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John Paul Jones on the occasion of his 80th Birthday:

John Paul Jones is 80 years old today Saturday January 3…

To celebrate his milestone Birthday here is the John Paul Jones 80 at 80 TBL Playlist as follows:

John Paul Jones 80 at 80 – The TBL Playlist:

1 Foggy Day In Vietnam – Available on: Your Time is Gonna Come –The Roots Of Led Zeppelin (1964)

2 Baja – Available on: Your Time is Gonna Come –The Roots Of Led Zeppelin (1964)

3 Little Games (The Yardbirds) – Available on: The Yardbirds Little Games (1967)

4 She’s A Rainbow (The Rolling Stones) Available on The Rolling Stones Satanic Majesties Request (1967)

5 Bus Stop (Graham Gouldman) Available on the Graham Gouldman Thing (1968)

6 Baby Come On Home (Led Zeppelin) – Available on Boxed Set 2 (1968)

7 You Shook Me – Available on: Led Zeppelin I (1969)

8 Dazed And Confused – Available on: Led Zeppelin I (1969)

9 Your Time Is Gonna Come – Available on: Led Zeppelin I (1969)

10 How Many More Times – Available on: Led Zeppelin I (1969)

11 What Is And What Should Never Be – Available on: Led Zeppelin II (1969)

12 The Lemon Song – Available on: Led Zeppelin II (1969)

13 Thank You – Available on: Led Zeppelin II (1969)

14 Ramble On – Available on: Led Zeppelin II (1969)

15 Immigrant Song – Available on: Led Zeppelin III (1970)

16 Since I’ve Been Loving You – Available on: Led Zeppelin III (1970)

17 That’s The Way – Available on: Led Zeppelin III (1970)

18 St Tristens Sword – Available on Coda Companion Disc (1970)

19 Black Dog – Available on: Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

20 Rock And Roll – Available on: Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

21 The Battle Of Evermore – Available on: Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

22 Stairway to Heaven – Available on: Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

23 When The Levee Breaks Alternate UK Mix In Progress Available on: Led Zeppelin IV Deluxe Edition (1971)

2 The Rain Song – Available on: Houses Of The Holy (1973)

25 The Crunge – Available on: Houses Of The Holy (1973)

26 No Quarter – Available on: Houses Of The Holy (1973)

27 No Quarter (Live Madison Square Garden) – Available on: The Song Remains The Same (1973)

28 Comin Atcha (Madeline Bell) – Available on Madeline Bell Comin’ Atcha (1973)

29 In My Time Of Dying – Available on: Physical Graffiti (1975)

30 Trampled Underfoot – Available on: Physical Graffiti (1975)

31 Kashmir – Available on: Physical Graffiti (1975)

32 In The Light – Available on: Physical Graffiti (1975)

33 Going To California (Live Earls Court May 1975) – Available on: Led Zeppelin DVD (1975)

34 Trampled Underfoot (Live Earls Court May 1975) – Available on: Led Zeppelin DVD (1976)

35 Achilles Last Stand – Available on: Presence (1976)

36 Royal Orleans – Available on: Presence (1976)

37 Pod – Available on: Presence Companion Disc (1976)

38 Rockestra Theme – Available on: Wings Back To The Egg (1979)

39 South Bound Suarez – Available on: In Through The Out Door (1979)

40 Carouselambra – Available on: In Through The Out Door (1979)

41 All My Love – Available on: In Through The Out Door (1979)

42 Kashmir (Knebworth) – Available on: Led Zeppelin DVD (1979)

43: In The Evening (Knebworth) – Available on: Led Zeppelin DVD (1979)

44 Spaghetti Junction – Available on Scream For Help soundtrack (1985)

45 Crackback – Available on: Scream For Help soundtrack (1985)

46 Are You Gonna Go My Way with Lenny Kravitz (1993) – Available on: You Tube

47 Do You Take This Man (with Diamanda Galas) – Available on: The Sporting Life (1994)

48 Skotoseme (with Diamanda Galas) – Available on: The Sporting Life (1994)

49 Zooma – Available on: Zooma (1999)

50 Smile Of Your Shadow – Available on: Zooma (1999)

51 Bass ‘n’ Drums – Available on :Zooma (1999)

52 Snake Eyes – Available on: Zooma (1999)

53 Leafy Meadows – Available on: The Thunderthief (2001)

54 Hoediddle – Available on: The Thunderthief (2001)

55 Ice Fishing At Night – Available on: The Thunderthief (2001)

56 Down To The River To Pray – Available on: The Thunderthief (2001)

57 Dazed And Confused (with Ben Harper and Questlove – Bonaroo 2007) – Available on: You Tube

58 In My Time Of Dying (Live O2 2007) – Available on: Celebration Day (2007)

59 No Quarter (Live O2 2007) – Available on: Celebration Day (2007)

60 For Your Life (Live O2 2007) – Available on: Celebration Day (2007)

61 Trampled Underfoot (Live O2 2007) Available on: Celebration Day (2007)

62 The Pretender (Foo Fighters – 50th Grammy Awards 2008) Orchestration – Available on: You Tube

63 No One Loves Me & Neither Do I – Available on: Them Crooked Vultures (2009)

64 New Fang – Available on: Them Crooked Vultures (2009)

65 Walkin’ Man (with Seasick Steve iTunes Festival 2011) – Available on YouTube

66 Over You (with Seasick Steve) – Available on: Hubcap Music (2013)

67 Improvisation (Supersilent) Live in Oslo 2013 – Available on YouTube (2013)

68: Going To California (with Dave Rawlings Machine live at Georgia Theatre 2013) – Available on YouTube (2013)

69 Superbolt (Minibus Pimps) – Available on: Cloud To Ground (2014)

70 When The Levee Breaks (with Mike Mills and friends Ice Station Vadsø, Norway) – Available on YouTube (2015)

71: I’m With Her (with Sara Watkins Union Chapel 2016) – Available on YouTube

72: Présences éléctroniques – Minibus Pimps Paris, 2017 – Available on YouTube

73: Improvisations – Elle-Marja Eira and John Paul Jones @Vårbrudd, Vadsø, Norway 2018 – Available on YouTube

75: The Tudor Pull – The London International Festival of Early Music stream November 5,2020 – Available on YouTube
76:The Playing For Change YouTube livestream featuring John Paul Jones:A superb version of When The Levee Breaks…Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Buffalo Nichols, Stephen Perkins (Jane’s Addiction), Mihirangi, and others joined JPJ for When The Levee Breaks… around 25 minutes into the livestream on this clip:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJTSmDqH9xk

77: Long Slow Goodbye – Them Crooked Vultures -Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert September 2022 – available on YouTube

78: No Quarter – Led Zeppelin live at Fort Worth March 1975 from the recent bootleg release Open Your Heart To Fort Worth -Live in Fort Worth TX Tarrant County Convention Center March 3rd 1975. 4LP bootleg

79: Your Time is Gonna Come – Live at Big Ears Festival 2024 – Wurlitzer Pipe Organ version (available via YouTube).

80: The Call – Composed by John Paul Jones for cello and organ. Performed by Anssi Karttunen and Olivier Latry at a November 10 concert in memory of the composer Kaija Saariaho (available via YouTube).

Compiled by Richard Grubb and Dave Lewis

Photos – Dave Lewis

Happy Birthday John from all of us to you…

Dave Lewis – January 3 2025

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The Ten Greatest John Paul Jones Led Zeppelin Performances with Led Zeppelin for Classic Rock Website:

Here’s a top ten listing of some of John Paul Jones’ greatest Led Zeppelin performances I wrote and compiled for the Classic Rock website.

It’s of course impossible to choose just ten and I am sure you will have your own faves but these are right up there in showcasing his amazing talent…

Here’s the intro:

John Paul Jones Top Ten Led Zeppelin Performances:

By Dave Lewis

Not quite the quiet one – ten songs that demonstrate the pivotal role John Paul Jones played in creating the Led Zeppelin legacy…

With a pedigree in studio sessions and arranging – working with the likes of The Rolling Stones and Dusty Springfield plus influences ranging from Miles Davis to Motown, John Paul Jones was always going to bring something special to the role of bassist and keyboards when he teamed up with Messrs Page, Plant and Bonham to form Led Zeppelin. Such was his multi instrumental talent, he was able to bring a unique musicality to the group adding synths, mellotron, mandolin and much more to their sound. He may have been the quiet unassuming one, but his vast contributions echo loudly across their ten album legacy.

Here are ten of John Paul Jones’ greatest Led Zep moments…

Read on at this link:

https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-10-greatest-john-paul-jones-performances-with-led-zeppelin

Remembering the late legendary Led Zeppelin tour manager Richard Cole on the occasion of his Birthday January 2.

To mark his birthday, here’s a rarely seen photo of Richard. It was taken on the afternoon of May 17 1977 at Heathrow Airport. –John Bonham is facing him. The group were meeting at Heathrow to fly out for the second leg of Led Zeppelin’s US tour.

The next night they would be onstage in Birmingham Alabama.

The photo was taken by Peter Jones who was with Russ Rees a fellow fan from Swansea – one of a mere handful who were they to see them fly off. Thanks to Swan Song press officer Unity McLean providing me with the details, I was also lucky enough to be there on that memorable afternoon.

During my time there I had already got Robert Plant and John Paul Jones to sign a 10 x 8 pic of them on board the airplane flying them out for the first leg – I also politely asked Richard Cole to autograph this photo.

‘’I’m not in the effin group you know’’ was his curt reply. ‘’I know that’’ I replied ‘’You are the tour manager ‘’

‘’That’s right’’ he replied mellowing a little as he signed.

After that I met him on a fair few occasions in the Swan Song office. The first time was when he came marching up the stairs, took one look at me sitting in the office and proclaimed ‘’Who’s that ‘effin ice cream (abbreviated cockney rhyming slang =ice cream feezer (geezer)

I rather shakily introduced myself as a fan and writer of my own Zep magazine. Thankfully he soon warmed to my presence. Years later we often laughed about that rather frightening (for me) indignant first crossing of paths.

Looking back to when I was a mere 20 year old meeting them all at Heathrow, if I had known then that many years hence, I would forge a strong friendship with Richard (‘’a dear friend ‘’as he described me when signing his book on my last visit.) and that he would often ring to enquire of my health and that of my wife Janet – well such a notion would have seemed beyond the realms of possibility.

But that is how it worked out and I am so very thankful that it did

On my last visit to see him at his flat on October 18 2021, I showed Richard this photo taken at Heathrow in 1977 and we laughed about him informing me he was not in the group. ‘’I was a very busy man’’ he said ‘’and rarely got asked for my autograph –I must have been a bit surprised’’ noting his colourful language at the time.

Since his sad passing a year ago how I now miss that colourful language coming down the phone to me on those regular phone calls we had.

He was always full of humorous anecdotes such as ‘’I can’t remember the ‘effin generator cutting out before the Copenhagen warm up gig!’ or other such detail of the Zep touring days that he was so proud of.

In all of my many Zep related dealings over many years, forging a friendship with dear Richard Cole is one of my most cherished experiences. I will never forget his kindness and thoughtfulness and all his assistance including the amazing Foreword he wrote for the Evenings With Led Zeppelin book.

Our many conversations took me closer to the world of Led Zeppelin than I could have ever imagined – certainly back when I was a mere 20 years old on that memorable day at Heathrow Airport when this photo was taken.

RIP Richard…and thanks for everything..

Dave Lewis – January 3 2026

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BEDFORD JANUARY 10 2026 – VIP RECORD FAIR BACK IN BEDFORD

Saturday January 10 VIP Record Fair back in Bedford – here’s all the info…

Harpur Suite, Harpur St, Bedford MK40 1LE

Open 9am to 3.30pm

Full info – http://www.vip-24.com/venues/bedford.htm.

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DL Diary Blog Update:

December 30:

It’s a Happy Birthday to Mr Pete Burridge…

Bedford’s number one musicologist, local music legend, DJ and presenter of so much great music over many years at the esteemed Esquires club in Bedford, pop quiz compiler, record club host, fellow record collecting comrade and all round top man.

Happy Birthday from Janet and I Pete …

Great to see Pete tonight at the Devonshire Arms and hand over his Birthday present- keep rockin mate!!

January 1:

First on the player here in 2026 – Led Zeppelin Presence which will be celebrating its 50th anniversary so on the player the copy I bought from WH Smith the day it was released in April 1976 – and personally signed to me by Jimmy Page when I interviewed him for the TBL mag in 2015…..

January 1:

Ronnie Wood’s great performance last night on Jools Holland inspired me to get this on the player this morning – the recently released excellent Ronnie Wood 1965 – 2025 Anthology Fearless 2 CD set – a mighty fine start to 2026 – Happy New Year one and all!

January 1:

The new issue of Uncut is in the house – Stone Roses front cover feature – two page review of the Robert Plant Saving Grace featuring Suzi Dian Royal Festival Hall gig and more – great new year reading …

Saturday January 3:

Celebrating his 80th Birthday – on the player here the brilliant John Paul Jones solo album CD The Thunderthief – this copy personally signed to me by John when I interviewed him about the album when it was released in June 2001…

Saturday January 3 2025:

John Paul Jones – on the occasion of his 80th Birthday:

John Paul Jones remains the consummate musician – his work within Led Zeppelin and without, has constantly produced moments of sheer genius.

I have been very lucky to have been in his company on a fair few occasions. He has always been very supportive of my TBL /Zep work giving freely of his time for numerous TBL interviews, he also contributed the Foreword to my book Led Zeppelin Celebration II/The Tight But Loose Files.

I have been thrilled to see him perform live many times going right back to 1971.

Here’s a couple of pics – the first taken at the Melody Maker Poll Awards in November 1979 and then something of a reconstruction some 33 years later at the Bass Guitar Show in London in March 2012.

I have a lot to thank him for – Happy 80th Birthday John…

Saturday January 3

Winterlude Playlist:

Here’s what I always describe as my Winterlude playlist – albums with songs for comfort on cold uncertain days and long nights and we need some comfort and inspiration right now……here’s the current playlist of such gems…

Bob Dylan Desire -this is always my winter period go to album – such vivid memories of accompanying bleak January days when it released in 1976…all of 50 years ago…

David Bowie – Station To Station LP

Bridget St John – Songs For the Gentle Man LP

Michael Chapman – Window – LP

Ann Briggs -Ann Briggs LP

Ronnie Wood – Anthology Fearless 2CD

Led Zeppelin – The American Return – 4LP

Bad Company – Run With The Pack LP

The Who – Who’s Next LP

Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark CD

Nick Drake – An Exploration of Nick Drake – Heaven in a Wildflower LP

Update here…

January is always a catch up and planning month after all the frenzy of Christmas and new year arrangements. Today’s marking of John Paul Jones’ Birthday is a great way to start the year and next week there’s a certain guitarist’s Birthday and I’m sure we all be celebrating Jimmy Page’s coming of age next Friday…oh and now it’s 2026 I can say…I am going to be 70 this year!

Thanks for listening

Until next time…

Dave Lewis – January 3 2026

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