On This Day 25 February

1972 25 February On This Day Led Zeppelin at Auckland NZ

• 1967 TheYardbirds - Folkestone, England at Leas Cliff Hall
• 1970 Led Zeppelin - Göteborg, Sweden at Göteborg Konserthuset
• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Auckland, New Zealand at Western Springs Stadium
• 1996 Page & Plant - Sydney, Australia at Sydney Entertainment Centre
• 1998 Page & Plant - Prague, Czech Republic at Mala Sprtovini Hala 

1970:

When Jimmy Page and Robert Plant went off to Bron-Yr-Aur they were accompanied by Robert's wife Maureen and their 18-month-old daughter Carmen, Jimmy Page's long-time girlfriend Charlotte Martin, and Led Zeppelin roadies Clive Coulson and Sandy MacGregor. When Coulson left Led Zeppelin to put together and manage Bad Company, Richard Cole took over as tour manager. Coulson died in 2006.

1970 Led Zeppelin, Göteborg, Sweden

1970 Jimmy Page, Göteborg, Sweden

1972:
Jimmy Page with facial hair, and then Jimmy Page without. Same tour, different look. Peter Grant chartered a train to bring fans to the concert.

1972 Jimmy Page (no beard!), Auckland NZ

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♪  Full set (Led Zeppelin, Auckland 1972) YouTube
♪  Full set (Page & Plant, Prague 1998) YouTibe

♪ Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube

On This Day 24 February

Physical Graffi:  Possibly the most perfect album ever released

1975 24 February On This Day Physical Graffiti released
AUDIO Physical Graffiti source music (Soundcloud)

• 1967 The Yardbirds - Cardiff, Wales at Sophia Gardens
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England at Lafayette Club
• 1975 Physical Graffiti released
• 1996 Page & Plant - Sydney, Australia at Sydney Entertainment Centre (day 1 of 2)

1969:
The event was John Bonham's wife Pat's 21st birthday party.  From Bonzo's brother Mick's description:

" John took to the stage along with Jimmy, Robert, John Paul and they began to stun the audience with some superb music. They really were amazing and everyone was enthralled with this exhibition of unbridled talent. Like me, most people present had not seen the band before and were all amazed as I was.”
~ Mick Bonham

1975:
Led Zeppelin released their sixth album Physical Graffiti in the UK. Recording sessions had been disrupted when bassist and keyboard player John Paul Jones had proposed quitting the band, supposedly to become choirmaster at Winchester Cathedral, England, although in reality he just needed time to rest after Zeppelin's demanding tour schedule.
More

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♪  Wanton Song (Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti 1975)  YouTube
♪  Ten Years Gone (Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti 1975)  YouTube
♪  Sick Again  (Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti 1975)  YouTube
♫  Physical Graffiti remaster Playback Event 2015 (Yahoo Music)
♫  Headley Grange tour (Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud 2008) YouTube

♪ Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube

On This Day 23 February

He just satisfies!

1965 23 February On This Day Jimmy Page's She Just Satisfies/Keep Moving released

• 1967 The Yardbirds - Coventry, England at Coventry Locarno Ballroom
• 1970 Led Zeppelin - Helsinki, Finland at Kulttuuritalo
• 1998 Page & Plant Europe Spring Tour - Budapest, Hungary at Sports Hall 

1970 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin, Helsinki Finland

1970 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin, Helsinki Finland

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♪  She Just Satisfies (Jimmy Page, 1965) YouTube
♪  Keep Moving (Jimmy Page, 1965) YouTube
♪  I Can’t Quit You (Led Zeppelin, Helsinki 1970) YouTube
♪  Full set (Page & Plant, Budapest 1998) YouTube

♪ Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube

On This Day 22 February

Awards may come and awards may go, but his music is forever

1989 22 February On This Day Writes of Winter didn't win a Grammy

2003 Stairway To Heaven did win a Grammy

1988 Jimmy Page, Outrider promo photo

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♪  Writes of Winter (Jimmy Page, Outrider 1988) YouTube
♪  Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin, MSG/The Song Remains The Same 1973) YouTube
♪  Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin, Sunset Sound Mix/Remaster 2014) YouTube

♪  Stairway to Heaven (Jimmy Page, Outrider Tour Worcester MA 1988) YouTube

♪ Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube

On This Day 21 February

There has been an extended intermission.

1998 21 February On This Day Page & Plant in Croatia

• 1993 Jimmy Page - New Orleans, Louisiana at The Howlin' Wolf
• 1998 Page & Plant - Zagreb, Croatia at Dom Sportova 

1993:
Jimmy Page has said he doesn't remember jamming with Mason Ruffner (American blues and rock singer, guitarist and songwriter) in New Orleans, but various people place him there on this day. Jimmy Page had jammed with him in 1985 as well. In the photo from that occasion, Ruffner was playing Jimmy's Les Paul and Jimmy Page was playing Ruffner's Strat. One source identifies the photo as having been taken by Patricia Page, a.k.a. Patricia Ecker.  Ecker and Page married in 1986 and had a son, James Patrick Page III, in 1988.

1998:
This was the first stop of the nine shows of the Page & Plant Mystic East Tour, including an appearance at the Festival di Sanremo in San Remo, Italy.

1998 Page & Plant in Croatia

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♪  Wanton Song/Bring It On Home/Heartbreaker (Page & Plant, Zagreb Croatia 1998) YouTube

♪ Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube

On This Day 20 February

Jimmy Page's website is having technical difficulties, but here we are with On This Day for you.

1974 20 February On This Day Led Zeppelin recording at Headley Grange
AUDIO Ten Years Gone (YouTube)

• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Melbourne, Australia at Kooyong Stadium
• 1996 Page & Plant Unledded World Tour - Fukuoka, Japan at Marine Messe Fukuoka

1972 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin Melbourne

1972 Jimmy Page /& John Bonham, Melbourne

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♪  Ten Years Gone (Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti 1975) YouTube
♪  Trampled Under Foot (Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti 1975) YouTube
♪  Brandy and Coke (Led Zeppelin, remasters 2014)  YouTube

♪ Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube

On This Day 19 February

They drink absinthe in New Orleans, don't they?

1985 19 February On This Day Jimmy Page meets up with Mason Ruffner in New Orleans
AUDIO: Gypsy Blood (Soundcloud)

• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Adelaide, Australia at Memorial Drive Park
• 1993 Jimmy Page - New Orleans, Louisiana at Muddy Waters Club
• 1996 Page & Plant - Osaka, Japan at Castle Hall

1972:
Led Zeppelin appeared at the Memorial Drive, Adelaide in Australia. This show was rescheduled from the day before, because the stage had buckled after heavy rains and some equipment got damp.

"From the start, all eyes were on brilliant lead guitarist, Jimmy Page. At one stage, using a bow, he smashed out a string of piercing notes only to end with a delicate run of sitar-sounding music. Thundering applause followed all his work."
~ Led Zeppelin Is Shattering Rock Experience, by Richard Mitchell. The Advertiser, 21 February 1972, p. 24.

1972 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin Adelaide

1993 Jimmy Page jamming with Mason Ruffner, New Orleans

2004 Jimmy Page in Nepal (Ross Halfin photo)

2016:
I was listening to a few songs by a new band, Inglorious (band is endorsed by Brian May) and when I heard the opening of one of Inglorious' songs, High Flying Gypsy, I was hearing Kashmir.

I admit I didn't listen to the whole of Inglorious' song because I didn't have the time to do so, but those first few bars?  And I wondered, how come it's OK to sound like Led Zeppelin but Led Zeppelin can't sound like anyone else (I know, I know, deep pockets)

By the way, I'm not saying it's plagiarism. I'm just pointing out an interesting thing.

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♪  Stairway to Heaven(Led Zeppelin, Adelaide Australia 1972) YouTube 
♪  Acoustic set (Led Zeppelin, Adelaide Australia 1972) YouTube

♪ Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube