Any Port In A Storm

Recorded Live at The Old Rectory, Student Union Building, Southampton University, Southampton, England - January 22, 1973.

I recently downloaded this bootleg in an attempt to find some decent live recordings, and seeing as I'm the most sceptical bootleg listener ever I didn't have the highest of hopes but Any Port In A Storm is super fantastic. This is mainly because it was recorded by Jimmy as a possible official live release, so the audio quality is amazing and it has enough crowd noise to make you feel warmed by it. (That's might not make any sense to anyone but me.) There's plenty of Robert banter and the inclusion of Dancing Days makes this recording just that little bit special.

I'd highly recommend you download it from your preferred source. It's widely available, but please remember it's a bootleg, DO NOT pay for it! Bootlegs are not supposed to be for sale, they're supposed to be free to us nerds fans.

~Miss K

Jonesy's Revelations - Part 1

I'll keep trying, even if you're not laughing...





Mr Woo

The Adventures of Percy and Pagey - Part 1

Something silly that just came to me.

Learning to play Led Zeppelin

There's a shop in Peterborough, imaginatively called Peterborough Music, that is a haven for musicians and wannabes alike.

After having drooled at the Burns Brian May Red Special for £649, the Jimmy Page cherry sunburst Gibson Les Paul for £369 and various acoustic bass guitars, I perused the music books for something slightly more affordable.

I found a book with around 10 Led Zeppelin songs to learn, accompanied with two CDs of instrumentals and guitar-less tracks but it was nearly £20.... so instead, for £15, I bought this:


It's a guitar 'songbook' of all Led Zeppelin's tracks from their first five albums, excluding those which weren't written by them. Missing are "I Can't Quit You Baby", "The Lemon Song", "You Shook Me" and "Bring It On Home".

The chords appear to be slightly simplified compared to tabs and chords submitted by people online for the same songs but I don't think it makes them sound too different.

There are no tabs apart from on "Stairway to Heaven", which is kind of understandable given the complexity of most of the songs and the apparent level of guitar ability the book is aimed at.

I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to play along to the best of the first five albums, assuming it can be found somewhere - Amazon says it'll take 4-7 weeks to deliver!

Mr Woo

Talking between songs

I watched the first three hours of the Earl's Court video recently and I noticed how much Robert talks between songs - mostly to himself but occasionally to the band. It's much better than just leaping on stage, whacking out a full set before bowing out for the night. You'd feel much more of a part of an experience if the band actually appeared human during the gig, I think.

My favourite bit, not actually from that gig, is at the end of No Quarter recorded in Seattle in 1977. On this he says:

"Well I guess it's a funny thing to tell you that when you're deaf in one ear, but do you know what's happened? It's clear again! It's the strangest cure I've ever known."

There was also one point I think on the Earl's Court gig where Robert says something about "There's always the Eighties!" - if only he knew...

Mr Woo