Showing posts with label Houses of the Holy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Houses of the Holy. Show all posts

Saturday, July 29, 2023

On this day 29 July

 Dum de dum dum...

1973 29 July On This Day Led Zeppelin - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden
♪ Drake Hotel (Dragnet radio & TV theme song) (Soundcloud)
  • 1967 The Yardbirds - Danville, CA at San Ramon High School
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Edmonton, Alberta, at Kinsmen Field House
  • 1973 Led Zeppelin - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden
  • 1984 Jimmy Page with Roy Harper at Battersea Park, London
1973:
This was the third performance in a row at Madison Square Garden. At the end of Whole Lotta Love, East Indian fire-eater Mike Quashie came dancing out on the stage with a couple of torches. He lit John Bonham's gong and one drumstick, but Bonzo just kept on playing.

This is the show where the robbery occurred of MSG receipts from the safety deposit box at the Drake Hotel. Originally reported as $203,000, the amount was $180,000 and no one was ever arrested for the theft. The band later sued the hotel and received a settlement.

After the show, the band went to a party held by Ahmet Ertegun to present gold records for Houses of the Holy.

This final night was also the final performance in this 1973 North American tour.

1973 29 July Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden

1973 Led Zeppelin at MSG - Mike Quashie lights Bonzo's fire
Led Zeppelin - New York  1973 - Houses of the Holy Gold Album Award.
1984:
GLC Free Festival Battersea Park in London was put on by the Greater London Council, the city's local authority from 1964 to 1986.  It was one of two music festivals used to highlight what the GLC was doing to fight unemployment, boost the London economy and help create and fund new jobs. 

Thursday, July 20, 2023

On this day 20 July

 Once upon a time, a long time ago, Jimmy Page first discovered that Robert Plant could sing

1966 20 July The Yardbirds Stourbridge, England at Town Hall
♪ Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (Yardbirds) Soundcloud

2010 20 July On This Day Jimmy Page interview for Guitar Aficionado Magazine

  • 1966 The Yardbirds-Stourbridge, England at Town Hall
  • 1967 The Yardbirds - Denver, CO at Lakeside Amusement Park
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Warrensville Heights, OH at MusiCarnival
  • 1973 Led Zeppelin - Boston, MA at Boston Garden
  • 1977 Led Zeppelin - Tempe, AZ at A.S.U. Activities Center Arena
  • 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Dublin, Ireland at The Point Theatre
  • 2010 Guitar Afficionado Magazine interview with Brad Tolinski

1969 Led Zeppelin, Warrensville Heights (Cleveland) at MusiCarnival (Photo K Katzan)
1968:
Jimmy Page and Peter Grant checked out Robert Plant performing with a band called Hobstweedle (a.k.a. Obs-tweedle) at a teachers training college near Birmingham.  Chris Dreja was with Page and Grant.

1973:
The Boston Garden was one of the venues for Led Zeppelin's North American Tour after the release of Houses of the Holy. The crowd was rowdy and Plant's voice was strained. He tried to quiet things down several times but nothing helped so several songs were cut from the setlist and there were no encores. Again.

1977:
"Shambolic" is a word I learned from Jimmy Page, and it is a word that applies to the Tempe show, which also had several songs cut from the setlist.

1977 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin, Tempe, AZ

♪  Led Zeppelin (Warrensville Heights/Cleveland OH at MusiCarnival, 20 July 1969) 

Monday, March 28, 2016

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)



♪  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

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




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!




Wednesday, July 29, 2015

On This Day 29 July

Dum de dum dum...
1973 29 July On This Day Led Zeppelin - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden
♪ Drake Hotel (Dragnet radio & TV theme song) (Soundcloud)
  • 1967 The Yardbirds - Danville, CA at San Ramon High School
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Edmonton, Alberta, at Kinsmen Field House
  • 1973 Led Zeppelin - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden
  • 1984 Jimmy Page with Roy Harper at Battersea Park, London
1973:
This was the third performance in a row at Madison Square Garden. At the end of Whole Lotta Love, East Indian fire-eater Mike Quashie came dancing out on the stage with a couple of torches. He lit John Bonham's gong and one drumstick, but Bonzo just kept on playing.

This is the show where the robbery occurred of MSG receipts from the safety deposit box at the Drake Hotel. Originally reported as $203,000, the amount was $180,000 and no one was ever arrested for the theft. The band later sued the hotel and received a settlement.

After the show, the band went to a party held by Ahmet Ertegun to present gold records for Houses of the Holy.

This final night was also the final performance in this 1973 North American tour.

1973 29 July Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden

1973 Led Zeppelin at MSG - Mike Quashie lights Bonzo's fire
Led Zeppelin - New York  1973 - Houses of the Holy Gold Album Award.
1984:
GLC Free Festival Battersea Park in London was put on by the Greater London Council, the city's local authority from 1964 to 1986.  It was one of two music festivals used to highlight what the GLC was doing to fight unemployment, boost the London economy and help create and fund new jobs. 

Monday, July 20, 2015

On This Day 20 July

1966 20 July The Yardbirds Stourbridge, England at Town Hall
♪ Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (Yardbirds) Soundcloud

2010 20 July On This Day Jimmy Page interview for Guitar Aficionado Magazine

  • 1966 The Yardbirds-Stourbridge, England at Town Hall
  • 1967 The Yardbirds - Denver, CO at Lakeside Amusement Park
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Warrensville Heights, OH at MusiCarnival
  • 1973 Led Zeppelin - Boston, MA at Boston Garden
  • 1977 Led Zeppelin - Tempe, AZ at A.S.U. Activities Center Arena
  • 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Dublin,Ireland at The Point Theatre
  • 2010 Guitar Afficionado Magazine interview with Brad Tolinski

1969 Led Zeppelin, Warrensville Heights (Cleveland) at MusiCarnival (Photo K Katzan)
1968:
Jimmy Page and Peter Grant checked out Robert Plant performing with a band called Hobstweedle (a.k.a. Obs-tweedle) at a teachers training college near Birmingham.  Chris Dreja was with Page and Grant.

1973:
The Boston Garden was one of the venues for Led Zeppelin's North American Tour after the release of Houses of the Holy. The crowd was rowdy and Plant's voice was strained. He tried to quiet things down several times but nothing helped so several songs were cut from the setlist and there were no encores.

1977:
"Shambolic" is a word I learned from Jimmy Page, and it is a word that applies to the Tempe show, which also had several songs cut from the setlist.

1977 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin, Tempe, AZ

♪  Full show (Led Zeppelin, Cleveland 1969) YouTube
♪  Over The Hills and Far Away (Led Zeppelin, Boston Garden 1973) YouTube
♪ Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (Led Zeppelin, Tempe 1977) YouTube


♫  Jimmy Page interview in Guitar Aficionado Magazine by Brad Tolinski

Sunday, April 12, 2015

On This Day - April 12 1972

I'm thinking of uploading the On This Day images I've captured from jimmypage.com over the years. We'll see if I have the sticking power to do it, and if I do, if this blog is where I should put it.

Note that I will duplicate the entries on the Tidbits page.
2015 note:  I didn't duplicate all the entries on the Tidbits page.  But I did do every single On  This Day post!

Jimmy Page On This Day 12 April 1972
12 April 1972 - Dancing Days at Olympic Studios


Tuesday, October 28, 2014

2014 remasters: Goodbye Led Zeppelin

Last night I received the 2014 Remasters, Led Zeppelin IV and Houses of the Holy. I'm going to take my time reviewing the music but wanted to post a few thoughts right away.

I got the first three reissues as Deluxe CD sets rather than the Super Deluxe box sets, but sprung for Super Deluxe for these next two. Last night LZ IV and HOTH arrived. I have, of course, seen the photos of the contents (right) and knew what to expect, but not how I'd feel about the box sets.

First thoughts when I opened the individual cartons:

Why did I just get the Deluxe CDs before? I'm so sorry now I didn't sell my left kidney to get the Super Deluxes for the first three. I'll have to pick them up down the line because I just want them so badly now. The Super Deluxe box sets are perfect. They are obviously the product of intense thought and consideration, beautifully presented. You can tell that this physical aspect of the remasters were truly a labor of love on Jimmy Page's part.

They are the saddest things I've beheld in a long time.

I perceived in that moment that the remasters really are a swan song for Led Zeppelin. I understood that this truly was the end, the last significant work that was ever going to be released as Led Zeppelin, for ever and ever. The remasters are a going-away present from Jimmy Page to his former bandmates and to the world. Jimmy Page is moving on -- to new music we can hope, but whatever it is, he is leaving Led Zeppelin behind. 

All things in their time. I know that. 

Change means moving on. I know that.

But it's such a bittersweet knowledge.





Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Next two LZ remasters available to order

So far I've only found the links for the Super Deluxe Edition box sets but this is a good start!

Led Zeppelin IV 





Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. Black Dog
2. Rock And Roll
3. The Battle of Evermore
4. Stairway To Heaven
5. Misty Mountain Hop
6. Four Sticks
7. Going To California
8. When The Levee Breaks

Disc: 2
1. Black Dog (Basic Track With Guitar Overdubs)
2. Rock And Roll (Alternate Mix)
3. The Battle Of Evermore (Mandolin/Guitar Mix From Headley Grange)
4. Stairway To Heaven (Sunset Sound Mix)
5. Misty Mountain Hop (Alternate Mix)
6. Four Sticks (Alternate Mix)
7. Going To California (Mandolin/Guitar Mix)
8. When The Levee Breaks (Alternate UK Mix)





Houses of the Holy






Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. The Song Remains The Same
2. The Rain Song
3. Over The Hills And Far Away
4. The Crunge
5. Dancing Days
6. D'yer Mak'er
7. No Quarter
8. The Ocean

Disc: 2
1. The Song Remains The Same (Guitar Overdub Reference Mix)
2. The Rain Song (Mix Minus Piano)
3. Over The Hills And Far Away (Guitar Mix Backing Track)
4. The Crunge (Rough Mix - Keys Up)
5. Dancing Days (Rough Mix With Vocal)
6. No Quarter (Rough Mix With JPJ Keyboard Overdubs - No Vocal)
7. The Ocean (Working Mix)



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Remasters page has order info for all options.




Saturday, August 31, 2013

Mage Music Lite: The Master's Call

"Let the music be your master. Will you heed the master's call..."
~ "Houses of the Holy" by Led Zeppelin, "Physical Graffiti" (1975)

Mage Music 68

This graphics stuff has been fun but I'll probably go back to my usual writing next time.  Just letting you know.


Mage Music 68 The Master's Call  jimmypagemusic.blogspot.com





Saturday, April 27, 2013

No Fear

"A mirror reflects visible reality without judging it."
~ Gerd Ziegler, Tarot: Mirror of the Soul: Handbook for the Aleister Crowley Tarot

Mage Music 50
Mage Music 50: No Fear   jimmypagemusic.blogspot.com


By far the most certain impediment to successful Magick is fear. Together with its other insidious incarnations (doubt, worry, panic, hate, anger and the full spectrum of negative emotions), fear inhibits the process of Magick. Fear in itself isn't a bad thing - after all, negative emotions are meant to be a natural and useful part of the human survival mechanism - however, if negative emotions are present during Magickal process, they will impact the outcome in ways that are most likely not desired. In other words, what a Mage fears, dreads, hates or is just plain worried about will be included in what the Universe delivers.

We all know about this - that's why we don't look in the closet where the Bad Thing is hiding, and why we don't talk about the monster that is under the bed. We are given to know from birth that we have the power to project thought in a way that the Universe will respond to. Even if we don't purposefully use that knowledge, we still have an understanding early on that we don't want to give power to our fears by even acknowledging them. For a Mage - a person who purposefully aligns desire and will and ritual so that the Universe will respond in a specific way - allowing any undesired emotions to color the outcome can have terrible consequences.

Spiritual but not holy

Life isn't perfect and while we are spiritual beings in physical bodies that doesn't make us holy.  After all, if we were, there wouldn't be any need for Magick.  As it is, there are probably no humans walking around who don't experience negative emotions of some sort, no matter how evolved they are.

Going forward with Magick in the presence of negative emotion is clearly not a good idea, but negative emotions can't just be pushed through or pushed aside during a Magickal ritual as if they didn't matter. There is no benefit for Magick in carrying on in the face of fear, no point in being brave - because you can't fool the Universe.  The reality a Mage manifests through Magick reflects his actuality in full, not just the good parts.

Clearly the business of dealing with fear is something that needs to take place outside of the sphere of Magick, but it must be dealt with in the same way that a mirror reflects reality - without judgment. Fear (using the term broadly to include all the negative emotions) is useful.  It is a product of holding thoughts and feelings that are not congruent with specific desires, and so for the self-aware person the presence of fear can help identify more clearly the areas of the current desire that are weak.  Identifying the fear rather than being ruled by it, and letting the emotion point to a more positive direction, will negate the power of the fear and strengthen the desire.

Transforming negative to positive

"In the past I used to think I was nervous but it's the adrenaline tap switching on really early." Jimmy Page, 2012 Absolute Radio interview

Jimmy Page understands how to redirect negative emotion into positive. Nerves and stage fright are no friends of any musician if those negative emotions are allowed to run amok long enough in the musician's psyche. Focusing and dwelling on negative emotions encourages reaction rather than action, and reaction to fear is not subject to conscious control. Desire and will and ritual cannot overcome involuntarilyy freezing like a deer in the headlights. A musician and/or a Mage must be in the zone, able to open to the Universe, not closed up in self-protection.

For the Mage, no fear is not the same as not having fear - it is a matter of not being ruled by fear.  A successful Mage will take fear and transform it into a strength, for the Magick will faithfully reflect all that a Mage is.  Practical alchemy in action.

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Listen to Houses of the Holy (Physical Graffiti) if you're feeling a need to be reminded to heed the music's call.