Administrators sam_webmaster Posted July 11, 2019 Administrators Share Posted July 11, 2019 Brixton History – Led Zeppelin’s live album and a closed theatre on Brixton Hill By mike urban – July 11, 2019 In 1976, heavy rock superstars Led Zeppelin released The Song Remains the Same, a live soundtrack album of the concert film of the same name. Unexpectedly, the artwork featured an illustration of the old Scala Theatre at 101 & 103 Brixton Hill – a building we’ve documented extensively over the years but never knew had a rock’n’roll connection. We were alerted to Brixton’s link to Led Zeppelin after seeing a discussion on a fan forum, where contributors were trying to work out where the band had rehearsed ahead of their 1973 US tour. Several theories were discussed with one poster deciding, “I think the whole 73 tour rehearsal space thing being in any way involved with The Song Remains The Same cover was just a mix up.” However, it did lead to the former Scala Cinema being positively identified as the building on the artwork for the album, so we thought we’d celebrate the band’s connection to Brixton: The artwork is clearly identifiable as the building in Brixton Hill. Since closing in 1957, the old cinema building has had a multitude of tenants, including the Camping Centre and Tarpaulin and Tent Mfg Co (2002), Dalxiis Restaurant (2006), South Beach Bar (2009), White Sands venue (2014), Believers Home Chapel (2015), SGH Events Hall (2018) and it’s currently being used as the Tami Gospel Centre (2019). The illustration was created by Hipgnosis artist, George Hardie who also designed the iconic cover of Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ album. http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2019/07/brixton-history-led-zeppelins-live-album-and-a-closed-theatre-on-brixton-hill/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonfan159 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 So, Hipgnosis more or less just found an old building for the artwork and there's no significance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeplz71 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 51 minutes ago, gibsonfan159 said: So, Hipgnosis more or less just found an old building for the artwork and there's no significance? That's a dumb comment. Does the building on Physical Graffiti have to chosen for some deep mystical reason? The old man painting on the cover of LZIV? It's good to finally know where the TSRTS image originates from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvlz2 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 How cool is that? Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 4 hours ago, gibsonfan159 said: So, Hipgnosis more or less just found an old building for the artwork and there's no significance? Who took the jelly out of your donut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonfan159 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 I was asking a serious question. I've always wondered if there actually was a connection and found the article interesting. Apparently there's no actual connection or significance, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 39 minutes ago, gibsonfan159 said: I was asking a serious question. I've always wondered if there actually was a connection and found the article interesting. Apparently there's no actual connection or significance, right? Okay. It just sounded like you were upset at Sam posting the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonfan159 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Strider said: Okay. It just sounded like you were upset at Sam posting the article. I apparently have trouble putting my thoughts into words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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