Great post

I have four items left on my bucket list: a) travel overland or, possibly, take a cruise from Seattle up to Vancouver and then on to Anchorage and other Alaskan cities visit Kenya and Tanzania in East Africa c) raft the Bio-Bio River in Chile d) play golf at St. Andrews

I have a few of his live cd's too. It's difficult to choose, but my favorite live Hendrix songs are probably Little Wing, Red House, and Purple Haze.

That's funny, classic. I was too young to remember our Border Collie very well, but I do remember that she was friendly and affectionate. My gf's German Shepard puppy is adorable and friendly -- he's only about 5 months old. He's also smart. It's remarkable how intelligent many of the Shepard breeds are.

I've enjoyed all the comments here as well. The fact that so many of us are interested in Page's childhood is a powerful testament to his impact as an adult -- and to his genius. Page has mentioned how as a young child he was alone much of the time, had few playmates, and enjoyed solitude. It was that solitary, introspective, imaginative and dreamy little boy who would one day grow up to become THE ultimate rock star and guitar god -- a man idolized and revered by millions. Page's odyssey has indeed been remarkable.

Any dog lovers here? I grew up in a family that owned a Border Collie (she died when I was 5) and then a "regular" Collie who looked like Lassie (she died when I was 20). I've never owned a dog myself -- I'm still do busy to do so -- but my older brother owns three dogs: A Dutch Shepard, an Australian Shepard, and a Golden Retriever; and my girlfriend owns a German Shepard puppy. If I do obtain a dog -- hopefully in the next few years -- I'm thinking about getting either a Collie or an Alaskan Huskie.

Well, Nadal has now unequivocally established himself as the greatest clay court player of all-time. I'm now convinced that Nadal -- barring serious injury or illness -- will equal and then surpass Federer's record.

Thanks, Steve I know that a number of books describing the lives and plight of men/women/children in post-war Europe have been published in just the past decade.

Good question. I don't imagine that post-war London -- with the continued food rationing, etc. -- was a particularly pleasant place to live. If I recall correctly, Jimmy's father was a personnel supervisor/manager of some sort in an aircraft factory. If true, it would be interesting to know what type of planes his father's factory produced. Spitfires? Hurricanes? Etc.

A few observations: a) I'm fairly certain Presence has been outsold by TSRTS. (btw, also a double album -- 8.8m?) The Early Days/Later Days 3 to 1 ratio does indeed seem odd. c) As the Chase pointed out, PG is probably about 16X, and the overall numbers increase greatly if you count multi discs d) If each of these above factors are taken into account, then Zep probably still remains right up near/alongside the Stones in terms of sales Edited to add: I agree that both the Presence and TSRTS numbers seem a bit low

Great work, Tatty73 I'd be interested to know how many albums the Stones and Floyd have sold at this point. My (totally uneducated) guess would be maybe 210m and 230m respectively.

This is great

Try not to allow the sorry state of the human condition get you down, Slave. Try not to worry about what you can't control.

I do perceive a similarity.

Thanks so much for posting this. It's absolutely awesome -- and touching -- it may be the best thing I have seen posted here on the forum. I LOVE the artwork. I ADORE it. I'm going to buy some of these paintings.

Let's pray that's all he does

As jimjam said, the list goes on and on. Some of the older members here on the forum might be able to share their insights and tell you some great stories. When I think of U.S. politics and history in that year, I think of President Johnson's Great Society programs and our country's increasingly deep involvement in the Vietnam War (Johnson was under a lot of pressure).I think of the anti-Vietnam War protest movement, and the Civil Rights movement, and the Black power movement, and the women's liberation movement, all gaining strength. The pediatrician Dr. Spock's revolutionary and permissive methods for raising babies and children were very popular in the country. The next year -- 1968 -- stands out more in my mind; it was one of the most eventful and pivotal years in American (and music!!!) history.

Me, too. All the Stones fans I've known, dating back to high school, have respected Zeppelin and appreciated their music. I've also observed that many Stones fans are highly knowledgable about music in general. Several of their fans have told me that they view Zep and it's fanbase as being members of a "huge cult," albeit a benign one. It should be mentioned that serious Stones fans are keenly aware that Zep decisively surpassed "the world's greatest rock n roll band" during the 1970's, both in terms of album sales and concert attendances, and this has undoubtedly caused a tremendous amount of long-lingering resentment and jealously among some fans. I've only known a handful of Who fans, and some of them despised Zeppelin.

I agree -- these types of comments are uncalled for. I've known paralegals who were extraordinarily knowledgable about the law.

Genesis -- Foxtrot

Charles, thanks for posting this photo. I've never been to Nova Scotia, but I've explored some old forts in Ontario and Quebec and loved their history and atmosphere.

Genesis -- And Then There Were Three

Best wishes to Mrs. Walter!

Great post. You've reminded us of this thread's true purpose, and who we should all be remembering and honoring for their sacrifice. It's not my intention to derail this thread, but I wanted to mention a few things: a) The Polish intelligence services made initial progress in breaking German secret codes, including ULTRA, during the 1930's. Following the fall of Poland in 1939, Polish intelligence shared their code-breaking information with British intelligence, who then launched an ultimately successfully effort to crack ULTRA. Today, Americans tend to forget the huge and critical role played by Russia in defeating Germany during WW2. Russia suffered 40-50 times more fatalities than America did during the war. The Russians lost more lives in single battles (Stalingrad, the Kiev cauldron, etc.) than the Americans lost during the entire war. On D-Day, the Germans had roughly 75-80 percent of their armed might deployed against the Russians in the East, roughly 5 percent of their armed might deployed against the Western Allies in Italy; and roughly 15-20 percent of their armed might deployed against the Western Allies in France. c) Finally -- and I realize this may be controversial -- it's important to remember the tens of thousands of Boer women and children who died in British-run internment camps during the Boer War. (in South Africa)

How true. So beautiful and majestic. WOW is the right word.