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Today In Led Zeppelin History
drowan replied to zepps_apprentice's topic in Led Zeppelin Master Forum
"50 Years Ago Today on October 17, 1969...." Today (October 17, 2019) is the 50th Anniversary of the Led Zeppelin Carnegie Hall concert in New York City!!!!!!! October 17, 1969 - October 17, 2019 The Led Zeppelin Forum invites any fans who attended this concert (or just simply love their music) to leave your comments here about this momentous occasion!!! We'd love to hear from you. For detailed documentation of that historic night and more fan photos from the concert, see the link below: Edited October 17 by drowan
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Here is Jimmy Page using his cello bow on his guitar during "Dazed and Confused" in the middle of the 10/17/69 Carnegie Hall concert. Wow, what a night!!! We were all just blown away. The music changed us all that night.
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Here's a 1968 concert recording of "Dazed and Confused" that gives you an example of the raw power of the band in their early years. By October 1969, when Led Zeppelin performed this song at Carnegie Hall in NYC, Jimmy Page had perfected his eerie and haunting use of the cello bow in this song. The physical and intense power of John Bonham's drumming is so apparent throughout the song as well. Also, some of the electric guitar effects during the jamming interlude within the song incorporate the influence and sound of Jimi Hendrix. Enjoy.
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Ritchie Yorke is another prolific rock music critic and an early fan of Led Zeppelin starting in 1969. He is also profiled in some of the earlier comments of this Forum string which include some scanned examples of his LZ music reviews. Below is a picture of Ritchie (on the right side of this photo) with Robert Plant, taken in all likelihood around 2015 when he had recently published a new book on Van Morrison (visible in Ritchie's left hand).
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Rock critic, Chris Welch, was invited by Led Zeppelin, to travel with the band by plane from London, to attend, witness and report on the Carnegie Hall concert in NYC held on October 17, 1969. Though writers try to stay behind the scenes as they interact with the band and sit in on concerts, occasionally they are photographed together. Here is a photo of Chris (far right) with the band a few months later from March, 1970 during LZ's European Tour which included concerts in Germany.
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This photo below was associated with Led Zeppelin's fourth North American concert tour in 1969 when they opened the tour with a one night two concert single bill at Carnegie Hall on October 17, 1969.
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In the months leading up to the Led Zeppelin Carnegie Hall concert on October 17, 1969, the members of the band were hard at work with Eddie Kramer laying down tracks and mixing the sound for LZ II as described by Chris Walter below: Chris Walter/WireImage/Getty Images “LZ II was a marvelous record and so different from the first album,” Kramer says. “With the mixing process, it was an organic thing. We instinctively went for something different, and Jimmy did some really interesting stuff with the sound.” Eddie Kramer, the U.S. engineer on the sessions, had worked with Jimi Hendrix on Electric Ladyland the previous year. “I got a phone call from [Zeppelin’s] office in New York,” he recalls. “‘The boys are in town, and they want to know if you want to help put this record together.’” Kramer recalls “scrounging” recording time for them in any studio he could, and even recording some of Page’s guitar solos in hallways. “They were all over the place,” Kramer says of the sessions. “Some things were done in London, some were on the road. They had this huge trunk of tapes [from the various sessions].” Kramer notes that, once the tracks were assembled, he and Page completed and mixed them in just two days, on August 29 and 30, at A&R Studios in New York “on the most primitive console you could imagine.”
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Five days after the 10/17/69 Carnegie Hall Concert, Led Zeppelin released Led Zeppelin II as the band's reputation, album sales and fan base rocketed upwards. It was a very heady time as evidenced by the music critic commentary and photo below: "Released in October ’69, Led Zeppelin II put the group at the top of the charts. With U.S. advance orders of half a million, it was the biggest-selling album in America that year, deposing the Beatles’ Abbey Road from number one and keeping the Rolling Stones’ Let It Bleed from the top spot. All told, it spent 138 weeks on the charts and climbed to number one in February 1970." Led Zeppelin hold Gold record awards for 'Led Zeppelin' and 'Led Zeppelin II,' which was certified Gold in November 1969.
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The group played an incredible 145 shows in 1969, and by the end of the year they had released the blockbuster “Led Zeppelin II” (featuring their breakthrough single “Whole Lotta Love”) and were headlining venues like London’s Royal Albert Hall, New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Boston Garden and Detroit’s Olympia Stadium. From there, Zeppelin went on to become one of the most popular rock bands in history, dominating the 1970s, influencing countless thousands of musicians and, according to unofficial estimates, selling more than 200 million albums worldwide. Source: Variety (Online), Jem Aswad, August 13, 2018 Link: https://variety.com/2018/music/news/led-zeppelin-first-rehearsal-50-year-ago-anniversary-1202903005/
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August 25th, 1969: Led Zeppelin completes new album, announces release date The events we write about at Gaslight Records happened in some form or another 50 years ago to the day. Roll along with us and imagine you are back in 1969.
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Led Zeppelin played "Dazed and Confused" from their first album at Carnegie Hall on October 17, 1969. Here is a version of this song that the band did at a concert earlier that year in March, 1969. August 25th, 1969: Led Zeppelin have announced a new album. Led Zeppelin II will be released on October 22 on Atlantic Records. The album was written and recorded at various locations while on tour across the UK and North America. Guitarist Jimmy Page is credited with producing the album. Watch Led Zeppelin perform "Dazed and Confused", written by Jake Holmes for his 1967 album "The Above Ground Sound" of Jake Holmes. Source: Gas Light Records
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SamoKodela: I would have to agree with you about MoonPool's comments about Page's supposed low-slung guitar at the concert. I was there too, sitting very close in the 10th row on the floor, and have no recollection of his low-slung guitar posture. It might possibly have looked like that if one were sitting way up in the balcony. That is certainly not the case in the photos we took of Jimmy Page during the concert that evening. Good point and appreciate your input. DRowan
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Here is another great "eye witness" account of the October 17, 1969 Led Zeppelin concert at Carnegie Hall: “I was at the Carnegie Hall early show and had a seat above the stage. My main memory of the visual was looking down at the stage and watching Bonham solo with his bare hands - no sticks. And Page wearing his guitar so low it almost scraped the floor. The thing with a lot of the pictures I've seen of shows from back then is that they're taken with flash which kills whatever ambiance there was on stage. At any rate, I love seeing even those photos. I doubt the show was recorded, but I'd love it if it was, though with my luck they only recorded the late show.” Source: “MoonPool”, a Steve Hoffman Forum Resident comment, dated February 3, 2018 https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/jimmy-page-says-previously-unheard-led-zeppelin-music-will-be-released-for-bands-50th-anniversary.720137/page-35
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Led Zeppelin fans pay tribute to the 50th Anniversary of the key LZ events of 1969 including their concert at Carnegie Hall on October 17, 1969 to open their Fourth Tour of North America that year. Five days later the band releases Led Zeppelin II to great fanfare!!! Source: http://www.hennemusic.com/2019/10/led-zeppelin-launch-second-album-on.html
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Here is a graphic artist's stylized piece depicting the Carnegie Hall stage that Led Zeppelin played on October 17, 1969 Source: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/2-carnegie-hall-ed-weidman.html
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Rabbit: What a great story. Sounds like we were both at the early concert together. Your story about being invited by Robert Plant to watch to concert from the stage (showing your view below) and then go back stage afterwards is an amazing tale!! Thanks for sharing it with all of us! Rock on, DRowan
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Today marks the 50th Anniversary (10/22/69 - 10/22/19) of the release of Led Zeppelin II. Advance sales of the album were reported to have exceeded $1,000,000!!!
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Today In Led Zeppelin History
drowan replied to zepps_apprentice's topic in Led Zeppelin Master Forum
50 Years ago today (10/22/69 - 10/22/19), Led Zeppelin released Led Zeppelin II. Advanced orders of the album exceeded $1,000,000!!! -
50 Years ago today (on 10/22/69), Led Zeppelin released "Led Zeppelin II, to rave reviews and fan delight!! This release took place only five days after their widely acclaimed Carnegie Hall concert in NYC on 10/17/69. According to "Cash Box", advanced orders of the album exceeded $1,000,000 before it was even released!
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Today marks the 50th Anniversary of Led Zeppelin's Carnegie Hall concert in New York City. For a link to this spectacular and memorable live music event, see the LZ Forum link below: Happy 50th!!! October 17, 1969 - October 17, 2019 Happy 50th!!! Rock on Led Zeppelin fans all over the world!! What an awesome milestone. Our very best wishes and congratulations on this anniversary to Jimmy, Robert and Jonesey!!! And a posthumous 50th Anniversary salute to our drummer god, John "Bonzo" Bonham, whose memory lives forever in our hearts and minds!! You, and your three heavy metal compatriots, gave your all that night at Carnegie Hall in 1969 and dazzled us with the intensity and brilliance of your playing.
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Today is the 50th Anniversary of the Led Zeppelin Carnegie Hall concert in New York City!!!!!!! October 17, 1969 - October 17, 2019 The Led Zeppelin Forum invites any fans who attended this concert (or just simply love their music) to leave your comments here about this momentous occasion!!! We'd love to hear from you.
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Bishlap: Here is the promotion for the Schaefer Music Festival featuring the upcoming Led Zeppelin concert. Seats were $1.00 or $1.50. What a deal!!! Regards, D. Rowan
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Our one week countdown to the 50th Anniversary of the 10/17/69 Led Zeppelin concert at Carnegie Hall!! Source: http://jimmypagemusic.blogspot.com/2015/10/on-this-day-17-october.html
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As the lead contributor to the Forum page dedicated to the Led Zeppelin 10/17/69, in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the concert next week on October 17, 2019, I will be adding a "special tribute" to that concert on that Forum page!! Regards to all, D. Rowan PLEASE NOTE: The link to this extensive Forum page is below:
