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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Great news…Becoming Led Zeppelin set for UK screenings – this via LedZep News…
“Becoming Led Zeppelin” will be released in the UK on February 5, LedZepNews has learned.
The film will be exclusively available on IMAX screens in the UK on February 5 and February 6 before a wider, non-IMAX release on February 7.
A new UK trailer and poster have been produced by the film’s UK distributor Sony Pictures UK:

The announcement of the film’s UK release follows two weeks of uncertainty about plans to release “Becoming Led Zeppelin” in the UK. Screenings …

Led Zeppelin Reunion for Ahmet Ertegun at the 02 Arena – 17 years gone…TBL Anniversary Special…
Kicking off the TBL 17th anniversary celebrations with this piece from Mark Cunningham who was at the rehearsals and at that night of nights…
THE MIRACLE OF 2007
A random outpouring of recollection.
That was an incredible time to be alive, especially in my position as the founding editor of live production industry magazine TPi (Total Production International), whose responsibility it was to report on the design and execution of the best shows around.
I was also a co-founder …

It was 44 years ago …they could not continue as they were…

44 years ago this week I vividly remember taking a call from the Musician’s Only paper and being asked for a quote regarding the announcement that Led Zeppelin were to disband.
These were sad times indeed – and it was about to get worse. The whole ‘Zep to split’ story would get buried somewhat when just four days later John Lennon was shot dead in New York…
Looking back at my diary entry for 44 years ago for December 4, it …

 Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening  –  Hard Rock Casino Gary Indiana – November 21 2024 – on the spot report via Ed Bode:

Jason and his band continue to perform the catalogue of Led Zeppelin in a very respectful manner that keeps the music very much alive and well.
This was the second show of his current tour and the band are definitely fresh, energetic, and enjoying what they do.

The set list was  different this time around and included some songs not heard in a long time – , of course there …

ELECTRIC MAGIC  53 YEARS GONE:
November 21st is always a bit of a special date in my calendar year – as it was on this day back in 1971 that I was lucky enough to witness Led Zeppelin live at the Empire Pool Wembley –and as you will read, nothing was ever the same in our house after that. Over the next few days  I’ll be wading through the Empire Strikes Back Tarantura CD box set to recall the night the Wembley Empire Pool was, as the Melody Maker headline ran  …