On this day 16 January

 Shocked to the point of apoplexy by Led Zeppelin!  Oh no! 

• 1970 Led Zeppelin - Sheffield,  England at Sheffield City Hall, Oval Hall
• 1973 Led Zeppelin - Aberystwyth, Wales at King's Hall

1973 article on Led Zeppelin schedule

1973 Led Zeppelin at Kings Hall in Aberystwyth 

 2004 16 January Jimmy Page & Joe Perry (Ross Halfin photo)

 2004 16 January Jimmy Page & Joe Perry relaxing after photo shoot (Ross Halfin photo)

2004 16 January Jimmy Page, James Brown, Joe Perry, Slash, backstage at House of Blues (Ross Halfin Photo)

2020

On this day in 2020 Jimmy Page announced he would be producing a standard production model Sundragon Amplifier.

"Based on the overwhelming response to the limited edition @sundragonamps amplifier, we produced a standard production model Sundragon amplifier.

"The Sundragon Standard is a follow-up to the immediately sold-out limited edition

amplifier introduced and delivered in 2019. The Standard is a faithful recreation of the amp that I used on Led Zeppelin I and other notable recordings such as Joe Cocker’s With a Little Help from My Friends.

"My original amp started out life as a Supro Coronado. After falling out of the back of the band’s van during an early pre-Zeppelin tour, the amp was restored and modified in significant ways. I realised that the sonic palette of his amp had changed to something new and unique.

"After being shrouded in mystery for more than 50 years, I decided to share this extraordinary amplifier with the world."

In 2023 after his Rumble performance in November, Page announced the release of the Superdragon amp.

“The Super Dragon is a faithful recreation of my “Number 1” amp. After recording the first Led Zeppelin record and creating sounds that define rock guitar I needed an amp capable of reproducing this broad palette of sounds including the light and the shade in the studio and a live setting. Not only was the volume and tone important but it needed to have enough power to hear the subtlety of various aspects of my guitar playing. I experimented with different amps until hearing about a fellow in the USA named Tony Frank who was modifying Marshall amps. I sent Frank my favorite Marshall, a 1968 Super Bass and the result was exactly what I was looking for. Frank’s modification enhanced the amp’s power and expanded the dynamic range. This amp became the main amp for live shows as well as the principal amp I would rely on in the studio for all Led Zeppelin records from Zeppelin II onwards”.

2023

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You know that someone recorded Led Zeppelin in 1970 & 1973. But where are the videos?

On this day 15 July

 Twang that thang!

2010 15 July On This Day Jimmy Page and Duane Eddy interview at BBC Studios
♪ Bye Bye Blues (Duane Eddy) SoundCloud
♪ Rebel Rouser (Duane Eddy) YouTube

• 1966 The Yardbirds - Cowdenbreath, Scotland at Cowenbreath Palais de Danse & Perth Scotland at Perth City Hall
• 1967 The Yardbirds - Lorain, OH at The Big Moose
• 1973 Led Zeppelin - Buffalo, NY at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
• 1995 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour - St. Austell, England at Cornwall Coliseum
• 2010  BBC2 interview of Jimmy Page by Duane Eddy 

Jimmy Page (left foreground) 1967

1967:

The bill at The Big Moose Showcase included Sam the Sham and the Farrows; Tommy James and the Shondells; and then the Yardbirds. The venue was a small roller rink - such venues not uncommon back then.  The audience stood on the floor and there was no stage for the bands.  Jimmy Page, the Yardbirds -- up close and personal.

1973:

If only the people with firecrackers in the audience knew what we think of them now for messing up a Led Zeppelin show. The band seemed to get off to a slow start, but Robert Plant got into it with Heartbreaker and Jimmy Page picked up on the energy and took off. The Buffalo Evening News claimed "Led Zeppelin Kneads Crowd to Silly Putty". 

1973 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Buffalo (Photo Al Ligammari)

1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour at St. Austell, England

2010:
On this day Jimmy Page was interviewed by Duane Eddy for August 2010 broadcasts of two episodes memorializing the life of Les Paul, who had died the year before. Duane Eddy also interviewed BB King, Joe Perry, Jeff Beck, Albert Lee, Nile Rodgers and others. Portions of what may be the last full-length interview of Les Paul were also broadcast.

Duane Eddy (born in New York in 1938) was an interesting choice to perform the interviews. An American rock guitarist, Eddy developed a characteristic twangy sound created by playing melody on his bass strings. Early on he experimented with the echo chamber effect, actually recording in a 2,000 gallon water tank for Movin' n' Groovin because the Phoenix Recording studio didn't have an echo chamber. Eddy's musical genre was instrumental rock, which emphasizes musical instruments with little to no singing. Instrumental rock was most popular from mid-1950s to mid-1960s). Duane Eddy's twang and echo chamber, Link Wray's power chord, the focus on guitar: It would be safe to say that Jimmy Page paid attention.

Duane Eddy sold 12 million records by 1963 and more than 100 million over his career. He was the first rock guitarist to have a signature model guitar by Guild Guitars in 1960.  Gretsch and Gibson have also produced Duane Eddy signature model guitars. Guitar Player Magazine bestowed the first ever "Legend Award" on Les Paul, and in 2004 Duane Eddy received the second.

♪  Movin' n' Groovin' (Duane Eddy 1958) 

♪  Rebel Rouser (Duane Eddy 1958, featured in Forrest Gump)

♪  Rumble (Link Wray 1958, shown in a clip from It Might Get Loud) 
♪  Led Zeppelin (Buffalo NY, 15 July 1973)
♪ Page & Plant - Unledded Tour (St. Austell, England at Cornwall Coliseum, 15 July 1995)

On This Day 15 July

2010 15 July On This Day Jimmy Page and Duane Eddy interview at BBC Studios
♪ Bye Bye Blues (Duane Eddy) SoundCloud
♪ Rebel Rouser (Duane Eddy) YouTube

• 1966 The Yardbirds - Cowdenbreath, Scotland at Cowenbreath Palais de Danse & Perth Scotland at Perth City Hall
• 1967 The Yardbirds - Lorain, OH at The Big Moose
• 1973 Led Zeppelin - Buffalo, NY at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
• 1995 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour - St. Austell, England at Cornwall Coliseum
• 2010  BBC2 interview of Jimmy Page by Duane Eddy 

1967:

The bill at The Big Moose Showcase included Sam the Sham and the Farrows; Tommy James and the Shondells; and then the Yardbirds. The venue was a small roller rink - such venues not uncommon back then.  The audience stood on the floor and there was no stage for the bands.  Jimmy Page, the Yardbirds -- up close and personal.

1973:

If only the people with firecrackers in the audience knew what we think of them now for messing up a Led Zeppelin show. The band seemed to get off to a slow start, but Robert Plant got into it with Heartbreaker and Jimmy Page picked up on the energy and took off. The Buffalo Evening News claimed "Led Zeppelin Kneads Crowd to Silly Putty". 

1973 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Buffalo (Photo Al Ligammari)

1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour at St. Austell, England

2010:
On this day Jimmy Page was interviewed by Duane Eddy for August 2010 broadcasts of two episodes memorializing the life of Les Paul, who had died the year before. Duane Eddy also interviewed BB King, Joe Perry, Jeff Beck, Albert Lee, Nile Rodgers and others. Portions of what may be the last full-length interview of Les Paul were also broadcast.

Duane Eddy (born in New York in 1938) was an interesting choice to perform the interviews. An American rock guitarist, Eddy developed a characteristic twangy sound created by playing melody on his bass strings. Early on he experimented with the echo chamber effect, actually recording in a 2,000 gallon water tank for Movin' n' Groovin because the Phoenix Recording studio didn't have an echo chamber. Eddy's musical genre was instrumental rock, which emphasizes musical instruments with little to no singing. Instrumental rock was most popular from mid-1950s to mid-1960s). Duane Eddy's twang and echo chamber, Link Wray's power chord, the focus on guitar: It would be safe to say that Jimmy Page paid attention.

Duane Eddy sold 12 million records by 1963 and more than 100 million over his career. He was the first rock guitarist to have a signature model guitar by Guild Guitars in 1960.  Gretsch and Gibson have also produced Duane Eddy signature model guitars. Guitar Player Magazine bestowed the first ever "Legend Award" on Les Paul, and in 2004 Duane Eddy received the second.

♪  Movin' n' Groovin' (Duane Eddy 1958) YouTube

♪  Rebel Rouser (Duane Eddy 1958, featured in Forrest Gump) YouTube

♪  Rumble (Link Wray 1958, shown in a clip from It Might Get Loud) YouTube
♪  Full show (Led Zeppelin, Buffalo 1973) YouTube

[edited 15 July 2020]