TBL EARLS COURT 30th ANNIVERSARY SOUVENIR JOURNAL

I recently found seven remaining copies of the limited edition TBL Earls Court  8 page Journal published to mark the 30th anniversary. These are available on a first come first served basis. If you are interested in purchasing this, email in the first instance at davelewis.tbl1@ntlworld.com. The first seven emails received will have first option to purchase this rare limited TBL publication. UK price is £6.oo, Europe £7.oo, USA £8.00. All prices include postage and packing.

LED ZEPPELIN AT …

THE JOURNALISTS EARLS COURT
 
Chris Welch was the first journalist to interview Jimmy after he’d formed Led Zeppelin and was a loyal supporter of their work through his writings for Melody Maker. In this interview conducted with Dave Lewis in 2000 he recalls his Earls Court experience.
DL: You attended the first night at Earls Court – I seem to remember in your Zeppelin biography you mentioned something about a mix up over your tickets?
CW: There certainly was. When my wife and I arrived we were told there were no press tickets …

Photo Copyright Barry Plummer
THE PHOTGRAPHERS EARLS COURT : AN INTERVIEW WITH BARRY PLUMMER
 
Barry Plummer was a freelance photographer – his work was extensively featured in Melody Maker during the Seventies. Barry’s photos from Earls Court are still much in demand by agencies and magazines throughout the world. In this interview with Dave Lewis conduced in 2000, he looks back on his experiences of shooting Zeppelin at Earls Court in May 1975.
DL: Had you photographed Zeppelin on many occasions before Earls Court?
BP: Yes a few times. I was at that reception …

Concert review: Them Crooked Vultures at Aragon
No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
Gunman
Scumbag Blues 
Dead End Friends 
Elephants 
Highway One
New Fang
Bandoliers 
Interlude with Ludes 
Mind Eraser, No Chaser
Caligulove
You Can’t Possibly Begin to Imagine
Spinning in Daffodils
Reptiles 
Warsaw or the First Breath You Take After You Give Up
 “We think you’re our hometown, Chicago,” said singer Josh Homme as Them Crooked Vultures wound down a two-hour show Tuesday at the sold-out Aragon.
Chicago has a special place in Vultures’ history. Last summer, the trio of Homme, drummer Dave Grohl and bassist John Paul Jones made its live debut …

TURNING THE CLOCK BACK  35  YEARS AGO:
SUNDAY MAY 18 1975
Ticket: Gallery Block 70 Row E Seat 17
Ticket Price £1
Woke up around 10am with the prospect of the second Zep gig ahead.  In the morning I brought the Sunday Observer with the colour suppelment magazine that carried a major Tony Palmer feature –parts of which were in the official Earls Court programme.
”Led Zeppelin bigger than The Beatles?” proclaimed the front cover. What a compliment.
On the train at 5 in the afternoon with fellow fan/Wallbanger player Nic and his girlfriend.  My eldest …

The first issue of the 2010 Tight But Loose Magazine Subscription is out now!
Now is the time to subscribe!
HOW TO ORDER: 3 magazine one year subscription commencing with May issue:
UK  £18.50
Europe  £22.00
USA/Rest Of World  £25.00
Subscription comprises of May issue (TBL 26), September issue (TBL 27) and December issue (TBL 28)
All prices include postage & packing
Or you can order the May issue on its own as a single issue:
UK £6.50
Europe £7.50
USA £8.50
Order via post – cheque (in UK sterling) payable to D.Lewis – send to
TBL, 14 Totnes Close, Bedford, MK403AX, England
Or …

Them Crooked Vultures
Egyptian Room at Old National Center, Indianapolis, IN
No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
Gunman
Scumbag Blues 
Dead End Friends 
Elephants 
Highway One
New Fang
Bandoliers 
Interlude with Ludes 
Mind Eraser, No Chaser
Caligulove
You Can’t Possibly Begin to Imagine
Spinning in Daffodils
Reptiles 
Warsaw or the First Breath You Take After You Give Up
Them Crooked Vultures stunned a sold-out the Egyptian Room at Old National Centre in Indianapolis, with an AS GOOD AS IT GETS performance.  Comprised of three mega-musicians, this part-time super group are not stupid birds.  Legendary Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters …

Photo by Jeff Parsons
‘Them Crooked Vultures’ feast off ACC crowd
No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
Gunman
Scumbag Blues 
Dead End Friends 
Elephants 
Highway One
New Fang
Bandoliers 
Interlude with Ludes 
Mind Eraser, No Chaser
Caligulove
You Can’t Possibly Begin to Imagine
Spinning in Daffodils
Reptiles 
Warsaw or the First Breath You Take After You Give Up
The three big names which make up newly concocted “super group” Them Crooked Vultures were playing to their largest crowd ever Saturday night at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre.
“This is the biggest show we’ve ever played and it means a lot to us,” singer and guitarist Josh Homme …

35 years ago this weekend Led Zeppelin were finally back on stage in England. During that first weekend of the Earls Court run they set the standard for a memorable series of performances.
In this second part of the TBL Earls Court Archive Special, Dave Lewis offers an overview of those five glorious days of May 1975……..
Finally London was ready for Led Zeppelin…and just after 8pm on Saturday May 17th the lights dimmed, the band walked onstage and the long wait was over. However after all the build up…it was all …

Them Crooked Vultures Get The Jams Brewing
 No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
Gunman
Scumbag Blues 
Dead End Friends 
Elephants 
Highway One
New Fang
Bandoliers 
Interlude with Ludes 
Mind Eraser, No Chaser
Caligulove
You Can’t Possibly Begin to Imagine
Spinning in Daffodils
Reptiles 
Warsaw or the First Breath You Take After You Give Up
OTTAWA — The term “supergroup” conjures up an image of overwrought egos bursting at the seams to displace their co-conspirator’s once fleeting glories in order to truly rekindle the magic from something that was lost to the Annals Of Rock. Them Crooked Vultures take the high road, allowing each genial …