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New York Metro Led Zeppelin Fans: Don't miss this opportunity to return 48 years later to Carnegie Hall to celebrate both LZ's 50th Anniversary and a return to their one and only evening of rock history at this celebrated venue in Manhattan!!! Michael Dorf, in his 15th year hosting this annual tribute to rock and other music legends, has lined up an impressive array of performers to celebrate this big anniversary for Led Zeppelin while raising financial support for a great cause. All net proceeds from the evening goes to music education for underprivileged youth. What better way to encourage and support the next generation of yearning talent around us!! See some of the evening's bill below: The initial line-up features a house band led by Tony Shanahan of the Patti Smith Band and including Sarah Tomek (Steven Tyler), with performances by Bettye LaVette, The Zombies, Living Colour, The London Souls, J Mascis, Orianthi and Richie Sambora, O.A.R., Erika Wennerstrom of Heartless Bastards and Brian Wheat of Tesla. For more information on how you can support this music education foundation fundraiser, see the link below: The Music of Led Zeppelin https://musicof.org/ -
The original Facebook entry and exchange citing the recovery of Jimmy Page's Black Beauty Les Paul that all the wire stories used as their source is referenced below (click on "about 2 years ago"): And yes, the real story is effectively "unconfirmed" as no follow up articles quoting Jimmy Page directly about its recovery or pictures of Page with Black Beauty ever surfaced in the news. So, though the story may be true, it has not been definitively confirmed they way many die hard fans would like it to be. Perhaps it should be left to Jimmy to set the record straight.
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LZ TRIBUTE AT CARNEGIE HALL MARCH 7!!! - Led Zeppelin fans who live in the NY metro area should seriously consider attending a Led Zeppelin tribute fundraiser at Carnegie Hall on March 7, 2018. The link to the promotional website is below: https://musicof.org/ and https://www.carnegiehall.org/calendar/2018/03/07/the-music-of-led-zeppelin-0800pm Proceeds from the concert will benefit a foundation that funds music lessons for underprivileged children around New York City. Enjoy a fabulous night of music of Led Zeppelin in Carnegie Hall for a great cause!!!
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The best article I've read has the following link: https://blog.zzounds.com/2016/03/01/jimmy-page-black-beauty-les-paul-reunited/
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This March 7, 2018 concert is being organized by Michael Dorf and is the 15th year it has been held. Each year a different musician or musical group is honored by the event and it is always held at Carnegie Hall. 100% of the proceeds of the tickets go to a foundation that sponsors music education for underprivileged children. For additional details: https://www.jambase.com/article/music-of-led-zeppelin-carnegie-hall-new-york-city-march-7
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Rare photos of Jimmy Page's Black Beauty Les Paul guitar just posted on LZ Forums being played at the Led Zeppelin October 17, 1969 Carnegie Hall concert. These are the earliest known photos of Jimmy playing his coveted Gibson guitar while on the road touring. See the link below:
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Gibson detailed specifications for the Black Beauty Les Paul guitar: http://www.guitarcenter.com/Gibson-Custom/Jimmy-Page-Les-Paul-Custom-VOS-Electric-Guitar-with-Bigsby.gc#productDetail
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Black Beauty Les Paul guitar has been returned to Jimmy Page according to My Les Paul wire: http://www.mylespaul.com/threads/jimmy-page-black-beauty-returns.361784/#post-7565289 See also ZZounds wire: https://blog.zzounds.com/2016/03/01/jimmy-page-black-beauty-les-paul-reunited/ See also Guitar World wire: https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/has-jimmy-pages-long-lost-black-les-paul-been-found
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For a little more detail on Jimmy Page's allegedly "recovered" Black Beauty Les Paul guitar see the link below from Guitar Player magazine: https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/jimmy-pages-long-lost-gibson-black-beauty-has-been-found Also, see the MusicRadar wire story via the link below: http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/jimmy-page-reunited-with-1960-gibson-black-beauty-les-paul-guitar-637199
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Purple Clover ranks the Carnegie Hall Led Zeppelin concert as one of the "11 best concerts of all time"! See link below: https://www.purpleclover.com/entertainment/6954-most-iconic-rock-n-roll-concerts-all-time/item/zeppelin/
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Here's a close up of Jimmy Page's Black Beauty Les Paul guitar. Notice the error in the notes that Page did not tour with this guitar until 1970! These photos show that the guitar was on tour with Led Zeppelin as of October 1969! See link: http://www.led-zeppelin.org/archived-news/2010-news/89-2016-news/1898-jimmy-page-reunited-with-his-gibson-les-paul-black-beauty
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Can you believe it - promoters in New York City have organized a March 2018 show at Carnegie Hall featuring notable rock performers playing the favorite songs of Led Zeppelin! Deja vu with a historic twist! https://www.songkick.com/festivals/2156789-music-of-led-zeppelin-at-carnegie-hall/id/32351384-the-music-of-led-zeppelin-at-carnegie-hall-2018
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For a little more color on the background of the promoter, Howard Stein, who put together the LZ show at Carnegie Hall: https://mycousinsocialitetaylorstein.wordpress.com/tag/my-cousin-and-legendary-rock-promoter-and-new-york-night-club-owner-howard-stein/ http://harrysandler.com/2013/06/1229/
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Here's what Carnegie Hall looks like on a formal night: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Hall#/media/File:Carnegie-hall-isaac-stern.jpg
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Here's a little more history and color about the Carnegie Hall show from LZ archives: "Interesting story about when Zep played at Carnegie Hall , New York in Oct 1969. This prestigious venue refused to allow any pop or rock bands perform there after some trouble when The Beatles played there some years earlier . However concert promoter Howard Stein who was a big Zep fan , pulled off a coup and managed to convince Carnegie Hall to let rock return with Zep playing . However one of the members of the Carnegie Board read the lyrics to "The Lemon Song " and felt this type of song/ band wasn't appropriate for Carnegie Hall and they had a change of heart . After a series of intense meetings with Stein and Carnegie management , Stein explained the lyrics were not as suggestive as they seemed ( Lol ). Carnegie management finally agreed to let the show go on and Led Zeppelin sold out two shows." [ed note: Some rock historians have blamed a very rambunctious Rolling Stones concert five years earlier at Carnegie Hall as the reason management there had stopped allowing rock concerts at this venue.]
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Astonishing is the perfect word. A plain stage, no light show and four driven musicians that blew the audience away. Folks left the concert hall convinced that LZ was taking rock to a whole new level. Pulsating and electrifying! ...and yes, there must be some more pictures out there?
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We very much appreciate each of your positive responses to these photos and comments. It's a night we'll never forget. And to think these photos were almost lost forever - buried away in an unlabeled box for 45 years that was going to be tossed. So glad they were found and that we had a way to share them with you. Am also glad my friend had the presence of mind to bring his camera that night to Carnegie Hall to try out some of his new high speed B&W film. LZ webmaster Sam Rapallo says there are very few surviving photos from that night. We hope these shots capture some of the energy from that evening for you - especially since they were shot from the crowd. I love the close-up photo of Jimmy Page using his bow on his guitar while Robert Plant looks on. This shot was taken while they played "Dazed and Confused" which just blew everyone away. People's jaws dropped in amazement as Jimmy's guitar moaned during that searing tune. A bow eerily played on a lead guitar at cranked volume was such a foreign sound. The house went wild when he finished. As a footnote, the photos posted above are in reverse chronological order - a concert that went on almost non-stop for over two hours.
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Yes, the Bonham drum solo went on forever and was incredible. He got a standing ovation from the crowd, which was not hard given that many of the fans stood through a lot of the show anyway. I remember that at the climax of the drum solo he was going through a constant cycle from left to right and back again from the snare drum to successive tom-tom's. As you may have noticed in the photos (and particularly in the close-up of him alone), Bonham stripped down to the waist through much of the concert as the physical exertion in most of the songs by him was riveting and tremendous.
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These photos were taken by my best friend, Gerald Birdsall, when we were both 15 years old. We got these pair of tickets to the 8:30 pm concert 10th row just two days before the concert. As you may know, the Led Zeppelin band members missed their flight to the US the day before the concert and managed to arrive at Carnegie Hall just a few hours before the concert. That may help to explain why there was so little stage equipment for this concert. The crowd went wild during the concert and the Carnegie Hall management were compelled to stop the concert several times so they could urge the fans to step down off the mahogany arms of the chairs in this formal concert hall. As LZ webmaster, Sam Rapallo, has mentioned, there was no security managing the crowd that night - only traditional ushers. So, because our seats were right off the isle, we could go right down to the edge of the stage to take a few of these photos. The camera that was used was a Nikon F with high speed B&W Tri-X film. We used this high speed film so no flash would be required. Gerald and I developed the negatives ourselves. The negatives were misplaced for 45 years. They were found in 2014 when Robert Plant was touring the US with his new album show. We saw him put on a fantastic concert at the Capitol Theater (Port Chester, NY) on September 24, 2014. Ironically, the Capitol Theater concert hall was established in the fall of 1969 by Howard Stein, the same individual who produced the concert at Carnegie Hall on October 17, 1969. Gerald and I sent copies of these 1969 photos from Carnegie Hall back stage to Robert Plant the night of the 2014 concert, but we were not sure they got to him. Now they can be enjoyed more widely.
