40 years ago tonight on the evening of Friday January 17th, I watched in some awe at the screening of the interview Bob Harris conducted with Robert for the Old Grey Whistle Test. It was the first time I’d seen any member of Led Zeppelin on TV. His words about the gig, the forthcoming double album and plans ahead were eagerly soaked up . I taped the interview on my trusty Phillips cassette player by that tired and trusted method of putting the microphone in front of the TV speaker. It came out fairly well except for periodically interruptions from our budgerigar chirping away in his cage..curses! Luckily Robert’s final statement came out crystal clear and as it’s edited out of the YouTube clip below, I’ll relay it here: BH: Just finally Robert, at the end of the American tour, Led Zeppelin’s long term plans -are you going to do England after that? RP: Well I think it’s about time that we did. What we would like to do is make it some kind of event like when we did the (Wembley0 Empire Pool. I think we were the first band to take that place and do something special, not extraordinary but a little bit of an event performing pigs with ruffs around their necks…they didn’t do too well but they were there and trampoline acts -just an atmosphere of an occasion – and if we can, in early summer find a suitable place to do something on a large scale as entertaining as that – then we will…” Something big was brewing – little did I realise as I was watching that interview back then-that some 40 years on, these unfolding events would be ripe for celebration by Led Zeppelin fans across the word…as they no doubt will be in the coming weeks… In 2015 …1975 is still a very good place to be… DL – January 17th,2015 https://youtube/watch?v=XKjDhuTI1mk
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 19:52:46 +0000
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