Hammerwood Park Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 (edited) Greetings from Hammerwood. The house was one of those owned by the band in the 1970s through their companies Superhype Tapes and Woodhammer Nominees. Recently I've been archiving reel to reel tapes and have been doing the reverse, buying tape on which to archive digital material. Last week I bought two R2R tapes, one of which has a concert recorded in 1973 and rebroadcast in 1980, and another, better quality recorded at 7 1/2 ips, of the 1980 broadcast mentioning a 1971 recording date. I will be transcribing both and putting on YouTube. Whilst writing, around 20 - 25 years ago I went to a car-boot sale at Lingfield where someone was selling CDs. I bought two - one of a New York Times Square concert and the other, fascinating, a bootleg of a session in India, probably Bombay, and possibly with Ravi Shankar. Sadly my irresponsible son . . . lost both. Are these recordings known and might I be able to buy a copy? Both were rather golden. By nature I'm a classical musician and piano tuner - for the past dozen and more years tuning pianos to a different scale than usual - and have found the commercial disks unattractive. But live in concert recordings are musical and magical. Edit - the CD I had and is lost had the track which introduces: So the CD would not have been unique and the source tape must still be somewhere . . . It's glorious if anyone can find it! Best wishes David Pinnegar Edited March 5, 2022 by Hammerwood Park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeplz71 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 The Bombay sessions were released officially as bonus content on CODA in 2015: https://discography.ledzeppelin.com/coda.html There's been bootleg versions for many years that had some rehearsals too with the Bombay orchestra -- what the CD you mentioned contained. Anything else that's been on bootleg cd exists in multiple ways in collectors circles and online. BBC 1971 (rebroadcast in 1980) you mentioned might be interesting if they mention anything about Bonham passing away and news at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerwood Park Posted March 5, 2022 Author Share Posted March 5, 2022 Thanks I think there was even a Bombay version of Stairway. Doing a bit of homework the Coda issue was only of two tracks 😞 If anyone has the complete recording the versions were particularly refreshing and I'd love a copy Best wishes David P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 8 hours ago, Hammerwood Park said: Greetings from Hammerwood. The house was one of those owned by the band in the 1970s through their companies Superhype Tapes and Woodhammer Nominees. Recently I've been archiving reel to reel tapes and have been doing the reverse, buying tape on which to archive digital material. Last week I bought two R2R tapes, one of which has a concert recorded in 1973 and rebroadcast in 1980, and another, better quality recorded at 7 1/2 ips, of the 1980 broadcast mentioning a 1971 recording date. I will be transcribing both and putting on YouTube. Whilst writing, around 20 - 25 years ago I went to a car-boot sale at Lingfield where someone was selling CDs. I bought two - one of a New York Times Square concert and the other, fascinating, a bootleg of a session in India, probably Bombay, and possibly with Ravi Shankar. Sadly my irresponsible son . . . lost both. Are these recordings known and might I be able to buy a copy? Both were rather golden. By nature I'm a classical musician and piano tuner - for the past dozen and more years tuning pianos to a different scale than usual - and have found the commercial disks unattractive. But live in concert recordings are musical and magical. Edit - the CD I had and is lost had the track which introduces: So the CD would not have been unique and the source tape must still be somewhere . . . It's glorious if anyone can find it! Best wishes David Pinnegar David, how wonderful it is to see that you have visited the forum. I doubt you will recall I visited with you at Hammerwood on Saturday, July 25, 1998. I brought along some of the director's outtake photos from The Song Remains The Same. This lead to a detailed discussion with you of Peter Grant & Jimmy Page's purchase and original intentions for Hammerwood, as well as the scenes in the film that were done there. My visit concluded with a personal, guided tour of the home by yourself, for which I am forever grateful. The next evening I shared with Jimmy at his home some of what you had told me and explained that remarkable progress had been made with regard to the extensive renovations of Hammerwood. Jimmy was impressed that I had taken it upon myself to visit Hammerwood and that so much progress had been made by yourself on it's restoration. David Pinnegar explains how and why he came to Hammerwood Park.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Hammerwood Park said: Thanks I think there was even a Bombay version of Stairway. Doing a bit of homework the Coda issue was only of two tracks 😞 If anyone has the complete recording the versions were particularly refreshing and I'd love a copy Best wishes David P EMI Studios Pherozeshah Mehta Road Edited March 5, 2022 by SteveAJones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plant77 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 6 hours ago, SteveAJones said: EMI Studios Pherozeshah Mehta Road I am absolutely envious, and amazed at the story above. Well the story above what I am quoting. That’s seriously amazing Steve. Good for you that you had such close contact and to have been involved on any level with the greatest band ever. This may not be the place for this question Steve. But how did you get so deeply immersed into Led Zeppelin, and to have had the experiences you have had over the years. I’ve followed this website and Forum for many years, and I can’t say that I’ve ever read your story on how that began. If that is for another thread I apologize, I’m just really interested in your specific story with the band and how you became as knowledgeable, and how you became as dedicated as you are obviously are. Thanks Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Plant77 said: I am absolutely envious, and amazed at the story above. Well the story above what I am quoting. That’s seriously amazing Steve. Good for you that you had such close contact and to have been involved on any level with the greatest band ever. This may not be the place for this question Steve. But how did you get so deeply immersed into Led Zeppelin, and to have had the experiences you have had over the years. I’ve followed this website and Forum for many years, and I can’t say that I’ve ever read your story on how that began. If that is for another thread I apologize, I’m just really interested in your specific story with the band and how you became as knowledgeable, and how you became as dedicated as you are obviously are. Thanks Steve. I'm an intensely private person so I seldom discuss myself unless it relates in some way. People draw their own conclusions anyway regardless of what I share. Really I just want to say hats off to David for all that he has done and continues to do at Hammerwood. He's a remarkable person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plant77 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 8 hours ago, SteveAJones said: I'm an intensely private person so I seldom discuss myself unless it relates in some way. People draw their own conclusions anyway regardless of what I share. Really I just want to say hats off to David for all that he has done and continues to do at Hammerwood. He's a remarkable person. Good enough Steve. And yes hats of to David for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mrlowry Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 So what you are telling me is Led Zeppelin owned a house with a lead roof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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