07 November

 

2014

• 1966 The Yardbirds Dick Clark Caravan of Stars tour - Chanute, KS at Chanute Auditorium 
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - San Francisco, CA at Winterland Ballroom (day 2)
• 1969 Whole Lotta Love/Living Loving Maid released as single
• 2001 Jimmy Page with Fred Durst & Wes Scantlin - MTV Europe Music Awards, Frankfurt, Germany at Festhalle 

2016

♪  Led Zeppelin (San Francisco CA at Winterland Ballroom - day 2, 07 November 1969)

On this day 06 November

 Don't go - I can't quit you!

1964  06 November - Baby Please Don't Go released

• 1964 Baby Please Don't Go, by Them with Van Morrison feat. Jimmy Page  released
• 1966 The Yardbirds - Bartlesville, OK at Bartlesville Civic Center
• 1966 The Yardbirds - Tulsa, OK at Tulsa Assembly Center Arena
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - San Francisco, CA at Winterland Ballroom (day 1 of 3)
• 1998 Page & Plant -  London, England at Wembley Arena 

1964:

The band Them was a Northern Irish group formed in 1964 with founding member, Van Morrison.  They released a number of songs you've no doubt rocked to over the years, including Gloria and Here Comes the Night.

1969

Jimmy Page..."understands the role of accompanist  (to vocalist or instrumentalist) and yet can turn on a tough, biting solo in old style blues or electronic head music with no apparent change of pace." [P.Elwood/Examiner/Nov. 1969]

A double encore at the Winterland Ballroom: Eddie Cochran's C'mon Everybody and Something Else.

1969 Winterland

1998

The second song of the first of Page & Plant's two encores was Ramble On, which Led Zeppelin had never played live in its entirety.

1998

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♪  Baby Please Don't Go (Them with Van Morrison, feat. Jimmy Page guitar 1964) 
♪  Led Zeppelin (San Francisco at Winterland,Ballroom 06 November 1969) 
♪  Page & Plant (London, England at Wembley Arena day 2, 06 November 1998)

On This Day 26 April

Led Zeppelin played day two of a two day engagement at Winterland on 26 April 1969.

1969 26 April Led Zeppelin at Winterland

• 1968 Yardbirds - Cincinnati Convention Center, Cincinnati OH
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
• 1985 The Firm - Joe Louis Arena, Detroit MI
• 1995 Page & Plant - Market Square Arena, Indianapolis IN

Theremin

According to Dave Lewis' Led Zeppelin: The Concert File (a book every Zep fan should have) this show was Led Zeppelin's biggest of their career to date. Jimmy Page was now using the Theremin during Dazed and Confused.

The Theremin was invented by Léon Theremin. An electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact, two metal antennas sense the relative position of the musician's hands and send electronic signals to an amplifier based on the position of the hands. The distance from the antenna determines frequency (pitch) and amplitude (volume). Higher notes are played by moving the hand closer to the pitch antenna. Louder notes are played by moving the hand away from the volume antenna.

Because of the way the Thermin is played, the musician must actively control the rests (space between the notes) as well as the notes themselves.  The Theremin is an instrument well suited for a musician like Jimmy Page who has always been concerned with visual arts as well as musical, and who understands the value of light and shade.

Jimmy Page plays Theremin 1975 03 February MSG 

Lev Termen (Léon Theremin) demonstrating Termenvox, c. December 1927

On This Day 24 April

Today was the first day of a four day run of Led Zeppelin concerts in San Francisco in 1969: this day and the last at Fillmore West, and the two middle days at Winterland.

1969 24 April Led Zeppelin at Fillmore West

• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Fillmore West, San Francisco
• 1985 The Firm - Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL

1969

By April of 1969 Led Zeppelin had come a long way since half a year before at their first ever concert in Denmark (as the Yardbirds). They were already the Real Deal, and San Francisco knew it.  The opening medley of the show demonstrates how tight they were, even when jamming. 

This particular show had equipment problems that Robert Plant refers to in his chats between songs.  

Ah, we seem to always have this cock up every time we come here. This is the second time we've been here. Good evening from Led Zeppelin. Let's see if we can get it ... all. No cock ups now.
~ Robert Plant lead-in to The Killing Floor

♪  The Killing Floor YouTube

Artist Randy Tuten, who did the avocado poster, was one of the original San Francisco psychedelic rock poster artists.  He began producing posters for Bill Graham's organization in 1969.

The first Led Zeppelin concert poster he did featured a car on it. The next was an update of an avocado art piece he created in college.  After then Tuten began to use the blimp in his Led Zeppelin posters.

♪  Led Zeppelin (Fillmore West, San Francisco 1969) YouTube