The Third Eye production from Great Western Forum in LA on May 16, 1995 is one of the best 1995 shows. Also fantastic is Boise/Idaho on October 9, 1995 - still can't believe the amazing works of Third Eye - I'd prefer their productions to all the professionell productions that were done between 1995 and 1998. The stripped-down 1998 shows were a completly different story, compared to the monstrous "Unledded"-Shows with two orchestras. My Favorites are from University UCLL in London on October 30, 1998 (only 30minutes from the pit) and the complete show from Shepherds Bush Empire in London on March 25 1998, because they were pretty close. However, they played their asses off on each and every night during that period.

Quote: Nice shots. Amazing the band were already big enough at that point people would buy tickets to sit behind the stage. With an audience of more than 11.000 people Zep set an official attendance record in that historic building that may remain until today. An attendance they didn't match when they returned to the Festhalle on June 30, 1980 and Jimmy Page & Robert Plant played there again on December 3, 1998 (which was one of the best shows I've ever seen)

2nd Guitarist then was Innes Sibbun

Small venuas? The apacity of the Westfalenhalle 1 in Dortmund is 15.380 ! The Festhalle in Frankfurt sold out with 12.000 and the shows I've attended in Mannheim (two nights with 8.500) and Munich with 10.000 attendees were total sell-outs.

Wow !!! Can't believe this !!! How cool was that !!!

Reading that old thread, let me provide this ... The photographer remains unknown to me. And yes, Page (in chain-smoking modus) played well that night, very well ....

Hi! Are you sure you got a 77 recording? "Soon to named Eleven Years Gone" was said by Robert in Copenhagen 23/7/1979?

Hope that will turn up soon ... That voice, still touching! Can't wait already for the album.

Always loved what Robert did with the "real" Honeydrippers" - heard very good audience-recordings of the shows in Derby, Manchester, Nottingham and Bradford, but to get hold of a really excellent recording from that short tour in April/May 1981 is one of my wildest dreams (musicwise) since 1981. This "back to the roots"-period was absolutly fantastic and a lot of fun. These guys rocked, what a fantastic formation fronted by Robert and Robbie Blunt and seen from that angle, the "Volume 1" was always a dissapointment. Will never give up hope for a beautiful soundboard-recording and it would be a good idea, if Robert would add one of these shows to the forthcoming expanded edition of official Honeydrippers-album.

Don't know about the 1968 Farewell Show, but Jimmy Page attended certainly the Reunion Shows at the Royal Albert Hall in May 2005

Yes, if my memory is right they heard that attendee and played"Train Kept A Rollin" in the "Whole Lotta Love" middle-section. And yes, I agree it's a shame that show wasn't videotaped and we have only an average audience-recording which doesn't catch the frenzy going on

I went to the shows in Munich in November 1998 and the last night of the tour in Frankfurt 1998 - standing in front of the stage Robert Plant looked like a giant and Jimmy Page? ... Well, I've never seen him play better (and I saw hin four times with Zep among other times) - we knew, we had seen history as we drove homewards. Then they played the short spot at the Amnesty-Benefit in Paris and til this day I cannot understand Plant's decision calling it quits. They were simply awesome and everybody seemed so happy playing together. Even after 25 years those memories stay fresh in my mind, no matter how much time passes.

... and what a helluva gig that was !!!

Your notes may be accurate (as usual) - according to MarkZep (who provided the videos) the rehearsal was in Devon and Salcombe is a resort town in South Devon. Thanks very, very much.

Yes, I'm sure - there's 16min of the rehearsals (incl. "Here Comes The Rain" by The Cult) and also an40min- interview with Robert, Here's the link fot the reheasal: