Get the Led Out - Ep2518 wk of 28apr

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 April twenty eighth, nineteen seventy seven, Led
Zeppelin played a second night at Richfield Coliseum in Ohio.
Achilles' last stand was just about ten minutes long, and
before that, Jimmy Page played an equally long guitar solo. Now,
during this portion of the evening, Jimmy played a melody

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that Americans since nineteen thirty one have called the US
National Anthem. Now Jimmy is no doubt aware of this
melody's origins In late eighteenth century London, it was called
the Anacreonotics Song, and he performed it in the key
of C, matching the original published key of its British
composer John Stafford Smith. Did you know that was the

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origin of the Star Sprangled Banner? On April twenty ninth,
two thousand and one, Robert Plant played his fifth show
with his new band, The Strange Sensation. They had debuted
in Denmark and played next in Sweden, the same path
he had taken thirty three years earlier with led Zeppelin.

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Two of the actual Zeppelin songs picked for the Strange
Sensations initial Scandinavian tour weren't ever in led Zeppelin setlists.
These were the physical Graffiti, Deep Cuts in the Light
and night Flight the line you will Find You will

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Find Most everything else that made Robert setlist was a
cover song from the nineteen sixties. He had enough of
those that he based his next solo album, Dreamland on them.
On April thirtieth, nineteen seventy seven, Led Zeppelin played to
their largest crowd in America, more than seventy six thousand,

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at the Silver Dome in Pontiac, Michigan. Since Zeppelin had
no supporting acts, this show gave them the largest attendance
record for any solo indoor attraction. Several camera operators had

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stage access. Those who were far away from the stage
could rely on a giant screen or with standard these days,
but it was a new concept when led Zeppelin did it.

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On May one, nineteen sixty nine, Led Zeppelin played a
university date in California at UC Irvine's Crawford Hall. This
was immediately following Zepp's final gig at the Fillmore West
and San Francisco. Crawford Hall was at capacity. Nobody else
could get in, even if they had tickets in the
style of that psychedelic club. Led Zeppelin had just come

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from M and A Productions, booked three acts on the
bill and presented a show from eight in the evening
to midnight. The band Hard Luck Boy played opening set,
and then came the solo artist Lee Michaels. Led Zeppelin
used the rest of the evening to play a set
with five encores, making sure the hundreds outside could at
least hear them. On May sewo nineteen sixty nine, Led

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Zeppelin played at the Rose Palace in Pasadena, California. The
key to pulling off a three act booking successfully might
have been the ability to book multiple performances across multiple nights,
which happened here. This event included a set from the
Elvin Bishop Group, whose self titled album was out on
Filmore Records. Then there was a set from Julie Driscoll,

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Brian Auger and the Trinity, who had opened for Zeppelin
at the Filmore West just five days earlier. The show
was scheduled from eight pm, not until midnight, but until
one am, so led Zeppelin really got to stretch out
over two nights at the Rose Palace. It's too bad
Led Zeppein weren't ever able to return to Pasadena to
play the Rose Bowl. This is Carol Miller. Thanks for

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