Creedence 4:30 Saturday morning had 30,000 kids doing handstands. Led Zeppelin did the same thing to about 60,000 people near midnight Saturday.” This very honest answer actually works in her favour as it’s evident that Beth approaches the songs with few preconceptions. Lee Clarke on ROBERT PLANT SAVING GRACE UK TOUR FIRST NIGHT REVIEW/DEBORAH BONHAM NEWS/LZ NEWS/REMASTERS – IT WAS 33 YEARS AGO /PRIORY OF BRION1999/BEATLES AT STOWE & NOW AND THEN /DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE No Quarter features John Paul Jones at his best tonight and his improvisation takes the number to 20 minutes in duration.

Chris Serratella on ROBERT PLANT PERFORMS STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN AT ANDY TAYLOR CHARITY CONCERT/MR JIMMY FILM/LZ NEWS/LED ZEP II AT 54/THE MAKING OF LED ZEP III/SONG REMAINS/TERRY REID REVIEW/ROLLING STONES REVIEW/WHO’S NEXT/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE April 17– Ross Halfin’s book “Led Zeppelin Vinyl: The Essential Collection” will be released by Reel Art Press. The quality of the songwriting is just immense – much has been made in the past about the disharmony among the four at the time. Whilst there were obvious tensions there were many moments of pure Beatles fun – a fact emphasised by producer of the new remaster Giles Martin in various recent interviews. There’s purity about this new Revolver mix that brings out every nuance of a record so brimming with creativity. At this time the sun seemed to be shining every day to Good Day Sunshine summed up our feelings and the whole of a generation”

Robert Plant

The Houses of The Holy funk parody is a brave choice and hardly an obvious one. Beth navigates her way around the offbeat time signatures with aplomb bringing a Janis like drawl to proceedings. Given this ambitious stance it strikes me that the album would have benefited with more adventurous covers rather than some of the expected big hitters. My collecting and listening pleasure revolves around heritage releases and reissues. I am not a pursuer of new music -not because there isn’t any great new music being made – it’s hard enough keeping up with the many reissues, Zep bootleg releases etc that continue to surface and the sense of nostalgia attached to these gems is truly inspiring. In effect every record or CD I invest in can tell a story…and there are many stories connected with the following some of which are explained in the DL writings round up below and more will feature in my work in progress DL Memories… ROBERT PLANT PERFORMS STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN AT ANDY TAYLOR CHARITY CONCERT/MR JIMMY FILM/LZ NEWS/LED ZEP II AT 54/THE MAKING OF LED ZEP III/SONG REMAINS/TERRY REID REVIEW/ROLLING STONES REVIEW/WHO’S NEXT/DL DIARY BLOG UPDATE The latest episode of the Zepfan podcast interviews Artie Costanzo who recorded 10 Led Zeppelin shows. We can hear the remarkable development of Tomorrow Never Knows (Take 1) through Mono Mix RM 11 – the evolution of Got to Get You Into My Life from First Version) [take 5]to take 8 – the fascinating Rain (Take 5 – Actual Speed) and then Rain (Take 5 – Slowed Down for Master Tape),

There was something of a set list surprise next with a recall to active duty of Four Winds Blow from the Mighty ReArranger album and given the raging Dublin winds of earlier – a most appropriate choice. Zeppelin emanates a high voltage electric fever… Their efforts are super-human. Some groups are good enough to command an audience. Zeppelin, however, is in the category of those who can assault one.”

TBL 10 : Released September 1994

In the light of all that here’s the DL Valentines playlist – some of the most romantic and deeply touching love songs ever written in the view of your TBL editor:

Featuring… O2 Reunion ‘The Aftermath’, John Bonham ‘An Appreciation’, Zeppelin at 40 Part One, Rare Bonzo 1978 Cine Film discovered, Rare 1969 Bath Festival Cine Film discovered, plus much much more. There were frequent cries from the audience of ‘’Wally’’ a gig going tradition sparked by a roadie at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival. Never around when needed, the road crew cries of ‘’Where’s Wally?’’ was taken up by the festival audience – and ensuing audiences at big name gigs such as this one. Of course, the stars all need to align for that status to be awarded and here in the wonderful setting of the Spiegelfestival they all did. The Quay side surroundings were all a bit surreal and as Dec pointed out, you could here the slight rumble of the Dublin to Wexford train very slowly passing by about 10-15 yards away with the lights from the moving carriages in the Spiegeltent’s windows.Featuring… Earls Court ’75 unseen photos, Ulster Hall 30 years on, Kevyn Gammond interview, Sydney ’72 tape found, First reports from Strange Sensations live, plus much much more. Robert paid tribute to the late Ralph Stanley who he had worked with and delivered a superb take on As I Roved. Today is one of the last of the pagan traditions that is carried on into the 20th Century. It’s the day for throwing the wild seeds. In fact, now they call it St. Valentine’s Day… so, happy St. Valentine’s Day! I think we should dedicate this whole show to St. Valentine.”