Led Zeppelin (on film) at the Granada Bedford January 1977. No prizes for guessing where this poster was llikely to end up!
 
33 years ago today I was about to commence a seven night stint in the company of Led Zeppelin….or to be more specific their film The Song Remains The Same.
The newly released celluloid masterpiece was on general release and doing the rounds nationally and cue fanfare…had rolled into my home town of Bedford.
Yes Led Zeppelin alive on film in the quaint market town of Bedford for seven nights only and …

DL back at Earls Court 30 years to the day -May 18th 2005. For non badgeholders only.
After last week’s flurry of Zep related activity it’s been down to work with a ton of planning to do for this year’s TBL schedule.  Not that the news input has slowed too much with Jimmy’s appearance at the Show of Peace press conference bringing official word that he will be one of the main attractions  at the event on April 17th – and the presenting of his United Nations  Pathways To Peace award. 
 
It’s …

 
 
Here’s the latest TBL back issue extract from the TBL archives. These archive pieces highlight the depth of detail to found in the TBL magazine.
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In keeping with this week’s 1975 theme, this TBL archive extract from issue 15 published in 2001, focuses on a series of dynamic performances as Led Zeppelin barnstormed there way across the US in early 1975. A band at the very top of their game…and a prelude to what the UK would revel in at …

The young DL looks to the East-  Cologne June 18 1980 -pic Tom Locke
 It hadn’t occurred to me until Steve A. Jones noted it in the comments of the last Diary entry, that this is the commencement of my fifth decade of chronicling the world of Led Zeppelin.
The fifth decade has duly got off to a great start. The arrival of the new Mojo magazine with its inspiring Jimmy Page interview had me rushing to get some of that old Page magic back on the deck.
Cue everything from The …

We are planning a TBL Fan Gathering to be staged on Saturday September 25th 2010. This all day event will celebrate the life and times of John Bonham and Led Zeppelin and will also act as the official launch for the next TBL publishing book Led Zeppelin, A Feather In The Wind, Over Europe 1980.   The venue is likely to be a London area location and the event will run along the lines of last year’s Lytton Arms Knebworth gathering with various attractions and specials guests to be announced. More …

Jimmy Page was in attendance at the launch of the Royal Mail’s Classic Album Cover Stamps at the Rough Trade record shop in London. Speaking about the Led Zeppelin fourth album design Jimmy said   “Almost 40 years after the album came out, nobody knows the old man who featured on the cover, nor the artist who painted him – that sort of sums up what we wanted to achieve with the album cover, which has remained both anonymous and enigmatic at the same time.”. The stamps are on sale from …

The new issue of Mojo has Jimmy Page as the cover subject – inside is an extensive eight page Jimmy Page interview in which he talks about his forthcoming pictorial book, the It Might Get Loud film, his new music and life in and out of Zeppelin. There’s also a fascinating seven page guide through Jimmy’s juke box faves accompanied by a series of photos taken by Ross Halfin at Jimmy’s home.
 
The interview conducted by Phil Alexander is one of the best and most illuminating  
in years. Jimmy discusses the background to …

As the cold winds of the New Year blow in, here’s a TBL news round-up collated from over the holiday period.
Gibson Custom has announced the Gibson Custom Jimmy Page Number Two Les Paul Limited Edition guitar modified by Jimmy Page himself apparently. According to the press release; The 1959 Les Paul that has come to be known as “Number Two” was purchased by Page in 1973 after trying for some time to acquire an exceptional second Les Paul. This was several years after having acquired his other legendary Les Paul–“Number One”, a …

 On January 7th the Royal Mail are issuing a series of stamps featuring ten classic album designs – including the Led Zeppelin fourth album cover
TBL can offer an exclusive highly collectable limited edition first day cover envelope which depicts all ten stamps
The first day cover will be franked exclusively for TBL to state from Plant Street Cradley Heath which is situated in the West Midlands. This is a unique franking stamp in association with Bletchley Park Post Office for TBL and will not be available elsewhere.
Each first day cover will …

DL, the visiting Larry Bergmann Jnr and the good lady Janet- Knebworth book launch weekend in the TBL HQ kitchen, Totnes Close Bedford August 9th 2009
 
On the late morning of January 1st 2000, ten years back, my good friend Terry Boud and I mulled over the previous night’s festivities with a new year’s day pint (or two). We were both nursing massive hangovers and hair of the dog was required.
iPods, podcasts, Blu-ray, Wi –Fi, digital downloads, e commerce, HD, iPhones You tube and Facebook were not on the agenda that …