On This Day 31 March

Solo in shades of blue....

1975 31 March On This Day Maggie Bell's Suicide Sal released feat. Jimmy Page guitar

• 1969 Led Zeppelin - London England at Cooks Ferry Inn
• 1970 Led Zeppelin - Philadelphia PA at The Spectrum
• 1976  Presence album released
• 1986 The Firm - Philadelphia PA at The Spectrum
• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Auburn Hills MI at The Palace of Auburn Hills

1970 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin, Philadelphia PA

1970 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin, Philadelphia PA

1975:
Margaret (Maggie) Bell is a Scottish rock vocalist who, in the mid 1960s, was discovered by The Yardbirds' manager Peter Grant, who agreed to produce and manage Bell's then band, The Power.  Grant renamed the band Stone the Crows.  Bell signed on with Swan Song label in 1974 and put out her solo album, Suicide Sal, with Jimmy Page on guitar for two of the tracks in 1975.

1976:
Led Zeppelin's seventh album, Presence, was released on this day. Six of the songs on the original album are credited to Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, with the seventh, Royal Orleans, credited to all four. Robert Plant had been seriously injured in a car accident on the Greek island of Rhodes on 5 August 1975, forcing the band to cancel a planned US tour. In October they regrouped in the US for a month of rehearsals at SIR Studios in Hollywood CA, and the album was recorded in just 18 days at Musicland Studios in Munich, West German, with Plant singing from his wheelchair. The rush was because the Rolling Stones were booked for the studio after Led Zeppelin. Jimmy Page reportedly just gave up sleeping to get the album mixed in the time available to them. 

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♪  If You Don't Know (Maggie Bell, feat Jimmy Page 1975) YouTube
♪  Comin' On Strong (Maggie Bell, feat Jimmy Page 1975) YouTube
♪  Achilles Last Stand (Led Zeppelin, Presence 1976) YouTube
♪  Nobody's Fault But Mine (Led Zeppelin, Presence 1976) YouTube

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On This Day 30 March

Ooh la la!

1968 30 March On This Day The Yardbirds at Anderson Theatre, NYC

• 1968 The Yardbirds - New York NY at Anderson Theatre
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Southall England at Northcote Arms Farx Club
• 1970 Led Zeppelin - Pittsburgh PA at Pittsburgh Civic Arena
• 1998 Page & Plant - Paris France at La Cigale

1968:

Unfortunately for us today, The Yardbirds' shows weren't officially recorded by the band, and what there is out there of audience recordings is usually terrible quality. On this day in 1968 The Yardbirds did two shows at the Anderson Theatre, and Train Kept A-Rollin was recorded for Epic Records. The video link is below.  You won't want to look at it - the video part is not only not synced with the audio, but the video is at a faster speed. Unfortunately also there is fake audience applause dubbed onto the audio. Ewwwww.

1968 Jimmy Page / The Yardbirds, NYC

1968 Jimmy Page / The Yardbirds, NYC

1969:
As reported by Dave Lewis in his amazing reference book, Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, the band's contract for the Farx Club gig included a fee of £75 or 60% of the door, whichever was greater.  Those bargain days didn't last long.

1998 Ooh La La bootleg from Page & Plant at La Cigale, Paris 

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♪  Train Kept A-Rollin (The Yardbirds, New York Anderson Theater 1968) YouTube
♪  When I Was A Child (Page & Plant, La Cigale Paris 1998) YouTube
♪  How Many More Times (Page & Plant, La Cigale Paris 1998) YouTub
♪  Whole Lotta Love (Page & Plant, La Cigale Paris 1998) YouTube

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♪ Page & Plant playlist at YouTube

On This Day 29 March

Whole lotta is still not enough.

1965 & 1975 29 March On This Day Whole Lotta Page

• 1968 The Yardbirds - West Hartford CT at Conard High School, Senior Class Concert
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - London at Bromley School Of Technology
• 1970 Led Zeppelin - Houston TX at Holfheinz Pavillion
• 1986 The Firm – Rochester NY at Rochester Community War Memorial

1986 Jimmy Page / The Firm, Rochester NY

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♪  How Many More Times (Led Zeppelin, Houston 1970) YouTube
♪  Partial set (The Firm, Rochester 1986) YouTube

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On This Day 28 March

Puddletown on the River Piddle.  Just sayin'.

1973 28 March Houses of the Holy released

• 1968 The Yardbirds - Schenectady NY at The Aerodome
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - London at Marquee Club
• 1970 Led Zeppelin - Dallas at Dallas Memorial Auditorium
• 1973 Houses Of The Holy released
• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Cleveland OH at Gund Arena 

1969:

"Jimmy Page, bent over his guitar and straining for unknown notes, listening hard because he’s right there in the middle of that Led Zeppelin wall of sound, sweat oozing torrential down his face, and dripping off the ends of that long wavy hair down onto the guitar and one expects that guitar to fizz and steam because it’s so near boiling point."
~ Record Mirror, April 1969

1972:

Houses of the Holy was recorded in several locations, including Mick Jagger's Stargroves, using the Rolling Stones' mobile recording unit. Jagger had purchased the estate two years prior. Besides the Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who and other bands recording at Stargroves, the estate was used to film several Dr. Who episodes.

1972 Jimmy Page recording at Stargroves (Eddie Kramer photo)

1972 John Bonham and jimmy Page at Stargroves

1973:
Houses of the Holy's cover photo was taken at the Giant's Causeway on the northeastern coast of Ireland. Multiple photos of siblings Stefan and Samantha Gates were used to create a composite image. Arthur Clarke's 1953 science fiction novel, Childhood's End, may have provided inspiration for the cover. At the end of that novel, the only remnants of humanity left are children who have evolved to serve a cosmic intelligence, the Overmind, and who are no longer shackled to merely physical existence. Coincidentally, or maybe not, Clarke has said that the aliens' ships in Childhood's End were inspired by barrage balloons he saw over London during World War II. Barrage balloons, of course, look very much like zeppelins.

Barrage balloons over London during World War II

1995 Robert Plant & Jimmy Page (Terry O'Neill/Getty Images)

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♪  We’re Gonna Groove (Led Zeppelin, Dallas 1970) YouTube
♪  Since I've Been Loving You (Led Zeppelin, Dallas 1970) YouTube
♪  The Song Remains The Same (Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy 1973) YouTube
♪  The Rain Song (Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy 1973) YouTube
♪  The Ocean (Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy 1973) YouTube

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NOTICE: April 11 will be the last daily On This Day post as that will be a full year's worth.  I won't post any more unless Jimmy Page's website offers some new ones. Stay tuned for new posts here on the Mage Music blog about the music and Magick of  JIMMY PAGE and previews of new Mage Music projects!

On This Day 27 March

I spent my youth playing the guitar.
~ Jimmy Page, 27 March 1998

1998 27 March On This Day Page & Plant on Chris Evans' TFI Friday 

• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Bremen Germany at Ard Studios
• 1970 Led Zeppelin - Inglewood CA at The Forum
• 1973 Led Zeppelin - Nancy France at Nancy Parc des Expositions
• 1975 Led Zeppelin - Inglewood CA at The Forum (day 3 of 3)
• 1986 The Firm - Pittsburgh PA at Pittsburgh Civic Arena
• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Toronto,Ontario,Canada at Sky Tent
• 1998 Page & Plant - London at Riverside Studios, Channel 4TV-TFI Friday

1969 21... or maybe 27... March On This day (see below)

1969:
Led Zeppelin was filmed in black and white lip syncing Dazed and Confused. Never officially broadcast, footage was used the following year to promote Whole Lotta Love in Germany.  The black and white image for 27 March 1969 On This Day is not from the Germany appearance.

The On This Day posted for 27 March last year and this year ("Led Zeppelin appeared on BBC's 'How Late It Is'") was originally posted for 21 March on Jimmy Page's website. It's complicated.

1970 Led Zeppelin in their LA home away from home, the Hyatt House

1973:
After violence erupted at the Nancy show, Led Zeppelin packed up and returned to England, cancelling the next two gigs. Robert Plant said "France is chaotic", and that "there's a lot of fools fighting."

1973 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin, Nancy France

1975:
Porn star Linda Lovelace introduced Led Zeppelin at this final day at the LA Forum.

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♪  Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin, LA Forum 27 March 1975) YouTube
♪  8mm footage (Led Zeppelin, LA Forum 27 March 1975) YouTube
♪  Rock and Roll (Page & Plant, London Chris Evans' TFI Friday 1998) YouTube
♫  Jimmy Page & Robert Plant interview + Rock and Roll Chris Evans' TFI Friday YouTube

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♪ Page & Plant playlist at YouTube

On This Day 26 March

Whole lotta love.

1973 26 March On This Day Led Zeppelin, Lyon France

• 1970 Led Zeppelin - Salt Lake City UT at The Salt Palace
• 1973 Led Zeppelin - Lyon France at Palais des Sports de Gerland
• 1998 Page & Plant – Elstree England at Elstree Studios, BBC TV Top Of The Pops

1970 Led Zeppelin, Salt Lake City

1973 Led Zeppelin, Lyon France

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♪  8MM footage (Led Zeppelin, Lyon France 1973) YouTube
♪  Most High (Page & Plant, BBC TV 1998) YouTube
♪  Crossroads (Page & Plant, BBC TV 1998) YouTube

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♪ Page & Plant playlist at YouTube

On This Day 25 March

1998 25 March On This Day Page & Plant, London at Shepherd's Bush Empire

• 1969 Led Zeppelin – Staines England at Staines Lino Factory- filmed for Supershow
• 1970 Led Zeppelin – Denver CO at Denver Coliseum
• 1975 Led Zeppelin – Inglewood CA at The Forum
• 1986 The Firm – Binghamton NY at Broome County Arena
• 1991 Jimmy Page - New York NY at Fat Tuesday's with Les Paul, Steve Howe & Brian May
• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour – Pittsburgh PA at Pittsburgh Civic Arena
• 1998 Page & Plant -  London  at Shepherds Bush Empire

1991:
Les Paul invited musicians to join him at his regular Monday night jams.  On this day in 1991 Mr. Paul was joined by Jimmy Page, Brian May and Steve Howe. No known recordings or photos are circulating, it seems.

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♪  Walking Into Clarksdale/No Quarter (Page & Plant, London 1998) YouTube

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