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20 hours ago, SteveAJones said:
You may recall Shake My Tree was released on the Coverdale/Page album (1993). It was used by Page/Plant on the first leg of their North American tour to showcase Jimmy's use of the Theremin.
Here's Jimmy rehearsing Shake My Tree for the Coverdale/Page Tour of Japan. 😎
Of course, of course. Maybe more specifically: have they ever stated how they approached the song (as a Page solo track like Plant's Calling to You/or as a lost Zeppelin rarity, like Midnight Moonlight or Closer)?
Thanks for the link, I hadn't heard that rehearsal. Sounds pretty tuff.
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2 hours ago, Sticks of Fire said:
"Di Bergi, you rented it, you controlled it!"
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20 minutes ago, SteveAJones said:
Jimmy said it dates back to the ITTOD sessions but it was just the riff. They didn't do anything with it.
Until '95. Steve, any info on why they revisited this, did Plant even remember the song? If not how ironic. Has a more Wanton feel with that choppy 95 rhythm.
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1 hour ago, SteveAJones said:
Unlike Led Zeppelin, which was clearly Page conceived and designed, The Firm was merely a vehicle within which he could return to playing live rock. Paul's initial influence was arguably greater because he had already gotten his solo career off the ground, so he wasn't struggling to reinvent himself in the same way that Page was. He wasn't coked up, either.
Good point. I've heard Paul claim writing Radioactive including the guitar solo itself in random interview (sorry no source, I'm sure others have heard this too). Page was pretty out of it in this era.
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10 hours ago, hummingbird69 said:
Meh. I don't buy it. I highly doubt anyone including Paul Rodgers would have the audacity to tell Jimmy Page to "wrap It up". Unless you can come up with a verifiable form of proof by way of comments made by Paul that he had to tell Jimmy to wrap it up a few times, then I really don't think it happened like you think it did.
Hell, Robert "wrapped him up" on the STH solo to a million people, Live Aid '85 🤣
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I'll add that you just can't generalize any of this stuff. I have old SP pressings that sounds dull, the same albums pressed at Monarch that sound sparkling clear. Same with some modern records, U pressings sounding dull and flat yet Palace pressings of the same album crystal clear and dynamic. Just remember there's a different hands on with each pressing at each plant.
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3 hours ago, zeplz71 said:
Great photo. Was this Coverdale-Page era?
Yeah these pics were floating around I forget where, CP era as far as I know. Here are the others
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On 3/2/2019 at 3:53 PM, TheEyeOfZoro said:
This video raises the more questions for me than it answers:
- Why didn't Fender show any video footage from Jimmy's house other than inserted photos? They flew all that way and took no video?
- What is with that Grey bottom bridge pickup? Wasn't the bridge pickup destroyed in the "Friend of Page who took it on himself to ruin the paint job myth"?
- If the bridge pickup was destroyed, then is this pickup a replacement bridge pickup? If so, what's the point of measuring it?
- Whats with those 4 things brown things stuck to the bottom of the pickup that look like rubber magnetized spacers? Do they alter the sound, stablize the pickup in the cavity or focus the eyes away from that grey bottom? I doubt they were on the pickup when Stairway was recorded, but they really intriguing.
- Is this Feb 1958 neck the original Stairway neck or the Dragon replacement neck?
- If this was the original neck why wasn't the Brown B Bender guitar shown without a neck?
- If this really is the original famous Stairway neck that was later installed on the Brown B-Bender, did Jimmy take it off the B-Bender just to replace it onto the body of the Dragon, or is that a temporary thing for the photo shoot of the Sundragon amp?
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If so, one of those two guitars will now need a replacement neck. My guess is that the Dragon body here got a replacement Feb 58 Neck and the B-Bender still has the original Dragon neck.
The Stairway neck most likely was a 1959 thin D shape and NOT an Oval C shape that was measured and applied to the custom shop Dragons.
Great post. My '59s have that thin D profile JP would definitely prefer, my '58s/'60s are not that shape. This may be an oversimplification but didn't he have three Teles and swap the parts many times? In this pic the blonde '66 (with ARMS strap) seems to have the '59 neck. The background is hard to see but could include '66 and '58 necks. In other pics the '66 has the maple neck, yet other pics the brown Tele has the maple neck. One would think JP would know but I feel like Fender could be mixed up.
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On 9/23/2018 at 9:17 PM, SteveAJones said:
I too rate Robbie Blunt very highly. I too believe he's the best guitarist that Plant has worked with post-Led Zeppelin.
A fourth album was never in the works, nor were there any demos. Shaken 'n' Stirred was a commercial failure, and after the tour finale in September 1985 the band was essentially on hiatus. Robert sent out a press release in October 1986 that every one in the band was out and he later attributed this to tiring of their "menopausal rumblings"...LOL. The following month he signed a new management deal with Bill Curbishley, who convinced Robert that if he wanted to restore and maintain a viable solo career it was time to reincorporate Led Zeppelin music into his performances. Within a couple of months he began assembling what became the lineup for Now & Zen.
Porl Thompson did not accompany Page/Plant to Japan & Australia, leaving the tour after the conclusion of the 2nd North American leg in October 1995 because his wife was expecting. There was no role for him on the next album or tour as they went with a basic four piece with some accompaniment from Phil Andrews on keyboards.
Michael Lee & Charlie Jones became the odd men out when Robert changed musical direction after Page/Page, forming Priory of Brion. Besides, those two had other side projects of their own that they wanted to pursue.
Good old Robert jfc. We realize he was trying to turn the corner, pushing new wave etc. (since what, '78?). I think it worked up to a certain point. Come '86-88 it was borderline Janet Jackson, Robert Palmer, INXS style production. Doesn't the timeline 85-86 include quite a bit, Live Aid, reunion secret rehearsals and tryouts (Bruford, Thompson), Firm tour? LZ must have been on his mind. It was a treat to hear it live again solo.
Regarding Lee, last instance I saw he was with JP doing Domino live. Jones was on board at least through some of the 2001 tour? I was quite surprised to see a different bass player on Sixty Six to Timbuktu. Porl, played through at least early 2002 (cancer benefit in London). The Dreamland album came out (I really enjoy), then poof, gone. Probably not much info on these guys I suppose.
Good topics, thanks Steve.
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Steve- post Zep Q if that's cool? Robert's flipped some really great bandmates over the years. In particular I think Robbie Blunt was a fantastic player, a heavy weight in his own right (co-writer on near all of the first three albums). Aside from the current lineup perhaps Blunt/Plant was the closest collaborative to Page/Plant we've had over the years. Robbie's style is so cool, sort of Page meets early Gilmour, hints of other British peers and blues too, definitely a strong Mediterranean influence in there. Quite worldly which I think translates well with RP's music.
Was a fourth album ever in the works or demos? What was the falling out? Did they ever get back together (I know they did at least twice)?
Other exits of interest: Porl Thompson, Lee/Jones, or info you may have on various lineup changes. Thanks in advance.
In defense of Four Sticks. Yes, it can hang with Zeppelin IV
in Led Zeppelin Master Forum
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Four Sticks is probably my favorite song on the album, it's both moody and powerful. it's like the evolution of Friends meets the Immigrant song...I love that shit.