This story has had a lot of media coverage this week – report below via the BBC News website:
A “real one-off” photograph which inspired the album cover of Led Zeppelin’s fourth album has sold for £16,000 after a transatlantic bidding war.
A Victorian image of thatcher Lot Long, from Wiltshire, is believed to be the original frame behind the cover art of Led Zeppelin IV, which included the rock band’s hit Stairway to Heaven.
The print of the picture, said to be the largest and best quality example found to date, sold …

TBL Archive 1 – Jimmy Page & Robert Plant – Walking Into Clarksdale – 20 Years Gone:
Photo by Eric Ubben
To mark the release of the Walking into Clarksdale album 20 years ago this month, here’s a TBL archive piece that looks back to the release of the album.
On the back of the Shepherds Bush gig and all the media coverage, it was such a great time to be a Page & Plant fan. Here’s my original and very optimistic review of the Walking Into Clarksdale album written for TBL issue 13.
 Walking …

Turn It Up

Just wanted to share some pictures from the Colors of Ostrava Festival. First of all you could not pick a better venue than this. I have been to a ton of concerts over the years but this place is totally amazing! The pictures do not do it justice and whoever thought of this should be given some kind of award for most interesting venue ever!
Highly recommend to festival goers everywhere. Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters show was the premiere band there and they put on a …

Set List included:
Babe I’m Gonna Leave You, Black Dog, Spoonful, Down To The Sea, Going To California, Rainbow, Nobodys Fault But Mine, Turn It Up, What Is And What Should Never Be, Fixin To Die, Whole Lotta Love, Communication Breakdown
Communication Breakdown

Whole Lotta Love

Spoonful

Babe I’m Gonna Leave You, Tin Pan Valley, Black Dog, Rainbow, Going To California, Spoonful, Little Maggie, What Is And What Should Never Be, Funny In My Mind (I Believe I’m Fixin’ To Die), Whole Lotta Love, Rock And Roll.

Babe I’m Gonna Leave You, Tin Pan Valley, Spoonful, Black Dog, Rainbow, Going To California, The Enchanter, Little Maggie, What Is And What Should Never Be, Funny In My Mind (I Believe I’m Fixin’ To Die), Whole Lotta Love, Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down, Rock And Roll.
Tin Pan Valley

Babe I’m Gonna Leave You, Tin Pan Valley, Black Dog, Rainbow, Going To California, The Enchanter, Little Maggie, What Is And What Should Never Be, Spoonful, Whole Lotta Love/Who Do You Love, Rock And Roll

Babe I’m Gonna Leave You, Tin Pan Valley, Spoonful, Black Dog, Rainbow, Going To California, The Enchanter, Little Maggie, What Is And What Should Never Be, Funny In My Mind (I Believe I’m Fixin’ To Die),Whole Lotta Love/Who Do You Love, Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down, Rock And Roll