Bozoso73 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Every time I see something from the years 1973 1975 1977 I always think "Where were Zep on this date?". . I thought I can't be the only one who does this. . So I'll start. . I was looking at the web and seen that Zeppelin was playing their first night in Landover, MD the night Star Wars hit the masses. . May 25, 1977. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZ98 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 There's a site called http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/ that gives a good overview of what happened during the time that Zep was around. The links below are for the specific years that they were on tour with Bonzo. 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1977 1979 1980 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozoso73 Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 not really the point I was making Steve. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZ98 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 42 minutes ago, Bozoso73 said: not really the point I was making Steve. . You can work backwards from the details in those lists and tie them to Zep shows. For instance, the moon landing occurred on 7/21/69 when Zep were in NYC. Chappaquiddick, (Mary Jo Kopechne died when a car driven byTed Kennedy went off a bridge), occurred a few days later on 7/25/69 when Zep was playing in Milwaukee. Both of those were important cultural events at the time, and are still well known today (there's a movie about Chappaquiddick that's currently in theaters.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Bozoso73 said: Every time I see something from the years 1973 1975 1977 I always think "Where were Zep on this date?". . I thought I can't be the only one who does this. . So I'll start. . I was looking at the web and seen that Zeppelin was playing their first night in Landover, MD the night Star Wars hit the masses. . May 25, 1977. . Not every time but often times if for some reason a date is mentioned between 1968-1980 I do immediately recall where they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 6 minutes ago, SteveZ98 said: You can work backwards from the details in those lists and tie them to Zep shows. For instance, the moon landing occurred on 7/21/69 when Zep were in NYC. Chappaquiddick, (Mary Jo Kopechne died when a car driven byTed Kennedy went off a bridge), occurred a few days later on 7/25/69 when Zep was playing in Milwaukee. Both of those were important cultural events at the time, and are still well known today (there's a movie about Chappaquiddick that's currently in theaters.) The moon shot show was Cleveland. Robert still recalls it well. The Eagle landed on the lunar surface at 20:18 GMT. Armstrong set foot on the moon at 2:56 GMT, 7/21/69. http://www.ledzeppelin.com/show/july-20-1969 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZ98 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 10 minutes ago, SteveAJones said: The moon shot show was Cleveland. Robert still recalls it well. The Eagle landed on the lunar surface at 20:18 GMT. Armstrong set foot on the moon at 2:56 GMT, 7/21/69. http://www.ledzeppelin.com/show/july-20-1969 Thanks for the correction. I confused the landing and the first step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirchzep27 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 All i can think of is....noise solo 1977 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IpMan Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 One piece of trivia which is kinda funky. When Zep were playing there legendary LA Forum show on June 21st 1977, Elvis was playing Rapid City SD and the Kings final show was on June 26th, 1977 in Indianapolis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 I keep track of the history of rock bands and rock albums. The timing and progression of events and trends is interesting. Here are a few examples. August 1968 Truth by Jeff Beck was released. Zeppelin were rehearsing for their first tour. October 16, 1968 Electric Ladyland by Hendrix was released. Oct 18 Zeppelin played the Marquee Club in London Nov 22, 1968 The White Album by the Beatles was released. Nov 23 Zeppelin played Sheffield Univ Dec 6, 1968 Beggar's Banquet was released. Dec 10 Zep played the Marquee Club Feb 5, 1969 Goodbye Cream was released. Feb 2 Zep played Toronto and Feb 7 they played the Kinetic Playground in Chicago May 23, 1969 Tommy by the Who was released. On the same day Zep played the Kinetic Playground in Chicago June 1969 Beck - ola was released. Zep were on their fourth UK tour, including BBC appearances Sept 26, 1969 Abbey Road was released. Zeppelin were getting ready to go to the Netherlands and Paris for a few shows, Oct 3 - 5, Oct 10. January 9, 1970 The first Black Sabbath single (Wicked World/Evil Woman) was released. Page turned 26 and Zeppelin played the Royal Albert Hall Feb 13, 1970 Black Sabbath the album was released. Zep played Edinburg on Feb 17 Sept 18, 1970 Paranoid the album was released. Jimi Hendrix died. Sept 19, 1970 Zeppelin played two shows at Madison Square Garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 July 28, 1973 Zeppelin at the triumphant end of their record breaking North American tour. Second of three nights at Madison Square Garden. In upstate New York at Watkins Glen, 600,000 fans gathered to hear the Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers, and The Band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 The summer of 1977 was crazy in New York City. Son of Sam was terrorizing the city - he was captured on August 10. July 13 - 14 was the big blackout followed by looting. July 13 - 21 was the worst heat wave in the city's history. For 9 days the high temperature averaged 97.1 F, and it was very humid. Zeppelin had played their biggest tour ever that spring and summer. April 8, 1977 The Clash released their first album. Zeppelin was in between gigs in Chicago. April 9 was the night Jimmy collapsed. June 10, 1977 the Apple II computer was launched. Zeppelin played their third sold out night at Madison Square Garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 The spring and summer of 1977 saw the huge Animals tour by Pink Floyd. Here are the dates and venues. Many well known Zeppelin dates in this list. (January - April was the Animals tour in Europe) 22 April 1977 Miami United States Miami Baseball Stadium 24 April 1977 Tampa, Florida Tampa Stadium 26 April 1977 Atlanta The Omni 28 April 1977 Baton Rouge, Louisiana LSU Assembly Center 30 April 1977 Houston Jeppesen Stadium 1 May 1977 Fort Worth, Texas Tarrant County Convention Center 4 May 1977 Phoenix, Arizona Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 6 May 1977 Anaheim, California Anaheim Stadium 7 May 1977 9 May 1977 Oakland, California Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 10 May 1977 12 May 1977 Portland, Oregon Memorial Coliseum 15 June 1977 Milwaukee County Stadium 17 June 1977 Louisville, Kentucky Freedom Hall 19 June 1977 Chicago Soldier Field 21 June 1977 Kansas City, Missouri Kemper Arena 23 June 1977 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum 25 June 1977 Cleveland Municipal Stadium (World Series of Rock) 27 June 1977 Boston Boston Garden 28 June 1977 Philadelphia The Spectrum 29 June 1977 1 July 1977 New York City Madison Square Garden 2 July 1977 3 July 1977 4 July 1977 6 July 1977 Montreal Canada Olympic Stadium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 The fall of 1971 was a busy time in music. Oct 31, 1971 Meddle was released Nov 8 Led Zeppelin "IV" was released Nov 11 Zeppelin starts it UK tour Nov 12 Fragile by Yes is released, Zep plays Sunderland Nov 17 The Faces release "A Nod's as Good as a Wink. . . to a Blind Horse" - Zep plays Birmingham Sometime in Nov - ELP releases Pictures at an Exhibition Then we move into 1972 Feb - Zep tours Australia March 25, 1972 Deep Purple releases Machine Head June 16 David Bowie releases Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - Zep play Nassau Coliseum June 15 and Portland, Oregon June 17. Not a bad 3 days for rock music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Only Way To Fly Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Between 18 April 1970 (Phoenix) and 22 June 1970 (Reykjavik) there no gigs - but on 4 May 1970 Twenty-eight United States National Guardsmen fired approximately 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine. CSNY would record the song Ohio a few days later, on 21 May 1970. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 June 17, 1972 Nixon campaign operatives break into an office in the Watergate office building. Zeppelin plays Portland Oregon in the middle of their 1972 US tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 During the 1977 US tour, these albums topped the Billboard chart. Weeks of Apr 2 , Apr 9 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Apr 16 - May 14 The Eagles - Hotel California May 21 - July 9 Rumours July 16 - Barry Manilow Live July 23 - Rumours (Rumours went on to top the charts every week through the week of Nov 20.) 1973 March 1 - Dark Side of the Moon is released. Zep gets ready for their tour of Europe. Houses of the Holy released March 28, 1973, one month before the big US tour. Dark Side was Number 1 the week of April 28. Elvis' double Live from Hawaii album was number 1 the week of May 5. Houses was number one the weeks of May 12 and May 19, only to be knocked off by The Beatles 1967-70 collection then by Paul McCartney and Wings Red Rose Speedway, followed by George Harrison's Living in the Material World during late June and well into July. For the last week in July when Zeppelin finished their tour, filmed the shows and got robbed, the number one album was Chicago VI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remi Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 1971 Dec 02 The Who @ Dallas / Led Zeppelin @ Bournemouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandak Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 On 4/21/2018 at 7:40 PM, SteveAJones said: The moon shot show was Cleveland. Robert still recalls it well. The Eagle landed on the lunar surface at 20:18 GMT. Armstrong set foot on the moon at 2:56 GMT, 7/21/69. http://www.ledzeppelin.com/show/july-20-1969 Besides being a Led head, I am a HUGE HUGE Apollo fan. Can you provide a link that details what plant said about the Landings, what he recalls about it? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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