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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)

♪ Led Zeppelin(Boston MA at Boston Garden, 20 July 1973)
♪ Led Zeppelin (Tempe AZ at A.S.U. Activities Center Arena, 20 July 1977)
♫ Jimmy Page interview in Guitar Aficionado Magazine by Brad Tolinski

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

On this day 18 July

IN PERSON!

1970 18 July On This Day Led Zeppelin in Frankfurt
♪ Frankfurt Special (SoundCloud)

1969 Led Zeppelin - Chicago, IL at Kinetic Playground (day 1/2)
1970 Led Zeppelin - Frankfurt, Germany at Festhalle Frankfurt
1973 Led Zeppelin - Vancouver, British Columbia at Pacific Coliseum
1998 Page & Plant - East Rutherford, NJ at Continental Airlines Arena

1970

Chris Welsh onstage playing timbales for "Whole Lotta Love". Bonham said of that show that the audience was great - they were quiet and they listened hard.

1970 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin Frankfurt

1970 review of Led Zeppelin at Frankfurt

1970 Led Zeppelin in Frankfurt

1973

No encores in Vancouver BC because Robert Plant was ill and was taken to the hospital, where he was treated for exhaustion. He was cleared to continue the North American tour, though.

1985 Guitar Pulp Magazine - John Paul Jones, Les Paul, Jimmy Page

♪ Led Zeppelin (Vancouver British Columbia at Pacific Coliseum, 18 July 1973)

♪ Page & Plant (East Rutherford NJ at Continental Airlines Arena, 18 July 1998)

Saturday, March 19, 2016

On This Day 19 March

Over the years and far away

1969 19 March On This Day Led Zeppelin recorded at BBC Maida Vale
AUDIO Country Line Special (Cyril Davies R&B Allstars)

1969 Led Zeppelin - London at Maida Vale,Studio 4
1971 Led Zeppelin - Manchester England at University of Manchester
1973 Led Zeppelin - Berlin at Deutschlandhalle
1975 Led Zeppelin - Vancouver Canada at Pacific Coliseum (day 1 of 2)
1986 The Firm - Largo MD at Capital Centre

1969 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin, BBC Maida Vale

1969:
Although this was a BBC recording of Alexis Korner's Rhythm and Blues Show, it wasn't included in the Led Zeppelin BBC CDs.

1971 Led Zeppelin, Manchester

1973 Led Zeppelin, Berlin

1975:
Jimmy Page "... has always been an innovator going back to his Yardbird days and enjoys skirting the peripheries of accepted sounds and forms."
~Press review, CMS, March 1975

1975 Led Zeppelin, Vancouver Canada

1985:
“The main aim is to play some rock ‘n’ roll and have some fun.”
~ Jimmy Page, Page On Stage '85. Interview by Chris Welch, Creem, April 1985

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♪ Sunshine Woman (Led Zeppelin, Maida Vale BBC session 1969) YouTube
♪ I Can’t Quit You Baby (Led Zeppelin, Maida Vale BBC session 1969) YouTube
♪ Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin Berlin 1973) YouTube
♪ Over The Hills And Far Away (Led Zeppelin, Vancouver 1975) YouTube
♫ Jimmy Page & Paul Rodgers - Entertainment Tonight interview 1985

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

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

On This Day 23 December

1968 23 December On This Day Led Zeppelin arrives in the USA

1966 The Yardbirds – London at Wembley Studios
1972 Led Zeppelin – London at Alexandra Palace (day 2)
1975 Boleskine House fire

1968 Jimmy Page passport stamp

1972 Led Zeppelin Alexandra Palace, London

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♪ Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin, Alexandra Palace 1972) YouTube
♪ Over The Hills ((Led Zeppelin, Alexandra Palace London 1972) YouTube
♪ Stairway To Heaven (Led Zeppelin, Alexandra Palace London 1972) YouTube

♪ Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

On This Day 16 December

Where's Jimmy?

1968 16 December On This Day Led Zeppelin at Bath

1968 Led Zeppelin - Bath, England at Bath Pavilion
1972 Led Zeppelin - Birmingham, England at Birmingham Odeon Theatre

1968
This is one of those times when you have to read carefully. Led Zeppelin didn't play Bath three years in a row on this day, but at three different times in those three years. But that's OK.

Dave Lewis reports in his excellent reference, Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, that Robert and Jimmy learned about what roadies were able to do at the 1968 venue at Bath while they were watching the support band, Yellow Brick Road (not to be confused with the more recent band of that name). As reported by Dave, that band's roadie ran onto the stage to replace a busted drum. Prophetically, perhaps, Robert commented, "Jimmy, we must remember that."

It's hard to remember there was ever a time when the boys of Led Zeppelin were still new at their game.

1972 Led Zeppelin at Birmingham Odeon

2007
Yeah, I know that the O2 was over by this point, but the celebration goes on. Nobody minds looking at more photos, right?

2007 09 December Jimmy Page at O2 rehearsal (Ross Halfin photo)

2007 09 December O2 rehearsal (Ross Halfin photo)

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I've included links today to a few songs from BBC Sessions in addition to a couple from the 1972 show. Just because.

♪ Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin Birmingham 1972) YouTube
♪ Over the Hills and Far Away (Led Zeppelin Birmingham 1972) YouTube
♪ How Many More Times (Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions 1997 release) YouTube
♪ Whole Lotta Love / Medley (Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions 1997 release) YouTube
♪ Thank You (Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions 1997 release) YouTube

♪ Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

On This Day 08 December

"It's nice to be back. Especially with friends like you."
~ Jimmy Page, ARMS MSG 1983

1984 08 December On This Day Jimmy Page with The Firm at Hammersmith Odeon

1972 Led Zeppelin - Manchester, England at Hard Rock Concert Hall
1983 Jimmy Page ARMS Charity Concert Tour - New York at Madison Square Garden (day 1)
1984 Jimmy Page The Firm - London, at Hammersmith Odeon

1972 08 December Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin Manchester (Frank Mullin Photo)

1983
"The stage goes dark after Becks set and when the lights come on Jimmy Page is onstage which causes the crowd to go crazy".
This was a quote from someone who was at one of the Cow Palace shows - I meant to share it a few days ago but forgot.

1983 Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck ARMS Madison Square Garden

1983 Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page ARMS Madison Square Garden

1983 Jimmy Page ARMS Madison Square Garden (Michael Brito photo)

1984
"...and Tony Franklin on hair and bass."
I'd have liked to have been a fly on the wall listening to some of the cracks that must have been made about Tony's hair back then.

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♪ Over The Hills and Far Away (Led Zeppelin, Manchester 1972) YouTube
♪ Jimmy Page, ARMS MSG 1983 YouTube

♪ Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube

Monday, December 7, 2015

On This Day 07 December

1997 07 December On This Day Page & Plant at Café de Paris, London
Audio: Ramble On

1972 Led Zeppelin - Manchester, England at Hard Rock Concert Hall
1984 Jimmy Page The Firm - Middlesbrough,North Yorkshire,England at Middlesbrough Town Hall
1991 Jimmy Page with Long John Baldry - Vancouver, Canada
1993 Jimmy Page inducted into Hollywood RockWalk of Fame.
1997 Page & Plant - London at Café de Paris, Benefit for Children's Goal & War Child

1991

On This day Jimmy Page joined Long John Baldry in Vancouver for a 30 minute jam, Got My Mojo Working. In 1961 Alexis Korner and Cyril Davies formed Blues Incorporated in London, with an ever-changing band membership. John Baldry was a singer for the band with Jimmy Page occasionally sitting in. Baldry moved to Canada in the 1970s. He died in Vancouver in 2005.

1993

Jimmy Page was inducted into the Hollywood RockWalk of Fame at Guitar Center in Hollywood, putting his handprints in a block for the walk. The event was attended by Peter Frampton, Dweezil Zappa and Eddie Van Halen among others.

1993 Jimmy Page and Eddie Van Halen (Robert Knight/Getty photo)

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♪ Ramble On (Page & Plant, London at Café de Paris 1997) YouTube
♪ Over the Hills and Far Away (Page & Plant, London at Café de Paris 1997) YouTube

♪ Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube

Saturday, October 17, 2015

On This Day 17 October

So much to do. So little time.
Note: Updated 10/17/15
Note: Updated 10/17/15 again with players

1969 17 October On This Day Led Zeppelin at Carnegie Hall (2 shows)

1969 Led Zeppelin - New York at Carnegie Hall (2 Shows: 8:30pm and 12:00 midnight)
1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - Chicago, IL at UIC Pavilion

1969:
Eleven months. That's all it took for Led Zeppelin to go from embryo to Carnegie Hall. No rock band had played that venue since the Rolling Stones, five years prior, when rock performances were banned after a riot at the Stones' show. But Led Zeppelin had shot into the stratosphere like a rocket and could not be denied.

"This performance makes me realize we can be bigger than The Beatles and the Stones," Peter Grant told Richard Cole shortly after.
~ Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, Dave Lewis 2005

1969 Led Zeppelin at Carnegie Hall

1969 17 October On This Day background image

2012:
43 years later, Jimmy Page was in Japan promoting the remasters, which have reached top ten on the charts once again. There won't be any more new Led Zeppelin - but Jimmy Page is, from his own account, working in his studio right now. New music from him sometime next year! What a gift!

2012 Jimmy Page in Japan (Ross Halfin photo)

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I'm experimenting with a different media storage option for music files I can't find on the web. So far nothing I've found has made me happy. The two below are Amazon Web Services links. Do they work for you? I had trouble uploading, so don't know if I'll settle for AWS. Suggestions?

♪ Over the Hills and Far Away (Jimmy Page/Outrider, Chicago 1988) AWS
♪ Writes of Winter (Jimmy Page/Outrider, Chicago 1988) AWS

OK, let's try these (added 10/17/15 1:13 PM local):

♪ Prelude (Jimmy Page/Outrider, Chicago 1988) AWS

♪ Over the Hills and Far Away (Jimmy Page/Outrider, Chicago 1988) AWS

♪ Writes of Winter (Jimmy Page/Outrider, Chicago 1988) AWS

♪ Emerald Eyes (Jimmy Page/Outrider, Chicago 1988) AWS

Monday, July 20, 2015

On This Day 20 July