Saturday, November 11, 2023

On this day 11 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 to Moby Dick.

1971 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin - Newcastle upon Tyne, England at Newcastle City Hall
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 would have turned out. Not necessarily better, just different.
2014 Jimmy Page & Terry Reid at book event, Los Angeles (Ross Halfin photo)


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



2016
Classic Rock Awards Tokyo











♪  Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (Yardbirds - lipsynched - for Milton Berle Show 1966) 
♪  The Girl I Love (Led Zeppelin, BBC Sessions)  
♪  Moby Dick (Led Zeppelin How the West Was Won 1972) 
♪  Led Zeppelin (Newcastle at Newcastle City Hall, 11 November 1971) 
♪  Jimmy Page Outrider (Portland ME at Cumberland Civic Center, 11 November 1988)


Friday, November 10, 2023

On this day 10 November

 Everybody wants to talk to Jimmy Page







  • 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







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



Tuesday, November 7, 2023

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 

2001
Sorry, but even Jimmy Page couldn't repair what the Durst/Scantlin combo inflicted on Thank You.
Jimmy Page, Thank You



2014

07 November 2014



2016
Jimmy Page was in Tokyo with Ross Halfin for the Classic Rock Awards in November 2016. He often visits Lighthouse Records while in Japan, and this visit he discovered a CD of the Coverdale/Page show if 20 December 1993 and hung around watching it. 













♪  Led Zeppelin (San Francisco CA at Winterland Ballroom, 07 November 1969) 
♪  Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin, Rough Mix With Vocal 1969/2014) 
♪  Thank You (Jimmy Page with Durst & Scanlin, Frankfurt MTV Awards 2001) 

Monday, November 6, 2023

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
Jimmy Page..."understands the role of accompanist  (to vocalist or instrumentalist) and yet can turn on a tough, biting solo in old style blues or electronic head music with no apparent change of pace." [P.Elwood/Examiner/Nov. 1969]

A double encore at the Winterland Ballroom: Eddie Cochran's C'mon Everybody and Something Else.

1969 Winterland



1998
The second song of the first of Page & Plant's two encores was Ramble On, which Led Zeppelin had never played live in its entirety.

1998





♪  Baby Please Don't Go (Them with Van Morrison, feat. Jimmy Page guitar 1964) 
♪  Led Zeppelin (San Francisco at Winterland,Ballroom 06 November 1969) 
♪  Page & Plant (London, England at Wembley Arena day 2, 06 November 1998)