Also Ronnie was salaried up until at least the late nineties.

I love this. Your Mum was so cool to have done this for you. I lost my own Mum last year and things like this remind me of how truly wonderful Mums are.

Wow do you have any non Zeppelin related apparel or are you Zep all the way through to your bron yr aur boxers and JPJ signature sock suspenders?

So what If he doesn’t like Led Zeppelin! Everyone has their own taste. I don’t particularly like sardines but for some reason I like toast and marmite with Tabasco.

I never understood the Queen + concept. Surely if they wanted to really get it right it should have been Queen + Whoever - (John Deacon + Freddie Mercury) =

Nobody's mentioning Stairway? I thought it was fabulous the first time I heard it when the drums came in.

The Yamaha GX-1 JPJ used was an analogue synth not digital.

I think the slap back echo in Candy Store Rock was a nod to the early rock n roll recordings of the 50's which the song was trying to emulate

But it's the same mix? So are you saying that rather than having a bad mix ITTOD was actually badly mastered in the first place?

I thought the reason they kept getting back together was because John Entwhistle wasn't particularly savvy with his spending and needed to pay off his debts.

Lol

The fact that this forum is beginning to read like teenybopper fanzine!

Yet it was the album "led zep" made. As for Jimmy and Bonzo stating that the next album would be what Led Zeppelin was all about. I'd take it with a pinch of salt. Bonzo never stated anything. It comes from a quote from Jimmy that was made about twenty years later.

Hmmmm.... not sure I agree with any of that. Jimmy certainly didn't think so.

Of course this is a transcription and all the subtle nuances and inflections may be lost including Page's. On the other hand these guys are old hands at this and should know how the game plays...

I'm not sure if he was being entirely serious. They'd just wrapped the issue up reasonably diplomatically and just as the interviewer points this out he comes out with this. I think it's an attempt at humor. Maybe an off the cuff joke that doesn't translate to the page very well.

I can't quit you from coda was from the RAH. The actual show not the rehearsal, this has been documented by Dave Lewis. We're gonna groove basic track and vocals are from RAH with overdubs added at Sol studios for the release.

To be honest we can only speculate. He was still quite young, possibly angry at his and his family's situation and needed to lay the blame somewhere. Whilst you rightly pointed out that it was quite possibly ultimately his decision to leave I would suspect that Grant and Page, having his (and the bands) best interests at heart, strongly suggested that he go and they became the scapegoat for his frustrations.

I think what you are missing ( and I must stress I think, I'm not totally sure) is that due to the tax situation in the U.K at the time if Robert ( or any member) had stayed in the UK they would be in debt. Therefore rather than Robert abandoning his family so he could selfishly keep his money it could be seen that his actions to avoid bankruptcy were perhaps the more sensible and responsible thing to do by them.

I think that was back in 1980

But we to know that they chose to shelve it.

Yes you're quite right I had heard that. Forgive me if I'm wrong but I think it was his retort in the context of others suggesting he should be using a black guitarist. Somehow Chick Corea, Joe Zanziwal, Dave holland and others slipped under the radar!

Although he was interested in collaborating with Jimi. And as to his supposed aversion to white people he certainly used John Mcglaughlins services a lot.

Ok this might not really be a mystery but I'll ask anyway. All of My Love is often described as being about or dedicated to Robert's late son. As far as I can tell this was only ever media speculation that is now accepted as fact despite there being no confirmation by Robert or any in the Led Zeppelin camp. I know you could all say "just listen to the lyric" but it's very easy to temper your mind to a question when an answer has already been suggested. Is there any real proof or am I missing something obvious?