On This Day 22 December

Mortals have trembled... and mortals will tremble again.

22 December On This Day published 2020
Artist's impression video

2009 22 December On This Day It Might Get Loud DVD released in USA

• 1972 Led Zeppelin - London at Alexandra Palace
• 1993 Jimmy Page Coverdale-Page Tour - Nagaya, Japan at Nagaya Gym
• 2009 Jimmy Page - It Might Get Loud DVD Released in USA 

2009

As with any major event in one's life, there are always things that stand out. For me, it was impatience with Jack White's and The Edge's scenes in It Might Get Loud. Fine, fine, now let's see Jimmy Page. Because to me, it's a movie about him.

I suppose there are Jack White and The Edge fans who think the movie's about them. Bwahahaha! No way!

2009 22 December On This Day text
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2009 Jimmy Page plays air guitar in It Might Get Loud

2009 Jimmy Page in his equipment storage room in It Might Get Loud

May get loud again

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♪  Movie trailer (Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud 2009) YouTube
♪  Whole Lotta Love (Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud 2009) YouTube
♪  Embryo No. 1 (Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud 2009) YouTube
♪  Domino a.k.a. Embryo No. 2 (Jimmy Page, Net Aid at East Rutherford 1999) YouTube
♪  Embryo No. 2 a.k.a. Domino (Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud 2009) YouTube
♪  Embryo No. 3  (Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud 2009) YouTube

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On This Day 21 December

Lucifer is the bringer of light to humankind, for which he has been vilified since day one.

December On This Day Winter Solstice
AUDIO Lucifer Rising

• 1971 Led Zeppelin - Salisbury, England at Salisbury City Hall
• 1993 Jimmy Page, Coverdale Page Tour - Osaka, Japan at Osaka Castle Hall
• 2012 Page and Plant interview on Charlie Rose CBS This Morning Show

1971 and today
A henge is a type of earthwork of the Neolithic period, generally consisting of a roughly circular bank with an internal ditch surrounding a central flat area that may or may not contain ritual structures of various kinds. About 8 miles north of Salisbury, England, where Led  Zeppelin played on this day in 1971, Stonehenge is aligned to the winter solstice. Although it is one of the most well-known henges, Stonehenge in fact atypical in that the ditch is outside the main earthworks.

Just like Jimmy Page:  He's a guitarist but atypical. Outside the norm. But you knew that.

The winter solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year when the planet's polar cap is pointed farthest from the sun (December in the northern hemisphere, June in the southern). Festivals, religious ceremonies and rituals mark and celebrate the next morning's "rebirth" of the sun, or of deities, or simply of the hope for survival till warm weather arrives again.

In 2015, the exact winter solstice is just after 9 p.m. 21 December. EST. At Stonehenge that is 4 in the morning on the 22nd. There will be plenty of reason to rejoice when the sun rises after the long, chilly night. Pass the time by listening to appropriate music. Remember, it wasn't Lucifer who has kept humans in the dark, it has always been Lucifer's detractors who shrink from the light.

Welcome to the winter solstice!

2012 21 December Jones, Plant, Page on CBS Charlie Rose Morning Show

Stonehenge solstice (stonehengetours.com photo)

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♪  In The Light (Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti) YouTube

♫ Page/Plant/Jones interview on CBS TV 2012
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On This Day 20 December

Train stopped a rollin'

1972 20 December On This Day Led Zeppelin at Brighton Dome

• 1968 Led Zeppelin - London at Fishmongers Hall
• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Brighton, England at Brighton Dome 
• 1993 Jimmy Page - Coverdale Page - Osaka, Japan at Osaka Castle Hall

1972:

The video featured in today's on this day is of the final run of the Brighton Belle train from Victoria Station to Brighton.  Peter Grant, the "someone" Jimmy Page mentions in the text, was one of the people featured in the newsreel footage, although Grant was not named.

1972 20 April - Peter Grant, from Brighton Belle video

1972 Brighton Dome

1972  Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin Brighton Dome

1993 Coverdale-Page, Osaka

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♪  Partial set (first songs missing) (Led Zeppelin, Brighton 1972) YouTube
♪  Full set (Coverdale/Page Osaka, Japan 20 December 1993)  YouTube
♫  1972 newsreel depicting the final run of the Brighton Belle all-Pullman electric service YouTube

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On This Day 19 December

1978 19 December On This Day In Through The Out Door at Polar Studios

• 1968 Led Zeppelin - Exeter, England at Exeter Civic Hall
• 1974 Jimmy Page & John Paul Jones encore with Bad Company & Duster Bennett - London, at Rainbow Theatre
• 1986 Jimmy Page joins Robert Plant during Honeydrippers benefit show, Stourport at Civic Center

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♪  In The Evening - Rough Mix (Led Zeppelin In Through The Out Door  Remastered) YouTube
♪  All My Love (Led Zeppelin, In Through The Out Door) YouTube
♪ I'm Gonna Crawl (Led Zeppelin, In Through The Out Door) YouTube

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On This Day 18 December

Some people smash guitars. Others just smash the boundaries of music.

1966 18 December On This Day Blow Up premieres in New York

Note:  I'm still dealing with all kinds of uproar in my personal life right now, so Mage Music posts remain.... um... basic.  That's it.  Basic.

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On This Day 17 December

1987 17 December On This Day Outrider sessions begin at Jimmy Page's Sol Studios

Sorry - life is interfering with my maintaining this blog. Posts will be limited for a while.

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On This Day 16 December

Where's Jimmy?

1968 16 December On This Day Led Zeppelin at Bath

• 1968 Led Zeppelin - Bath, England at Bath Pavilion
• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Birmingham, England at Birmingham Odeon Theatre 

1968
This is one of those times when you have to read carefully. Led Zeppelin didn't play Bath three years in a row on this day, but at three different times in those three years. But that's OK.

Dave Lewis reports in his excellent reference, Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, that Robert and Jimmy learned about what roadies were able to do at the 1968 venue at Bath while they were watching the support band, Yellow Brick Road (not to be confused with the more recent band of that name).  As reported by Dave, that band's roadie ran onto the stage to replace a busted drum.  Prophetically, perhaps, Robert commented, "Jimmy, we must remember that."

It's hard to remember there was ever a time when the boys of Led Zeppelin were still new at their game.

1972 Led Zeppelin at Birmingham Odeon

2007
Yeah, I know that the O2 was over by this point, but the celebration goes on. Nobody minds looking at more photos, right?

2007 09 December Jimmy Page at O2 rehearsal (Ross Halfin photo)

2007 09 December O2 rehearsal (Ross Halfin photo)

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I've included links today to a few songs from BBC Sessions in addition to a couple from the 1972 show.  Just because.


♪  Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin Birmingham 1972) YouTube
♪  Over the Hills and Far Away (Led Zeppelin Birmingham 1972) YouTube
♪  How Many More Times (Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions 1997 release) YouTube
♪  Whole Lotta Love / Medley (Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions 1997 release) YouTube
♪  Thank You (Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions 1997 release) YouTube

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