On this day 25 February

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Meanwhile:
Sometime after the Melbourne 20 February 1972 show Jimmy Page shaved off the beard he'd had for nearly two years. His first public appearance clean-shaven again was at the Auckland, New Zealand gig at  Western Springs Stadium. Robert Plant took a photo of him at the soundcheck.

Before...

After

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♪  Led Zeppelin (Auckland at New Zealand at Western Springs Stadium, 25 February1972) 

On this day 24 February

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Physical Graffi:  Possibly the most perfect album ever released

1975 24 February On This Day Physical Graffiti released
AUDIO Physical Graffiti source music (Soundcloud)

• 1967 The Yardbirds - Cardiff, Wales at Sophia Gardens
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England at Lafayette Club
• 1975 Physical Graffiti released
• 1996 Page & Plant - Sydney, Australia at Sydney Entertainment Centre (day 1 of 2)

1969:
The event was John Bonham's wife Pat's 21st birthday party.  From Bonzo's brother Mick's description:

" John took to the stage along with Jimmy, Robert, John Paul and they began to stun the audience with some superb music. They really were amazing and everyone was enthralled with this exhibition of unbridled talent. Like me, most people present had not seen the band before and were all amazed as I was.”
~ Mick Bonham

1975:
Led Zeppelin released their sixth album Physical Graffiti in the UK. Recording sessions had been disrupted when bassist and keyboard player John Paul Jones had proposed quitting the band, supposedly to become choirmaster at Winchester Cathedral, England, although in reality he just needed time to rest after Zeppelin's demanding tour schedule.

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♪  Led Zeppelin (Physical Graffiti 1975)  

On this day 23 February

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Photo + comments from Brian May's Instagram account. 

On this day 22 February

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On this day in 2024 Jimmy Page & friends at the opening of the Gibson Garage store in London

2024  (Dave Hogan Photo)

 

On this day 21 February

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There has been an extended intermission.

1998 21 February On This Day Page & Plant in Croatia

• 1993 Jimmy Page - New Orleans, Louisiana at The Howlin' Wolf
• 1998 Page & Plant - Zagreb, Croatia at Dom Sportova 

1993:
Jimmy Page has said he doesn't remember jamming with Mason Ruffner (American blues and rock singer, guitarist and songwriter) in New Orleans, but various people place him there on this day. Jimmy Page had jammed with him in 1985 as well. In the photo from that occasion, Ruffner was playing Jimmy's Les Paul and Jimmy Page was playing Ruffner's Strat. One source identifies the photo as having been taken by Patricia Ecker.  Ecker and Page married in 1986 and had a son, James Patrick Page III, in 1988. Patricia Ann Ecker Page died on October 30, 2020.

1998:
This was the first stop of the nine shows of the Page & Plant Mystic East Tour, including an appearance at the Festival di Sanremo in San Remo, Italy.

1998 Page & Plant in Croatia

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♪  Page & Plant, Zagreb Croatia 1998

On this day 20 February

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Melbourne 20 February 1972 - rain, wind, magic - and the last of the beard

Click to enlarge this photo of Led Zeppelin at Kooyong Stadium

♪ Led Zeppelin (Melbourne Australia at Kooyong Stadium, 20 February 1972)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xCOE8Nt7k8&list=PLf62FjbXtD1LU3_HiH7ZCK6Cv5XetRgds&index=94&t=2s&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB

 

On this day 19 February

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• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Adelaide, Australia at Memorial Drive Park
• 1993 Jimmy Page - New Orleans, Louisiana at Muddy Waters Club
• 1996 Page & Plant - Osaka, Japan at Castle Hall

♪  Led Zeppelin (Adelaide Australia at Memorial Drive Park, 19 February 1972)