caesarschariot Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 My head says its simply a promotional exercise for Mothership , Revised TSRTS etc in the eastern market . My heart says its to announce the official release of a live recording of Budokan Hall from 23 or 24 Sept 1971 to become HTEWW . What it is definately not for is to announce further Zep dates .There has been an unprecedented amount of Zep activity in recent months which is so unlike them and I think we are due a period of inactivity ( I hope I'm wrong though !!) . Anyway , he would not announce this on his own and in Tokyo of all places !! Robert has his ongoing commitments with AK although his interview at MSG on 25 th Jan would suggest that it is only a matter of time before their time is gonna come at MSG . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ro_a Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 (edited) Robert made himself clear at the football game. He doesn't want to discuss what is around the corner because his energy is in the AK project. Therefore Jimmy will not undermine Robert's tour by announcing Led Zep shows. My money is on him a)announcing solo music b)dvd of O2 gig. If he mentions new Zep shows, it's just going to create tension on the AK tour. If anything he'll announce its NOT happening to take the pressure off Robert. Edited January 26, 2008 by rokarolla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal light Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 ^Basketball game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pb Derigable Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Get your popcorn ready. Funny, I never knew T.O. was into zep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ro_a Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 ^Basketball game I'm a nerd, aren't I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonefreelee Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 My heart says its to announce the official release of a live recording of Budokan Hall from 23 or 24 Sept 1971 to become HTEWW . Now that would be a dream come true... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 ^Basketball game HE HE, That's small consellation I still want the Japan tour 71...so bring it on home.... " singing for an ocean... I can hear the ocean roar.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 The funniest thing I've heard in a long time was that Jimmy's going to announce he saved money by switching his insurance to Geico. That reminds of the caption thread on the old board. "Hi, I'm Jimmy Page, I just saved a ton of money by switching my car insurance to Geico!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Well, I think it's to announce the forthcoming Alison Kraus/David Coverdale tour of Japan with Jimmy Page on guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownBomber Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Well, I think it's to announce the forthcoming Alison Kraus/David Coverdale tour of Japan with Jimmy Page on guitar. LMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepjap Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 According to a Japanese Zep fan site, Jimmy came to at least three boot CD shops in NishiShinjyuku today . He has press conference tommorow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hand_Of_Omega_91 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 (edited) Well whatever the press conference is about, I dont think its anything major, why Japan? Unless hes doing a solo thing. As for the boots, I remeber in Classic Rock Magazine in '06 there was an article about Iron Maiden in Japan for their "A Matter of Life and Death" tour and they were in boot shops looking for their boots for the hell of it, bands do it to get a kick out of it. The only boot related thing I could think of is the O2 gig, hed want that off the shelves for sure. Well well find out tomorrow, it is very interesting though. Not meaning to be disrespectful but Japan is a random place for a rock star to have a press conference. (But ther emay be a rason Im not aware of). Edited January 27, 2008 by Hand_Of_Omega_91 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of the Hill People Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Funny, I never knew T.O. was into zep. THANK YOU!!!!!! I was wondering if I was the only one on the board that follows football any. I think the popcorn line and "Giving them the business" are my two favorite lines from football that should be applied in day to day life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted January 27, 2008 Author Share Posted January 27, 2008 Not meaning to be disrespectful but Japan is a random place for a rock star to have a press conference. It's arguably Led Zeppelin's third largest market, after the US and UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hand_Of_Omega_91 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 It's arguably Led Zeppelin's third largest market, after the US and UK. Ok, I wasnt aware there was such a big market in Japan, my mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 I'm dreaming of some unearthed video from Japan to be released! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euro Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 (edited) It's arguably Led Zeppelin's third largest market, after the US and UK. Canada is bigger Zepp market than Japan by far, Zeppelin have sold at least twice as many albums in Canada than Japan eventhough the population of Japan is like 4 times bigger. Zeppelin are popular in Japan for english speaking rock band but Japanese still flock to their own artist. The Japanese also really love the Madonna,Mariah Carey and Abba thing as well. Edited January 28, 2008 by euro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 (edited) Canada is bigger Zepp market than Japan by far JAPAN is the second largest music market in the world and I happen to believe it is arguably Led Zeppelin's third largest market after the US & UK. Consider everything: albums and singles/downloads/bootleg sales. ------------------------------------------- Albums sales and market value The following table shows album sales and market value in the world in the 1990s–2000s: Country Album Sales Share Share of World Market Value 1USA37-40%30-35%EU30-32%31-34% 2Japan9-12%16-19% 3UK7-9%6.4-9.1% 4Germany7-8%6.4-5.3% 5France4.5-5.5%5.4-6.3% 6Canada2.6-3.3%1.9-2.8% 7Australia1.5-1.8%1.5-2.0% 8Brazil2.0-3.8%1.1-3.1% 9Italy1.7-2.0%1.5-2.0% 10Spain1.7-2.3%1.4-1.8% 11Netherlands1.2-1.8%1.3-1.8% 12Mexico2.1-4.6%0.8-1.8% 13Belgium0.7-0.8%0.8-1.2% 14Switzerland0.75-0.9%0.8-1.1% 15Austria0.5-0.7%0.8-1.0% 16Sweden0.7-0.9%0.7-1.0% 17Russia2.0-2.9%0.5-1.4% 18Taiwan0.9-1.6%0.5-1.1% 19Argentina0.5-0.7%0.5-1.0% 20Denmark0.45-0.65%0.5-0.8% Singles sales Physical single sales in the world in the 90s-00s and digital single sales in 2005. Country Physical Sales Share Digital Sales Share in 2005: EU 34-50 %13.2% 1Japan26-32%1.7% 2USA4-25%85% 3UK14.5-16%6.3% 4Germany9-12%5% 5France4-12.5%1.9% 6Australia1.8-4.6%0.48% 7Netherlands1.3-1.7%< 0.2% 8Belgium0.8-1.8%< 0.2% 9Sweden0.6-0.96%< 0.2% 10Switzerland0.5-0.92%< 0.2% 11Austria0.58-0.82%< 0.2% 12Italy0.3-1.0%< 0.2% 13Spain0.3-0.7%< 0.2% 14Norway0.3-0.47%< 0.2% 15Ireland0.2-0.5%< 0.2% 16Canada0.1-0.6%< 0.2% 17Portugal0.01-1.0%< 0.2% 18RSA0.02-0.45%< 0.1% 19New Zealand0.19-0.29%< 0.1% 20Denmark0.10-0.25%< 0.1% Recorded Music Interim Physical Retail Sales in 2005: (all figures in millions) COUNTRY UNITS VALUE CHANGE Singles CD DVD Total Units $ US Local Currency Units Value 1USA14.7300.511.6326.84783.24783.2-5.70%-5.30%2Japan28.593.78.5113.52258.2239759-6.90%-9.20% 3UK24.366.82.974.81248.5666.7-1.70%-4.00% 4Germany8.558.74.471887.7689.7-7.70%-5.80%5France11.547.34.556.9861.1669.17.50%-2.70% 6Italy0.514.70.717278216-8.40%-12.30% 7Canada0.120.81.522.3262.93250.70%-4.60% 8Australia3.614.51.517.2259.6335.9-22.90%-11.80% 9Spain117.51.119.1231.6180-13.40%-15.70% 10Netherlands1.28.71.911.1190.3147.9-31.30%-19.80% 11Russia-25.50.142.7187.95234.7-9.40%21.20%12Mexico0.133.40.834.6187.92082.344.00%21.50% 13Brazil0.0117.62.424151.7390.3-20.40%-16.50% 14Austria0.64.50.25120.593.6-1.50%-9.60% 15Switzerland **0.87.10.27.8115.8139.2n/an/a 16Belgium1.46.70.57.7115.489.7-13.80%-8.90% 17Norway0.34.50.14.8103.4655.6-19.70%-10.40% 18Sweden0.66.60.27.298.5701.1-29.00%-20.30% 19India-10.9-55.379.23456.6-19.20%-2.40% 20Denmark0.140.14.273.1423.53.70%-4.20% Top 20 74.5757.142.8915.212378.7-6.60%-6.30% Edited January 28, 2008 by SteveAJones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEVIN Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 JAPAN is the second largest music market in the world and I happen to believe it is arguably Led Zeppelin's third largest market after the US & UK. Consider everything: albums and singles/downloads/bootleg sales. ------------------------------------------- Albums sales and market value The following table shows album sales and market value in the world in the 1990s–2000s: Country Album Sales Share Share of World Market Value 1USA37-40%30-35%EU30-32%31-34% 2Japan9-12%16-19% 3UK7-9%6.4-9.1% 4Germany7-8%6.4-5.3% 5France4.5-5.5%5.4-6.3% 6Canada2.6-3.3%1.9-2.8% 7Australia1.5-1.8%1.5-2.0% 8Brazil2.0-3.8%1.1-3.1% 9Italy1.7-2.0%1.5-2.0% 10Spain1.7-2.3%1.4-1.8% 11Netherlands1.2-1.8%1.3-1.8% 12Mexico2.1-4.6%0.8-1.8% 13Belgium0.7-0.8%0.8-1.2% 14Switzerland0.75-0.9%0.8-1.1% 15Austria0.5-0.7%0.8-1.0% 16Sweden0.7-0.9%0.7-1.0% 17Russia2.0-2.9%0.5-1.4% 18Taiwan0.9-1.6%0.5-1.1% 19Argentina0.5-0.7%0.5-1.0% 20Denmark0.45-0.65%0.5-0.8% Singles sales Physical single sales in the world in the 90s-00s and digital single sales in 2005. Country Physical Sales Share Digital Sales Share in 2005: EU 34-50 %13.2% 1Japan26-32%1.7% 2USA4-25%85% 3UK14.5-16%6.3% 4Germany9-12%5% 5France4-12.5%1.9% 6Australia1.8-4.6%0.48% 7Netherlands1.3-1.7%< 0.2% 8Belgium0.8-1.8%< 0.2% 9Sweden0.6-0.96%< 0.2% 10Switzerland0.5-0.92%< 0.2% 11Austria0.58-0.82%< 0.2% 12Italy0.3-1.0%< 0.2% 13Spain0.3-0.7%< 0.2% 14Norway0.3-0.47%< 0.2% 15Ireland0.2-0.5%< 0.2% 16Canada0.1-0.6%< 0.2% 17Portugal0.01-1.0%< 0.2% 18RSA0.02-0.45%< 0.1% 19New Zealand0.19-0.29%< 0.1% 20Denmark0.10-0.25%< 0.1% Recorded Music Interim Physical Retail Sales in 2005: (all figures in millions) COUNTRY UNITS VALUE CHANGE Singles CD DVD Total Units $ US Local Currency Units Value 1USA14.7300.511.6326.84783.24783.2-5.70%-5.30%2Japan28.593.78.5113.52258.2239759-6.90%-9.20% 3UK24.366.82.974.81248.5666.7-1.70%-4.00% 4Germany8.558.74.471887.7689.7-7.70%-5.80%5France11.547.34.556.9861.1669.17.50%-2.70% 6Italy0.514.70.717278216-8.40%-12.30% 7Canada0.120.81.522.3262.93250.70%-4.60% 8Australia3.614.51.517.2259.6335.9-22.90%-11.80% 9Spain117.51.119.1231.6180-13.40%-15.70% 10Netherlands1.28.71.911.1190.3147.9-31.30%-19.80% 11Russia-25.50.142.7187.95234.7-9.40%21.20%12Mexico0.133.40.834.6187.92082.344.00%21.50% 13Brazil0.0117.62.424151.7390.3-20.40%-16.50% 14Austria0.64.50.25120.593.6-1.50%-9.60% 15Switzerland **0.87.10.27.8115.8139.2n/an/a 16Belgium1.46.70.57.7115.489.7-13.80%-8.90% 17Norway0.34.50.14.8103.4655.6-19.70%-10.40% 18Sweden0.66.60.27.298.5701.1-29.00%-20.30% 19India-10.9-55.379.23456.6-19.20%-2.40% 20Denmark0.140.14.273.1423.53.70%-4.20% Top 20 74.5757.142.8915.212378.7-6.60%-6.30% Can you put these numbers in a chart ? Please........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 4 pages of wild speculation and rumor-flinging. Just what I expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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