TBL Archive Special 1:
Presence at 50:
50 years ago this month, Presence, the seventh Led Zeppelin album was released worldwide. To mark the occasion, here is a Then and Now perspective I collated for the 2015 reissue – 50 years on it’s still the true heart and soul of the Led Zep catalogue…
Presence…Then:

For me personally, the Presence album is and always be tangibly associated with my own circumstances of the time. Playing out my own soap opera, as an impressionable 19 year old caught up in my first love affair played out to the soundtrack …

Led Zeppelin Houses Of The Holy  – TBL 53rd Anniversary Special: 

53 years ago this week Led Zeppelin released their long awaited fifth album, Houses Of The Holy.
Here’s a round up of  House Of The Holy coverage collated  back in 2013 for the 40th anniversary:
March 2013 TBL Archive:
The sleeve…
Yesterday in London I  conducted an exclusive interview for TBL with one of the designers of the Houses  Of  The Holy sleeve.
Aubrey Powell aka Po, co-founded the album cover design company Hipgnosis with Storm Thorgerson in 1967. Hipgnosis created some of the most innovative …

 
Robert Plant cover feature interview in the new issue of Record Collector…
Very much looking forward to getting my hands on this new issue of Record Collector – had to laugh at Robert’s front page quote “‘I’m not some old guy listening to stuff from the 70s” – Oh that’ll be me then!
More info here:
Recor Store Day Special and Robert Plant New EP and Collection
582 April In this issue: Record Store Day Special! Starring Robert Plant! Plus: A History Of RSD! 20 Weird & Wonderful RSD Discs!
Also! 1976 soul albums * …

Becoming Led Zeppelin for Blu-ray release…
Becoming Led Zeppelin, the documentary directed by Bernard MacMahon, will be released on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD in the US and UK on April 14 2026  Sony Pictures Classics is releasing a Limited Collector’s Edition SteelBook featuring 4K UHD and Blu-ray discs, plus special extras including a letter from the director, guitar picks, and patches.
Full story here via LedZep News:
https://ledzepnews.com/2026/03/06/becoming-led-zeppelin-will-be-released-on-blu-ray-in-the-us-and-uk-on-april-14/
Becoming Led Zeppelin won an award at the Cinema Audio Society Awards in Beverly Hills, California on March 7.
The film won the “Motion Pictures — Documentary” …

Physical Graffiti it was 51 years ago…
It’s been a week of here of celebrating the 51st anniversary of  Physical Graffiti  and I’ve been playing various versions of the album and rounded up the reviews and wallowed in the sheer nostalgia of such a great period so here’s various snapshots of what I have felt and still feel about my favourite album of all time – and maybe yours too…

Right…let’s go eleven years back to the 2015 reissue and how it was celebrated on the TBL website……

So some DL thoughts:
To backtrack : …

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 …

Becoming Led Zeppelin – It was one year ago…

One year ago this month saw the launch of the brilliant Becoming Led Zeppelin film – the best thing to happen to the legacy of Led Zeppelin in years…

I am sure we all have such amazing memories of  watching the film unfold on the big screen – here’s some more vivid recollections from the fantastic month of February 12 months ago…

 
Becoming Led Zeppelin – the rejuvenation of the legend…

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

Well…what a couple …

Becoming Led Zeppelin – It was one year ago…

One year ago this week saw the launch of the brilliant Becoming Led Zeppelin film – the best thing to happen to the legacy of Led Zeppelin in years…

I am sure we all have such amazing memories of  watching the film unfold on the big screen – here’s some vivid recollections from the fantastic month of February 12 months ago…

Becoming Led Zeppelin screenings…feedback from out in the cinema…
Spoiler alert – look away now if you prefer not to know much before viewing …

I am aiming to be in the queue for this one….
Robert Plant, Saving Grace to Release Vinyl EP on Record Store Day
Robert Plant and Saving Grace will release a vinyl EP, Saving Grace: All That Glitters…, on Record Store Day, the annual celebration of independent record stores, taking place on Saturday, April 18, 2026.
The record released on Nonsuch Records follows Plant’s recent critically acclaimed album, Saving Grace; both feature singer Suzi Dian and a band of musicians from the English countryside that Plant calls home. The EP’s four tracks, recently recorded especially …

It was 56 years ago… 

Coming across this Melody Maker front page story from January 31,1970 prompted me to recall the events of 56 years ago when Led Zeppelin were undertaking a long awaited UK tour…
Here’s an extract from the Evenings With Led Zeppelin book based on the usual impeccable research from Mike Tremaglio:
Fifth UK Tour (Winter 1970)
January 7, 1970 – February 17, 1970
A timely UK outing which coincided with Led Zeppelin II toppling The Beatles’ Abbey Road as the number one chart album. There were eight theatre dates and, not surprisingly, it was their …