Folk Festival

1984 Jimmy Page with Roy Harper - Cambridge Folk Festival

1984 Jimmy Page - Cambridge Folk Festival

1984 Jimmy Page with Roy Harper - Cambridge Folk Festival

Jimmy Page with his Fender Telecaster

♪  8mm film (Led Zeppelin, MSG 28 July 1973) 
♪ Led Zeppelin (New York NY at Madison Square Garden day 2/3), 28 July 1973)
♪  Hangman (Jimmy Page with Roy Harper, Cambridge Folk Festival 1984) 

On This Day 20 May

1967 On This Day 20 May - Yardbirds - Jouy,France at HEC Business School. 

• 1967 The Yardbirds - Jouy France at HEC Business School.  
• 1984 Jimmy Page with Roy Harper- Norwich, England at Kenley Fayre
• 1985 The Firm - Edinburgh, Scotland at Playhouse Theatre
• 1995 Page & Plant (Unledded North American Tour) San Jose, CA at San Jose Arena
• 1998 Page & Plant (North American Tour) Tampa FL at Tampa Ice Palace

1967 Yardbirds Paris

1984:
Jimmy Page appeared at a number of folk festivals with Roy Harper in 1984. Harper had been touring with a band that at that time included bassist Tony Franklin, who was to join Jimmy Page in The Firm. In 1985 Harper and Page put out the album, Whatever Happened to Jugula, the fifth album of Harper's that Jimmy Page had contributed to.

1995 Page & Plant  San Jose, CA 

2014 Metal XS interview

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♪  Satisfaction Guaranteed (The Firm Edinburgh 1985) YouTube
♪  Thank You/Bring It On Home (Page & Plant San Jose 1995) YouTube
♪  Ramble On (Page & Plant San Jose 1995) YouTube
♪  Full set (Page & Plant Tampa 1998) YouTube

♪ Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube
♪ Page & Plant playlist at YouTube

On This Day 06 May

Mashups. Why spoil perfection?

2016 06 May On This Day Whole Lotta Helter Skelter, by Soundhog

1984 06 May On This Day Jimmy Page with Roy Harper

• 1967 Yardbirds Chippenham, England at Royal Agricultural College
• 1984 The Firm Thetford, Norfolk, England at Maytree Farm
• 1986 The Firm Rosemont, Illinois at Rosemont Horizon
• 1995 Page & Plant St. Louis, Missouri at Kiel Center

"Olympic Studios in 1967 was at the cutting edge. We were very innovative and of course we had, I think, the best console in England and possibly the world at the time. We were ahead in terms of design."
~ Eddie Kramer

Jimmy Page & Eddie Kramer at Olympic Studio

I'm not that fond of Roy Harper's music.  I'll listen when Jimmy Page joins him, but really - just give me Jimmy Page straight up, thank you very much.

I'm not fond of mashups either. They're sometimes interesting curiosities but the music is never better than the sum of the parts. Still, if you haven't heard this one, give it a listen.

Whole Lotta Helter Skelter (Soundhog mashup 2012) YouTube

On This Day 14 February

Ladies and gentlemen: The Intergalactic Elephant Band

1974 04 February On This Day Jimmy Page at Roy Harper's Valentine concert

2015 14 February On This Day preview of Sound Tracks

• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Miami, FL at Thee Image Club
• 1974 Jimmy Page with Roy Harper - London at Rainbow Theatre 
• 1975 Led Zeppelin - Uniondale, NY at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (day 2)

1974: 

Jimmy Page, John Bonham and Robert Plant attended Roy Harper's Valentine Concert at the Rainbow Theatre in London. Jimmy Page joined Harper, Ronnie Lane, Keith Moon and Max Middleton for a few numbers, John Bonham made an appearance onstage to strum an acoustic guitar and Robert Plant took the mic at the end to announce "Ladies and gentlemen: Roy Harper!".  Harper named the one-time lineup The Intergalactic Elephant Band.

1974 Roy Harper's Valentine concert (Colin Curwood photo)

1974 Jimmy Page with "Harpic Award"

2014 Mark Oliver Everett (Eels) and Jimmy Page

2015:
Sound Tracks, previewed on Jimmy Page's website on this day, is a four-disc box set that brings together his scores for the movies Lucifer Rising and Death Wish II plus bonus discs with previously unreleased tracks. The 36 page booklet includes awesome original artwork.

Image from Sound Tracks booklet

“The archive material and work included here serve as an illustration of the ongoing process at the time of these two projects,” Page said in a press release.  Sound Tracks is available on Jimmy Page's website.

♪

♪  Male Chauvinist Pig Blues (The Intergalactic Elephant Band, Roy Harper's Valentine's Day Concert, London 1974) YouTube
♪  Too Many Movies (The Intergalactic Elephant Band, Roy Harper's Valentine's Day Concert, London 1974) YouTube
♪  Home (The Intergalactic Elephant Band, Roy Harper's Valentine's Day Concert, London 1974) YouTube
♪ Sound Tracks preview excerpts (SoundCloud)

♪ Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube

On This Day 03 December

Remembering Michael Lee.

1972 03 December On This Day Led Zeppelin at Green's Playhouse, Glasgow

• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Glasgow, Scotland at Green's Playhouse
• 1973 Jimmy Page with Roy Harper - London, England at Royal Albert Hall  
• 1983 Jimmy Page ARMS Charity Concert Tour - Daly City, CA at  Cow Palace
• 1984 Jimmy Page The Firm - Frankfurt, Germany at Kongresshalle
• 1998 Page & Plant - Frankfurt, Germany at Festhalle Frankfurt 

1972 Led Zeppelin at Greens Playhouse, souvenir book

1972 Led Zeppelin at Greens Playhouse, souvenir book

1972 Led Zeppelin at Greens Playhouse, souvenir book

1972 Led Zeppelin at Greens Playhouse, souvenir book

1972 Led Zeppelin at Greens Playhouse, souvenir book

1973
Jimmy Page joined Roy Harper on stage at Royal Albert Hall for a guest appearance, playing Male Chauvinist Pig Blues.  According to Dave Lewis, the concert was professionally taped but never released. If anyone has this performance of the song with Jimmy Page playing, please share!

1983
Last date of ARMS gig at Cow Palace

1983 Jimmy Page ARMS at Cow Palace (Larry Hulst/Getty Images)

1983 Jimmy Page ARMS at Cow Palace (Philip Anderson photo)

1984 Jimmy Page with The Firm, Frankfurt

2008
Jimmy Page attended the Darlington, England funeral of drummer Michael Lee, who had died from an epileptic seizure at 39 years old.

2008 Jimmy Page at drummer Michael Lee's funeral

2012
Read Dave Lewis' text of a Steve Sauer report on the Late Show with Dave Letterman appearance of Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones and Robert Plant.

2012  Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Dave Letterman 

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♫ David Letterman Show interview (YouTube