Get the Led Out - Ep2430 wk of 22jul

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

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, this is Carol Miller. Welcome to our Get the
Leadout calendar. On July twenty second, two thousand and eight,
an expanded soundtrack to the song Remains the Same was
scheduled to come out as a vinyl box set. In
typical led Zeppelin fashion, its release was delayed, this time
by only one week. Instead, it came out thirty five

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years to the day after led Zeppelin rapp recording and
filming at Madison Square Garden July twenty ninth, nineteen seventy three.
This two thousand and eight soundtrack box set included six
songs previously not pressed to vinyl. Four LPs with swan
song logos came in individual jackets bearing one of the

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four symbols. The longest song, Dazed and Confused, was split
into parts one and two across two album sides, but
led Zeppelin addressed that problem with another soundtrack reissue ten
years later. Twenty five years ago. On July twenty third,
nineteen ninety nine, around three hundred pubgoers witnessed the live
debut of the garage rock band Priory of Brian at

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at English Pub. Their very famous lead singer, Robert Plant
had managed to keep his identity secret ahead of time.
Plant had turned down major touring opportunities that year, only
to pop up at Shropshire's historic three Tons in. Robert
did not perform any of his own songs. He only
sang cover songs, many of them from the nineteen sixties.

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Priory of Brian reunited him with Kevin Gammond, who back
in the sixties had counted Robert and also John Bonham
as his bandmates because they all had played together in
the original band of Joy fifty five years ago. On
July twenty fourth, nineteen sixty nine, Led Zeppelin was still
in New York, a few days after playing the Schaefer

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Music Festival. They spent part of their last day in
New York at Atlantic Studios. They created a rough mix
of something they labeled Bring It All Home. They obviously
meant bring It On Home. This isn't the version that
came out on led Zeppelin III. They hadn't recorded that yet.
This was a raw early take they left on the
cutting room floor for forty six years. It finally came

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out on the deluxe edition of Coda, part of the
reissues campaign that concluded nine years ago. At the end
of July twenty fifteen, Thirty years ago. On July twenty fifth,
nineteen ninety four, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant began secretly

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rehearsing in London. Over a week of studio time behind
closed doors, they tried out a new collection of backing musicians.
Their inner circle encompassed some British string players and some
other orchestral musicians with an Egyptian background. If Jimmy and
Robert were renewing their partnership, it had to be for
the right reasons. They had to be eager to experiment,

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never settling for easy money. But then again, as Jimmy
was quick to point out, neither one of them had
ever really taken it easy.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
Some people get so blase and it becomes so much
of it not a chore but an easy dollar, that
they lose the fire, you know.

Speaker 1 (03:12):
But I don't think we've ever, individually even tried to
take it easy. Forty five years ago, on July twenty sixth,
nineteen seventy nine, promoters in England announced that the Marshall
Tucker Band were no longer going to be one of
Led Zeppelin's supporting acts at the Nebworth Festival. Fans could
take consolation that the new Commander Cody Band would appear instead,

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although his last Planet Airmen was the thing of the past.
After the musical and comedic duo called Chas and Dave
warmed up for led Zeppelin at Nepworth, Robert Plant showed
he could be funny too.

Speaker 2 (03:46):
In the Neolithic caves in Peru, they've been found a
lot of colored drawings on the walls and they also
found a new album cover. As you've no doubt read
the reviews, it's tremendous. It's called in through the Outdoor,
which is one of those methods of entry that proves
to be harder than one would originally expect.

Speaker 1 (04:05):
This is Carol Miller. Thanks for Getting the Letout. Check
back next week for another Get the Letout Calendar podcast