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Friday, December 4, 2015

On This Day 04 December

Led Zeppelin. The end of an era of greatness but never the end of the Magick.

1980 04 December On This Day Led Zeppelin disbanded

1966 The Yardbirds - Lima, OH at Springbrook Gardens Teen Club
1972 Led Zeppelin - Glasgow Scotland at Green's Playhouse (day 2)
1980 Led Zeppelin disbanded
1984 Jimmy Page The Firm - Ludwigshafen, Germany at Pfalzbau

1980

To "disband" is to break up an organized group; to cause the break up and end the functioning of an organized group. The word is even more apt when applied to a musical group - a band.

Disbanding is not the same as saying the members of the group can't keep going on individually. They can "reband", they can soar on their own, they just can never go back to what they were.

The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not "get over" the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to.
~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross & David Kessler, On Grief and Grieving

1984

“The main aim is to play some rock ‘n’ roll and have some fun.”

~ Jimmy Page

1984 Jimmy Page The Firm - Ludwigshafen, Germany at Pfalzbau

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♪ Full set (Led Zeppelin, Glasgow 1972) YouTube

♪ All the King's Horses (The Firm, 1986) YouTube
Note that Paul Rodgers was married to Machiko Shimizu when this song was written

Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube (beginning with this post)

Thursday, December 3, 2015

On This Day 03 December

Remembering Michael Lee.

1972 03 December On This Day Led Zeppelin at Green's Playhouse, Glasgow

1972 Led Zeppelin - Glasgow, Scotland at Green's Playhouse
1973 Jimmy Page with Roy Harper - London, England at Royal Albert Hall
1983 Jimmy Page ARMS Charity Concert Tour - Daly City, CA at Cow Palace
1984 Jimmy Page The Firm - Frankfurt, Germany at Kongresshalle
1998 Page & Plant - Frankfurt, Germany at Festhalle Frankfurt


		1972 Led Zeppelin at Greens Playhouse, souvenir book

1972 Led Zeppelin at Greens Playhouse, souvenir book

1973
Jimmy Page joined Roy Harper on stage at Royal Albert Hall for a guest appearance, playing Male Chauvinist Pig Blues. According to Dave Lewis, the concert was professionally taped but never released. If anyone has this performance of the song with Jimmy Page playing, please share!

1983
Last date of ARMS gig at Cow Palace

1983 Jimmy Page ARMS at Cow Palace (Larry Hulst/Getty Images)

1983 Jimmy Page ARMS at Cow Palace (Philip Anderson photo)

1984 Jimmy Page with The Firm, Frankfurt

2008
Jimmy Page attended the Darlington, England funeral of drummer Michael Lee, who had died from an epileptic seizure at 39 years old.

2008 Jimmy Page at drummer Michael Lee's funeral

2012
Read Dave Lewis' text of a Steve Sauer report on the Late Show with Dave Letterman appearance of Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones and Robert Plant.

2012 Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Dave Letterman

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♫ David Letterman Show interview (YouTube

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

On This Day 02 December

If you were at the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors, whose hand would you want to shake first: the President's or Jimmy Page's?

2012 02 December Led Zeppelin Kennedy Center Honours (published 2020)

1965 02 December On This Day Jimmy Page started using his Danelectro in the studio

1965 Jimmy Page with Donovan – Sunshine Superman
1966 The Yardbirds - Barea, OH at Baldwin Wallace College
1971 Led Zeppelin - Bournemouth, England at Starkers Royal Arcade Ballrooms
1971 Black Dog/Misty Mountain Hop single released (US)
1983 Jimmy Page ARMS Charity Concert Tour - Daly City, CA at Cow Palace (day 2)
1998 Page & Plant - Oberhausen, Germany at Oberhausen Arena
2012 Led Zeppelin, Kennedy Center Honors, Washington DC

1966 02 December On This Day Jimmy Page & Donovan record Sunshine Superman

1961 Danelectro

1965 Jimmy Page in studio session

2002 Jimmy Page, Nicko McBrain & Michelle Collins at Jimmy Page's Xmas fundraiser for ABC/Task Brazil

2012 John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page at Kennedy Center Honors

2012 Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant at Kennedy Center Honors

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♪ Sunshine Superman (Donovan feat. Jimmy Page, 1966) YouTube
♪ 1971 Black Dog (Led Zeppelin, Basic Track With Guitar Overdubs 2014 remaster) YouTube
♪ Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp (Led Zeppelin, Bournemouth 1972) YouTube
♪ City Sirens (Jimmy Page, ARMS US Tour, Cow Palace 02 Dec. 1983) YouTube
♪ Bird on a Wing (Jimmy Page, ARMS US Tour, Cow Palace 02 Dec. 1983) YouTube
♪ Good Night Irene (Jimmy Page, ARMS US Tour, Cow Palace 02 Dec. 1983) YouTube
♫ President Obama's tribute to Led Zeppelin - The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors 2012
♫ Led Zeppelin - The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors 2012

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

On This Day 01 December

I have a very live wish. I've surely wished it 2 million times. You know what it is.

2011 01 December On This Day Death Wish II soundtrack collectors edition released
(2011 post)

1972 Led Zeppelin - Newcastle Upon Tyne, England at Newcastle City Hall
1983 Jimmy Page - ARMS Charity Concert Tour, Daly City, CA at Cow Palace
1984 Jimmy Page with The Firm - Lund, Sweden at Olympen
1998 Page & Plant - Gent, Belgium at Gent Exhibition Hall

1972 01 December Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Newcastle

1983
This was the first of three nights for the ARMS US Tour at the Cow Palace. The ARMS US Tour setlist was heavily weighed towards Jimmy Page's music.

1. Prelude
2. Who's To Blame
3. City Sirens
4. Boogie Mama
5. Bird On A Wing (a.k.a. Midnight Moonlight)
6. Stairway To Heaven
7. Layla
8. With A Little Help From My Friends
9. Goodnight Irene

1983 Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers, ARMS at Cow Palace

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♪ Prelude (Jimmy Page, Death Wish II 1982) YouTube
♪ Who's To Blame (Jimmy Page, Death Wish II 1982) YouTube
♪ Closer (Jimmy Page with The Firm, Lund Sweden 1984) YouTube
♪ Full set (Page & Plant, Gent 1998) YouTube

Monday, November 30, 2015

On This Day 30 November

Boys just gotta have fun

1996 30 November On This Day Page & Plant at Channel V Music Awards, Mumbai, India

1971 Led Zeppelin - Manchester, England at King's Hall Belle Vue
1972 Led Zeppelin - Newcastle upon Tyne, England at Newcastle City Hall
1984 Jimmy Page with The Firm - Copenhagen, Denmark at Falkoner Theatre
1996 Page & Plant - Channel V Music Awards, Mumbai, India

1996

I don't generally bother providing the text to the On This Day posts, even when they're cut off, but this one is a hoot and you should read it all.

"Robert Plant and I had been invited to accept an award from Channel V - India’s premier music channel - and we had won an award for longevity.

"The highlight of the show were to be Los Del Rios, whose 'Macarena' song was a global hit at the time. Unfortunately at the last minute the duo pulled out of the trip as one of them had developed a sore throat; which was quite ironic considering they were going to mime. As it was, the chief dancer and choreographer of their video was to perform the song on her own. I believe this was the first time Channel V was doing this on an international level and now they had a bit of problem. They approached us to do something and of course we didn’t have any instruments and hadn’t rehearsed. It was suggested that we could mime Rock’n’Roll with Roger Taylor from Queen on drums (who was there to accept an award on behalf of Freddie Mercury) and a bass player from Goa.

"We agreed to it and did a quick rehearsal, I felt sorry for Channel V that they’d been let down by the Macarena boys. During the rehearsals the Goan bass player was well behaved but when it came to the show he suddenly developed a dose of Saint Vitus Dance and transformed into Billy Whiz crossed with the Flash. He couldn’t stop moving throughout the song and made it even more of a pantomime than it already was. But hey we did it and it was real good to be part of this special award show which is still being aired today"

1996 14 December Billboard review of Channel V awards

2012 Jimmy Page pushing his own luggage cart at the airport in Washington DC

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♪ Full set (Led Zeppelin, Newcastle 1972)
♪ Channel V awards at the Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai, India. YouTube
(scroll to 4:09)

On This Day links not provided: Macarena (Los Del Rios) and Muppets Led Zeppelin performing Rock and Roll.

Sunday, November 29, 2015

On This Day 29 November

So much closer, yet still so far away.

1984 29 November On This Day Jimmy Page with The Firm in Stockholm

1968 Led Zeppelin - Richmond, England at The Crawdaddy Club
1971 Led Zeppelin - Liverpool, England at Liverpool Stadium
1983 Jimmy Page - ARMS Charity Concert, Dallas, TX at Reunion Arena
1984 Jimmy Page with The Firm - Stockholm, Sweden at Göta Lejon
1998 Page & Plant - Lyon, France at Halle Tony Garnier

1971 Led Zeppelin, Liverpool

1983 Jimmy Page, Arms, Dallas (day 2)

1983 Joe Cocker, Jimmy Page, Arms, Dallas

1984
The Göta Lejon Theater in Stockholm, Sweden is a small but venerable venue that has hosted AC/DC, Def Leppard, Metallica, Bon Jovi, Motörhead, and R.E.M. among others. The Firm played there in 1984, not 1985 as stated on Jimmy Page's website.