Saturday, August 26, 2023

On this day 26 August

 Musical mischief

1994 26 August On This Day Final recording session for Unledded Project for MTV

  • 1966 The Yardbirds - San Leandro, CA at Rollarena
  • 1967 The Yardbirds - Huntsville, Ontario, Canada at Hidden Valley Ski Resort
  • 1970 Led Zeppelin - Cleveland, OH at Cleveland Public Auditorium
  • 1971 Led Zeppelin - Houston, TX at Sam Houston Coliseum
  • 1994 Page & Plant - Unledded -  London, England at London Studios, Studio 2
  • 1998 Page & Plant - Dublin, Ireland at The Point Theatre
1994:
And then it was done. The practicing, the recording and filming outdoors in Wales and Morocco, and indoors with orchestras in front of an audience at the London Television Centre, was completed for the MTV Unledded telecast. The notion of "unplugged" had been given up in favor of "Unledded" and all that the name implied. 

And it was good.


1994 Jimmy Page, London, Final recording session for Unledded Project 

1994 Jimmy Page, London, Final recording session for Unledded Project 

1994 Jimmy Page, London, Final recording session for Unledded Project 

1994 Jimmy Page, London, Final recording session for Unledded Project,
 Ovation double neck guitar

1994 Jimmy Page, London, Final recording session for Unledded Project
Hand crafted tripleneck made by Andy Manson for Jimmy Page:
bottom neck standard six-string guitar,
middle neck twelve-string guitar,
top neck eight-string mandolin

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♪  I can't seem to come up with any shows to share with you for 26 August. Sorry!



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Friday, August 25, 2023

On this day 25 August

  was going to let my ghostwriter take over today so I could take a break, but oops - I don't have a ghostwriter.  So I'm taking a break anyway.  Today we have just a few photos and a playlist with a few songs related to nothing in particular, because why not.


1970 25 August On This Day Led Zeppelin, Nashville, TN at Nashville Municipal Auditorium
♪  Noshville Katz - parody of Nashville Cats (Lovin' Cohens) YouTube

  • 1966 The Yardbirds - San Francisco, CA at Carousel Ballroom
  • 1967 The Yardbirds - New York, NY at Village Theater
  • 1970 Led Zeppelin - Nashville, TN at Nashville Municipal Auditorium
  • 1994 Page & Plant Unledded Project - London, England at London Studios (recording and filming without orchestras in front of a select audience)

1970:
Terry Manning (then recording engineer, along with Andy Johns) delivered the Led Zeppelin III masters to Peter Grant while the band was in Nashville. The first pressings of the album included the phrases "So mote be it" and "Do what thou wilt" inscribed on the lacquer by Manning.



1967 The Yardbirds - New York, NY at Village Theater

1970 Nashville show promo

1994 Unledded - Robert Plant, Jimmy Page


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Thursday, August 24, 2023

On this day 24 August

 Whole lotta international love

2008 24 August Jimmy Page with Leona Lewis - Beijing, China Summer Olympics closing ceremony

  • 1967 The Yardbirds - Nantasket Beach Hull, MA at The Surf Club
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Jacksonville, FL at Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
  • 1971 Led Zeppelin - Dallas, TX at Dallas Memorial Coliseum
  • 1994 Page & Plant – London, England at London Television Centre for band rehearsals with cameras in studio
  • 2008 Jimmy Page with Leona Lewis - Beijing, China Summer Olympics closing ceremony 

Whole lotta history
Led Zeppelin began using Whole Lotta Love in their setlists before the official release of the song on their second album, Led Zeppelin II in October 1969. It was performed by Led Zeppelin 199 times, plus once more at the O2 in 2007 for an even 200. It's no surprise: The magick had been brewing in Jimmy Page's head before the members of Led Zeppelin stepped on the stage together for the first time.
I came up with the guitar riff for “Whole Lotta Love” in the summer of ’68, on my houseboat along the Thames in Pangbourne, England. I suppose my early love for big intros by rockabilly guitarists was an inspiration, but as soon as I developed the riff, I knew it was strong enough to drive the entire song, not just open it. When I played the riff for the band in my living room several weeks later during rehearsals for our first album, the excitement was immediate and collective. We felt the riff was addictive, like a forbidden thing.
~ Jimmy Page, interview by Mark Myers for The Wall Street Journal, May 29, 2014
Like Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love was the subject of a lawsuit for music theft from Willie Dixon. The claim lies in the lyrics, though, not the guitar riffs. The lawsuit was settled out of court in 1985.
“Page’s riff was Page’s riff. It was there before anything else. I just thought, ‘well, what am I going to sing?’ That was it, a nick. Now happily paid for. At the time, there was a lot of conversation about what to do. It was decided that it was so far away in time and influence that… well, you only get caught when you’re successful. That’s the game.”
~ Robert Plant, as quoted by Charles M. Young,  "Robert Plant's manic persona". Musician (Amordian Press) 1990
At the 2008 Olympic performance, lyrics were changed from "every inch of my love" to "every bit of my love," which makes sense for a female singer and a mixed audience venue, even if the new words don't quite measure up to the power of the song.  

2008 Jimmy Page - Beijing, China Summer Olympics closing ceremony

2008 Jimmy Page with Leona Lewis - Beijing, China Summer Olympics closing ceremony

2008 David Beckham, Leona Lewis and Jimmy Page - Beijing, China Summer Olympics
♫  Olympic breakfast interview (Jimmy Page with Leona Lewis, Beijing Olympics 2008) YouTube

2008 Jimmy Page  - Beijing, China Summer Olympics (Ross Halfin Photo


♪  Whole Lotta Love over the years  ♪

♪ Whole Lotta Love (Jimmy Page with Leona Lewis, Beijing Olympics 2008) YouTube
♪ Whole Lotta Love / Rough Mix With Vocal (Led Zeppelin, Official Music Video 2015 remaster) YouTube


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Wednesday, August 23, 2023

On this day 23 August

 All in a day's work

1966 23 August On This Day The Yardbirds - Avalon, CA at Catalina Casino Ballroom

  • 1966 The Yardbirds - Avalon, CA at Catalina Casino Ballroom
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Dania, Fl at Pirates' World
  • 1970 Led Zeppelin – San Antonio, TX at HemisFair Arena
  • 1971 Led Zeppelin - Fort Worth, TX at Tarrant County Convention Center 
  • 1994 Page & Plant – London, England at London Television Centre for band rehearsals with cameras in studio
  • 1998 Page & Plant -  Cologne, Germany- Bizarre Festival
  • 2004 Jimmy Page handprints on London Walk of Fame
  • 2008 Jimmy Page with Leona Lewis - Beijing, China National Stadium, Olympic rehearsal
Jimmy Page's experience as a session man made him ready and able to perform under all kinds of circumstances: using borrowed equipment, dodging firecrackers, playing on a rotating stage or one that was being demolished by fans or while standing on a rising industrial scissors lift. Somehow I doubt he gave much thought to these sorts of things when he first laid hands on a guitar.


1966 Yardbirds at Catalena (Chuck Boyd photo)

1966 Jimmy Page/Yardbirds at Catalena (Chuck Boyd photo)

1966 Jimmy Page/Yardbirds at Catalena (Chuck Boyd photo)

1966 Jimmy Page/Yardbirds at Catalena (Chuck Boyd photo)








2008 Jimmy Page at Beijing Olympics rehearsal (Ross Halfin photo)





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♪  Led Zeppelin (Fort Worth TX at Tarrant County Convention Center, 23 August 1971) 
♪  Page & Plant (Cologne/Koln Germany at Bizarre Festival , 23 August 1998) 

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023

On this day 22 August

 Aargh me proud beauty!

1969 22 August On This Day Led Zeppelin - Dania, FL at Pirates' World
♪ Keep a Knocking (Little Richard) Soundcloud

  • 1966 The Yardbirds - Malibu, CA - Dick Clark's TV Show Where The Action Is
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Dania, FL at Pirates' World
  • 1970 Led Zeppelin - Fort Worth, TX at Tarrant County Arena
  • 1971 Led Zeppelin - Inglewood, CA at The Forum
  • 1994 Page & Plant Unledded project - at London Studios setting up studio shoot and also orchestra rehearsals




1971 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin - LA Forum (photo H Mylett collection)

2014 12 November, Jimmy Page/Chris Cornell interview (Jill Jarrett photo)
Wasn't on this day, but I like the photo

♪  8mm audience film (Led Zeppelin, LA Forum 1971) 
♪ Led Zeppelin (Inglewood CA at The Forum, 22 August 1971)



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Monday, August 21, 2023

On this day 21 August

Still standing ovations, after all these years.
1971 21 August On This Day Led Zeppelin at LA Forum

  • 1966 The Yardbirds - Tucson, AZ at Thrift City
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Framingham, MA at Carousel Theatre
  • 1970 Led Zeppelin - Tulsa, OK at Tulsa Assembly Center Arena
  • 1971 Led Zeppelin - Inglewood, CA at The Forum
  • 1998 Page & Plant - Vaduz, Liechtenstein at Little Big One Festival

1969 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin - Framingham, MA

1970 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin - Tulsa, OK
1971 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin - Inglewood, CA at The Forum



1971:
Eddie Cochran (1938 - 1960) was an American musician who earned a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. His rockabilly songs were covered by many later artists, including Led Zeppelin. Cochran experimented with multitrack recording and overdubbing, and is credited as one of the first to use an unwound third string in order to "bend" notes up a whole tone.

Eddie Cochran was killed, while on tour in the UK, in a single vehicle crash when he was only 21 years old. During the time that the taxi and its contents were at the local police station a police cadet taught himself to play guitar on Cochran's impounded Gretsch.


2015 Press release for  Proud Gallery's Led Zeppelin Exhibit
1993 Jimmy Page with Gretsch White Falcon guitar (Ross Halfin photo)



♪  Led Zeppelin (Tulsa OK at Tulsa Assembly Center Arena, 21 August 1970) 
♪  Led Zeppelin (Inglewood CA at LA Forum, 21 August 1971) 
♪  Weekend (Eddie Cochran, 1959) YouTube
♪  Weekend (Led Zeppelin, LA Forum 1971) YouTube
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Sunday, August 20, 2023

On this day 20 August

 Happy birthday, Robert Plant.  And happy day, Jimmy Page.

1948 20 August On This Day Robert Plant was born
♪ Happy birthday!

1990 20 August On This Day Jimmy Page with Aerosmith at Marquee Club

  • 1966 The Yardbirds - Oklahoma City, OK at Wedgewood Amusement Park
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Schenectady, NY at Schenectady Aerodrome
  • 1970 Led Zeppelin - Oklahoma City, OK at Oklahoma State Fair Arena
  • 1971 Led Zeppelin - Seattle, WA at Seattle Center Coliseum (unconfirmed)
  • 1990 Jimmy Page with Aerosmith - London, England at Marquee Club 



1990:
Train Kept A-Rollin' has been around a while. It was first recorded in 1951 by Tiny Bradshaw as a jump blues song (up-tempo blues that became popular in the 1940s, the precursor to rhythm and blues and rock and roll). The Johnny Burnette Trio added a repeating three-note minor key guitar line with intentionally distorted guitar (achieved by loosening a tube in the guitar amp), leading the way for The Yardbirds in 1965.

With The Yardbirds the song became Stroll On, as seen in the movie Blowup, with Jimmy Page on bass. He took the song with him to Led Zeppelin, reverting to the song's original name and, of course, to the guitar. When the four who were to become Led Zeppelin rehearsed together for the first time in 1968, the first song they took on was Train Kept A Rollin'.  

John Paul Jones:  
"...we did 'Train'... It was there immediately. It was so powerful that I don't remember what we played after that. For me it was just like, 'Crikey!' I mean, I'd had moments of elation with groups before, but nothing as intense as that. It was like a thunderbolt, a lightning flash – boosh! Everyone sort of went 'Wow'."
~ Mick Wall, When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin 2009
Aerosmith adopted Train Kept A Rollin' early on for their own set lists, recording it for their second album, Get Your Wings (1974, remastered 1993).


1990 Jimmy Page with Aerosmith at Marquee Club

1990 Jimmy Page with Aerosmith at Marquee Club
 Happy Birthday Robert Plant
10 Best Robert Plant Songs (post-Led Zeppelin), by Matthew Wilkening

Happy birthday, Robert Plant!

Jimmy and Robert


♪ Train Kept A Rollin' (Johnny Burnette Trio 1956) YouTube

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