On This Day11 November

...a different smile like that of one who knows.

1966 11 November On This Day The Yardbirds on Milton Berle scheduled, actually aired 02 December

• 1966 The Yardbirds – Indianapolis at Indiana Fairgrounds Coliseum
• 1967 The Yardbirds - Vancouver, Canada at PNE Garden Auditorium
• 1971 Led Zeppelin - Newcastle upon Tyne, England at Newcastle City Hall 
• 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - Portland, ME at Cumberland Civic Center
• 1994 Page & Plant - Later with Jools Holland scheduled on BBC
• 1997 Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions released
• 1997 The Girl I Love / Whole Lotta Love single released
• 2014 Jimmy Page book event, Los Angeles at Barnes and Noble 
• 2015 Led Zeppelin - Classic Rock Reissue of the Year award

1966:

The filming that took place in October was scheduled to be aired on the Milton Berle Show on this day actually was telecast on 02 December.

1969/1997:

The Girl I Love was recorded in 1969 but was released on the BBC sessions and as a single in 1997. Compare Jimmy Page's guitar riff for this song with Moby Dick.

1971 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin - Newcastle upon Tyne, England at Newcastle City Hall

2014 Jimmy Page & Terry Reid at book event, Los Angeles (Ross Halfin photo)

2014:
Terry Reid, the vocalist who turned down the Led Zeppelin offer, came to Jimmy Page's book event in Los Angeles. How different things could have turned out.

2015:
Photos & video from the Classic Rock Awards.  Jimmy Page accepted the Reissue of the Year award for Led Zeppelin.

Ten more years to go.  I mean days.

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♪  Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (Yardbirds - lipsynched - for Milton Berle Show 1966)YouTube
♪  The Girl I Love (Led Zeppelin, BBC Sessions) YouTube
♪  Moby Dick (Led Zeppelin II 1969) YouTube
♪  Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin, Newcastle 1971) YouTube
♪  Going to California / That's the Way (Led Zeppelin, BBC Sessions released 1997) YouTube

On This Day10 November

Everybody wants to talk to Jimmy Page

1994 10 November On This Day, Page & Plant on Asahi TV
♪ Stairway to Heaven

• 1966 The Yardbirds - St. Louis, MO at  Kiel Auditorium
• 1967 The Yarbirds - Vancouver, Canada at PNE Garden Amphitheater
• 1994 Page & Plant Unledded – Tokyo at Asahi TV
• 1998 Page & Plant – Paris at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
• 2014 Jimmy Page & Brian May, NME interview 

1994 Jimmy Page, Asahi TV interview

1994 Robert Plant & Jimmy Page, Four Seasons Hotel, Tokyo, Japan (Credit: Gutchie Kojima)

2014 10 November Jimmy Page, NME interview

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♫  Asahi TV Interview plus Stairway to Heaven (Page & Plant, 1994) YouTube
♫  NME interview (Jimmy Page & Brian May, 2014) YouTube

On This Day 09 November

Life imitates art

1986 09 November On This Day Jimmy Page with Brian May, Bad News, Iron Maiden  - NSPCC Charity Event,  London at Hammersmith Odeon

• 1966 The Yardbirds - Terre Haute, IN at Indiana State University
• 1968 Led Zeppelin - London at The Roundhouse
• 1986 Jimmy Page with Brian May, Bad News, Iron Maiden  - NSPCC Charity Event,  London at Hammersmith Odeon 
• 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - Pittsburgh, PA at Syria Mosque
• 1998 Page & Plant - Rennes, France at Le Liberte Arena 

1986:

Bad News was one of the bands that performed at the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) charity concert on this day. A spoof heavy metal band created for the British TV series, 

The Comic Strip Presents.... its members were four professional comedians, Adrian Edmonson, Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall and Peter Richardson who performed as: Vim Fuego aka Alan Metcalfe (vocals and lead guitar); Den Dennis (rhythm guitar); Colin Grigson (bass); and Spider Webb (drums).

The actors performed their own music and "Bad News" put out several albums, most of which were co-produced by Brian May. Their first album, Bad News, included a cover of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.

Note: Images in the video below are not from the NSPCC concert although the audio is.

Vim Fuego: I could play "Stairway To Heaven" when I was 12. Jimmy Page didn't actually write it until he was 22. I think that says quite a lot.

1986 Guitar Duel - "Vim Fuego", Brian May, Jimmy Page

1986 Jimmy Page & Brian May with Iron Maiden & Bad News

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♪ Guitar Duel (Jimmy Page, Brian May, Vim Fuego, 1986) YouTube

On This Day 08 November

It's been a long time, been a long time,
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time.

... But it's coming.  I know it is.

1994 08 November On This Day Page & Plant on Jools Holland

• 1966 The Yardbirds Dick Clark Caravan of Stars tour - Davenport, IA at RKO Orpheum Theatre  
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - San Francisco, CA at Winterland Ballroom (day 3)
• 1971 Led Zeppelin - Untitled (IV) Album released
• 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - Largo, MD at Capital Centre
• 1994 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Later with Jools Holland, London, England at Rutland Studios 

1971 Led Zeppelin IV released

1971:

• Black Dog
• Rock And Roll
• The Battle Of Evermore
• Stairway To Heaven
• Misty Mountain Hop
• Four Sticks
• Going To California
• When The Levee Breaks

1994:

• Gallows Pole
• Wonderful One
• Four Sticks

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♪  When the Levee Breaks (Led Zeppelin, 1971) YouTube
♪  Gallows Pole (Page & Plant, Jools Holland 1994) YouTube
♫  5 Things We Learned (Rolling Stone, on Jimmy Page SiriusXM's 'Town Hall' 07 November 2014) 

On This Day 07 November

Just add one part Jimmy to any recipe to save the dish

2001 07 November On This Day, Jimmy Page with Durst & Scantlin at MTV Awards, Germany

• 1966 The Yardbirds Dick Clark Caravan of Stars tour - Chanute, KS at Chanute Auditorium 
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - San Francisco, CA at Winterland Ballroom (day 2)
• 1969 Whole Lotta Love/Living Loving Maid released as single
• 2001 Jimmy Page with Fred Durst & Wes Scantlin - MTV Europe Music Awards, Frankfurt, Germany at Festhalle 

Jimmy Page, Thank You

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♪  Full set (Led Zeppelin, Winterland 07 November 1969) YouTube
♪  Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin, Rough Mix With Vocal 1969/2014) YouTube
♪  Thank You (Jimmy Page with Durst & Scanlin, Frankfurt MTV Awards 2001) YouTube

On This Day 06 November

Don't go - I can't quit you!

1964  06 November - Baby Please Don't Go released

• 1964 Baby Please Don't Go, by Them with Van Morrison feat. Jimmy Page  released
• 1966 The Yardbirds - Bartlesville, OK at Bartlesville Civic Center
• 1966 The Yardbirds - Tulsa, OK at Tulsa Assembly Center Arena
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - San Francisco, CA at Winterland Ballroom (day 1 of 3)
• 1998 Page & Plant -  London, England at Wembley Arena 

1964:

The band Them was a Northern Irish group formed in 1964 with founding member, Van Morrison.  They released a number of songs you've no doubt rocked to over the years, including Gloria and Here Comes the Night.

1969 06 November Led Zeppelin at Winterland

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♪  Baby Please Don't Go (Them with Van Morrison, feat. Jimmy Page guitar 1964) YouTube
♪  I Can't Quit You (Led Zeppelin, Winterland 06 November 1969) YouTube

On This Day 05 November

I burn for the new music

1965 05 November On This Day Les Fleur de Lys release Moondreams, produced by Jimmy Page

• 1966 The Yardbirds Dick Clark Caravan of Stars tour - Kansas City at Memorial Hall
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Kansas City at Kansas City Memorial Hall
• 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - Troy, NY at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 
• 1998 Page & Plant - London, England at Wembley Arena
• 2007 Jimmy Page receives "Living Legend" honor at third annual Classic Rock Roll of Fame, London
• 2011 Jimmy Page with Roy Harper at Harper's 70th birthday concert - London, England at Royal Festival Hall  

1605: 

Guy Fawkes was a conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot, a failed assassination attempt against King James meant to install the king's Catholic daughter, Elizabeth, on the throne.  Guy Fawkes was in charge of the explosives that would take out the House of Lords.  The plot failed when the conspirators were ratted out in an anonymous letter.  He and the others were condemned to be hanged, drawn and quartered, but Fawkes jumped off the scaffold and broke his neck to avoid the agony of the sentence.  The failed Gunpowder Ploth has been commemorated in Britain ever since then, with his effigy burned on a bonfire, usually accompanied by a firework display.

Guy Fawkes mask

The burning of effigies (models of humans) as protest or sacrifice to the gods has been around a long time. Druids' burning of Wicker Man was recorded by Julius Caesar, and today, besides Guy Fawkes, we have the Burning Man Festival in Nevada, Zozobra in Santa Fe, the burning of the Hindu demon king Ravana in India, and others.

2007: 

On this day Jimmy Page received a "Living Legend" honor at third annual Classic Rock Roll of Fame, London

2007 Jimmy Page Classic Rock Roll of Fame, London

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♪  Moonbeams (Les Fleur de Lys, produced by Jimmy Page 1965) YouTube
♪  Full set (Led Zeppelin, Kansas City 1969) YouTube
♪  This Same Old Rock (Jimmy Page with Roy Harper, London 2011) YouTube