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    BATH FESTIVAL 1970 16mm Footage

    in Led Zeppelin Master Forum

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    From Chris Welch's book, 'Peter Grant: The Man Who Led Zeppelin'

    Peter Grant:  “I went down to the site unbeknown to Freddie Bannister and found out from the Meteorological Office what time the sun was setting. It was going down right behind the stage. By going on at sunset I was able to bring the stage lights up a bit at a time. And it was vital we went on stage at the right time. That’s why I made sure the previous band Flock, or whoever they were, got off on time.”

    Among those who witnessed the traumatic scenes at the side of the stage was an openmouthed young reporter from Melody Maker. Chris Charlesworth, soon to become the paper’s news editor and later its American correspondent, would come to enjoy privileged access to the band and travel extensively with them across America. But his first taste of Zeppelin-mania took place deep in the heart of the Somerset countryside.

    Says Charlesworth: “The first time I met Peter Grant was at the Bath Festival in 1970. I was hanging about backstage and there was an incident. The band were due on stage on Sunday night at 8
    p.m. which Grant correctly assumed was the time when the sun would be going down behind them and would make a nice setting on stage. The trouble was the previous group were overrunning.
    They were the American band Flock, led by a violinist called Jerry Goodman. When they came to the end of a song at about 8 p.m. they still had more songs to go – and an encore. So Grant led his team of roadies onto the stage and he started unplugging their equipment. ‘Hey, we haven’t finished yet man,’ said Flock’s crew. ‘Oh yes you fuckin’ have,’ shouted Peter. There was a stand-off between the two sides but Flock’s roadies took one look at Led Zep’s gang, led by Grant and Richard Cole, and decided there was no way they were gonna fight these guys. So Zeppelin came on a few minutes after 8 p.m. just as the sun was setting."

    BATH FESTIVAL 1970 16mm Footage

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    Archive footage of director on filming Led Zeppelin at Bath

    [Posted on: Tuesday 04 October 2022 / De Montfort University] 

    When it comes to rock icons there’s perhaps no bigger band than Led Zeppelin, who changed the face of music and became one of the biggest-selling bands of all time.

    Last week, footage recorded in 1970 of Led Zeppelin playing at the Bath Blues Festival emerged on YouTube. It was filmed by counter culture filmmaker Peter Whitehead, whose archive is held at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) by the Cinema and Television History Institute.   

    Whitehead – who also shot the 1965 Rolling Stones film Charlie is My Darling – talks about his experiences filming with the band in conversation with DMU researcher Dr Alissa Clarke.

    The Led Zeppelin footage had long been thought lost to time until in 2017, DMU’s Professor Steve Chibnall revealed that while cataloguing the Whitehead archive, he had come across film reels of the footage.

    The new Led Zeppelin film has been uploaded by Kinolibrary YouTube Channel without sound.

    Prof Chibnall said: “This is most of the Peter Whitehead footage, although missing the rushes shot after sunset (perhaps 5 minutes), and I believe there were some shots of Page using a bow on his guitar strings.

    “It is in Whitehead’s style and the same clapper-board is used. Great that it has finally surfaced. I’m sure the sound is out there somewhere.”

    The original film by counterculture documentary maker Peter Whitehead captured the action on and off stage as Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham performed at the Bath Festival in 1970. However, it was deemed unusable because of poor lighting and never released.  

    It had been thought no film footage survived from the Bath concert. Whitehead donated his archive to CATH in 2016 which includes unseen film, diaries, journals, cuttings and all kinds of material covering his output and it was there that the cans containing the Led Zep footage were found.

     

    https://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/news/2022/october/archive-footage-as-led-zeppelin.aspx

     

    Memphis Music Hall of Fame 2022 (Robert Plant)

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    It’s been three years since the Memphis Music Hall of Fame last inducted a new class of honorees. But following an extended pandemic pause, the event will return on Sept. 15, with the Hall enshrining eight more music legends, just in time to mark the organization’s 10th anniversary.  

    This year’s Memphis Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony will once again take place at Downtown’s Cannon Center for the Performing Arts. And no one is happier to have in-person festivities back than John Doyle, the president and CEO of the Hall.

    After COVID-19 threw the Hall’s 2020 plans into chaos, Doyle had hoped to resume with a new class and ceremonies in 2021.

    “Around Mach of 2021 we began looking toward a live ceremony, and we started talking about dates, but then another [COVID] spike took place, and we were unsure about doing it,” Doyle says. “Instead, we decided to hold off on the live ceremony, but decided to develop and produce an hour-long broadcast show, a retrospective on the history of the Hall of Fame and the great musicians in it.”

    The resulting television special, titled "Memphis Music Hall of Fame 10th Anniversary Celebration," has aired three times on Circle — a cable network that specializes in music and lifestyle programs — since March and is still available on demand as well.

    “We were really happy with the program and the way it came out,” Doyle says, “and we felt like it really further elevated the Hall and the national awareness about it.”

    As part of the 10th anniversary of the Hall and to celebrate the 2022 class, Doyle is working hard to make the upcoming live festivities special.

    Those who’ve attended previous Hall ceremonies can attest, the event is an always moving and joyful celebration of Memphis music and musicians. As in past years, most of the living honorees are expected to attend, joined by fellow inductees and other celebrated music-makers, from Memphis and beyond. (Justin Timberlake, John Prine, Snoop Dogg, Bootsy Collins, Jimmy Fallon and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones are among those who have participated in past shows.)

    This year’s ceremonies will feature a mix of local greats and international icons. Doyle already has confirmed that Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant will be on hand, along with Stax legend Booker T. Jones — who is being inducted for the second time and is also set to perform. Doyle also hopes there will be some big “last-minute surprises.”  

    [Full article]

    https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/09/06/memphis-music-hall-fame-2022-inductees-priscilla-presley-booker-t-jones-mavis-staples-ronnie-milsap/7951281001/

     

     

    Becoming Led Zeppelin documentary & American Epic (Quick Update)

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    AMERICAN EPIC:  The filmmakers behind Becoming Led Zeppelin have announced the Japanese premiere of their American Epic series of films at the Peter Barakan Music Film Festival in Tokyo this weekend. If anyone will be in the area, I would recommend going, as not only are these films a fantastic journey, but they’ll also give you a great idea of the quality you can look forward to when they finish post production on Becoming Led Zeppelin.

    For more info in Japanese: https://pbmff.jp
    For more info in English: https://pbmff.jp/english.html

    OMOTE_1.jpg  AE in Japan.jpg

     

    BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN: A Quick Update

    Regarding 'Becoming Led Zeppelin', I understand they are nearing the end of the edit and have been taking advantage of the time to make the film as good as possible. I have seen the film in several stages and think it is an extraordinary piece of work that I hope we all get to share in soon.

    As the filmmakers have told me, they’ll continue to be on the search for unseen archive from the period the film covers all the way until the film is released, so if anyone has anything they would like to send their way, please reach out to me. A few new gems have been added since its public screening last year.

    - Sam Rapallo
     

    [Photo] A behind-the-scenes sneak peak with editor Dan Gitlin, working on 'Becoming Led Zeppelin':

    Dan_Gitlin_edit_BLZ_ledzeppelin_com_photo.jpg

     

    The 1969 Toronto Rock & Roll Revival

    in Other Bands / Music

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    18 minutes ago, The Pagemeister said:

    The greatest concert you have never heard of: 

    The 1969 Toronto Rock & Roll Revival

    SYNOPSIS

    Three weeks after Woodstock, a one-day rock concert happened in Toronto.

    It featured five Godfathers of 1950’s Rock: Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley and Little Richard.

    It also featured: John Lennon’s first solo appearance directly leading to his leaving The Beatles (a week later); the “chicken incident” which thrust Alice Cooper from obscurity to infamy, taking Shock Rock mainstream; a random suggestion that helped introduce lighters to concerts; and it set Alan White on a path to the Rock Hall-of-Fame.

    Looks great. If I can make it, I'll be attending this.

    Led Zeppelin 50th Anniversary

    in News

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    7 minutes ago, SteveZ98 said:

    Thanks for posting those, Sam. My favorite parts are the reviews in Episode 14 that talk about the how the crowds reacted to the band: "One of the most amazing concerts from any band, at any time. The scenes are just ridiculous. The audience loved every second like no audience I've ever seen" and "I haven't seen a crowd with as much energy and enthusiasm in years. There were five encores because the audience screamed and stomped till they got what they wanted." If only I could have been there, cheering and clapping and screaming along with the rest of the lucky souls who got to witness the electric magic in person.

    Agreed! When I found those quotes, I knew they'd be perfect for Ep. 14 video.

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