Get the Led Out - Ep2548 wk of 24nov

'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 twenty fourth, nineteen seventy one, Led
Zeppelin played the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England. This venue,
with its Renaissance inspired Palazzo style architecture, is currently a
Radison Hotel. Led Zeppelin were touring in support of the
release of their untitled fourth album, and they sounded a

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lot like they did on the record, as Dave Lewis
and Mike Tremaglio stated in their book Evenings with led Zeppelin. Quote.
While Robert Plant claimed to have had the flu it
certainly didn't appear to hamper his ability to reach for
and hit a lot of high notes, as evidenced by
his remarkable performance of Rock and Roll, one of his
best ever renditions of this song, sung in high register

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and similarly to the album version unquote. On November twenty fifth,
nineteen seventy one, Led Zeppelin played at the Queen's Hall
in the percyg Building on the campus of Less University.
Promoter David Simone and the entertainment's committee anticipated a sellout,

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and the blimp shaped poster of Zeppelin had advertised tickets
as being available only in advance. A member of the
press with the initials PEB wrote, quote, as an indication
of Zeppelin's incredible popularity at the moment, this concert was
sold out within hours of the campus box office opening.
I'm certain the same thing would happen if the group
came back next week. Peebe also said quote. Their appeal

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is heightened by the fact that, even after three years
on the road and a couple of world tours, the
four members obviously still enjoy making music. On November twenty six,
two thousand and seven, the surviving members of Led Zeppelin
were originally scheduled to perform as part of the concert
benefit for the late Ahmed Erdigan's education Fund. The show

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had been postponed by two weeks after Jimmy page injury
to finger. In the run up to the show, John
Paul Jones expressed sympathy for fans who had to rearrange
their own schedules in order to attend. It must be
dreadful for people who've got I mean as people coming
from all over the world and they booked flights, it
must be horrible. I can't imagine what it was. Without
giving away details. Ahead of the show, John Paul discussed

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what it was like rehearsing with his former bandmates and
Jason Bonham, the son of led Zeppelin's original drummer. Well,
I was just hoping I was going to remember everything,
but then everybody else was doing the same thing, And
funny enough, the person who really remembers everything was Jason
fifty years ago. On November twenty seventh, nineteen seventy five,
it was Thanksgiving Day in the US and Jimmy Page

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was aware of that. In West Germany, bled Zeppelin had
been recording in Munich for the past month. Jimmy overdubbed
the last of his guitar parts in his last few
days at music Land Studios. He hustled to complete everything
before the Rolling Stones arrived to take over the studio.
He finished just in time for the US holiday, so
he suggested naming led Zeppelin's album Thanksgiving. Once the artwork

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came out. Another name bandied about and rejected was Obelisk.
In the end, led Zeppelin settled on the title Presence.
Robert Plant has said, sometimes in the middle of it all,
the moods of composure are remarkable things, and they flowed
into yourself. When that happens that is the peak point
for creation. On November twenty eighth, nineteen seventy one, while

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Led Zeppelin were on tour in the UK, their untitled
fourth album had just reached number one on the National
album charts. When they played at Liverpool Stadium the following day,
they had England's highest chart topping LP and came close
to achieving the same result. In America, the fourth album
was at number two, its peak position, just behind Carol

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King's Tampestry. This is Carol Miller. Thanks for Getting the

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let Out. Check back next week for another Get the
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