On This Day 25 June

Music, separated by time but not by magic.

1995 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour, Glastonbury Festival

• 1966 The Yardbirds - Bury, England at Bury Palais de Danse
• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Inglewood, CA at The Forum
• 1977 Led Zeppelin - Inglewood, CA at The Forum
• 1995 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour - Glastonbury Festival, Pyramid Stage 

1972 Led Zeppelin - Inglewood, CA at The Forum

1972:
This show was so good that when Jimmy Page used it and the June 27 Long Beach show for How the West Was Won, a 2003 triple disc release.    In the liner notes, Jimmy Page says that Led Zeppelin was at its artistic peak in 1972.

Mr Page said that when they were playing their best - such as at these two shows - “we combined to make it a fifth element.  That was the magic, the intangible." (Guitarist Magazine interview, 2003)

The fifth element, in metaphysical and other teaching, is aether or spirit, the other four being  earth, air, fire and water. The fifth element is the thing that is more than the sum of the parts. It is quintessence, qi, mana. It is life force, the energy of the universe.

1977 Led Zeppelin - Inglewood, CA at The Forum

1995 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour, Glastonbury Festival (Photo Ross Halfin)

1995:

Glastonbury Tor is a hill in Somerset County, in SE England.  There is archeological evidence of human occupation of the tor since before human written history.  The Celtic name of the hill, Ynys Wydryn means "Isle of Glass".  In ancient days the plain that the hill rises from would be flooded by high tides.  The Britons named the hill Ynys yr Afalon meaning "The Isle of Avalon".  When there are thermal inversions, heavy mists can blanket the plain with the tor rising from it - these mists are called Fata Morgana, after Morgan le Fay, a sorceress of Arthurian legend.  

The five-day Glastonbury Festival has its own history.  The first series of concerts, lectures and recitals were held in the town of Glastonbury were held in 1914. The first festival at Worthy Farm was the Pilton Pop, Blues & Folk Festival held in 1970.  It now attracts well over 100,000 people each year, and tickets sell out within hours.

Glastonbury Tor (Photo Rob Holden)

You might want to compare SIBLY performed at each of these shows.

♪  Since I've Been Loving You (Led Zeppelin, LA Forum 25 June 1972) YouTube

♪  Full Show "Badgeholders Annual Meeting" (Led Zeppelin, LA Forum 25 June 1977) YouTube

♪  Full show (Page & Plant, Glastonbury 1995) YouTube

On This Day 24 June

1969 24 June On This Day Led Zeppelin - London,England at Maida Vale Studios,Studio 4 - BBC Sessions Radio 1

• 1966 The Yardbirds - Durham, England at University of Durham
• 1969 24 June On This Day Led Zeppelin - London,England at Maida Vale Studios,Studio 4 - BBC Sessions,Radio One Session
• 1980 Led Zeppelin - Hannover,Germany at Hannover Messehalle
• 1984 Jimmy Page with Yes - Dortmund,Germany at Westfalenhalle 
• 1995 Page & Plant- Unledded Tour - Schwalmstadt, Germany at Wildenrath Airfield,Wegberg Festival
• 2000 Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes - Tinley Park, IL at New World Music Theatre 

Maida Vale Studios entry arch

1969:  

Maida Vale is a neighborhood in west London, part of the City of Westminster. First called Maida Hill. The name is named for the Hero of Maida Inn (no longer a pub, though the building still stands). The hero was General Sir John Stuart, Count of Maida.

The site of Maida Vale Studios started out in 1909 as the "Maida Vale Roller Skating Palace and Club". It was rebuilt (the roller skating palace's arches preserved) for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, which has been there since 1934. The studio complex was the centre of the BBC News operation during World War II.

There are seven studios, five of which are currently in use for recording and the others for rehearsals and tape archives. Studio MV4 was used for the John Peel sessions from 1967 to 2004, and is still used for those BBC Radio 1 sessions that replaced replaced John Peel's Top Gear.

Top Gear was a Radio 1 program that ran from 1967 to 1975. It was created to provide exposure for up-and-coming bands, and for musicians and bands to experiment with new material, non-album material, different sounds and guest musicians.

1984:

“Jimmy moved and bought a house in England near the house I was living in. So, we became neighbors and got together,” explained Yes bassist Chris Squire. “He was obviously pretty depressed about John Bonham’s death for awhile, and I kind of helped him out of that by saying ‘Let’s try to do some new music’ and that’s really what happened.”
Read More: 30 Years Ago: Jimmy Page Joins Yes on Stage to Cover the Beatles | 

2000 24 June Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes - Tinley Park, IL
at New World Music Theatre (Photo Andrew Labis)

2000 24 June Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes - Tinley Park, IL
at New World Music Theatre (Photo Andrew Labis)

2000:

Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes became the first artists ever to crack the Top 10 with an internet-only single, Led Zeppelin's What Is and What Should Never Be, from Live at the Greek.

♪  Travelling Riverside Blues (Led Zeppelin, BBC Session, 24 June 1969)  YouTube
♪  What Is and What Should Never Be (Led Zeppelin, BBC Session, 24 June 1969)  YouTube
♪  What Is and What Should Never Be (Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes, Greek Theater Los Angeles, 1999)  YouTube
♪  I’m Down (Jimmy Page with Yes, Germany 1984) YouTube


♫  Guitar World interview with Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes 2000

On This Day 17 June

There's always time for the music of Jimmy Page
[2020 update]

1966 17 June Jimmy Page with Chris Farlowe on Out of Time

• 1966 17 June On This Day - Jimmy Page and Chris Farlowe Out of Time
• 1967 The Yardbirds - Lincs, England at Raven Club,RAF Waddington
• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Portland, OR at Portland Memorial Coliseum
• 1980 Led Zeppelin - Dortmund, Germany at Westfalenhalle
• 2015 BBC's Sarah Montague interviews Jimmy Page on his first experiments with sitar

1972 Led Zeppelin at Portland

1980

2015

2015

♪  Out Of Time. (Jimmy Page, Chris Farlowe 1966) SoundCloud

♪  Led Zeppelin, (Dortmund Germany 1980) You Tube

♫  Jimmy Page on a 'tricky' musical experiment with sitar (BBC interview 2015)

On This Day 10 June

The third night of Led Zeppelin's six shows at Madison Square Gardens in 1977.

1995 10 June Page & Plant - Unledded Tour - Milan, Italy at Arena Spettacoli parco Aquatica- Sonoria Festival

• 1967 The Yardbirds - Torquay, Torbay, England at Town Hall
• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Buffalo, NY at Memorial Coliseum
• 1977 Led Zeppelin - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden
• 1995 10 June Page & Plant - Unledded Tour - Milan, Italy at Arena Spettacoli parco Aquatica- Sonoria Festival
• 1998 Page & Plant - Milwaukee, WI at Bradley Center

1972 at Elvis Presley afternoon concert

1977 Led Zeppelin at MSG

1977 Jimmy Page with Led Zeppelin at MSG

♪  Wanton Song, Bring It All Home (Page & Plant, Sonoria Festival 1995) YouTube

♫  10 June 2014 Jimmy Page "Post-it" Paris interview for Telerama YouTube

On This Day 06 June

2010 06 June On This Day Jimmy Page at Rage Against The Machine concert, London

• 1967 The Yardbirds - Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, England at Winter Gardens
• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Detroit, MI at Cobo Center
• 1995 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour - Paris, France at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
• 1998 Page & Plant - Kansas City, MO at Kemper Arena

1972 Led Zeppelin - Detroit, MI at Cobo Center

1972 Led Zeppelin - Detroit, MI at Cobo Center

1998 Page & Plant - Kansas City, MO at Kemper Arena

2010 06 June  Jimmy Page at Rage Against The Machine concert, London

On This Day 05 June

The musicians who play at tribute concerts generally have a connection with the person being honored. Here's the Jimmy Page - Alexis Korner connection.

1984 05 June On This Day Alexis Korner Tribute Concert, Nottingham,England at Nottingham Palais Ballroom.
Note incorrect year in text of this On This Day post - 1984, not 1988

Alexis Korner Tribute Concert setlist

London was a hotbed of music in the 1960s. Today's biggest names in music experienced an artistic cross-pollination the likes of which begs comparison to that of Italy in the 1400s. British (and American) musicians intermingled, sampled, absorbed and reconfigured each others' music, forming the backbone of what we have listened to and loved ever since.

Alexis Korner (1928 – 1984) was one of these core artists of the times. He was a blues musician and a radio broadcaster, and was one of the founders of Blues Incorporated, a loose-knit group of electric blues and R&B musicians. The members of Blues Incorporated changed over time, but you'll recognize Charlie Watts, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker, for instance.

Blues Incorporated had drop-in musicians who occasionally performed , including Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Rod Stewart, John Mayall and yes, our very own Jimmy Page, not to mention Robert Plant. In fact, Robert Plant and Alexis Korner were in the process of recording a full album with Plant on vocals when Jimmy Page asked him to join in Page's own new musical project, the one that would become Led Zeppelin.

In 1981, Korner joined another supergroup, Rocket 88, a project led by Ian Stewart (the Stu of Led Zeppelin's Boogie With Stu) that featured a rhythm section including Jack Bruce and Charlie Watts. The name of the band came from Rocket 88, a song first recorded in Memphis in 1951. Rocket 88 was credited to Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, which was actually Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm (the band of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue).

A 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket 88

The Alexis Light Orchestra was put together by Ian Stewart for the two tribute concerts for Alexis Korner. The ALO included Charlie Watts, Ian Stewart, Jack Bruce, Jimmy Page, Paul Jones, Ruby Turner.  The  two concerts raised funds to benefit cancer research, one on this date in June in 1984 and the second in July 1984 at the Pistoia Blues Festival in Italy.

• 1968 The Yardbirds - Montgomery, AL at International Speedway Fairgrounds
• 1970 Led Zeppelin records Poor Tom at Olympic Studios, Barnes, England
• 1984 05 June On This Day Jimmy Page - Alexis Korner Tribute Concert, Nottingham,England at Nottingham Palais Ballroom

1968 Yardbirds at Montgomery Speedway, 4-5 June Photo Carolyn May Jordan Wright

1968 Yardbirds at Montgomery Speedway, 4-5 June Photo Carolyn May Jordan Wright

♪  Poor Tom (Led Zeppelin 1970) YouTube
♪  Sweet Home Chicago (Alexis Korner Tribute Concert, 1984) SoundCloud

♪  Hoochie Coochie Man  (Alexis Korner Tribute Concert, 1984) YouTube

♪  Jimmy Page Instrumental (Alexis Korner Tribute Concert, 1984) YouTube

On This Day 29 May

Jimmy jams, plus two versions of On This Day iincluding a Jimmy Page selfie.  

1970 29 May On This Day more Led Zeppelin III recorded at Olympic Studios Two
(one of two versions posted on Jimmy Page's website)

1970 29 May On This Day more Led Zeppelin III recorded at Olympic Studios Two 
(one of two versions posted on Jimmy Page's website)

• 1967 The Yardbirds - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England at Cambridge City Football Club Stadium
• 1968 The Yardbirds - Concord, CA at Concord Coliseum
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Boston, MA at Boston Tea Party
• 1970 29 May On This Day more Led Zeppelin III recorded at Olympic Studios Two (one of two versions posted on Jimmy Page's website)
• 1991 Jimmy Page - Reno, NV at Crystal Bay Club - jam with local band Solid Ground
• 1998 Page & Plant - Atlanta, GA at Lakewood Amphitheater

1968 The Yardbirds in London. Possibly Chris Dreja's mini

1991 Jimmy Page - Reno, NV at Crystal Bay Club - jam with local band Solid Ground

Jimmy Page probably played just 14 performances from 1989 to 1992.  The jam at the Crystal Bay Club in Nevada with local band, Solid Ground, is one of them.  The club is not far from Incline Village where Jimmy & David Coverdale were writing material for a new album.  An 80 minute audio bootleg recording is titled Up In Smoke.

Setlist:

01 Spider In Your Web

02 Steamroller

03 Johnny B. Good

04 Hound Dog/Blues Suede Shoes

05 Smokin' Again

06 Slow Down

07 Old Time Rock And Roll

08 Kansas City

09 Louie Louie/Wild Thing/Hang On Sloopy

♪  Hey Hey What Can I Do (Led Zeppelin 1971) SoundCloud

♪ ♫  Jimmy Page with Solid Ground + text 1991 webpage

On This Day 27 May

Official live performances!  Official videos!  Yay!  This was great stuff and a hint of more to come.

2003 27 May On This Day How The West Was Won released

How the West Was Won is a triple live album released by Atlantic Records on CD in 2003.  Tracks of original performances are from the L.A. Forum on 25 June 1972 and Long Beach Arena on 27 June 1972.

The Led Zeppelin DVD is a double DVD set released in the United Kingdom on 26 May 2003, and the United States on 27 May 2003. It was the first official archival video release to contain footage of the band playing live, from 1969 to 1979. The DVD includes performances from the Royal Albert Hall in 1970, Madison Square Garden in 1973, Earls Court in 1975, and Knebworth in 1979, plus other footage. 

Led Zeppelin DVD (2003) cover

• 1967 The Yardbirds-Ramsgate, England at Supreme Ballroom
• 1969 Led Zeppelin-Boston MA US at  Boston Tea Party
• 1972 Led Zeppelin-Amsterdam, The Netherlands at Oude Rai
• 1995 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour - George, Washington at The Gorge Ampitheatre
• 1998 Page & Plant - Charleston, SC at North Charleston Coliseum
• 2003 27 May On This Day How The West Was Won released
• 2003 26 & 27 Led Zeppelin DVD released in UK and US
• 2003 Led Zeppelin DVD premiere at Loews Theater NYC

1969 Led Zeppelin-Boston MA US/ Boston Tea Party

1972 Led Zeppelin-Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Oude Rai

2003 Led Zeppelin DVD premiere at Loews Theater NYC

 The Led Zeppelin DVD cover image is of West and East Mitten Buttes, photographed from the visitor centre at the Navajo Tribal Park located at Monument Valley, Arizona.  Below is an actual photo.

Photo of "the thumbs" at Monument Valley in AZ

2014 Paris, Next Musique remasters interview (photo Richard Dumas)

♪  Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin Amsterdam CCTV Footage Noir 1972) YouTube
♪ Travelling Riverside Blues (Led Zeppelin promo video produced in 1990 and as seen on the official Led Zeppelin DVD 2003) YouTube

♫  How The West Was Won CD track listings Wikipedia
♫ Led Zeppelin DVD track listings Wikipedia

On This Day 26 May

On This Day Page & Plant performed Wanton Song and were interviewed on Later With Jools Holland.

1998 26 May On This Day Page & Plant on Later With Jools Holland

• 1967 Yardbirds - London, England at Tiles Club
• 1973 Led Zeppelin - Salt Lake City, Utah at Salt Palace
• 1977 Led Zeppelin – Landover, MD at Capital Centre (day 2 of 4)
• 1986 The Firm - Concord,CA at Concord Pavilion
• 1995 Page & Plant (Unledded Tour) - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada at Pacific Coliseum
• 1998 Page & Plant (North American Tour) - Charlotte, NC at Charlotte Coliseum
• 1998 26 May On This Day Page & Plant perform Wanton Song and are interviewed on Later With Jools Holland

1977 Led Zeppelin – Landover, MD at Capital Centre

1998 Jimmy Page and Robert Plant perform The Wanton Song on Later With Jools Holland

1998 Jimmy Page and Robert Plant perform The Wanton Song on Later With Jools Holland

♪  Ten Years Gone (Led Zeppelin, Landover 05/56/77) YouTube
♪  Wanton Song + later interview (Page & Plant, Later With Jools Holland 1998) YouTube

On This Day 25 May

Three and a half hours of show this last night at Earls Court in 1975.

1975 25 May On This Day Led Zeppelin final performance at Earls Court Exhibition Hall

Dave Lewis says in his book, Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, "..there was no holding Jimmy back tonight. He soloed as if his life depended on it." More from Dave Lewis' TBL on this last night at Earls Court

• 1968 The Yardbirds - San Francisco,CA at Fillmore Auditorium
• 1969 Led Zeppelin – (opens for a Who concert) Columbia,MD at Merriweather Post Pavillion
• 1973 Led Zeppelin - Denver,CO at Denver Coliseum
• 1975 25 May On This Day Led Zeppelin final performance at Earls Court Exhibition Hall
• 1977 Led Zeppelin - Landover, MD at Capital Centre
• 1986 The Firm - Concord,CA at Concord Pavilion
• 1995 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour - Tacoma,WA at Tacoma Dome

1975 after the final Earls Court performance, Page & Plant left for Morocco (posted 25 May On This Day)

1975 a few days after the final Earls Court performance, Page & Plant left for Morocco (posted 25 May On This Day)

1975 Dave Lewis' tickets for Earls Court

1975 Earls Court stage - such a small thing for such a big event (Photo Steve Selwood)

1975 Jimmy Page at Earls Court (photo H. Mylett)

1975 Earls Court - The final bows (photo source Dave Lewis)

1975  Jimmy Page takes last bows at Earls Court (photo Chris Walter)

♪  No Quarter (Led Zeppelin, Earls Court 05/25/1975) YouTube
♪  The Song Remains The Same (Led Zeppelin, Landover 05/25/1977) YouTube
♪  Yallah (Page & Plant, Unledded 1995) YouTube