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  1. Haven't visited Bath 70 in a while but ledzepfilm has a fresh entry which led me to discover most of the YT clips I'd had saved are no more. Whether any of this is previously unseen tests my memory - I come up a loser there - but it's a fun watch. All those tales about whisking Flock's equipment off stage to get Zeppelin on at sunset...myths? The video don't lie. Seems it was still broad daylight about until "the sun refused to shine." 🙃

    Anyway, enjoy.

     

  2. A Wiltshire Thatcher – a Photographic Journey through Victorian Wessex

    Exhibit at Wiltshire Museum from 6th April 2024 - 1st September 2024.

    This exhibition celebrates the work of Ernest Farmer, who today is little-known but was a leading figure in the development of photography as an art form. Through the exhibition, we will show how Farmer captured the spirit of people, villages and landscapes of Wiltshire and Dorset that were so much of a contrast to his life in London. It is fascinating to see how this theme of rural and urban contrasts was developed by Led Zeppelin and became the focus for this iconic album cover 70 years later.

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    A framed colour version of this image of an elderly man carrying a large bundle of sticks on his back will be recognised worldwide. It is the centrepiece of the iconic front cover of Led Zeppelin IV which famously features no words.

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    The origin of the central figure has remained a mystery for over half a century. It can now be revealed as a late Victorian coloured photograph of a Wiltshire thatcher. A grey beard underlining his weathered face, the figure stoops whilst apparently pausing for the photographer, his leathery hands grasp the pole supporting the bundle of hazel on his back.

    The original of the photograph made famous by the band was recently discovered in a late Victorian photograph album. The discovery was made by Brian Edwards, a Visiting Research Fellow with the Regional History Centre at the University of the West of England, and is in the Museum collections.

    Released on November 8, 1971, Led Zeppelin IV has sold more than 37 million copies worldwide. The album’s cover artwork was radically absent of any indication of the musicians or a title. The framed image, often been referred to as a painting, is understood to have been discovered by the band’s lead singer Robert Plant in an antique shop near guitarist Jimmy Page’s house in Pangbourne, Berkshire. Closer inspection reveals this framed image was a coloured photograph, the whereabouts of which is now unknown.

    The black and white original Victorian photograph was discovered during ongoing research extending from the Ways of Seeing Wiltshire exhibition (20 May 2021 to 30 August 2021), which was curated by Brian Edwards in partnership with Wiltshire Museum. From paintings to photographs and artefacts to memories, Edwards’ research involved monitoring everyday sources that stimulates public engagement with Wiltshire’s past. While following up on some early photographs of Stonehenge, Edwards came across the Victorian photograph Led Zeppelin made familiar over half a century ago.

    Featuring exceptional photographs from Wiltshire, Dorset and Somerset, the Victorian photograph album contained over 100 architectural views and street scenes together with a few portraits of rural workers. Most of the photographs are titled and beneath the photograph made famous by Led Zeppelin the photographer has written ‘A Wiltshire Thatcher’. The Victorian photograph album is titled ‘Reminiscences of a visit to Shaftesbury. Whitsuntide 1892. A present to Auntie from Ernest.’

    Brian Edwards said: “Led Zeppelin created the soundtrack that has accompanied me since my teenage years, so I really hope the discovery of this Victorian photograph pleases and entertains Robert, Jimmy, and John Paul.”

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    A part signature matching the writing in the album suggests the photographer is Ernest Howard Farmer (1856-1944), the first head of the School of Photography at the then newly renamed Polytechnic Regent Street. Now part of the University of Westminster, Farmer had worked in the same building as the instructor of photography since 1882, when it was then known as the Polytechnic Young Men’s Christian Institute.

    https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/?exhibition=wiltshire-thatcher-a-photographic-journey-through-victorian-wessex

  3. 3 hours ago, Cookie0024 said:

    Also, this video isn't one person's 30-minute clip but instead someone has downloaded other people's videos and edited them together without credit into one longer video.

    OK gotcha. I thought there were some "Jones-ations" between songs that we hadn't heard. Plus the reported set list must be out of order. I actually thought the piano improvs at the end were similar some of the Zeppelin-era solos from the extended live versions. Perhaps that was the No Quarter attributed in the set list. Thanks for the clarification.

  4. 3 minutes ago, Autumn Moon said:

    Are these new releases on Hammer Fall Records or Casino Records?

    Thanks.

    The Hand That Feeds is Swingin Pig. Tonight You Will be Happy is Headley Grange Records.

  5. 2 hours ago, GregEnright said:

    A bit of ‘Ramble On’ was played during a break in the action of the Capitals-Jets NHL game in Washington. First time I’ve heard that Zep number at a sporting event. Usually it’s Immigrant Song or Rock n Roll, etc. Nice!

     

    2 hours ago, ebk said:

    All the talk of Jimmy monetizing the Zeppelin legacy. This only happens with his approval. To be fair, the list of classic rock artists heard at sports events is endless, but it's become a cottage industry. Sports leagues and teams purchase song packages from music publishers to use as part of the entertainment experience at their events. The publishers go to the artists to gauge interest if they want in. Credit to Ozzy; his songs got the ball rolling - well one in particular - and now it's a runaway Crazy Train.

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