^ NICE Sam - are there more pics to the article?

^ WOAH! super cool! where did you find those?

^ cool images! where did you find those? any 1977 shots?

^ great stuff Sam! I wish David Tan had an online archive. He took some great photos.

thanks for that 1977 tour post Sam!

^ Nice cover! is this an all Zep issue? I would love to peruse the Shinko Music Photo Archive. They consistently have 1977 shots that are rarely seen. edited to add: that 1977 shot is from Pontiac. You can see the cameraman behind Jimmy.

Eye thank you!

aww. Can you post any rare 1977 images from your extensive archive then in the meantime?

Hi Steve - did you ever get permission to post any other photos taken at the Troy Hotel after the Silverdome gig?

I can see why:

THANK YOU elgimpo! awesome photos of Zeppelin bootleg porn.

They would have Stones ticket prices. Not because they want to but because they could.

Management kept the financials super secret but the wiki on it sheds some light: Led Zeppelin's manager Peter Grant conceived this series of concerts as an effort that would reassert Led Zeppelin as the dominant band of the decade. Fifty one concerts were scheduled over a three-leg period, for 1.3 million ticket holders. It was Led Zeppelin's biggest ever tour, and tickets sold at a rate of 72,000 a day. Led Zeppelin's 1977 North American Tour was a massive fiscal success, as the band sold out large arenas and stadiums. On 30 April they performed to 76,229 people at the Pontiac Silverdome, a new world record attendance for a solo indoor attraction, beating the 75,962 that The Who attracted there on December 6, 1975 for Opening Night, and grossed $792,361.50 (also a record breaker). Lengthy stints were spent in New York and Los Angeles, where the band performed six sold out shows each atMadison Square Garden and the Los Angeles Forum. In New York alone, the band spent no money on advertising for the gigs, relying solely on street demand to sell out the shows, and enough ticket applications were received to sell out a further two nights had time permitted. Dave Lewis, an expert on the band, considers that this tour, “ with its staggered itinerary and massive arena and stadium venues, became the blueprint for which the likes ofBruce Springsteen and U2 would base their multimillion dollar tours during the Eighties and Nineties. Back then, though, Grant and Zeppelin were making their own rules as they went along. The unwieldy scale of just how big the Zeppelin experience had become was encapsulated over those 44 1977 shows. ” If Zeppelin grossed $792,361.50 for one show, imagine how much they grossed for the six nights in Los Angeles and the six in New York! add to that the rest of the tour - staggering amounts of money.

WOW! They don't happen to have a news broadcast archive do they?

^ Great photos Sam! thank you

Was the 8mm clear? or out of focus?

"Ten Years Gone" - Capital Centre 1977.05.30

WOAH. Those look to be 1977 era!

^ Awesome Sam! thank you

^ NICE!! Thanks for posting the photo Steve! I would pay to peruse your 1977 photo archive.

^ WOW. Thanks Sam - some great 1977 shots!

I'd like to also thank Knebby - some rare photos posted! thank you! and Steve, I know I would not be the only one interested in your archive. If I may request, please start with your 1977 file.

I tried to find info on google to no avail.

I got lucky and saw him twice and had 2nd row for the Tucson show. I know Joan Jett opened for him in Tucson but who was the opener in Tempe?? I've forgot over the years

^ great! looking forward to them Steve. Thank you