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[26 Feb 2025 | No Comment | 829 views]
PHYSICAL GRAFFITI – IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK /UNCUT MAGAZINE PHYSICAL GRAFFITI COVER STORY/ SEATTLE 1975 CINE CLIP/BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN REVIEW/LZ NEWS/BOB DYLAN A COMPLETE UNKNOWN FILM/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

Physical Graffiti – It was 50 years ago…

DL/TBL Physical Graffiti throwback…celebrating the release of Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti 50 years ago..

Some thoughts on what Physical Graffiti means to me 50 years to the week it was released back in February 1975.

I was a mere 18 years old and learning about life with every waking day…

I was obsessed with music (still am!) and no more so than the music than that created by my favourite group Led Zeppelin.

The previous October I had been lucky enough to secure a dream job – …

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[20 Feb 2025 | 2 Comments | 1,352 views]
JIMMY PAGE COMMENTS ON BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN FILM/ DVD AND BLU-RAY SPRING RELEASE /COPENHAGEN 1979 STUNNING CINE FILM FOOTAGE SURFACES!/ LZ NEWS/PHYSICAL GRAFFITI IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO/ US TOUR 1975 SNAPSHOT/NEW YARDBIRDS BOOK/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

Official Press Release:

BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN
JIMMY PAGE COMMENTS AFTER INCREDIBLE RESPONSE FROM FANS FOLLOWING FILM RELEASE

“humbling and inspiring”

17.02.2025 – Jimmy Page has commented on Becoming Led Zeppelin, the first officially sanctioned film on the iconic group.
Sharing his thoughts with the public on the film for this first time since its release in an Instagram post on his personal account, Jimmy said:

“In light of your incredible responses and the demand for the Becoming Led Zeppelin film from those of you that have either viewed it at the IMAX or during its general …

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[12 Feb 2025 | One Comment | 898 views]
BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN – TBL INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR BERNARD MACMAHON & FEEDBACK FROM OUT IN THE CINEMAS /TBL ARCHIVE 1975 SNAPSHOT/VALENTINES DAY ROY HARPER & HONEYDRIPPERS RETURN 2007/ DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

Becoming Led Zeppelin – the rejuvenation of the legend…

Some thoughts on Becoming Led Zeppelin – the rejuvenation of the legend…

Well…what a couple of weeks it has been…

I went to my fifth showing yesterday afternoon with the esteemed Zep fans Mark Harrison and Cliff ‘ The ticket man’ Hilliard – so called as he has one of the largest collections of Zep tickets in the world. Some of them have been put to very good use as they are featured in the Becoming Led Zeppelin film – these ticket contributions have …

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[6 Feb 2025 | 7 Comments | 1,593 views]
BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN – THE VIEW FROM THE BFI IMAX CINEMA – EXTENSIVE REVIEW/ JIMMY PAGE & ROBERT PLANT TEENAGE CANCER TRUST GIG 2002 – IT  WAS 23 YEARS AGO/ T.REXTASY IN ST. ALBANS/ DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

Becoming Led Zeppelin screenings…feedback from out in the cinema…
Spoiler alert – look away now if you prefer not to know much before viewing it yourself.
My thoughts on the 6.10 screening at the BFI IMAX cinema…

So finally Becoming Led Zeppelin is up on the big screen and in cinemas across the world.

Like so many Led Zeppelin ventures through the years, it’s been a long time coming with many a twist and turn along the way.

Now the waiting is over…and let’s cut to the chase and go for a verdict.

This film is …

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[30 Jan 2025 | One Comment | 1,427 views]
BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN SCREENINGS – A BIG WEEK AHEAD/ LZNEWS/ LED ZEPPELIN TOP IN US – IT WAS 55 YEARS AGO/ 1975 US TOUR SNAPSHOT/BEATLES GET BACK SONGTRACK/ VICTORIA VIP RECORD FAIR HAUL/RETRO CHARTS/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

Let me take you to the movies…Becoming Led Zeppelin update and UK screenings…
On Tuesday I attended a press screening of the Becoming Led Zeppelin film at the Sony Pictures HQ.
No spoilers – but just to say I was very impressed…
I did not think I could love Led Zeppelin anymore than I do but this film proves otherwise…invigorating, inspiring, emotional and truly fantastic. Bernard MacMahon and Allison McGourty  have done a fabulous job with the directing and writing. The respective interviews with Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones add …

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[22 Jan 2025 | No Comment | 1,141 views]
NEW ISSUE OF RECORD COLLECTOR WITH 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF PHYSICAL GRAFFITI COVER FEATURE/LZ NEWS/LED ZEPPELIN 1 – IT WAS 56 YEARS AGO/LZ NEWS/1975 SNAPSHOT/MY SEVEN NIGHTS WITH ZEP IN 1977/ROBERT PLANT LEICESTER 1988/VICTORIA VIP RECORD FAIR/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

New issue of Record Collector with 50th Anniversary Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti cover feature out this week…

Back in early September last year, Paul Lester the editor of Record Collector got in touch to ask me if there was much scope on a feature marking 50th anniversary of the release of Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti.

My reply was yes there was a lot of scope and we began formulating ideas for a major front cover feature.

The were a fair few twists and turns along the way and I’ve lived with all this …

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[15 Jan 2025 | 2 Comments | 1,296 views]
BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN UK TICKETS ON SALE JANUARY 17/ LZ NEWS/1975 US TOUR SNAPSHOT/TBL ARCHIVE SPECIAL – JIMMY PAGE EXCLUSIVE TBL INTERVIEW FROM 2014/ OVER THE TOP 4 LP BOOTLEG /DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

Becoming Led Zeppelin film UK tickets on sale Friday January 17:
This via LZ News…
Sony Pictures UK announced this week that tickets for “Becoming Led Zeppelin” will go on sale in the UK on January 17. The film’s full-length trailer that was released last month is on the way to cinemas in the UK. It was rated 12A by the British Board of Film Classification.
See more at:
https://ledzepnews.com/

Screenings:

Keep an eye on the official website for further details to be announced…
https://becomingledzeppelinfilm.com/
BFI IMAX Cinema…
I am aiming for this venue for the February 5 showing …

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[9 Jan 2025 | No Comment | 1,208 views]
JIMMY PAGE ON THE OCCASION OF HIS BIRTHDAY/LZ NEWS/MICK BONHAM /TBL 1975 SNAPSHOT/LIFE WITH THE STARS/GEORGE HARRISON/NEW FRANKFURT OVER EUROPE 1980 BOOTLEG LP SET DUE/ BEDFORD VIP RECORD FAIR/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

Jimmy Page on the occasion of his Birthday….
Jimmy Page is 81 years old today January 9th.
In a career that has spanned over seven decades, he has more than made his mark when it comes to the art of rock guitar playing.
From monolithic riffing to bombastic solos. From simple acoustic beauty to vast guitar instrumental orchestration. Jazz, classical and Eastern influences, blues, 50s rock’n’roll and psychedelic – he has turned his hand to all these varying styles over the years.  Always inventive and with a brilliant ear for production values, Jimmy …

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[3 Jan 2025 | No Comment | 951 views]
JOHN PAUL JONES ON THE OCCASION OF HIS BIRTHDAY/JOHNNIE WALKER RIP/LZ NEWS/REMEMBERING RICHARD COLE/DAVID BOWIE 9 YEARS GONE/BEDFORD VIP RECORD FAIR/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

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 …

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[28 Dec 2024 | No Comment | 926 views]
BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN LATEST/LZ NEWS/ GOODBYE 2024 – DL BEST OF THE YEAR ROUND UP & TBL WRITINGS /LEMMY NINE YEARS GONE /DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE

Latest Becoming Led Zeppelin news…

Here’s the latest on the Becoming Led Zeppelin film and more via the LedZepNews round up:

Led Zeppelin
More news on the release of ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’
This week has seen a festive blizzard of news about next year’s release of “Becoming Led Zeppelin”.
We now have confirmation that the film will be released in the UK on February 5. Following the film’s IMAX-exclusive release in the US and Canada on February 7, it will then have a nationwide release on 1,000 screens in the US on February 14.
We also learned this …