Drove down from DC to Richmond, parked the car, walked down the backstage ramp, had no tickets, my future wife(now seperated) on my arm, nodded to the security guard, started talking to a roadie wheeling in equipment and walked in with no ticket. Ended up all around the arena, loud, raucous, echoy, remember the encore was some mishmash of zeppelin and a cover song. Crazy, funny, epic, over the top, classic, oh what a night. Went to the Merriweather Post Pavillon show that same tour, was partying hard to the top of the covered pavillion when out came Phil Johnstone in his dress up impression of Jimmy Page. I loudly announced while looking through binouculars that Jimmy Page was on stage. The twenty or so people around me were fully excited that there was a reunion of sorts happening on stage. The rush of adreliane and unbelievablility was too much. I took another look and fuck me raw but it was Phil Johnstone in his Jimmy Page scarf, pants, acoustic guitar slung low for Black Country Woman. I told my future wife(same from the Richmond gig) that it was not Jimmy Page but a imposter. I then suggested that we slink off as not to be abused by those that called me out on my ruse. I still wonder to this day how many of those rockers around us claimed that Jimmy Page appeared at this show.

http://roystonellisbeatpoet.blogspot.com/2009/04/royston-ellis-with-jimmy-page-late-1960.html

Watched a documentary(History Detectives) on PBS last night about Theremin, the Russian scientist that the instrument is named after. They showed two still pictures of Page using the Thereimin and mentioned the rock band Led Zeppelin. They showed exactly how the Theremin produced sounds. Very interesting stuff.

Ok. How many times did Led Zeppelin play in 2007. Once at the full house 02, once for a full dress rehearsal, anymore? Thanks

It starts of with the words Led Zeppelin in a semi arc with the look that they used around the Knebworth shows with lights coming from behind the words, then into the performance of Hot Dog live at Knebworth, I am guessing the August 4th show, then it ends with a shot of the cover of the In Through The Out Door and the Swan Song logo in the bottom right hand corner. I remember reading that it was shown in record shops to promote the album. I do have the this video on VHS. I also previously posted that I had video of the Silverdome 77 show. I could not find that tape. I did find some other performances which I do not know where they are from. I need to get my lazy ass to make copies of these and pass them on to whom ever can decipher where they are from. Cheers!

The Hot Dog promotional video. Why was it not included in the DVD? Was this not a actual pr video done by the band?

I have a VHS tape of a audience shot film(8mm) from the Silverdome show. It is about 8 minutes long. Filmed from various parts of the floor. I acquired this VHS tape in the mid 80's at a mall rock memorabilia show. It is a silent film.

why

front page of the Daily Break section of the Virginia Pilot (newspaper for the Hampton Roads, Virginia area and points north, south and west), home delivery printed edition, Saturday August 21st, upper right hand corner, a 3 inch long rectangle shot of Jimmy Page and Robert Plant goofing for a photo shoot, Page/Plant era. This is used as a advertisment at a local mall for a rock and roll art show http://hamptonroads.com/2010/07/rock-roll-art-show

The Capital Centre, Largo, Maryland The Capital Centre (also briefly known as US Airways Arena and USAir Arena) was an indoor arena located in Mitchellville CDP,[1] unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland; a suburb of Washington, D.C. Completed in 1973, the arena sat 18,756 for basketball and 18,130 for hockey. It was renamed for corporate sponsor US Airways in 1993, but reverted to its original name of Capital Centre after the airline dropped its naming rights. Most TV and Radio crews broadcasting from the venue referred to it by its nickname "Cap Centre". The venue's name is also sometimes misspelled as Capital Center, Capitol Center, Capitol Center Arena or Capital Center Arena. The venue closed in 1997 and was demolished in 2002. The Capital Centre was the first indoor arena to have a video replay screen on its center-hung scoreboard. The four-sided video screen was known as the "Telscreen" (or "Telescreen") and predated the DiamondVision video screen at Dodger Stadium by seven years. It was also the first arena to be built with luxury boxes and a computerized turnstile system. The Capital Centre was outfitted with a sophisticated in-house video system, technology not yet common in most 1970s-era arenas. As a result, a number of videos and concert recordings, many of them bootlegged, have been released over the years. Tour stops in 75 and 77. Urban myths still are bantered about.

You gotta love the drool at 3.04 in the rock and roll video. Classic Page

I have audience cassette tapes of shows in New Haven, Maryland, Syracuse and Albany from the tour that I attended. No photos, no video, only audience audio. I also was at the Philly show

I don't get it. Why?

Mr. Jones, any info on the video shot of the Bray studio rehearsals?

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how come no one can ask page, plant or jones directly? or see official band records?

and who could forget Mr. T on drums during the Beach Boys/Jimmy Page set in DC on the Mall, 7/4/85

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...9012103778.html kinda of interesting

Communication Breakdown playing as background music to a intro for ESPN radio on Monday, December 8th

It is all there. The power, the glory, the hammer of the gods, the energy, sledghammering away, moaning, groaning, screaming, over the topness, shreds of the beginning of heavy metal that would later become Metallica and the like, where Barracuda came from, staggering, skittering, flamboyant, the YEAH!! of it, bashing, cymbal crashing epic masterpiece that noone has come close to approaching. Whew, 9 minutes plus of unadultered pure in your face rock and fucking roll, quietly slipping to the end.

Just about all rock music released this year

Diversity was and is still in the Zeppelin way of doing things. Yes, Zeppelin does still exist.

Why are yourself, Dick, still involved with Led Zeppelin? Does the band as a collective entity want you to produce more videos for them in the future? Could the TSRTS been made into a "real documentary" from leftover footage of the 1973 tour? And, thank you for excellant vision, taste, and spirit in presenting Led Zeppelin (again, and hopefully again, wink, wink). Sincerely, Tom Lozupone

The Firm was great for that time period. Page touring the US after the ARMS tour. Saw them on both tour stops at Landover and in Philly. I remember Page falling on his back at one the shows and doing a leg and arm kick while on his back, quite comedic. Also remember him rushing behind the amps after several songs(?). All in all, great rock and roll. Live in Peace was a stand out as was Cadillac. Page being Page. What else could you ask for? Don't pooh-pooh it. Appreciate the live shows for what they were.

I guess one is better than two is some peoples minds. By the way, John Bonham is still dead.