Monday, October 29, 2012
Jimmy Page NEWS: Remastering back catalog
Peter Mensch, the manager of LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page, told the U.K.'s Sunday Times that the legendary axeman is holed up in a west London studio "remastering every LED ZEPPELIN LP." More....
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Alchemy: Led Into Gold (Part 5) Jimmy Page in the 21st Century
…from a juggernaut to a dragonfly in a moment...
~ Roger Taylor (Queen) UK Hall of Fame Induction of Led Zeppelin
Mage Music 26
Jimmy Page has been criticized for appearing to back off from music after the turn of this century, particularly compared to Led Zeppelin band mate Robert Plant, who was putting out albums and touring. That appearance would, of course, only be true if Mr. Page was simply a rock guitarist - but of course he is so much more than that: Besides the private and personal inner world of Mage, beyond composer and performer of music that is his public face, Jimmy Page has also always been the complete artist. Arranger, producer, engineer, dreamer - Mr. Page’s vision encompasses a complete experience, whether it be song, show, album, band or career. Jimmy Page's interests are widespread, his passion is for perfection in all areas of his creations; given Mr. Page's well-known compulsion for perfection of detail, anything he produced would have to be hands-on, not just something he signed off on.Add ingredients and mix well
Jimmy Page continued to keep his performance skills - and his public presence - honed by appearances with other musicians from 2000 on, while simultaneously working on other projects that required his time and attention. He produced the Led Zeppelin DVD of 2003
(choice concert material from over the years) and also in 2003 How the West Was Won
(the "ideal" 1972 Led Zeppelin concert complied from the Los Angeles Forum and Long Beach Arena shows of that year). In 2007 Mothership
was released, as was the remastered Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same
. During this time Jimmy Page also continued his work on behalf of two Brazilian charities dedicated to the welfare of the poverty-stricken children of Brazil, and was involved with more events (including ceremonies in which he received and presented awards) outside of performing music than most people are aware of - all of which required, and benefited from, Jimmy Page’s personal touch.
Cook until done, serve when ready
It is instructive to note that Jimmy Page has always been committed to "everything in its own time - and only in its own time”. This may explain why, in January of 2010 when asked about a DVD of the show, Mr. Page said, "I can't give you an answer on that” - yet we now know that just a year later he was involved in production of the movie, surely a task that was not spur of the moment. It has been made quite clear in the 2012 press conferences that prefaced the Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day
movie release that Led Zeppelin would not be reuniting to tour as a band again. The full reasons for this will likely be revealed – if ever – well in the future, when the time is considered right and not a moment before. Meanwhile, Jimmy Page forged on with new projects, including the 2008 Beijing Olympics closing ceremony (Whole Lotta Love with Leona Lewis), the It Might Get Loud
documentary, a Genesis Publications limited-edition photo autobiography Jimmy Page by Jimmy Page, and a website at jimmypage.com, the latter two being fully controlled by Mr. Page, focused and concerned, as always, with the details.Soul food
Ironically, the more Jimmy Page has seemed to open up to the world, the more mysterious he has become. While it is true that he has made his work more accessible and available, and while he has been willing to talk more about the music in terms of how it was done, the life of Jimmy Page as expressed by Jimmy Page remains limited to his life as a musician. Brad Tolinski says in his just published book, Light and Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page
, that Mr. Page considers creating music to be a transcendental endeavor.We know this to be true by the music we hear; by his preference, however, the inner life of the Mage Musician may only be revealed through his work, not through words. In 2011, Mr. Page released a sweet but fleeting solo piece on his website, called Summer's Day. His comment about it was simply: "I had a day off."
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(Note: Led Zeppelin will be presented with an award for lifetime achievement in the performing arts on December 1, 2012. The 35th Kennedy Center Honors medals will be presented at a dinner at the State Department and will be followed the next day by a reception at the White House and a performance at the Kennedy Center. The event will be taped for a television broadcast on Dec. 26 at 9 p.m. on CBS. It is unknown at this time whether the Led Zeppelin/Jason Bonham band will perform.)
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YouTube Playlist - Alchemy: Led Into Gold (Part 5)
Individual songs
2001 Page & Fred Durst & Les Scantlin, Thank You (live) MTV Europe Video Music Awards
2001 Page & Plant, Baby Let's Play House (live) Montreux Jazz Festival
2002 Jimmy Page, Dazed and Confused (live) with Paul Weller band, Feb 09, 2002 Royal Albert Hall, Children's Cancer Trust benefit
2005 Jimmy Page, Whole Lotta Love (live) NY Stock Exchange
2006 Led Zeppelin UK Hall of Fame Induction by Roger Taylor of Queen (live)
2007 Led Zeppelin/Jason Bonham, Nobody's Fault But Mine (live) O2 Concert
2008 Jimmy Page, Kashmir (live) Kashmir chords
2008 Page, Jones & Foo Fighters, Rock and Roll (live) Wembley Stadium
2011 Jimmy Page & Donovan, Sunshine Superman (live) Royal Albert Hall
2011 Jimmy Page & Roy Harper, The Same Old Rock (live) Royal Festival Hall Onstage at 2:40
2011 Jimmy Page, Summer's Day (studio) unk - featured on JimmyPage.com 08/12/11
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Alchemy: Led Into Gold (Part 4) The 1990s
The colours, the textures, the tones; the blood, the flesh, the bones ...
~ Jimmy Page, jimmypage.com On This Day 14 October 1994
Mage Music 25
Alchemy is not an overnight-wonder kind of Magick. It is a process of methodical experimentation that takes time to not only perform – which is actually the last step in the process - but to think, design, experiment, analyze and rethink, and then reattempt the Work - repeating until the Magick has created the new reality. Alchemy is not a Magick for the weak-willed or undisciplined. It does not provide immediate gratification. It is unforgiving: Either it is performed perfectly or there is no Magick at all. “Almost” is not nearly enough for Alchemy.
Yoda: "Do or do not. There is no try."
Jimmy Page seemed to come out of the 1980s with a renewed enthusiasm for reincarnating himself. Mr. Page appeared onstage with numerous bands during that time, essentially auditioning while having a good time.
He was seeking a combination of musical components that would recreate or reinvent the Magick he had found so successfully with Led Zeppelin. The problem, of course, was that accomplished musicians of the caliber of Mr. Page would be already involved with established bands and not interested or able to experiment outside their comfort zones. These musical egos wouldn't want to have their own music challenged by proximity of a Master Mage who wasn't looking for musicians to musically follow or to be followed by, but to collaboratively engage in the a creative Magickal process that follows the Mage's vision.
He was seeking a combination of musical components that would recreate or reinvent the Magick he had found so successfully with Led Zeppelin. The problem, of course, was that accomplished musicians of the caliber of Mr. Page would be already involved with established bands and not interested or able to experiment outside their comfort zones. These musical egos wouldn't want to have their own music challenged by proximity of a Master Mage who wasn't looking for musicians to musically follow or to be followed by, but to collaboratively engage in the a creative Magickal process that follows the Mage's vision.
It takes 100% to be successful in Magick. Trying doesn't make it – doing is all that counts. Of course, Yoda knew that just any old action – the “do” part – doesn't raise a spaceship out of the swamp; it has to be the perfect action. And the only real way to learn the perfect action is by trying - experimenting, testing, over and over and over until the perfect action is discovered - and then there is no more “try”. Luke had already received training, he knew what to do. He’d fallen into try and Yoda knew that. Believe me; even Yoda didn't raise a spaceship the first time he made the attempt.
And Jimmy Page wouldn't find the perfect components for post-Zeppelin musical Magick right away, either.
You can never go back
In a 1993 MTV Most Wanted interview, Jimmy Page said of David Coverdale: "…within the creative side.... he's as passionate about the music as I am.” Coverdale had decided to retire, but the invitation to work with Jimmy Page was a rare opportunity not to be ignored and Coverdale tossed thoughts of retirement out the window.
In that same interview, Mr. Page admitted he had been totally uninspired prior to that point. The Whitesnake singer was a mature and accomplished musician whose abilities could help break Mr. Page out of his musical (and Magickal) stasis. Jimmy Page’s need was for artistic co-creators, strong musicians who would contribute to the music and thereby the Magickal process yet who would submit to the Mage’s Magickal vision. David Coverdale was not only available, but qualified.
“It was nice to present ideas - some pretty off the wall, chord sequences and things,” Jimmy Page said. “David would get an immediate grasp on them, and come in exactly with the right emotional factor, the right passionate factor.”
The subtext, given the post-Zep work Jimmy Page had done by that point with Robert Plant, was that the Page/Plant collaboration wasn't a viable solution. After David Coverdale took his musical rejuvenation back to Whitesnake, the disharmony of the musical goals of the two former band mates of Led Zeppelin became obvious. This is not surprising - Robert Plant had been going his own way musically for more than a decade. His voice and his musical vision had changed. Performing reworked versions of Zeppelin classics within Jimmy Page’s vision was no longer compelling to Mr. Plant - as the mid-1990s Page/Plant musical product clearly shows.
If nothing else demonstrates the impossibility of recreating successful alchemy with changed components, it is the music of Page and Plant in 1990 and in the subsequent No Quarter years. They couldn't go back. It couldn't be Led Zeppelin, and even if it was good music it wasn't Magickal. As Robert Plant put more of himself into the music, Jimmy Page increasingly seemed to fade. He seemed be in a holding pattern, an accompanist rather than a creator. By 1995 Kashmir had changed so much from the original vision that none of the Magick was left.
Change happens
Whether you want it to or not, nothing stays the same. The alchemist must make constant, if minute, changes in the process to account for every factor that is no longer the same as it was the last time the process was performed. The second round of Page/Plant collaboration that resulted in Walking Into Clarksdale revealed the beginnings of Jimmy Page’s finding his Magickal power again.
Sometimes, however, it pays to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Sometimes it takes radical change to forge ahead. Jimmy Page had the desire and the will to change and so rather stay with something good musically but not pushing the Magickal envelope enough, the quest continued.
Sometimes, however, it pays to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Sometimes it takes radical change to forge ahead. Jimmy Page had the desire and the will to change and so rather stay with something good musically but not pushing the Magickal envelope enough, the quest continued.
Although many fans decried the Page/Puff Daddy partnership, we know that Jimmy Page has been attracted to working with soundtracks in the past. And although the musical presence of Mr. Page in this version of Kashmir is not obvious, the chance to play with a visual component adds a new twist to the Work - there is a strange scent of Magick to it. Kashmir and Godzilla? Who could have imagined it, yet it seems to fit its purpose.
Ultimately, even when a Mage is in a place that feels wrong, with sufficient desire and intention he will return to what feels right if he will allow the Magick to lead him. Although Jimmy Page continued to experiment with new partnerships into the next decade, the most Magickally touched of the Work still rested in the Music Mage himself. Behold the Master performing Domino: Rhythm and the Magick through the voice of a guitar. The Force was with him.
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Led Into Gold (Part 5) Jimmy Page in the 2000s
The Chicken/Egg quandary (the neurophysics of music)
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YouTube Playlist - Alchemy: Led Into Gold (Part 4) Jimmy Page in the 1990s
Individual songs
1990 Page & Plant, Wearing & Tearing (live) Knebworth
1993 Page & Coverdale, Absolution Blues (studio) Album: Coverdale/Page
1994 Page & Plant, Kashmir (live) No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded with the London Metropolitan Orchestra & Hossam Ramzy Ensemble
1995 Page & Plant, Kashmir (live) Irvine Meadows, Irvine California, 3 October 1995
1995 Page & Plant, Thank You (live) Irvine Meadows, Irvine California, 3 October 1995
1996 Page & Plant, Thank You (live) Japan
1998 Page & Puff Daddy, Come With Me (Kashmir) Soundtrack, Godzilla
1998 Page & Plant, Whiskey From The Glass (studio) Album: Walking Into Clarksdale
1999 Page & The Black Crowes, What Is And What Should Never Be (live) US Tour
1999 Jimmy Page, Dazed and Confused (live) NetAid
1999 Jimmy Page, Domino (live) NetAid
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day & other news updates
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Monday, October 15, 2012
Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day news updates
Not much news at all now! This will probably be the last post until something actually *new* comes up to link to.
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Sunday, October 14, 2012
Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day news updates
News reports are slowing down now that the initial premiers are over - but we'll keep the updates coming for a while longer.
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Zeppelin concert film to land in Southland cinemas Wednesday Los Angeles Times Speaking to the news media this week in New York after a screening of a new Led Zeppelin concert film, guitarist Jimmy Page effectively quashed fans' hopes for additional shows, according to an item at Entertainment Weekly. "It's disappointing for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Day' YouTube ... 2012 by ABSOLUTERADIO. Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones talks to Absolute Radio reporter Lisa O'Sullivan at the London premiere of new concert film 'Celebration Day,' - out on October 17th - which documents their historic gig at the O2 Arena in 2007. See all stories on this topic » |
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Zeppelin Movie Premiere Red Carpet By Mary Americana songwriter Mary Gauthier found herself walking the red carpet in London for the premiere of the Led Zeppelin movie. Mary Gauthier |
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Zeppelin's Jimmy Page talks to Absolute Radio about 'Celebration
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Saturday, October 13, 2012
Alchemy: Led Into Gold (Part 3) Jimmy Page in the 1980s
The important parts of alchemy are invisible
Mage Music 24
Very little that anyone has or creates is original. Almost all "innovation" is built on the work of others, even when the work is the artist's own. Nevertheless, to take one step beyond, to go where no one has gone before, is by definition original - and few have ever knowingly taken such a step. Forging on, no matter how broad the shoulders of those whose work you have stood on, is hard work with no guides, few clues, and no guarantees of success.
Alchemy limits as well as enables
Contrary to popular belief, Magick doesn't actually require any specific rituals to work. Rituals simply provide focus and boundaries for the Mage. Whatever ritual works best for the Mage is the best ritual to use, although some ritual may call to or be easier to use than other ritual for any given Mage.
Alchemy however, as it is more like a science than an art, does require specific formulas to work - formulas that can be repeated by the alchemist or apprentices or, theoretically, anyone else with sufficient desire and will. In its fixed approach, alchemy both makes the search for the Philosopher's Stone both easier and extraordinarily limiting at the same time. Alchemy applied to music makes it difficult to create Magick outside of the established formulas and rituals.
The post-Zeppelin challenge
With Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page was more of an alchemist than pure Mage. He combined the unique ingredients of sound of his bandmates with his own musical abilities using formulas he had developed over time and rituals he invested tremendous desire and will in; the resulting alchemical mix infused the music with Magick.
On his own after Led Zeppelin, however, the framework and ritually harmonious input provided by the other musicians that had stood Jimmy Page so well was no longer there. In a new era of experimentation, in a renewed search for the musical Philosopher’s Stone, Mr. Page’s search for the unique ingredients of sound produced mixed results and his Magick could not be routinely evoked. The technique was still there, the music still as extraordinary as one had come to expect from a master musician, but the reliable formula was lost when the ritual circle was broken with John Bonham's death.
The songs in this week's playlist, chosen by Dave Lewis in his book, Led Zeppelin: A Celebration (Omnibus Press, 1991), are all from the 1980s and all represent a new epoch for Jimmy Page, a time when he was perhaps not quite as certain as he had been, when he was unable to wield his powers as Mage or musician as easily as he had.
The Death Wish II pieces pick up themes that Jimmy Page had explored 10 years before and carry them forward. The ARMS version of Stairway is an extraordinary demonstration of willingness to forge on, a statement that he could - and would - stand alone in his own powerful Magick. Midnight Moonlight and Radioactive push the musical envelope with eerie chords and soaring guitar sequences, and the use of tonal light and shade ( for instance, soft, acoustic classical guitar melodies flowing into heavy fuzz metal electric guitar tones). Emerald Eyes is a gem in truth – a deceptively simple melodic song in which, like the ARMS version of Stairway, there are no vocals; Jimmy Page does not need a human voice to carry the message that has always been in his own hands and soul. In Blues Anthem, once again, we are given the softer acoustic guitar sound when Mr. Page accompanies the vocals, and then his own solo, a lovely but brief interjection of his own instrumental voice in a pretty song.
We know that Jimmy Page had other challenges in his life during the 1980s, and that he did not need to generate more music or Magick to keep his title of Master Mage. Still, throughout those ten years he did keep searching for the perfect mixture of components that would enable him to manifest his personal musical vision. Like a phoenix rising from ashes but not yet ready to fly, Jimmy Page had yet to find his musical self in new ritual, new Magick. His quest, begun in the 1960s, taken up again in the 1980s, was to continue into the next decade.
Future posts:
Led Into Gold (Part 4), 1990s. Or maybe I won't. Depends on what I feel like writing!
The Chicken/Egg quandary (the neurophysics of music)
Playlist for Alchemy: Led Into Gold (Part 3)
Individual songs
1982 Who's To Blame (Main Title) (studio) Japanese issued single/Swan Song. Dave says of Who's To Blame: "...the use of a Roland synthesiser guitar, a curious device with a rod linking the body and fretboard, which adds yet more colour to the canvas." Note: The two Death Wish II excerpts recommended by Dave are not on the soundtrack album; the links provided here are outtakes.
1982 Carole's Theme (Dave bundles this with Who's To Blame) (studio) Japanese issued single/Swan Song. Dave says: "..a poignant instrumental over which Jimmy stretches and slides a guitar solo of immense purity." The guitar part of Carole's Theme begins at 1:06
1984 Stairway To Heaven (live) ARMS concert video soundtrack. Dave says: "...one quarter of Led Zeppelin alone in the spotlight for the first time, paying homage to their most famous song..."
1984 Sea Of Love (studio) Album: The Honeydrippers. Dave says: "The solo which graces this Fifties do-wop cover is a lovely string-bending affair..." Solo at 1:39
1985 Midnight Moonlight (studio) Album: The Firm. Dave says: "...originally conceived on the ARMS tour when it was known as 'Bird On A Wing'... [it] harks back to the adventurous spirit of his previous quartet."
1985 Radioactive (studio) Album: The Firm. Dave says: "...a total off-the-wall descending chord sequence that swivels across the speakers with delightful regularity. Pure James Patrick..."
1988 Emerald Eyes (studio) Album: Outrider. Dave says: "...differing approaches and textures of his playing... signaled a return to the guitar diversity of the Zeppelin era."
1988 BluesAnthem (If I Cannot Have Your Love) (live) Arizona 1988 (Note: Dave recommends the studio version from the album: Outrider, which I could not find on YouTube, so if you have Outrider listen to that version like I have!). Dave says: "A reassuring example of the emotional quality Jimmy Page can still attain in terms of both performance and composition."
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Bonus: I'm Down (live) Jimmy Page joins Yes, June 24, 1984. Dortmund, Germany. Just for fun!
Mage Music 24
Very little that anyone has or creates is original. Almost all "innovation" is built on the work of others, even when the work is the artist's own. Nevertheless, to take one step beyond, to go where no one has gone before, is by definition original - and few have ever knowingly taken such a step. Forging on, no matter how broad the shoulders of those whose work you have stood on, is hard work with no guides, few clues, and no guarantees of success.
Alchemy limits as well as enables
Contrary to popular belief, Magick doesn't actually require any specific rituals to work. Rituals simply provide focus and boundaries for the Mage. Whatever ritual works best for the Mage is the best ritual to use, although some ritual may call to or be easier to use than other ritual for any given Mage.
Alchemy however, as it is more like a science than an art, does require specific formulas to work - formulas that can be repeated by the alchemist or apprentices or, theoretically, anyone else with sufficient desire and will. In its fixed approach, alchemy both makes the search for the Philosopher's Stone both easier and extraordinarily limiting at the same time. Alchemy applied to music makes it difficult to create Magick outside of the established formulas and rituals.
The post-Zeppelin challenge
With Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page was more of an alchemist than pure Mage. He combined the unique ingredients of sound of his bandmates with his own musical abilities using formulas he had developed over time and rituals he invested tremendous desire and will in; the resulting alchemical mix infused the music with Magick.
On his own after Led Zeppelin, however, the framework and ritually harmonious input provided by the other musicians that had stood Jimmy Page so well was no longer there. In a new era of experimentation, in a renewed search for the musical Philosopher’s Stone, Mr. Page’s search for the unique ingredients of sound produced mixed results and his Magick could not be routinely evoked. The technique was still there, the music still as extraordinary as one had come to expect from a master musician, but the reliable formula was lost when the ritual circle was broken with John Bonham's death.
The songs in this week's playlist, chosen by Dave Lewis in his book, Led Zeppelin: A Celebration (Omnibus Press, 1991), are all from the 1980s and all represent a new epoch for Jimmy Page, a time when he was perhaps not quite as certain as he had been, when he was unable to wield his powers as Mage or musician as easily as he had.
The Death Wish II pieces pick up themes that Jimmy Page had explored 10 years before and carry them forward. The ARMS version of Stairway is an extraordinary demonstration of willingness to forge on, a statement that he could - and would - stand alone in his own powerful Magick. Midnight Moonlight and Radioactive push the musical envelope with eerie chords and soaring guitar sequences, and the use of tonal light and shade ( for instance, soft, acoustic classical guitar melodies flowing into heavy fuzz metal electric guitar tones). Emerald Eyes is a gem in truth – a deceptively simple melodic song in which, like the ARMS version of Stairway, there are no vocals; Jimmy Page does not need a human voice to carry the message that has always been in his own hands and soul. In Blues Anthem, once again, we are given the softer acoustic guitar sound when Mr. Page accompanies the vocals, and then his own solo, a lovely but brief interjection of his own instrumental voice in a pretty song.
We know that Jimmy Page had other challenges in his life during the 1980s, and that he did not need to generate more music or Magick to keep his title of Master Mage. Still, throughout those ten years he did keep searching for the perfect mixture of components that would enable him to manifest his personal musical vision. Like a phoenix rising from ashes but not yet ready to fly, Jimmy Page had yet to find his musical self in new ritual, new Magick. His quest, begun in the 1960s, taken up again in the 1980s, was to continue into the next decade.
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Future posts:
Led Into Gold (Part 4), 1990s. Or maybe I won't. Depends on what I feel like writing!
The Chicken/Egg quandary (the neurophysics of music)
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Playlist for Alchemy: Led Into Gold (Part 3)
Individual songs
1982 Who's To Blame (Main Title) (studio) Japanese issued single/Swan Song. Dave says of Who's To Blame: "...the use of a Roland synthesiser guitar, a curious device with a rod linking the body and fretboard, which adds yet more colour to the canvas." Note: The two Death Wish II excerpts recommended by Dave are not on the soundtrack album; the links provided here are outtakes.
1982 Carole's Theme (Dave bundles this with Who's To Blame) (studio) Japanese issued single/Swan Song. Dave says: "..a poignant instrumental over which Jimmy stretches and slides a guitar solo of immense purity." The guitar part of Carole's Theme begins at 1:06
1984 Stairway To Heaven (live) ARMS concert video soundtrack. Dave says: "...one quarter of Led Zeppelin alone in the spotlight for the first time, paying homage to their most famous song..."
1984 Sea Of Love (studio) Album: The Honeydrippers. Dave says: "The solo which graces this Fifties do-wop cover is a lovely string-bending affair..." Solo at 1:39
1985 Midnight Moonlight (studio) Album: The Firm. Dave says: "...originally conceived on the ARMS tour when it was known as 'Bird On A Wing'... [it] harks back to the adventurous spirit of his previous quartet."
1985 Radioactive (studio) Album: The Firm. Dave says: "...a total off-the-wall descending chord sequence that swivels across the speakers with delightful regularity. Pure James Patrick..."
1988 Emerald Eyes (studio) Album: Outrider. Dave says: "...differing approaches and textures of his playing... signaled a return to the guitar diversity of the Zeppelin era."
1988 BluesAnthem (If I Cannot Have Your Love) (live) Arizona 1988 (Note: Dave recommends the studio version from the album: Outrider, which I could not find on YouTube, so if you have Outrider listen to that version like I have!). Dave says: "A reassuring example of the emotional quality Jimmy Page can still attain in terms of both performance and composition."
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Bonus: I'm Down (live) Jimmy Page joins Yes, June 24, 1984. Dortmund, Germany. Just for fun!
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