On this day 29 January

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Pretty in pink. Or any other color.

2011 29 January On This Day Jimmy Page loans guitars and costumes for Japanese exhibition

• 1975 Led Zeppelin - Greensboro, NC at Greensboro Coliseum 

1975:
Greensboro. Chris Charlesworth describes near-combat conditions on his Just Backdated blog.

"... outside the venue a shortage of tickets has caused violence to erupt. About five hundred fans have attempted to storm the rear of the building, throwing broken bottles, stones and pieces of scaffolding. Three of the five limousines, those parked outside, become severely damaged.

"...the drivers of the three limos parked outside, fearing further damage to them, have removed their cars and the other two drivers, whose cars are parked inside, want to take theirs away too. This, of course, would leave the Led Zeppelin entourage stranded when the concert is over..."

Peter Grant attempts to buy the limos. In the end, he simply commandeers two.

"The huge stadium doors open and the angry mob of fans who didn’t make it into the show surge forward into our path. Grant blasts a way through, his horn blaring, we follow, and the crowd parts like the Red Sea. Our truncated convoy reaches speeds of up to 70 mph in a heavily built-up area with Grant leading the way, driving his car through red lights and on the wrong side of the road through the town of Greensboro. Our car, crammed, follows in hot pursuit. Good grief, I think, this is far more exciting than any rock concert.

"Then, when we reach the point at the airport where the Starship is waiting, a funny thing happens. Instead of stopping as we have done, Grant drives round and round the huge aircraft, tyres screeching, faster and faster, burning rubber. When he finally skids to a stop the four members of Led Zeppelin tumble out, hysterical with laughter..."
~ Chris Charlesworth, Just Backdated

1975 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin at Greensboro (Neal Preston photo)

2011:
We all know about Jimmy Page's famous Gibson doubleneck, but some folks might not be familiar with that oddly shaped white guitar pictured on this day.  It is a 12 string Vox Phantom XII that Jimmy Page first used on stage with the Yardbirds in 1967 and in the studio for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor from the Yardbirds' album Little Games.  Jimmy Page also used it for Thank You on Led Zeppelin II in 1969.  

According to advertising posters, the photos of the guitars were taken by Scarlet Page.

2011 Jimmy Page's guitars, as shown in exhibition brochure

1967 Jimmy Page / Yardbirds using Vox Phantom XII guitar

2011 Photo from the exhibition brochure (photo taken 1974 at Swan Song launch party

Jimmy Page photo from exhibition brochure

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♪  Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor (The Yardbirds, Little Games 1967) YouTube
♪  Thank You (Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II 1969) YouTube
♪  Thank You (Led Zeppelin, backing track 2014 remaster) YouTube
♪  Led Zeppelin (Greensboro NC at Greensboro Coliseum, 29 January 1975) 

On this day 15 October

Jimmy and friends fooling around

1994 15 October On This Day Page & Plant press conference, Paris

• 1974 Jimmy Page records Scarlet at Island Records (released 2020)
• 1994 Page & Plant – press conference, Paris at Cirque d’Hiver Bouglione
• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour – Detroit at Palace of Auburn Hills
• 2012 Jimmy Page – Tokyo, Celebration Day movie premiere

1974:
The elusive Scarlet. Led Zeppelin was on a 18 month sabbatical, so Jimmy Page, Keith Richards (yes, the same Keith Richards who claimed for many years that he didn't love Jimmy Page's music), Ian Stewart (the "Stu" of Boogie With Stu), Rick Grech and Bruce Rowland recorded a song on this day in 1974..

Rick Grech (1946-1991), a bassist and violinist, had been wit Eric Clapton's one-shot band, Blind Faith, in 1969 (with Steve Winwood and Ginger Baker). He was later with Traffic and then performed with various groups that did or did not put out albums but that were the movers and shakers of the music world at that time.

Drummer and songwriter Bruce Rowland (1971-2015), was best known for his work with The Grease Band (Joe Cocker's backing band) and Fairport Convention. He also drummed for Ronnie Lane.

In Cameron Crowe's famous interview of 1975 for Rolling Stone, Jimmy Page said about Scarlet, "It was Rick Grech, Keith and me doing a number called "Scarlet." I can't remember the drummer. It sounded very similar in style and mood to those Blonde on Blonde tracks. It was great, really good. We stayed up all night and went down to Island Studios where Keith put some reggae guitars over one section. I just put some solos on it, but it was eight in the morning of the next day before I did that."

The "staying up all night" took place at Ron Wood's house, The Wick, which Wood sold to Pete Townshend in 1996. Island Studios (now called Basing Street Studios) is where Led Zeppelin IV was recorded in 1970. Jimmy Page would know the place well.  An Ian Stewart blogger says the recording took place at Olympic Studios, but every other source supports Island Studios. I do wonder, though, why they didn't just record it at The Wick, since Ron Wood had built a studio in the basement where he recorded his two solo albums, and where the Stones' single version of It's Only Rock 'n Roll was originally recorded. A fascinating point of Jimmy Page's history that we likely will never know the actual facts of.

But the recording studio isn't what we really want to know about. What we want to know is why it was called Scarlet ("our" Scarlet was just three years old back then), how Jimmy Page ended up hanging out with the other boys all night long, why it's a Rolling Stones song, and why it took so long to eventually be released in 2020 on the Stones' Goats Head Soup album..


1994

1994 Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Paris press conference

1994 Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Paris press conference

2012

2012 "Mr. Jimmy" Sakurai and the Original

2012 Jimmy Page, Tokyo, for Celebration Day movie premiere (Ross Halfin photo)

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♪ Scarlet (Rolling Stones feat. Jimmy Page, Goats Head Soup, recorded October 1974)
♫ Page & Plant press conference, Paris at Cirque d’Hiver Bouglione, 15 October 1994
♪  Page & Plant Unledded Tour (Detroit at Palace of Auburn Hills, 15 October 1995)

On this day 31 July

 We always want more Jimmy Page!

1967 31 July On This Day The Yardbirds - Vancouver, British Columbia at Kerrisdale Arena
♪  Only The Black Rose (Jimmy Page home recording 1967) 

• 1967 The Yardbirds - Vancouver, British Columbia at Kerrisdale Arena
• 1973 Led Zeppelin NBC Nightly News appearance

1973:

Check out the video. The boys sure did ham it up for the news camera.

Jimmy Page, from NBC News report on rich rock stars

♫  1973 NBC report "Rich rock stars and the Industry that shares their wealth" 

2015:

Scarlet Page created a Kickstarter campaign for her photographic book project, Resonators.  I supported it and got signed copy of the book when it was published November 2015. 

Jimmy Page, photo by Scarlet Page from her book, Resonators

2015:
The last three of the Led Zeppelin studio remasters were released on this day. The remasters represent thousands of hours of Jimmy Page's effort to provide the music world with the best quality Led Zeppelin albums ever.

Presence

In Through The Out Door

Coda

♪ Only the Black Rose (Jimmy Page, 1967) 

On This Day 22 June

They went to the land of ice and snow

1970 22 June On This Day Led Zeppelin in Reykjavik Iceland

• 1970 Led Zeppelin - Reykjavik, Iceland at Lauguardalsholl Sports Arena
• 1972 Led Zeppelin - San Bernardino ,CA at Swing Auditorium
• 1977 Led Zeppelin - Inglewood, CA at The Forum
• 2004 Jimmy Page receives MOJO Maestro Award and accepts Vision Award for Led Zeppelin DVD (2003)

1970 Jimmy Page in Iceland

1970 Jimmy Page with Led Zeppelin in Iceland

1970 Bonzo calling home... or somewhere

"We weren't being pompous. We did come from the land of the ice and snow. We were guests of the Icelandic Government on a cultural mission. We were invited to play a concert in Reykjavik and the day before we arrived all the civil servants went on strike and the gig was going to be canceled. The university prepared a concert hall for us and it was phenomenal. The response from the kids was remarkable and we had a great time. 'Immigrant Song' was about that trip and it was the opening track on the album that was intended to be incredibly different."

~ Robert Plant, in Chris Welch's book, Led Zeppelin (1994) 

1977 Jimmy Page with Led Zeppelin at LA Forum

2004 MOJO Awards - James Patrick Page III, Jimmy Page, Scarlet Page
(Photo Ross Halfin)

2004 MOJO Awards - John Frusciante presentation speech for
Jimmy Page's Maestro Award
(Photo Ross Halfin, appeared in August 2004 MOJO)

2014 MOJO Magazine (Photo Ross Halfin)

THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS - Music will be added at another time.  Thank you for your patience. 

On This Day 24 March

Everybody needs Jimmy Page

1986 24 March On This Day One Hit To The Body released, feat. Jimmy Page

• 1973 Led Zeppelin - Offenburg Germany at Ortenauhalle
• 1975 Led Zeppelin - Inglewood CA at The Forum (day 1 of 3)
• 1985 The Firm - New Orleans, LA at U.N.O. Lakefront Arena
• 1986 The Firm - Springfield MA at Springfield Civic Center

1973 Led Zeppelin, Offenburg Germany

1975 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin, LA Forum

2014 Jimmy Page at Scarlet Page's Resonators opening

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♪  Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin, Offenburg Germany 1973) YouTube
♪  Dazed and Confused Part 1 (Led Zeppelin, Offenburg Germany 1973) YouTube
♪  Dazed and Confused Part 2 (Led Zeppelin, Offenburg Germany 1973) YouTube
♪  Dazed and Confused Part 3 (Led Zeppelin, Offenburg Germany 1973) YouTube
♪  Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin, LA Forum 24 March 1975) YouTube
♪  No Quarter  (Led Zeppelin, LA Forum 24 March 1975) YouTube
♪  One Hit To The Body (Rolling Stones feat Jimmy Page 1986) YouTube

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

On This Day 29 January

Pretty in pink. Or any other color.

2011 29 January On This Day Jimmy Page loans guitars and costumes for Japanese exhibition

• 1975 Led Zeppelin - Greensboro, NC at Greensboro Coliseum 

1975:
Greensboro. Chris Charlesworth describes near-combat conditions on his Just Backdated blog.

"... outside the venue a shortage of tickets has caused violence to erupt. About five hundred fans have attempted to storm the rear of the building, throwing broken bottles, stones and pieces of scaffolding. Three of the five limousines, those parked outside, become severely damaged.

"...the drivers of the three limos parked outside, fearing further damage to them, have removed their cars and the other two drivers, whose cars are parked inside, want to take theirs away too. This, of course, would leave the Led Zeppelin entourage stranded when the concert is over..."

Peter Grant attempts to buy the limos. In the end, he simply commandeers two.

"The huge stadium doors open and the angry mob of fans who didn’t make it into the show surge forward into our path. Grant blasts a way through, his horn blaring, we follow, and the crowd parts like the Red Sea. Our truncated convoy reaches speeds of up to 70 mph in a heavily built-up area with Grant leading the way, driving his car through red lights and on the wrong side of the road through the town of Greensboro. Our car, crammed, follows in hot pursuit. Good grief, I think, this is far more exciting than any rock concert.

"Then, when we reach the point at the airport where the Starship is waiting, a funny thing happens. Instead of stopping as we have done, Grant drives round and round the huge aircraft, tyres screeching, faster and faster, burning rubber. When he finally skids to a stop the four members of Led Zeppelin tumble out, hysterical with laughter..."
~ Chris Charlesworth, Just Backdated

1975 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin at Greensboro (Neal Preston photo)

2011:
We all know about Jimmy Page's famous Gibson doubleneck, but some folks might not be familiar with that oddly shaped white guitar pictured on this day.  It is a 12 string Vox Phantom XII that Jimmy Page first used on stage with the Yardbirds in 1967 and in the studio for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor from the Yardbirds' album Little Games.  Jimmy Page also used it for Thank You on Led Zeppelin II in 1969.  

According to advertising posters, the photos of the guitars were taken by Scarlet Page.

2011 Jimmy Page's guitars, as shown in exhibition brochure

1967 Jimmy Page / Yardbirds using Vox Phantom XII guitar

2011 Photo from the exhibition brochure (photo taken 1974 at Swan Song launch party

Jimmy Page photo from exhibition brochure

♪

♪  Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor (The Yardbirds, Little Games 1967) YouTube
♪  Thank You (Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II 1969) YouTube
♪  Thank You (Led Zeppelin, backing track 2014 remaster) YouTube
♪  Trampled Underfoot (Led Zeppelin, Greensboro 1975) YouTube

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

On This Day 15 October

Hey hey what can I do? I didn't have time to finish this post.  But it will get done.
Note: Updated noonish, 10/15/15

1994 15 October On This Day Page & Plant press conference, Paris

• 1974 Jimmy Page records Scarlet at Island Records (unreleased song)
• 1994 Page & Plant – press conference, Paris at Cirque d’Hiver Bouglione
• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour – Detroit at Palace of Auburn Hills
• 2012 Jimmy Page – Tokyo, Celebration Day movie premiere

1974:
The elusive Scarlet. There's some confusion about the origins of this never-released song and perhaps who's song it is: Jimmy Page's or the Rolling Stones'?

What we do know is that Jimmy Page, Keith Richards (yes, the same Keith Richards who doesn't love Jimmy Page's music these days), Ian Stewart (the "Stu" of Boogie With Stu), Rick Grech and Bruce
Rowland recorded a song on this day in 1974 that is called Scarlet.

Rick Grech (1946-1991), a bassist and violinist, had been wit Eric Clapton's one-shot band, Blind Faith, in 1969 (with Steve Winwood and Ginger Baker). He was later with Traffic and then performed with various groups that did or did not put out albums but that were the movers and shakers of the music world at that time.

Drummer and songwriter Bruce Rowland (1971-2015), was best known for his work with The Grease Band (Joe Cocker's backing band) and Fairport Convention, and drummed for Ronnie Lane.

In Cameron Crowe's famous interview of 1975 for Rolling Stone, Jimmy Page said about Scarlet, "It was Rick Grech, Keith and me doing a number called "Scarlet." I can't remember the drummer. It sounded very similar in style and mood to those Blonde on Blonde tracks. It was great, really good. We stayed up all night and went down to Island Studios where Keith put some reggae guitars over one section. I just put some solos on it, but it was eight in the morning of the next day before I did that."

The "staying up all night" took place at Ron Wood's house, The Wick (the house is currently owned by Pete Townshend). Island Studios is where Led Zeppelin IV was recorded in 1970. Jimmy Page would know the place well.  An Ian Stewart blogger says the recording took place at Olympic Studios, but every other source supports Island Studios. I do wonder, though, why they didn't just record it at The Wick, since Ron Wood had built a studio in the basement where he recorded his two solo albums, and where the Stones' single version of It's Only Rock 'n Roll was originally recorded. A fascinating point of Jimmy Page's history that we likely will never know the actual facts of.

But the recording studio isn't what we really want to know about. What we want to know is where, oh where, is Scarlet today? Who's got the tape, who's got the rights? Has Jimmy Page's daughter, for whom the song was named, ever gotten to listen to it?

Will we ever get to hear it?

1994 Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Paris press conference

1994 Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Paris press conference

2012 "Mr. Jimmy" Sakurai and the Original

2012 Jimmy Page, Tokyo, for Celebration Day movie premiere (Ross Halfin photo)

♪

Sorry, no playlist today.

On This Day 31 July

Many opportunities now available to get more Jimmy Page.

1967 31 July On This Day The Yardbirds - Vancouver, British Columbia at Kerrisdale Arena
♪  Only The Black Rose (Jimmy Page home recording 1967) 

• 1967 The Yardbirds - Vancouver, British Columbia at Kerrisdale Arena
• 1973 Led Zeppelin NBC Nightly News appearance

1973:

Check out the video. The boys sure did ham it up for the news camera.

Jimmy Page, from NBC News report on rich rock stars

♫  1973 NBC report "Rich rock stars and the Industry that shares their wealth" 

2015:

Only a few days left to support Scarlet Page's Kickstarter campaign for her photographic book project, Resonators.  There are several pledge levels, ranging from a good-will gesture all the way to to a signed copy of the book plus day's photoshoot in London with Scarlet. Resonators is to be published November 2015.

Jimmy Page, photo by Scarlet Page from her book, Resonators

2015:
The last three of the Led Zeppelin studio remasters are released today. The remasters represent thousands of hours of Jimmy Page's effort to provide the music world with the best quality Led Zeppelin albums ever.

Presence

In Through The Out Door

Coda