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Saturday, October 1, 2016
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Naysayers and doubters
"But he promised new music!" (...in the voice of a tired two year old).
And, just like with a whining two year old, what I want to do is smack the naysayers and doubters and lock them in their bedroom (now you know why I don't have kids).
It's not because I don't lust for new music, too -- trust me, I'd be flipping out if I could pre-order any new work by Jimmy Page, even if I had to take out a loan to afford it. No, I have this reaction for the same reason I want to slap kids aside the head when I hear things like "Are we there yet?", "I'm hungry", "I have to go" when on a road trip.
We are not there yet. Okay? Look out the window, stupid, do you see that we are there yet? No, we are not, so shut up already.
I don't care how long it's been since Jimmy Page put out new music.
I don't care how many times he's said he wants to be seen playing in six months, next year, whatever.
I don't care if he makes promises he doesn't keep -- for whatever reason.
So, please, I'm begging you. PLEASE stop being a two-year-old. Shut up already about your disappointment because so what. I'm disappointed, too.
But I tell you what: If/when we do get new music from Jimmy Page, I'm so getting revenge. I'm going to turn around in the driver's seat, shove my face up against your two-year-old mentality and yell as loud as I can: I told you so, you little doubter, you!
Not that it'll matter. You'll find something else to whine about.
1967
Thursday, September 1, 2016
On This Day Index for September
Sunday, July 31, 2016
On This Day Index for August
Index for Mage Music's archive of Jimmy Page's On This Day for August
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| Obsession. Mage Music 2015 |
Sunday, July 24, 2016
On This Day 24 July
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| 2016 24 July On This Day Thank You from Jimmy Page |
- 1967 The Yardbirds - Little Games album released
- 1969 Led Zeppelin receives first Gold Record Award
- 1973 Led Zeppelin - Pittsburgh,PA at Three Rivers Stadium
- 1977 Led Zeppelin - Oakland,CA at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (day 2)
- 1979 Led Zeppelin - Copenhagen Denmark at Falkoner Theatre
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| 1967 24 July The Yardbirds' Little Games album released ♪ No Excess Baggage Demo (Yardbirds 1967) Soundcloud |
1969:
As Jimmy Page has said in interviews, Led Zeppelin, the original album is in a way his favorite because it is the one that started it all. Although it took just 36 hours' studio time (over the course of a few weeks) it was nevertheless a long time coming. Jimmy Page knew the sound he wanted, he knew where he wanted to go with the music, and he simply made it happen when the time was ripe.
1977:
The belly dancer. This was the last concert before the sudden death of Robert Plant's son, Karac. Led Zeppelin would never again perform in the United States.
"I wanted artistic control in a vice grip, because I knew exactly what I wanted to do with these fellows. In fact, I financed and completely recorded the first album before going to Atlantic... It wasn't your typical story where you get an advance to make an album—we arrived at Atlantic with tapes in hand... Atlantic's reaction was very positive – I mean they signed us, didn't they?"
~ Jimmy Page, Guitar World interview 1993
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| 1969 Led Zeppelin receives first Gold Record Award |
The belly dancer. This was the last concert before the sudden death of Robert Plant's son, Karac. Led Zeppelin would never again perform in the United States.
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| 1977 24 July SHOWCO working on Led Zeppelin stage set for the band's last US performance |
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| 1977 24 July - the belly dancer |
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| 1977 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin Oakland California |
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| 1977 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin Oakland California |
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| 1977 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin Oakland California |
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| 1977 Oakland Coliseum during Led Zeppelin concert |
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| 2005 24 July Riffathon charity event |
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| 2014 24 July Jimmy Page merchandise available on his website |
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♪ White Summer (JimmyPage/Yardbirds 1967) YouTube
♪ Live in Pittsburgh 8MM footage (Led Zeppelin, Pittsburgh 1973) YouTube
♪ White Summer (Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions 1969) YouTube
♪ Live in Pittsburgh 8MM footage (Led Zeppelin, Pittsburgh 1973) YouTube
♪ White Summer (Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions 1969) YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube
♪ Page & Plant playlist at YouTube
Friday, July 22, 2016
The Complete BBC Sessions
INTRODUCING LED ZEPPELIN - THE COMPLETE BBC SESSIONS
Remastering Supervised By Jimmy Page With Previously Unreleased Recordings
CD, Vinyl, And Digital Formats, Including Super Deluxe Boxed Set, Available September 16
Nearly 20 years ago, Led Zeppelin introduced BBC SESSIONS, an acclaimed two-disc set of live recordings selected from the band's appearances on BBC radio between 1969 and 1971. On September 16th, the band will unveil THE COMPLETE BBC SESSIONS, an updated version of the collection that's been newly remastered with supervision by Jimmy Page and expanded with eight unreleased BBC recordings, including three rescued from a previously "lost" session from 1969.
BBC SESSIONS was originally released in 1997 and has been certified double platinum by the RIAA. THE COMPLETE BBC SESSIONS builds on that collection with a third disc that boasts eight unreleased performances. In addition, the set includes extensive session-by-session liner notes written by Dave Lewis. For the first time ever, it provides accurate details and notes about all of the band's BBC sessions.
Musical highlights on this new collection include the debut of a long-lost radio session that has achieved near-mythic status among fans. Originally broadcast in April 1969, the session included three songs: "I Can't Quit You Baby," "You Shook Me," and the only recorded performance of "Sunshine Woman." Also included are two unreleased versions of both "Communication Breakdown" and "What Is And What Should Never Be."
THE COMPLETE BBC SESSIONS will be available in the following formats:
• Deluxe Edition (3CD)
Remastered original album plus a third disc of unreleased audio.
• Deluxe Edition Vinyl (5LP)
Remastered original album, plus a fifth LP of unreleased audio, on 180-gram vinyl
• Digital Download
Remastered album and unreleased audio will both be available.
• Super Deluxe Boxed Set (3CD/5LP)
- Remastered album, 2 CDs, each in a replica sleeve.
- Unreleased audio on CD in a separate card sleeve.
- Remastered album on 180-gram vinyl.
- Unreleased audio on 180-gram vinyl.
- High-def audio download card of all content at 96kHz/24 bit.
- 44-page book filled with photos of the band, the recording locations, BBC memorabilia, and session information.
- High-quality print of the original album cover, the first 30,000 of which will be individually numbered.
Pre-order THE COMPLETE BBC SESSIONS here:
CD, Vinyl, And Digital Formats, Including Super Deluxe Boxed Set, Available September 16
Nearly 20 years ago, Led Zeppelin introduced BBC SESSIONS, an acclaimed two-disc set of live recordings selected from the band's appearances on BBC radio between 1969 and 1971. On September 16th, the band will unveil THE COMPLETE BBC SESSIONS, an updated version of the collection that's been newly remastered with supervision by Jimmy Page and expanded with eight unreleased BBC recordings, including three rescued from a previously "lost" session from 1969.
BBC SESSIONS was originally released in 1997 and has been certified double platinum by the RIAA. THE COMPLETE BBC SESSIONS builds on that collection with a third disc that boasts eight unreleased performances. In addition, the set includes extensive session-by-session liner notes written by Dave Lewis. For the first time ever, it provides accurate details and notes about all of the band's BBC sessions.
Musical highlights on this new collection include the debut of a long-lost radio session that has achieved near-mythic status among fans. Originally broadcast in April 1969, the session included three songs: "I Can't Quit You Baby," "You Shook Me," and the only recorded performance of "Sunshine Woman." Also included are two unreleased versions of both "Communication Breakdown" and "What Is And What Should Never Be."
THE COMPLETE BBC SESSIONS will be available in the following formats:
• Deluxe Edition (3CD)
Remastered original album plus a third disc of unreleased audio.
• Deluxe Edition Vinyl (5LP)
Remastered original album, plus a fifth LP of unreleased audio, on 180-gram vinyl
• Digital Download
Remastered album and unreleased audio will both be available.
• Super Deluxe Boxed Set (3CD/5LP)
- Remastered album, 2 CDs, each in a replica sleeve.
- Unreleased audio on CD in a separate card sleeve.
- Remastered album on 180-gram vinyl.
- Unreleased audio on 180-gram vinyl.
- High-def audio download card of all content at 96kHz/24 bit.
- 44-page book filled with photos of the band, the recording locations, BBC memorabilia, and session information.
- High-quality print of the original album cover, the first 30,000 of which will be individually numbered.
Pre-order THE COMPLETE BBC SESSIONS here:
Friday, July 15, 2016
Armageddon
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| 1993 still from Pride and Joy video, Coverdale/Page |
Both Jimmy Page and David Coverdale were, by 1993, seasoned musicians and no longer in the flower of their youth. While some would say they were past their prime, when it comes to creativity there may never be a prime -- there may be just one masterpiece after another.
Make no mistake. Coverdale/Page is nothing but a masterpiece.
Jimmy Page and David Coverdale nail it. These two musicians have a nitty-gritty, tarnished depth to them that is different than Led Zeppelin, mostly because David Coverdale is not, in fact, Robert Plant.
Coverdale delivers something entirely new to the music: Life experience. In the years when Led Zeppelin was recording and touring, Page, Plant, Jones and Bonham simply weren't old enough to deliver the perspective that sheer number of years lived gives to the music. That's why the music of Led Zeppelin is, in a weird way, pure and sometimes even innocent.
The Coverdale and Page of 1993 can not pretend to innocence.
This is music of grown-ups who now look beyond their own needs and out to the world where there is so much suffering. This is the music of those who have known of sorrow and loss in their own lives. True, Robert Plant sang of the loss of his beloved son, Karac, and it stabbed us in the heart. But David Coverdale sings of of the pointless loss of beloved strangers, and it stabs us in the soul.
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