DavidZoso Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 I found a few shots of the soundcheck at Knebworth before the first show that I hadn't seen before and decided to post them. The soundcheck took place on Thursday August 2nd 1979. I am still working on my webpage with all the tours etc and specific shows with unseen and rare photos but until then I decided to do a small photo thread of this. Like I said I had seen some of this pics in the Celebration 2 book by Dave Lewis but some I had not seen. Kinda neat to see Robert playing guitar with shorts on. I have also included a shot of all of them wearing shorts while rehearsing at Bray Studios in 1979 which was right before these photos were taken. While posting this I came across a website after doing a google search and it has first hand reports from road crew etc -here is the link with most of these photos posted there as well. http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/79-Kneb-festival-reviews.html Songs played at soundcheck included. Robert-acapella-"Take good care of my Baby" ,the Bobby Vinton song Rock and Roll Trampled Underfoot with Jason Bonham on drums Hot Dog In the Evening and I have read before that they rehearsed Sick Again as well. Enjoy Rehearsing Achilles Last Stand at Bray Studios 1979 Setting up stage. Setting up stage. Setting up the PA speakers with a total of 110,000 watts. Nice view of the stage lights. Stage Crew Robert was the first to arrive. Testing out John Paul Jones-Yamaha GX1 synthesizer. Possibly rehearsing In the Evening. Soundcheck-Rock and Roll Pic is blurry but I think that is Jason Bonham behind the drums- I know his dad did walk out front of the stage while they rehearsed Trampled Underfoot with Jason on the drums but this looks like they are just messing around here. Another rare shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeplives66 Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 That was great! Loved John Harrison's bit about Bonzo: Bonham started hitting the drums - noisy bastard i was in front of a bank of speakers it nearly took my head off . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross62 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Thanks DavidZoso. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzepfvr Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 A very interesting read. thanks for the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotplant Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 LOVE that last rare shot....oh yes. Cool to see your pics in order here again David, always love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rover Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 (edited) Robert washing car windows... to pick up an extra quid ... or It shows that even Robert parks cars ! Edited February 9, 2011 by The Rover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led Zep Girl Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Thanks for posting this. This is nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom kid Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Wish there was some audio of trampled with Jason on drums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators sam_webmaster Posted May 18, 2011 Administrators Share Posted May 18, 2011 Pic is blurry but I think that is Jason Bonham behind the drums- I know his dad did walk out front of the stage while they rehearsed Trampled Underfoot with Jason on the drums but this looks like they are just messing around here. I showed him the photo, it is Jason on drums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kaiser Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 In the pic with Jason on drums it looks as though Robert is playing around with Jimmy's Gibson RD Artist guitar used on Misty Mountain Hop during the second show. A strange & great pic all around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepscoda Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Thanks for the post....great pics!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprinz77 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 These are great!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyledbetter Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Thanks for posting these photographs. I am the person 'Testing out John Paul Jones-Yamaha GX1 synthesizer.' and also on the extreme right in the crew photo. Does anybody have more images of the band crew from around this time? Thanks Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Knebs Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Andy I will crack open the Knebworth vault, most of what I have was on an Instamatic 110 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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