MAGE MUSIC: Claude Nobs

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Monday, August 7, 2023

On this day 07 August

A joy to hear anytime anyplace

1971 07 August Led Zeppelin at Montreux

1966 The Yardbirds - Mentor, MN at Maple Lake Pavilion
1969 Led Zeppelin - Berkeley, CA at Berkeley Community Theatre
1971 Led Zeppelin - Montreux, Switzerland at Montreux Casino Hall

1971 Led Zeppelin at Montreux

1971 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Montreux

1971:
With the help of Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegün of Atlantic Records, in 1967 Claude Nobs, Géo Voumard and René Langel founded the Montreux Jazz Festival. Originally a jazz festival, it opened up to other music genres in the 1970s. Led Zeppelin played Montreux that year and the next.

In British slang, a nob is an important person, a person of social distinction. In 1970 Eva Von Zeppelin threatened to sue the band for making money off her family name. “Then we shall call ourselves the Nobs when we go to Copenhagen,” shrugged Page. “The whole thing is absurd.”

Did Led Zeppelin choose to call themselves The Nobs for a little while because of Claude or because of Eva? Jimmy Page hasn't explained.

♪ 16mm film (Led Zeppelin, Montreux 1971) YouTube

♪ Led Zeppelin (Montreux Switzerland at Montreux Casino Hall, 07 August 1971)

Friday, July 7, 2023

On This Day 07 July

Honoring Bonzo on this day

1980 07 July On This Day Led Zeppelin, Berlin Final show

1980 07 July On This Day Led Zeppelin Berlin

1968 Yardbirds -Beds, England at Student Union, Luton College
1973 Led Zeppelin - Chicago at Chicago Stadium
1980 Led Zeppelin - Berlin, Germany at Eissporthalle Jafféstraße ^^^
1998 Page & Plant - Washington, DC at MCI Center
2001 Page & Plant - Montreux Festival, with Bill Jennings and Mike Watts

Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin Chicago 1973

Led Zeppelin Chicago 1973

2001 Page & Plant Montreux Jazz Festival

2001:
This night at Montreux was a tribute to Sun Records, founded by Sam Phillips. Phillips was a DJ, radio engineer, producer, label owner, and talent scout throughout the 1940s and 1950s. In 1950 he started up the Memphis Recording Service for amateurs (then!) such as B.B. King, Junior Parker, and Howlin' Wolf. Phillips launched the Sun Records label in 1952. The Memphis Recording Service became the Sun Recording Studio, which was the first to record Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash. Phillips recorded what may be the first rock and roll record: "Rocket 88" (discussed previously in Mage Music).

At Montreux, Page & Plant were introduced by Claude Nobs and Ahmet Ertegun. The playlist below provides links to the original versions that Page & Plant covered, with the final link being the 2001 Montreux show.