Thanks for that, Sam. I actually didn't notice about Jonesy's beard when we had that thread for MANTICORE PICS !

Hi there! Well, as I see it - there have always been 'Pagettes' on here, and that's not AT ALL a problem. It's just that it can get to the point where it starts to dominate the Photos section too much, creating an atmosphere that, inevitably, not everybody on here likes. It can even be somewhat embarrassing. Consider this: There are people on this site who, over the years, have scanned, or even taken photos themselves, and posted literally hundreds of them - each. And they obviously no longer felt like contributing much.

Some of my old scans.

Joanna Newsom.

PM time, Ally.

Oh I hope he comes back to this country - I missed his concert when he was here. As for the topic: Nothing whatsofuckingever made me particularly happy today (although it wasn't a really bad day either). And I miss my girlfriend.

I am not sure I would call myself a collector of Zep memorabilia. I am not interested in T-shirts at all, and not really posters either - wouldn't put them up on my walls if I had them anyway, with two possible exceptions, because I would like to get the two promos for Houses of the Holy, and the 1980 European tour poster. I have somehow managed to lose quite a few things I used to have, newspaper clippings, magazines, badges, and yes, my old posters. I used to have two big posters of LZ and one of Queen on my walls when I was a teenager. But I do have a few things related to the band. Of course I have all their albums, and both the 4CD collection from 1990 and the 2CD collection from a couple of years later, Mothership, etc. I have all their solo efforts (only recently got some of them), about 80 bootlegged LZ gigs, plus two 5CD bootleg compilations in boxed sets, 15 DVD titles, approx. 120 mags, approx. 45 books, the Earl's Court program and the Outrider tour program. Still have my old VHS copy of TSRTS. I have 10 bootlegged gigs from the Outrider tour as well, and many other solo bootlegs, Firm bootlegs, etc. That's about it, folks - don't go around calling a moderately interested person like me a Zep fanatic. Here are some of the rarer books:

I took that picture at the Carlsberg Glyptoteket in Copenhagen. Just look at those babes. Edit to add: I'm also pleased to announce the obvious - Paris Hilton is ugly as fuck, and the aesthetic of the retouched is no search for perfection, but quite simply bad taste.

I remember reading that too - and that he nicked it from Jimmy, but just couldn't remember what song it was - thanks Swandown. Wish I could remember where that interview was - and that other thing about Live Aid.

I can't remember where exactly I read that the idea came up at Live Aid, but it was an interview with either Jimmy or Keith, and a long time ago. I bought that Stones album back when it came, and it was really easy to guess that it was Jimmy playing - that solo is soooo not Keith, and very much Jimmy's style of playing. I'm pretty sure Jimmy isn't playing on the version of 'Back to Zero' that they used for the album.

Well, relations between Mick and Keith were pretty awful at the time. But as far as I know it was an idea that they talked about backstage at Live Aid, and 'One Hit' was just the fulfillment of that.

Aren't you forgetting that Jimmy did play the solo on 'One Hit (To The Body)' on The Stones' 1986 album, Dirty Work....

This isn't something I wrote - I can you PM you more details if you want, as this comes from a bootleg site. This is done in February 1965, so very soon after the session Jimmy and some others did with Sonny Boy Williamson in London. London All Star - British Percussion Barclay BB-86 (1965) It's always nice to share a rare record but what about an album that many cite as not existing at all! Picture the scene, February 1965 and Eddie Barclay, the millionaire playboy owner of Eddy Mitchell's label, the eponimous French Barclay asked Bob Graham, the most prolific and often uncredited session drummer to emerge from the UK pop scene, to produce an album for the French market. Credited to Le London All Star, "British Percussion", released in September 1965, was a stereo showcase, and featured a stunning array of British musicians. The higher calibre of studios and musicianship in London attracted many acts from abroad. The French pop star Eddy Mitchell was a regular visitor, recording at least eight EPs in London. For Mitchell's releases the session men were dubbed "The London All Stars". Graham recalls: "Charlie Katz rang - 'please be at Pye records, don't ask who the artist is'. I plodded along there, said to (engineer) Bob Auger 'who is it tonight?' - 'Eddy Mitchell', 'who the hell is Eddy Mitchell?". Every record on the Barclay label credited to The London All Stars features Graham, Jimmy Page and Big Jim Sullivan. Other French acts like Francoise Hardy, Michel Polnareff, Eric Saint-Laurent and Sylvie Vartan would also record in London. Graham used his session colleagues - guitarist John McLaughlin, bassist Alan Weighell, drummers Andy White and Ronnie Verrall. Jimmy Page's contribution was significant. He played lead on every track and co-wrote three with Graham. Before the album's release, Barclay offered Graham a job. "I was taken on as the head of Barclay Records UK. I didn't speak much French, I had an interpreter with me all the time. My job was to produce English artists for the French market. When I joined Barclay I began to stop playing, I just got so tired from the work load. I was tired of playing music I didn't like. Clem Cattini took on a lot of the drumming when I moved from session work". Finding English language acts for the French market was a somewhat random process. "We put ads in the trade papers - 'artists wanted for auditions'. I produced the In-Betweens (the precursors of Slade) for Barclay at Pye Number 2. I also produced an EP from the singer from Billy Gray and the Stormers, he was called Le Frizzy One. That was Carter, Lewis and Jimmy Page". Ultimately, the French didn't take to the British acts: "You could not get anything English off the ground in France. I got pretty fed up flying backwards and forwards twice a week and I decided to call it a day with Barclay". But what of the music I hear you ask. Well, it's a joy from start to finish. A bombastic blend of mod groovers that's hard to match - a supreme and swinging blend of jazz and R 'n' B. Banks of trumpets, trombones and french horns blare to the incessant "Mohawk" meanderings of Kenny Salmon's organ. Not only do we have Led Zep's Page on lead but an early outing for John McLaughlin on rhythm guitar makes this an important date. Mr.Page himself once stated,”No such record was made”, and numerous other collectors have also declared this record as myth. Recorded in Pye Studios, London in a single session - this is history in the making. Their version of 'Image' is perhaps the finest I've ever heard. The real sound of "Swingin' London". 1) Stop The Drums 2) Mexican Shuffle 3) Coming Home Babe 4) Drum Stomp 5) Watermelon Man 6) More (Theme from Mondo Cane) 7) Beefeater 8) Image 9) Night Train 10) Spanish Armada 11) Lord Byron Blues 12) Salvation LINE UP : Jimmy Page (Lead Guitar) John McLaughlin (Rhythm Guitar) Kenny Salmon (Organ) Arthur Greenslade (Piano) Andy White (Drums) Arthur Watts (Bass) Ray Davis (Trumpet) Bill Skeets (Saxaphone)

So July or August 1979, then? I guess all these (and many more) were taken on the same occasion.....