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  1. BREAKING NEWS Sources indicate the interminably-delayed release of Becoming Led Zeppelin is due to the need to remove too many "baby baby baby" yowls from our dear young exhuberant Robert Plant, and as Mr Plant often jests, that's nearly half of everything he sang in the early years of the genre-making and genre-breaking rock band. Unfortunately the effort to remove the offending vocal parts entirely broke the film, which covers the formation and rise to becoming the first band to succeed The Beatles as the world's most popular. Compounding the ongoing and unexplained delay, includes a wild attempt to "heal the film" by a triad triage ritual of Celtic Pagan, Thelema, and Wiccan masters, who couldn't even start their special film healing ritual when no one could find the "bloody match" to light the candles when they gathered on Denmark Street in Soho under a full blood moon. Sources indicate a mighty wind blew when the ritual was about to start, but another source states "all this is just a load of hot air". Whether or not that hot air is sufficient to raise a balloon, the film itself, presented as a well-received work-in-progress at the 2021 Venice Film Festival, remains unreleased. "It's all rather... unbecoming," muttered our source, as he slipped off to the bog and ordered another Ballintine's en route.
  2. Hi folks - dug out these pix from May 2022 when I helped the owners move rubble from inside Boleskine House to a skip. Hefty sweaty work, and yes I did recall that Bonzo was a brickie before Zep. There's been a whole lotta work done since then, as the public posts on FB and elsewhere attest. The big poles in the middle of the big room were temporary support.
  3. Hi folks - just a quickie message to alert interested JPJ fans that this amazing, weird and unique album is for sale on eBay now, ending soon. Good opportunity at a decent starting price (copies for sale for sale over £100 usually). https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185771896274
  4. Yo ho, ho ho ho. I have a much-loved and cared for an EU vinyl LP original pressing of Mighty Rearranger. Just played it on my system and it's an EX copy - plays totally clean and is a proper quality pressing. Gatefold sleeve is VG+. Generic poly inner. Owned since new. Alas, freelance work problems have caught up with me and I need to liqudate some assets. Before I put it on eBay, would anyone hear like to buy it at a fair price? Please note on discogs.com, it goes for on average €225. I'm in Scotland so a UK buyer is preferable. Cheers.
  5. I am not a petrolhead at all, but by Zeus! the Porsche 930 Turbo is one of the coolest cars ever.
  6. Great to see this happening in my homeland. It's a cliché and I'm biased, but there really is something special and magical about Ireland, and the Irish. And don't forget folks: if you're an artist living in Ireland, you pay no taxes on your art earnings up to €250,000.
  7. Well folks, thanks to an old friend in Arizona, I managed to bag the USA Target 2LP version of Raise the Roof (with the two bonus tracks as per the deluxe edition) and get it sent across the pond. It's on the platter now, and by Zeus, it sounds fabulous. Lovely pressing, love the mix, love the vibe. Yes, it's the same blueprint as Raising Sand, but if you're already a fan, then that don't matter. It'd be like criticising AC/DC for never changing. A stand-out track for me is the Anne Briggs song, Go Your Way, which is just a tragically beautiful song, led by RP. The Price of Love, originally by the Everley Brothers, is another one, with yet another seemingly effortless vocal by AK. I suppose if I had one criticism, I wish they had more of her fiddle playing on this album, but hey, we have that gorgeous fiddle solo on Please Read The Letter. Shout out to anyone who's had a relationship break down in this time of Covid; here's some healing tunes for ya. Cos that's what great music does. We shall see if I can make one of their 2022 shows in Europe. Meanwhile, dig it (dig btw probably comes from the Irish túig, meaning to understand). What are your favourite tracks? RPAK RTR Go Your Way - 1.mov
  8. Echoing the other thanks and appreciations. I'm currently listening via my Audio Altar (a.k.a. stereo set up) and by Jupiter's balls, this is a complete revelation compared to what I recall of the very dry Dragon Snake soundboard from 2005. Just superb weight, breath, depth and freshness. Wholly resets my appreciation for the too dry and tinny 1977 tour soundboards. And good golly Miss Molly, it's a cooking show. The bass!! Yumsville. Thanks again Steve. You're a gent.
  9. Hi Steve, thanks so much for these stereo remixes. Hit me with a link when you can, please. Yours, in Valhalla! 😘 x
  10. That would be a mammoth set! Not outwith the bounds of previous limited edition box sets that labels like Rhino have put out before. I suppose the copyrights are sorted due to prior release, so.... who knows.
  11. Aah Dreamland is one of his best. Plant's on record in interview saying that the Strange Sensation was the manifestation of the kind of solo band he wanted all along. While the Sensational Space Shifters are also great, I feel Clive Deamer's exemplary drumming gave a dynamic foundation unlike any other drummer he worked with solo, especially in the live setting. And yeah, a couple of Plant live albums from various band incarnations wouldn't go amiss!
  12. Greetings fellow Zep geeks, You know those useless fantasy-type threads that folk post? Well, here's another one, just throwing into the ether... and RP management! Blessings and hail to Nicola Powell!! 😘 xx Plant reissuing three of his solo albums. I know we had the Fate of Nations vinyl repressing recently, but it was a single disc and got very mixed audio reviews. So, here's a little post on how one could reissue and repress some of his LPs again, on double vinyl, and throw in b-sides or Japanese/non-USA bonus tracks as well (Faith No More did this to excellent effect a few years ago). You can still get up to 25mins on one LP side without losing much volume & dynamics. Plus it doesn't have to be DJ-level loudness, like, right? And please, this is a fantasy, so go easy, friends, on your hard cold unconstructive criticisms 🙏 😉 FATE OF NATIONS (1993) A1 Calling To You (5:48), A2 Down To The Sea (4:00), A3 Come Into My Life (6:32), A4 I Believe (4:33) (approx 21mins total) B1 29 Palms (4:51), B2 Memory Song (Hello Hello) (5:23), B3, If I Were A Carpenter (3:45), B4 Colours of a Shade (4:43) (approx 20mins total) C1 Promised Land (4:58), C2 The Greatest Gift (6:53), C3 Great Spirit (5:27), C4 Network News (6:42) (approx 23mins total) Bonus Tracks: D1 Naked If I Want To (0:48), D2 8'05' (1:50), D3 21 Years (5:12), D4 Dark Moon (5:39), D5 Hey Jayne (5:23), D6 Whole Lotta Love (You Need Love) with Rainer Ptacek (3:30) (approx 20mins total) ** There are also several other b-sides with live from Montreaux and all those Calling To You remixes, but I dunno how good or outdated they may be. DREAMLAND (2002) A1 Funny In My Mind (Believe I'm fixin' to die) (4:44), A2 Morning Dew (4:24), A3 One More Cup of Coffee (4:01), A4 Last Time I Saw Her (4:39) (approx 18mins total) B1 Song To The Siren (5:52), B2 Win My Train Fare Home (if I ever get lucky) (6:01), B3 Darkness, Darkness (7:01) (approx 21mins total) C1 Red Dress (5:21), C2 Hey Joe (7:02), C3 Skip's Song (4:45), C4 Dirt in a Hole (4:46) (approx 21mins total) Bonus Tracks: D1 Last Time I Saw Her (remix) (3:22), D2 Song To The Siren (remix) (5:52), D3 Morning Dew (BBC session), D4 Funny In My Mind (BBC session). MIGHTY REARRANGER (2005) A1 Another Tribe (3:15), A2 Shine it all Around (4:03), A3 Freedom Fries (2:52), A4 Tin Pan Valley (3:47), A5 All The King's Horse (4:20) (approx 18mins total) B1 The Enchanter (5:27), B2 Takamba (4:04), B3 Dancing in Heaven (4:25), B4 Somebody KNocking (3:47) B5 (Bonus) Red, White and Blue (3:08) (approx 21mins total) C1 Let The Four Winds Blow (4:52), C2 Mighty Rearranger (4:25), C3 Brother Ray (1:28), C4 (Bonus) All the Money in the World (3:09), C5 (Bonus) The Enchanter (UNKLE remix) (6:49) (approx 21mins total) D1 (Bonus) Shine it all Around (remix) (7:41), D2 (Bonus) Tin Pan Valley (remix) (6:32) - finish off this side with 2 choice tracks from the iTunes live sessions or the The Enchanter UNKLE remix Dub version?
  13. Yes it looks like Chris Spedding, and that's Dave Edmunds on guitar on the left too.
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