Today, on this date 50 years ago:
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Wow, I remember the 20th anniversary of Bohemian Rhapsody being No.1 in England...and that was over 25 years ago.
Ah, ha, the 4th album.
Huge Zeppelin fan.
I bought each of the first six albums soon after they came out.
Still love the music.
Thanks for the memory, Rusty.
Huge Zeppelin fan.
I bought each of the first six albums soon after they came out.
Still love the music.
Thanks for the memory, Rusty.
That was my first 8-track.
Ole Joe Clark
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My record player won't those kind of records. 
Have a blessed day,
Leon
Have a blessed day,
Leon
When The Levee Breaks, perhaps LedZep's best song.
OP
I can't pick a favorite LZ song. Every time I think I've got one nailed down a voice pipes up with "wait!... what about this one?"
And then the quandary begins anew.
Not a chance, too many good tunes to pick a favorite.
I liked Physical Graffiti, and Presence a lot.
The first time I heard Stairway was in a dorm room, probably on the day it was released. I could hardly believe what I was hearing on the radio. It might have been a little smoky 
It was a good year for rock. Besides LZ IV, we can count Who's Next, Aqualung, LA Woman, Meddle, Fillmore East, Blue, Fragile, Pearl, Tupelo Honey, Santana III, Master of Reality, Nantucket Sleighride, Sticky Fingers, Chicago III, Bark, and The Yes Album. A good time was had by all.
Yes - I had to look this up to be sure of dates and, unsurprisingly, misremembered a few.
It was a good year for rock. Besides LZ IV, we can count Who's Next, Aqualung, LA Woman, Meddle, Fillmore East, Blue, Fragile, Pearl, Tupelo Honey, Santana III, Master of Reality, Nantucket Sleighride, Sticky Fingers, Chicago III, Bark, and The Yes Album. A good time was had by all.Yes - I had to look this up to be sure of dates and, unsurprisingly, misremembered a few.
The first time I heard Stairway was in a dorm room, probably on the day it was released. I could hardly believe what I was hearing on the radio. It might have been a little smoky
Yes - I had to look this up to be sure of dates and, unsurprisingly, misremembered a few.
Myself being a youngster at the tender age of 4 in 1971, some of these albums I am not familiar with.
But "Who's Next" and "The Yes Album" I certainly am.
I think "Who's Next " was their best album.
And "The Yes Album " got me started on a lifelong love of their music. "Starship Trooper" is an all time favorite.
Side note. "90125" came out my Junior year of HS. And many girls who didn't like Yes much before really liked that album. Some very good memories. I'll leave it at that. LOL.
""When the Levee Breaks" is a country blues song written and first recorded by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. The lyrics reflect experiences during the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
"When the Levee Breaks" was re-worked by English rock group Led Zeppelin as the last song on their untitled fourth album. Singer Robert Plant used many of the original lyrics and the songwriting is credited to Memphis Minnie and the individual members of Led Zeppelin." (Wikipedia)
Both of these versions are great. I love Led Zeppelin.
"When the Levee Breaks" was re-worked by English rock group Led Zeppelin as the last song on their untitled fourth album. Singer Robert Plant used many of the original lyrics and the songwriting is credited to Memphis Minnie and the individual members of Led Zeppelin." (Wikipedia)
Both of these versions are great. I love Led Zeppelin.
50 years ago??? Now how did THAT happen? Poof! I have gray hair and I'm on the cusp of retirement. I still have the mind of a 14 year old though. Perhaps not the body . . . .
There was so much great music in the 70's.
Not sure what happened from the 80's on. Possibly MTV.
Not sure what happened from the 80's on. Possibly MTV.
The first time I heard Stairway was in a dorm room, probably on the day it was released. I could hardly believe what I was hearing on the radio. It might have been a little smoky
Yes - I had to look this up to be sure of dates and, unsurprisingly, misremembered a few.
Stairway to heaven, high school, slow dancing . . . . carefree times.
OP
The 70's were a fabulous time to be a young, eager and inspired musician. There was a wealth of good material of every genre to draw from. It seemed that emotionally charged expressive music was coming of age and the world was hungry for it.
Rock had taken its training wheels off and hit the fast lane.
Rock had taken its training wheels off and hit the fast lane.
In 1950 it was Les Paul & Mary Ford doing "How High the Moon". Guess that dates me as an old fart. LOL.
August 22, 1969- my buddy Charlie and I took two pretty young ladies to Pirate's World to see Led Zeppelin. Biscayne Bay was in the distance behind the stage and a big storm was brewing out over the Atlantic. Robert Plant, John Bonham and John Paul Jones came out and started playing softly, Jimmy Page came running out, jumped up and hit a big power chord just as the storm lit up behind him. He was all in white with a white cowboy hat and played like a man possessed. As they all did.
It made an impression.
Regards,
It made an impression.
Regards,
Rusty, this popped up on FB and I thought of you right away.Today, on this date 50 years ago:
Robert
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