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^ Thanks for the post Deb, that was an enjoyable view. I was surprised at Paul Rogers answer........on best guitarist.
Paul's answer was based on his personal time working with each person, - the others answered on their favorite in general...it was entertaining to watch.
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There's something I've been wondering about for years. I know that Page did some guitar overdubs, studio tweaking, etc. for the Coda album. Did Jones and Plant provide any new overdubs as well? I thought I read something years ago stating that they had, but haven't found any evidence since then to confirm this.
I realize that information is pretty scant on this album considering it was just a matter of tweaking existing tapes, but I was always intrigued by Coda. It was the second Zeppelin album I ever bought ($2.99 cutout from Record Town!). This album whetted my appetite for discovering the rest of the band's catalog, and I later would find it odd that it was generally slagged by a lot of people.
Different strokes I guess, but I love this record!
I like it too RUSHZEP (good name) I find the leftovers from ITTOD to be good songs, also We're Gonna Groove, I can't Quit You....Lots of good tracks. I think the obscurity of it, is what attracts people to it. I have a few friends from High School that swear by this album. It's a favorite for some. It does have a certain appeal-and funny you bring up Coda, as I pulled it out for a good listen twice through today as I worked around my house........
I recall hearing the same thing about some overdub work, but that was a long long time ago, and don't remember the source of info. I will say it wasn't from the internet. It was from a magazine of some kind, I believe.
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I've heard that the latest album (and possibly last -also partially recorded in New Orleans) is "caked" with reverb, to an almost overwhelming point....never had a chance to listen yet, but I've talked to a few guys at the studio who said the reverb on it was a heavy dose......I'll have to check it out myself.
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Good to see Robert is enjoying his life, whatever he chooses to do-
Kenog, Ive tried to PM you a few times (since I got back from Italy), couldn't get through......
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Hi Bud,
Not so much a problem...my point is that several people posted somewhat 'in-defense of' type posts regarding the material on the album...so I'm just raising the question of why he would have released the album if it was a 'glorified demo' as he stated AND if somehow the theft of the (masters?) on what was originally a double-album, what does it say to the tracks that were left-off.
P.S. I was 13 when Outrider was released so I had to take about 4 buses then hump it another mile to get the album and I'm still holding a grudge for the risk/reward factor of the album
Well, i think you've held a grudge for a for a long long time, i might add. I'm sorry you feel that way about the album as you sound dissappointed about it, but in a nutshell-his comments on it (whatever he may have said - from a reliable source) and the content on the album won't change-it is what it is-even if it's not your personal cup of tea, and life goes on. The beauty of it is, you get to decide if you like it or not and nobody can change that...However-the grudge thing seems a little much. Take Care
P.S. I rode my bike to the nearest music store (I was 15) that was about 8 miles from home. I enjoyed my risk/reward end result.........
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In reading all of the posts to this subject, I'm stunned that no one seems to question the post-release comments made by Page regarding this effort. Namely, "I suppose it was a bit of a glorified demo". In fact, people have echoed the same statement. Now, I ask...Page has never, EVER made such a comment regarding any Zeppelin studio release??? (not counting his semi-defensive, self serving comments regarding TSRS soundtrack). Why would he release something 'sub-standard'? Moreover...if this was supposed to be a double album...THIS was the best of the lot?????
Consider:
He was the sole musical 'creator' on this album.
He owned the studio in which it was recorded.
He produced the album.
He chose the vocalists.
Hey Keithg, welcome to the forum. Interesting first post for you.
Getting to the subject, what are you trying to imply here?
If Page is quoted as saying that (from a reliable source) - then he said it........so I don't get the fuss. Also, the album is what it is, even if you feel it was sub-standard-it's been released for over two decades now (no changing it's content or lack of double album material) so what's the problem(s)?
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You're going down a rabbit-hole, Taro.
It's really very simple...the reason for the difference in visual quality between the 1973 MSG concerts filmed for TSRTS and the video feeds of 1975 Earl's Court and 1979 Knebworth, is the simple fact that film is always going to look better than videotape. Especially back in the 70s when videotape was primitive.
The 1973 MSG concerts were filmed using 35mm panoramic cameras. Of course it's going to look better than a videotape feed(75 Earl's Court, 77 Seattle, 79 Knebworth) from a clunky video camera.
End of discussion.
Strider, it could be just a similar trait in character, but these comments (Taro) remind me of someone who has been recently "extinct" from the Forum..... -
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Steven Tyler recently spotted in Maui...
:lol: That's rough.Nice tits....!!!!! looks like someone pasted his head on another body...crazy ...it almost looks fake - (he still seems to carry himself like he's 25 though) Guess some guys never face reality in certain stages of life.
He looks like a grandmother from the waist up.
It's actually a shame that someone makes a career out of following celebrities around and taking pics of em' like this for the world to see. 30 years ago, people wouldn't have given a shit to even bother with this.
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^ That's pretty damn cool...thanks for sharing!
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Love Howlin' Wolf and God bless you for your love of animals. I am right there with you:-) I bet the vet has something to say when you bring him in and his name is Zeppelin
Why of couse they do!! The first time I brought him in to get checked, they said "Zeppelin?-like Led Zeppelin? how cool"
Cresent City Vet (on jefferson) they are the best around!
Any cat who can stand the sounds of WLL being blasted top notch through a PA system/jukebox and sit on a bar stool calmly while random people pet him-is damn fine by me anyday!
Love my "Zeppelin"
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I start my new job January 9th!!! (Does this date ring a bell:-)
I am excited at the new venture and so grateful to have been offered a great job in this economy.
I was gonna tell you about that date in the other thread (with the Jazz Fest dates) Should be a good luck charm if you start that day, huh? Jimmy will be 68..........
That date has a meaning for me too. I found a black cat while playing music in a club uptown (Jan.9th, 2009). When we arrived at the Club (Howlin' Wolf) , "Whole Lotta Love" was on the jukebox. The cat was roaming in and out of the place-looking for attention. The owner said he had been feeding him for a month but couldn't keep him in the club anymore. I asked him if I could take him home after the gig. He was delighted. We properly named him - "Zeppelin"
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Great version. When and where is this from. I'm hitting a blank on this one. Looks like a club.
London's Cafe De Paris, December 7th 1997
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It's one of those songs that SHOULD have been done at the o2
That would have been interesting to hear, although if you noticed-they did tune down their guitars a full step just adjust to Plant's vocal ability at the o2. So It would have been "different" for sure. I wouldn't doubt they tried it at early rehearsals and scrapped it? Maybe-who knows. But this version above^ is one of the best I've ever heard from P/P or Zeppelin for that matter. Page is one fire here as is the rhythm section-the whole thing is just incredible. I'm glad someone posted this!
These are the kind of shows you wish they had professionally filmed.
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Saddening. It being the last ever time it's played brought my throat dry.
Yes, but even though it's the last-it went out on a good note! Listen to Plant hitting most of the high notes like the album. That's pretty damn impressive.
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It's still a concert whether it's a cover band or not.
Just what I was thinking.
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Sounds like you're describing AC/DC there, Reg.
What do you think about AC/DC?
As for Kiss, the only cool thing I ever liked about them was the make-up. that was more attractive to me than any of their songs, personally speeking.
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October 23rd, 1973
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The last ever 'Over The Hills and Far Away'
OMG this is the shit!!!!!!!!!
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Forum member - Beatbo, got in touch with me about ZOSO coming to the House of Blues in New Orleans Dec 29th, although I'll be out of town - I can say that when I saw them last year they were killer! The guy playing "Bonzo" was excellent. Closet Mody DicK solo I've ever heard to the real thing-he played to drums almost note for note.
Just heard on the radio today 870AM talk/news/sports some of the line-up for Jazz Fest 2012. The few they mentioned were The Eagles, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Al Green and The Foo-Fighters.
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As I saw my first LZ concert here on May 14, 1973
http://www.google.co...&rlz=1I7GZAZ_en
Municipal Auditorium still festers, despite renovation next door
By Michelle Krupa, The Times-Picayune
January 07, 2009, 9:55PM
As throngs of music lovers pour into the refurbished Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts tonight for the playhouse's first show since Hurricane Katrina, another once-grand, city-owned gathering space at Louis Armstrong Park will remain dark.
More than three years after the flood, the Morris F.X. Jeff Sr. Municipal Auditorium remains a ruined shell of the Italian Renaissance Revival structure that for decades played host to some of New Orleans' most important events, from operas and dance recitals to graduation ceremonies and Carnival balls. City officials shy away from suggesting when it might reopen.
Though the 6,000-seat auditorium sits on high ground in Treme, its basement, like the ground floor of the Mahalia Jackson Theater, flooded in Katrina, causing major damage to electrical and mechanical equipment, said Cynthia Sylvain-Lear, the city's deputy chief administrative officer. A retaining wall also buckled in the storm, allowing rain to pour in through the roof, she said.
"There was water from below and water from above, " Sylvain-Lear said.
Though city officials quickly tapped $200,000 in federal money to stop further deterioration of the crippled building, efforts toward its full restoration have lagged as other recovery projects took precedence, Sylvain-Lear said.
"We prioritized public safety first, " including police stations and firehouses, she said, adding that community buildings like libraries came next. "The theater had specific priority because the performing arts groups just didn't have other options, and for them to survive, they really needed the expanded ticket sales."
Architects and engineers hired to plan the restoration of public facilities across the city have continued working on plans for the Municipal Auditorium, Sylvain-Lear said, but the project remains far from the top of the list. She declined to speculate on how soon the curtain may rise again.
As the auditorium has festered, the Mahalia Jackson Theater has seen $22 million in renovations, including installation of a cutting-edge sound system, a digital cinema screen, enhanced lighting, a new orchestra shell and a state-of-the-art ballet floor.
Tonight's New Orleans all-star revue, featuring the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Kermit Ruffins, Ingrid Lucia and others, kicks off a week of performances by artists including songwriter and producer Allen Toussaint with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, trumpeter Irvin Mayfield and gospel singer Yolanda Adams with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, violinist Itzhak Perlman and Spanish tenor Placido Domingo.
In addition to the revival of the Mahalia Jackson Theater, about $5 million has been pumped into replacing lighting and restoring the grounds of Louis Armstrong Park, the 32-acre sanctuary of lawns and lagoons off North Rampart Street at the edge of the French Quarter.
Though the festivities mark the culmination of the restoration effort, quarreling continues over who will foot the bill. Local tax dollars have paid for the bulk of the work, and Mayor Ray Nagin has said the Federal Emergency Management Agency owes the city about $20 million in reimbursements.
But so far, FEMA has committed to pay only about $9.5 million. Under federal law, the agency must repay local governments for the cost of returning facilities damaged in disasters to their prestorm function, though not for upgrades.
Very early estimates for repairing the Municipal Auditorium set the cost at $7.9 million, Sylvain-Lear said. But she cautioned that structural and electrical damage to the building far exceeded that at the Mahalia Jackson Theater. As architects and engineers dig deeper into its problems, the sum is likely to grow and probably will eclipse the theater's price tag, she said.
FEMA has earmarked just more than $4 million to repair the auditorium, including the initial mitigation money, spokesman Andrew Thomas said. FEMA will consider all requests by City Hall for reimbursements, he said.
Built in 1929 for $2.5 million, the Municipal Auditorium was intended as a memorial to World War I veterans. Its elegant gathering spaces soon became a center of civic life. Rex and Comus hosted concurrent balls there, and their courts held the traditional Mardi Gras night meeting there.
Through the years, the building also welcomed auto shows, hockey games and conventions. Along with nearby Congo Square, it hosted the music festival that grew into the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and in 1996, it served as the temporary predecessor to Harrah's New Orleans Casino.
Known originally as the Municipal Auditorium and Exhibition Hall, the building was renamed in 1994 for Morris F.X. Jeff, a teacher and coach who established recreational and educational programs for black children before integration of the city's public buildings and programs.
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Michelle Krupa can be reached at mkrupa@timespicayune
I will be attending Randy Jackson's Music of Pink Floyd at Mahalia Jackson Theater next door on May 15, 2010... I will and have always looked at this building (Municiple Auditorium) growing up with fondness. I attended many events here, but that night to see Led Zeppelin is the one that holds the dearest memory for me
Deb, I attended the Randy Jackson show too! I thought it was excellent. I also went to the Zebra anniversary gig not too long ago (maybe a year or so) , but that was a downer for me.
Did you happen to attend the August 29th 1971 gig Zep did there at Municipal? Wish there was a recording of that show. I'd kill to hear it based on the gigs they did surrounding that period-Zep was on fire! How ironic that it is the exact date of Katrina!! 34 years later......Isn't that crazy?
My last visit inside the Municipal Auditorium was Jimmy Page, Sept. 1988. I think they are STILL "renovating" it (since the storm), I pass it everyday on my way to work.
Strider, it could be just a similar trait in character, but these comments (Taro) remind me of someone who has been recently "extinct" from the Forum..... 
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THANK YOU AUSTRALIA, FOR....
in Ramble On
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Cute comment, in typical fashion.
Even has to pinpoint /get petty to deliver a reaction, eh. .........Buzz off Major Douche!
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