On this day 09 February

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Jimmy Page walks onstage and the place erupts.  As it should.

2002 09 February On This Day Jimmy Page
with Paul Weller's band at Teenage Cancer Trust, Royal Albert Hall
AUDIO: Wild Wood - Paul Weller (Soundcloud)

• 1968 The Yardbirds - Cardiff, Wales at Top Rank Ballroom
• 1996 Page & Plant Unledded Tour – Tokyo at Nippon Budokan
• 2002 Jimmy Page with Paul Weller's Band - Teenage Cancer Trust at Royal Albert Hall  

2002:
On this day Jimmy Page and Robert Plant appeared separately at the Teenage Cancer benefit at Royal Albert Hall. The event was billed as "The Paul Weller Band with guests Jimmy Page, Gary Moore, plus Robert Plant & Strange Sensation".

This was Robert Plant’s first London appearance in over three years and Jimmy Page’s first for over two. Furthermore, while it had been seventeen years since Jimmy Page had last performed at RAH for the ARMS shows in September 1983, Robert Plant had not performed there since the Led Zeppelin days: 09 January 1970.

Dave Lewis' take on Jimmy Page at the 2002 show:

"[it was] as if someone had picked up the remote and switched the TV over everything changes.
"You can see the Gibson…Weller goes off, his band mates mill around, lights flash down…and there on stage is Jimmy Page.
"Cherubic smile, well cut shirt, slimmer than in very long time, low slung Gibson Les Paul and sure enough it’s Dazed And Confused the instrumental…
"The place erupts and throughout the eight minute performance there is no doubt that we are in the presence of a living legend..."
~ Dave Lewis, TBL

2002 Jimmy Page, Teenage Cancer Trust benefit at Royal Albert Hall (Freda Hyatt photos)

2002 Jimmy Page, Teenage Cancer Trust benefit at Royal Albert Hall (Freda Hyatt photo)

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♪  Dazed And Confused (Jimmy Page with Paul Weller band, RAH 2002) 

I forgot to post this the other day
♫   NBC News report with a brief comment by Peter Grant 07 February 1975

On this day 16 October

 Awards, guest guitarists, and a toast

chris robinson video link

1999 16 October setlist

• 1970 Led Zeppelin receive Gold and Platinum disc awards at London’s Savoy Hotel
• 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - Bloomington, MN at Metropolitan Sports Center
• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Cleveland, OH at Gund Arena
• 1999 Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes - Worcester, MA at The Centrum Center 

1970:
For the second time in less than 12 months, Led Zeppelin received awards for record sales. On this day, Peter Grant, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant received Gold and Platinum disc awards from Anthony Grant (no relation to Peter Grant), the British Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade. The awards were for U.S. sales in excess of one million copies of Whole Lotta Love and for European sales of Led Zeppelin II, released in December 1969.

The previous year the boys had been awarded gold discs by a different parliamentary secretary, Gwyneth Dunwoody, who quipped, "you seem to be gas rockets rather than Led Zeppelins".

She was wrong. Led Zeppelin was beyond rockets by that point. They had already achieved warp speed.

1970 Led Zeppelin receive gold, platinum discs

1970 Led Zeppelin receive gold, platinum discs from Anthony Grant, UK parliamentary secretary for Board of Trade

1999:
In the video of Chris Robinson talking about working with Jimmy Page, Robinson says:  "Jimmy had done his thing with Robert and the Egyptian orchestra and stuff, but I don't think he maybe was fully satisfied with that..."

See?  I'm not the only one who thinks so.

On this day in 1999, Joe Perry showed up on stage to join in with the encore numbers, You Shook Me and Oh Well.  It wasn't the first time, but it's always special.

2012 Jimmy Page with Ian Hunter at Mott the Hoople film premiere (Ross Halfin photo)

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♪ Jimmy Page Outrider Tour (Bloomington, MN at Metropolitan Sports Center, 16 October 1988)
♪  Page & Plant (Cleveland OH at Gund Arena, 16 October 1995) 

♪  Jimmy Page/The Black Crowes (Worcester MA at Centrum Center, 16 October 1999)

♫  Chris Robinson on playing with Jimmy Page

On this day 03 October

 

The song remains the same no matter what the name...

1971 03 October On This Day Led Zeppelin visited India

• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Scheveningen, Netherlands at Fortis Circus Theater
• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Tokyo, Japan at Budokan Hall (day 2)
• 1995 Page & Plant - Irvine, California at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre

1969
By now Led Zeppelin was in the musical spotlight. This gig was at a seaside resort, Scheveninger, and according to the inexperienced road manager of the opening band, Steamhammer, the Grant/Cole duo was formidable: They insisted that "the slightly dodgy Dutch promoter" pay them in full before the show. Apparently there was no argument, the money was forked over.

1969 Led Zeppelin, Holland

1972

For some reason a commentator noted that during the acoustic set, John Bonham joined in with his "transvestite vocal cords". 'The Song Remains The Same' had not yet been fully formed. Not only were they tinkering with the song but also its title. Plant introduced it as 'Zep' the night before, this night Plant called it 'The Overture'. It was also called "The Campaign" before the title was finalized.

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1972 Led Zeppelin, Tokyo day 2 (K Hasebe photo)

1995

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♪  Led Zeppelin (Tokyo Japan at Budokan Hall, 03 October 1972) 
♪  Page & Plant (Irvine CA at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, 03 October 1995) 

On this day 02 October

 It makes me wonder... Terry Reid? Instead of Robert Plant? Hmmm.

1966 02 October On This Day The Yardbirds - Ipswich, England at Gaumont Theatre
published 2020

1966 02 October On This Day The Yardbirds - Ipswich, England at Gaumont Theatre

• 1966 The Yardbirds - Ipswich, England at Gaumont Theatre
• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Tokyo, Japan at Budokan Hall
• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Irvine, CA at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
• 1998 Page & Plant - Memphis, TN at Pyramid Arena 

1966:

The Jaywalkers disbanded in 1967.  Record producer Mickie Most, long-time friend of Peter Grant's (as well as business partner in RAK Management), became Terry Reid's manager.  Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones had both played sessions for Mickie Most productions before Jimmy joined up with the Yardbirds, managed by Peter Grant. There were a lot of connections between Reid and Jimmy Page, but Reid had other musical commitments and could not accept the invitation to the new venture that became Led Zeppelin.

You have to wonder just how things would have gone if... but what's done is done.

1972:

Jimmy Page was presented with a Greco guitar at the 30 September press conference in Tokyo. The Greco EG-360S, produced by the Japanese Kanda Shokai Corporation, was a replica model of Jimmy Page's Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar with a sunburst finish. 

Jimmy Page and John Bohnam don't seem to be very happy in photos from the press conference, maybe not so much about the guitar as about Greco's use of Led Zeppelin as an advertising boost with the tagline "Led Zeppelin is my brother" on the official tour programs. John Bonham demanded that Greco black out that claim before the first show. It was done.

John Paul Jones had recently obtained a Mellotron, a keyboard that can play pre-recorded music.  It was used on this tour for the premiere of The Rain Song. 

1972 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin Tokyo at Budokan Hall  (day 1)

1972 Tokyo press conference, Jimmy Page with Greco guitar (Lon Cabot photo)

1972 Tokyo press conference, Jimmy Page with Greco guitar

2007

Ross Halfin photoshoot 

2009

At a Mott the Hoople gig

2014

Harry Trifft interview of JP

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♪  Dean (Terry Reid, 1973) YouTube
♪  Led Zeppelin (Tokyo, 02 October 02 October 1972) 
♪  Page & Plant (Irvine CA at  Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, 02 October 1995) 

♪  Page & Plant (Memphis TN at Pyramid Arena, 02 October 1998) 

On this day 25 August

  was going to let my ghostwriter take over today so I could take a break, but oops - I don't have a ghostwriter.  So I'm taking a break anyway.  Today we have just a few photos and a playlist with a few songs related to nothing in particular, because why not.

1970 25 August On This Day Led Zeppelin, Nashville, TN at Nashville Municipal Auditorium
♪  Noshville Katz - parody of Nashville Cats (Lovin' Cohens) YouTube

• 1966 The Yardbirds - San Francisco, CA at Carousel Ballroom
• 1967 The Yardbirds - New York, NY at Village Theater
• 1970 Led Zeppelin - Nashville, TN at Nashville Municipal Auditorium
• 1994 Page & Plant Unledded Project - London, England at London Studios (recording and filming without orchestras in front of a select audience)

1970:
Terry Manning (then recording engineer, along with Andy Johns) delivered the Led Zeppelin III masters to Peter Grant while the band was in Nashville. The first pressings of the album included the phrases "So mote be it" and "Do what thou wilt" inscribed on the lacquer by Manning.

1967 The Yardbirds - New York, NY at Village Theater

1970 Nashville show promo

1994 Unledded - Robert Plant, Jimmy Page

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♪  Who's To Blame (Jimmy Page with Steve Winwood) YouTube

♪  Everything I Do Is Wrong (Jimmy Page, Albert Lee, John Paul Jones) YouTube

♪  Gonna Shoot You Right Down (Jimmy Rogers, Page, Plant, Clapton) YouTube

♪  Chuckles (Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck) YouTube

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

On this day 06 July

 A band like Led Zeppelin really did need a manager like Peter Grant.

1969 06 July On This Day Led Zeppelin at Newport Jazz Festival

• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Newport, RI at Newport Jazz Festival
• 1973 Led Zeppelin - Chicago, IL at Chicago Stadium
• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Barcelona, Spain at Sports Palace
• 2000 Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes - Bristow, VA at Nissan Pavilion 

1969:
Led Zeppelin was scheduled to close the Newport Jazz Festival but "...in the interests of public safety" the festival promoter, George Wein, attempted to knock Led Zeppelin off the bill. He had not considered Peter Grant. The band went on at 1 a.m. and as NME reported, proceeded to "completely destroy the audience".

Bill Harry created the weekly Mersey Beat in 1961, writing about the Liverpool music scene. Harry had gone to art college with John Lennon, and the Mersey Beat was the first to cover the Beatles. He was a publicist for Led Zeppelin 1969-1970. 

Harry recalled, "The point was - no publicity. It was carefully managed by Peter Grant that [Led Zeppelin] wouldn't do TV. I remember doing just one show with them for TV. They wouldn't do interviews. It was part of a thing he created which was successful. While everyone else was giving interviews for every other paper, the laws of trying to get as much publicity as possible, they didn't. It was more like keeping the press off them."
~ Bill Harry, in an interview with Gary James

1969 Backstage at Newport Jazz Festival

1969 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin Newport Jazz Festival (Photo P Tarnoff)

1973:
There was so much audience noise and fighting during this show that Robert Plant had to constantly ask for peace and quiet. Not that it did any good.

1973 Led Zeppelin at Chicago Stadium

♪  You Shook Me (Led Zeppelin, Newport Jazz Festival 1969) YouTube

♪  Led Zeppelin (Newport Jazz Festival 06 July1969) 

♪  Around and Around (Led Zeppelin cover Chuck Berry, soundcheck Chicago Stadium 1973) YouTube

♪  The Rover (Led Zeppelin, soundcheck Chicago Stadium 1973) YouTube
♪  Led Zeppelin (Chicago IL at Chicago Stadium, 06 July 1973) 
♪  Page & Plant Unledded Tour (Barcelona Spain at Sports Palace, 06 July 1995)

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RIP Peter Grant (1935-1995)

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On This Day 05 April

Remembering Peter Grant, who would have made mincemeat of Peter M.

1999 05 April On This Day Jimmy Page recorded at Depot Studios, London
AUDIO (Soundcloud)

• 1935 Peter Grant born
• 1968 The Yardbirds-Flushing Meadows,Queens,NY  at Queens College,Golden Center
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Dagenham,London,England  at Village Blues Club,Dagenham Roadhouse
• 1970 Led Zeppelin - Baltimore,MD  at Baltimore Civic Center

1970 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin, Baltimore MD

1980 Peter Grant (1935-1995) and Jimmy Page in a pub in the UK 

2013 Jimmy Page in NYC (Ross Halfin photo)

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♪ Bring It On Home (Led Zeppelin, Baltimore 1970) 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!