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it's March 15 1983 Coverdale and Page's

highly anticipated album is one day away

from hitting record stores a

collaboration of two successful hard

rock musicians one bigger than the other

of course but nevertheless two names

that knew Show Business very well some

critics fans and Robert Plant were

puzzle as to why Jim and Paige agreed to

work with David Coverdale in the first

place on Nike page and their firm with

Paul Rogers career far away from his

back company Heyday Debbie Coverdale had

a huge hit with white snakes 1987 album

at almost 10 million units sold and his

concert tour of 1990 brought in Hard

Cash after 116 shows adding a classic

rock icon with Led Zeppelin's remastered

setting like there's no tomorrow the

ideas sounded greater on paper why

wouldn't Paige go for it written and

recorded in a period of two years 1991

to 1992. the album had the expectations

of the rock and roll industry and then

some the timing for the release was

complicated at the end of Hurricane

medal the explosion of grunge and the

Metallica Guns and Roses Hard Rock

Kingdom this music business line Dynamic

could be compared to 1967 which like

1991 was also the year of the code PP

idealism came back with flannel shirts

and the Resurgence of classic rock

sounds with modern perspectives like the

grandchildren of Woodstock this was her

Revival a dangerous one for actual

players from that era many classic rock

musicians were caught in the middle of

being Forever Young or aging forefathers

of a movement Robert Plant was one of

them let's travel back in time this is

the making of Coverdale page

um also thanking my friends for finally

remembering my phone number

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seven six five four three two one

January 1981 began with Robert Plant

playing four shows at the Town and

Country Club in London these seem to be

rescheduled from his massive 1990 tour

with a similar setlist and Vibe with 600

000 albums sold the manic Nirvana era

came to an end

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all right

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I think it was one of the early

heavy metal bands probably without

knowing it you know because when they

when we disbanded cream

and they weren't around or Led Zeppelin

filled the voids and they became the

first kind of official heavy metal bands

looking at the top nine albums from 1991

what a different landscape from the

previous year it was most of you know

this but I'll just say it for reference

Metallica's Black Album at number One

never mind at number two Michael

Jackson's danger is number three Queen's

Greatest Hits two at number four for

obvious and tragic reasons acting baby

at number five Pearl Jam stand and

number six Genesis weekend dance at

number seven not their strongest work

but hey people were hungry for the Phil

Collins solo career sound both user

Illusions albums took the number eight

and nine spots Guns and Roses was bigger

than ever you can check the charts for

1991 and there is a lot of great rock

guitar albums songwriting over shredding

kept inspiration Going lyrics for back

Center Stage rebelling against the man

the system thinking outside the box all

while cashing in the profits of a

mainstream counterculture throw in a

televised war in the Middle East and it

was like 1967 all over again and Led

Zeppelin band meeting was held in

January 1981 at plants management

headquarters page plan and Jones

discussed the possibility of getting

back together like the 1986 attempt with

Tony Thompson and drums which you can

check on my pose up in 80 series episode

11. this 1991 intention followed a

similar fate but remasters released in

late 1990 there was potential reunion

money to be made Robert Plant mentioned

Faith No More as Mike Borden as

drummered for the project I did my

research in the only Led Zeppelin

covered Faith No More ever did was

Stairway to Heaven

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Paige and Jones were not familiar with

Faith No More but I wanted to check out

their material just like in the 80s

Robert Plant changed his mind yet again

and that was it reunion plans were off

the table it's reasonable to think Jimmy

was unhappy and frustrated by this

remasters was like a second coming for

the Zeppelin Revival this moment right

here is what feeds the fan theory of

Paige working with Coverdale as a way of

getting back at Robert while it may

sound logical like your typical band

drama it was more about the business

opportunity and the power surrounding

Coverdale and Page both artists were

assigned to girlfriend records musicians

at this level are money making tickets

for many their choices and paths speak

of career Freedom yes but in the end

money always talks Robert Plant took a

couple of years off from the road to

then embark on his fate of Nations

project the MTV Unplugged thing was

still a couple of years away so to think

Jimmy working with David Coverdale was a

way of Revenge at Robert Plant shooting

down a reunion doesn't make sense time

wise with Jimmy Page or his manager and

label did achieve by doing this was sort

of create a reverse psychology effect on

Robert Coverdale triggered plant's ego

in control of the pose Led Zeppelin

politics this wasn't possible in the 80s

when Paige looked unhealthy and lost as

opposed to planned getting his career up

and running once Roberts core the now on

Zen riches and returned to his bigger

than life Rockstar Persona it seems the

only way Jimmy Page got in his psyche

without trying was to work with that one

rock and roll singer planned publicly

referred to as cover version David

looked apart and looked like plant he

was making money and most important he

had the willingness to work with Jimmy

as opposed to Robert who played the

Zeppelin love and hate relationship to

the extreme getting on Paige's nerves

and I don't think Paige orchestrated a

psychological tactic but we can never

underestimate managers and labels

thinking two steps ahead a perfect storm

was set for 1983 and The Rock and Roll

press enjoyed every minute of it taking

sides adding wood to the fire the whole

pose Led Zeppelin career can be summed

up like this when Paige moves away plan

gets close when page one's a reunion

plan leaves him hanging simple as that

it may sound like a toxic relationship

but after 1977 their song did not remain

the same while we understand Robert's

reasons to drift apart from Zeppelin his

actions in the 90s Are Everything But

Letting Go speaking of beef David

covered they'll had his own share of

banned turmoil with guitarist mcmoody

and John Sykes leaving the White Snake

organization past their vital musical

contributions if you read the trouble

history of white snakes many lineups and

business decisions maybe 1983 was

David's turn to see himself in the

mirror and say Ain't No Love in the

Heart of the City

that you'd like to share with the rest

of the class yeah don't be stupid stay

in school do what Michael Jordan says

oh

so Pastor failed adult reunion meeting

brought mcsween from ITB promotion

reached out to Jimmy Page's manager

Brian good with a proposition to

collaborate with an old friend of his

David carverdale John kolodner a r

executive for girlfriend records played

a big part as well not only his major

label resume was filled with big names

but he remained consistent throughout

his career with his work famously

credited on albums as John calotner as a

job title of its own collateral was a

key player in Aerosmith's Get a Grip

album from 1993. he made the band

re-record the album and they agreed to

work with outside songwriters five hit

singles made a reach number three on

album sales for 1983 and it remains

Aerosmith's all-time bestseller kaladner

was added to the Coverdale page mix of

phone calls schedules and persuasion Jim

page agreed to meet David Coverdale in

March of 1991. their first meeting

happened at the Ritz in New York looking

at glamorous rock stars they drove the

attention of many who wondered what was

going on

video came out our operator Studio the

thing had come on and they'd all sing

way down inside in

and we'd all turn around and go yeah

that's pretty hard yeah well you know

the thing is that David is the only one

who's pretending that it's that it's not

it's not happening everyone is entitled

to an opinion you know it's very

difficult because I personally won't be

drawn into any kind of verbal Wimbledon

of verbal tennis match or whatever you

know

I have the greatest respect for Robert

and

the circumstances it's a much more

interesting to talk about now and

potential tomorrows

well I was home in England and I'd made

one solo album called outrider

and I was pretty desperate to make some

more music because I'm very passionate

about making music both in studio and

especially being able to play it live at

the end of the day and I'd been wading

through scores of

cassettes of differencing as I'm afraid

I just didn't

I just couldn't get any enthusiasm for

any of them I'm personally delighted

and I

I had a call from my manager I guess

this came in a roundabout fashion and I

think we both received individual calls

but the essence of it was how would you

like to work with David

and I said I'll give it some thought and

anyway it came to be that

we decided to meet up in New York I'll

pass you over to David here because his

situation is slightly different

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when I was languishing in the Bastille

for a period of time of all the

peripherals of rock business with uh

coming towards the end of

uh well going into the 1990 with White

Snake I had quite enough thank you the

Moose abuse had actually gotten to me

and there was an assortment of reasons

that I wanted to take a reflective

period away from what is called the

music business and sought out myself and

if I indeed still had the passion to

continue in the music business

so I had about three weeks off then I

got this call said you want to sit down

with him I said yeah absolutely

very very much so I've had my Jimmy Page

for Way Way Beyond the Led Zeppelin we

met in March

the end of March in New York where we

actually stopped traffic when we went

for a walk which was a blast and got on

terrifically well agreed and it really

we covered a great deal in a short space

of time and the most important agreement

would would be that we would take

everything one step at a time it was

obvious we got on very well together The

Next Step was to find out whether we

could actually write together so I

invited Jimmy to uh to come up to Lake

Tahoe promising him four very

complimentary seasons and the day he

arrived it was all in one day it was

indeed yeah thank you

let me jump in for a second try to avoid

answering starting an answer as well

okay

if I keep rolling somebody's in for a

good chin in today

you know we've been friends for many

years Neil yeah

I mean really okay all right you like

being uh self-flagellating don't you all

of the demos uh for the songs that we

made together I think

was the extravagant cost of 50 from

Radio Shack it was a little uh what they

call a ghetto blast or whatever

we left a complimentary roller skates at

Radio Shack and decided just to leave it

stationary

um we we are both accredited songwriters

and both feel that the song is what is

important there are a lot of acoustic uh

guitar Jammers without any doubt the

original but the first number to come

out of this collusion between the two of

us was on a very first day it was

Absolution Blues writing sessions began

at covered this house in Lake Tahoe one

song was completed on the first day

which brings me to the following topic

from the songwriting and production

perspective both Coverdale and Page

brought their most recent Studio outputs

to the table 1989 slip of the tongue was

white snake's last album before their

Hiatus it had killer guitar work by

Steve I but the songwriting and lyrics

like death does it sold 8 million copies

less than white snakes 1987. Jimmy Page

had 1988's outrider to show for an album

he touring promoted to some extent it

had great guitar moments but you guessed

it the songwriting and lyrics lack depth

selling half a million copies a good

example of this was the song the only

one co-written by Robert Plant with

Jason bonnerman drums production wise

this track is a mess and despite solid

guitar work by Paige it goes nowhere

really and you wonder what happened so

you see where I'm going right both

Coverdale and Page had blind spots in

their most recent creative products that

no matter the publicity behind them

their best work was made next to all

bandmates John Sykes Bernie Marsden John

Paul Jones and Joe Bonham the songs

Under 1983 album are just a natural

extension of their playing Styles think

of it as slip of the outrider or tongue

Rider maybe these names some other

collaboration the first song these guys

wrote together was Absolution Blues my

point exactly it sounds like both these

albums to the T it's surprising some

people were confused on the final

product I mean what were they expecting

symphonic progressive rock it was

absolutely no conscious decision to make

a lead snake album forgive me the naked

puppets it's very American

um

none of that we just literally

finessed they're just little scratch

ideas that both of us would just be

inspired from each other

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Coverdale and Page enjoyed late night

visit to Reno more specifically on May

14 1991 both joined poison for our

rendition of Led Zeppelin's rock and

roll just as they started to play Jimmy

moved away from the spotlight and fell

to a pit he cracked a few ribs and broke

the guitar he was lent he managed to

finish the song Jimmy played another

show in Reno on May 29th this time with

a local group The Solid Ground Band

Paige was sitting at the bar the band's

guitarist was told Jimmy Page was there

he thought it was a prank at first so

his surprise it was Jimmy who told him

if the band was good he'd stick around

and play with them a set of rock and

roll standards including Chuck Berry and

Elvis had page in full jamming mode with

a 1979 Fender Stratocaster the place

went from empty to pact in no time a

random moment where the Guitar Hero

himself

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real happy to be here good job good good

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Rhythm Section up to give out creation

life that's it that's it that was about

it and God they did it yeah

the album songwriting rehearsals added

drummer Denny carmassian bases Vicki

Phillips to further work the ribs and

sections harmasi was drumming Powerhouse

his most recent work at the time

included Hart's 80s hits white snakes

here ago again 1987 radio edit single

and one song on Cinderella's long call

Winter album ricky phillips was a part

of rock super group bad English

recording for Coverdale page started in

late 1981 through 1992 at three

recording studios Little Mountain Sound

studios in Vancouver was used for rhythm

tracks fun fact this place was featured

Metallica's documentary on the Black

Album next criteria Studios in Florida

for vocals and overdubs several local

session players were employed at this

location including Lester Mendes on

keyboards and Cuban musician Jorge Casas

on days Jorge Casas was Gloria Stefan's

bass player his work was featuring

Gloria's first two solo albums and he

also became a member of the Miami Sound

Machine in 1987. Casas became the second

Latino base player Jimmy Page worked

with after Venezuelan musician Durban La

Verdi for his outrider album and tour

Jorge passed away in 2019 at the age of

69. Abby wrote Studios and curvydale's

home studio were also used as recording

locations while the album is stated to

have been recorded using analog

equipment the end result seems closer to

digital mixing engineer Mike Fraser was

brought into work on carvingdale page a

core production credit was given for his

expertise Fraser's engineering resume is

impressive he knows rock and roll very

well his 1989 to 1991 period alone has a

lot of records including blue murders

debut slip of the tongue poisons Flesh

and Blood net Worth's 1990 soundtrack

and AC DC's at Racer's Edge we can trace

the sound of coverage old page back to

these albums one of the main complaints

among fans and critics has been the

sound quality some say the mix is money

and dated I went back and Revisited Mike

Fraser's previous work in detail my

findings proved my suspicions correct

and while I'm not pointing fingers

directly at him the there is a

phraseasonic influence on the record no

question covered the page made guitars

and vocals huge at the expense of the

Rhythm Section the drums sound muffled

and need more punch this is a Led

Zeppelin crime if there was ever one

don't believe me go listen to 1990s

Thunderstruck mixed by Mike Fraser if

you're still not convinced to slip of

the tongue and then poisons Flesh and

Blood trying to make guitars brighter

and so up front can lead a mixing

engineer towards thinner sounding drums

for Headroom if we look closely as

Urban's recordings Jimmy worked his

guitars with light in shade thus making

the drums breathe we can be thankful

When the Levee Breaks was mixed in 1971

the late 80s and 90s Hard Rock approach

would have killed Bonham's drumming

Coverdale page is a great album heard by

questionable mixing and production

choices now because this was Jimmy Page

with his guitar Army of both electric

and those weird Ovation acoustic guitars

it was a tricky situation back in the

early 90s trying to capture the 70s feel

and stay modern too bad the industry was

still far away from what Kevin really

there with bass and drums on black

country communion now that is a sound

Coverdale page needed so yes the album

Falls Flat On The Low End punch it lives

up to its title though you can

appreciate those two up front the rest

of the band not so much does the album

suck no it doesn't it's just quite

disappointing in very specific places

which is different instrumentally

speaking it's Jimmy's best post Led

Zeppelin material period the riffs

textures and solos are up there with his

Latter Day Led Zeppelin magic there is

great confidence and emotion in his

playing this was Jimmy's full-fledged

comeback where outrider was a rather shy

attempt at his trademarked Les Paul

sound so what about the recovered Dale's

vocals well to be fair with him he sang

his heart out on these songs while his

lyrics are not quite profound nor artsy

here they work in the context they're

presented I don't think it makes sense

to be too critical about it because most

hard rock albums are not exactly fine

literature they are entertainment and

that's fine Robert plants Tall Cool One

from 1988 is a great example of that

David carvedil didn't try to be somebody

else he wasn't trying to be Bob Dylan or

Peter Gabriel what you see is what you

get and his third performance has great

delivery and control he didn't take it

easy but he used the best guns from his

vocal Arsenal these were the last days

of his high-range theatrics before his

voice changed forever

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NBA championship

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the Bulls have learned their lessons

well they've grown up they win a

championship the celebration has begun

in the Chicago Locker Room

some of the tracks from the Coverdale

page sessions remain unreleased such as

the case of saccharine which ironically

it's so much better than some of the

tracks in the final selection a heavy

dose of riffing and mid-temper crunch

its angry Led Zeppelin without the White

Snake excess quite a shame this one

didn't make the album

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coverdale's unused guitar bits were

literally worked as white snakes

Originals for their 1997 album Restless

Heart woman trouble blues and take me

back again kick some serious ass this

makes me think David was somewhat afraid

of bringing too much of his own material

to Jimmy Page my question is why

Coverdale had hits on the charts back

then where Jimmy didn't I have no idea

what the pressure of working with a

famous Guitar Hero feels like but David

should have trusted himself more his

unused ideas deserve to be in covered

till page oh wait there's more Coverdale

solo album River Song from the year 2000

and white snake's gonna build right from

2019 are also sketches from the 1991

sessions what the hell did we covered

Dale these songs are great they had to

be on the album mastering for curvydale

page was done by Led Zeppelin Romance

his man himself George Marino the album

cover was designed by a white wedding

graphic artist Hugh saim all the way

musician himself Simon designed many of

the album covers for Rush including the

sarban logo he also did the cover for

white snakes 1987 album kingdom comes

debut slip of the tongue Lauren's cherry

pie count into Extinction and get a grip

Coverdale page features a merch sign

which is found when two separate

roadways will converge into one lane

ahead looking at the city booklet I

couldn't help but think of presence the

object and the way the merge sign was

added onto random images I'm guessing a

small Led Zeppelin tribute working

titles for the album included Legends

and north and south

so I decided on a small experiment for

Coverdale page more specifically your

portion from Shake my tree because the

drum sound is a real issue with the

album I went ahead and added bits and

pieces from a John Bonham drum outtake

also I recorded one Bass track to rhythm

guitar parts and a small lead guitar

what if hope this gives you an idea of

what the album could have been like with

a Zeppelin No one punch on the drums

here he goes

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now on to a breakdown of all 11 songs on

the album I step aside all thoughts

about the drums sounding dated and

covered those lyrics I embraced these

songs as powerful instrumentals first

David's passion and vocals second and

third having actually played these

tracks as personal practice there is so

much depth and quality to the material

it deserves a closer look to think this

was released in the midst of grunge

Jimmy Page probably wanted to remind

everyone that he was one of the

forefathers of electric guitar

production Soundgarden and Alice in

Chains oh Jimmy Big Time okay track one

Shake my tree I'll say it up front it's

my favorite track on the album and well

it's no coincidence why the opening riff

was allegedly written during the 1978

rehearsals for Led zeppelinson through

the outdoor judging by the composition

Shake my tree has a strong influence

from presence guitar framework because

Robert wanted to go for a new sound in

1978 this riff was probably perceived as

a continuation of nobody's followed mind

thus it was discarded Paul Rogers also

so shut down the rift during the writing

sessions for the firm back in 1984.

they've recovered there on the other

hand agreed to work this up front a bed

rubber plant was not happy when you

heard the final product the lick that

irritates me most

likes the territory Mouse by Mrs

coverdale's little boy

um when Jimmy first played the

introductory guitar riff to shake my

tree apart from the fact it was

what's he doing it was this blur of

fantastic fingers that's what he

rejoices in that I can't copy because I

play a bit of it I play a little guitar

you know

but only for composition but I do like

to to think of a guitar stud don't know

now and again I go into flights of

fantasy when he slaps me around

heartlessly and totally and he actually

when we made the demo of uh of the song

in a pre-production circumstance in Reno

Nevada uh I came came in it was my

birthday

and his birthday present for me for the

rest of the day I could say it was me

playing harmonica

and after that it was back to him

the style and check my tree is

reminiscent of nobody's fault but mine

from the base and kick drum accents to

the opening guitars in unison a sort of

presence feel and attack joined forces

with David's White Snake style this is

let's snake white Zeppelin led snakeland

the guitar Army is back and John Harris

on harmonica takes this to familiar

Zeppelin Heights no wonder it's the

opening track it really grabs your

attention with a massive punch glued

together by the extraordinary tightness

of Jorge castles on base Danny karmasi

channels some bottom vibrations in here

Shake my tree sets the bar quite High

track two waiting on you has a strong

Court attack by Jimmy with multiple

voicings and Pub hooks around the corner

section Coverdale delivers both high no

registers next to gray backing vocals by

Tommy Funderburk and John sampataro

while the song might get a bit

repetitive towards the end the track is

heavy and consistent leaning a bit more

in the White Snake side of things the

chorus gets stuck in your head no

question and there were all these weird

ascending descending Ascent I'm going oh

dear I said that's the guitar solo is it

that's a bit quick

unfortunately not that was the hook line

and that completely and thoroughly

evaded me for a while and then one more

quite seriously one morning I just I

think I've got this great Motown lick

for uh waiting on you so there was a

silence at the other end of the phone I

said well I won't see you and I'll sing

it

that's he he Lumbers himself with this

Motown lick you know it has nothing to

do with Motown oh it's all this he'll

still keep saying it listen go on go

through it no no guys uh no matter what

you see no matter what you do this heart

is dedicated all that stuff I just see

Diana Ross yeah honest to God I want a

map a pearl necklace and a wiggly butt

you can teach an old dog new tricks or

the black dog can teach this new old dog

uh some tricks very much so it's a great

learning experience working with the

chimney track three take me for a little

while features the acoustic greatness of

Jimmy Page reflecting on life and

personal tragedies the opening intro

employs similar chords found on

Zeppelin's slow section from in the

evening it's it's a touching ballot an

extension of Jimmy's work and a rider

with bigger Sonic Dimensions his main

solo comes to life with cinematic

orchestral Arrangements by composer

Douglas Claire Fisher who was not added

on the album slander notes for some

reason I can't forget to mention this

one of the sections of the song employs

a chord structure of a minor G and F in

a very similar Rhythm style to Stairway

to Heaven no wonder it has a subliminal

effect on the Zeppelin listener quite a

nice tribute to the Past thank you

take me for a little while was that

a verse and chorus sequence that I'd

written during the point that I was

staying up at in Tahoe and the

accommodation I had just down the road

from David

and I presented it to him the following

morning

and uh what was that place called again

The Sheiks delayed was it

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probably

so any yeah and David took a grasp to

the uh to the mood of it immediately and

I'll pass you over to David here because

I mean the lyrics are quite important

what we wanted to achieve I think with

uh take me for a little while it was a

reflective piece we both had a great

deal of tragedy and loss in our lives

certainly people extremely close to us

music itself will enter an air of

sadness and reflection to me track four

is pride and joy not to be confused with

pride and joy by Stevie Ray Vaughan it

had the original title of Barbados

Boogie because you guessed it curvydale

and Paige worked this one in Barbados

its musical style is a direct reference

to physical Graffiti's black country

woman with added tricks from Zeppelin

folk rock repertoire the main Groove

sounds like custard pie and some accents

speak of Gallo's fall and brawnad our

stump Paige played harmonica and

dulcimir on this track a catchy tuna

gets ingrained in your brain David's

vocals and rhythm guitar get things done

without taking Center Stage he stays

away from Jimmy's Lane for a celebration

and return to shape and form track 5

over now is one for the grunge fans out

there tell me you don't picture

Soundgarden playing this they've

recovered their sayings about his

divorce from Tony Katan to the sound of

Jimmy's drone sounding riff and clever

keyboard Parts in the style of

cashmere's closing section the song is a

bit and if it employs a similar guitar

Motif from pride and joy but don't be

fooled Paige strives a song beyond the

overdrive with movement and Grace over

now uh

started off one of Jimmy's crunchy

malevolent dark

chord sequences and a particular Groove

and Tempo that is very appealing to me

so I took a chapter out of of my

particular life and we actually

discussed because he's had the same kind

of experience when you're when your

actual partner isn't all they're meant

to be

and it takes a little bit of time for

you to actually realize that okay now to

the infamous track six feeling hot I've

read a lot of hate towards the song and

yes lyrics Wise It's a Prestige exercise

or White Snake intentions to the point

of parody but hear me out for a second

the song actually rocks it's the album

mix what makes it hard to appreciate the

elements the guitar and drum stuff is

heavy with explosive fills and ferocious

hits it sounds like a revamped version

of Zeppelin's wearing and tearing I

Revisited this track many times for this

documentary and to my surprise

coverdale's vocals and backup singers

make this one one of the best songs ACDC

never wrote It's not to be taken

seriously it's a heavy hitter that

deserves more appreciation failing holds

one of those real fun rock and roll

numbers yeah it's got all the energy

that was really there bubbling away

within the writing period in those early

stages I mean it's got all of that

adrenaline pump

and

all the way through once we'd finished

putting it together we were saying to

each other well this would be a this is

this is like the opening track when we

do a live show you know it's just it's

got all that energy and

this damn good track as well jolly it's

a Jolly Jolly piece of music you know it

simply won't let go

and a lot of the the guitar licks and

The Melodies the counter melodies the

vocal

I've always imagined for trumpets

trombones you know

real and being driven by Gene Krupa yeah

whatever instead it's a guitar army yes

it's the Jimmy Page brass ensom track

seven Easy Does It Winx packet grunge

with a single note acoustic exploration

mixed with an influential electric

guitar riff that speaks of Jimmy's

Vision he still had it and yes the

vocals may not be poetry but it plays an

effective role of sidekick with the

right attitude for a song that could

have easily fit MTV's unplugged and

trade of Nations this one featured ricky

phillips on base track eight take a look

at yourself was written by Paige at

coverdale's house in Lake Tahoe it's a

dangerously sappy pop song with rock

embellishments that borders and syrup

and cliches this is not a musical

breakthrough nor the best song from the

album it was what it was too much going

on production wise keyboards are a bit

too high in the mix and I believe this

is an average song with top-notch

performance

Carbondale sounds like Rod Stewart at

times you decide if that was a

compliment okay track 9 don't leave me

this way so the last one we need to

speak about is whisper prayer for for

um what about Don't Leave Me This Way

don't leave me this way oh

well we learned something together you

know it came up with a cool sequence

except to you know but the most

important thing about this is David's

vocal was really incredible on this the

opening riff was not written by Paige

but David Coverdale many years prior we

Zeppelin fans thank him for not using

this until 1991. karmasi Casas and

Lester Mendes created the perfect

setting for a very special showcase a

heroic composition I think it's the

greatest 90s song paigeon plant never

wrote you can appreciate the recovered

Dale's Exquisite vocal range from

dedicated Whispers to heavy crowns of

pain sincere pain where he took

inspiration from remains a mystery but

this one runs deep in his artistic

wounds his high range is incredible it

sounds honest and elevates the track to

modern classic status Jimmy's electric

guitar work is the greatest continuation

from where Led Zeppelin stopped he was

allegedly battling a fever of 102

degrees while recording their first take

which is what we hear in the Final Cut

Paige delivered his bestly guitar Magic

in a decade past 1982's Prelude you

start slow and then shred his way to the

finale surrendering to the music this

should have been the closing crack for

the album not much more you can say

after this one this collaboration was

meant to be it was to record this Mac

and Opus quite possibly one of the

finest pieces from the industry's

soundtrack of 1993. next track 10

Absolution Blues it starts off echoing

the Drone and Eerie Vibes of Zeppelins

in the evening with lots of Reverb And

Delay then it moves into a fast tempo

hard work delivery it's not hard to tell

this was the first song they wrote

Coverdale makes use of his classic white

snake chops it's funny how his high

range ad-libs and phrasing sounds like

Robert planter and Led Zeppelin's live

shows from 1971. sometimes with Zeppelin

fans forget just how much planned used

them live on stage to the point of

excess maybe Robert Plant's bashing of

Coverdale was a projection of his own

Sentiments of his early days up in vocal

style track 11 closing number whisper

for the dying first off listen to a

system of a Downs Aerials from 2001's

toxicity and tell me it was not inspired

by this song the opening arpeggio is

quite similar

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um

no we'll pass this to David again

because this is

mainly a lyrical content the song

whispered for the dying uh was another

one of the songs that came out of the uh

the Barbados visit the suitably

horrified by the images of what for us

was our first living room war in the

Gulf

on a daily basis sitting there in the

comfort of a you know a home and

watching this appalling fireworks

display Over Baghdad and and everything

that was related the loss

and just seeing all of things as they

happened

really struck the lyrical chord in me I

mean the guitar when he comes in with a

crunch riff is uh it's just like tanks

to me just powering across the desert

and both of us sincerely hope that the

song isn't too timely they've recovered

those things about the Gulf War and his

own Reflections on mortality to create

effect once the band comes in is another

grunge mid-tempo teaser by the master

himself Jimmy Page they shift gears into

a factory temple with Coverdale going

full white snake with some strange

synthesizers behind by this point it's

quite impossible not to have ear fatigue

with the album style of mixing but the

trip is worth Jimmy showcases guitar

Wizardry were the Vengeance it's scary

good at the height of grunge he set the

record straight of as much

questionabilities past Led Zeppelin this

was Jimmy Page 3.0 they recovered

they'll share his multiple vocal

personalities and maybe some Robert

Plant attempts but hey nobody criticized

John Miles for that on the Ryder tour of

1988 Coverdale and page did what they

knew best and turned the volume up to

11. this is a collaboration album the

Sonic Blast of testosterone from the

girlfriend records Planet I think of

this album as Arnold Schwarzenegger's

last section hero from 1983

underappreciated and overblown for some

but once you see the magic of it it's a

great film and a great metaphor in the

action movie genre the original Master

tapes from Coverdale page were destroyed

during the Universal Music Group fire of

2008. so I know you guys are going to

ask me on my final verdict of Coverdale

page I will say it's one of the best

hard rock albums of 1993. we're visiting

my CD copy cranking up the speakers was

quite an experience I bought my copy

quite late in myself and fandom 2021 to

be exact I got it for three bucks at a

record fair thing is I saw it here and

there over the years but I couldn't

convince myself to get it now after

Jimmy Page promising a new solo album

for the past 30 years I've come to

appreciate the historical significance

of guitar bald of Coverdale page perhaps

the drummer Danny carmassi and bass

player Jorge Casas their instrumental

contributions of my three favorite

tracks from the album Elevate the

compositions to Timeless adventures in

rock and roll Shake my tree take me for

a little while and don't leave me this

way are my top picks looking at these

three songs though I get the message

it's living in the past one is a

zeppelin riff from 1978. the other is a

ballad of grief over lost friends and

the third I covered the idea from his

personal archive back then Life is a

Highway of the inevitable we merge and

drive until it's over

on the next episode of pose Led Zeppelin

1990s we'll take a look at the making of

fate of Nations and all the special

performances of 1992. thank you all my

patrons and people donors for your

support see you soon take care bye bye

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