Get The Led Out - Ep2622 wk of 25may

'Get The Led Out' Explores The Incredible History Of The Rock Band Led Zeppelin!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, this is Carol Miller. Welcome to our get the
letout came May twenty fifth, nineteen seventy five. Led Zeppelin
played the last of five shows at Earl's Court Arena
in London. This one lasted for nearly four hours. Bled
Zeppelin officially released about forty five minutes worth of Earl's
Court footage on their two DVD set in two thousand
and three. That means much more music is unreleased. For instance,

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we don't get to witness No Quarter, which they consistently
played for twenty one to twenty six minutes each night
at Earl's Court. John Paul Jones got to play a
solo on his own Steinway Grand piano from home. On

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May twenty sixth, nineteen seventy three, Blood Zeppelin played in
Salt Lake City, Utah, briefly between songs on their zetlist.
They turned the Salt Palace into a nightclub. John Paul
Jones happened to be playing electric piano when he struck
some chords and Robert Plant chimed in with Georgia on
My Mind. John Bonham entered on drums part way.

Speaker 2 (01:12):
Through Georgia, Georgia the whole day Your Settle Sleep Song

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Keeps Georgia.

Speaker 1 (01:39):
On May twenty seventh, two thousand and three, Led Zeppelin
released five hours and twenty minutes of live footage on
two DVDs. Separately, How the West Was Won featured another
two and a half hours on three CDs. Jimmy Page
promoted it all.

Speaker 2 (01:54):
What we've got here is a live blitz. We've got
a live assault of Zeppelin.

Speaker 1 (01:59):
Apart from the line work, Jimmy said, led Zepplin studio
tracks remained in the vaults, although he made no promises
of releasing them anytime soon.

Speaker 2 (02:07):
What there is is very very interesting early mixes of
songs or turn up mixes and altern up versions of
songs too. Maybe it'll take another twenty years for those
things to come loud.

Speaker 1 (02:20):
Those further releases unfolded over the next eleven to thirteen years,
not quite twenty forty years ago. On May twenty eighth,
nineteen eighty six, Jimmy Page played the last show with
his band The Firm. Their US tour ended at Joe
Louis Arena in Detroit. For the Firm's final encore, singer
Paul Rogers belted out the song I Just Want to

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Make Love to You, a hit for Fogat. That blues
song was written by Willie Dixon, who was credited on
four songs from led Zeppelin's first two albums. Jimmy's next
collaborative band after the firm, quoted the first line of
that blue song. The Coverdale Page single My Tree also
opens with a riff Jimmy originally intended for led Zeppelin

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that goes back.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
To the days of Zeppelin. Actually, when we was in rehearsing,
wing through the outdoor, nobody can see at all what
it's all about. David immediately next song tour, which is Cooled.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
On May twenty ninth, nineteen seventy, Led Zeppelin recorded a
couple of songs in London that happened to go onto
their next single. Unlike most of their catalog, neither song
had a guitar solo. They worked through both songs at
Olympic Sound Studios. Ironically, Led Zeppelin singles were coming out
in countries other than the UK. Immigrant song, the hard

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rock song on the flip side had the non album
track Hey Hey, What can I Do? With harmony vocals
from the entire group along with acoustic guitars and mandolin.

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This is Carol Miller, thanks for Getting the let Out.
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