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  1. Rock star Robert Plant has been made a companion of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA).

    The former Led Zeppelin legend, who visited LIPA in November for a session with students, was presented with the accolade by Sir Paul McCartney.

    The singer was one of nine arts and entertainment luminaries to be awarded at the annual graduation ceremony.

    LIPA awards companionships for outstanding achievement and practical contribution to students' learning.

    As Zeppelin's frontman Plant, who accepted the companionship via video, was one of the most successful and influential musicians of the 1970s. He has won eight Grammy Awards.

    Other recipients included poet Laureate Simon Armitage, who collaborated with students in 2022, Oscar winning costume designer Jenny Beavan, and West End performer Anna-Jane Casey.

    They were joined by singer and former UK Eurovision representative Sonia, playwright and director John Godber, Broadway and West End theatre producer Ashley Herman, award-winning lighting designer Tim Routledge and social justice and anti-racism champion Jacqueline Stewart.

    Sean McNamara, LIPA's principal and CEO, said performing arts "provide us with a unique platform to communicate, and to serve as a mirror to society, reflecting our collective joys, sorrows, hopes, and struggles".
    'Transformative power'

    "As artists, creatives, change makers and cultural entrepreneurs, the graduating class of 2023 possess all of these qualities," he said.

    "The world of 2020, when many of our graduating students entered LIPA, was profoundly different to the one of today. The resilience and determination our students have displayed is an inspiration.

    "We are immensely proud of them and today we celebrate their achievements and the transformative power that resides within them."

    About 330 students attended the ceremony at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall having completed either degree, masters or foundation certificate programmes.

    LIPA is located in Sir Paul's old school, the Liverpool Institute for Boys.

    It opened in 1995, after The Beatles star joined forces with Mark Featherstone-Witty to spearhead a multi-million-pound renovation to turn it into the state-of-the-art performing arts institution.

     

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-66335706

     

    https://theguideliverpool.com/led-zeppelin-icon-to-be-made-lipa-companion-by-sir-paul-mccartney/

     

  2. 4 hours ago, Strider said:

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    If you had told the members of Led Zeppelin in 1976 that nearly 50 years later the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences would screen the "most expensive home movie ever made" at their flagship theatre, I doubt they would have believed you.

    While the Academy Museum screen is not quite as large as the Hollywood Chinese IMAX or the Cinerama Dome screens, it is larger than any of the theatres it premiered at in 1976 and double the size of the United Artist Theatres at the Tyler Mall in Riverside, where I saw "The Song Remains the Same" over 100 times at the midnight movies from 1976 to 1980.

    The theatre has a row of JPL sub-woofers lined up below the screen and I counted at least 25 speakers arrayed around the sides and rear of the room and even above us on the ceiling.

    The size of the screen allowed me to see details I hadn't noticed as clearly before. For instance, during the theremin segment of "Whole Lotta Love" you can really see Jimmy's right sleeve on his jacket coming apart at the seams.

    Also, now that we know where to look, I could really see Ana Pearce and her boyfriend stand out in the crowd. I could see Ana reach out for Robert Plant's tambourine just before the guitar solo in "Stairway To Heaven".

    It is amusing to see the same pirated photos that the film shows the black guy selling in the Garden are the same photos used to illustrate one of the concert reviews in the New York press archived on this site.

    Also, the girl in the "Enjoy Cocaine" shirt in that pirate merch scene before "Dazed and Confused" also pops up taking photos in the photo pit during "Whole Lotta Love".

    Strange things I noticed in the end credits...they list "Black Dog" before "Rock and Roll" instead of the other way around. And "Heartbreaker" is listed as "Heart Breaker".

    It's fun seeing Roy Harper and Mick Hinton throughout the concert bobbing and weaving around the periphery of the stage. 

    But the main takeaway from seeing "The Song Remains the Same" on such a huge screen and sound system is that for all of its flaws and faults, this movie still remains the only place where you can see live Led Zeppelin filmed in glorious 35mm Panavision.

    The Royal Albert Hall was shot in 16mm. Earls Court 1975, Pontiac and Seattle 1977, and Knebworth 1979 are all videotape. None of that can compare to the beauty, depth and clarity of 35mm film.

    Joe Massot and his crew blew it by not getting the whole concert on film. But what they did get is still the best-looking footage we have of Led Zeppelin in concert.

    Amazing!  

  3. 40 minutes ago, meijunejuly said:

    Hi,

    I’m new to the forum. I was wanting to get some Led Zeppelin merchandise for my dad’s birthday and have come across a few signed items. I’m not very familiar with how to identify between real or counterfeit autographs. Wondering if anyone here could give a second opinion on the items. The signed album is off an auction site selling stuff from an estate liquidation. The guitar is from Taylor Made memorabilia in Australia. I’ve heard good and bad things about Taylor Made. They obviously claim it to be authentic and say they provide an authentication certificate but idk how trustworthy that is. Any help or advice would be amaaazing. Thanks=)

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  4. I've been meaning to post these photos... On my latest trip to the West Coast in April, I passed through Vegas and dropped by the former "Ice Palace". Not much to see though, as it's under renovation and I'm told another name change is planned. It was dark inside so the pics aren't great but it gives an interesting look inside the venue.

     

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  5. 22 minutes ago, gibsonfan159 said:

    To add some info to the above photo;

    It's from a 1991 photobook titled Good Times Bad Times and has Jeffrey Mayer credited. Strange thing is that he mostly shot in California, so one photo being shot by him in Pontiac would be unlikely.

    Also the filter used is most likely a Cokin A201 kaleidoscope filter. I'd be very interested in finding out the origin of this one particular shot and whether or not there are more.

    It's Pontiac. Not Jeffrey Mayer though.

  6. 8 hours ago, The Only Way To Fly said:

    We've know for years Plant was a huge fan of What It's Worth (referred to above as What's That Sound? But I've never ever heard Plant or Zeppelin covering Bluebird (unless I missed it along the way). Bluebird is one of my favorite songs and The James Gang does a great version as well. If there's a Plant version in the vault somewhere, I'd love to hear it someday before I die. 

    The only reference I can think of is from this show: https://www.ledzeppelin.com/show/okeefe-centre-november-2-1969

    Robert sings some of Bluebird during the Communication Breakdown jam.

     

  7. The Song Remains the Same (1976)

    Robins Theatre
    June 16, 2023 7:00 PM
    160 E. Market St.
    Warren, OH 44481

    https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/5616619/the-song-remains-the-same-1976-warren-robins-theatre

     

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  8. 20 May 1981, 42 years ago we were really spoiled for choice in Stafford.
    by Ray Crowther | May 21st, 2023

    I was fortunate enough to be the DJ at North Staffs Polytechnic at Beaconside the night Robert Plant played live. However, it was the same night Bruce Springsteen played at Bingley Hall as part of his 'The River' world tour, something like just a mile away. The 'Boss' at Bingley played 2 sets plus an encore and by all accounts tickets (which would have cost you £6.50) were hard to come by. I've no regrets not being at Bingley Hall, as Robert Plant & The Honeydrippers (his first post Led Zeppelin band), played a fabulous set of rock with heavy rhythm and blues in the refectory at the poly, not surprisingly the place was packed with a sell out audience.  The band released only one recording, an EP titled 'The Honeydrippers: Volume 1', on 12 November 1984. 

    The Honeydrippers were relatively short lived as Robert Plant pursued other projects later in the 1980's.  But this night back in 1981 was another example of how lucky we were back then, with so many world famous acts playing in Stafford - this week 42 years ago!

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    (pics:Robert Plant on stage at North Staffs Polytechnic Beaconside, 20 May 1981).

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    Article: https://www.stafford.fm/blogs/ray-crowther/post/20-may-1981-42-years-ago-we-were-really-spoiled-for-choice-in-stafford/

  9. Squaring The Circle (The Story Of Hipgnosis) - An Anton Corbijn Film will open on Wednesday, June 7 in New York at Film Forum, and Friday, June 16 in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Royal. A nationwide expansion will follow starting June 20.

    Director Anton Corbijn and subject/Hipgnosis co-founder Aubrey "Po" Powell will be in-person at Film Forum for Q&As June 7-9.

    The film features Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Peter Gabriel, Graham Gouldman, Peter Saville, and Noel Gallagher.

    Synopsis: Celebrated photographer, creative director and filmmaker Anton Corbijn’s first feature documentary Squaring The Circle (The Story Of Hipgnosis) tells the story of Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell, the creative geniuses behind the iconic album art design studio, Hipgnosis, responsible for some of the most recognizable album covers of all time. They formed Hipgnosis in Cambridge during the ferment of the sixties and became rock royalty during the boom time of the seventies. They conjured into existence sights that no one had previously thought possible, produced visuals which popularized music that had previously been considered fringe, and were at the white-hot center of the maddest, funniest and most creative era in the history of popular music.

    During this period, record companies didn’t dictate to acts like Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Paul McCartney what their LP covers should look like - Storm and Po did. They made money; they lost money. They did great things; they did silly things. They fell out bitterly; they made up. They never played a note, but they changed music. The film features brand new interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour & Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, Jimmy Page & Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Graham Gouldman of 10cc, Noel Gallagher, and many more.

     

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  10. 13 hours ago, SteveAJones said:

    I'd like to post to the Zeppelin Mysteries Thread but it seems some 50 years after the release of the debut album there's very little left unsaid or unsolved. Much of what is not known is only known by the band members themselves, and they aren't telling, or others who are long since deceased.

    :huh::rolleyes:

  11. “Tampa is the last place I would expect to see nigh on to 60,000 people,” Robert Plant would later say.

    Published May 4, 2023

    Fifty years ago this month, 56,800 fans crammed into Tampa Stadium to watch Led Zeppelin play their new album, “Houses of the Holy.” Just four years prior, they had played to 7,000 at Curtis Hixon Hall.

    The May 5, 1973, Tampa concert wasn’t just a killer show. It also shattered the attendance record for the biggest crowd at any single-act concert. Up until that point, the Beatles held that honor with their 1965 performance at New York City’s Shea Stadium, which drew about 55,000.

    “Between us we’ve done something nobody’s ever done before,” singer Robert Plant told the Tampa crowd that humid Saturday night.

    An aerial view of Tampa Stadium, which would later be nicknamed the Big Sombrero, during Led Zeppelin's sold-out concert on May 5, 1973.
    An aerial view of Tampa Stadium, which would later be nicknamed the Big Sombrero, during Led Zeppelin's sold-out concert on May 5, 1973. [ Times (1973) ]

     

    [ FULL ARTICLE HERE ]

    https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/history/2023/05/04/50-years-ago-tampa-sold-out-led-zeppelin-show-beat-beatles/

  12. National Recording Registry Inducts Music from Led Zeppelin

    12 Apr 2023

    National Recording Registry Inducts Music from from Jimmy Buffett, Eurythmics, John Lennon, John Denver, The Police, Led Zeppelin and Super Mario Also Among 25 Selected for Preservation

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    “Stairway to Heaven” — Led Zeppelin (1971)  

    The familiarity of “Stairway to Heaven” can obscure the fact that it is a carefully crafted song. Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin’s guitarist and producer, was responsible for much of the song’s structure and feel. Early in his career as a studio musician, Page had learned that one of the cardinal rules of studio work was to keep an even tempo and resist the urge to speed up at all costs. Ironically, “Stairway to Heaven” violates this rule to masterful effect, as it gradually increases speed, while adding instruments one at a time. First, we hear a lone acoustic guitar, soon a recorder enters, and, as the sound broadens, we hear vocals, a 12-string guitar and bass. Remarkably, the drums don’t enter until half way through the eight-minute song. As it gains momentum, the acoustic instruments fall away and we find ourselves listening to a fully electric hard-rock band. Bassist John Paul Jones contributed the recorder melody, lending a medieval feel to the song’s early measures. He and drummer John Bonham’s rhythm activities build to their usual huge and thunderous level. Few can imitate Robert Plant’s singing, and his lyrics, most of which were written during the band’s rehearsals, have appealed to a wide range of fans, while proving open to a bewildering number of interpretations. Finally, Page recorded one of the most tasteful solos in rock music.

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    Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today named 25 recordings as audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage.

    “The National Recording Registry preserves our history through recorded sound and reflects our nation’s diverse culture,” Hayden said. “The national library is proud to help ensure these recordings are preserved for generations to come, and we welcome the public’s input on what songs, speeches, podcasts or recorded sounds we should preserve next. We received more than 1,100 public nominations this year for recordings to add to the registry.”

    The recordings selected for the National Recording Registry bring the number of titles on the registry to 625, representing a small portion of the national library’s vast recorded sound collection of nearly 4 million items.

    The latest selections named to the registry span from 1908 to 2012. They range from the first recordings of Mariachi music and early sounds of the Blues to radio journalism leading up to World War II, and iconic sounds from pop, country, rock, R&B, jazz, rap, and classical music.

     
    Classic Folk, Rock and Pop Music Preserved for All Time

    Some of the most enduring and beloved music from folk, rock and pop from the 1960s to 1980s tunes many Americans still find themselves singing together every year — also join the National Recording Registry this year.

    This year’s class includes “Sherry” by The Four Seasons in 1962, “What the World Needs Now is Love,” recorded by Jackie DeShannon in 1965 and written by the late songwriting duo of Hal David and Burt Bacharach, “Imagine” by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1971, Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” from 1971, “Synchronicity” by The Police, including Sting, in 1983, and more unforgettable recordings.

    “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” recorded by John Denver in 1971, might be one of the nation’s favorite singalongs year after year. Denver’s family said they were honored the song by Denver, Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert was chosen for preservation by the Library.

    “Dad has been gone 25 years, and this song continues to be sung at concerts and events around the world, which we’re sure Dad, Bill, and Taffy never imaginedwhen they wrote it so many years ago. Thanks to the Library of Congress for this recognition,” Denver’s family said in a joint statement.

    David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young formed a super-group of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Their second album, “Déjà Vu,” made the National Recording Registry this year representing folk rock at its peak of influence and popularity. With hits such as “Teach Your Children,” “Our House” and “Woodstock,” the 1970 album also showed the influence of Joni Mitchell, this year’s recipient of the Library’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

    Mitchell wrote “Woodstock” and Nash, her live-in partner at the time, wrote “Our House” as an almost diary-like entry of a dreary late-winter day at their home in California.

    Nash said Crosby Stills Nash and Young’s primary rule was that everyone had to agree on every song they released in order to ensure it was a collaborative statement. This led to meticulous recording sessions — Stills once estimated that it took hundreds of hours of recording to finish “Déjà Vu” — but it paid off in beautiful harmonies and melodies that have lasted for decades.

    “We wanted to tell the truth,” Nash told the Library recently. “We wanted to reflect the times in which we lived. I think that’s the duty of every artist.”

       
    About the National Recording Registry

    Under the terms of the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, the Librarian of Congress, with advice from the National Recording Preservation Board, selects 25 titles each year that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” and are at least 10 years old. More information on the National Recording Registry can be found at loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/about-this-program/. The public may nominate recordings for the Registry here.

    Some registry titles have already been preserved by the copyright holders, artists or other archives. In cases where a selected title has not already been preserved, the Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center works to ensure that the recording will be preserved by some entity and available for future generations. This can be through the Library’s recorded-sound preservation program or through collaborative ventures with other archives, studios and independent producers.

    The national library maintains a state-of-the-art facility where it acquires, preserves and provides access to the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of films, television programs, radio broadcasts and sound recordings (loc.gov/avconservation/). It is home to more than 9 million collection items.

    The Library of Congress is the world’s largest library, offering access to the creative record of the United States — and extensive materials from around the world — both on-site and online. It is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office. Explore collections, reference services and other programs and plan a visit at loc.gov; access the official site for U.S. federal legislative information at congress.gov; and register creative works of authorship at copyright.gov.

    National Recording Registry, 2023 Selections

    (chronological order)

        “The Very First Mariachi Recordings” — Cuarteto Coculense (1908-1909)
        “St. Louis Blues” — Handy’s Memphis Blues Band (1922)
        “Sugar Foot Stomp” — Fletcher Henderson (1926)
        Dorothy Thompson: Commentary and Analysis of the European Situation for NBC Radio (Aug. 23-Sept. 6, 1939)
        “Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around” — The Fairfield Four (1947)
        “Sherry” — The Four Seasons (1962)
        “What the World Needs Now is Love” — Jackie DeShannon (1965)
        “Wang Dang Doodle” — Koko Taylor (1966)
        “Ode to Billie Joe” — Bobbie Gentry (1967)
         “Déjà Vu” — Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (1970)
         “Imagine” — John Lennon (1971)
         “Stairway to Heaven” — Led Zeppelin (1971)
         “Take Me Home, Country Roads” — John Denver (1971)
         “Margaritaville” — Jimmy Buffett (1977)
         “Flashdance…What a Feeling” — Irene Cara (1983)
         “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” — Eurythmics (1983)
         “Synchronicity” — The Police (1983)
         “Like a Virgin” — Madonna (1984)
         “Black Codes (From the Underground)” — Wynton Marsalis (1985)
         Super Mario Bros. theme — Koji Kondo, composer (1985)
         “All Hail the Queen” — Queen Latifah (1989)
         “All I Want for Christmas is You” — Mariah Carey (1994)
         “Pale Blue Dot” — Carl Sagan (1994)
         “Gasolina” — Daddy Yankee (2004)
         “Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra” — Northwest Chamber Orchestra, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, composer (2012)

     

    https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/national-recording-registry-inducts-music-from-madonna--mariah-carey--queen-latifah--daddy-yankee/s/5a91b115-3825-4a5f-a702-35940b4de958

  13. Willie Nelson will be joined by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss and John Fogerty on different dates of his 2023 Outlaw Music Festival tour.

    Robert Plant and Alison Krauss will join the festival's first three dates, beginning June 23 in Somerset, Wisc. The duo is touring in support of their most recent album, 2021's Raise the Roof.

    John Fogerty will appear on the last three dates, beginning Aug. 11 in Cleveland. The former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman recently gained control of the band's publishing rights, bringing an end to a legal battle that had stretched on for decades.

    Willie Nelson 2023 Outlaw Festival Tour Dates * With Robert Plant & Alison Krauss:

    June 23 - Somerset, WI @ Somerset Amphitheater*
    June 24 - East Troy, WI @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre*
    June 25 - St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre*

     
     

    https://ultimateclassicrock.com/willie-nelson-robert-plant-alison-krauss-john-fogerty/

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