Robert Plant 1968/1969 Laney Amplifier

[sam_webmaster]

Original sales ledger with Robert Plant's purchase of a Laney PA system, consisting of a 100W tube head and two 2x12 cabinets, March 22, 1968. This was also used in the first Led Zeppelin tours up to early 1969.

(Robert presented Laney with a commemorative signed plaque to the acknowledge the contribution).

 

[SteveAJones]

Very cool award!

Robert also had an endorsement deal with Laney circa 1993. 

Additional photos from the sales ledger can be seen here:

http://homeofmetal.com/the-archive/original-laney-purchase-ledger-approx-1968-69/

 

[Cofa]

Robert and Lyndon Laney are very old friends. He played in The Band of Joy for a while.

[babysquid]

On 12 January 2016 at 6:15 PM, Cofa said:

Robert and Lyndon Laney are very old friends. He played in The Band of Joy for a while.

Well I never knew that! You learn something new every day!

[ledded1]

This article about him mentions he played in the Band of Joy

http://www.laney.co.uk/history/laney-article

 

And this one

http://www.brumbeat.net/revboj.htm

Edited January 16, 2016 by ledded1

[SteveAJones]

I've just found a few photos I had on file.

The first shows Robert holding the same type of award that was presented to Laney Amplification: 

"presented to Robert Plant...for sales of Audio and Video Sales in Excess of 200 Million Units"

close up of the award:

and a third photo shows what is either the exact same award Robert held above and was auctioned off or a third copy (possibly presented to the BBC). I say it's possibly a third copy because the signature is definitely different from either of the above (unless signature was later removed and he signed it again, adding "Best Wishes", for the auction). 

Photo Credit: Michael Eccelshall

Photos courtesy Steve A. Jones Archive