Get the Led Out - Ep2508 wk of 17feb

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.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Fifty five years ago. On February seventeenth, nineteen seventy a
show in Edinburgh, Scotland, was the final date of led
Zeppelin's UK tour that had also seen them playing at
the Royal Albert Hall in London. The Canadian singer Joni
Mitchell happened to be performing at the Albert Hall that night,
and on stage she confirmed reporting that she'd be taking

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time off from touring that year to concentrate on her songwriting.
At that time, led Zeppelin had European and American tours booked,
after which they would also feel the need for a
break from touring. Inspiration would hit Jimmy Page and Robert
Plant on a songwriting excursion of their own in a
couple of months time. On February eighteenth, nineteen seventy two,

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Led Zeppelin were all set to take the stage in Adelaide,
South Australia, but the open air show at Memorial Drive
Park was rained out, reports with that Zeppelin's amplification equipment
had gotten wet. Fortunately, led Zeppelin came back the next
day and performed and there was no problem with the amplification.
Immigrants song was the opening number and before they went

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into the next audience members had their say far out.
When a tape of the audience recorded from Adelaide entered circulation,
it did so with the title oh My ears Man.

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On February nineteenth, nineteen sixty six, very young, looking, clean
shaven John Bonham married Pat Phillips at a wedding ceremony
in England. Well wishers sprinkled confetti on them, and that
moment was previously unseen, but it's now shown in the
movie Becoming led Zeppelin. Two and a half years into
their marriage, John and Pat Bonham heard from one of

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John's ex bandmates that Pat didn't like She didn't want
her husband to join another band with this guy, Robert Plant,
So John found a way to assure her there was
no financial risk to them. Led Zeppelin assured John a
salary in case they were lucrative. With that, John Bonham
joined the band he knew would be the most fun

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to play with. Pat Bonham has survived the past forty
five years without her husband. On February twentieth, nineteen seventy two,
led Zeppelin tested the limits of the seating capacity at
Kuyong Long Tennis Club in Melbourne, Australia. Whenever a tennis
match was in play, the stadium seated eighty five hundred
observers for led Zeppelin. Not only were those seats filled,

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but the tennis court was also packed. People continued to
file in throughout the show, bringing the final attendance to
fourteen thousand. Jimmy Agian Robert Plant performed Tangerine as an

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acoustic duet on Zeppelin's Australian tour. Later live performances of
the song they utilized the talents of John Paul Jones
and John Bonham as well. On February twenty first, nineteen
seventy four, an official press release carried news about led
Zeppelin's latest accomplishments. In polling. Staff of Circus Magazine had

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tabulated some twenty thousand ballots in an annual poll of readers.
Led Zeppelin were taking over best Group and Best Lead
Singer from Alice Cooper, who was now ranking second in
both categories. Also, Circus Magazine's previous best Lead guitarist, Eric Clapton,
now occupied second place to led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page.

Speaker 1 (04:01):
This is Carol Miller. Thanks for Getting the let Out.
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