Deborah J Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 October 5th 1970 -Led Zeppelin III Released ^^ 1969 - Led Zeppelin -Amsterdam, Netherlands/Concertgebouw 1972 - Led Zeppelin -Nagoya, Japan/Kokaido 1988 - Robert Plant-Now and Zen American Tour-Dallas, TX./Starplex 1993 - Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations North American Tour-Seattle, WA./Paramont Theatre 1999 - JPJ-Zooma European Tour-Dublin Ireland HQ 2008 - Robert Plant -Raising Sand Tour-Saratoga, CA./The Mountain Winery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Melanie Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 October 5th 1970 -Led Zeppelin III Released Damn straight!! My favorite album comes into the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Nice write up on the release of Led Zeppelin III from the folks at All Things Music Plus: ON THIS DATE (41 YEARS AGO) October 5, 1970 – Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin III is released. # ALL THINGS MUSIC PLUS+ 5/5 # Allmusic 5/5 stars # Rolling Stone (see original review below) ALL THINGS MUSIC PLUS+ TWO CENTS WORTH This was my first real listen to Zep and just realized I must have been 10 years old (11 in November). I really don’t care much about how long ago it was and that I am getting older, albeit gracefully (lol – no wiseass comments from those that know me); but I feel so bad for 10 year old kids (who are almost 11) now – they will never be able to listen/experience a Led Zeppelin at this age. The wheely thing/cover – you ain’t gonna get that on no MP3~ Oh, and to THE Lester Bangs (wherever you was or is or will be) – BOLLOCKS! ***** Led Zeppelin III is the third album by Led Zeppelin, released on this date in 1970. It was recorded between January and July 1970 and released by Atlantic Records. Composed largely at a remote cottage in Wales known as Bron-Yr-Aur, this work represented a maturing of the band's music towards a greater emphasis on folk and acoustic sounds. This surprised many fans and critics, and upon its release the album received rather indifferent reviews. Although it is not one of the highest sellers in Zeppelin's catalogue, Led Zeppelin III is now generally praised, and acknowledged as representing an important milestone in the band's history. Although acoustic songs are featured on Led Zeppelin III's predecessors, it is this album which is widely acknowledged for showing that Led Zeppelin was more than just a conventional rock band and that they could branch out in other areas musically. COVER Led Zeppelin III's original vinyl edition was packaged in a gatefold sleeve with an innovative cover, designed by Zacron, a multi-media artist whom Page had met in 1963 whilst Zacron was a student at Kingston College of Art. He had recently resigned a lectureship at Leeds Polytechnic to found Zacron Studios, and in 1970 Page contacted him and asked him to design the third album's cover. The cover and interior gatefold art consisted of a surreal collection of seemingly random images on a white background, many of them connected thematically with flight or aviation (as in "Zeppelin"). Behind the front cover was a rotatable laminated card disc, or volvelles, covered with more images, including photos of the band members, which showed through holes in the cover. Moving an image into place behind one hole would usually bring one or two others into place behind other holes. ORIGINAL ROLLING STONE REVIEW I keep nursing this love-hate attitude toward Led Zeppelin. Partly from genuine interest and mostly indefensible hopes, in part from the conviction that nobody that crass could be all that bad. I turn to each fresh album experiencing -- what? Certainly not subtle echoes of the monolithic Yardbirds, or authentic blues experiments, or even much variety. Maybe it's just that they seem like the ultimate Seventies Calf of Gold. The Zep, of all bands surviving, are today -- their music is as ephemeral as Marvel comix, and as vivid as an old Technicolor cartoon. It doesn't challenge anybody's intelligence or sensibilities, relying instead on a pat visceral impact that will insure absolute stardom for many moons to come. Their albums refine the crude public tools of all dull white blues bands into something awesome in its very insensitive grossness, like a Cecil B. DeMille epic. If I rely so much on visual and filmic metaphors, it's because they apply so exactly. I've never made a Zep show, but friends (most of the type, admittedly, who will listen to anything so long's it's loud and they're destroyed) describe the thunderous, near-undifferentiated tidal wave of sound that doesn't engross but envelops to snuff any possible distraction. Their third album deviates little from the track laid by the first two, even though they go acoustic on several numbers. Most of the acoustic stuff sounds like standard Zep graded down decibelwise, and the heavy blitzes could've been outtakes from Zeppelin II. In fact, when I first heard the album my main impression was the consistent anonymity of most of the songs -- no one could mistake the band, but no gimmicks stand out with any special outrageousness, as did the great, gleefully absurd Orangutang Plant-cum-wheezing guitar freakout that made "Whole Lotta Love" such a pulp classic. "Immigrant Song" comes closest, with its bulldozer rhythms and Bobby Plant's double-tracked wordless vocal croonings echoing behind the main vocal like some cannibal chorus wailing in the infernal light of a savage fertility rite. What's great about it, though, the Zep's special genius, is that the whole effect is so utterly two-dimensional and unreal. you could play it, as I did, while watching a pagan priestess performing the ritual dance of Ka before the flaming sacrificial altar in Fire Maidens of Outer Space with the TV sound turned off. And believe me, the Zep made my blood throb to those jungle rhythms even more frenziedly. Unfortunately, precious little of Z III's remaining hysteria is as useful or as effectively melodramatic. "Friends" has a fine bitter acoustic lead, but gives itself over almost entirely to monotonously shrill Plant breast-beatings. Rob, give a listen to Iggy Stooge. "Celebration Day" and "Out On the Tiles" are production-line Zep churners that no fan could fault and no one else could even hear without an effort, "Since I've Been Loving You" represents the obligatory slow and lethally dull seven-minute blues jam, and "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper" dedicates a bottleneck-&-shimmering echo-chamber vocal salad to a British minstrel who, I am told, leans more towards the music-hall tradition. Much of the rest, after a couple of listenings to distinguish between songs, is not bad at all, because throughout the disc Zeppelin are at least creative enough to apply an occasional pleasing fillip to their uninspiring material, and professional enough to keep all their recorded work relatively clean and clear -- you can hear all the parts, which is more than you can say for many of their peers. Finally I must mention a song called "That's the Way," because it's the first song they've ever done that has truly moved me. Son of a gun, it's beautiful. Above a very simple and appropriately everyday acoustic riff, Plant sings a touching picture of two youngsters who can no longer be playmates because one's parents and peers disapprove of the other because of long hair and being generally from "the dark side of town." The vocal is restrained for once -- in fact, Plant's intonations are as plaintively gentle as some of the Rascals' best ballad work -- and a perfectly modulated electronic drone wails in the background like melancholy harbor scows as the words fall soft as sooty snow: "And yesterday I saw you standing by the river / I read those tears that filled your eyes / And all the fish that lay in dirty water dying / Had they got you hypnotized?" Beautiful, and strangely enough Zep. As sage Berry declared eons ago, it shore goes to show you never can tell. - Lester Bangs, Rolling Stone, 11/26/70. TRACKS: Side One 1. "Immigrant Song" (Jimmy Page/Robert Plant) 2:26 2. "Friends” (Page/Plant) 3:55 3. "Celebration Day” (John Paul Jones/Page/Plant) 3:29 4. "Since I've Been Loving You" (Jones/Page/Plant) 7:25 5. "Out on the Tiles" (John Bonham/Page/Plant) 4:04 Side Two 1. "Gallows Pole" ( Traditional, arr. Page/Plant) 4:58 2. "Tangerine" (Page) 3:12 3. "That's the Way" (Page/Plant) 5:38 4. "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" (Jones/Page/Plant) 4:20 5. "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper" (Traditional, arr. Charles Obscure) 3:41 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 October 6th 1966 - Jimmy Page-The Yardbirds-Birmingham,Straffordshire/Odeon Theatre 1990 - Robert Plant-Manic Nirvana North American Tour-Ottawa/Civic Centre 1995 - Page & Plant-Unledded Tour- Sacramento, CA/Cal Expo Amphitheatre 2005 - Robert Plant-Mighty Rearranger World Tour-Dallas, TX./Nokia Live Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Thanks for the Zep III reviews. The Lester Bangs one was ridiculous. Pretty typical of him and RS during that period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudbugclub Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 7th Oct 1999, 'Stairway To Heaven' by Led Zeppelin was voted at No. 1 in Classic Rock magazines 'Ten Best... Songs Ever!' reader's poll. 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen was voted in at No. 2 and 'Freebird' by Lynyrd Skynyrd was No. 3. Zeppelin also had 'Kashmir' at No. 23 and 'Whole Lotta Love' at No.30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 October 7th 1966 - Jimmy Page -The Yardbirds-Colston Hall/Bristol 1967 - Jimmy Page -The Yardbirds-Mt. Park, MA./Amusement Park Holyoke 1967 - Robert Plant-Band Of Joy-Sudgley, West Midlands-Sudgley Parish Hall** 1990 - Robert Plant-Manic Nirvana North American Tour-Binghampton/Broome County Arena 1988 - Jimmy Page-Outrider Tour-Inglewood, CA/Great Western Forum 1993 - Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations North American Tour-Vancouver/Orpheum Theatre 1995 - Unledded North American Tour-Mountain View, CA./Shoreline Amphitheatre 2002- Robert Plant-European Tour-Deutschlandfuuk/Germany http://www.guitarworld.com/jimmy-page-discusses-his-new-solo-album-outrider-and-more-1988-guitar-world-interview-part-1?page=0,1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihfZi081Kuk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudbugclub Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 (edited) 8th Oct 1971, 'Led Zeppelin II' was enjoying its 100th week on the UK album charts. It was the band's first album to hit No.1 in the US, knocking The Beatles' 'Abbey Road' twice from the top spot, where it remained for seven weeks. When first released the album had advance orders of 400,000 copies in the USA, (the advertising campaign was built around the slogan 'Led Zeppelin II Now Flying'). Edited October 8, 2011 by Mudbugclub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 October 8th 1966 - Jimmy Page-The Yardbirds-Cardiff, Wales/Capitol 1988 - Jimmy Page-Outrider Tour-San Diego, CA/SDSU Open Air Amphitheatre 1990 - Robert Plant-Manic Nirvana North American Tour-Worcester/Centrum 1993 - Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations North American Tour-Eugene, OR./Hull Center 1999 - John Paul Jones-Zooma European Tour- Spuiplein, Den Haag, Netherlands Theater Spui - Zaal 1 Crossing Border Festival 2002 - Robert Plant-World Tour-Exeter University 2010 - Jason Bonham-JBLZE-Dawson Creek, BC/Encana Events Centre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 October 9th 1966 - Jimmy Page -The Yardbirds-Southampton/Gaumont Theatre 1972 - Led Zeppelin - Osaka,Japan/Festival Hall 1995 - Unledded American Tour-Boise, ID./BSU Pavilion 1999 - Jimmy Page- Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ/NetAid 1999 - Robert Plant-Priory Of Brion-Ludlow/Ludlow Assembly Rooms 2002 - Robert Plant-European Tour-Saint Davids Hall 2010 - Jason Bonham- JBLZE-Prince George, BC/CN Centre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 October 10th 1969 - Led Zeppelin-Paris, France/Olympia 1972 - Led Zeppelin-Kyoto,Japan/Kaikan Hall 1993 - Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations North American Tour-Mountainview, CA./Shoreline Amphitheatre 1995 - Unledded North American Tour-Salt Lake City, UT./Delta Center 2010- Jason Bonham- JBLZE-Kamloops, BC/Interior Savings Centre October 11th 1990 - Robert Plant-Manic Nirvana North American Tour-Hampton/Coliseum 1993 - Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations North American Tour-Sacramento, CA./Cal Expo 2002-Robert Plant-European Tour-Cambridge Corn Exchange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 October 11th 2002-Robert Plant-European Tour-Cambridge Corn Exchange The CORN Exchange? That sounds like an unusual venue. Was he playing at a farmer's co-op? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 (edited) ^^ The Cambridge Corn Exchange is a concert venue in Cambridge, England. The venue is recognised as one of the premier music and theatre venues in the United Kingdom. A less popular usage is as an examination hall for students at Cambridge University. October 12th 1968-Jimmy Page-The Yardbirds-Beat Club, German TV Broadcast (recorded earlier) 1969 - Led Zeppelin-London,UK/The Lyceum Theatre 1990 - Robert Plant-Manic Nirvana North American Tour-Richmond/Coliseum 1993 - Robert Plant- Fate Of Nations North American Tour-Concord, CA./The Pavillion 1999 - John Paul Jones-Zooma North American Tour-Northampton, MA./Pearl Street 1999 - Jimmy Page-The Black Crowes-New York, NY/Roseland Theater 2010 - Jason Bonham-JBLZE-Edmonton,AB/Northern Alberta Jubilee 2011 - Jason Bonham-JBLZE-Riverside, CA/Fox Performing Center - TONIGHT!!! 2011 - Robert Plant-Band Of Joy- Nashville, TN/Americana Music Festival (Awards Show on Thursday night at the infamous Ryman Auditorium where nominees such as Robert Plant, Mumford & Sons, and Justin Townes Earle are likely to make an appearance. See link below.) http://www.thevinyldistrict.com/nashville/2011/10/americana-music-festival-1012-1015/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=americana-music-festival-1012-1015 Edited October 12, 2011 by Deborah J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 (edited) October 13th 1993 - Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations North American Tour-Los Angeles, CA/The Tonight Show 1995 - Page & Plant-Unledded North American Tour-Chicago, IL./United Center 1999 - John Paul Jones-Zooma North American Tour-New Haven, CT/Toads Place 1999 - Jimmy Page-The Black Crowes - New York, NY/Roseland Ballroom 2011 - Jason Bonham-JBLZE-Bakersfield, CA/Fox Theater...TONIGHT!!! 2011 - Robert Plant-Band of Joy-Nashville,TN/Americana Music Festival^^ Edited October 13, 2011 by Deborah J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 (edited) October 14th 1966 - Jimmy Page-The Yardbirds-Borehamwood, North London/Elstree Film Studios 1988 - Jimmy Page-Outrider Tour-Kansas City, KS/Memorial Hall 1990 - Robert Plant-Manic Nirvana North American Tour-Morgantown/West Virginia University Coliseum 1993 - Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations North American Tour-Las Vegas, NV./Ballys Event Center 1994 - Page & Plant - Unledded No Quarter released 1999 - Jimmy Page- The Black Crowes-New York, NY/Roseland Theater 2002 - Robert Plant-European Tour-Norwich University of East Anglia 2010 - Robert Plant-Band Of Joy European Tour-Stockholm, Sweden/Annext 2010 - Jason Bonham- JBLZE-Calgary, AB/Southern Alberta Jubilee 2011 - Jason Bonham- JBLZE-Los Angeles, CA/The Greek Theater..TONIGHT!!! Edited October 14, 2011 by Deborah J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 (edited) October 14th 2011 - Jason Bonham- JBLZE-Los Angeles, CA/The Greek Theater..TONIGHT!!! With special guest Strider. Actually, due to an emergency(not me, but a friend), I won't be making this concert after all. This is the third time in the last year I've had to miss Jason Bonham's LZE due to a medical issue. I guess it just isn't meant to be. Edited October 15, 2011 by Strider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave to zep Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 With special guest Strider. Actually, due to an emergency(not me, but a friend), I won't be making this concert after all. This is the third time in the last year I've had to miss Jason Bonham's LZE due to a medical issue. I guess it just isn't meant to be. so sorry to hear that, strider. you must be gutted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Strider, I am sorry to hear the news. Hope your friend is OK^^ October 15th 1988 - Robert Plant-Now And Zen North American Tour-New Haven,CT./Coliseum 1990 - Robert Plant-Manic Nirvana North America Tour-Greensboro/Colisium 1993 - Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations North American Tour-Santa Barbara/County Bowl 1995 - Page & Plant-Unledded North American Tour-Detriot/Palace of Auburn Hills 1999 - John Paul Jones-Zooma European Tour-Boston, MA./ Paradise 2002 - Robert Plant-European Tour-Birmingham Academy 2011 - Jason Bonham-JBLZE-Las Vegas, NV/Alliente Casi..TONIGHT!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudbugclub Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 16th Oct 2010, Auburn University graduate student Justin Havird named a new species of fish, Lepidocephalichthys zeppelini, because the fish's pectoral fin reminded him of the double-neck guitar used by Jimmy Page.""I'm a big Led Zeppelin fan, and I was listening to them while I was working on the fish," Havird said. "The structure that makes this species unique just reminded me of the guitar that Jimmy Page played". From http://www.facebook.com/thisdayinledzeppelin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 October 16th 1993 - Robert PLant-Fate Of Nations North American Tour-San Diego, CA./Open Air Theater 1995 - Page & Plant-Unledded North American Tour-Cleveland, OH./Gund Arena 1988 - Jimmy Page-Outrider Tour-Minneapolis, MN/Met Centre 1999 - Jimmy Page-The Black Crowes-Worcester, MA/The Centrum 1999 - John Paul Jones-Zooma North American Tour-New York/Irving Plaza 2010 - Robert Plant-Band Of Joy European Tour-Oslo, Norway/Sentrum Scene-TONIGHT!! 2010 - Jason Bonham-JBLZE-Regina,SK/Brandt Centre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 October 17th 1969 - Led Zeppelin - New York, NY./Carnagie Hall 1988 - Jimmy Page-Outrider Tour-Chicago, IL/UIC Pavillion 1999 - John Paul Jones-Zooma Euopean Tour- Philidelphia, PA./Theater Of Living Arts 2002 - Robert Plant-European Tour- Leeds University 2010 - Jason Bonham -JBLZE - Winnipeg, MB/MYS Centre 2011 - Jason Bonham -JBLZE - Sacramento, CA/Crest Theatre...TONIGHT!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 October 18th 1968 - Led Zeppelin-London, UK/Marquee 1969 - Led Zeppelin-Detroit, MI./Olympia Stadium 1988 - Robert Plant-Now and Zen North American Tour-Troy, MI./RPJ Fieldhouse 1990 - Robert Plant- Manic Nirvana North American Tour-Columbia/Carolina Coliseum 1993 - Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations North American Tour-Los Angeles, CA./Universal Amphitheater 1999 - Jimmy Page-The Black Crowes-Los Angeles, CA/The Greek Theatre 2000 - Robert Plant - Priory Of Brion-European Tour-Coventry/The Colosseum 2010 - Robert Plant-Band of Joy European Tour-Edinburgh/Usher Hall 2011 - Jason Bonham- JBLZE - Napa Valley, CA/Uptown Theatre...TONIGHT!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 (edited) October 19th 1966 - Jimmy Page-The Yardbirds- Elstree, Hertfordshire, England/Elstree Studios - Top OF The Pops 1967 - Robert Plant - Constitution Hill, Birmingham, West Midlands, England/Penthouse Club 1968 - Led Zeppelin-Liverpool UK/Liverpool University 1969 - Led Zeppelin-Chicago, IL./Kinetic Playground 1988 - Jimmy Page-Outrider Tour- Cleveland, OH/Cleveland Public Hall 1993 - Robert PLant-Fate Of Nations North American Tour-Mesa/Mesa Amphitheater 1994 - John Paul Jones-European Tour w Diamanda Galas/Hamburg Germany/Grosse Freiheit 1995 - Page & Plant-Unledded North American Tour-Buffalo,NY./Memorial Auditorium Buffalo 1999 - John Paul Jones-Zooma North American Tour-Cleveland, OH./Odeon Concert Club 1999 - Jimmy Page - Los Angeles, CA/Greek Theatre 2000 - Robert Plant-Priory Of Brion European Tour-Milton Ketenes/The Woughton Centre 2010 - Jason Bonham-JBLZE-Minneapolis,MN./State Theater October 20th 1966 - Robert Plant - Willenhall, West Midlands, England/Willenhall Baths Assembly Hall 1967 - Jimmy Page-The Yardbirds- San Antonio, TX/Pusi-Kat Club 1969 - Led Zeppelin - Seattle, WA/ Seattle Paramount Theatre 1988 - Robert Plant-Now And Zen N. American Tour&- Landover, MD/Capital Centre 1990 - Robert Plant-Manic Nirvana N. American Tour- St. Petersburg, FL/Suncoast Dome 1993 - Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations N. American Tour&- Universal City, CA/Universal Amphitheatre 1994 - John Paul Jones-European Tour with Diamanda Galas to promote The Sporting Life -Berlin, Germany/Metropol Theater 1999 - John Paul Jones-Zooma N. American Tour-Chicago, IL/Park West 2002 - Robert Plant-European Tour- Manchester, England/Manchester Apollo 2010 - Robert Plant Band Of Joy- Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England/ The Sage, Hall One Edited October 20, 2011 by Deborah J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzepfvr Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 1976 The Song Remains The Same premiers in New York City Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Can't believe it's 35 years already! Amazing. I do love the remastered version dvd from 2007. Just watched it a couple of nights ago. Today's entry just gives me another reason to watch it again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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