And he ain't gonna sell that triple neck either. 😄

I think this is about as full a version of YTIGC as there is as of now. YT version that is.

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.

He "entered" sitting at the organ while rising from the orchestra pit! Great performance Your Time Is Gonna Come, No Quarter etc. Superb! 👍

Coming soon on 300 numbered copies. The Coda Tapes 4LP on Hammer Falls Records.

Will wonders never cease. They were early! 🙃

Tributes paid to Live Aid musician Paul Martinez By Nick Hartland TRIBUTES have been paid to a Wye Valley musician who played US Live Aid with Led Zeppelin and Phil Collins, and starred on Robert Plant’s first three solo albums. Monmouth’s Paul Martinez, who died earlier this month, was a well known session musician at Rockfield Studios and beyond, and spent much of the 1980s in the rock spotlight, playing in the former Zeppelin singer’s band and touring the world when Plant lived in Penallt. Paul’s family have paid tribute to a: “Dearly loved husband of Susi, cherished father of Carla, Jerome, Macy, Louis and Joey, treasured grandfather of Jack, Jakob and Isabella, brother of Ray and Rick, a much-loved uncle and friend to many.” Rockfield Studios’ Kingsley Ward added: “Paul has been an integral part of Rockfield for many years, both professionally as a musician and also as a good friend of the Ward family. “To us he was Mr Rock ’n’ Roll. An exceptionally talented musician and such a wonderful character who befriended so many of the artists recording here. Everyone who met him loved him. As part of the Rockfield All Stars band he helped raise £1,000s for charities. He will be missed by us all and I’m sure had no idea just how much he meant to so many.” The bass player and guitarist also played with Plant’s Honeydrippers R’n’B side project, which played Monmouth’s Roll’s Hall – now the library – and the town’s riverside field in the 1980s. And he also rubbed shoulders with members of Deep Purple, playing on Paice, Ashton and Lord’s Malice in Wonderland album in 1977, and appearing with them on BBC2’s Sight And Sound: In Concert and Radio 1 Live In Concert. Other stars he played with included Cat Stevens, Peter Gabriel, Dave Edmunds, Chicken Shack and even The Beatles’ George Harrison. But his most high-profile moment came when he was asked in 1985 to appear with the three surviving Zeppelin stars at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia for US Live Aid, aong with Chic drummer Tony Thompson and Phil Collins, who dashed across the Atlantic in Concorde after playing Wembley in UK Live Aid. Nearly 90,000 watched the showcase live at the stadium, which featured Rock and Roll, Whole Lotta Love and Stairway To Heaven, with an incredible 1.5 billion watching around the world on TV. Martinez played bass in Plant’s solo band at the time, which helped the singer score three hit albums with Pictures At Eleven (1982), The Principle of Moments (1983) and Shaken ‘N’Stirred (1985), all recorded at Rockfield. The group also contained Monmouth-based Robbie Blunt on guitar, who co-wrote many of the songs with Plant, including Burning Down One Side, Pledge Pin, Big Log, Other Arms, In The Mood and Little By Little. Pictures At Eleven, which featured Collins and Cozy Powell on drums, reached No 2 in the UK charts and No 5 in the US, while the follow up reached No 7 and No 8 respectively. Shaken ’N’ Stirred, which featured Paul as co-writer on six songs, also reached No 19 in the UK and No 20 in the US. Plant returned to Monmouth in 2011 to link up with Paul again in a star-studded charity show at Bridges community centre. The gig played in aid of the Pick’s Disease Support Group in honour of late Rockfield producer Pat Moran, also included Verden Allen of Mott the Hoople, Rockpile star Edmunds, Martin Chambers of The Pretenders and Paul’s brother Ray. Plant revealed recently how his solo career began in Monmouth after the death of Zeppelin drummer John Bonham in 1980. Having formed the Honeydrippers to play rock ’n’ roll in pubs and clubs anonymously in and around the West Midlands, he said: “There’s only so many times you can play Gene Vincent’s songs for 13 people in a club, so I thought, ‘I really want to know whether or not we can make a big sound that sounds big without it being really really heavy and tough.’ “So, I went to what is now Monnow Valley Studios and put a group together with Cozy Powell and Paul Martinez, Robbie Blunt... And so we put this band together, started writing songs, and they rolled out in a haphazard way, and we went to Rockfield and started recording.” Paul’s funeral is next Wednesday (March 6) at the Forest of Dean Crematorium at 1.30pm. Sadly, Paul’s brother Rick also passed away last autumn, and the Martinez Brothers Music Foundation will be launched online on the day of Paul’s funeral. https://www.rossgazette.com/news/tributes-paid-to-live-aid-musician-paul-martinez-669240

I believe these are basically the four parts in the series. Some repackaging over the years in different presentations. Part One: Formation and LZ I Part Two: LZ II & III Part Three: LZ IV Part Four: 73-80

Black Country Communion · Joe Bonamassa · Jason Bonham · Glenn Hughes · Derek Sherinian

Paul Martinez at age 76 part of the Robert Plant band from 1981 to 85. Born in Leicester also worked with Chicken Shack with Robbie Blunt, The Adverts, Three Minutes and session appearances with Dave Edmunds, Maggie Bell, Peter Gabriel and more. RIP.

It didn't actually take this long to become Led Zeppelin!

Santa Monica 67, Fillmore West 67 & 68 and Cleveland 68 are challenging to the ears but this one is pretty good. Not as good as LA, but strap on the headphones and boost the low levels and it's more than listenable.

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So on the third album Friends transitions to Celebration Day via a drone kinda sound. A Moog I believe. So is the drone the end of Friends or the start of Celebration Day? Yes I've heard/read the drone referred as the outro of Friends but you can still hear it under the first guitar notes of Celebration Day (even Robert's vocal intro). Last night I heard Friends on the radio. Pretty cool! As Friends ends - or does it? - we hear the drone. Hmmm they're gonna play Celebration Day too? Ah but no; that was it. So at least as radio programmers go, the drone is included in Friends. Well, maybe the answer was obvious based on the song timings but I don't have my stopwatch! 🙂

This has a wee bit more performance footage than previously seen.

Saw them on the Raising Sand tour. I'm satisfied. I liked it. I dig both Alison and Robert (obviously!) individually so best of both worlds for me.

The Peter Grant effect for planning tours has completely worn off! 😄

One other detail. Jimmy's still playing bass here. By the time they filmed their scene in Blow Up the following month, he'd switched to dual lead with Beck.

Zeppelin in utero. The Yardbirds circa 1967-68 is a fascinating trip. This is like an ultrasound with pictures!

Last night - Feb 2 - at the UK Blues Rhythm & Rock Festival at Winter Gardens. Reportedly Lemon Song, Money and Ramble On were performed. Photos only as of now.