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On the 55th anniversary of its January 1969 release, In the Studio features what turned out to be my first of many subsequent in-depth conversations about the Led Zeppelin debut’s legacy with band mastermind Jimmy Page and Robert Plant.
The song that led off the game-changing album “Led Zeppelin 1″ fifty-five years ago in January 1969,”Good Times, Bad Times” appropriately opened Led Zeppelin’s storied O2 Arena London reunion in November 2007.
In the December 2007 reunion concert at London’s O2 Arena to pay tribute to Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, Led Zeppelin trotted out “For Your Life”, a song which lead singer Robert Plant informs us that the original band with the late drummer John Bonham had never performed in concert.
Legendary wrestler-turned-Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant had an appropriately out-sized role in the Led Zeppelin “4” story as told here In the Studio by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant.
Thus began a five year period when a series of tragedies befell Led Zeppelin even while they continued to record timeless hard rock such as “Achilles’ Last Stand”,”Nobody’s Fault but Mine”, and “For Your Life” from Presence which amaze even now almost half a century later. Jimmy Page blesses us with his Presence and joins me here In the Studio for “Physical Graffiti” and “Presence” .
Led Zeppelin III appeared October 5, 1970 with surprisingly little notice. Containing “The Immigrant Song”,”Gallows Pole”, and “Since I’ve Been Loving You”, Led Zeppelin III also planted exotic seeds of sounds in “Friends” with its Middle Eastern orchestration, which would skip several subsequent albums only to germinate with legendary impact on Physical Grafitti . My guests Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and Led Zeppelin “III” recording engineer at Ardent Studio in Memphis, Terry Manning, tell the story In the Studio.
Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page discusses the grandeur of “Kashmir”, the progressive rock of “In the Light”, the furious electric funk of “The Wanton Song”, and the shimmering delicacy of “Ten Years Gone”.
By the time of its late February 1975 release, Led Zeppelin’s sixth album, “Physical Graffiti” , signaled a fundamental change in the popular music and media equation that began with Led Zeppelin ” IV”. Jimmy Page joins me for the story In the Studio.
Led Zeppelin II interview with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant In the Studio.
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant recall first rehearsals for Led Zeppelin first public performance 11-9-68 at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm.