Cecil.
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Thank you for posting the pictures, I've not seen any of them before.
Did any Outtake footage surface from TSRTS, I seem to remember one of the directors had some footage "confiscated" by Peter Grant or something.?
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On 23/02/2017 at 1:03 PM, zepscoda said:
I watched the first few minutes of this on Facebook...it's pretty cool...but so far away. 39 light years is inconceivable to imagine without being able to travel light speed....that is, we haven't achieved this yet...not to say another intelligence hasn't.
I took press conference to mean they have found a star with nine planets......which is quite something.
Getting there will take some time, until a Mr Weyland meets a Mr Yutani , we will be exploring locally I hope.......
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Very windy and cold, a brass monkey would be worried today.!
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On 21/02/2017 at 3:55 AM, marlam said:
Bought tickets a while ago. I have no idea what to expect but should be exciting.
Good point, does anyone what style of music they play.?
JPJ is always up to something new.
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11 hours ago, zepscoda said:
While driving around this morning my 10 year old ( soon to be 11 ) asked me to put on Tchaikovsky
Good what were playing prior to that....?
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On 26/12/2016 at 8:15 AM, reswati said:
RIP George Michael.
Same here.
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22 hours ago, greenman said:
Yeah I do tend to agree, I think there not really intended to be "interesting rarities" so much as alternate albums which I think does explain why a lot of stuff was held back for the Coda release which was obviously always intended to be more of the former.
I do actually find myself enjoying the Presense bonus disk beyond 10 Ribs/Pod quite a bit dispite it being very similar to the stuff on the original album, the less echoey rougher sound does I think work well with the material.
I have enjoyed most of the companion discs, Led Zeppelin seemed to have their songs nailed down before they went near the studio.
Rather than that " I've got an idea, let's try to bring in drums" work in progress type of album.
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I'll be at the Bar......
actually make that a double...... .
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Wishing all on the forum A Very Merry Christmas and A Peaceful New Year.
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On 12/10/2016 at 1:34 PM, Mithril46 said:
I fully understand the feelings and experiences a Zep fan like Timothy may have about these releases, he never had boots
or was around when the band was active. Also, if these releases give you great joy, awesome. What I just don't get is , is
microremastering all this stuff each time, going to increase your listening pleasure by 5% or 10% each time they do this
dance ?.? It has already happened where the first remaster of a song ended up better than the second remaster. Also it
seems like you could remaster a pretty good Zep song like "Your Time Is Gonna Come" to death and eventually the song
is now a total Zep classic. But if this stuff makes you happy, so be it. Next is "The Completely Remastered Complete BBC
Sessions", with bonus disc of unedited songs edited the first two times around !?!,.,.!.,.!,?.!!
Would you say the BBC collection was worth buying, because the last version I owned got played about twice,?
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In Osaka I have seen about four people wearing a Led Zeppelin 1969 UK tour T-shirt, it has the first album picture.
All worn by young people, have I missed some fashion news or something.
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I got to watch Prisoners (2013) last night a rather good abduction thriller.
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I will wait and see what everyone else thinks after the collection is released, namely the fact that the Paris show has me shouting "what where has that bit gone?".
I was hoping to read here that it would the whole show unedited, Bridget the midget and all....
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11 hours ago, Strider said:
My favourite part about Jimmy Page's testimony...
We now know the exact size of Jimmy's record collection: 4,329 albums and 5,882 CDs!!!
Wonder if Robert has to provide similar info, the case will go on until about 2040, while Robert waxes lyrical about each and everyone of them.
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3 hours ago, Balthazor said:
Another new Rolling Stone article, this one with some disturbing bits:
The Spirit/"Taurus" side may have scored, however, when they called their expert witness Dr. Alexander Stewart, a musicologist, professional saxophonist and music professor at the University of Vermont. The most credible, sympathetic and compelling witness to take the stand in the trial other than Page himself, Dr. Stewart cogently and clearly explained the sophisticated music theory at issue for the first time during the proceedings.
More significantly, he powerfully described the close similarities between the compositions, and scrappily held his own under a tough cross-examination by Zeppelin's counsel. Particularly damning was Dr. Stewart's analysis that, in their chord progressions, both "Taurus" and "Stairway" "in an unusual way" skip the "E" before resolving on an "A" note. Under oath, he claimed that this was unlike any of the 65 "prior art" examples of compositions using similar chordal and compositional structures submitted by the defense (including Henry Purcell's "Dido’s Lament," the Beatles' "Michelle" and the standard "My Funny Valentine").
Stewart also affirmed that none of the "prior art" examples have the "unique and distinctive elements" that "Taurus" and "Stairway" share, and that are protectable under copyright law. Dr. Stewart also pointed out that the analyses presented as evidence by the defense’s expert witness, the noted musicologist Lawrence Ferrara, did not take into account the treble clef in the sheet music for "Taurus," which accounts for "55 percent of the notes [in the song]." "Of the 43 different pitches between the compositions, not a single one is different," Stewart testified.
Hopefully Zeppelin's defense will point out or has pointed out that Stairway features an ascending melody on top of the descending arpeggio, something which Taurus lacks. I'm not sure how they can be considered the same when they are, in fact, different. But this whole case was baloney from the beginning. Just some money-grubbing hyenas suing on behalf of a dead guy who never seemed to care enough to file a lawsuit himself.
What on Earth is a musicologist...? is it a job.
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1 minute ago, Cookie0024 said:
It has been delayed until June 14.
Ah Thanks Cookie.
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So has anything happened in this court case, something about jury in California on the 10 of May....?
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I found myself humming Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, while waiting for the laptop to start up. If this keeps up I will wandering around with a shopping trolley full
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On 14/12/2015 at 11:00 AM, Strider said:
Just getting out of "The Hateful 8" screening. Reswati, it was bloody great! Accent on the BLOODY! A cackling Jennifer Jason Leigh, face full of blood, is a sight I won't forget.
And shot gorgeously on 70mm film, not digital. We saw the complete Road Show version, with an overture and intermission, it was slightly over 3 hours. Some theatres will get the 70mm Road Show version, the mall theatres will get a shorter version.
If you like Tarantino you'll like "The Hateful 8". If you don't like Tarantino then this probably won't change your mind.
I think the film was a mess, everyone of the characters in film spoke Tarantino, they should have their own voices.
It is no Stagecoach , sometimes a good director, needs a editor and maybe a bit help with his script.
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On 13/01/2016 at 8:02 PM, FavouriteTipple said:
Good to hear it wasn't arson.
BBC report on same: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-35290939
Local paper report: http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Historic-Loch-Ness-house-fire-not-thought-to-be-deliberate-12012016.htm
Thank you for the links, I guess now it will come down to what happens next to the house, if there is the will to rebuild it.
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Wishing all on the Forum a Very Happy Christmas and peaceful New Year.
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In 1980 when the band released statement, I thought for some reason that at least they have told the fans that they would not be a New Zeppelin mk2, even in the 1980's there were groups who were getting together and reforming and splitting up and what not.
They stood by that statement, watching some live video now (not available in 1980's) you can see how close to each they were musically.
So I do think they did the right thing.
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As far as I remember Kerrang magazine had a feature on this at the time.
actually make that a double...... 
Song Name Game
in Ramble On
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Walk this way.... Run DMC.