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Hot on the heels of Jimmy Page's announcement of his brand-new Sundragon amp, Fender has revealed the full details of the Jimmy Page Signature Telecasters.
Throughout 2019, Fender will release a total of four Artist Signature guitars modeled after Page's 1959 Fender Telecaster. In 1967, Page affixed eight circular mirrors on the original Tele's body, before stripping it entirely and painting his own psychedelic dragon pattern in bright colors. (It was 1967, after all.)
He'd go on to play that guitar for the majority of Led Zeppelin's debut album, as well as plenty of other times on stage and in the studio—notably for the solo on "Stairway to Heaven."
Fender's Jimmy Page Telecaster models will include two Custom Shop guitars and two standard production runs:
- The Jimmy Page Dragon Telecaster, one of two Custom Shop models, will be available in March for $25,000.
- The Jimmy Page Mirrored Telecaster, which completes what Fender is calling the "Limited Edition Jimmy Page Telecaster Set," will also be available in March for $25,000.
- The Jimmy Page Mirror Telecaster, as a standard production run, will be available in Spring 2019, for a much more affordable $2,499.99. Unlike the mirror-adorned Custom Shop model, the standard Jimmy Page Mirror Telecaster has only a White Blonde lacquer finish.
- The Jimmy Page Telecaster reproduces Page's iconic artwork, while giving the guitar vintage-appropriate features like a custom "Oval C"-shaped neck that matches the original Tele's neck profile and a 7.25" fretboard radius. It's also the cheapest of the models, at $1,399.99, and will be available Summer 2019.
Keep reading to see all of the new Jimmy Page Signature Telecasters, with full specs direct from Fender.
Custom Shop Jimmy Page Dragon TelecasterCustom Shop Jimmy Page Mirrored TelecasterSpecifications for both the Jimmy Page Dragon Telecaster and Jimmy Page Mirrored Telecaster:
- Off-center-seam two-piece ash body
- Period-accurate White Blonde lacquer finish with eight circular mirrors OR Dragon design hand-painted by Paul Waller and Page himself
- Trio of Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound ‘58 single-coil pickups, routed through modern Tele® wiring and a 3-position pickup switch
- Tinted maple neck’s “Oval C” profile is comfortable for almost any playing style, and precisely matches the profile of Page’s original instrument
- 7.25”-radius rosewood fingerboard matches the specs of the era, right down to the 21 vintage-sized frets
- Custom 8-hole clear pickguard
- ‘59 Esquire® bridge
- Vintage-style tuning machines
- Bone nut and wing string tree with metal spacer
- The Jimmy Page Mirrored Telecaster® features a hand signed signature and the Jimmy Page Dragon® Telecaster® is partially hand-painted by Jimmy Page
- Includes a Custom ‘Anvil’ Flightcase, red coiled cable, violin bow, rosin, Herco® guitar picks and Certificate of Authenticity (Dragon) OR vintage-style tweed hardshell case, black coiled cable, Ace “Stained Glass” strap, Herco® guitar picks and Certificate of Authenticity (Mirror)
Jimmy Page Mirror TelecasterSpecifications for Jimmy Page Mirror Telecaster:
- Two-piece ash body
- Lacquer finish for full-bodied tone
- Pair of Jimmy Page Custom ‘59 Tele® single-coil pickups
- Custom “Oval C”-shaped maple neck, 7.25”-radius slab rosewood fingerboard with 21 vintage-style frets for smooth playing feel
- “Top-loader” bridge for through-body or top-load stringing for warmer tone and reduced tension so strings bend more easily
- Bone nut; vintage-style round string tree
- Pure Vintage LC “S” Line”Fender Deluxe” tuning machines for authentic style and performance
- Jimmy Page signature (not hand-written) on the headstock and on the custom chrome neck plate
- Vintage tweed case with eight round mirrors
- Black coiled cable, vintage-style “stained glass” strap and a custom Certificate of Authenticity
Jimmy Page TelecasterSpecifications for the Jimmy Page Telecaster:
- Satin lacquer finish over a reproduction of Jimmy Page’s iconic artwork
- Two-piece ash ‘50s Tele body
- Custom “Oval C”-shaped maple neck, duplicating the exact neck profile from Page’s Telecaster
- Road Worn® lacquer finish on the neck
- Period-correct 7.25”-radius slab rosewood fingerboard
- Two custom-wound Jimmy Page Telecaster single coil pickups
- “Top loader” bridge with threaded steel saddles; String top load-style for a rounder sound with easier bending (like Jimmy Page) or traditional through-body for classic Fender twang.
- Vintage-style tuners offer classic style and rock-solid tuning stability
- Includes vintage-style black hardshell case
https://reverb.com/news/fender-reveals-full-details-of-jimmy-page-signature-telecasters
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Fender is helping Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page celebrate the 50th anniversary of the band's first album with a limited-edition Telecaster guitar
Jimmy Page hasn't played guitar much in public since Led Zeppelin's reunion concert in 2007, at London's O2 Arena where the band celebrated the legacy of Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun. There was a rendition of "Whole Lotta Love" at the 2008 Olympics closing ceremony and a lovely stint on the acoustic at Roy Harper's 70th birthday concert in 2011. But otherwise, the 75-year-old musician has been content to refine Led Zeppelin's considerable legacy in other ways.
Fender master builder Paul Waller didn't see Page play last year when the musician visited the company's Custom Shop and factory in Corona, CA. But he saw something altogether rarer.
He saw Page paint.
The occasion was Page checking out a special project with Fender to mark the 50th anniversary of the release of Led Zeppelin's first album in 1969. For generations of fans, Page will be forever associated with the sunburst 1959 Gibson Les Paul that he bought from Joe Walsh. But the guitar that he wielded in pre-Zep days with the Yardbirds and on Led Zeppelin I was a Fender Telecaster.
And not just any Tele. The 1959 model came to Page as a gift from Jeff Beck when the pair were in the Yardbirds (the band also launched the career of Eric Clapton). In the fashion of the psychedelic times, Page had modified the guitar twice. First, he first added circular mirrors. Then in mid-1967, he stripped the guitar's finish himself and, art student that he was, hand painted a red, orange, green, and blue motif that evoked a dragon. He finished it off with a clear-plastic pickguard protecting shimmery foil.
Enter the dragon
This "dragon" Telecaster was Page's weapon of choice for the first appearances of Led Zeppelin, after the guitarist assembled the lineup of fellow session veteran John Paul Jones on bass, vocalist Robert Plant, and drummer John Bonham. The quartet was briefly called the "New Yardbirds" before switching to Led Zeppelin.
Page once said that the Tele was a more demanding instrument than the Les Paul he'd later deploy to great effect in Zep's live performances through the 1970s. But he also lauded its rewards, and anyone who's ever turned up the volume on the proto-punk riff of "Communication Breakdown" knows what he's talking about — it's pure Telecaster attitude and bite.
The dragon Tele, sadly, was done in, the story has it, by a Page friend who eliminated the dragon artwork. Page then saved the neck and used it for a brown B-bender Tele that he has pulled out periodically (the B-bender has a special apparatus that enables Page's Tele to mimic pedal-steel tones).
According to Waller, Fender wasn't thinking about reviving the dragon design.
"Jimmy approached us," Waller said in an interview with Business Insider. "That was an exciting day for me."
Waller labors at Fender's famous Custom Shop, where he builds coveted takes on Fender's guitars for professional musicians and discerning collectors. But working with Page over the course of the year set a new standard.
Page is an exacting steward of Led Zeppelin's legacy, and the new dragon Telecaster introduced Waller to the guitarist's scrupulous process.
"He provided a formula for each color," Waller said. "He had spent months mixing them. That made the project quite a bit easier."
But the nearly eight-month undertaking, commencing last February, wasn't a breeze by any estimation. With Page in London and Waller in southern California, samples of Telecaster bodies had been sent back and forth. "I provided many in the beginning," Waller said. What was tricky was matching the grain of the wood, which on the original instrument was distinctive.
The dragon design was worked out using what Waller described as a "paint by numbers" template. "It took me hours to do the first couple of guitars," he recalled.
Waller wasn't really able to move forward until he'd gotten feedback from Page, which could take a few weeks. "He knows what he wants," Waller said. He has something complete in his head. He's like an artist envisioning a painting."
Faithful recreations of the original Page Teles
Reviving Page's Tele wasn't merely about the visuals. The Telecaster was Leo Fender's first proper solidbody guitar, revolutionizing jazz, country, and blues and kicking off rock 'n roll; it was preceded by a more basic design, the Esquire. It's a simple thing, intentionally — a cutting board with a neck, tuners, pickups, and strings. The bridge pickup is an icepick, while the next pickup is mellow. In the middle position, the Tele can imitate an acoustic guitar.
Waller knows his instruments from this period. "We've probably made more '59 Teles than they did in 1959," he joked.
One peculiarity of the Page Telecaster was its toploaded bridge. A Tele with this bridge can be strung through body holes, or the strings can be anchored at the bottom of the guitar's "ashtray" bridge plate. Page's '59 had three saddles, a rosewood fingerboard, and with a toploaded string job, Waller said, Page could use "slinkier," easy-to-bend strings, achieving a less sharp tone than the Tele was known for. (Page is also famous for his massive note bends.)
Two packages will be available for the 50 dragon Teles and the 50 mirror Teles, called "Limited Edition Jimmy Page Telecaster Set." The mirrors guitar will have a Fender tweed case and include the Herco nylon picks that Page favors, as well as a coiled lead and a signed certificate of authenticity. The dragon will come with a special display case, a violin bow, and two straps: one white "seat belt" and one extra-long leather. It will also include Herco picks, a coiled lead, and a signed certificate of authenticity. The sets will go on sale in March and cost $25,000 apiece.
"Fender will also build both mirror and painted versions on its production lines, which will be more accessibly priced for a broader base of fans to purchase," the company said. Those guitars will run $2,499 for the mirror Tele, available in spring, and $1,399 for the dragon Tele, following in summer.
"While these will not be hand-signed and hand-painted by the artist, Page did consult with Fender throughout the design process to ensure the guitars are true-to-spec of the original Telecaster."
Jimmy Page, visual artist
Last year, as Fender was preparing to compete the 100 "Limited Edition Jimmy Page Telecaster Sets," Page journeyed to the Los Angeles area to sign headstocks, tour the Fender factory, and add some finishing touches to the Custom Shop dragon Teles.
"He applied paint to every dragon body for sale," Waller said. "It was his request. "He wanted to make sure it was authentic."
No Telecasters were played in Waller's presence. But Page actually painting? His brief time in art school is the stuff of Led Zeppelin lore. Page himself is a noted collector of Pre-Raphaelite art and he lives in William Burges' architecturally important Tower House in London, built in the late 19th century and a stunning example of the Victorian era's gothic revival style.
Page signed the headstocks of the limited-edition Telecasters. FenderPage always thought of Zep as art — alchemical sonic aesthetics, in fact, four unique elements coming together to create a magical fifth — and for the better part of a decade, he's dedicated himself to preserving the group's legacy, through remastered box sets of Zep's albums as well as a photographic autobiography. But his personal, pre-Zeppelin art has always been a mystery, and the dragon Telecaster is essentially the only example anyone has ever seen.
But clearly, the pleasures of painting have never been far from his mind.
"He was having a lot of fun," Waller said.
Page evidently agreed. "They really got it 110 percent right, or 150 percent right," he said in a statement. "It's so absolutely as it is, as it should be, and as it was."
Watch Page paint some Telecaster and discuss the project here.
https://www.businessinsider.com/jimmy-page-led-zeppelin-new-fender-dragon-telecaster-2019-1
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NAMM 2019: Fender Unveils Jimmy Page Signature Telecasters
By Jackson Maxwell 2 hours agoNews
Two versions of the guitars—the extremely limited Custom Shop edition and the production line edition—will be made available.
NAMM 2019: Back in October, it was announced that Fender had teamed up with former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page to recreate the 1959 Telecaster that he used to record the band's self-titled debut in 1968. Now, after three months of anticipation, the company has finally unveiled the new line of guitars in advance of the NAMM show.
Two models—dubbed the Limited Edition Jimmy Page Telecaster Set—will be produced in the Fender Custom Shop, while two additional models will be made on Fender’s production lines. The Limited Edition Jimmy Page Telecaster Set will be available beginning March 2019, while the two production line models will be released in Spring/Summer 2019.
“The story of the instrument is the whole journey of it – from Jeff having it, to passing it on to me with such good spirit,” Page said of the guitar. “It’s a lot of love in that gesture and the journey of it through The Yardbirds and how it was used on the first Led Zeppelin album, the journey all the way through here today. Now, it’s been restored back to its true beauty and we’ve actually been able to sort of clone it.”
Page originally received the Telecaster in 1966 from Jeff Beck, who gifted it to Page for recommending him to the Yardbirds. Through the years, the Telecaster took on several looks and personas, as Page customized it aesthetically and sonically. When he first received it, the guitar was undecorated in its factory white blonde finish and remained that way until February 1967, when he added eight circular mirrors to the body. Page played his mirrored Telecaster only briefly in the final years of the Yardbirds, and by mid-1967 he was ready to change the look. He removed the mirrors and completely stripped and repainted the instrument himself, this time hand-painting a mystical dragon on the body.
When Led Zeppelin was formed in October 1968, the Dragon Telecaster became Page’s go-to instrument and he played it on stage and in the studio until 1969. It was also the main guitar used on the Led Zeppelin album.
Among the four Artist Signature models will be two highly collectible, limited edition Fender Custom Shop versions built by Fender Custom Shop Master Builder veteran Paul Waller—one with mirrors and the other with the painted dragon. Each of these guitars, mind you, won't come cheap.
At a cool $25,000, the set will be available for local authorized showcase dealers to purchase and then sell together or separately to consumers. Beginning March 2019, only 50 units of each Fender Custom Shop model will be made available. They will include Page’s personal touches, such as a handwritten signature on the headstock of the mirror model, as well as hand-painted flourishes on the guitar body’s dragon artwork and personally-signed Certificates of Authenticity for both models.
“Jimmy actually invited us to his house in London to spec the guitar out,” Waller said in a statement. “More than a year later, we’ve managed to bring this guitar and the evolution of Jimmy’s career back to life. As the guitar evolved, so did Jimmy’s career. As the Dragon is born, he moves in and Led Zeppelin is born as well. It’s a pivotal moment for the guitar and music.”
In addition to personal touches from Page, the Fender Custom Shop models feature an off-center-seam, two-piece ash body; a pair of Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound ‘58 single-coil pickups; a tinted maple “Oval C” neck matching the profile of Page’s original instrument; Clear and White Vinyl pickguards on the “Dragon” and mirror models, respectively; a ‘59 top-load Tele bridge; and a 7.25”-radius rosewood fingerboard matching the specs of the era, down to the 21 vintage-sized frets.
The “Dragon” model includes a custom hardshell flight case, white seatbelt-style strap, super-long white leather strap, red coiled cable, violin bow, rosin, Herco guitar picks and Page-signed Certificate of Authenticity. The mirror model includes a vintage-style tweed hardshell case, black coiled cable, Ace “Stained Glass” fabric strap, Herco guitar picks and a Page-signed Certificate of Authenticity.
In addition to the Fender Custom Shop models, Fender will roll out both mirror and painted versions from its production lines. Priced from $1,399.99-$2,499.99, these will not be hand-signed or hand-painted by the artist, although Page did advise Fender first-hand on creation of the design to make sure the guitars were true-to-spec of the original Telecaster.
Unlike the “exact” Fender Custom Shop reproductions, the production models include: a custom "Oval C"-shaped maple neck; '50s Tele two-piece body; top-loader bridge for through-body or top-load stringing; custom single-coil pickups; lacquer finish; vintage tweed case with eight round mirrors (a tribute to the custom treatment Page applied to the guitar); black coil cable; satin lacquer finish over a reproduction of Jimmy Page's iconic artwork; and a deluxe black case and red coil cable.
For more info on the guitars, head on over to fender.com.
https://www.guitarworld.com/news/namm-2019-fender-unveils-jimmy-page-signature-telecasters
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I'd love to hear how it sounds.
edit: Limited to 50 and autographed? Definitely won't be affordable.
Jimmy Page introduces Sundragon
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin 1, Jimmy Page would like to present Sundragon, an amplifier that gives guitarists the opportunity to enjoy the sounds he created to shape the future of Rock and Roll. Sundragon is a faithful recreation of the amp Jimmy used exclusively to create the groundbreaking sounds on Led Zeppelin 1 and other notable recordings such Joe Cocker’s album With a Little Help from My Friends. A limited edition run of 50 hand built amps will be made throughout 2019, all signed by Jimmy Page.
Jimmy’s original amp started out life as a Supro Coronado. After falling out of the back of the band’s van during an early pre-Zeppelin tour, the amp was restored and modified in significant ways. Jimmy realized that the sonic palette of his amp had changed to something new and unique. After being shrouded in mystery for more than 50 years, Jimmy has decided to share this extraordinary amplifier with the world.
Working together closely with Mitch Colby and Perry Margouleff they have recreated this legendary amp for the first time.
“I had been impressed with the forensic analysis both Mitch and Perry had put into the research of the sonic reproduction of the original Supro amp to arrive at the Sundragon”. Jimmy Page
A limited edition of only 50 Sundragon amps will be hand built by Mitch Colby and signed by Jimmy Page. The amplifiers will be available throughout 2019 and a standard model will follow later in the year.
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52 minutes ago, LZ77 said:
Aww man! would have loved to see the photos!
They're Janet Macoska b&w photos that are on the web. https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/02/led_zeppelin_at_the_coliseum_i.html
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24 minutes ago, confounded_bridge said:
A download link was available on argenteumastrum.com but only for 24 hours. He uploaded the complete audio, some awesome photos and a story from the taper. Unfortunately, when I saw the link, only 1 hour was left. I managed to download all the songs but only 4 photos. If somebody has the rest of it, i'd like to ask for a link.
Oh, missed it. Should be starting to circulate soon I reckon.
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1 hour ago, SteveAJones said:
MR. JIMMY Led Zeppelin Revival Show in Japan December 21st 2018 at EX Theater Roppongi Tokyo. Reviving the Last US tour of Led Zeppelin 1977 [Listen To This Eddie]. ---Filmed and edited by KIKUCHI Film Works
The best LZ tribute footage I've ever seen!
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From the sample No Quarter seems to have unusual speed fluctuations during the solo.
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2 hours ago, andrew r said:
Terrible and just goes to show how important the surviving bandmembers
consider the anniversary to be.Same thing with the half hearted photo of them with the book.
While we are on the subject of the book the miserly amount of comment and the need to flick from rear to front
to access it has to be one of the worst pieces of design ever ? Or is it just me.
A few of you sound like whiny little brats. Wah, I don't like the logo. Wah I hate having to flip through a 400 page book. Wah, worst ever design in the history of the planet earth. Just shuddup already.
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So the headlines were wrong. Jimmy actually got the upper hand against that weasel Robbie whatever his name is.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6523637/You-pool-Robbie-dig-hand.html
You CAN have a pool Robbie, if you dig it by hand! Former Take That singer’s epic basement battle with Led Zeppelin neighbour Jimmy Page ends… if workers use shovels at extra cost of £1million
- Robbie Williams won a marathon planning fight against Jimmy Page last week
- Williams, 44, wants to build a basement and underground swimming pool
- Neighbour Page was concerned that building work could damage his home
- Williams given the go-ahead but the basement may have to be dug by hand
By Katie Hind Showbusiness Editor For The Daily Mail
Published: 17:01 EST, 22 December 2018
When it was announced that Robbie Williams had won his marathon planning fight against veteran rocker Jimmy Page last week, most assumed he would be breaking open the champagne.
The Take That singer had, after all, survived an acrimonious five-year battle with his neighbour Page for the right to build a basement and an underground swimming pool at his Kensington property.
But The Mail on Sunday has established it is actually the Led Zeppelin legend who is celebrating.
Because the small print in the council’s decision means Williams and his builders may be banned from using diggers and must use spades and shovels if they want to go ahead – adding six months, a staggering 7,500 man hours and an additional £1 million to the cost.
It is even possible the project – which could end up as the most expensive domestic swimming pool built in Britain – will be shelved.
The dispute between the musicians began when Williams, 44, bought a £17.5million home next door to Page, 74, in the Holland Park district of Kensington in West London and announced he planned extensive building works.
Page’s home, designed by William Burges in 1875, is viewed as an architectural masterpiece and the star had been concerned that heavy machinery and vibrations from building work could cause permanent damage.
Now papers from last week’s hearing show the judge agreed, insisting any work be carried out using ‘hand tools’.
Sources close to Page say that normal diggers can’t be used and that he wants ‘real time’ vibration monitoring so work can be stopped immediately if vibrations exceed a damaging level.
He will also attempt to secure a £6 million bond from Williams in case any damage is proven.
The two sides will meet in the New Year to agree a way forward. One source said: ‘Robbie’s team were ashen-faced at the verdict because this was not the result they wanted. This work is going to be a nightmare.
‘Any bit of damage, large or small, he will be liable for so he has to be careful. There will be no getting around the rule that Robbie’s builders won’t be using big diggers but spades instead.’
It is understood that Page has been devastated by the row and has been determined to ‘fight tooth and nail’ to preserve his home.
One friend told The Mail on Sunday: ‘For Jimmy, this has been way more important than a scrap between a pop star and a rock star. This is about saving a house.
‘Robbie in our view was endangering other people’s homes – in this case a private listed building. We can’t empower rich people to ruin other people’s homes.’ It is understood that Williams, who bought his house six years ago with wife Ayda Field, 39, has refused to meet Page throughout their battle.
Page says he has tried to invite the pop star into his mansion so that he can see what his work could potentially ruin, but Williams has repeatedly turned down the offer.
Those close to Williams say he may reconsider carrying out the work. He decided to move out of the house with Ms Field and their three children and rent a property in St John’s Wood, which has the underground pool that he wanted.
The Beckhams viewed the house following former owner Sir Michael Winner’s death in 2012 but decided against buying it after being warned getting permission for renovations would be difficult.
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can't wait to hear it!
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11 hours ago, zeplz71 said:
link to listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001mwy
After hearing it, nevermind don't bother. this was very lame.
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2 hours ago, SymphonyX said:
BBC Radio - A celebration of 50 years of Led Zeppelin
link to listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001mwy
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Don't know why some of you guys are all doom and gloom. Here is what Jimmy said earlier this year --
"I can't give the game away, but there's a recording that’s another multi-track that we'll release,” he revealed. “It's so different to all the other things that are out there. It's another view compared to How The West Was Won or The Song Remains The Same. I'm looking forward to people hearing that. There's a lot of stuff to come out, a number of releases. I'd like to say that they'll be coming out over the next 10 years. There's more to come for sure.”
In addition to the music releases, there will be a new Led Zeppelin book due out this fall. He says: “I’m really pleased that we're all doing it collectively because there are so many other people doing books. There's about ten that I know of that are coming, which is pretty ridiculous! It will be really good to have an authoritative book, where the band are actually contributing to it rather than being ripped off.”
So the book is done and I think it's amazing. Now on to the next releases!!!
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7 hours ago, woz70 said:
It's the kebab shop in Camden Town he went to straight after the O2, rather than going to the after party. It's a five minute walk from his house in Primrose Hill, and he's a regular customer. I believe (please correct me if i'm wrong) he referenced it quite recently as being the only place a reunion would happen - with tongue firmly in cheek.
Thanks!
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Personally love that pic. I think you're completely missing Robert's sense of humor. Must be a reason behind the photo and not something negative. They tag the location in the post.
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13 minutes ago, Chris Blackwell said:
Almost 30 years to the day that I broke my wrist just before the Oklahoma show and in a strange twist of fate my son Jake (14) who is also a drummer broke HIS wrist today and can't perform at his school concert next week!
Interesting story from that day ... About 2 months later we were back in Oklahoma to perform the show we missed so I went back to Oklahoma Hospital to have my cast removed. Next to me having her cast removed was a girl who never got to see the original (cancelled) show because she broke her leg on the way to the gig! Sorted out back stage passes for her and her boyfriend - coincidence!
Thanks for posting! Sorry to hear about your son breaking his wrist.
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LED ZEPPELIN Urges Appeals Court To Reconsider Ruling In 'Stairway To Heaven' Copyright Case
November 1, 2018
According to Law360, LED ZEPPELIN's attorneys have asked the Ninth Circuit appeals court to reconsider its recent ruling in the "Stairway To Heaven" copyright lawsuit.
In late September, a federal appeals court decided unanimously to overturn a jury's decision that LED ZEPPELIN's 1971 classic was not a rip-off of the 1968 instrumental song "Taurus".
Michael Skidmore, the trustee of "Taurus" songwriter Randy "California" Wolfe's estate, had brought the claims more than four decades after "Stairway To Heaven" appeared on LED ZEPPELIN's untitled album, better known as "Led Zeppelin IV".
In the latest brief, filed on Friday (October 26), the group's representatives argue that by overturning the original judgement, the appeals court could "cause jurors to find infringement just because the same unprotected elements are present, upsetting the 'delicate balance'" between copyright protection and the freedom of music creators to employ common techniques and musical elements when composing music. The filing goes on to state that "if uncorrected," the Ninth Circuit's recent conclusion will "allow a jury to find infringement based on very different uses of public domain material" which, it then argues, "will cause widespread confusion in copyright cases in this circuit."
In June 2016, a Los Angeles jury deliberated for about five hours before deciding unanimously in favor of LED ZEPPELIN.
The verdict in the LED ZEPPELIN case came down within 15 minutes of the jury's request to re-listen to both SPIRIT's "Taurus" and "Stairway To Heaven". They wanted to hear a section of each song twice, alternating from one to the other. They decided that what they heard wasn't substantially similar enough to call it copyright infringement.
Skidmore appealed, and in September, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided a new trial was needed because the judge who presided over a 2016 trial had given erroneous and prejudicial instructions to the jury.
The court said the judge erred by telling the jury that common musical elements, such as "descending chromatic scales, arpeggios or short sequences of three notes," were not protected by copyright. The court also said the jury should have been permitted to hear the album recording of "Taurus".
"Without a selection and arrangement instruction, the jury instructions severely undermined Skidmore's argument for extrinsic similarity, which is exactly what the jury found lacking,” wrote Circuit Judge Richard A. Paez, for the court.
Immediately following the June 2016 verdict, LED ZEPPELIN's Jimmy Page and Robert Plant released a statement saying that they were glad to see the issue resolved.
"We are grateful for the jury's conscientious service and pleased that it has ruled in our favor, putting to rest questions about the origins of 'Stairway To Heaven' and confirming what we have known for 45 years," they said. "We appreciate our fans' support, and look forward to putting this legal matter behind us."
Plaintiff's attorney Francis Malofiy later claimed he lost his case on a technicality, insisting that it was unfair the jury was unable to listen to the sound recording of "Taurus" and instead was limited to hearing an expert performance of the registered sheet music.
Malofiy received over a hundred sustained objections and "multiple admonishments" during the ZEPPELIN trial, with the band's publishing company Warner/Chappell Music filing documents asking the judge to order the plaintiffs to pay over $613,000 in costs for defending against the lawsuit.
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13 minutes ago, sixpense said:
Some rare audio of Tim Rose at the BBC with John (Bonzo) Bonham supporting on drums. Bonzo toured with Rose from June 28 1968 to approx. August 7 1968. During this time Jimmy Page was looking for members to replace former Yardbirds Keith Relf and Jim McCarty who quit the band. It was either on July 12 or 19 where Jimmy would witness Bonzo playing with Tim Rose and was blown away by his performance and knew without a doubt who would play the drums in his band. (Keep in mind Bonzo is still playing a smaller Ludwig Kit; It wouldn’t be till January 1969 where the big 26” bass drum would enter the scene.)
I've heard this BBC session before. Don't think it's Bonzo on drums unfortunately.
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1 hour ago, Phonostage said:
Also of course these are not the same writing. The photo where the writing is in red is by another hand.
They're exactly the same. Yours has little circles above the "i", that's literally the only difference.
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14 hours ago, Phonostage said:
Does anyone know where this might have come from? After some careful listening it is a mono version of three tracks that appear on other releases but they are a different sounding mix, one a different pitch or speed and also with less top/tail edits so you can hear Robert Plant say things like 'this is the time where we usually do have a cup of tea..' etc.. also the mix is clearly different at the beginning of Stairway to Heaven where the reverb is all over the place.. Could these be scrapped mixes or something? I was told that this was the producer's copy from recording. It has Space Odyssey tracks on the other side! I would like any information anyone can give me because I haven't seen another disc like it. This is an IBC Acetate - it is quite heavy and probably has a metal base. Thanks
IMHO, that is fake/home-made & I've seen a few similar ones like the one attached which has the same hand-writing, lol. There were many different mixes of that BBC 71 session through the years. This is taken from one of those existing mixes.
Here's a similar Beatles one that is assessed as "This is surely not an authorized disc. Someone probably cut it for their own use"
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23 hours ago, SteveAJones said:
Mojo (December 2018) (UK)
Wonder if it has interviews with all three members?
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3 hours ago, Mook said:
I still go back & listen to the companion discs for III, HOTH & Coda fairly regularly, I don't think they're 'rubbish' at all & I'm really glad I have them.
Some of the others I can take or leave but I like to have them there for reference. I'm really happy that the whole project was undertaken.
La La is great too. 10 Ribs outtake from Presence is also one of the most interesting and surprising! Sounds nothing like Presence and I would have guessed it was from ITTOD.
Completely new and unheard outtakes and a few "hard-core" trolls want nothing more than to complain about single thing they release.
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Dragon Telecaster Re-created
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It does come with a bow
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Few guitars are as important to the history of rock as the Telecaster Jimmy Page used to create the iconic, genre-defining riffs of Led Zeppelin. Originally received as an undecorated gift from Jeff Beck, he used this 1959 Telecaster to unleash his larger-than-life riffage and fierce soloing upon the world. By mid-1967 he decided to strip the instrument down to bare wood and drawing on his art school training, repaint it himself with what became the iconic “Dragon” design. Page partially painted over the stripped 1959 Telecaster with darts and curls of green, orange, yellow, blue and red in a pattern that formed something of a swirling, psychedelic, vaguely Japanese dragon. The beast’s flaming red horns and green head rest inside the blunt upper horn, green scales run down its neck as it breaks into a colorful abstraction that could include a cracked egg near the control panel and a tail that snakes into the upper bout from the lower.
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