Get the Led Out - Ep2439 wk of 23sep

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
Letout calendar. On September twenty third, nineteen seventy one, Led
Zeppelin kicked off their first Japanese draw. They opened in
Capital City, Tokyo, playing to around thirteen thousand at Budkan Hall.
Nearly a dozen audience recordings have emerged from Zeppelin's debut there.
The most complete tape lasts over two and a half hours.

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One song tease lasts mere seconds. That was Ronnie or Stomp.
The full song wasn't quite ready for its live premiere
at that moment forty years ago. On September twenty fourth,

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nineteen eighty four, the Honey Drippers released their EP Volume one.
Robert Plant was between his second and third solo albums.
His label Boss Armored Rdigan insisted the Honey Dirippers cover
five songs from the fifties. Robert appreciates music from that era,
and he realizes he's not alone in that. Among his contemporaries,

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Rod Stewart, Sir Elton John, and Mick Jagger have all
explored vintage fifties records. As Robert will tell you, as.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
A singer from my time, spec anybody else who was
beginning when I began, say Rochter listening to the Soulsters
and Sam Cook, Mel Carter and all his people, and
Elton Jagger with his vocal approach. We were all listening
to people from that particular time, you know.

Speaker 1 (01:35):
On September twenty fifth, nineteen eighty, led Zeppelin tickets happened
to be going on sale in Chicago by way of
a mail in order form in that morning's newspaper. What
didn't make the paper was the overnight death of led
Zeppelin's drummer. The band had just gotten together to rehearse
for a tour, but John Bonham drank too much and
slept in the wrong position. As you may have heard,

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he didn't make it through the night. The band dispersed
from Jimmy Page's home, and a candlelight vigil gathered outside,
canceling a tour and discussing any future for led Zeppelin. Well,
all that had to wait. Family came first, and Robert
Plant went to console the bottoms. Those who mattered most
were John Bonham's wife, Pat, their children Jason and Zoe,

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and John's parents and siblings. John Henry Bonham of led
Zeppelin lived to thirty two years old. On September twenty sixth,
nineteen seventy one, led Zeppelin spent their first day off
in Japan. They wisely chose to bring cameras with them
as they spent some memorable time at Hiroshimo Peace Memorial Park.
They were playing a gig in front of six thousand.

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A day later in Hiroshima, led Zeppelin's show was a
benefit concert for area of residence, but the mayor of
Hiroshima turned around an honored led Zeppelin. He presented them
with a ceremonial scroll. That was before he fully got
to appreciate led Zeppelin's dynamic range. How the quiet parts
distinguished themselves from the loud parts. On September twenty seventh,

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nineteen seventy five, led Zeppelin spent some time in Malibu
with half of Bad Company, or if you believe led
Zeppelin's official website, They were catching fellow musician Donovan's live
show in Santa Monica. John Paul Jones had arranged three
of Donovan's hits, playing the bass guitar in the recording studio,
having arranged the parts for other musicians. Usually this meant

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brass parts, sometimes just bass drums and fuzz guitar. Well,
in case you've heard that it was Jimmy Page on guitar,
it wasn't. It was Alan Parker. And in case you
read John Bonham played drums, Nope, he wasn't. Yet in
the picture, Clem Katini played drums. This is Carol Miller.

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