Monday, August 31, 2015

On This Day 31 August

"A substantial bill of performing artists..."
1969 31 August On This Day Led Zeppelin at Texas International Pop Festival
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  • 1966 The Yardbirds - Pismo Beach, CA at Rose Garden Ballroom
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Lewisville, TX at Dallas International Motor Speedway
  • 1970 Led Zeppelin - Milwaukee, WI at Milwaukee Arena
  • 1971 Led Zeppelin - Orlando, FL at Orlando Sports Stadium 
“The tours took a lot ... well, did it take a lot out of me? I don’t know whether it did. It gave as much to me as it took out. It was like being on a permanent adrenalin drip, do you know what I mean? [Playing live was] to be right on the edge of the moment.”
~ The Times 2010 (possibly the London Times, 22 August 2010)

1969 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Texas International Pop Festival (Carl Dunn photo)

1969 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Texas International Pop Festival (Carl Dunn photo)

1969 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Texas International Pop Festival (Jay Dickman photo)


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Sunday, August 30, 2015

On This Day 30 August

British cowboy playin' rock blues.  Yup.  Works for me.

1969 30 August On This Day Led Zeppelin at Flushing Meadow NY
♪  Worried Blues (Buddy Guy) Soundcloud

  • 1966 The Yardbirds - San Jose, CA 
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Flushing Meadows, NY 

1969 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Flushing Meadow NY

1969 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Flushing Meadow NY

1969 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Flushing Meadow NY
I put this Japanese promo poster for Coverdale-Page here because I've been listening to Coverdale-Page a lot lately.

1993 Japanese Coverdale-Page promo

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Saturday, August 29, 2015

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On This Day 29 August

You still got it, man!
~ Dave Bartholomew to Fats Domino
1971 29 August Led Zeppelin - New Orleans, LA at New Orleans Municipal Auditorium
♪  Come Back Baby (Snooks Eaglin) Soundcloud
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Flushing Meadows, NY at Singer Bowl Music Festival (day 1)
  • 1970 Led Zeppelin - Winnipeg,  Canada at Winnipeg Stadium
  • 1971 Led Zeppelin - New Orleans, LA at New Orleans Municipal Auditorium 

1970:
A Youthbeat reader poll was used to help decide which acts to invite to the first (and only) Man-Pop (Manitoba Music Museum) Festival.  Led Zeppelin had twice as many votes as the second place band, Three Dog Night, and more than three times as many votes as the Rolling Stones.  
"If 1967 was San Francisco's fabled Summer of Love, Manitoba's own version of hippie peace, love and music took place in 1970.
"Manitoba's Summer of Love concluded on Aug. 29 with ManPop 70, a provincially funded rock festival headlined by Led Zeppelin and Iron Butterfly. This time, the rain returned with a vengeance. What began as an outdoor concert for some 14,000 at the football stadium finished up more than 15 hours later inside the old Arena. It was one of the most memorable shows ever to grace a Winnipeg venue, with Zeppelin taking the makeshift stage well past midnight."
~ Winnipeg Free Press, John Einarson 2013

1970 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Man-Pop Festival, Winnipeg

1970 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Man-Pop Festival, Winnipeg

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Friday, August 28, 2015

On This Day 28 August

Where's Jimmy?
1964 28 August On This Day Jimmy Page Session Man (Brenda Lee, PJ Proby, Lulu)
♪  Is It True (Brenda Lee, feat. Jimmy Page guitar 1964) Soundcloud

  • 1966 The Yardbirds - San Diego, CA at San Diego Convention Hall
  • 1970 Led Zeppelin - Detroit, MI at Olympia Stadium
  • 1971 Led Zeppelin - St. Louis, MO at St. Louis Arena (no info available)
  • 1985 Jimmy Page, Jason Bonham, Chris Squire & Mick Thompson jam with Opus at Ibiza Sun Power Festival 
  • 1998 Page & Plant - Reading, Berkshire, England at Reading Festival 
1985:
There seems to be some confusion about what Jimmy Page was doing on this day in 1985.  The website reports his having performed at the Sun Power Festival in Ibiza with Chris Squire, Jason Bonham and Mick Thompson, however Jason Bonham has said that it was 1986 when he was with Jimmy Page in Ibiza. On the other hand, the band, Virginia Wolf (Jason Bonham, drums) apparently recorded their eponymous first album in Ibiza the summer of 1985.  

Note the sign behind Jimmy Page and Jason Bonham in the photo below. Opus is an Austrian band that was formed in 1973 and is still active today. The are best known for their single, Live is Life, released in 1984. The song was a European hit in the summer of 1985 and the band's fan page mentions performing in Ibiza around then. The Opus news clipping does confirm the Jimmy Page connection, the location (Ibiza) and puts it in late August. Perhaps someone can check through the page the clipping was from [PDF] and let us know if there is anything more specific about this show there.

1985 Jimmy Page, Jason Bonham, Ibiza

1985 Jimmy Page, Ibiza

1985 Opus news clipping

1998, Page & Plant, Reading Festival

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

On This Day 27 August


  • 1966 The Yardbirds - Santa Barbara,CA at Earl Warren Showgrounds & Ventura High School Auditorium
  • 1967 The Yardbirds - Warwick, RI at Rock Point Amusement Park
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Hampton Beach, NH at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (2 shows scheduled)
  • 1971 Led Zeppelin - San Antonio, TX at San Antonio Municipal Auditorium 



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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

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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