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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
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38 minutes ago, SteveAJones said:
The seller may have conflated the cancelled ZoCrowes European tour dates (2000) with cancelled Coverdale/Page European tour dates -- none were ever planned. I've not seen the blue pass before but it's plausible legit laminates were produced given tour preparations did progress to the point of tickets being sold.
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.
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On 10/27/2021 at 1:52 PM, SteveAJones said:
Pretty much. They tried three times to launch a US tour but there was no interest. The Japanese tour was put together as a concession to them as they really wanted to perform the material live. Even so, they knew before the tour began (or at least Jimmy did) that it was a last hurrah for the collaboration and nothing would follow.
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.
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Will the sale include the license plate Bad 1, that the members of Bad Company bought for Peter? 😁
Robert
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Several on Ebay.
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On 11/5/2022 at 5:01 PM, SteveAJones said:
Yes! I purchased a full set of these tickets more than 30 years ago. I look forward to hearing in this podcast the inside story on how all 80,000 were acquired.
Update: I'm listening via the Apple Podcast link, and there's about 15 minutes remaining. This podcast is phenomenal! The podcast content is so much more than I expected. Michael E. Deahn presents a masterclass in Old Chicago, popular entertainment and capitalism. The lively conversation flows like concert tickets from a printing press.
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
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5 hours ago, mtracy64 said:
Thanks. I haven't seen another with the sticker myself, but the record itself isn't quite as rare as I thought when I started collecting in the 1980's - it's difficult to find more because of collector pressure than rarity. I began collecting Zeppelin bootlegs in 1982 and quickly became "Yardbirds - curious". I became a big fan of the band very quickly, and of Jeff Beck also. I started buying original Yardbirds releases because a number of tracks hadn't been reissued officially and I wanted them at better quality than the bootleg compilations that existed. I eventually did the same with She Just Satisfies after writing to dealers and collectors all over the world through Goldmine magazine. I eventually began collecting Yardbirds records for the sake of collecting as well. I sold the collection to Craig Moore (not Moerer) in 1996, mostly because I couldn't find anything new to add. Once the internet (and eBay) came about, I started paying attention to what was out there and what things were selling for. It only took 15 years of doing so before I got sucked back in. The item that pulled me back in was the Japanese Happenings Ten Years Time Ago / Psycho Daisies red vinyl 45 w/PS. I scoured the web like never before looking for contacts and buying opportunities, and within a month I found a new website a Japanese collector had built so he could sell his collection. That's where I found this copy of She Just Satisfies. My timing was quite fortuitous - prices were way down from a few years earlier, and a staggering number of rare items were popping up all over the place.
I've never had much interest in memorabilia aside from records and live recordins. I do have the handbills from Fillmore West (Yardbirds and Zeppelin) and the Grande Ballroom (Yardbirds only), but that's it aside from the music. The owner of a local record shop started collecting and dealing in the handbills in the mid-1980's and had big stacks of them for sale at $5 to $10 each. I should have picked up a complete set (or five . . .).
There is another.
Robert
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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.
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17 hours ago, IvoryJoe said:
Yes, everyone remembers they were a huge Led Zeppelin tribute band from Connecticut in the 90's, but I think I can actually address your question. I saw them about 3 years ago (2019?), older but still dressed in their 70's outfits, horsing around dangerously close to the edge of the earth. One of them (the bass player) actually slid over the edge and was grabbed at the last minute by I think the drummer, and they dangled that way for a while. They tried to form a human chain, but somehow the weight of the struggling musicians dangling over the edge was enough to pull the whole band over. So unfortunately they did literally fall off the face of the earth.
Gary's higher calling as an engineer!
Robert
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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
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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
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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
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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
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It's all a matter of opinion, and the author is entitled to theirs. A seasoned Led Zeppelin fan could write a similar type of piece praising Led Zeppelin while writing demeaning comments about other artists. Years ago an interesting article was written for the Deep Purple fanzine Darker Than Blue that showed similarities between Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. The article even has noted Led Zeppelin author Dave Lewis' opinion at the end of it which I thought was a great thing to do considering it's a Deep Purple fanzine and they asked Dave for input. Whenever, I visit other sites devoted to another artist they generally seem jaded and all other music is terrible unless it's created by their favorite artist. Anyway all copyright credit goes to the authors of the Darker Than Blue fanzine.
Robert
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5 minutes ago, sam_webmaster said:
I didn't bother to check. And the Bonham photos in the book are from that same roll.
Thanks Sam, if it's best feel free to prune my two latest posts above to avoid confusion.
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Any idea who it is? Interesting that the roll is split.
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Hi Porgie66,
From a different roll, here's more of Bonham. Note the last few images are of Bonham with the double bass drum set up.
Robert
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On 10/7/2018 at 3:54 AM, The Only Way To Fly said:
I seem to remember a pretty cool promo poster for The Photographers Led Zeppelin - It looked like a proof sheet with the negative numbers and sprocket holes surrounding the actual photos. I've seen it on eBay a few times, but never pulled the trigger.
IIRC its usually between $50 and $100 USD.
I own an example of the item you are referring to.
Robert
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Collectors usually start a focus on a particular segment of items or a particular timeframe of the band. Collect what makes you happy and at a means that's within your budget. Personally, I'm all over the board from basic items to much rarer items. Steve is correct. There's a lot of items locked up in personal collections that won't be available again for a long time. Best of luck in collecting the belt buckles. Pacifica made some really cool buckles.
Robert
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I agree with Steve anywhere between $150 to $225 and his estimate is a good idea. Now for the cool part of the post. I also have an unused 07/23/77 ticket. It's the next sequential number. The tickets were most likely purchased together. I tried to take an image utilizing a mirror. Hopefully you can make out the 139719. I also have an unused 07/24/77 as well.
Robert
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1 hour ago, stanlove said:
I know you put too much emphasis on opening acts. I saw the other day an article where the Stones sold out the 1975 tour immedietly and they did not announce opening acts. The used opening acts because they did not want to play for three hours., hey did not need them to sell out stadiums. Most of their tours the opening acts did not even play for long. You are making the case that people were paying huge ticket prices to watch an opening act for 40 minutes. Didn't happen.
Obviously you didn't go back and reread the past thread. I hardly was putting emphasis on opening acts. I was stating facts not fiction and you bailed on the thread when I presented the 90,000 plus ticket sale number. Why continue to come on Led Zeppelin's official website with a personal axe to grind? If you are a Zeppelin fan then you know that years before The Stones small club tour Zeppelin performed a return to the clubs tour right? Zeppelin could have played a larger venue circuit and sell out the tour but stepped back. I also hardly made an emphasis on ticket prices. If you want to discuss having other acts on the bill and still performing we can add the Bath Blues Festival (1970) in there if you want to talk attendance numbers.
Robert
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Hi Stanlove,
I hope you are well. I see the topic is going to be revisited again. It's unfortunate our previous discussion was sidetracked. The old thread was here:
Last mention I posted the cancelled JFK show Zep where Zep were going to play in front of over 90 thousand without an opening act, but I didn't see a response from you. If you'd like to continue our discussion let me know.
Robert
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Brain freeze moment. Sam, Steve, is this Jeff, wearing an example of the jersey from '75?
Robert
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The Amsterdam footage can be seen without the sub titles on disc two of the Cosmic Energy dvd "Assemblage" from 2006. One has to wonder what other lost footage is out there waiting to be discovered.
Robert
1977 Tour Sales Numbers or total tour sales numbers
in Led Zeppelin Master Forum
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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
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