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    Jimmy Page's time in Yardbirds

    in Pre / Post-Zeppelin Forum

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    I find it fascinating listening to Page-era Yardbirds. Many pieces of the 68-69 Zeppelin live set came directly from latter day Yardbirds. As for touring, Jimmy and Peter Grant certainly brought a great deal of savviness into Zeppelin seeing as the other 3 hadn't traveled much if at all. Cassandra Peterson aka Elvira Mistress of the Dark told a story of meeting Jimmy during a Yardbirds tour when she would have been high school age. It's near the current end of the Yardbirds thread which you may also find interesting.

     

    Chicago 1/21/75 New Pics

    in Photos

    Posted

    52 minutes ago, The Only Way To Fly said:

    Amazing to see how minimal the stage gear was. What's that one or two effects pedals at Page's feet? Great photos!

    The photo I posted is also from Chicago. I'm no guitar techie but there was the wah effect, the delay - handy for Wanton Song - and fuzz I believe.

    Zep on Vinyl

    in Led Zeppelin Reissues

    Posted

    17 hours ago, Autumn Moon said:

    Are you sure it is the afternoon show? Soundquality of the evening show is much better and the performance is legendary.

    Anyway, the Casino label is known for quality releases, I have their release of the Berkely show on 14th Sept. 71, a very good sounding pressing. 

     

    Recorded live at Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, September 19th, 1970.
    Afternoon Show (2pm)
    For the first time on vinyl, complete audience recording
    Including tour concert poster replica and liner notes.

     

    200 NUMBERED COPIES
    LIMITED EDITION 3LP YELLOW VINYL 180 Gr.

    TRIFOLD SLEEVE

     

    LP 1 - Side A
    Immigrant Song
    Heartbreaker
    Dazed And Confused


    LP 1 - Side B
    Bring It On Home
    That’s The Way


    LP 2 - Side A
    Bron-Yr-Aur
    Since I’ve Been Loving You
    Organ Solo


    LP 2 - Side B
    Thank You
    A Word About Jimi Hendrix
    What Is And What Should Never Be


    LP 3 - Side A
    2-5 Moby Dick


    LP 3 - Side B
    Whole Lotta Love
    MC
    Communication Breakdown

    Is Zeppelin Psychedelic

    in Led Zeppelin Newbies

    Posted

    I think Zeppelin live through 75 the theme was psychedelia - born from the Yardbirds - with Dazed being the showpiece. Come 77 I think the band recognized a shift in audience tastes and evolved to a more progressive theme. Thus Dazed was dropped and No Quarter was further developed as the centerpiece of the show. More extensive use of keyboards showed an effort to give the live presentation more of a progressive feel.

    Becoming Led Zeppelin documentary & American Epic (Quick Update)

    in News

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    The long awaited Led Zeppelin documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin has undergone a name change and is being re-edited

    By Paul Brannigan, Classic Rock

    The wait for the first ever authorised Led Zeppelin documentary continues.

    The much-anticipated and much-hyped Led Zeppelin documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin has undergone a name change, and is apparently being re-edited.

    Bernard MacMahon's authorised documentary is now being sold with the title Led Zeppelin, according to a posting on the website of Altitude Film Sales, the company tasked with selling the film to distributors.

    The official blurb on the Altitude site reads: 

    'LED ZEPPELIN is a film that no one thought could ever be made. The band’s meteoric rise to stardom was swift and previously undocumented. With unparalleled access to the group and their personal archives, their full support and never-before-seen footage, LED ZEPPELIN will immerse you in the sights and sounds of their early career. This big screen experience is as close as you will get to being there.

    LED ZEPPELIN tells the story of four men and their love of music, revealing their individual journeys as they move through the music scene of the 1960s, playing small clubs throughout Britain or performing on some of the biggest hits of the era, until their meeting in the summer of 1968 for a rehearsal that changes their lives forever.

    Four journeys merge into one as they set out to conquer America on a rollercoaster ride that culminates in 1970 when they become the number one band in the world.'

    Becoming Led Zeppelin received mixed reviews after its 2021 screening in Venice. 'It unearths Led Zeppelin's roots with comprehensive fascination, but Bernard MacMahon's authorized documentary isn't the searching movie that rock's great annihilators deserve' wrote Industry 'bible' Variety, reporting that the film features 'too much catering to the band and not enough perspective'.

     

     

     

    That 1980 Bonzo interview

    in Magazines / Newspapers / Press

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    John Bonham's final TV interview was a famous fiasco... but it's not quite what it seems

    By Fraser Lewry, Classic Rock

    Back in March 1980, Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham undertook his final TV interview. Recorded a few short months before his death, it did not appear to go well.

    Bonham's grilling took place on Alright Now, a rock music show that ran on The UK's Tyne Tees TV for just two seasons in 1979 and 1980. The first season was hosted by former Darts singer Dan Hegarty, but by series two he was gone – fired for being "too outrageous" – and a series of guest presenters had taken his place: Bob Geldof, Suzi Quatro, Bill Odie, Mickie Most, Phil Lynott.  

    The second episode of series two was hosted by Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, and a stellar line-up of guests was booked. Guitar hero Rory Gallagher would open and close the show. A live film of local punk heroes Angelic Upstarts was on the running order, as were a pair of studio performances from Dr Feelgood. But the real prize was the interview with Bonham.

    "We've scored an absolute coup on this show," says Connolly in his introduction. "Because we're going to do probably the only interview with John Bonham ever done."

    "Mind you," he adds, "when you see it you'll probably realise why it was the only interview ever done."

    A clip from Led Zeppelin's movie The Song Remains The Same follows, before the film cuts back to Connolly, who's been joined by Bonham, and the interview starts. A pattern is quickly established. Connolly asks a series of fairly involved questions, and Bonham gives monosyllabic answers. 

    "Not really." 

    "So-so." 

    "A few months."  

    "Yes." 

    "Could be." 

    "Gee, the nights are drawing in, eh?" says Connolly, as if to fill the awkward silences with something.  

    It's not great television, but the show was deemed suitable for broadcast. 

    The clip has since passed into broadcasting legend. In 2006 the archive service ITN Source selected it as one of the 10 most notorious rock interviews of all time, car crash television at its best. And, for the most part, Connolly has been blamed for the so-called fiasco, as if his line of questioning was responsible for Bonham's reluctance to play along.  

    It turns out things were a little more complicated than that. In 2002, Connolly's wife, the writer and performer Pamela Stephenson, published a biography of her husband entitled Billy, and wrote that the interview had gone exactly as planned. And 20 years later Connolly confirmed it in an interview with Mojo, revealing that Bonham showed up for the recording rather worse for wear, and that the two had conspired to keep the drummer's input to a minimum to spare his blushes.

    "I said to him, look, why don't I just ask you really lengthy, confusing questions and you can just shrug as if you don't know the answer, or just say yes?" Connolly explained. "That way we still do the interview but you don't actually have to do it. He said, 'Would you do that?' and I said, 'Of course, it'll just seem like you're mercilessly taking the piss.' I didn't give a fuck so we did it - and it was funny.

    "Then years later, during the days of [music TV show] The Tube, [host] Paula Yates dug out that tape and showed it as if it was John ripping me a new one! It's funny how things like that have a tendency of backfiring."

    Connolly and Bonham had actually been friends for years. The two had first met at the notorious Hyatt House hotel in Los Angeles in the early 70s, and Connolly had flown aboard Led Zeppelin's private jet. The relationship continued over the course of the decade, with Connolly invited to the London premiere of The Song Remains The Same in 1976. He also introduced Bonham onstage at Hammersmith Odeon three years later, during Paul McCartney's Concert For Kampuchea charity show. 

    After the Alright Now recording, as if to confirm that there were no hard feelings, Connolly and Bonham enjoyed a meal.

    "We went for dinner at this place in Newcastle that did rabbit pie," Connolly told Mojo. "I always went there because of that pie. When we got there, John was a bit fired up and he started shouting, bawling and breaking things. Then, he said, 'I've had enough! I'm going for a lie down.' He found a chaise lounge and next thing we heard him snoring." 

    What show or live song are you listening to now?

    in Led Zeppelin Live

    Posted

    I'd observe there was a different energy at American shows vs Europe. Particularly MSG. And that was at the end of a busy tour. May 71 was a relatively quiet touring time before the band returned to America in the summer. The audience fueled the passion the band brought to their performance. Not to say the energy was absent but European audiences were a bit more reserved.

    Led Zeppelin Photo Mysteries

    in Photos

    Posted

    Is this photo from MSG? The mystery for me is the mustachioed guy on the right. Isn't that the guy from TSRTS film where Peter rants about pirate posters? The guy says "that makes me responsible for anyone who jumps on stage." But that scene was in Baltimore. And Peter's wearing a different shirt here than in Baltimore. So if this guy was in both places, who is he? I thought the Baltimore guys were associated with that show only.

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    Dave Lewis retires physical Tight But Loose magazine

    in Led Zeppelin Master Forum

    Posted

    Tight But Loose News Update:
    Announcing the retirement of the TBL magazine...
    Established in 1978 as a platform of communication for like-minded Led Zeppelin fans, The Tight But Loose magazine has reached out to over 30 countries around the world in its forty-plus years of publication. But after much soul searching and not a little sadness, I’ve decided that now is the right time to announce the retirement of the Tight But Loose magazine and cease publication.
    The last edition issue of TBL was issue 45, a Led Zep at Knebworth Special published back in September 2019. Since then many things have happened, not least the pandemic and its far reaching consequences. That, and a combination of other factors – designer Mick Lowe’s changing circumstances, health issues here both physical and mental, and the birth of our lovely grandson, has led me to reach the conclusion that producing future TBL magazines is just too much for me to take on. Given the lack of any TBL issues in the past three years, I’m sure that will probably not come as too much of a surprise to anyone.
    For many years the magazine has been published via content provided by some crucial contributors, Mick’s design and layout, and my role in all aspects of the administration distribution – this has included sticking labels and stamps on a 1,000 envelopes and physically taking them to be posted (mostly by means of my bike!).
    It’s been hugely fulfilling to do this over the past four decades, but with changing values and age (hey, having done this since I was aged 22 and now being an official old age pensioner at 66, I’m not getting any younger!), the plain fact is I just don’t have the time and application to continue with this type of workload. Plus, there’s a need for me to prioritize what’s important and slow down a little bit.
    I am of course immensely proud of what the TBL magazine has created and the enjoyment it has brought to so many Led Zeppelin fans. Indeed, if you happen to have all 45 issues you own a unique catalogue in the chronicling of this great band we all love (with early issues typically fetching £100 plus on eBay).
    I do intend to make available various back issues I still have left on a first come first basis at some point ahead. I did have a plan to reissue some of the older editions but that has proven difficult to do. I may return to that idea as a “best of” TBL book project.
    Given everything going on in my life now, this seems the right time to bring the TBL magazine to a conclusion and it feels the end of an era but and as the great George Harrison once sang, all things must pass…
    However let me make absolutely it clear it’s only the physical magazine I am ceasing – this does not mean I am retiring from chronicling the world of Led Zeppelin and my music writings – far from it….
    I still aim to produce the regular TBL website updates which contain archive features, latest Zep related news and my diary blog update. In its way this serves as a mini online version of the TBL magazine and provides me with a platform for my writings which I am as passionate as ever to produce.
    In conjunction with the TBL website, my own Facebook page is another means of getting my music message out there – this includes my thoughts on Zep and other artist’s releases and reissues, my passion for record collecting, the marking of important rock related birthdays and my regular nostalgic throwback Thursday postings of past retro charts and gig activity.
    As for future book projects, my main objective is to work on my DL Memoirs – A Whole Lotta Music and More. I have been a very blessed man in enjoying over 50 years of musical appreciation and I am keen to tell many a story. I am currently about 25,000 words up and am about to enter 1972 so there’s a long way to go. I am not setting a deadline and I will work on it at my own pace so publication is a way off yet. I will report on the progress of this major project as it evolves via the TBL website and my Facebook page.
    I did have a plan to produce a Robert Plant photo book but that idea has proved difficult to bring to fruition and remains on hold – as mentioned above, changing circumstances here limits the time I have to apply to research intensive projects and the DL Memoirs is my main written focus ahead.
    I would like to offer sincere thanks to everyone who worked on and contributed to the TBL magazine over the years and there are many amazing people who made it happen, in particular Ross Halfin, Mike Tremaglio, Gary Foy, Graeme Hutchinson, Nick Anderson, Paul Sheppard,Simon Cadmon, Jonathan Taylor,Stephen Humphries, Rikky Rooksby and Andy Crofts.
    May I offer an equally sincere thanks to every single person that invested in the magazine and made it such a thrilling and fulfilling outlet for me to be at the helm of for nigh on 44 years.
    So it’s goodbye to the physical Tight But Loose magazine, but be assured my passion to present and share the chronicling of the world of Led Zeppelin and the music I love goes on with the same unrelenting enthusiasm that I had when I handwrote the very first issue of the TBL magazine back in 1978.
    In effect, the song does remain the same here, albeit in a way that reflects the time and application I can give to share my thoughts on this wonderful music that continues to enthrall and inspire us all.
    Dave Lewis – December 16 2022

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