the line ‘’You head is humming and it won’t go –in case you don’t know’’ accented by Bozo’s bass drum. THE UK WAS EXPERIENCING ITS FIRST MONTH OF DECIMILISATION AND STILL IN THE THROES OF A GENERAL POSTAL STRIKE It was eight years ago today – the release of the fantastic Physical Graffiti 40th anniversary reissue on Monday February 23 ,2015 and I spent the day in London reveling in it all… Led Zeppelin -Led Zeppelin “The Sigils”-4 CD Slip Case AOS edition of Odense 1971, Tarantura label bootleg

And here is the winning choice: Stairway To Heaven as performed by Led Zeppelin at Earls Court – May 25th 1975 The quality of the songwriting is just immense – much has been made in the past about the disharmony among the four at the time. Whilst there were obvious tensions there were many moments of pure Beatles fun – a fact emphasised by producer of the new remaster Giles Martin in various recent interviews.

Jimmy Page

There’s no doubt that Led Zeppelin’s Earls Court appearances represented a career high for the band and four decades on, are still held in the highest esteem by the vast following. Last Friday, it was a joy to invest in The Beatles White Album Giles Martin new stereo mix on vinyl on the day of release at the excellent Slide Record shop in Bedford…93 minutes of musical heaven awaited.

In May 1975, Led Zeppelin performed five momentous concerts at the Earls Court Arena in London to a combined audience of 85,000 fans. This was a band at the peak of their powers slaying the sold out audiences with a nightly marathon three and a half hour presentation of light, sound, power and energy. Another anniversary the Remasters releases all of 33 years old this week. I absolutely loved that period – it was so incredible to see the resurgence of interest that surrounded them – here’s some 33rd anniversary thoughts… The performance in the school’s Roxburgh Hall was also unique unusual for another reason: It was an all-boys attendance and all seated. Unlike a lot of their performance of the time there was not a scream to be heard. David Magnus, an assistant to the photographer Dezo Hoffman, took a number of photos of the event. We have all had a journey with this song over the years. Mine commenced on April 4 1971 when I heard it on my radio listening to Led Zeppelin’s BBC In Concert performance on Radio One’s John Peel show. I’d heard Jimmy in an interview describing how it had come together in various sections building to a climax. Sure enough this tentative version did just that.

TBL 9 : Released March 1994

When he asked what number I’d like in the ‘’book number ‘’ box Jimmy took the initiative and smiling mischievously, filled it in marking it book number ‘’666’’…

John Bonham and I came from the same area in England and we were very fortunate to team up with Jimmy and John Paul Jones and to write several different combinations of songs which each to their own were incredibly different. We were always trying to mix it up and we didn’t like anybody else who played in the music business because we liked ourselves so much. VHP on ROBERT PLANT PERFORMS STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN AT ANDY TAYLOR CHARITY CONCERT/MR JIMMY FILM/LZ NEWS/LED ZEP II AT 54/THE MAKING OF LED ZEP III/SONG REMAINS/TERRY REID REVIEW/ROLLING STONES REVIEW/WHO’S NEXT/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATESamira talked about this find when she was a guest on the Saturday afternoon performance of Mark Lewishon’s excellent Evolver ‘63 presentation in June which I attended at the Bloomsbury theatre. September 15– The exhibition “The Wiltshire Thatcher – a Photographic Journey through Victorian Wessex” featuring the original photograph from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s fourth album will close at Wiltshire Museum.