Showing posts with label Earls Court. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Earls Court. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

On This Day 25 May

Three and a half hours of show this last night at Earls Court in 1975. 
1975 25 May On This Day Led Zeppelin final performance at Earls Court Exhibition Hall
Dave Lewis says in his book, Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, "..there was no holding Jimmy back tonight. He soloed as if his life depended on it." More from Dave Lewis' TBL on this last night at Earls Court
  • 1968 The Yardbirds - San Francisco,CA at Fillmore Auditorium
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin – (opens for a Who concert) Columbia,MD at Merriweather Post Pavillion
  • 1973 Led Zeppelin - Denver,CO at Denver Coliseum
  • 1975 25 May On This Day Led Zeppelin final performance at Earls Court Exhibition Hall
  • 1977 Led Zeppelin - Landover, MD at Capital Centre
  • 1986 The Firm - Concord,CA at Concord Pavilion
  • 1995 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour - Tacoma,WA at Tacoma Dome

1975 after the final Earls Court performance, Page & Plant left for Morocco (posted 25 May On This Day)

1975 a few days after the final Earls Court performance, Page & Plant left for Morocco (posted 25 May On This Day)

1975 Dave Lewis' tickets for Earls Court

1975 Earls Court stage - such a small thing for such a big event (Photo Steve Selwood)

1975 Jimmy Page at Earls Court (photo H. Mylett)

1975 Earls Court - The final bows (photo source Dave Lewis)

1975  Jimmy Page takes last bows at Earls Court (photo Chris Walter)
1986 The Firm, Concord CA

♪  No Quarter (Led Zeppelin, Earls Court 05/25/1975) YouTube
♪  The Song Remains The Same (Led Zeppelin, Landover 05/25/1977) YouTube
♪  Yallah (Page & Plant, Unledded 1995) YouTube

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

On This Day 18 May

In 1977 on this day Led Zeppelin played in Birmingham and in 1985 The Firm played in Birmingham - different countries on different continents, though. And of course, on this day in 1975 Led Zeppelin played the second of five sold-out nights to 17,000 fans at Earls Court Arena, London England.
In 1977 On This Day Jimmy Page was in one Birmingham or another
  • 1967 Yardbirds- Versailles, France
  • 1968 Yardbirds - Lewiston ID at Casey's
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Minneapolis MN at Tyrone Guthrie Theatre
  • 1973 Led Zeppelin - Dallas TX at Dallas Memorial Auditorium
  • 1975 Led Zeppelin - London at Earls Court Exhibition Centre
  • 1977 Led Zeppelin - Birmingham AL at Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Arena
  • 1985 The Firm - Birmingham England at NEC Arena 
  • 2006 Scarlet Page photo exhibition opening, "Your Child", at the Proud Gallery in Camden
1975:
Earl's Court, day 2. Robert Plant's voice not what it once was, but the boys were hot, hot, HOT.  It's worth hunting for one of this day's bootlegs to hear the whole set. YouTube's been pretty well stripped of videos from this day's show. 

Jimmy Page - 1975 May Led Zeppelin at Earls Court

John Paul Jones & Jimmy Page 1975 May Led Zeppelin at Earls Court

Robert Plant & Jimmy Page - 1975 May Led Zeppelin at Earls Court
Jimmy Page 1975 May Led Zeppelin at Earls Court

Jimmy Page on Theremin - 1975 May Led Zeppelin at Earls Court

Jimmy Page 1975 May Led Zeppelin at Earls Court


♪  Rock And Roll (Led Zeppelin, Earls Court 1975) YouTube
♪  Since I've Been Loving You (Led Zeppelin Birmingham 1977) YouTube
♪  Cadillac (The Firm, Birmingham UK 1985) YouTube

♪ Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube
♪ Page & Plant playlist at YouTube

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

On This Day 17 May

"Robert Plant... a jester at the wheel of some fearsome juggernaut, offering sly asides and poetic ruminations between moments of terrible power."
~ Chris Welch

1975 17 May On This Day Earls Court Day One
  • 1968 Yardbirds - Tacoma WA at University of Puget Sound
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Athens OH at O. U. Convocation Center
  • 1975 Led Zeppelin - London, Day 1 of 5 at Earls Court Exhibition Centre
  • 1986 The Firm - Dallas TX at Reunion Arena
  • 1995 Page & Plant - Inglewood CA at The Forum
  • 2003 the double DVD set ‘Led Zeppelin’ was released with six tracks from Earls Court May 24 and 25 shows.
1975:
Interestingly, the photo for the On This Day image for Earls Court (above) is from Knebworth, not Earls Court. The band had transported their whole 40-ton stage and light show from the US and a huge screen was installed above the stage for Earls Court. While there were laser effects it wasn't until 1977 that the pyramid effect was used and 1979 that the the bow itself had a laser as in this photo [read more on Led Zeppelin use of lasers].   

Earl's Court, 1975: Three shows sold out in just a few hours (May 23, 24 and 25) before two additional shows were added (May 17 and 18).

1975 19 April NME announcement of two additional shows

Five nights of Led Zeppelin, with each show clocking in at over three hours. Talk about endurance. Many still consider these shows to be Led Zeppelin's best ever performances.

1975 May Earls Court stage set

1975 May Earls Court stage set

1975 May Earls Court - Jimmy Page playing Black Dog


1975 May Earls Court Jimmy Page acoustical set
1975 Earls Court

1975 May Earls Court "...moments of terrible power" (Chris Welch quote)



♪  Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (Led Zeppelin, Earls Court 1975) YouTube
♪  Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin, Earls Court 17 May 1975) YouTube
♪  Soundcheck / Kashmir - no guitar (Page & Plant, Inglewood Forum 1995) YouTube
♪  Full set (Page & Plant, Inglewood Forum 1995) YouTube playlist

♪ Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube
♪ Page & Plant playlist at YouTube

Monday, May 25, 2015

On This Day 25 May

Three and a half hours of show this last night at Earls Court in 1975.
1975 25 May On This Day Led Zeppelin final performance at Earls Court Exhibition Hall
Dave Lewis says in his book, Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, "..there was no holding Jimmy back tonight. He soloed as if his life depended on it." More from Dave Lewis' TBL on this last night at Earls Court
  • 1968 The Yardbirds - San Francisco,CA at Fillmore Auditorium
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin – (opens for a Who concert) Columbia,MD at Merriweather Post Pavillion
  • 1973 Led Zeppelin - Denver,CO at Denver Coliseum
  • 1975 25 May On This Day Led Zeppelin final performance at Earls Court Exhibition Hall
  • 1977 Led Zeppelin - Landover, MD at Capital Centre
  • 1986 The Firm - Concord,CA at Concord Pavilion
  • 1995 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour - Tacoma,WA at Tacoma Dome

1975 after the final Earls Court performance, Page & Plant left for Morocco (posted 25 May On This Day)

1975 a few days after the final Earls Court performance, Page & Plant left for Morocco (posted 25 May On This Day)

1975 Dave Lewis' tickets for Earls Court

1975 Earls Court stage - such a small thing for such a big event (Photo Steve Selwood)

1975 Jimmy Page at Earls Court (photo H. Mylett)

1975 Earls Court - The final bows (photo source Dave Lewis)

1975  Jimmy Page takes last bows at Earls Court (photo Chris Walter)

♪  No Quarter (Led Zeppelin, Earls Court 05/25/1975) YouTube
♪  The Song Remains The Same (Led Zeppelin, Landover 05/25/1977) YouTube
♪  Yallah (Page & Plant, Unledded 1995) YouTube



Monday, May 18, 2015

On This Day 18 May

In 1977 on this day Led Zeppelin played in Birmingham and in 1985 The Firm played in Birmingham - different countries on different continents, though. And of course, on this day in 1975 Led Zeppelin played the second of five sold-out nights to 17,000 fans at Earls Court Arena, London England.
In 1977 On This Day Jimmy Page was in one Birmingham or another
  • 1967 Yardbirds- Versailles, France
  • 1968 Yardbirds - Lewiston, Idaho at Casey's
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Minneapolis, Minnesota at Tyrone Guthrie Theatre
  • 1973 Led Zeppelin - Dallas, Texas at Dallas Memorial Auditorium
  • 1975 Led Zeppelin - London, England at Earls Court Exhibition Centre
  • 1977 Led Zeppelin - Birmingham, Alabama at Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Arena
  • 1985 The Firm - Birmingham, West Midlands, England at NEC Arena 
  • 2006 Scarlet Page photo exhibition opening, "Your Child", at the Proud Gallery in Camden
♪  Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin 1977, Birmingham AL  YouTube

Jimmy Page - 1975 May Led Zeppelin at Earls Court

John Paul Jones & Jimmy Page 1975 May Led Zeppelin at Earls Court

Robert Plant & Jimmy Page - 1975 May Led Zeppelin at Earls Court
Jimmy Page 1975 May Led Zeppelin at Earls Court

Jimmy Page on Theremin - 1975 May Led Zeppelin at Earls Court

Jimmy Page 1975 May Led Zeppelin at Earls Court



Sunday, May 17, 2015

On This Day 17 May

"Robert Plant... a jester at the wheel of some fearsome juggernaut, offering sly asides and poetic ruminations between moments of terrible power."
~ Chris Welch

1975 17 May On This Day Earls Court Day One
Interestingly, the photo for the On This Day image for Earls Court (above) is from Knebworth, not Earls Court. The band had transported their whole 40-ton stage and light show from the US and a huge screen was installed above the stage for Earls Court. While there were laser effects it wasn't until 1977 that the pyramid effect was used and 1979 that the the bow itself had a laser as in this photo [read more on Led Zeppelin use of lasers].   

Earl's Court, 1975: Three shows sold out in just a few hours (May 23, 24 and 25) before two additional shows were added (May 17 and 18).

1975 19 April NME announcement of two additional shows

Five nights of Led Zeppelin, with each show clocking in at over three hours. Talk about endurance. Many still consider these shows to be Led Zeppelin's best ever performances.

♪ Bron-Y-Aur Stomp YouTube
  • 1968 Yardbirds,Tacoma, Washington at University of Puget Sound, Memorial Fieldhouse
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin, Athens, Ohio at O. U. Convocation Center
  • 1975 Led Zeppelin, London, England - Day 1 of 5 at Earls Court Exhibition Centre
  • 1986 The Firm Dallas, Texas at Reunion Arena'
  • 1995 Page & Plant - Inglewood, California at The Forum
  • 2003 the double DVD set ‘Led Zeppelin’ was released with six tracks from Earls Court May 24 and 25 shows.

1975 May Earls Court stage set

1975 May Earls Court stage set

1975 May Earls Court - Jimmy Page playing Black Dog


1975 May Earls Court Jimmy Page acoustical set
1975 Earls Court

1975 May Earls Court "...moments of terrible power" (Chris Welch quote)