TBL issue 36 is in the final stages of completion – there’s about another week of design and final checking and then it should be ready to go to the printers. It’s another packed edition and here is what is in store this time around…
Led Zeppelin 1973 – Jubilant in July: 
Mike Tremaglio tracks gig by gig, the highly acclaimed second leg of the massively successful US tour of spring 1973. This is the moment Led Zeppelin ceased to be a mere rock band and ascended into a global phenomenon. The set lists, …

TBL ARCHIVE SPECIAL -THE REMASTERS RELEASES – 23 YEARS GONE
It’s amazing to think that before October 1990, the only way of hearing Led Zeppelin’s music was via the ten original albums – ie the eight original studio albums, the Song Remains the Same soundtrack and the posthumous collection Coda.
There were no greatest hits albums, no BBC sessions, no 1972 live albums and certainly no i-tunes.
Their albums had been released on CD – alebit not from the original masters and transferred via analogue tapes. The results were mixed. I did a feature …

NEWS UPDATE:
Robert Plant is on Wednesday’s  (October 16th) Radcliffe and Maconie’s BBC 6 music show from 1pm
Joining Mark and Stuart on Wednesday’s show, Led Zeppelin lead singer and all-round legend Robert Plant. He chats live about his new tour and album with The Sensational Space Shifters.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03d5dtf
Here’s the link to the excellent very relaxed Robert Plant interview with the always entertaining Danny Baker…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03cndhl
Above is the very rare flyer from the Cliff Hilliard collection for Led Zeppelin’s  October 12th concert at London’s Lyceum back in 1969…
So this is another milestone anniversary as it’s nigh …

43 years ago this week the Led Zeppelin III album was issued in the US, to be followed by a UK release later in the month. To mark the occasion here’s the first of a two part  TBL archive special focusing on what remains a pivotal part of the Led Zeppelin catalogue.   
Led Zeppelin III was  released in the US on October 5th. It entered the Billboard chart at number three and by the end of the month had toppled Santana’s Abraxas album to take the top spot. In the UK it …

Announcing the forthcoming publication of Led Zeppelin Then As it Was – At Knebworth 1979 – written and compiled by Dave Lewis – the new publication from TBL Publishing.
After many months of coalition and design, I’m very pleased to announce that the above title should be ready for distribution late November. 
The finished book files are now at the printers –designer Mick Lowe and I signed off the last text corrections and updates on Monday September 23rrd.
This completes a project that has stretched back over two years. When the first edition …

John Bonham 33 years Gone…
Along with millions of fans worldwide, today I will have some quiet reflection on the tragic events of September 25th 1980 – but as I always say…so much has gone but so much remains…
In keeping with recent posts,  here’s some further personal DL Reflections – this piece originally appeared in TBL 27.
JOHN BONHAM REMEMBERED 33 YEARS ON –  
The Optimism, the Irony and the Agony
Dave Lewis reflects on the personal impact and aftermath of the events of  Thursday September 25th, 1980 
I was just turned 24 years old …

Sounds Four Part The Complete Led Zep –  35 years Gone – DL Reflections 2
In Part 1 of the DL Reflections, I explained how by 1978, I had built up an amount of written work on Zeppelin ready to unleash my Led Zeppelin fanzine  project Tight But Loose – of which a prototype first issue was already under construction.
In early 1978 I replied to a query in the Wax Factor column in Sounds –one of the weekly music papers of the time. This column was run by the late Barry Lazell …

The new issue of Record Collector out this week, includes my 40th anniversary feature on The Rolling Stones Goats Head Soup album. This is the seventh cover story feature I have had published in Record Collector over the past five years – four Led Zep, two on The Who, a Nick Drake, Rod Stewart and now The Rolling Stones. These back issues are still available at
http://recordcollectormag.com/issues-list
See more on this below…
Firstly…a bit of timely TBL Archive to kick off  proceedings …as the legendary Live On Blueberry Hill album comes under the spotlight… 
With …

Led Zeppelin Honoured In Denmark 45 years to the day of their their first concert…
45 years ago on September 7th 1968, the line soon to be known as Led Zeppelin performed their very first concert in Gladsaxe Denmark.. The occasion was being marked yesterday with an unveiling of a plaque at the school they appeared at.
Above photo -: Flemming Hjøllund.
Further info at:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ledzeppelin45years/588002421232906?fref=ts
www.ledzeppelin1968.com
http://www.teenclubs.dk/Led_Zeppelins_first_gig.html

REMEMBERING 45 YEARS GONE….
With The New Yardbirds line-up complete, there was an outstanding engagement to fulfil that was left over from the old Yardbirds’ date sheet ­- a ten-date tour …

57 VARIETIES –  ON THE OCCASION OF MY BIRTHDAY…
Today I reach the ripe old age of 57.
You could say I’m marking 57 Varieties of life -as the famous tin can might present it….
To backtrack….I was 7 years old when I first saw a live concert (The Dave Clark Five show), 9 when I first saw Tottenham Hotspur play, 13 when I first heard Led Zeppelin, 15 when I first started work, 18 when I saw Led Zeppelin perform five times at Earls Court, 21 when I jumped on stage with …