On this day 08 February

UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR WHO KNOWS HOW LONG. I'm working on another (time consuming) project that takes precedence. Note that info on this page has not been fully updated yet and links may not work properly. Thank you for your patience.

Please listen to the song. And I don't mean the "popular" version.

2009 08 February On This Day a Grammy for Please Read The Letter
AUDIO: Please Read The Letter (Soundcloud)

• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Chicago at Kinetic Playground
• 1975 Led Zeppelin - Philadelphia at The Spectrum
• 1996 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Tokyo at Nippon Budokan 

1969 Led Zeppelin at Kinetic Playground, Chicago

1975 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin at The Spectrum, Philadelphia

1996:

Jimmy Page kind of bumbled his way into the two songs I've linked to below from the Tokyo show on this day. As Robert Plant said, though, about Tea for One it wasn't a song that Led Zeppelin had every played live in its entirety, and it was the first time that Robert Plant had performed it with Jimmy Page on guitar. 

Back in 1976 when Tea for One was recorded for Presence, Robert Plant's leg was still in a cast. Two versions were recorded at that session, one with a guitar solo and one without. I'm soooo glad that the one with the solo is the one that ended up on the album.  

2009:
I've provided links below to two versions of Please Read the Letter.  I fail to see why the Plant/Krauss version was the one that got the acclaim, but then, I am into rock music not syrupy folk love songs. No accounting for taste.

2010 January Ross Halfin and Jimmy Page

♪

♪  Rain Song (Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy 1973/2014) 
♪  Rain Song (Page & Plant, Tokyo 08 February 1996) 
♪  Tea For One (Led Zeppelin, Presence 1976)  
♪  Tea For One  (Page & Plant, Tokyo 08 February 1996) 
♪  Please Read the Letter (Page & Plant, Walking into Clarksdale 1998) 
♪  Please Read the Letter (Robert Plant & Alison Krauss) 

♪ Led Zeppelin (Philadelphia at The Spectrum, 08 February 1975)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a31SIfygbfM&list=PLf62FjbXtD1JI5oPg0Xe4aZnxtokP5Xl-&index=95&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB

♪ Page & Plant Unledded Tour (Tokyo at Nippon Budokan, 08 February 1996)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wr5_HJn7bw&list=PLf62FjbXtD1LDupHDsQYI3arCDZ2klemr&index=28&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB

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)

♪

♪  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 03 October

 

The song remains the same no matter what the name...

1971 03 October On This Day Led Zeppelin visited India

• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Scheveningen, Netherlands at Fortis Circus Theater
• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Tokyo, Japan at Budokan Hall (day 2)
• 1995 Page & Plant - Irvine, California at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre

1969
By now Led Zeppelin was in the musical spotlight. This gig was at a seaside resort, Scheveninger, and according to the inexperienced road manager of the opening band, Steamhammer, the Grant/Cole duo was formidable: They insisted that "the slightly dodgy Dutch promoter" pay them in full before the show. Apparently there was no argument, the money was forked over.

1969 Led Zeppelin, Holland

1972

For some reason a commentator noted that during the acoustic set, John Bonham joined in with his "transvestite vocal cords". 'The Song Remains The Same' had not yet been fully formed. Not only were they tinkering with the song but also its title. Plant introduced it as 'Zep' the night before, this night Plant called it 'The Overture'. It was also called "The Campaign" before the title was finalized.

.

1972 Led Zeppelin, Tokyo day 2 (K Hasebe photo)

1995

♪

♪  Led Zeppelin (Tokyo Japan at Budokan Hall, 03 October 1972) 
♪  Page & Plant (Irvine CA at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, 03 October 1995) 

On this day 24 September

 England, Japan, US, Mexico, Thailand: A whole lotta love of music for the whole world

1971 24 September On This Day Led Zeppelin, Tokyo at Budokan Hall (day 2)

• 1966 Yardbirds - Leeds, West Yorkshire, England at Leeds Odeon Theatre
• 1971 Led Zeppelin - Tokyo, Japan at   Budokan Hall (day 2 of 2)
• 1988 Jimmy Page - New Orleans, Louisiana at New Orleans Municipal Auditorium
• 1995 Page & Plant - Mexico City, Mexico at City El Palacio de Los Deportes Arena (day 2 of 2)
• 1998 Page & Plant - Phoenix, Arizona at American West Arena

1971

A whole lotta experimentation and improvisation during this gig. Tangerine was performed live for the first time. After the show the band visited a geisha house.

1971 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin Tokyo Budokan Hall

1988

Nothing on YouTube from JP's New Orleans show. Looks like I'll have to upload a file myself one of these days. If someone already has it ready to share, let me know!

2011:
This was the first year of the Jesters Care for Kids Gala night, and the first that Jimmy Page attended.

2011 Jimmy Page with Jesters Gala chairman, Woody Underwood

2011 Jimmy Page with Jesters at Care for Kids Gala Night

♪

♪  Led Zeppelin (Tokyo Japan at Budokan Hall - day 2 of 2, 24 September 1971)  
♪  Jimmy Page’s 8mm footage of Japan 
♪  Page & Plant (Mexico City, Mexico at City El Palacio de Los Deportes Arena (day 2 of 2), 24 September 1995)

♪  Page & Plant (Phoenix AZ at American West Arena, 24 September 1998)