idbité... ee ADO reetings! The May edion of EM is in Sour owsesston and {thnk youl find 3ome'new and ineesting tidbit inthis isu. "We're quchiyesing non oor fist year of provoction, Av sways lke to welcome fisttne readers and subscribers tothe mages alvays tok forward o hearing ifm south any comment Wess artes ploy or anything you wink Special thanks to Ronen Godin for hs part atc on Earls Con 1975 and Kochworth 1079 whch concades letic Magic recently made ts television debut, twas featured in segment on the MuchMusic video network. Shown was the Fury 1991 cover Gn a peat closeup) and the November 1990 cover, Many thanks fo Angela Data or ets an sippon Tite's apecular ice dt assent in from a local penspaper calle The Lighthonse" on ‘pris, 1991 in Brdgewater. Nova Scoua The aicle says that they are planning 4 giant iEatva-type concert in the area for Canals Day treckend eats "Posse performers forthe oncet were the Doobie Brot the Kentcky Head Homers, Led Zeppelin, KD Lang snd Pi Ealing" Sound to fod fo be tus? Read om Rod Stewart would be the biggest draw Ou ould got Anhough Ro Stet wo rte 3 toammoth crowd, those mentioned as possible Frrformers woud draw well too" Led Zeppein Fevival would dry well but nike Rod Stewant ‘oF Collins." Amusing isn't ie? Well, I wouldn't hhold my breath for a Zep reunion taking place hve or anywhere. Thanks to Daniel Oxner of Bridgewater, Nova Seotia for sending iti, "Masters of Rock" magazine recently released their all-Led Zeppelin issue. Included are some fantastic photographs and revealing interviews with Page, Plant and Jones. Here's what John Paul Jones had to say about doing @ Zeppelin reunion: “Somebody asked me that on the radio and I said "Ed Who? Led Zeppelin is no more. It ould be foolish to go onstage and do a best of” tour.” In all, the M.O.R. Zeppelin dition is a great addition to anyone"s collection. You should be able to pick one up at your local news-stand but for anyone finding difficulty in Tocating one, write to: M.OR., P.O. Box 575, Mt Morris, IL 61054 USA. “The centrefold featured in the February “OL issue from the Howard Mylett collection stiould ‘also be credited to Syes. Unit Next Sam RapalloKing of the Super Groups... mm June 2, 1975 This article by Bob Hart ran in a British bloid newspaper just after Led Zeppelin's overwhelming ¢ sold-out shows in London's Earls Court. It's a rare look at a positive ‘action by a critic hat Zep had nox seen a ‘reporter: someth They non “Top of the Pops*. Nobody mobs them, of tears their clothes, But Led Zeppelin are still the most Successful rock band of all time Bigger than the Beatles, Bigger than the Rolling Stones. And far bigger than pop acts like the Osmonds and the Bay City Rollers, Zep. as they are known (0 their fans, also happen to be the best rock band in the world Tn a five concert season at Earls Cour Zep played to a total of 85,000 people, Every ticket was sold within six hours of the ‘box-office opening. Compare that with the Osmonds. They played two nights at Earls Court and neither Concert sold out in advance. ‘The Bay City Rollers are not yet as well established as they Will be Within @ yeae but by comparison their London ticket sales were modest They played three shows at London's Hammersmith Odeon, which has a capacity of 3.400, There was insufficient demand for iiekets to consider a fourth concert Mel Bush, shrewdest and most successful of the top British promoters told me: "Led Zeppelin are, without question, the most successful band in the world, "Nobody else ‘could sell out five Earls Court concerts, At his British peak, David Bowie could just manage to sell out Earls Court for one night. Pink Floyd tried to do two nights but ‘only sold hal the tickets for the second ni Top American promoters agree that has never been anything like the British group. Nor even the Rolling Stones are in their class as crowd-pullers.. American attendance records were established years ago by the Beatles and most of them stood from the mid-sixties until the early seventies, when Zep ccame along aad smashed them Their recent 26-city tour of the U.S. attracted 4 total audience of around 700,000, and American ticket prices are usvally close 10 $12 a head But who ced Zeppelin? has the manin the street ever heard of them? How many Aults could name one band member? “The fist name to remember is Jimmy Pi the 31-year old former Yardbird wo pulled Led Zeppelin together in 1968. In a business cra ‘with grvat guitarists, he i certainly one ofthe Exciting ard imaginative and with astonishing technique, he leads the way. ‘The 26-year old vocalist Robert Plant follows. He is ‘a performer who combines the theatrical arrogance of Mick Jagger with a raw honest rock and rol voice. Davaling thythm pattemns are laid down by 26 Year old drumme: Bonham - rugged individual who combines the time-keeping sense of Big Ben with all the Tighiness and subtlety of a Centurion tank Bass player and Keyboard wizard John Paul Jones -a sober young man of 29 who almost left ithe band to become organist at Winchester ‘Cathedral two years ago elegantly Fills in the aps. “The band has issued six stunning albums “The first Led Zeppelin 1, appeared in 1969 with "Bven Germany 3/273 fone released roughly each year since then. The latest, Pliysical Graffiti is stil elose tothe top of the all-important American alum charts. The band's carnings have been conservatively estimated at §25 million a year. For Led Zeppelin there are no rules. Just sweat and inspiration and Rock & roll magic. To take in a Led Zeppelin concert is to undergo an astonishing, Jenn mind-blowing experience, ‘The success of Led Zeppelin has 4 fot 10 do with the management of a 89 year old former ‘wrestler and bouncer ~ Peter Grant. He has fevolutionized rock management with his ability to forecast market trends with his contempt forthe Sort of exposure that commercial groups often seek, an by breaking the hold of American concert promoters, Tintit Grant came along, top bands were satisfied with an arrangement with the promoters which guaranteed then 50 percent of all the money from ticket sales. Grant demanded an astronomical 90 ppereent for Zeppelin - and got Plant and Bonham - who were obscure Midlands musicians before Zeppelin happened now ive the lives of gentlemen farmers on their Worcestershire estates Solin Paul Jones who was well established 28 4 London session musician and arranger before the eal came from Page - now lives the life of a legend ina splendid home in Crowborough, Page, of course, was something of a cult figure before Zeppelin - due mainly to his work ‘withthe Yardbites, Wealth allows him to pursue his interest in Magic in the mansion once owned by oceultist Aleister Crowley on the bunks of Loch Ness To take in a Led Zeppelin concert is 10 undergo an astonishing, mind-blowing experience ‘The sound is hurled at you through 70,000 watts of amplification from a stage lit with 310,000 ‘atts! lighting, Smoke swirls and billows from the stage over the heads of the audience and three Krypton laser beams cut peneil-thin trails throu A huge video sereen behind the stage gives, the auklienee full-colour close-ups ofthe action Jimmy Page's hand during @ guitar break, or John Bonhams foot during a drum sol, "This is the total rock experience - achieved at enormous expense, and with the help ofa erew of Gand stage equipment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. They have made millions from their music. They have done it by raising Standards and then just as other bands were ing to itch up, Fusing them againNR P Ao) eT eo Pea oe| As collectors are painfully aware of, new Led Zeppelin video canbe quite saree, Wel ot only is there some new video for fans 0 enjoy but itis amazing! If you ever imagined something better than Danish T.V. 1969 - this should be it eis vintage 1969 video in COLOUR! For the first time ever ~ here's the exclusive review. ‘This footage hails from Paris T.V. during a little festival of bands that headlined Led Zeppelin. The other groups performing ranged from orchestras to ballets and rock music. Tt seems to me that it was captured forever on film [because ofthe ether ariforms included on the bill, and Led Zeppelin just happened to be there. So, ‘why is this the coolest celluloid you've ever seen? ‘Well, Iu begins with a shot of the mighty Zep backstage, You can see Page and Jones holding their guitars close together tuning up. Jones holds ‘up the Fender bass and Page adjusts his Les Paul ~ yes, that's right Page uses the classic sunburst Gibson Les Paul in this performance. (Around this time in "69, he switched over to the Les Paul from the Telecaster). The scene then cuts to tan talking on the phone (in French of course). ‘When he hangs up the phone, you can hear a familiar sound in the distance - sounds like Communication Breakdown’ - itis! The camera shifts t0 the stage where John Bonham is seen blasting away on drums. It's. soundeheck. The shots of Bonham are simply incredible and will amaze anyone within listening or viewing range. He is the highlight in this footage of the soundcheck 0 the camera gets less of the other members. Bonham is twirling his drum sticks ‘With true skill while playing impossible fills with fone hand and foot, ‘You've never seen anything like it! They play through the song and they seem ready for the real show. The cameramen and Soundmen are holding microphones testing forthe best results. The tape then cuts to the show. The announcers are introducing the show and are reading the names of people performing. Led Zeppelin tops the bill and receives a respectable applause from the audience. Speaking of the ‘crowd, most of them are not the typical ype of fans you'd expect to see ata rock concert. ‘There are a [ot of older_men and women as well as young children. (They were obviously there for ihe lighter side ofthe show. ‘We then sce the Zeppelin entourage backstage, ready For another thunderous performance. They look a bit uncomfortable {Waiting to go on stage- maybe they realize that this may not have been an ideal fineup to playing ‘Nevertheless, they are ready to rock and they sive ittheir all, One of the promoters then signals {o the band o go on. From the view of the stage door we see Page, Bonham and Plant proceed toPHOTO: RON KELLERMAN, ‘walk on stage, Jimmy slips on his newly acquired Tes Paul Plant takes his place atthe microphone tnd Bonzo on the drum stool. Jonesy is late and Spon rushes on stage with his bassin hand. Plant Sys pole Good Evening) Ge Freeh) its ‘Quick Hip of John Paul's bass amplifier switch the band ig ready to rock. Jimmy begins the {amiliar riff of "Communication Breakdown’ and way they go! The view We see js from the back of the stage looking out toward the crowd (similar to the beginning of "Rock & Roll’ in the movie TSRTS.) A tiny cloud of smoke rises trom behind the drums "The great camera angles help bring an exciting show to life. ‘The vibrant colour of the Sherry sunburst Les Paul jump out at you as does Plant's colourful tie-dyed T-shirt and Page's red pants, After the guitar solo they break into the fam section ofthe song. You can sce the stunned Faces of the older members of the audience throughout the performance. As the song ends they receive a more than appreciative applause Plant introduces the next song; "This is called Dazed und Confused ‘You ean hear John Paul starting the bass riff to the song but the tape cuts to the violin bow Noto. Page ereates magical sounds with the bow Eid wah ah pedal which brings in Plant with his Vocal responses, They are soon joined by Jones WRa'Bouham all of whom ave giving fine performances. “The camera angles are just as Rising? At the ending of "Dazed! they begin a initia sounding jam Is an early attempt at the [st part ofthe ending jam of Dazed” as heard (in {more developed form) in the movie "The Song Remains the Same’ ‘The song comes to an unfortunate end (complete with a final stick-wvirl from Bonbam) {Ind 0 does the video. This brings the M.C. to Introduce the next act, There is no doubt that ore of Zeppelin’s performance was videotaped ‘Only a portion was shown. In this type of venue, Zep probably played for about an hour. (Maybe ‘more in the future? Thave to honestly say that this is the most Led Zeppelin footage to surface in along, fimme quite possibly the best ever! It's a definite ‘must for any fan. Ie) emacs Now and Zep... MuchMusic recently aired a retrospective one hour special on Plant entitled “Now & Zep’. It pats his career from the Zeppelin days to "Manic Nirvana’. Featured are interview clips from before his first solo tour in.’S3 to his atest visi in 1900). Here are some of the highlights ‘Shown in an interview during the "Manic Nirvana’ release in New York, Plant spoke about his vocal style: "When I was a kid I used to Colleet blues records, Blues ain't nothin’ but.an {ichin’ old heart disease. T'm still preoccupied ‘eit iL It's part of my style. T've developed a Yoeal siyle that leans very heavily on the first Imusic that got I chills on the back of my neck.” He was asked about the possibility of a Zep reformation - or rather he denies that it could happen: "All the people that are going on about Tepe oh we want to see Zeppelin again’. It would fake a miracle to recreate What happened then,The cohesian and the marriage between the audience ancl the music & where the whole thing {goes to, is something very very special.” How Fight you are, Rob! inn inierview from Vancouver during the last tour, he continued on bis eaely influences: ‘When i first met Page he was much more musically aware than I was even though T had Guite a good knowledge of the San Francisco Scene and the blues and rock & roll, He was ‘much more intense than Twas and he stretched ime a lot ‘Also featured during this special is the contioversy of the lyrics of "Whole Lotta Love and the uncredited Willie Dixon. Dixon explains: "My kids knew about it all the time. ‘They thought it was all in my name in the first place but when they found out it wasn’t that's Wwhen my kids. started squaking “Daddy, they don't have your name on it. Tthought they were kidding... Because they had done other songs that hhad put my name on that was mine and I this was the words to my song but I didn’t knew what had happened to it ovat happened: By the time we got to doing "Whole Lotta Love", we were Still Tiving in the land of fox where we thought this song” its Pagey's eff the chorus is ours & 1 just sang those lines ina verse o T thought (snaps ers)... Yeah a nick, stole it and quite rightly we should have given the guy credit and Wwe didn’t. There was some conversation at the time about it but... I's a not a very virtuous situation when you are leaning on the blues so wily. But. what happenend - happened and Tm realy glad it turned out the way it did now. Q: Aren't you disapointed to know that out there there's millions of "Joo Q Publics" just biting the bannana again, and again and again. Doesn't it disapoint you that they're more itorested in in Led Zeppelin than some great new ‘work that you've done. lant: "Well they're not particulary it's just thatthe Zeppelin myth has been extended now and so everybody goes "Led Zeppelin was much better than that”, Maybe i'l happen to me too but Tve taken the essence of Zeppelin, and 1 am the Singer of Led Zeppelin, and I've taken the exsence of the changes of Led Zeppelin and brought it Uup-tordate, T can never hope to top i Tean never expect to be taken to the hearts of people quite like Zeppelin was because Iwas only part of i. Tk way a chemistry, know it's an old corny 70°s saying, but it was the chemistry of four people (attr poner ret Call us at 665-2282 or fax 665-2405 that made it work. Not me, 1 was around singing about ‘Over the away Tn one of his first interviews after the break up of Zeppelin he talked about his hopes for his new solo career: "We did "Ia Through the Out Door’ in 1979, that was four years ago. I'm 34 now and I reckon for the next 20 or 30 years do Stuff that's coming off the wall on a tangent & that's my main concern -t0 doit nicely. ‘Q: Have you always felt it compelled to prove'yoursell? Plant: "Well it isn'ta case of proving it: t's a case of achieving it. T don't have to prove it, I just have to achieve it, Achievement and provin Are two different things. It’s for myself primarily ‘Another controversial issue in the life of times of Robert Plant was the Coca Cola commercial that he did in 1988, He was asked bout his reasons for doing it, Plant: “I wanted try and broaden my potential public, That's kind of what I'm ater, AS. piece of at it doesn’t look too bad but it’s motives, maybe... I don’t knov.» an’t exeuse it hecause it was an idea uy who was watching the ball fills & Farsol and wah ont way asked aout playing Zeppetin ong ah ow an fe sd Re would ET JRERSGERS enough away. Forme, 1s Hike 8 sae Btlo which canbe Pat back. i's no good ‘ebigg a plture beside the bed of al that youve Bare odhave to give eck, getaway. Also, ret ada ke iy own statements nny ow Nan Wag creeping through tbe rock sol umd but eaping ‘ey. hey mama’ Then eae Mel song, would tam around ands ren thane do wth tis, Only wher 38 ae oh a focused enough on what Eas sons oeinat what {bad done. TC gle Simple realy. "SS nd Zep’ i a well-done, condensed chron of Robe Pants caeet = ast present cette shoves aghights of hs Hitous ana 04 ny some interest comments by Pee ahh ve aniight ito Hs unpredictable Knebworth 1990 (complete) elke cc oe “The complete Knebworth “90 performance of Robert Plant is now making its way in the Soitector's circles. Tronically, it's a (private) Sfhzle camera video of the entire hour set of Piant [who is of course joined by Jimmy Page). For 8 Complete (and first hand account by yours truly) Gre Knebworth °90 concer, see the premicre issue of Electric Magic. ‘Actually, I was hoping that one would surface since ft dida’'t seem likely thatthe whole LED ZEPPELIN Samuel Ketenjian 4544 W. 136th St Hawthorne, CA 90250 USA Send hoe |AND RELATED WORLD WDE COLLECTIBLES CATALOG Including LPs, 45s, Books, Tour Programs, Posters, Magazines, Photos, Displays and Much, Much More! 20 cent stamps for etl, Ovesas, plese snd $1.0 oF 3 IRC set would ever be shown on TV. This video is Shot with a centre view of the stage and is fairly lose it starts with a shot of the crowd in all directions. We then sce Plant. and the band siiking onstage. We hear the familiar “Well, Monin. greeting as Plant places bis water bot in Fonvof him and then "O.K., let's rock” as their fist song is begun. The beginning of "Hurting Kind” Features an excellent and tmobstructed Mew of the stage. However. this doesn’t last puny of the video ate plagued with heads in the sway buat that i to be expected "The sound quality of the video is quite good, ‘This is mainly due to the superb sound system eed for the event, Believe me, it sounded Umazingly clear in person and it has been ‘perienced in the fantastic-sounding CD that was Feleased of the show. “The video scems to improve as the show progresses. Despite the odd head in the way. the Piggo is very watchable. There are some great Shots and perfect angles throughout and by the time Page comes out - they're even better. A Uibwd of fricnds/Tamily is gathered to the left of {he stage (on the stage). You can see them toying the show - One of them looks like gags daughter (and probably is). Jason Bonham hid he watched the show from the side of the Stage ss well bat I couldn't pick him out in the rou. * nyone who may have video taped this performance and was far away from the stage pete out of nck, Although there were several Ihnze video screens, they were hardly worthy of WTacoraping trom during the bright, sunny Aicrnoon. This video is great for anyone who Munte the entte performance from the audience's fount of view. T's enjoyable to watch. Who Powe = dhere may be more popping soon in the rear future. SR.KNEBWORTH 1979. 1974 [had bought tickets for new outdoor rock festival, a ‘one-day event ata place called Knebworth. 1 bought my ticket like thousands of other people, because Led Zeppelin were supposed to be headlining. As we now all Knovr Tras five years too early, but L did attend and I enjoyed myself enough to attend every summer. Pink Floyd in 1975, the Rolling Stones in 1976, Genesis in 1978. Then | emigrated to Canada, Thad visited Canada on vacation in the summer of 1977 and had acquired tickets to Led Zeppelin show at Buffalo's Rich Stadium. 1 Titerally flew the Atlantic to see them, Just days before the Buffalo gig, a personal tragedy struck Robert Plant’ family and the gig was cancelled ‘Afier emigrating to Canada in late 1978 T found ‘out that the headlining aet at Knebworth in 1979 ‘was (0 be guess who? Feeling more than alittle frustrated, I parchased my tickets and flew back across the Atlantic the other way to try and Zeppelin again, This time Twas lucky. ‘My friends, who T hadn't seen in almost a year threw a big weleome home party, and we all planned our big weekend at Knebworth. In true communal hippy fashion we crammed 18 of us into two Ford Econoline vans which we had Linked by CB radio (illegal in the U-K. athe time, Thad brought them with me from Canada). We had the CB because only one of us knew for certain how to find Knebworth House, and so we ‘would keep in touch and follow him. ‘The total journey was 180 miles and in keeping with ‘Mutphy’s Law we lost the other truck before we had gone 5 miles (they ended up ip Bristol and Finally made it Knebworth 14 hours behind us). For you to fully appreciate the scale ofthis, festival Pave to describe the highways in the A Drop In The Ocean Godwin UK, The main highway from the horth tothe south of England is Called the Mi All slong length there are seateted trick stops ‘When we stopped for food and ga We found ourselves sanding in line-up with several hundred other people, all going to Kocbworth Welvcie afi oer one minded a more ofthese conveniences the cloner We Bot to Knebworth the harder it was to got serve. Finally we gave up tying "The ten ely which had sprung up ia the rounds of Knebworth House wa an sstnishing Steven 0 a veteran participant ike myseil I tts clearly evidem chat tig was gong o be the Biggest crowd Thad ever been part of. Oa the Friday evening the ten cly was lie being in he tis of some meeval aiding pry. Absoltely nobody was sleeping, rather they were cooking ‘ver open log fives. playing Erste in te Sark with tminous Frisbees, gathering around aod listening to buskers, watching jugglers and fineeater. twas tly an needle soaps ‘Kneboionh House isa traditional Engi county residence stn acres private groans itis a old and beau bung nd he pete Seting for sch an event i you sam the Sn movie, Wayne Manor as Kncbuorts Howse) ‘The nearest town is not Knebworth, bet Stevenoger an the small country saad wc onacted ie campsite withthe om aes Constant stream of people coming ad Stan the pubs snd supemmarkcs, In fact smo ee Supermarket's Wire buggies mene soos lo Be iol wits pd he cae During the carly Friday evening me cots bear Zepplin sound-checise, we mene a omeof miles from the stage. A large hoard of people ‘were permanently parked in front ofthe huge wire ates which led into the grounds of the house. fnxiously waiting Tor the security to open them The forest on both sides of the gate was patrolled by security guards with German Shepherds which they were happy to release onto anybody stupid enough co try and climb the fence for firewood. ‘At approximately 5:00 am, the wire gates were opetted and the mad hoard began the two nile dash to the fenced arena. It was still dark and there was little oF no artifical light through the forest. On arriving I was astonished to see that almost every single person was being herded through one of four turnstiles; a logistical htmare. By the time I had squeezed through fe was already maybe ten thousand people in front of the stage. Our group staked out our piece of turf For the day about 80 feet back from St left and then Scitled down to sleep. Zeppelin weren't due to appear for another 14 hours When Tawoke at about noon, Lswitched on my CB to try and find the rest or our Friends. To my incredible surprise I found myself on the same frequency as the eatie festival security. Needless to say they Were extremely perturbed at this intrusion, My CB was probably ten times moze powerful than any that they had, consequently When I pressed “transmit” I was completely ‘overpowering the entire security channel, I must soung and foolish L thought this, reat fun, and 1 didn’t Tet it stop me from ‘my friends whieh I did without too much After the reunion and a lot of Fini difficulty hamourods stories about eireumnavigating the ire country. we seited down to watch the lr Tine of mostly boring support band During the afternoon T made my way around to the back of the stage area where I entered into conversation with one of Zeppelin's oadies. He ‘was plainly astonished to hear that Thad come from Canada just forthe show, and he kept telling ‘me about what a great time he had in Vancouver [Later that eveni 1g Zeppelin's performance, Plant was playing the audience by mentioning various British cities and receiving cheers from Gifferent sections of the crowd, when he suddenly said vancouver. ALthe time my own vanity immediately thought that he had been talking (0 the roadie. In retrospect there were probably dozens of people there from Canada and it was probably just a coincidence Well after dark, and after a particularly boring set by Todd Rundgren, the atmosphere began to become thick with anticipation. It was not the same as Earl's Count but the Feeling of an impending event was unmistakable. By th Thad made my way to the eentre ofthe audience, fand was now siding about ten feet to right of the mixing desk. I had my camera, my binoculars,binoculars, my Smm movie camera, my CB. and mny tape deck. I fell like a walking ad for a high-tech store! There Was no announcement, bu the stage back-drop suddenly began to glow in the dark. Once again I was to be absolutely astonished by the magnitude ofthe video screen, It completely fwarfed the one at Earl's Court. in this day and fage we are used to seeing these things, but then, it wwas unprecedented. The frst picture it showed ‘was Page's back, inthe blue shirt with the Strap across it, and then of course the audience began to-cheer. The sheer size of the audience {about 250,000) meant that the cheering did not Sound coordinated but sounded like the swelling fsurton abeach, ‘There were fires lit throughout the crowd as people burned their accumulated garbage. The eerie glow of the fires combined {hath the lights that people were holding aloft & the strange swelling sound Was a really unique experience especially when coupled with the huge Tive action colour (elevision pictare of Jimmy Page ripping into the opening bars of “The Song Remains the Same’ “The sound was extremely clear, and didn’t punish me like it had at Earl's Court. 1 was fnesmerised by the band's charisma. Te was that Old “electric magic” back to disperse the pretenders. This was definitely the world’s best Band returning like some kind of avenging marauders, to captivate unsuspecting masses, One fof my friends hal been a dedicated Black Sabbath fan all of his life & we had gone through endless arguments as to who was the best band. He was Constantly trying fo convince me that Tony Tommi ‘vas a better guitarist than Page. Well | had Convinced him that he should come to Knebworth find sce a goad band. Atthe end of the show 1 asked him what he thought, expecting th fesponse I had been geiting from him for years, he looked at me and simply said, “ they're the best band in the world, aren't they ‘That was the end of many fun filled hours debate The details ofthe show are best portrayed by listening to one of the many tapes that are out there. I remember sitting listening to “Black Mouniain Side” and jumping off the ground whea they started "Kashmir". The people around m Couldn't figure out how’T knew exactly when that particular segue took place. [told them abou! for Badge Holder's Only’ and they all nodded their approval and asked for my address, T the pulled out my 8mm camera & ran my Finutes of film with sound (it's not very good) When the band left the stage the entir. audience be ‘avery popular soccer Chant which was originally fom an old staze musical. When the band returned to the sta Plant began to sing the same thing and th audience sang it back with him. It was a v Touching moment and I do believe that Plant was holding back some very emotional (ears. Tt was truly a triumphant return forthe band. At the end of the show I was absolutel exhausted, and I Headed forthe exits had b Tong weekend. I made my way to the f find that it had been totally destroyed hours earlier have watehed the band without buyin was told the fence had been crushed by the shee Yolume of people before Zeppelin even hit th Staggering back through the forest in the dark was an adventure. There seemed to he euys hehind every tee selling bootleg albums, T-shir posters and programmes, waiting to pounes like Some kind of arboreal muggers. I bought Share of the official merebandise (like fesponsible punter) and finally collapsed in fear I didn’t make ito the second show | had igo to some comparatively inconsequential pa firust me, I know fm an idiot). When [ arrive: back in Canada I read a review of the show in the Toronto Star, which said “Led Zeppelin Comeback Disappointing” the story cone ‘with =. even the most discerning fun must been disappointed.” Tean only conclude that th journalist reviewed the show from his desk Toronto because the show L went {0 Wa England & even the most hardened seeptic accompanied me thought that he had witnessed the best concert he had ever seen or was eve likely 0 |CLASSIFIED Classifieds are free to Electric ‘Magic subscribers for personal ads, Vendor and business ads, are $1.00 per word. Display ad rates available upon request. R. Plant °90 Germany photos: Have ‘more than 100 excellent pics ofall 5 shows forsale or trade. Also have Page U.K. "$8, LZ. 1971 & 1980. photos for trade. Do you need "The Queen of Table Waters’ 2 LP boot of Plant's Frankfurt °90 show? or ther stuff? Write to: Jorg Tschinschwitz, Canal Str. 22, D-4630, Bochum I, West Germany, WANTED: Led Zeppelin 2 CD - "In ‘Through the Outiakes". Will pay top dollar or trade from huge collection of Plant/Page/Zep audio and video. Also ooking tor all Zep collectables including programs, autographed items etc. Have sto rade including "Led Zep Profiled Final Touch/Last Stand”. D.J. Butuk. 77 Maitland Place, suite #1627, Toronto, Ontario Canada MAY = 26. EXCLUSIVE DHOTO OFFED! One evening in October 1969, legendary ‘guitarist Fimmy Page visited friend in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Pictures were taken that evening and on other occasions “whieh rank among the rarest of photographs ‘associated with Led Zeppelin, For the complet story see "My Days with Page” in Electric Magic #3 0 #6! Forthe fit personal set of six photos send 20.00 (U.S, Purds- money orders only please chic must be mae oto KEITH KELLERMAN) 117 Kendall Dr Partin: New Jersey 08859 USN. LED ZEPPELIN PARIS 1969 Video in full colour! Includes ‘Communication Breakdown" soundeheek! ‘The best Zep video ever. ‘Also: Knebworth °90 private video of ‘complete Plant & Page set! Centre view. {60 Min,_ Send $25 for each item or both for $40 0 Sound & Vision, 32 Elana Dr, Downsview, Ontario Canada, M3N 2C2. HUGE CATALOG of Collectable Records, Posters, Autographs, Programs, Magazines. T-Shirts, etc. Over 750 Zeppelin, Plant and Page items! Led Catalog, Box 66262, Houston, Texas "71266 - 6262. Haye Jimmy Page single * fies’ for sale or exchange $400.00 AAlbo have back issues of Melody Maker. Sounds, N.M.E. & Zig Zaz magazine Write to: J, McGregor, BM. Box 2501 London, U.K. WEIN 3XX. Wanted: Australian Zep tour programme & colour Bath 1970 “onstage” poster, Rare photos (esp. "69-"72) also required. Write fo: Steve Jones, 5 Cambridge Ave, Manchester M16 81, England, MICHAEL WHITE | THE WHITE "Stlnney ener Ce care Mae | Borda Dr ie ‘Ont LAL SB CoBACK ISSUES... 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