Led Zeppelin The Tight But Loose Files Celebration 2: Pt. 2

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There’s already a great sense of occasion in the air. Original 1971 promoter Jim Aiken comes over to view the scene. “This is so special to be witnessing this again,” he tells me. “I can remember how excited we all were to get them here at the time. Nobody apart from Rory of course and a few others bothered to play Belfast. We still talk about the night Zeppelin came…” VHP on ROBERT PLANT SAVING GRACE UK TOUR FIRST NIGHT REVIEW/DEBORAH BONHAM NEWS/LZ NEWS/REMASTERS – IT WAS 33 YEARS AGO /PRIORY OF BRION1999/BEATLES AT STOWE & NOW AND THEN /DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

There’s always a poignancy about reflecting on this occasion as sadly, Simply Led’s drummer Paul Kelvie passed away in 2006 and last year Andy Adams also sadly passed away. When I decided to call time on the TBL magazine last December it was done with much soul searching and was by no means an easy decision. That will be our only sighting of SG on this tour, regrettably, but they are performing a couple of songs at the Bert Jansch Birthday Concert at the Festival Hall on 4th November, along with a host of other luminaries, and we are looking forward to that.It turns out that there was a six-figure charity donation on the table, but only if Plant performed that specific song during the show.

John Bonham and I came from the same area in England and we were very fortunate to team up with Jimmy and John Paul Jones and to write several different combinations of songs which each to their own were incredibly different. We were always trying to mix it up and we didn’t like anybody else who played in the music business because we liked ourselves so much. And that is the greatest live performance of a song that has been now been enthralling us for 40 years – as voted by TBL web readers. CHARLES SHAAR MURRAY INTERVIEW FOR NEXT TBL/ ROBERT PLANT US TOUR REPORTS/INTERVIEW CLIP / YOU TUBE CLIPS/ DL DIARY UPDATE - 27,686 views There’s no doubt that Led Zeppelin’s Earls Court appearances represented a career high for the band and four decades on, are still held in the highest esteem by the vast following.With the new Rolling Stones record out and selling amazingly well, its good that the Beatles and the Stones can still show these younger artists how it should be done. A cropped version of the original photograph seen on the front cover of Led Zeppelin’s fourth album (Ernest Howard Farmer) It was brilliant. In those days nobody played Belfast unless they were Irish like Taste or Thin Lizzy. To see Led Zeppelin was so enjoyable. It put Belfast-on the map. Stairway To Heaven did not stand out on the night, but I later saw them perform it to 100,000 fans at Knebworth. A lot different to the 1,500 who saw it in 1971.” Mervyn Jones, now a Belfast Councillor. So on the player the Tangible Vandalism double album bootleg which has various rehearsals from the recording sessions at Headley Grange in early 1974. Loading up the 2 CD edition of Physical Graffiti in the double jewel box. This was one of the first Zep CD transfers by Barry Diament at Atlantic Studios.

As I mentioned earlier the fundamental reason this all came together was the location and timing. Coupled of course with Simply Led’s enthusiasm, musical prowess and sheer determination to pull it off. They didn’t play this much after January, replacing it with the more complex Heartbreaker. This is a strong, fun version with a funky Crunge-like middle section.

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Ob -La Di Ob – La -Da by The Marmalade (CBS) – the more commercial arrangement that scored them a number one single in the UK. It’s akin to a whole symphony greater than the sum of its parts – take any song away and it loses its thread. Just so much raunch to the riff and John Bonham’s jigging hi hat driving it all the way through… and the solo cuts in across the speakers with so much verve and swagger. ROBERT PLANT PERFORMS STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN AT ANDY TAYLOR CHARITY CONCERT/MR JIMMY FILM/LZ NEWS/LED ZEP II AT 54/THE MAKING OF LED ZEP III/SONG REMAINS/TERRY REID REVIEW/ROLLING STONES REVIEW/WHO’S NEXT/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE