On This Day 28 March

Puddletown on the River Piddle.  Just sayin'.

1973 28 March Houses of the Holy released

• 1968 The Yardbirds - Schenectady NY at The Aerodome
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - London at Marquee Club
• 1970 Led Zeppelin - Dallas at Dallas Memorial Auditorium
• 1973 Houses Of The Holy released
• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Cleveland OH at Gund Arena 

1969:

"Jimmy Page, bent over his guitar and straining for unknown notes, listening hard because he’s right there in the middle of that Led Zeppelin wall of sound, sweat oozing torrential down his face, and dripping off the ends of that long wavy hair down onto the guitar and one expects that guitar to fizz and steam because it’s so near boiling point."
~ Record Mirror, April 1969

1972:

Houses of the Holy was recorded in several locations, including Mick Jagger's Stargroves, using the Rolling Stones' mobile recording unit. Jagger had purchased the estate two years prior. Besides the Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who and other bands recording at Stargroves, the estate was used to film several Dr. Who episodes.

1972 Jimmy Page recording at Stargroves (Eddie Kramer photo)

1972 John Bonham and jimmy Page at Stargroves

1973:
Houses of the Holy's cover photo was taken at the Giant's Causeway on the northeastern coast of Ireland. Multiple photos of siblings Stefan and Samantha Gates were used to create a composite image. Arthur Clarke's 1953 science fiction novel, Childhood's End, may have provided inspiration for the cover. At the end of that novel, the only remnants of humanity left are children who have evolved to serve a cosmic intelligence, the Overmind, and who are no longer shackled to merely physical existence. Coincidentally, or maybe not, Clarke has said that the aliens' ships in Childhood's End were inspired by barrage balloons he saw over London during World War II. Barrage balloons, of course, look very much like zeppelins.

Barrage balloons over London during World War II

1995 Robert Plant & Jimmy Page (Terry O'Neill/Getty Images)

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♪  We’re Gonna Groove (Led Zeppelin, Dallas 1970) YouTube
♪  Since I've Been Loving You (Led Zeppelin, Dallas 1970) YouTube
♪  The Song Remains The Same (Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy 1973) YouTube
♪  The Rain Song (Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy 1973) YouTube
♪  The Ocean (Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy 1973) YouTube

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♪ Page & Plant playlist at YouTube

NOTICE: April 11 will be the last daily On This Day post as that will be a full year's worth.  I won't post any more unless Jimmy Page's website offers some new ones. Stay tuned for new posts here on the Mage Music blog about the music and Magick of  JIMMY PAGE and previews of new Mage Music projects!

On This Day 14 May

Who ever said it was easy being a rock god?

1991 14 May On This Day Reno,NV/Lawlor Events Center - with David Coverdale,
jam with Poison, fall through stage floor

• 1967 - Jimmy Page - The Yardbirds - Stratford,London,England
• 1973 Led Zeppelin New Orleans,LA US/Municiple Auditorium

 ♪ Stairway to Heaven New Orleans, YouTube

Before Moby Dick Plant said: “I once heard a song called The Witch Queen of New Orleans. Well, tonight, I’m pleased to announce that John Bonham is The Drag Queen Of New Orleans!" Page laughs so much that he enters the piece late…
~ From Dave Lewis’s Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, describing the 1973 show in New Orleans

After this show the band members attended a party at Cosimo Recording Studios (note that this event has been posted elsewhere as occurring in 1972, but in May 1972 the band was recording at Stargroves, Mick Jagger's country home, and subsequently at Olympic Studios in England).  

1973 14 May post-show party at Cosimo Recording Studios, New Orleans.  Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Ernie K-Doe

• 1986 The Firm at Kansas City,MO/Kemper Arena
• 1988 Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham at Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary, New York, NY/Madison Square Garden 
• 1991 Jimmy Page, David Coverdale jam with Poison at Reno,NV/Lawlor Events Center 
• 2014 Interviews in NYC for Remasters releases

1988 Jimmy Page, Jason Bonham & Robert Plant at Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary, New York, NY/Madison Square Garden [not in photo: John Paul Jones]

1988 Jimmy Page& Robert Plant at Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary, New York, NY/Madison Square Garden

Jimmy Page interview in New York City on Wednesday May 14, 2014. Craig Robertson/Toronto Sun/QMI Agency

2014 14 May “I knew what I was doing, and I didn’t want anybody getting in the way of it.” — Jimmy Page
Credit: Damon Winter/The New York Times