Sorry ..but no one will ever convince me Hot Dog and All My Love are anything other then at best very poor tracks that should have been dropped from ITTOD and replaced with Either/or Darlene, Ozone Baby or Wearing & Tearing.

Your first instinct to hate Hot Dog was correct, it’s a joke song that used to cause me immense embarrassment as a Zep fan back in ‘79 amongst my other rock loving mates. All My Love is just plain awful -so bad in fact Jimmy didn’t even put his name to it .....so bad that my wife -who can’t stand Zep -actually likes it!

Another gripe of mine is ITTOD —Christ what a mess of an album that is!! The vocals are buried in the mix so far down they need to be fracked out. Why the hell Hot Dog and All My Love -simply the two worst ever Zep tracks were included and cracking tracks Darlene, Ozone Baby and Wearing & Tearing were left off simply baffles me! In fact if I ever get to meet Jimmy that would be my number one question -apart from why didn’t he just bin Plant after the O2 gig and find somebody who was interested.

Trouble is Jimmy is teatotal these days so wouldn’t be too keen on sitting around with Ritchie drinking his home brew😁

I’m beginning to suspect Jimmy doesn’t even play any more, anyone know when he last played live,? He’s obviously posed a few times with guitars -most recently with the telecaster releases but I’m not convinced he is actually playing now. There was a rumour going around he had arthritis in his hands, anyone know anything at all?

For me Zeppelin stood or fell depending on how Jimmy was playing at that particular time. In my opinion he peaked somewhere around 73 with the MSG gigs the very pinnacle of his uniquely flowing “edge of the precipice”style. I only saw them play live twice – at both Knebworth gigs – and my overriding emotion at the time was one of disappointment that Jimmy sounded nothing like he did on TSRTS. A combination of heroin, nerves and lack of practice badly hampered his performances from 75 onwards, in fact I can’t listen to anything from the 77 tour at all without grimacing. Also on a different point I find Plant’s weak, nasal, whiny voice he has NOW is unbearable-in fact Plant these days just full on irritates the hell out of me!

So are there any decent modern rock bands at all? My new years resolution was to start listening to something from more recent than 1979. Can I have any younger chaps point me in the right direction please, my wife and daughter despair at me only ever listening to Zeppelin and the Stones ! PS if anyone says Greta Van Shit I’m going to put a contract out on them 😉

..give it time and there certainly will be 😉

Haha ..yes ..maybe OMD or Depech Mode.😱. ..probably first -and last-time -those “bands” ever mentioned on this forum !

Now this kid in the audience from UK Channel 4 News last night -HAS to be related to Jimmy ?? See his 1960 (ish) pic below. (sorry I posted this previously in the wrong place —maybe this is still not it)

To be honest most of the current crop of books are just a rehash of older stuff ..my favourite is Heaven and Hell from ‘91

https://reverb.com/uk/item/14922235-gibson-les-paul-standard-burst-1958-sunburst now I just need those lotto no’s to come up this weekend !

Simply awesome stuff !

Absolutely agree with you on this- Sakurai is phenomenally good at not just the technical stuff but also the look and the moves. I would like to see him put the odd bum note in tho-just to be totally authentic 😉

The closest you’ll ever see to the real thing...come to the U.K. !

As someone once said ..”disappointment I can live with ...it’s the hoping that kills ..”

Love Jimmy Sakurai—where is this available?

Here’s what Jimmy said about potential releases in the future: “We have discussed it. And as far as what’s coming out, well I know that that’s coming out – I know the book’s out, actually. That’s the one thing that’s coming out that I know, that I can confirm.” “That’s it?!” the host replied to Page’s comment. “Well, for the minute. As of today. As of today, yes. I think so. I mean, as far as I know, that’s what’s there today.” “I’ve always got things in mind and I always think of things as a sort of schedule of releases over a period of time. I’ve never been, actually, any different. And, obviously, I would have ideas of things or projects which could go ahead, but, you know, it all takes time.” “So, at the moment, we’ve got this out, so that’s really brilliant. And who knows what may come further on down the line? I’ll leave it … I don’t know. So I can’t really say at this point.” So in a nutshell —nothing to see here, the cupboard is empty and the cellar has run dry. Happy 50th Anniversary folks —its over !!

The silver fox ...looking cool JP !

...will your tongue wag so much when I send you to Hell .....

This thread ..seriously?!