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it was a young hearty crowd that showed

up to celebrate New Year's Eve in Time

Square a steady rain and near freezing

temperatures left most wet cold and just

a bit limp waiting for

1974 the bad weather and the energy

shortage was credited with keeping the

crowds small only about 50,000 as

compared to 300,000 last year even the

lights in the usually bright Square had

been dimmed although you could always

get a cheer under the television LS the

year of the tiger began with a

celebration Le Zeppelin's tour manager

in Peter Grant's right hand Richard Cole

got married for the first time in the

70s on January 3rd Paige plan and Jones

were in attendance Cole's second wedding

took place in 1978 next to bed company's

own Simon Kirk tying the knot at the

same event sessions for Physical

Graffiti were resumed at Headley range

with Robert pl's vocals still recovering

from surgery and John Paul Jones's

thoughts of leaving the band far behind

him if you haven't watched episode one

of the series I definitely recommend it

for context so no recording took place

at Headley range until February for a

very good reason I did my research and

found Ronny Lane's Mobile unit was used

for Rick Wakeman's Journey to the Center

of the Earth concert on January 18th

also in music news for January was the

release of rap city in white by Barry

White's Love Unlimited Orchestra an R&B

soul Masterpiece that became a must-play

record in discotics around the world Roy

Harper released his seventh studio album

Valentine on February 14th 1974 track 2

male chauvinist Pig Blues featured Jimmy

Paige on electric guitar Ronnie Lane on

bass and Keith Moon on drums all three

musicians plus keyboard is Max Middleton

a future Jeff Beck Fame Robert Plant and

John Bonham were invited to Harper's

Valentine show at London's Rainbow

Theater held on the same day February

14th bonso presented an award for fell

musician Keith Moon judging by the

bottle I can think of a category for

that one now I find these photographs

quite disturbing knowing their lives

would end in very similar ways less than

7even years away two drumming Legends

captured on stage in London yeah that's

Jimmy Page wearing the same coat from L

Zeppelin's March 1973 event at a gallery

in Denmark that's L Zeppelin phandom for

you two songs from this show were

recorded and included on Harper's 1974

live album by the name of flashes from

The Archives of Oblivion streaming

platforms featur the 1989 CD reissue

track listing that left out two songs

songs from the original vinyl pressing

too many movies and home I managed to

get a copy of this now my conclusion is

that Jimmy pige played on both songs

John B picked up an acoustic guitar

Midway through one of these numbers but

this guitar was not plugged in so we

cannot listen to what he

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played

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ail

well it's not very

often ladies and gentlemen Roy

Harper February was also news for Grand

Funk finally winning their long

litigation in band rights case against

manager Terry Knight yes play their

first ever shows at Madison Square

Garden for their taale from topographic

oceans tour it was no more I got you

babe for share who filed for divorce

from husband Sony Bono bran Eno kiss and

Donna Summer released their respective

debut albums the purp came back from the

ashes with burn Tangerine dreams fifth

album fedra hit the stores along Steely

dance pretzel logic and big stars

critically acclaimed Radio

City

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it started off if you remember the whole

booty car starts off

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with

going make it going make it my

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ding

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my set two three

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fall a there's got to be

a it would be easy

the

now just a

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minute freedom and then he doesn't

matter what Rob we still can do it what

are you tell from now well you can't St

cuz your might be different I mean your

voice just might go half

be if you do

that Reas

we following the footsteps of When the

Levy Breaks the Zeppelin transformed

another old school Blues number into a

discography highlight and their longest

Studio track at 11 minutes written by

gospel blue singer BL Willie Johnson in

1928 had employed various elements from

local performers who sang the phrase

Jesus going to make of your dying bed

musicians Charlie Patton and Josh White

recorded their own versions throughout

the 30s and 40s the zeppin was not the

first modern artist to cover this song b

Bob Dylan on his often overlooked debut

album from 1962 this is a great record

and Dylan's take on every My Time of

Dying is Splendid Robert PL was

certainly inspired by this fcal

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performance

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I home now what about thein's guitar

parts well let me first shoot down the

recurring plagiarism critics Jimmy's

work here is original yes it was

inspired by gospel blues and hundreds of

licks from the genre but the Rifts he

came up with can be traced within zel's

own Catal log we have the still

unreleased at the time opening tuning

motif of Jennings Farm blues and the

artisanal Slight Work of hats off to Roy

Harper from the zeppin

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3 after houses of the Holy having no

real Blues number In My Time of Dying

was just bound to happen like cashmere

In My Time of Dying was recorded with an

open guitar tuning in this case open a

which makes it easier for bar chords to

be played with a slide the song features

guitar ideas found on another graffiti

number in the ways of sick again the

open core Rhythm work from 1972's Black

Country woman and a start stop section

from the 1973 versions of they and

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with a complex musical structure and

dynamically challenging sections it's

the band's finest moment on Physical

Graffiti as a collective effort outside

of some brief slide overdubs it's really

a live in the studio piece with Robert's

commanding Blues voice Jones's Exquisite

and insanely creative baselines Jimmy's

architectural guitar and John bonam The

Mastermind behind it all with a drumming

showcase for the ages Legend has that

they didn't know how to end this tune

thus what we hear on the record is an

epic jam session finale that culminates

in a Victorious feeling bottom can be

heard coughing at the end of the track

while saying that's going to be the the

one has in it leaving this studio

chatter bit at the end contributes to

Graffiti's somewhat raw and unpolished

sound into the personal Universe of

leppelin in the studio In My Time of

Dying was performed in open G tuning on

the band's 1975 and 1977 tours with

Jimmy Paige using a d Electro guitar the

POS Alin years saw Paige revisit the

song on his solo tour of 1988 the cover

Del page shows in Japan 1983 and the

black crow project it was performed by

all paage plan Jones and Jason Bonham on

the dein's 2007

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reunion

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do lift nicely as it comes out of it

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the Jin second Venture into Funk after

1973's the crunch but this time with

viros JN PA Jones leading the way on his

Hunter D6 clavenet while Jones has been

quoted saying Stevie wander Superstition

was one of the main Inspirations for

this song I spotted several tracks from

the 1972 through 1973 period that

contributed to the final result as well

Robert's vocal phrasing seems to be very

much influenced by The duie Brothers

Long Train Running anyway check them

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out the town singing your Blues I know

you ain't going

any

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down around the corner a half a mile

from here see see them run and you watch

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some now trample Under Foot was also

inspired by zeppin own material on stage

the 1973 Funk section of Da and Confused

had them well connected on a solid

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Groove H L's Space Jam with Jimmy

working out the therin was the basis for

one of the most underrated aspects of

trample on their foot that being Pig's

use of tape Echo to create an army of

guitar embellishments throughout the

song the composition moves around a main

riff plus an ascending chord sequence of

B flat 7 C7 plus E flat and F added on

the third repetition Robert's lyrics are

filled with inuendos regarding

Automobiles and pleasurable moments

within a vehicle it's a different take

on Robert Johnson's 1936 terlan blues

that talks about a man who suspects his

girlfriend is cheating thus the metaphor

of his car or lady not running tramper

food was played at almost every show

from

1975 until 1980 Robert plan and jum

Jones performed it on their respective

solo tours it was Revisited on Li

Zeppelin's 2000

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reunion

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the wanton song it's not about wanton

soup but the word wanton which refers to

a sexually unrestrained person judging

by the lyrics it has Robert describing a

situation that maybe happened at the

Continental Hyatt in 19 73 looking at

the verses it's clear this is an

observation of human behavior of

temporary lovers and romantic Freedom

all while questioning the existence of

love if there's such a thing now onto

the music we find a Jimmy Page signature

riff playing with octaves and John Bam's

guitar ears carefully following the

notes a similar idea can be found on

1970s Immigrant Song plus once again

live 1973 versions of Dayan confused

where Jimmy would play an octave riff

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sequence now the wanton song features a

very interesting Bridge with jle Jones

on keyboards playing an Exquisite set of

chords F minor 7 B diminished C minor

7th and G diminished to then jump into a

fun vibration of D Minor 7 a minor and G

minor now we can hear Paige playing at a

1973 sound check

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now this chord sequence is similar to

hot chocolate's Brother Louie from 1973

a covered version by American band the

stories was a hit around June 1973 when

nelin were touring the states check out

the chord sequence and tell me Jimmy was

uninspired by this

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this Jimmy's guitar solo has a Glam Rock

inspired feel to it while the closing

moments have a chromatic descending riff

of d c sh and C plus B flat Robert's

vocal performance is a bad horse and

captures him in the middle of still

recovering from local cord nodule

surgery back in November 1973 paig and

plan Revisited this track along with

Immigrant Song as opening Motif on their

1995 and 1996 concert

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tours

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drop down mama was a fitting working

title for Custer Pie as Robert's lyrics

were inspired by this old school Blues

number written by American songwriter

sleepy John Estus the song evolved from

a much faster take at Headley range back

in October 1973 until the decision to

slow down the temple into a blues Funk

track was made some musical influences

for card pie can be found on the

following

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tracks custard pie features many

familiar elements from other

compositions in graffiti jumble Jones

played his Hunter D6 clavinet on this

song which was never performed by

leppelin but eight times by Pig and

plant and 15 times by Robert plann the

solo

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artist

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a

the great outtake from Physical Graffiti

that we Zin fans wish it was officially

released swans song is a jimy page

acoustic Adventure originally conceived

as a four-piece Suite with graffiti

sound design all over the track using

the same guitar tuning as cashmere it

features an opening segment with

Metatron strings followed by an acoustic

rock portion with jum Bam's big room

sounding drums accentuating the main

guitar riff in 54 a question remains as

to why Robert Plant did not record any

vocal sketches for this one it's safe to

think that all the other graffiti

numbers were so demanding that there was

just not enough time also there's the

unplugged number musical style that

doesn't really fit the 1974 sessions in

terms of concept thus I can see Robert

having a hard time coming up with ideas

for this it would have been funny having

swans song on the Zeppelin's first

swansong label release in the same vein

of Bad Company's self-title song on

their self-title album right small

portions of swan song's intro were

played by Jimmy pige on his white summer

Black Mountain Side solo piece from 1977

all through

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1980 Jimmy carried swan song into the80s

for the arms concerts of 1983 next to

Paul Rogers fantastic vocal approach on

the track with a working title of bird

on the wing now this collaboration

resulted in the firm's midnight

Moonlight release on their debut album 2

years later you can check my poled upen

1980 series on the making of This Record

swans song also inspired the opening

lines from pan pl's composition

wonderful

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one

single

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l

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Sunshine brings

laughter I need the

light keep me

ground hey baby

hey love

you

dream blue

SK brings

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laugh

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the most fascinating track on graffiti

and one of rubber plant's personal

favorites in the light started off as a

demo with working titles in the morning

take me home and everybody makes it

through this jle Jones composition had a

different introduction with a the

sending keyboard part before being

discarded for a much ethereal approach

with 1973 being a great year for

keyboard oriented songs in the charts I

came up with a list of songs that I

believe the influenc jle Jones took come

up with this track as well as Jimmy's

production choice is

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Beyond in the light signature opening

features Jimmy Paige playing a violent

bow on what sounds like an acoustic

guitar with alternate tuning and steel

strings there are theories of page using

a hery Gertie like the one we hear on

Autumn Lake you know the musical bit

recorded back in October 1973 for zaplin

movie Project jle Jones used an EMS vcs3

synthesizer whose pitch pen joystick

creates the distinctive phrasing and

quite possibly his finest keyword work

in L Zeppelin the intro seems to to be

inspired by the sounds of chenet a

musical instrument from the Indian

regions Robert's focals on the intro our

double track with his low and high

registers mixed together and the light

is an existential Quest for Peace and

Sanity in the midst of a troubling world

that feeds from suffering and the burden

of expectations past a descending Rift

that I can help to think of Deep Purple

space

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tring we move into a guitar part that

feels like the continuation

of leelin the ocean thus creating a

sense of mystery and uncertainty backed

up by Jimmy's single note textures

behind bottom strumming follows the same

line as 10 years gone with graceful

fills and hits that make up for the

right balance of tension and release in

the light was never performed on stage

by Le Zeppelin but Robert plan sure

wanted to try this one out technical

limitations made it impossible for Jones

to provide proper harmonic support for

this ambitious song while Jimmy could

have played the opening drone with his

violin bow recreating the synthesizer

intro was tricky to say the least maybe

they could have gone with a pre-recorded

tape like Queen did for Bohemian rap

city or the who for some of their own

stuff but Zeppelin being Zeppelin I

don't picture bonum wearing headphones

on the stage Robert PL sang the intro

for in the light on his 1988 tour and

selected post 2000 dates Jimmy paage

performed the song with the black crow

on 11 dates from the year

2000

the 16 annual Grammy awards were held on

March 2nd 1974 at the Hollywood padium

in Los Angeles the Zeppelin was

nominated for houses of the Holy on the

best package category next to Chicago 6

faes ulaa chichin chongs Los cinos Alice

Cooper's billion doll babies live the

world of I Cantina and Chubby Checker's

greatest hits the Grammy Award went to

London symphony orchestras version of

Tommy I'm not not sure this album cover

was better than houses of the Holy I'm

not sure this album cover was better

than houses of the Holy past the

recording sessions for Physical Graffiti

there was little activity in the

Zeppelin camp for March and April but

not for Peter Grant's second child Bad

Company who embarked on a promotional

tour in anticipation for their May 1974

single for K get enough and their album

release that same month the band played

a couple of shows in Switzerland to then

embark on an 11-day concert run in

England land touring the states would be

delayed until July which brings me to a

question I've read on many zelin forums

all these years why didn't Le Zeppelin

tour North America in

1974 besides Robert's voice needing time

to fully heal from surgery jum jums not

wanting to go back to the hectic

schedules of the past and Britain's

emerging tax policies forcing Manny into

Exile there was more to it as they say

follow the money while progressive rock

bands like P yes and Genesis did tour

North America that year others like Pink

Floyd wings and the Rolling Stones

stayed home the United States was the

main market for these bands and the

American economy was not in good shape

1973 saw the stock market crash in early

January as a result of the devaluation

of the US dollar thanks to the Nixon

shock that began in August 1971 things

were made worse with the oil crisis

situation in October which led to a

recession worldwide economy suffered by

the ripple effect the New York Stock

Exchange lost 45% of its value while the

UK suffered with percentages as high as

73% unemployment rates in the United

States jumped from 4.9% in 1973 to 7.2%

in 1974 now let me throw in more data

inflation in the United States for 1972

was

3.3% and 6.2 in 1973 by 1974 inflation

was at

11.1% not the best conditions for rock

and roll touring at the scale and

dimensions leelin moved ticket prices at

Madison Square Garden Show 650 in 1973

and 750 in 1975 meaning the concert

industry 2K hit at first trying to come

to terms with the post Nexon economics

by 1977 we see the price at150 thus

touring schedules grew and venues got

bigger many conclusions can be drawn out

from this as it explains why rock and

roll bands had such productive periods

in the early part of the 70s while money

was not the main motivator it was Show

Business after all now it doesn't mean

touring was impossible but it became a

more calculated effort never mind

releasing albums that would sell which

impacted the already stranged or

chemically troubled creative process for

many famous groups we can thank Richard

Nixon for taking the fun out of rock and

roll while mainstream media focuses on

the Watergate scandal leaving the Breton

wood system forever changed the game for

everyone on this planet in short the

Zeppelin's late 1973 and 1974 period

away from North American audiences was

the best thing for their pockets but of

course it was a dangerous call for their

live show chops that inevitably lost its

momentum with their longest downtime by

then of 1 year and 5 months the average

time between tours up to 197 three was 3

months their individual musicianship

never left the problem was how each

individual member decided to enjoy their

leure time in the world of millionaire

rock stars of the 70s stay tuned for

episode 3 for a deep dive into the

making of swans Swan records the mixing

of Physical Graffiti and many

interesting moments from

1974 just before they took the airplane

to North America to play cashmere and

very long shows thank you very much for

watching bye-bye

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