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[30 Mar 2013 | No Comment | 6,813 views]
TBL CELEBRATES HOUSES OF THE HOLY AT 40/RECORD COLLECTOR FEEDBACK/YOU TUBE FEAST/ROBERT DOWN UNDER/JIMMY AT FOALS GIG/DL DIARY UPDATE

TBL Celebrates Houses Of The Holy at 40:
A lot of work went into collating and writing the Houses Of The Holy feature earlier in the year – I was as usual spinning a few other plates, so it’s most gratifying to receive the kind of feedback below that makes it all worthwhile…inspiring a return to the music with a fresh perspective is always my mission on everything that comes out of here…judging by these comments it’s job done with Houses…
This one from Paul Humbley:
This is the least played Zeppelin vinyl in …

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[28 Oct 2012 | One Comment | 6,368 views]
ROBERT PLANT PRESENTS THE SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS IN SAO PAULO – ON THE SPOT REPORTS PLUS AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL DATE ANNOUNCED

ROBERT PLANT PRESENTS SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS TWICE IN SÃO PAULO AND PREMIERES “FOUR STICKS” IN LATIN AMERICA 2012 TOUR – ON THE SPOT REPORT FOR TBL  FROM ANDRE CRUZ:
This week a Led Zeppelin member did two shows in two consecutive days in any point of the South-America for the very first time. It was also the first indoor Robert Plant show in the biggest city of the continent. The organizers choose São Paulo to Monday and Tuesday because it has the strongest Brazilian market for rock shows. Arriving lessening to …

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[26 Jul 2012 | 6 Comments | 7,663 views]
TBL NEWS ROUND UP: DRUMMERS AND MUSICIANS AID COT DEATH CHARITY/ SPACE SHIFTERS AT WOMAD/ DOWNLOADS/ JPJ WITH ROKIA/ DEBORAH BONHAM BAND FOR GBBF / FROM A WHISPER/ OLYMPICS

Drummers and Musicians Aid fsid Cot Death Charity:
Former Priory of Brion drummer Andy Edwards has been in touch to inform us that his wife Dani is raising money for the cot death charity fsid.  Dani is arranging for an array of drummers and musicians to sign a snare drum which will be subsequently auctioned for the fsid charity. Robert Plant has already added his name personally to the drum – all the details of how you can donate to this very worthy cause can be found at
http://drummers4fsid.org/
Robert Plant Presents Sensational Space …

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[13 Jul 2012 | 39 Comments | 53,261 views]
ROBERT PLANT PRESENTS SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS AT THE HMV LONDON FORUM: ‘CONTINUE TO KEEP SMILING…’

Robert Plant Presents Sensational Space Shifters – HMV London Forum -Thursday July 12th 2012
Set List: Fixin’ To Die/Tin Pan Valley/44/Friends/Spoonful/Bron Yr Aur Stomp/Ohio/No Bad News/Standing in the Shadow of the Hill/Don’t let me Die in Florida/Black Dog/Somebody Knocking/I’m Your Witchdoctor/Who Do You Love –Whole Lotta Love –Steal away –Bury My Body. Encores: Another Tribe/Gallows Pole
Robert Plant returned to London for his first show since The Band Of Joy appearance in 2010. This time he was surrounded by a hybrid band of players that drew on the nucleus of the Strange Sensation, …

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[12 Jul 2012 | One Comment | 11,164 views]
ROBERT PLANT WEEK ON TBL: ROBERT PLANT TBL ARCHIVE DAY 5 – FROM THE BAND OF JOY TO SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS…ROBERT PLANT ON VOCALS – TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT…

To celebrate the Robert Plant London Forum gig, it’s Robert Plant week on TBL – here’s the final daily archive postings which brings the story up to date from The Band Of Joy though to Sensational Space Shifters for which tonight is the night….
The TBL pre gig meet is at The Assembly House pub, 292-294 Kentish Town Road, Kentish Town, London. We look forward to seeing all that can make it along.
Here’s a round up of live reviews from The Band Of Joy through to the Sensational Space Shifters Gloucester debut -and …

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[11 Jul 2012 | 4 Comments | 8,261 views]
ROBERT PLANT WEEK ON TBL: ROBERT PLANT TBL ARCHIVE DAY 4 – FROM THE PRIORY TO DREAMLAND

To celebrate Thursday’s Robert Plant London Forum gig, it’s Robert Plant week on TBL with daily archive postings. Today we look back to the immediate Page & Plant era that took Robert Plant from the Priory Of Brion into Dreamland.
ROBERT PLANT – FROM THE PRIORY TO DREAMLAND
“Outside my window, strange things come every night and day, It’s strange, so very very strange…”
Robert Plant sang these opening lines from Donovan’s ‘Season Of The Witch’ directly in front of me as he moved centre stage in the tiny Boardwalk club in Sheffield …

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[10 Jul 2012 | One Comment | 5,538 views]
ROBERT PLANT WEEK ON TBL: TBL ROBERT PLANT ARCHIVE DAY 3 – SIXTY SIX TO TIMBUKTU

To celebrate Robert Plant’s this week’s London Forum gig, over the next few days it’s Robert Plant week on TBL with daily archive postings. Today we look back to the 2003  Robert Plant compilation set Sixty Six To Timbuktu.
PLANT 66 TO TIMBUKTU RETRO PROVES THERE IS LIFE BEFORE AND AFTER ZEPPELIN…
Given his vast achievements within Led Zeppelin, it’s easy to forget that Robert Plant has enjoyed a solo career that has spanned twice the time he spent in the company of Page and co.
The release of Sixty Six To …

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[9 Jul 2012 | 4 Comments | 13,605 views]
ROBERT PLANT WEEK ON TBL: TBL ROBERT PLANT ARCHIVE DAY 2 – PICTURES AT ELEVEN 1982 REVISITED

To celebrate Robert Plant’s forthcoming London Forum gig, over the next few days it’s Robert Plant week on TBL with daily archive postings. Today we look back to his first post Zep solo album Pictures At Eleven.
Pictures at Eleven – Still vivid at  30
Robert Plant’s first solo album was a personal  career watershed to rival Led Zep 1 
For the former singer in the biggest band in the world, the post Zeppelin career rebuilding process can be traced along the highways and the byways of the North of England in …

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[8 Jul 2012 | No Comment | 4,429 views]
ROBERT PLANT WEEK ON TBL: TBL ROBERT PLANT ARCHIVE DAY 1 – HONEYDRIPPERS 1981 REVISITED

To celebrate Robert Plant’s forthcoming London Forum gig, over the next few days it’s Robert Plant week on TBL with daily archive postings. Today we look back to his first post Zep appearances in the Midlands based pick up band The Honeydrippers.
Honeydrippers ‘81 Revisited
Two months ago Led Zeppelin announced they could not continue as they were. For Robert Plant this decision signalled a period of self-evaluation that resulted in a complete change of musical status, from being the seminal rock demi-god to being, well, just the singer in a band. …