Get the Led Out - Ep2427 wk of 1jul

Carol Miller's 'Get The Led Out' Explores The Incredible History Of The Rock Band Led Zeppelin!

Episode Transcript

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Hi, this is Carol Miller.Welcome to our get the Letout calendar.
Ten years ago, on July first, twenty fourteen, Robert Plant and the
Sensational Space Shifters performed at the VienneJazz Festival in Vienne, France. Robert

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and his band had a knack forrearranging led Zeppelin songs. Their otherwise mellow
version of Going to California built upinto a big frenzy at the end.
In more recent days, Robert Planthas been touring with two other bands.

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Four members of the Sensational Space Shifterscurrently play in a lineup called the Free
Four. On July second, nineteeneighty, led Zeppelin played in Mannheim,
West Germany, nearing the end ofa European tour. So far, they
had succeeded in keeping songs relatively shortall the way until the encorees most nights

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of the tour, led Zeppelin skippedWhole Lot of Love. Closing with it
in Mannheim sent them first into anextended funky jam. Five minutes later it
was becoming a blues medal. Theirfinal encore stretched dangerously close to the fifteen

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minute mark, and by that tour'sstandards, it was uncharacteristically long. On
July third, nineteen eighty led Zeppelinplayed their second straight night at Ice Stadium.
The previous show had lasted around twohours. This time, Zeppelin stayed
closer to the tour's ideal of anhour and a half. Their final encore

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in Mannheim was something they could reliablykeep to about two minutes start to finish.
Although Communication Breakdown is from Zeppelin's debutalbum, they closed playing it in
Mannheim with the pace of Wearing andTearing, one of their later Zeppelin songs
that John Bonham never lived to see. Released on July fourth, nineteen eighty

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five, British citizen Jimmy Page sayshe was quote honored to have spent Independence
Day touring the US with The BeachBoys, including Brian Wilson. They played
first in Daylight in Streets in Philadelphiato a crowd of around nine hundred thousand
right fun. The Beach Boys secondfree concert drew another half million to the

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National in Washington, d C.Fireworks went off when Jimmy Page threw down
some lead guitar. This was BarbaraAnn fifty five years ago. On July
fifth, nineteen sixty nine, LedZeppelin's third US tour got underway in Hampton,

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Georgia, home of the Atlanta InternationalRaceway. This was the Atlanta International
Pop Festival held over the holiday weekend. Janis Joplin of the Cosmic Blues Band
played as I Got to Know Led, Zeppelin's first American festival. Crowd numbered

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around eighty thousand. This is CarolMiller. Thanks for Getting the let Out.
Check back next week for another Getthe Letout Calendar podcast.