Wednesday, June 8, 2016

On This Day 08 June

This is actually just a test to see if I can get Facebook to display the images from this blog correctly.  The actual 08 June On This Day post is HERE.

http://jimmypagemusic.blogspot.com/2016/06/on-this-day-08-june.html
1977 08 June Led Zeppelin at MSG

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Hot out there

It's hot out there.  Hot in here, too.


Portrait of Jimmy Page based on a Ross Halfin photo
Mage Music artwork based on a Ross Halfin photo

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Saturday, June 4, 2016

On This Day INDEX for June

Index of Jimmy Page's On This Day posts for June archived here at Mage Music.  Note that most of the On This Days were archived in 2015.  Mage Music will attempt to share anything new on Jimmy Page's website.  If you see something Mage Music hasn't caught, please comment so we can fix it!



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Friday, June 3, 2016

On This Day 03 June

The rewards of a session man
2011 03 June On This Day Jimmy Page – Royal Albert Hall with Donovan

  • 1973 Led Zeppelin - Inglewood,CA at The Forum
  • 1977 Led Zeppelin - Tampa,FL at Tampa Stadium 
  • 2011 03 June On This Day Jimmy Page – Royal Albert Hall with Donovan
  • 2014 - Remastered Vinyl/CD I,II,III released (US)

During Donovan's introduction of Jimmy Page at the Royal Albert Hall concert, Donovan reminded everyone that back in 1966 Jimmy Page been paid 13 Pounds as a session player for playing Sunshine Superman. Presumably Mr. Page was paid an additional amount for our favorite guitarist's other work on the Sunshine Superman album. Listen for his distinctive sound on Season of the Witch. 


1973 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at L.A. Forum - Rain Song

2011 Donovan and Jimmy Page at Music Bank Studios

2011 Donovan and Jimmy Page - Photo Virgilio Fino

2011 Donovan and Jimmy Page respond to ovation at Royal Albert Hall - Photo Virgilio Fino

2011 Jimmy Page & Donovan at Gore Hotel celebration after the Royal Albert Hall concert
♪  Sick Again (Led Zeppelin - Tampa 1977) YouTube
♪  Sunshine Superman (Donovan feat. Jimmy Page 1966) YouTube
♪  Sunshine Superman (Jimmy Page and Donovan, Royal Albert Hall 2011) YouTube
♪  Season of the Witch (Donovan, from Sunshine Superman album 1966) YouTube
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Thursday, June 2, 2016

On This Day 02 June

Kezar!
1998 On This Day Page & Plant - Nashville TN at Nashville Arena
2014 On This Day First of the Led Zeppelin remasters released


Remasters promo graffiti
  • 1973 Led Zeppelin - San Francisco, CA at Kezar Stadium 
  • 1998 On This Day Page & Plant - Nashville TN at Nashville Arena
  • 2014 On This Day First of the Led Zeppelin remasters released
Kezar:  Not only a great show, but some great photographers were there to capture the moments.  There were mixed reviews, with Rolling Stone continuing its vendetta against the band, stating "Led Zeppelin - a limp blimp" and wasting too much good paper and ink reporting on the volume of the music and the amount of money taken in rather than the concert itself.  On the other hand, Charles Shaar Murray of New Musical Express (NME) said "...one of the finest musical events I've ever had the privilege to attend."

You had to be there.

1973 Led Zeppelin - San Francisco, CA at Kezar Stadium 

1973 Jimmy Page- San Francisco, CA at Kezar Stadium 

Led Zeppelin. They really were quite extraordinary, weren't they? 
Wait wait - were??? They still are!


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♪ Kezar 2 minutes of 8MM footage (Led Zeppelin 1973) YouTube
♪ Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin, San Francisco 1973) YouTube
♪ The Ocean (Led Zeppelin, San Francisco 1973) YouTube

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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

On This Day 01 June

The last Yardbird show in LA but not the last time Jimmy Page played music in L.A., that's for sure.
1968 The Yardbirds - Los Angeles, CA at Shrine Auditorium
  • 1967 The Yardbirds - Canterbury, Kent, England at University of Kent
  • 1968 The Yardbirds - Los Angeles, CA at Shrine Auditorium
  • 1998 Page & Plant - Birmingham, AL at Civic Center
1968 The Yardbirds
It might appear that Jimmy Page wasn't doing all that much on this day over the years but that wouldn't be true. There's more to a rock star's life than standing on a stage and weaving musical magic.
2014 remasters graffiti
In early June of various years there was down time for Jimmy Page of course, but often the time was spent preparing stage sets for various tours, attending promo events, rehearsing, or traveling to shows. Plus the business of being in the music business had to be dealt with. And in recent years, the remasters. So yeah, it's not just fun and games in front of an audience. Speaking of which: I've gathered a number of photos of Jimmy Page and put them together at The Sporting Life (just for fun).

Oh, and meanwhile, here are links to Sporting Life, an album by Diamanda Galas and John Paul Jones:
♪ The Sporting Life (Track 7 from the album of the same name) YouTube [Warning - language]
♫ Sporting Life (Diamanda Galas & John Paul Jones, 1994)) Amazon
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Monday, May 30, 2016

On This Day 31 May

John Bonham was born on this day in 1948.
1969 31 May On This Day Led Zeppelin - New York, NY at Fillmore East
  • 1948 John “Bonzo” Bonham born
  • 1968 The Yardbirds - Los Angeles, CA at Shrine Auditorium
  • 1969 31 May On This Day Led Zeppelin - New York, NY at Fillmore East
  • 1973 Led Zeppelin - Inglewood, CA at The Forum
  • 1977 Led Zeppelin - Greensboro, NC at Greensboro Coliseum
John Bonham
Led Zeppelin played the LA Forum on John Bonham's 25th birthday. When George Harrison and wife Patti dropped by to help celebrate at the hotel afterwards, Bonham threw both of them, fully clothed, into the swimming pool. (as reported by Newswire, June 1973)

John "Bonzo" Bonham, arguably the world's best rock drummer, was a core part of Led Zeppelin's success.

Around the same time in 1968 that Jimmy Page asked Bonham to join the new band that would become Led Zeppelin, "John had also been receiving other tempting offers from esteemed artists such as Joe Cocker and Chris Farlowe who were in positions to offer John more financially lucrative prospects. Plant and Grant bombarded Bonham with telegrams of persuasion (eight from Plant and fourty from Grant) sent to John at his favourite local pub: 'Three Men in a Boat' in Walsall. Bonham finally decided to accept Grant's offer, joining the band in early September 1968. Bonham said: "I decided I liked their music better than Cocker's or Farlowe's." Quote from http://www.johnbonham.co.uk/


1967 A young John Bonham and Robert Plant with Band of Joy

Bonzo at tea time

1971 Bonham & Page in Japan

1973 31 May John Bonham takes a bow on his birthday at LA Forum

1974 14 Feb Bonham presenting Keith Moon with a fake award
on stage during a concert featuring Roy Harper and Friends
at the Rainbow Theatre, London

1975 Bonham Earls Court

The essential John Bonham

John Bonham portrait by Jan Perssons


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♪ Happy Birthday Bonzo (Led Zeppelin, LA Forum 1973) YouTube
♪ Bonzo's Montreux (Led Zeppelin, CODA, recorded 1976 released 1982) YouTube

♫ John Bonham, Traps Magazine article by Chris Welch PDF 25 page download

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♪ Page & Plant playlist at YouTube

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