Annamilia
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On 7/15/2020 at 5:48 PM, chillumpuffer said:
1st Album for me. Raw, ballsey blues and rock. It was first album I ever bought when I was 13 in 1974. Dazed and Confused was just so amazing when I first heard it. Brings back many memories for me. I recall going into a record store in my home town. They had listening booths where you put on a set of cans and they played the record. As soon as "Good times bad times" hit my ears I was hooked, line and sinker.
Totally with you on that one. Such a masterpiece, especially considering how little time it took to produce it and how short the band had played together.
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Obviously, I am a total newbie at playing the guitar and also not as big of a Led Zeppelin expert as you guys so watching the above posted tutorial at first I did not think about the intro being wrong.
I can see how that must be annoying for your trained ears but I wondered if playing songs exactly like the original is what guitar teachers are expecting of their students. More specifically, I wondered what your teaching approach is:
Build up the basics first, learn the theory, the chords, practice progressions and transitions before you even start learning how to play songs?
Or do you teach by letting the students practice the songs they like in a sort of "learning by doing" approach and add some theory along the way?
Would appreciate your thoughts on this because I feel like I have seen both approaches and am not sure which way to go in order to minimize frustration when learning to play. ☺️
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Thank you for this!
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On 4/29/2020 at 12:36 AM, reids said:
Good one! I love his tutorials!
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Hey Cory!
I felt like I had to comment on your post. I'm 27 as well and a newbie on here. My Led Zeppelin love is not as old as yours and I am far from having such an impressive collection of amazing records but I can definitely relate to the thoughts that brought you into this forum. After years of halfassed campfire acoustic guitar playing I finally got myself an electric guitar a while ago and that definitely changed the way I listen to Led Zeppelin and only made me love them even more!
Can you recommend some good beginner/intermediate LZ guitar songs/riffs?
Cheers from rainy Denmark
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On 2/24/2021 at 11:33 PM, drowan said:
Annamilia: My buddy, Jerry, who brought his Nikon camera to the concert, was so blown away after the opening verse of Dazed and Confused that he immediately moved to the isle and rushed up to the Carnegie Hall stage to capture this close-up shot of Jimmy Page captivating the audience with his haunting lead guitar bow action. His camera lens was barely a foot away from the base of Robert Plant's mic stand when he shot this image of the two playing off each other with alternating bow strokes and vocals. (You can see Robert's mic cable running from his right hand, with the mic presumably in his left, waiting for Jimmy's alternating guitar reply.) John Bonham (immediately behind Robert and at this point stripped down to the waist) punctuated these interwoven guitar and vocal exchanges with perfectly timed strikes to his drum set. It's still all so vivid! drowan
What a lifetime memory you got to make there. Absolutely amazing how intimate this picture seems...to think how close to the stage you got these days! I can hear the music in my head just looking at this picture. Thank you for sharing this!
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This is amazing! I would definitely want that on my wall as well. Good job!
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On 2/11/2021 at 2:21 AM, drowan said:
Annamilia: It's wonderful to see your new, fresh enthusiasm for the band continuing 50 years later. The sensory impact for me of that Carnegie Hall evening is still as vivid and captivating today as it was that fateful night. Led Zeppelin was just an emerging band in 1969 with one record out as my buddy Jerry and I entered this storied formal music hall in New York City that fall evening (October 17). The climactic turning point of the concert performance for us and many others was "Dazed and Confused". It just blew us away, with Jimmy flashing his bow around and extracting an eerie moaning and seering sound from his guitar that mesmerized us and cut to the core. Because the repertoire from the band's first album was still so fresh, and this concert was LZ's first stop on their Fall '69 US tour, they were completely "amped up" and super-charged going into their performance that night. LZ's energy was intense on all levels and the music was tight. It was as if LZ was trying to cut a new live album in one take. If you want to get a good sense of what that evening was like, here's my advice: put on a great pair of headphones, crank up the volume, close your eyes and listen to the "Dazed and Confused" track on their first album. The sound you'll hear is so close to what we heard that very evening (minus the penetrating vibrations from the sound waves pounding against our chest and radiating throughout the concert hall). They just nailed it with such clarity, authenticity and penetrating energy. It was stunning to experience! And it still produces chills when I listen to that album cut today. Enjoy your newly assembled library of first edition LZ vinyl albums. Cheers, drowan
I got goosebumps just reading this.
Dazed and Confused has always been my favorite LZ song, to me it just incorporates so many aspects of why they are my favorite band. I'm so grateful for this forum and especially other fans like you who share all the good stories that I as someone born in '94 never got to experience. Thank you so much!
Cheers from Denmark!
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On 1/26/2018 at 9:05 PM, drowan said:
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.
What a cool story behind these incredible pictures. I'm not jealous at all obviously, as someone who never got to see them live. 😉
Thank you so much for sharing!
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22 hours ago, SteveAJones said:
Bear in mind we're merely discussing the first pressing of their first album in the US. The first pressing of their first album in the UK, etc. has different characteristics.
Yes, I read that but thanks 😉 I just expanded my 'wishlist' a little for LZ I since I have been looking for quite a while and don't feel like a UK 1st pressing is in the price range that I was hoping for at the moment (I won't stop looking of course. So I might go for a US pressing instead for a start 😉
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On 22.1.2021 at 8:00 PM, SteveAJones said:
It can but determining first pressings can be somewhat complex. It's important to note that for day of release, multiple pressing plants would have manufactured records. So, if they are all making records at the same time, but in different parts of the country, who is considered "first"?
Presswell probably made the most copies. Other pressing companies who made vinyl Led Zeppelin records through the years include Monarch, Specialty, Columbia Terre Haute, Columbia Pitman, and later on Philips in Richmond, IN.
For example, the earliest pressings of Led Zeppelin I were made simultaneously at Presswell and Monarch (this has been pretty much established by collectors). And possibly at other plants, too. Therefore, to have a "first US pressing" of LZ I, one would arguably need to have a Monarch copy and a Presswell copy, and perhaps some others, as well.
Anyway, to determine if one has a first pressing of Led Zeppelin I look for 1841 Broadway on the label and -A or -AA cutting letters in the deadwax. I've seen them sell on ebay in VG+ condition for about $150.00.This was SO useful, thank you so so much!
This is exactly the record I am looking for. ☺️
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Noooooooooo I first saw this now. How sad is that, I have literally waited for this release since October!
It says that it was supposed to ship from UK, might have something to do with Brexit?
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Very interesting 🙂 Thank you guys!!
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16 hours ago, Pb! said:
My biggest mistake as a new collector was overpaying for records in poor condition. Check out popsike.com and gripsweat.com to determine the prices of the records you want, and pay attention to the condition. And see if there are issues in the seller's feedback - many will look at their inventory with a 20-watt bulb from 10 feet away and declare that it's 'Near Mint'.
Also pretty much any Zeppelin record that sells for $200 or less will turn up for sale online once every 2-3 weeks, so there's no reason to get into a bidding war because another will come along soon enough.
That's GREAT advice, thank you so much!! Didn't know any of these two sites you named so that'll be very interesting to look at 🙂
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The other newbie would be me - hope someone will share their expert knowledge with us!
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8 hours ago, scdfndr said:
Posted this to main forum yesterday. It’s still early, but no replies. I’ll post here also.
A request: Record Identification Tutorial (Vinyl 101)
So, what do all those letters and numbers mean? Another newbie and I thought it might be helpful if some of you experts would be gracious enough to pass on some of your knowledge in this area. On the label and in the dead wax there are codes. (For example, I’ve noticed many of my LZ records have “SD” followed by numbers in the upper half of the label, ST-A- followed by numbers beneath the track listings.) Anyone willing to give us a brief lesson on what these mean and more importantly what we should look for as vinyl collectors? Much thanks!
Thanks for this, I hope there is some good answers we can check out ☺️
On 1/10/2021 at 10:11 PM, scdfndr said:Of course. It’s fun and interesting to share in each other’s musical explorations. Your post inspired me to post a request — a basic tutorial on record identification. (What do all those letters and numbers mean?) I definitely need a lesson. Will do that soon.
Be ware of this scam, when looking for the turquoise label. I came across what purported to be one on Ebay for $200. Too good to be true, right? Yes indeed. The label actually isn’t turquoise but blue and it’s a fake. There’s a brief discussion on it on the Steve Hoffman vinyl forum, which is a gold mine of information, if you haven’t come across it.
Good luck and happy listening!
Good point! Knowing the price range for this particular record 200 seems way too good to be true. Hope no one gets tricked into buying stuff like that... Oh and please post that request, I would love to have a lesson on that as well ☺️
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On 1/10/2021 at 10:11 PM, scdfndr said:
Of course. It’s fun and interesting to share in each other’s musical explorations. Your post inspired me to post a request — a basic tutorial on record identification. (What do all those letters and numbers mean?) I definitely need a lesson. Will do that soon.
Be ware of this scam, when looking for the turquoise label. I came across what purported to be one on Ebay for $200. Too good to be true, right? Yes indeed. The label actually isn’t turquoise but blue and it’s a fake. There’s a brief discussion on it on the Steve Hoffman vinyl forum, which is a gold mine of information, if you haven’t come across it.
Good luck and happy listening!
Good point! Knowing the price range for this particular record 200 seems way too good to be true. Hope no one gets tricked into buying stuff like that... Oh and please post that request, I would love to have a lesson on that as well ☺️
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Thank you guys so much for your advice and opinions. ❤️
I am currently trying to organize my vinyls and document my collection in Discogs (so thankful for that website) and I will keep looking out for good records on eBay as well as @zeplz71 suggested!
@zoso_jobes I feel your struggle, that turquoise one isn't the easiest one to get for sure it seems! Hope you will get the chance to get one again!
Thanks for sharing your experiences @scdfndr, that definitely helped a lot! My dad knows a lot of good record vendors around Europe so maybe I should ask him to keep an extra eye on the market to see if there's some Led Zeppelin gold out there 😊Hope your recreated collection turns out just the way you want it, hope to read from you on here 😊
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Hi guys!
I know there is some true experts out there and I need your help.
Being a university student, my budget is obviously limited and my vinyl collection is small (around 150 LPs all together, only 11 of them being Led Zeppelin) - but my passion for both collecting vinyl and Led Zeppelin is growing and so is my ambition to add some "authenticity" to my collection.
I want to celebrate finishing my engineering degree by treating myself to one or more special records that are not just another European reissue pressing from 2014 but something a little more "real" if you understand what I mean?So my question to all the vinyl experts on here would be:
- Where is the best place to find these kind of records?
- What should I be aware in order to pay an adequate price?
My dream record to own would be a UK 1st pressings of the debut album, really doesn't have to be mint condition or anything, just something that makes me feel like I own a tiny piece of the time where the best band in the world was born. 😉
Any help would be much appreciated!
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On 8/11/2020 at 2:05 PM, Bonzo_fan said:
Ahhh, The Year Of Led Zeppelin and Black Beauty letting me down! My apologies, @Annamilia 😅
All good 😀 There's been a lot of confusion about this particular date it seems. Lovely show though, wish I could time travel.
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August 10, 1970 - Led Zeppelin in Hampton, VA.
50 years ago today and just one of those hidden gems on Youtube - check it out!
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Dazed and Confused and just generally their first album on repeat on my record player. Dreaming myself into another decade 😉🪐
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Wow what a coincidence - I am just watching season 5 on Netflix again but never saw the titles of the episodes! If it wasn't already my favorite TV show it most definitely is now! 😄❤️
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Wow, this is really cool - thank you for making this ☺️