Get the Led Out - Ep2545 wk of 3nov

'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 November third, twenty fourteen, Jimmy Page spoke
in front of a live audience at New York's ninety
second Street y promoting his book of photographs, Jimmy Page
By Jimmy Page. Page fielded questions from pop artist Jeff
Koons related to photos shown on the screen behind them.

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They discussed the led Zeppelin years and other events from
Jimmy's career. Some audience submitted questions entered the conversation, including
one about Jimmy's future plans. He answered that he hoped
to be seen playing guitar again, and the crowd responded
enthusiastically with prolonged applause and shearing. He played live exactly
once the following year, in Seattle. Next, Jimmy played in

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Brooklyn on November third, twenty twenty three. He had no
other live performances in that period. On November fourth, nineteen
seventy six, Sir Paul McCartney and his wife Linda were
among the first people in London to experience led Zeppelin's
feature film, The Song Remains the Same for the first
time on film. The music in Mind of led Zeppelin.

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The movie opened across the UK and was presented in
four track magnetic stereo. Led Zeppelin attended the premiere at
the Warner West End Theater. Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John
Paul Jones, John Bonner led Zeppelin through an after party
alongside the Royal Opera House at the Floral Hall, Covent Garden.

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Beside the McCartney's, the roster of artists on Zeppelin's Swan
Song record label were in attendance, including Bad Company, The
Pretty Things, Maggie Bell, and Dave Edmonds. On November fifth,
nineteen sixty nine, Led Zeppelin played in Kansas City, Kansas,
without the benefit of using their own PA system or amplifiers.

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Their own equipment was traveling to San Francisco for Zeppelin's
next live engagement, so Zeppelin went to a music store
in Mission, Kansas, which rented out all the equipment they
needed to pull off two evenings shows at Soldiers and
Sailor's Memorial Hall. Journalist Steve Weber noted in The Kansas

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City Star that there was no echo effect in zeppelin
sound and that its absence was quote noticeable and unfortunate.
Steve added quote, it's a shame led Zeppelin couldn't attain
their usual level of quality. On November sixth, nineteen sixty nine,
Led Zeppelin returned to San Francisco for their third and
final run of area shows that year. This time, they

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had three nights at the Winterland Ballroom, presented by Bill Graham.
Opening night was his Thursday, and admission was fifty cents
cheaper than for the shows on Friday and Saturday nights
for three dollars. Attendees saw Zeppelin plus three opening acts,
including soul singer Isaac Hayes. At each show, led Zeppelin
went on after midnight and played till two am. Encores

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the first night included Eddie Kakron's nineteen fifties hits Come On,
Everybody and something Else. On November seventh, nineteen sixty nine,
Led Zeppelin released international editions of Whole Lot of Love

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as a single. Here in the US, AM radio stations
played the single version, which chopped off two minutes worth
of the song's wild middle section, cutting straight to the
guitar solo. Led Zeppelin were not playing Whole Lot of

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Love at their own shows then, but they managed to
incorporate the song's riff. Anyway, case in point, that very
night in San Francisco. This is Carol Miller. Thanks for

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