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I like this thread. This could go on for a while. The idea of looking and thinking about Led Zeppelin references and coincidences are a good thing. I'm sure we can come up with a lot more.
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Several years ago there was a cable TV series either on HBO or Showtime called "Going To California". It was about a few guys in their twenties on a road trip and living it up on the way. Having fun, getting into trouble etc. I think it only ran for one year.
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Wow, that's quite interesting Steve. Nice find. So what happened after that? Just kidding. Well, the rest is history.
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Not sure about this either. A big welcome to the forum. Great first post and thread
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Babe I'm Gonna Leave You at around 7:30 pm on New Yorks Q104.3. Cranked up of course in my car.
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Peter's residence looks like some kind of place. Pretty amazing. Great research as always Steve.
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I suppose such an auction was inevitable. Even so, it saddens me to think this magnificent collection Peter personally assembled throughout his many travels is being broken up. I do hope the estate or auctioneer is carefully documenting each item (photograph, etc) for the sake of posterity.
Edit: Indeed they have. See the online catalog for this Oct 22nd auction:
Steve,
Thanks for the detailed info on the auction items. Some great stuff here. A lot of it very unique. When you have an influx of cash, such as Peter Grant did, it makes things like this quite feasible for the individual and build a collection of valuable antiques such as these. Good work.
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This is from the Eastbourne Herald from a couple a days ago regarding the auction of some of Peter Grant's antiques that will be auctioned.
Led Zeppelin Manager's Antiques Under The Hammer
Date: 09 October 2008
A COLLECTION of antiques amassed by Peter Grant, the manager of the legendary rock band Led Zeppelin at his home near Eastbourne, will be auctioned on Wednesday October 22.
Dreweatts Auctioneers will be selling an impressive collection of Art Nouveau and Art Deco items, bought by Grant in the 70s and 80s.
Peter, who died in 1995, was a well-known figure in Eastbourne and was often spotted driving around town in his distinctive car with the number plate LZ1.
Seventeen items belonging to him will feature in the firm's sale of 20th Century Pictures & Design, which will be held at Dreweatts Donnington Priory salerooms.
Peter, who died in 1995, shared his passion for 20th Century design with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, and the two of them would spend hours in antique markets and shops between gigs when the band was touring the world.
The two men had been friends ever since Peter took on management of Jimmy's upcoming band The Yardbirds, subsequently to evolve into the godfather of all supergroups, Led Zeppelin.
Among the furniture items included in the auction is a Louis Majorelle Art Nouveau walnut desk and matching chair, one of five pieces of Majorelle and Galle furniture in the Peter Grant collection, offered for sale with an estimate of £5,000-7,000.
An iconic symbol of the Decorative Arts movement is the Tiffany lamp, and Peter Grant's collection boasts a particularly fine example in the shape of a Tiffany Studios Favrile glass and bronze Geometric' floor lamp, dating from around 1910 and measuring 63.5cm in height. Carrying a pre-sale estimate of £8,000-12,000, this object in particular is expected to arouse significant interest among collectors.
At the more portable end of the spectrum is an 1897 colour lithographic poster, Monaco Monte-Carlo by Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939), one of five Mucha lithographs in the collection, which is expected to fetch £1,000-1,500 on the day.
"This collection is unusual in that it combines items of exceptional quality with a 'celebrity provenance' likely to provoke interest from ephemera collectors," said Dreweatts specialist Dan Bray.
"Normally, items consigned for sale which have a famous owner are perhaps overly reliant on that fact, but in this case, the quality of the collection speaks for itself before one takes the Led Zeppelin connection into account."
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Docron,
Thanks for decyfering this. I couldn't quite make out all of Jimmy's handwriting. Great stuff.
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Jimmy Page's Handwriting
Jimmy's notes explaining his concept for the laser pyramid violin bow solo he would perform during the 1979 Knebworth Festival:
Wow! What a piece of memorablilia. Where did you get that? It shows the planning that Jimmy put into all his performances. Great one Steve.
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The man was simply the best. A genuinely, real class act.
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I saw them about ten years ago at a club in Norwalk. Don't remember the name of the venue. I thought they were excellent. Great musicianship and a setlist to match. They all had the moves down. Not sure what has become of them. I've heard Led Zepagain is quite good as well as a friend of mine saw them last year in the San Diego area. They seem to just perform on the west coast.
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Bullshit. Tapping and wang bars proved to be an evolutionary dead end in music, but the innovations of Page still make up the backbone of hard rock. So that refutes the innovation claim. EVH may have speed and cleanliness to his playing, but in terms of improvisational composition Page is better than EVH. Dexterity, you might have a point, but imagination around the guitar and the guitar solo itself? Bullshit. Once you've heard Eruption you've heard all of Eddie's tricks really. Compared to Page, EVH has a grey withered husk of an imagination.
When Franz List and Chopin played together, List had more complex technique, but Chopin moved the audience to tears. Emotion and idiosyncracy count at least as much as speed, and they are why Page will ALWAYS trump EVH. Shred rock guitarists with no grounding in roots music went out with acid washed jeans; but Page never goes out.
What's more, with a single well placed gig in London, Page's one concert reunion upstaged EVH's whole reunion tour. What does that tell you?
Right on and well put! EVH never grew as a guitarist and never did anything innovative after their first album, while JP was the complete opposite. EVH inspired so much horrendous music. Basically all the hair bands of the 80's. While Zep did inspire some bad music, when bands just take the obvious elements of their music. They influenced quite a bit of good bands as well. The whole Seattle scene of the 90's, White Stripes as well as any guitar driven band that came after Zep. The list is endless.
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Remember this came from The Sun, one of the real crap tabloids so take it for what it's worth, which isn't much. If any of it is true I'm sure it was exaggerated and/or taken out of context.
Finding Led Zeppelin in unrelated places
in Led Zeppelin Master Forum
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That company has been around for years. Forgot about that one. They always cleaned up!
Should we not count movies where Zeppelin songs are featured such as Almost Famous and Fast Times At Ridgemont High? Don't think we should include these.