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  1. Here's ballpark numbers for 77 from an article titled "Biggest of them all". One could state more or less tickets were sold for each show as not all tickets that were sold were utilized. For example, unused tickets for Seattle and Pontiac appear for sale on the secondary market. I could write up a lengthy response, but researching concert reviews, press releases, etc. will provide a ballpark number. Robert www.anextranickel.com
  2. The poster auction is from 3 years ago based on the date shown in the screenshot. The issue with GottaHave... based off of previous auctions is that they auction a mix of legitimate memorabilia mixed with other items that are either suspicious or not real, and need to research the items better. For reference, back in 2017 Rick Barrett was contacted to verify whether or not an Object was real. Unfortunately, the piece was destroyed in shipping. It turned about to be real. This is number 629. I saved the images. It sold on Ebay for almost $400.00 if I recall correctly. I'd have to check. This is what the promo piece looks like without an x-ray 😁 or scratch test. Robert www.anextranickel.com
  3. I agree, I don't recall ever seeing a mention of a European tour, considering the lack of ticket sales in the US. The blue pass is made by the same company that made the laminates for the Japan tour.
  4. Hi Steve! Here's a small run of tour laminates I'm working on. Two laminates are from the short lived tour of Japan. The VIP example belonged to Jimmy's guitar tech. The other All Area Access is either from the cancelled US tour or the cancelled European tour. The seller thought it was from the European leg but was honest in stating they didn't know.
  5. Will the sale include the license plate Bad 1, that the members of Bad Company bought for Peter? 😁 Robert www.anextranickel.com
  6. Hi Steve! I hope you are doing well. The podcast was fantastic! I always learn something new whenever I chat with Michael. For reference from the podcast here's an image for you. 😁 Four pairs (side by side). Have a good one! Robert www.anextranickel.com
  7. None of the signatures are real. Page didn't start utilizing his lightning bolt signature until the 1980s. In addition, Robert didn't utilize that signature style in the early and mid 70s. While the Sharpie was around starting in the mid 1960s it really wasn't utilized for autographs in the 1960s and 1970s. Usually signatures were obtained in ball point pen, pencil, or felt pen.
  8. Gary's higher calling as an engineer! Robert www.anextranickel.com
  9. Gong is part of a reference to an old phrase "kick the gong around" which was slang to smoking opium. Unfortunately, certain members of the band were utilizing substances more frequently during the timeframe when Presence was recorded and released. An interesting choice for the band to record during this timeframe. Cab Calloway's "Kickin' the Gong Around" is referencing cocaine. Robert www.anextranickel.com
  10. I remembered Steve Jander posting at The Hotel years ago regarding Mick Hinton. The thread is titled: "Was Mick Hinton a mean drummer/tight with Bonham?". Here was Steve's reply: "Mick was mostly Bonzo's close friend and confidant. He knew how to set up, repair and tune drums but I never heard him play drums once (except for whacking on each drum during "sound check" to set levels). One of the guys on the Showco lighting crew, Gary C. was (is) a badass drummer and would occasionally sit down at Bonzo's kit and wail during the afternoon setup. I don't think the band picked their personal assistants for their musical abilities". Steve did not mention Jeff's name at all in this response. Robert www.anextranickel.com
  11. I have copies of John Vogel's SHOWCO 1977 three leg itineraries, and Jeff is not listed anywhere that I can find. Mick Hinton is listed. After all of these years I thought Jeff would at least provide some proof that he worked for John and traveled with the road crew. Even an image would be beneficial, but I have never seen an image of Jeff on the road in '77 with Zeppelin and the SHOWCO road crew. What's more alarming is the fact that the auction house does not have images of the actual sticks up for auction. With an opening bid of $7,000 one would think images of the actual sticks for auction would be utilized. First the green sparkle kit, now these sticks. Thank you for creating this thread. Robert www.anextranickel.com
  12. Hi Ashtray, Interesting find. The article you linked to is from September 2018. So this is the second example found, or do you know if it's the same example, as the one that is mentioned in the write up? I'm guessing this is a second example. Robert www.anextranickel.com
  13. I'm guessing this is the jacket that was on Ebay in October 2018. I saved the images and the auction description. In the lower left it states "Direct from New Orleans..." This is most likely a tribute band jacket and is not official Led Zeppelin merchandise. In the 80's and early 90's there were only a handful of tribute bands and one of them was out of New Orleans. My friends longtime tribute band Physical Graffiti - The Led Zeppelin Show had satin jackets made in circa 1991 that were red and white. Robert www.anextranickel.com
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