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John Paul Jones on the occasion of his 79th Birthday:

John Paul Jones is 79 years old today – on Friday January 3…

To celebrate his Birthday here is the John Paul Jones 79 at 79 TBL Playlist as follows:

John Paul Jones 79 at 79 – 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.

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

Johnnie Walker…RIP…

I am so very sad to hear the passing of the legendary DJ Johnnie Walker.

I have a personal story about Johnnie which I’ve never told before.

In May 1997, it was arranged Johnnie would interview me live on air on his morning LBC radio show about the recently published book Led Zeppelin The Concert File I had co- authored with Simon Pallett.

I arrived there somewhat rushed and flawed from the Our Price shop in Bedford where I worked. I was so flustered and incredibly nervous.

Before we went live, Johnnie took time to come out from his DJ booth to calm me down and offer words of advice. Thanks to Johnnie the interview went fine.

This was the true measure of the man. He cared about his audience, he cared about people and he of course cared about music.

This is just one of many memories I have of this brilliant DJ.

I was there when he introduced Led Zeppelin at Earls Court on Sunday May 18 with the immortal words ‘’You’ve been waiting a long time, it’s time to

welcome back Led Zeppelin!’’

I heard him inform the lunchtime public on his Radio One show in April 1976 that Led Zeppelin’s Presence album had entered the UK album chart at number one as he counted down that week’s album chart.

And a couple of months ago on Sunday October 26, I heard his final Sounds Of The Seventies show as he bowed out from a career that has spanned nearly 60 years and influenced the music tastes of countless millions – of which I am very proud to be but one.

His legacy as one of the true pioneers of music broadcasting is assured…

He will be so sorely missed by so many…

Johnnie Walker RIP…

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LZ News:

Here’s the latest Led ZepNews Update

Led Zeppelin

The ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ editing controversery and more release info

Ahead of the February release of “Becoming Led Zeppelin”, there has been debate online about the filmmakers editing news footage to make it look like it shows crowds at a Led Zeppelin concert.

This week, it emerged that black and white news footage from 1969 included in the new full-length trailer for “Becoming Led Zeppelin” has been carefully altered to add in a Led Zeppelin ticket and poster.

A still image from the full-length trailer for ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ (Sony Pictures Classics)

Instead of showing people arriving at one of Led Zeppelin’s January 1969 Fillmore West shows as the trailer suggests, a copy of the original footage in the Bay Area Television Archive held at the San Francisco State University show that the film was actually shot later in January.

Someone has carefully edited each frame of the film shown in the trailer, hiding the Fleetwood Mac gig poster and ticket and replacing them with a poster and ticket for Led Zeppelin’s shows at the venues.

A still image from the unedited original news report showing the original ticket and poster (Bay Area Television Archive)

Debate has raged on Reddit, Royal Orleans, the Steve Hoffman forum and in the comments on LedZepNews. Some people say they’re so concerned about the editing of this footage and the misleading editing of the interview of John Bonham heard in the trailer that they no longer plan to see the film.

“I have no interest in seeing this documentary after reading this,” LedZepNews commenter Joe M wrote. “What’s the point of a documentary if you can’t trust whether or not anything in it is true?”

Other commenters aren’t concerned by the editing. “Meh. Big hairy deal. It’s probably 3 seconds long and done simply to add a visual context to the dialogue at that point in the film. Big whoop,” wrote LedZepNews commenter Gandalf.

So here’s a poll for LedZepNews readers: Are you bothered by the editing in “Becoming Led Zeppelin”? We’ll share the results in our next email.

POLL

Are you bothered by the editing of video and audio in ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’?

Yes, I am bothered

No, I am not bothered

Meanwhile, we have more news on the film’s release plans. The film will be released in France, Belgium and Luxembourg on February 26 and in The Netherlands on February 27.

The film will also be released in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia in February, although no exact release date has been announced for those countries.

We’ve also spotted that “Becoming Led Zeppelin” will also premiere in Sweden on February 7.

Finally, for all you memorabilia and merchandise collectors, we spotted that the first official poster for the film has been sold online. A quad poster for the film sold on eBay on December 23 after being listed with a price of £129.99.

Our predictions for 2025

Earlier today we published our LedZepNews predictions for the world of Led Zeppelin in 2025. We also included a review of our 2024 predictions, analysing what we got right and what we got wrong. The post is available here for paying subscribers to the LedZepNews Substack.

LedZepNews’ predictions for 2025 + how our 2024 predictions fared

1:18 AM

As we end 2024 and look ahead to all that 2025 has to offer Led Zeppelin fans, we decided to revisit our predictions for the past year to see how accurate they ended up being.

Read full story

Robert Plant

Exclusive: Robert Plant played a surprise Christmas show

Robert Plant played an unnannounced live set during a Christmas performance in Wolverley on December 27, according to LedZepNews reader Pete Gasowski.

Plant joined the band Hudson Severn for a low key show played to around 100 people at the Wolverley Sports & Social Club.

Joining the band on stage, Plant performed “Money (That’s What I Want)”, “Little Sister”, “One Night” and “Blue Christmas”.

Hudson Severn includes musician Ian Hatton who was the guitarist in Jason Bonham’s band Bonham and also previously played with Plant in the Honeydrippers.

Full Robert Plant shows emerged online

Three full recordings of Robert Plant shows have emerged online in recent days.

Here’s Plant performing with Saving Grace at the Teenage Cancer Trust show at the Royal Albert Hall in London on March 24:

Here’s a video of Plant and Saving Grace performing in Paris, France on October 29:

And here’s a full video of Plant performing in Clarkston, Michigan on June 6, 2022 with Alison Krauss:

Upcoming events:

Late 2024 / Early 2025 – Jimmy Page’s amp company Sundragon will release its new Nymph amps.
January 10 – Tickets for ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ go on sale in Australia and ‘Mr. Jimmy’ will be released in Japan.
January 31 – A Japanese translation of the book ‘Beast: John Bonham and the Rise of Led Zeppelin’ will be published.
February – ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ will be released in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia.
February 5 – Early access screenings of ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ will begin in the US and Canada and the film will be released in the UK.
February 7 – ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ will be released in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Sweden.
February 14 – ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ will be released nationwide in the US.
February 26 – ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ will be released in France, Belgium and Luxembourg.
February 27 – ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ will be released in Italy and The Netherlands.
March 18 – ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ is likely to be released in Germany and Austria.
Spring 2025 – An expanded version of Live at the Greek, the live album featuring Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes, is due to be released.
May 3 – Robert Plant will perform with Saving Grace in Brussels, Belgium.
May 5 – Robert Plant will perform with Saving Grace in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
May 6 – Robert Plant will perform with Saving Grace in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
May 8 – Robert Plant will perform with Saving Grace in Copenhagen, Denmark.
May 9 – Robert Plant will perform with Saving Grace in Malmö, Sweden.
May 11 – Robert Plant will perform with Saving Grace in Gothenburg, Sweden.
May 14 – Robert Plant will perform with Saving Grace in Oslo, Norway.
May 16 – ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ could be released in further cinemas around this date and Robert Plant will perform with Saving Grace in Stockholm, Sweden.
May 18 – Robert Plant will perform with Saving Grace in Tampere, Finland.
May 19 – Robert Plant will perform with Saving Grace in Helsinki, Finland.
May 21 – Robert Plant will perform with Saving Grace in Tallinn, Estonia.
May 23 – Robert Plant will perform with Saving Grace in Vilnius, Lithuania.
June – The book “Rock Visions”, which has a chapter on Led Zeppelin memorabilia, will be published.
July 10 – Robert Plant will perform with Saving Grace at Festival de Poupet in Saint-Malô-du-Bois, France.
July 17 – Robert Plant will perform with Saving Grace in Vienne, France.
July 21 – Robert Plant will perform with Saving Grace at the Jazz in Marciac festival in Marciac, France.
July 23 – Robert Plant will perform with Saving Grace at Festival de Carcassonne in Carcassonne, France.
September 11 – The book “Valhalla!: The A to Z of Led Zeppelin” by Paul Brannigan will be published.
October – John Paul Jones’ song cycle for Dame Sarah Connolly will premiere in London.That was our 373rd email. Have any questions or feedback? Reply to this email and we’ll get back to you.Follow Led Zeppelin News on Twitter and Facebook to stay up to date on news as it happens, and check ledzepnews.com for the latest news.

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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 2 2025

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David Bowie – Nine Years Gone:

Wednesday January 10 marks the ninth anniversary of the passing of David Bowie. Of all of the many recent sad passing’s, it’s David Bowie that has resonated most with me – profoundly so. That sad day of six years ago was one of the most monumental I have ever known – with so much shock, grief and outpouring of love for the man.

The subsequent visit with the good lady Janet to Brixton and Hedden Street on Saturday January 14, 2016 was incredibly moving.

He really is still missed so much – his music has never sounded better and playing through the likes of Hunky Dory, Young Americans, Low etc continues to bring great listening joy and comfort.

He was incredible, he is incredible and while so much has gone – so much remains…

Ian Hunter’s tribute Dandy has also been on the player here – such beautiful heartfelt words from one of his true contemporaries.

Dandy – you’re the prettiest star

There ain’t no life on Mars

But we always thought there might be

Dandy – you opened up the door

You left us wanting more

And then we took the last bus home

Dandy – the world was black ‘n’ white

You showed us what it’s like

To live inside a rainbow

Dandy – you thrilled us to the core

You left us wanting more

And then we took the last bus home

David Bowie – Nine years gone…he indeed left us wanting more – still so loved and still so missed…

Dave Lewis – January 3 2025

BEDFORD JANUARY 11 2025 – VIP RECORD FAIR BACK IN BEDFORD

Saturday January 11 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:

Monday December 30:

It’s a Happy Birthday 60th today 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 60th Birthday from Janet and I Pete – have a great one mate!

Tuesday January 2 2025:

TBL Countdown to the Becoming Led Zeppelin film screenings…

34 days to go and counting… kicking off the countdown with a blast of this gem – Led Zeppelin I which was released all of 56 years ago this month in the US…this copy is a South African pressing with red Atlantic labels and brown front cover lettering…

Happy New Year to one and all…

Thursday January 2:

The new issue of Record Collector is in the house – excellent Yardbirds cover story feature by Richie Unterberger with a great pic of the short lived Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck line up…

Thursday January 2:

A date for the Led Zep 2025 diary:

Thursday January 23 will see the publication of the next issue of Record Collector – the issue just out has a preview of the contents and as can be seen, the main feature is Led Zeppelin 1975.

I’ve been working intensively on this for the past few months liaising with Editor Paul Lester and key Zep vinyl collector Nick Anderson.

This is the first major Led Zeppelin feature in Record Collector since September 2018 when Mike Tremaglio and I came up with the Led Zeppelin Their 50 Greatest Gigs listing.

This new feature stretches over 14 pages and all will be revealed on January 23.

As the singer once sang ‘’Let me take you there’’….

Keep an eye on the link below for further details soon…

https://recordcollectormag.com/

Friday January 3:

Celebrating his 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…

Friday January 3 2025:

John Paul Jones – on the occasion of his 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 Birthday John…

Tuesday 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 48 years ago…

David Bowie – Station To Station LP

Bridget St John – Songs For the Gentle Man LP

Cat Stevens – Catch Bull at Four LP

Michael Chapman – Window – LP

Ann Briggs -Ann Briggs LP

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…

I went down with a heavy cold just before Christmas and struggled through it a bit but we had a lovely Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

I am getting back to form now and It’s good to get the year up and running and there’s plenty going on – as can be seen above, I’ve been working solidly in the past few months on a major Led Zeppelin feature for Record Collector scheduled to publish on January 23. More on this to follow.

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 Thursday…

Thanks for listening

Until next time…

Dave Lewis – January 3 2025

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