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11 hours ago, Supros and Telecasters said:
I was in the front row this night - with my friend Ron Lorenz - over 50 yrs ago.....we had the crappy reel to real mini cassette on stage about
2 ft from Robert's boots. Sorry for the shitty recording - someone on Dogs of Doom unearthed a great recording someone did with a sony
deck and stereo mikes. I was always embarrassed at some of our blunders. A girl kept bumping the reel which accounts for that herky-jerky
good times bad times problems. I'd been there the night before so that's my voice announcing "heartbreaker" to my friends. This night a
yellow balloon with purple lettering floated up on stage....it said the word "PLATE" Robert commented that this word in England is sometimes
associated with 'head' as in crapper I think, not sexual.......Robert seemed a bit annoyed at our recorder but was basically cool. He was annoyed
that we refused to sit down......we got to Winterland nearly 5 hours early to be first in line.....5 hours commitment would get you front rown in
1969 but no longer when they returned to Oakland in 1970..........I was row 19 at that show...........anyway.......at the end of How Many More Times
just before Robert skies his voice- brining the band crashing back into the main riff or the last time.......he'd coiled his heavy mic cording
into 3 or 4 loops.......and as his voice came to the penultimate moment.........the threw all the coils of his heavy cord down around my shoulders
temporarily straight-jacketing me........quite funny although the cord did not quite clear my right ear on the way down and felt like
it had been torn off.......for a while.......I might also say that Robert had poured a bunch of gold and silver glitter in his hair that night
and it was everywhere.....for a few minutes as he shook his head......we were choking on the stuff and almost considered moving
back in that sea of people. My favorite part of that show was White Summer.......Jimmy did an especially long and cool version that
night.......also, the Eddie Cochran cover "Cmon Everybody" which I believe they also did at the Albert Hall famous show.
I saw ever Fillmore show in Jan and April '69, one Winterland show.....and all 3 nights at Winterland in November. The Oakland '70
was great, especially the 2nd half of the show with the WLL medley.........both Berkeley shows in '71 were wonderful but the 2nd one
was my all-time favorite of seeing the lads live. "73 Kezar Stadium a big hassle but worth it...was very far back..........
For the record, Zep did not play hey hey what can I do on the 14 and I sure with the rest of that great show would surface!
75 they skipped San Franciso.........the 2 shows in 1977 were "okay" the 2nd day inferior to the first......I believe that was their
last how ever in America. Greattest thrill - January 1969 Jimmy introduced me and my brother to the rest of the band........
I told him I wrote for my school paper ( a necessary creation at the moment) we shared a plate of meatballs.......my brother
commented to Jimmy that we experienced other guitarists as the check me out I am the star guitarist....type of feel.......
aka Jimi Hendrix, Ten Years After - even the Jeff Beck Group..but with Zeppelin the over = all power of the four of them was
overwhelming...........he really appreciated that observation and seem genuinely interested in what the audience was experiencing.
I have always felt Zeppelin was the best ever - unapproachable, really........and that for most nights - there was a commitment
to give the audience the best rock and roll they would ever hear or see. Most nights they succeeded. If you read all of
this.......I'm a 72 year old goat....my wife says I have never matured beyond 15. Perhaps she's right. It was such a perfect
time to be young. For Led Zeppelin 1st LP, and II and III each time I drove from San Jose to San Francisco so I could
get the Led Zeppelin record one day before everyone else in San Jose! When they first came in January '69, a few weeks before
the record would hit the stores........Tom Donahue of KSAN radio in San Francisco had at least a few members of Zeppelin
in the studio.....played the whole album and asked them band members questions about songs.....at the time Jimmy said
his favorite cut was Babe I'm Gonna Leave You....I don't know if anyone has that interview but I remember hearing it that night.
Before the record was released the DJ's in San Francisco and San Jose were told to just play How Many More Times
so for a week or so - nobody had yet heard Dazed or Communications Breakdown....no You're Time Is Gonna Come......
crazy days. Also met Jimmy briefly less than a year before when he was with the original Yardbirds (no Jeff Beck).........
somebody had given keith relf a black eye earlier in the day......anyway, Jimmy was just as nice to his admiring audience
that time as well.
Thanks for your fantastic recollection!
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On 11/12/2021 at 7:01 AM, sam_webmaster said:
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Graham Kennedy smuggled a tape recorder into the Caird Hall after buying the first tickets for Led Zeppelin’s Dundee concert in 1971.
It remains the only recording of the show to surface in 50 years.
by Graeme Strachan | November 12 2021
Graham’s brother, Bruce, took the photos from the front row and the package brings to life a concert Jimmy Page described as “phenomenal” and “fantastic”.
Page even signed Graham’s ticket stub after the concert before taking off with his expensive pen!
The Led Zeppelin concert at the Caird Hall in 1971 was recorded by Graham’s brother, Bruce.
Here was a band at the peak of its powers.
With The Beatles now gone and the Rolling Stones on a break and taking stock, Led Zeppelin were on the cusp of becoming the biggest band in the world.
Dundee was the only Scottish date on the Winter 1971 UK tour to promote fourth album Led Zeppelin IV, which included the eight-minute classic Stairway to Heaven.
Graham was among the fans who queued up overnight in the rain a week before the November 13 1971 concert for the £1 tickets, which were first come, first served.
It was so wet and cold that some fans grabbed empty cardboard boxes and started a bonfire.
Graham, 65, who now lives in Suffolk, was fourth in the queue at 5pm on Friday night with his pals, Graham Hendry and Roy Kiddie.
A Courier photographer took a photograph of the queue that appeared in Saturday’s paper below the headline: ‘Waiting in the rain for Zeppelin’s big bang’.
Graham pictured with his umbrella in the queue for Led Zeppelin tickets in Exchange Street in Dundee in 1971.
The box office opened at 9am and the boys got tickets with Graham later also managing to get his hands on The Courier photo, which remains a “cherished souvenir”.
Graham said: “A week later we were outside the Caird Hall full of excitement and anticipation at seeing the biggest rock band in the world here in Dundee.
“It was almost a feeling of disbelief that this was about to happen!”
Graham was wearing an RAF greatcoat from his air cadet days but underneath he was also carrying a bag with a borrowed tape recorder inside.
Bouncers at the top of the steps were now checking bags.
Zeppelin manager Peter Grant was known for sometimes taking extraordinary measures to combat the practice of live bootleg recordings at concerts.
Graham said: “I was very nervous and frightened of being refused entry if they found it.
“I was almost past the bouncers when one of them bumped into me.
“He started feeling the bag and I started to apologise to him profusely!”
The bouncer asked Graham: “Is it a transistor?”
He replied: “Yes”.
Graham thought his luck was out but things took a turn.
The bouncer said: “That’s okay, we’re looking for booze – in you go.”
Graham said his legs turned to jelly with relief and he walked into the main hall breathing a huge sigh of relief and took his seat in the sixth row.
“Having queued all night in the cold and rain to get a ticket the excitement was electrifying and we knew lots of the fans around about us,” said Graham.
“The mood was building up rapidly before the lights went down at 8.15pm.
“There was no support act.
“A row of bouncers lined up in front of the stage before Led Zeppelin walked on to a massive cheer and a standing ovation from the 2,500 fans.
“I remember standing there being simply amazed.
“Led Zeppelin were rock legends and now here they were in Dundee!”
The show was recorded by another pal, Harry Bennett, who was sitting next to Graham.
Wall of soundThe band kicked off the gig with Immigrant Song.
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were churning out face-melting guitar riffs and the fans were blown away by the enormous volume coming from the stage.
Robert Plant on stage during the legendary Dundee 1971 gig.“It was like a wall of sound hitting you in the chest!” said Graham.
“Oh my God, it was so loud but the audience went crazy.
“Why was Dundee the only Scottish date on the UK tour back in 1971?
“Robert Plant spoke to the audience and explained that he had also wanted to play elsewhere in Scotland but all the other halls were fully booked!”
The crowd were hearing songs from the new album for the first time and the bouncers were struggling to contain the excited fans at the front of the stage.
One of those new songs, of course, was Stairway to Heaven, which was played on Page’s custom-made double-necked 12-string and six-string Gibson guitar.
The band then set up three wooden chairs to perform a welcome acoustic section before getting back to heavy rock including the 20-minute Dazed and Confused.
The sound from the band was like a wall of noise.
After the usual beginning of the song, they hit the guitar break.
Page then brought out his violin bow and proceeded to play his guitar with it.
John Bonham’s marathon drum solo on Moby Dick was one of the high spots of the gig before the audience surged towards the front of the stage for the finale.
The crowd went wild when they heard Whole Lotta Love, which included a medley of classic rock songs including Hello Mary Lou and Honey Bee.
“Then it was all over – or so we thought,” said Graham.
“The house lights went on but the crowd wouldn’t move – we all wanted more.
“The bouncers lined the front of the stage to form a barrier before Zeppelin finally returned for the encore after what seemed like an age.
“Robert Plant waved the bouncers off stage before the band played Communication Breakdown, which was another song I’d been shouting for all night!
“Jimmy Page paid a complement to the Dundee crowd about having ‘a great little world of rock appreciation here’ before the house lights went up.”
The band are pictured performing Stairway to Heaven.
The audience still wanted more and the band returned to perform the Eddie Cochran song Weekend before leaving the stage for the final time at 10.45pm.
Graham waited for the band after the gig. Robert Plant and John Bonham were the first to emerge and were swamped by fans wanting autographs.
While Plant and Bonham were submerged in a mass of bodies, Graham spotted Jimmy Page going to his car and went after him before asking for his autograph.
The guitarist agreed – only if he could get in his car first!
The ticket that was autographed by Jimmy Page after the concert.
“I did and he opened the window about an inch and I passed in my ticket and my expensive Parker pen to him,” said Graham.
“He signed my ticket then kept using my pen to sign others.
“There was now a surge of fans around his car so he drove off to the Angus Hotel.
“He took my pen with him!
“I wrote to the band’s management after the concert, asking for my pen back, and got a letter explaining that Jimmy Page had no recollection of the incident.
“But to compensate my loss they sent me a copy of the limited edition poster for the band’s now-famous five-hour Wembley show on November 20 1971.
“I’ve still got it and they can go up for auction for £1,000.
“You can buy a lot of Parker pens for that money but I’m not selling it!
“I still have my autographed ticket, which is in a frame on the wall of my study.
“The Led Zeppelin concert of 1971 is still the best concert that I have ever attended.”
The poster Graham was sent by the band to replace his pen which went missing after Jimmy Page signed his ticket.The rock superstars were gone from the Caird Hall.
Graham was in the audience when they returned on January 27 1973 but venues such as the Caird Hall would soon be a thing of the past for Led Zeppelin.
The stadium era now beckoned. But the city was fortunate to host them twice.
In 2017 Robert Plant performed a concert at Perth. He fondly recalled the concert in Dundee all those years ago.
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/2729202/led-zeppelin-dundee/
https://www.ledzeppelin.com/show/november-13-1971
This is great!
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2 minutes ago, 76229 said:
Only one (one star) review for this new Bob Spitz biog, and it is pretty scathing.
From the press I've read, it's a bunch of rehashed sensationalistic garbage.
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https://blabbermouth.net/news/david-coverdale-on-proposed-coverdale-page-30th-anniversary-reissue-look-for-something-special-in-2023/
DAVID COVERDALE On Proposed COVERDALE PAGE 30th-Anniversary Reissue:
'Look For Something Special' In 2023David Coverdale has offered an update on the proposed 30th-anniversary re-release of his collaboration with Jimmy Page. The well-received COVERDALE PAGE set was recorded in several studios on both sides of the Atlantic over the winter of 1991-92 before it was finally released in March 1993.
Coverdale discussed a possible reissue of COVERDALE PAGE's eponymously titled LP in a new interview with 107.7 The Bone's "Lamont & Tonelli". He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I was very excited. Jimmy and I worked very well creatively, as you can hear, and we had another four or five songs which were unmixed. And I said, 'Jimmy, I've got all these other ideas. Let's just do a COVERDALE PAGE '2' or let's make a double album.' And sadly, his manager at the time talked him out of it, which was infuriating. However, some of those songs that I had to present to Jimmy are on [David Coverdale & WHITESNAKE's 1997] 'Restless Heart' record — two of 'em. It was 'Take Me Back Again' and 'Woman Trouble Blues'. Those were originally ideas for Jimmy and I, had we made a second album. But in 2023, it's the 30th anniversary, so look for something special. It's gonna be a lot of fun."
Coverdale previously spoke about his collaboration with Page during a February 2021 appearance on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk". At the time, he said that he and Jimmy were planning a "very big, luxurious, complete box set [for] the [LP's] 30th anniversary in 2023."
As for what extra material might surface on the expanded "Coverdale Page" set, the WHITESNAKE singer said: "We've got four unreleased tracks, which just need to be mixed. But since we reconnected, I've been messing around, writing at home. And I have two ideas which could make really fun tracks — just to throw at him and 'see what you can do with this.' The way we did it before — we wrote really very potent music together.
"The other thing that I recommended to him was, 'Let's remaster the original, but I'd love you, in England, with a mixer of your choice, to do the Jimmy Page mix of the album, and I'll do the David Coverdale mix as bonus stuff,'" he continued. "And I think that'd be great. He trusts me, I trust him, and I think it would be great for the fans to get Jimmy's take on it, 'cause we did everything 50/50 on the project. It was an amazing three years together. I loved it. So, yeah, that's definitely in the pipeline."
Upon its release, "Coverdale Page" sold strongly, peaking at No. 4 on the U.K. album chart and No. 5 in the U.S. The album eventually went platinum in the U.S., despite the fact that the project as a whole was marred by the "LED ZEPPELIN clone" tag, including from ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant, who openly expressed his disdain for Coverdale, referring to him as "David Cover-version." Coverdale was equally vitriolic in his response, saying about the LED ZEPPELIN singer, "There's certainly no love lost between myself and Robert… I wouldn't send him cat food if he was starving."
Coverdale later apologized to Plant, saying in a 2013 interview with TeamRock Radio's "Classic Rock Magazine Show": "I hold [Plant] in the highest esteem as a human being, and as an artist, and I really would like to, you know, sit down, buy him a drink, shake hands and say: 'I'm really sorry," you know, "Can we be friends again?' I don't hold any animosity, just disappointment in myself that I took the bait and ran with some ugly things. Because it's not appropriate for somebody I respect so much."
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Love the original by Bert Jansch. Not a lot of RP on this cover.
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13 hours ago, sam_webmaster said:
For many years, photographer Carl Dunn has shared dozens of his Zep photos exclusively on LedZeppelin.com. He's been working on a new Led Zep photo book, slated to be published soon.
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“THEY ASK NO QUARTER”
THE CARL DUNN LED ZEPPELIN ARCHIVE 1969-1975
NEW LED ZEPPELIN PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOK BASED ON UNSEEN PHOTOS TO BE PUBLISHED IN NOVEMBER 2021Legendary Rock photographer Carl Dunn opens his Led Zeppelin archive.
The new photographic book details 15 Led Zeppelin shows ranging from the Texas Pop Festival in 1969, over the rise of Led Zeppelin on their March - May 1970 tour of the US south, to 5 shows from the epic 1973 tour including the double date at the Chicago Stadium in July 1973, and finally at three consecutive sold out shows in Texas in early March 1975.
Moreover, Carl was fortunate to be invited to the “Cabana Motor Motel” in Dallas in 1970 to shoot the band freely while they were relaxing at the pool. He also joined Jimmy Page and Peter Grant to Austin, where Jimmy played with Bad Company in September 1974.
Of 1300 live and off stage images, we have chosen 175 of the best of these and present them with a narrative by the photographer who will tell interesting tales of shooting the mighty Led Zeppelin, as he watched them rise to become the biggest rock act of the 1970´s. Noted Led Zeppelin expert and writer Marc Roberty will offer background and tour info.
Archivist Dave Brolan will offer his views on the photographs through an introduction, and there will be comments by fellow rock photographer Ross Halfin.
Carl Dunn´s Led Zeppelin shots have so far been used in the official Led Zeppelin book from 2019 and have been used for several of the Led Zeppelins official box re-releases of their albums, as well as in countless articles and magazines. Carl has photographed all major rock act that came through Texas, from Jimi Hendrix and Cream in 1968, to Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, the Who and many more throughout the1970´s.
The book will be published in three versions, the book only in an open edition, a limited edition in 300 copies containing the book and limited-edition prints of Led Zeppelin live on stage, and lastly a 100 copies edition signed by the photographer with a clamshell case and the possibility to choose one of the shots from the book, to be printed in a 60x40 cm format, signed by Carl Dunn, and shipped directly to the customers address.
The facts of the book:
• 288 pages
• Large format 288 x 337 mm
• 12000 Words
• Printed on 150 grams Arctic volume white
• Offset print on cloth cover
• Open edition
• 300 copies limited edition featuring a 40x30cm print
• 100 copies Ultimate edition with the chance to choose any image in the book to be printed in 60x40cm and signed by carl Dunn
• Contains 175 photos - half of these previously unpublished
• Words by Carl Dunn and Marc Roberty
• Foreword by Dave Brolan – Ross Halfin
Pre-sale available from 30 September 2021 with a 20x16 cm bonus print of Jimmy Page in action in 1975. It will retail at 79,00 Euros. From the release date it can be bought through retail bookstores, various online vendors as well as, directly from the C Larsen & Sons Book Publishing webshop. Limited Editions can only be bought directly through the clarsenbookpublishing.com website.
I enjoy seeing Carl's photos through the years and will definitely pick this up.
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21 hours ago, sam_webmaster said:
Going through some old files and came across a bunch of Them Crooked Vultures videos I filmed (iPhone potato quality at the time). Here's a couple of clips from Toronto / Air Canada Centre - May 15, 2010. In the backstage clip, the band are being given Toronto Maple Leaf hockey jerseys. The live footage is side-stage at the mixing desk.
Very cool.
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TikTok is probably a good idea for getting LZ exposure to a new/young audience. Recently read that the average view time in the US is now bigger than YouTube.
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Amazing pics.
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Been reading this new Mojo which is good overall. New interviews with the three members. Here's an excerpt in case you're wondering about 'future' things 😕
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33 minutes ago, Anandi said:
Hey! Today in the band's official YouTube channel, How Many More Times- Royal Albert Hall 1970 has been uploaded. While listening the 20 mins recording, at 10:11 I heard him saying "Ek do tin char"... That's actually "One, two, three, four " in the Indian language.
How can that be possible? I heard it many times but every time it sounded the same. There's no such mention of these Indian words even in the lyrics. Someone please help. I need an answer.
You're hearing it wrong. He's saying "Ain't no need to hide" at 10:11.
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Great pics. Was video permitted?
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Jimmy Page says it was a mistake to hire Phil Collins for Led Zeppelin’s Live Aid reunion
"We were in real trouble"
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Tom Skinner 14th October 2021Jimmy Page has said that it was a mistake to enlist Phil Collins to fill in on drums for Led Zeppelin at Live Aid.
Collins and drummer Paul Martinez both played live with the reunited Led Zep – Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones – at the legendary 1985 concert, as did bassist Tony Thompson.
Speaking in a new interview with The Times and The Sunday Times, Page admitted it was “not very clever” to reform the band, who had split in 1980 following the death of their drummer John Bonham.
“The drummer couldn’t get the beginning of ‘Rock And Roll’,” Page explained about Live Aid. “So we were in real trouble with that.”
He also told The Times that Led Zeppelin had less than two hours to rehearse for their three-song set, which included the classics ‘Whole Lotta Love’ and ‘Stairway To Heaven’.
Led Zeppelin went on to reunite again in 2007 for a performance at The O2 in London. Recalling how nervous he felt ahead of the concert, Page told The Times: “A lot more could go wrong. I didn’t want to be the one making the mistake.”
Phil Collins reflected on the disastrous Live Aid show during an interview last year, explaining: “If I could have walked off, I would have done, ’cause I wasn’t needed and I felt like a spare part.”
The majority of the Genesis musician’s preparation for the concert came from listening to Led Zeppelin’s tracks on the flight to Philadelphia. “I didn’t rehearse when I got there, but I listened to ‘Stairway To Heaven’ on Concorde,” he said. “I arrived and went to the caravans, and Robert said: ‘Jimmy Page is belligerent’.”
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Weird that the Youtube link on Robert's channel is removed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM40mlXWOSMNevermind working again now!
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Looks very fake
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That was from "It Might Get Loud" doc, wasn't it?
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Celebration Day
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A guide for all official merchandise post-1980 would be interesting.
I was looking up Mythgem on google and shows it's a Led Zeppelin owned corporation. Bill Graham would only have been granted a licence for a certain time to produce merchandise through Winterland, which I'm sure is how it works to this day with current licensee companies.
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I have an mp3 of this and just sent you a wetransfer link. No $ required, enjoy!
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JP's post:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTm_4bTjVCR/
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JIMMY PAGE Says Official LED ZEPPELIN Documentary Has 'Clearly Touched The Hearts Of Both Audience And Critics Alike'
The official LED ZEPPELIN documentary "Becoming Led Zeppelin" debuted last Saturday (September 4) at the Venice International Film Festival in Italy. Directed by Bernard MacMahon, the film documents the legendary rockers' "meteoric rise to stardom."
LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page, who premiered the documentary at the event, took to his social media earlier today (Thursday, September 9) to write: "I recently returned from the Venice Film Festival where the world premiere of 'Becoming Led Zeppelin' was unveiled. With Bernard MacMahon (the director), Allison McGourty (producer of the film) and accompanied by @scarlettzsabet, we were about to feel the feedback of the documentary."The first run was 2pm on Saturday 4th September. The full capacity audience were already in the venue (COVID restrictions observed) before we were due to enter and welcome the audience and to say hello. There was a 10 minute standing ovation before a word was said. The audience bestowed such affection before the viewing it was quite overwhelming. As the film progressed the enthusiasm intensified and certain sequences were followed by applause. The audience were really connected and it was interesting to witness the communication and enthusiasm the event and the film were generating. After the closing credits, the audience rose to their feet and gave us another standing ovation, a thank you that I can't convey in words, but boy did I feel it.
"That evening there was to be a midnight showing and I wanted to attend that as well. Bernard and I introduced the film to another enthusiastic audience and another standing ovation. It was so energising to feel the love, joy and anticipation from the public. The world press from the next couple of days was equally encouraging. They had had a private viewing so the questions were totally relative to the film documentary. The film had clearly touched the hearts of both audience and critics alike.
"Thank you to the Venice Film Festival. Thank you to the fans. Thanks to you for your loyal support through the years.
"Just now awaiting the announcement for the official release of the film and the day we can all see 'Becoming Led Zeppelin'."
"Becoming Led Zeppelin" features new interviews with Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones, as well as rare archival interviews with the late drummer John Bonham. It marks the first time members of LED ZEPPELIN have participated in a documentary about the group.
MacMahon said in a press release: "With 'Becoming Led Zeppelin' my goal was to make a documentary that looks and feels like a musical. I wanted to weave together the four diverse stories of the band members before and after they formed their group with large sections of their story advanced using only music and imagery and to contextualize the music with the locations where it was created and the world events that inspired it. I used only original prints and negatives, with over 70,000 frames of footage manually restored, and devised fantasia sequences, inspired by 'Singin' In The Rain', layering unseen performance footage with montages of posters, tickets and travel to create a visual sense of the freneticism of their early career."
MacMahon previously directed the Emmy-nominated music documentary series "American Epic" about the early American roots music recordings of the 1920s. Page praised the film back in 2019, saying: "When I saw everything Bernard had done both visually and sonically on the remarkable achievement that is 'American Epic', I knew he would be qualified to tell our story."
Plant added: "Seeing Will Shade and so many other important early American musicians brought to life on the big screen in 'American Epic' inspired me to contribute to a very interesting and exciting story."
Jones stated: "The time was right for us to tell our own story for the first time in our own words, and I think that this film will really bring this story to life."
An official LED ZEPPELIN book, "Led Zeppelin By Led Zeppelin", came out in October 2018.
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