Evenings with Led Zeppelin by Dave Lewis and Mike Tremaglio is fantastic. It is all about the concerts with great details on venues, capacity, recordings, etc. Alot of venue photos and historical information on the venues. Gives you a sense of the times. Lots of photos of tickets, flyers, posters, and ads. .An amazing amount of press reviews from the time. Be forewarned, many of the press reviews are negative but they are very interesting and telling in their own right. The positive press reviews are terrific. There is nothing about road stories or rumors. I am glad for that. This book has one focus and the authors nailed it. One of the more fascinating things is all the detail on groups that Zeppelin opened for, or who opened for Zeppelin, or who shared the stage with them at festivals. The festival information often includes day by day and hour by hour schedules. Helps us to see what an amazing time it was in 1969-70. So it depends what type of book you want. This book is a treasure trove of documented facts that tell the story of every Zeppelin concert, including interesting details on cancelled show as well. A high quality hardback publication that is well worth the money.

1972 The acoustic guitars sound great on this one.

Another 50th anniversary coming up in a few days.

One of the great comeback tracks in rock and roll. This was so great to hear in 1989.

I said, "Look man, I'm outdoors you knowCan I stay with you maybe a couple of days?"He said, "Let me go and ask my wife"He come out of the houseI could see it in his face, I know that was noHe said, "I don't know man, ah she kinda funny, you know"I said, "I know, everybody funny, now, you funny too"

Good entry on Jimmy's site today for Jan 4, 1981. I forgot the sessions were that early in 1981. Anyway he provides a Soundcloud clip from the track Rock and Ruin that eventually became Fortune Hunter with the Firm. Here is the text from his site today. I played the XYZ sessions at The Sol The first playing I did after Led Zeppelin split up was with Chris Squire and Alan White - the rhythm section of Yes. They got in contact and said they had some material and I said I had a studio. This was the best medicine I could have had at this time and I knew that playing with them might be quite challenging, knowing the quality and precision of the music they had established with Yes. In fact, the combination of the three of us proved to be substantial. Chris had supplied bass, piano and vocals, with Alan on backing vocals and drums. Chris even had a name for the outfit - XYZ - and I believe they hoped Robert Plant would have a listen but I think he was occupied. And the party was over. However, the music that was done at this point was really good. Here is a sample of Rock & Ruin- a rough mix of something I presented to them, but their songs were more impressive.

1977

From Norman Blake's debut album in 1972. Tut Taylor on the dobro.

This was a pretty good show.

From 1989. The heaviest part begins at 6:31.

Fantastic photo ! Which date is it from? Thanks for sharing the excellent compilation.

Had not listened to Brian Setzer much the past few years then saw his Rockabilly Riot concert special on AXS-TV the other night. He was cooking.

Yes and that makes it quite interesting, at least to my ears. You can really appreciate Plant and Bonham. Jones is up there too - especially the organ. Bass is loud enough. The guitar is sometimes loud sometimes, lower in the mix. Sure the mix could be better but what is there is so clear and sounds great. I have other versions of the show where it seems more balanced but not as clear.

Pure Blues original vinyl rip - I found it on the Black Beauty site. Amazing quality. SIBLY is just fantastic, as is the rest of the set. I don't think I have ever heard a better version of this recording. Mostly before this I had various versions of Mudslide and an old copy of Pure Blues, or Pb as it was called. I saw on another thread where some folks were noting this this show as the best SIBLY ever. I tend to agree. Page is restrained compared to later versions, but the mood is perfect especially with the haunting organ. And this is peak Plant. He is just magnificent here - so much range and power.

Cool - never heard of him before. I like it. Then I saw this oldie in "related videos" on YouTube. Used to hear this on FM radio (probably WNEW out of NYC) in 73-74 alongside Zep, Floyd, Yes, Beck, etc.

at the weekly bluegrass jam the other night someone kicked off "For What It's Worth" and we gave it a go. Great fun and one we will definitely continue to work on. I doubt anyone else in the jam group knows that Zeppelin covered it.