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On December 12, 2017 at 3:24 PM, brspled said:
Hi Pilot! Greetings from Brazil!
It was amazing, and such a pleasure to meet so many great people from the old board😍
To all the lucky ones who were there: cheers!🥂🥂🥂
😎😍❤️
Howdy brspled! Wow one of the "old boarders" not literally old of course! Good to see you post.
yep I remember scouring YouTube all night as vids popped up. Incredible show. Ten fast years...
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Thanks Steve. Did a quick search and it looks like we did discuss it a bit a good while back.
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Ok this isn't '75 but a "lost show" nonetheless. Ask here or is there another thread? Don't want the Forum police to bust me.
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On February 1, 2017 at 6:50 PM, sixpense said:
No he didn't. It was the Les Paul. I saw them on this tour. To be clear: "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love" the encore is the track I am referring to not the track written by the band. That track was the blue strat because he was using the tremolo bar.
I have audio of this show and it is Everybody Needs Somebody To Love where the problem happens.
whatever. He played the blue strat on someone to love which the poster above referenced even if they had the wrong tune and I did as well to which you replied "no he didn't". So yes he did.
On someone to love.
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7 hours ago, sixpense said:
That was the Les Paul. (Possibly why he replaced the pickup)
He played the blue strat on Someone To Love.
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So much for this idea.
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O-H.......I-O
beat that team up north.........again.
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Hats off to Ferrari...
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On October 10, 2016 at 8:28 PM, SteveAJones said:
Page/Beck/Clapton Jam (1983)
A reputable fan/collector on Facebook was telling me he is aware of a Page/Beck/Clapton jam having been held in the gardens of Jimmy's home at the time, The Old Mill House in Clewer Village, around the time of the ARMS shows (1983). Furthermore, he said he's heard the tape, and that it lasts about 15 minutes. Apparently the neighbors complained? My notes don't show anything on this, and I would recall having heard a tape like that. So my question for the forum is, anyone else out there have something of interest they can add to this? I'm looking for something substantive, not pointless speculation. Thanks!
Steve I recall the VHS tape of the Arms show and I haven't seen it in years but in the opening they show the entire lineup rehearsing and I seem to recall it was in a house. They go around and ask most whom they've worked with before. There is mercifully only a 1-2 second clip of Jimmy saying "I've worked with Jeff" I believe is all is said. I say mercifully because Jimmy looks like death warmed over.
Perhaps a recording of this rehearsal was leaked somehow. It definitely appeared to have been recorded in a house not a rehearsal soundstage.
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12 hours ago, SteveAJones said:
Jimmy attended the final night of Gilmour's three show stint at the Hammersmith Odeon on April 30, 1984. Apparently that show was professionally recorded for a video release.
I recall a Gilmour concert on TV I recorded on VHS back in high school. That must be the one. It would've definitely been before 85-86 or so.
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Same here . I enjoyed the physical graffiti rehearsal and the one where they were writing stairway far more than the companion discs. I bought the first three then after that figured why bother.
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It's been ages since I heard it so I may be wrong but thinking it was Tampa 73 a fight breaks out and you hear some girl yelling for her boyfriend to either stop or because he was getting roughed up.
Someone mentioned a gasp. I swear there's a point in one of the 69 Boston Tea Party shows you can hear it. I always wondered if that was the show the band was referring to that it went so well and the head banging on the stage started.
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3 hours ago, Walter said:
Where and when was that pic taken? Recently?
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1 hour ago, the chase said:
Great news for the boys!!
Did the jury mention anything about Strider forgetting his wallet?
We'll have to wait for the kingzoso lawsuit.
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On April 14, 2016 at 9:07 PM, The Pagemeister said:
I couldn't make it halfway thru because of the drummer not having a clue.
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Just read they will do a tribute at the Grammys. Henley, Walsh, Schmit, Leadon and Jackson Browne. Take It Easy.
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Sorry to hear about Glenn. I'm as big an Eagles fan as I am Zep and probably more.
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On January 16, 2016 at 5:05 PM, Patrycja said:
It's just how do you explain 75 year old Vladimir Horowitz playing the monumental Rach 3 better than his 20 year old self?
It's real simple Pat. Age will diminish ones ability plain and simple. Are there exceptions? Sure. But the exception doesn't make the rule. As far as Horowitz goes I'm familiar with the quote (as it appears in nearly every musicianship book I've read) and there is no doubt he lived an extremely disciplined life and took care of himself and his craft. As opposed to the lifestyle of Page and so many others. Now throw in the age factor and as I said, you simply, cannot compare a 40 year timespan as related to ones abilities.
Did you watch Michael Jordan when he came out of retirement the second time? Enough said...
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With all due respect to the posts above keep in mind we are talking about a nearly 70 year old man at the O2. You cannot possibly compare this to a young barely 30 year old Page. Good grief. Of course he's not going to be as fluent. This is a silly conversation. I'm getting older and my hands simply don't function on a guitar neck like they did 20 years ago and I can't imagine what they'll be like in another 20. You are comparing a 40 year time gap with Page.
I recall Clapton saying a couple years ago he listened to some shows of himself from '94 and we was amazed at how fluent he was and how much had changed in the last few years. I thought it was an honest assessment of what time does to us all. Imagine him listening to some Cream shows!
I thought Page was brilliant at the O2. Absolutely brilliant.
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On January 12, 2016 at 2:38 PM, Lake of Shadows said:
Hey there... been a long time...
Life has been happening, as has the end of it as well. I do miss 'the old days' and some of the conversations/discussions/rants/diatribes... but especially some of the people here, and particularly you StringBender.
But... we can't go back it seems... when we try, it's like trying to put toothpaste back in the tube... it doesn't work and the attempt can be kinda messy.
I pop in briefly every few months and then pop back out. Meanwhile..... *waves hello*
Hi Lakey!
Yes the toothpaste can get a little messy....hope all is well with you.
Hey '59. Good to see you as well.
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3 hours ago, ALEISTER CROWLEY said:
Dearest 'Bender,
Hello. Nice to see you passing through as I.Recall you as the thinking-man's conservative.
Cheers,
A.C.
They are coming out of the woodwork...
Yes, it's been a long time hasn't it A.C. Where is Hermit, Del, wannabdrummer, Manderly, and my best pal Lakey....and the list goes on an on...
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On January 8, 2016 at 9:04 AM, Walter said:
Yep! Twice the fun...
Wow. Old Scratch. Haven't thought about him in years!
Looking back through the first few pages of this thread brought back memories of the good old days.....kinda sad so many are gone now.
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On December 26, 2015 at 1:27 PM, notfadeaway said:
Here's an interview I did with Tony Franklin recently: http://tinyurl.com/zad643f
I also interviewed Plant back in the 80's, if anyone is interested, I'll publish it.
www.bsidenews.net
Great interview. Thanks for sharing. I always thought Franklin was an incredible bass player and really made the Firm sound.
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I heard the July 24 1979 Copenhagen Warm-ups before I heard anything from the Knebworth Festival, so this was one fan who definitely didn't write off 1979 when it came to Led Zeppelin. It was the summer of 1981 in a record shop in the tiny town of Killeen, Texas where I bought the bootleg "copenhagen warm-ups - the second night" triple-vinyl release by Geiko-Sukui of the July 24th show. Couldn't believe how good the show sounded when I played it that night.
Two months later, at the same record shop I found "Last Lead", a double-vinyl set from the Monomatapa label. Nothing on the packaging outside or inside gave any clue that this was August 4 Knebworth. In fact, the only clue it was a post-1977 concert was the inclusion of "Hot Dog" among the song titles listed on the back...all the other songs listed were older songs pre-1977. Being a double-album, it was not a complete concert, but listening to the record you could tell it was Knebworth, due to the sound and size of the audience. It sounded like a fairly decent show to me, too.
So, with both those two bootleg records in my collection, I went along on my merry way through the 80s with the belief that 1979 was a good year for the band. It was not until the late 80s, when I first got a hold of the August 11 Knebworth VHS tape and some 1980 Euro tour boots, that I heard the unevenness that had seeped into the band's performances of that period.
strider your experience was similar to mine. That was my first Zep boot the triple album. No longer have it but it had the odd song titles right? Like Cold Dog and White Cat? I wore those records out.
Yes one one of the best shows ever if not the best. Awesome set list and musicianship.
But... we can't go back it seems... when we try, it's like trying to put toothpaste back in the tube... it doesn't work and the attempt can be kinda messy.
CARNEGIE HALL, NY 10-17-69 - Never Before Seen Fan Photos! First use of Black Beauty Les Paul
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Did Jimmy actually get the black beauty back? I wasn't aware of that. Details anyone?