I'm glad you're enjoying it. One of my goals with these remasters is to modernize their sound, by which I mean I want them to sound like they were recorded five days ago, not 50 years ago. It doesn't always work (e.g. the remaster of the 8/31/69 show I'm working on still sounds like it was recorded in the late 60's, regardless of what I do to it), but when it works, it adds an immediacy to the show that I really enjoy.

Looks like the author has only written one other rock biography, which was about Warren Zevon. It has good reviews on Amazon, so hopefully this one will turn out well. Has anyone heard if Jason Bonham or anyone else associated with the band was interviewed for the book? The Blabbermouth page doesn't mention anything about who the author talked to.

You can tell the site to stop showing you posts from specific people by hovering over their picture and choosing "Ignore User". You can specify the types of things you want to ignore (posts, messages, etc.) It works well, although you will see a post that was originally blocked if someone else replies to it and quotes the blocked post in their response.

I'm considering buying this. Hopefully it comes in a large shipping container, because I'm going to have to live in that box when my wife kicks me out after she finds out how much I spent on a gong 😃

"Evenings with Led Zeppelin" is the definitive book on their live career. For those of you who missed the first edition of this amazing book, a second edition is going to be released on September 23rd. It's currently available for pre-order on Amazon. I talked to Mike Tremaglio, one of the authors and a long time friend, about it recently and he said there will be 48 new pages and most of the existing pages have been updated. Even if you already have the first edition, this new one sounds like it will be worth picking up, and if you weren't able to get the first one, definitely make sure you get the second edition. https://www.amazon.com/Evenings-Led-Zeppelin-Complete-Chronicle/dp/1913172392

Thanks. I'm glad you're enjoying it.

For those of you who missed the first edition of this amazing book, a second edition is going to be released on September 23rd. It's currently available for pre-order on Amazon. I talked to Mike Tremaglio, one of the authors and a long time friend, about it recently and he said there will be 48 new pages and most of the existing pages have been updated. Even if you already have the first edition, this new one sounds like it will be worth picking up, and if you weren't able to get the first one, definitely make sure you get the second edition. https://www.amazon.com/Evenings-Led-Zeppelin-Complete-Chronicle/dp/1913172392

And did silver Sharpies even exist back then? That looks to be what was used for the JPJ signature.

Anybody else notice Jimmy seeming to lose the plot around the 10:00 minute mark of In My Time of Dying? I brought that up in another thread and a guitar player said it was because Bonzo got out of synch and Jimmy was slow playing his way through his part until they could meet up again.

Here's the next installment in The Stereo Project. Send me a message if you want the link for the full show.

Spackling, sanding, and more general prep to paint the kitchen cabinets in our new house. While I was doing it, I was distracted a couple of times by the sound of branches hitting our roof. At first I figured it was just windy, but after it kept happening I went outside to see what was going on. Turns out there were two porcupines in a tree near the house. It was hard to tell what they were at first, but eventually I could see the outlines of their quills. I've seen them on the ground before but didn't realize they climb trees. Checked the web and apparently they're abundant in the area near our new house and they eat twigs. We don't have any pets so I'm not worried about them being in the yard, but it was a strange introduction to the wildlife in the neighborhood. I expected bears and moose and assorted smaller animals, but porcupines in trees never crossed my mind.

Very cool. Thanks to everyone involved in tracking this down and sharing it.

We got our second round of the Pfizer vaccine yesterday afternoon. We were able to get it at a location only a few miles from our house instead of having to make the 120 mile round trip we did for the first one. So far, no side effects except for a sore arm, although even that's less noticeable than it was after the first one. It will be interesting to see how long it will be until we need a booster. I'm guessing that will be an annual thing, at least for a few years.

Try the Musician's Corner section of this site: https://forums.ledzeppelin.com/forum/17-musician39s-corner/

The RoyalAlbertHall.com site has an article about Zep's show there: https://www.royalalberthall.com/about-the-hall/news/2017/january/9-january-1970-led-zeppelin-delivers-one-of-the-greatest-shows-of-their-career-at-the-royal-albert-hall/ And these quotes from Germaine Greer to me summarize how extraordinary the band's performance was that night: "The sound came up to me with a force that pummeled me breathless. No other band ever managed to make a sound like that. It was certainly loud, but it was also driving, pushing along with incredible energy....For 10 years, rock and roll had been working towards something that would combine the extraordinary capacities of electronic instruments with the anarchic energy of youth, and there in the Albert Hall on January 9, 1970, I found it." Here's a link to her full review of the show: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3669830/Germaine-Greer-The-night-Led-Zeppelin-blew-my-mind.html

Favorite - Page/Plant in Boston, July 13, 1998. I was fortunate enough to see Jimmy and Robert seven times. Not only was this the best of those concerts, it's the best of all of the hundred or so concerts I've been to. The entire crowd was floating two feet off the ground as we left the arena. Just a magic night. Runner Up - Page/Plant in London, November 6, 1998. I was in the front row for this show. Dreams do come true. Steve Jones took the photo below. I was standing a little to his right.

A really well done mashup of Motorhead and James Brown:

I experimented for an hour or so and was able to raise the level of Robert's voice. However, I had to do so much processing to it so the software could capture his vocals that they sound somewhat unnatural. Here's a sample of Killing Floor so you can hear what I'm talking about:

I just listened to 4/24/69. The vocals are so low in the mix that I'm not sure the software I use to break songs apart will be able to recognize it. If it does, I'll be able to raise the level of Robert's voice like I did with the 1/22/73 show. If not, I'll still be able to fix up the sound a bit but he'll remain low in the mix. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Iceland is opening again to tourists, but only those who've gotten a vaccine that is approved by the European Medicines Agency. Unfortunately, the Pfizer shot we got is not on that list. I'm hoping it'll be added eventually, as I'm guessing most European countries will use this list if they're going to limit visitors based on vaccine type and there are a lot of places in Europe we want to visit. For those who are interested, here's the site with the list of approved vaccines: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-regulatory/overview/public-health-threats/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/treatments-vaccines/vaccines-covid-19/covid-19-vaccines-authorised

Michael Winslow does Whole Lotta Love:

Iceland is opening again to tourists, but only those who've gotten a vaccine that is approved by the European Medicines Agency. Unfortunately, the Pfizer shot we got is not on that list. I'm hoping it'll be added eventually, as I'm guessing most European countries will use this list if they're going to limit visitors based on vaccine type and there are a lot of places in Europe we want to visit. For those who are interested, here's the site with the list of approved vaccines: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-regulatory/overview/public-health-threats/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/treatments-vaccines/vaccines-covid-19/covid-19-vaccines-authorised

My wife and I got our first dose of the Pfizer vaccine today. That was the only option offered at the place we went, which was a 120 mile round trip (193 kilometers) from our house. We looked for something closer to home, but didn't have any luck. In our state, the second dose is automatically scheduled when you're given your first one, so we've got appointments three weeks from now at the same place we went to today. We'll try to find something closer, but if not we'll keep the appointments and just make a day of it.

The OP included text, since deleted, in his post that said the new version is going to be pressed on silvers. He didn't state where it came from, but apparently it's T2K who is going to release it (no doubt followed closely by EV and the rest.)