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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

On This Day 01 December

I have a very live wish. I've surely wished it 2 million times. You know what it is.

2011 01 December On This Day Death Wish II soundtrack collectors edition released
(2011 post)

1972 Led Zeppelin - Newcastle Upon Tyne, England at Newcastle City Hall
1983 Jimmy Page - ARMS Charity Concert Tour, Daly City, CA at Cow Palace
1984 Jimmy Page with The Firm - Lund, Sweden at Olympen
1998 Page & Plant - Gent, Belgium at Gent Exhibition Hall

1972 01 December Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Newcastle

1983
This was the first of three nights for the ARMS US Tour at the Cow Palace. The ARMS US Tour setlist was heavily weighed towards Jimmy Page's music.

1. Prelude
2. Who's To Blame
3. City Sirens
4. Boogie Mama
5. Bird On A Wing (a.k.a. Midnight Moonlight)
6. Stairway To Heaven
7. Layla
8. With A Little Help From My Friends
9. Goodnight Irene

1983 Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers, ARMS at Cow Palace

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♪ Prelude (Jimmy Page, Death Wish II 1982) YouTube
♪ Who's To Blame (Jimmy Page, Death Wish II 1982) YouTube
♪ Closer (Jimmy Page with The Firm, Lund Sweden 1984) YouTube
♪ Full set (Page & Plant, Gent 1998) YouTube

Monday, November 30, 2015

On This Day 30 November

Boys just gotta have fun

1996 30 November On This Day Page & Plant at Channel V Music Awards, Mumbai, India

1971 Led Zeppelin - Manchester, England at King's Hall Belle Vue
1972 Led Zeppelin - Newcastle upon Tyne, England at Newcastle City Hall
1984 Jimmy Page with The Firm - Copenhagen, Denmark at Falkoner Theatre
1996 Page & Plant - Channel V Music Awards, Mumbai, India

1996

I don't generally bother providing the text to the On This Day posts, even when they're cut off, but this one is a hoot and you should read it all.

"Robert Plant and I had been invited to accept an award from Channel V - India’s premier music channel - and we had won an award for longevity.

"The highlight of the show were to be Los Del Rios, whose 'Macarena' song was a global hit at the time. Unfortunately at the last minute the duo pulled out of the trip as one of them had developed a sore throat; which was quite ironic considering they were going to mime. As it was, the chief dancer and choreographer of their video was to perform the song on her own. I believe this was the first time Channel V was doing this on an international level and now they had a bit of problem. They approached us to do something and of course we didn’t have any instruments and hadn’t rehearsed. It was suggested that we could mime Rock’n’Roll with Roger Taylor from Queen on drums (who was there to accept an award on behalf of Freddie Mercury) and a bass player from Goa.

"We agreed to it and did a quick rehearsal, I felt sorry for Channel V that they’d been let down by the Macarena boys. During the rehearsals the Goan bass player was well behaved but when it came to the show he suddenly developed a dose of Saint Vitus Dance and transformed into Billy Whiz crossed with the Flash. He couldn’t stop moving throughout the song and made it even more of a pantomime than it already was. But hey we did it and it was real good to be part of this special award show which is still being aired today"

1996 14 December Billboard review of Channel V awards

2012 Jimmy Page pushing his own luggage cart at the airport in Washington DC

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♪ Full set (Led Zeppelin, Newcastle 1972)
♪ Channel V awards at the Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai, India. YouTube
(scroll to 4:09)

On This Day links not provided: Macarena (Los Del Rios) and Muppets Led Zeppelin performing Rock and Roll.

Sunday, November 29, 2015

On This Day 29 November

So much closer, yet still so far away.

1984 29 November On This Day Jimmy Page with The Firm in Stockholm

1968 Led Zeppelin - Richmond, England at The Crawdaddy Club
1971 Led Zeppelin - Liverpool, England at Liverpool Stadium
1983 Jimmy Page - ARMS Charity Concert, Dallas, TX at Reunion Arena
1984 Jimmy Page with The Firm - Stockholm, Sweden at Göta Lejon
1998 Page & Plant - Lyon, France at Halle Tony Garnier

1971 Led Zeppelin, Liverpool

1983 Jimmy Page, Arms, Dallas (day 2)

1983 Joe Cocker, Jimmy Page, Arms, Dallas

1984
The Göta Lejon Theater in Stockholm, Sweden is a small but venerable venue that has hosted AC/DC, Def Leppard, Metallica, Bon Jovi, Motörhead, and R.E.M. among others. The Firm played there in 1984, not 1985 as stated on Jimmy Page's website.

1984 Jimmy Page with The Firm, Stockholm

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♪ Closer (Jimmy Page with The Firm, Rehearsal) Soundcloud
♪ Baby I’m Gonna Leave You (Page & Plant, Lyon 1998) YouTube

Saturday, November 28, 2015

On This Day 28 November

Armed with a guitar at ARMS

1983 28 November On This Day Jimmy Page ARMS at Dallas
Layla (1983 ARMS MSG) Soundcloud

1983 Jimmy Page - ARMS Charity Concert Dallas, TX at Reunion Arena
1998 Page & Plant - Toulon, France at Zenith Omega
2009 Jimmy Page – Brazil, Casa Jimmy fundraiser

1983 Jimmy Page/ARMS at Dallas

1983 Jimmy Page & Paul Rodgers, ARMS at Dallas

1983 Jimmy Page ARMS

2009
On This Day Jimmy Page was at a fundraiser for Casa Jimmy. Read about it in Dave Lewis' Tight But Loose website.

2009 Pepeu Gomes, Jimmy Page, George Israel

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♪ Layla (12/83 ARMS Concert M.S.G.,NYC) YouTube
♪ Baby I’m Gonna Leave You (Page & Plant, Toulon 1998) YouTube
♫ Jimmy Page in Rio 28th Nov 2009, Casa Jimmy (audio overdub of video image) YouTube

Friday, November 27, 2015

On This Day 27 November

What a riot.

1961 27 November On This Day Jimmy Page with Neil Christian and the Crusaders at Holloway Prison
Audio: Hall of the Mountain King (SoundCloud)

1961 Neil Christian and the Crusaders - London at Holloway Women's Prison
1966 The Yardbirds - Hunting, WV at Cabell County Memorial Field House

1961

Jimmy Page's website posted more about Neil Christian and the Crusaders on 04 June.

1961 27 November On This Day text

1961 Jimmy Page with Neil Christian and the Crusaders

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♪ Prison Blues (Jimmy Page, Outrider 1988) YouTube
♪ Absolution Blues (Jimmy Page, Coverdale/Page 1993)YouTube

Thursday, November 26, 2015

On This Day 26 November

Here in the US it's a day of thanksgiving. I thank you, Jimmy Page, for the music you have given the world.

1965 & 2013 26 November On This Day Jimmy Page watched Bob Dylan at the Albert Hall,
with poet Scarlett Sabet in 2013 (posted on this day in 2014, 2015)