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The Swan Song:
The Swan Song one of Led Zeppelin's most popular and beautiful logos. Is regarded as one of the most distinctive rock symbols. When you see the Swan Man Angel you think of Led Zeppelin. Swan Song was Led Zeppelin's own record label created in the spring of 1974. Led Zeppelin's 1st album with the Swan Song label was their double album Physical Graffiti, released in 1975. The Swan Song label design was inspired by the painting "Evening, Fall of Day" by William Rimner in 1869. The 1st Swan Song release was Bad Company which reached #1 in America's album charts, not a bad start for a new record label. The label was wound down after the bands retirement in 1980, although Robert Plant's 1st album "Pictures at Eleven" was on Swan Song 1982. Though the Swan Song label was short lived, the Swan Song logo remains one of the most popular designs for Led Zeppelin. When fans are asked what is their favorite Led Zeppelin Logo, Swan Song is #1, followed by The Blimp design.
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LED ZEPPELIN BIO
Led Zeppelin was the definitive heavy metal band. It wasn't just their crushingly loud interpretation of the blues -- it was how they incorporated mythology, mysticism, and a variety of other genres (most notably world music and British folk) -- into their sound. Led Zeppelin had mystique. They rarely gave interviews, since the music press detested the band. Consequently, the only connection the audience ... Read MoreLed Zeppelin was the definitive heavy metal band. It wasn't just their crushingly loud interpretation of the blues -- it was how they incorporated mythology, mysticism, and a variety of other genres (most notably world music and British folk) -- into their sound. Led Zeppelin had mystique. They rarely gave interviews, since the music press detested the band. Consequently, the only connection the audience had with the band was through the records and the concerts. More than any other band, Led Zeppelin established the concept of album-oriented rock, refusing to release popular songs from their albums as singles. In doing so, they established the dominant format for heavy metal, as well as the genre's actual sound.
Led Zeppelin formed out of the ashes of the Yardbirds. Jimmy Page had joined the band in its final days, playing a pivotal role on their final album, 1967's Little Games, which also featured string arrangements from John Paul Jones. During 1967, the Yardbirds were fairly inactive. While the Yardbirds decided their future, Page returned to session work in 1967. In the spring of 1968, he played on Jones' arrangement of Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man." During the sessions, Jones requested to be part of any future project Page would develop. Page would have to assemble a band sooner than he had planned. In the summer of 1968, the Yardbirds' Keith Relf and James McCarty left the band, leaving Page and bassist Chris Dreja with the rights to the name, as well as the obligation of fulfilling an upcoming fall tour. Page set out to find a replacement vocalist and drummer. Initially, he wanted to enlist singer Terry Reid and Procol Harum's drummer B.J. Wilson, but neither musician was able to join the group. Reid suggested that Page contact Robert Plant, who was singing with a band called Hobbstweedle.
After hearing him sing, Page asked Plant to join the band in August of 1968, the same month Chris Dreja dropped out of the new project. Following Dreja's departure, John Paul Jones joined the group as its bassist. Plant recommended that Page hire John Bonham, the drummer for Plant's old band, the Band of Joy. Bonham had to be persuaded to join the group, as he was being courted by other artists who offered the drummer considerably more money. By September, Bonham agreed to join the band. Performing under the name the New Yardbirds, the band fulfilled the Yardbirds' previously booked engagements in late September 1968. The following month, they recorded their debut album in just under 30 hours. Also in October, the group switched their name to Led Zeppelin. The band secured a contract with Atlantic Records in the United States before the end of the year. Early in 1969, Led Zeppelin set out on their first American tour, which helped set the stage for the January release of their eponymous debut album. Two months after its release, Led Zeppelin had climbed into the U.S. Top Ten. Throughout 1969, the band toured relentlessly, playing dates in America and England. While they were on the road, they recorded their second album, Led Zeppelin II, which was released in October of 1969. Like its predecessor, Led Zeppelin II was an immediate hit, topping the American charts two months after its release and spending seven weeks at number one. The album helped establish Led Zeppelin as an international concert attraction, and for the next year, the group continued to tour relentlessly. Led Zeppelin's sound began to deepen with Led Zeppelin III. Released in October of 1970, the album featured an overt British folk influence. The group's infatuation with folk and mythology would reach a fruition on the group's untitled fourth album, which was released in November of 1971. Led Zeppelin IV was the band's most musically diverse effort to date, featuring everything from the crunching rock of "Black Dog" to the folk of "The Battle of Evermore," as well as "Stairway to Heaven," which found the bridge between the two genres. "Stairway to Heaven" was an immediate radio hit, eventually becoming the most played song in the history of album-oriented radio; the song was never released as a single. Despite the fact that the album never reached number one in America, Led Zeppelin IV was their biggest album ever, selling well over 16 million copies over the next two and a half decades.
Led Zeppelin did tour to support both Led Zeppelin III and Led Zeppelin IV, but they played fewer shows than they did on their previous tours. Instead, they concentrated on only playing larger venues. After completing their 1972 tour, the band retreated from the spotlight and recorded their fifth album. Released in the spring of 1973, Houses of the Holy continued the band's musical experimentation, featuring touches of funk and reggae among their trademark rock and folk.The success of Houses of the Holy set the stage for a record-breaking American tour. Throughout their 1973 tour, Led Zeppelin broke box-office records -- most of which were previously held by the Beatles -- across America. The group's concert at Madison Square Garden in July was filmed for use in the feature film The Song Remains the Same, which was released three years later. After their 1973 tour, Led Zeppelin spent a quiet year during 1974, releasing no new material and performing no concerts. They did, however, establish their own record label, Swan Song, which released all of Led Zeppelin's subsequent albums, as well as records by Dave Edmunds, Bad Company, the Pretty Things, and several others. Physical Graffiti, a double album released in February of 1975, was the band's first release on Swan Song. The album was an immediate success, topping the charts in both America and England. Led Zeppelin launched a large American tour in 1975 but it came to a halt when Robert Plant and his wife suffered a serious car crash while vacationing in Greece. The tour was cancelled and Plant spent the rest of the year recuperating from the accident.
Led Zeppelin returned to action in the spring of 1976 with Presence. Although the album debuted at number one in both America and England, the reviews for the album were lukewarm, as was the reception to the live concert film The Song Remains the Same, which appeared in the fall of 1976. The band finally returned to tour America in the Spring of 1977. A couple of months into the tour, Plant's six-year-old son Karac died of a stomach infection. Led Zeppelin immediately cancelled the tour and offered no word whether or not it would be rescheduled, causing widespread speculation about the band's future. For a while, it did appear that Led Zeppelin was finished. Robert Plant spent the latter half of 1977 and the better part of 1978 in seclusion. The group didn't begin work on a new album until late in the summer of 1978, when they began recording at ABBA's Polar studios in Sweden. A year later, the band played a short European tour, performing in Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Belgium, and Austria. In August of 1979, Led Zeppelin played two large concerts at Knebworth; the shows would be their last English performances.
In Through the Out Door, the band's much-delayed eighth studio album, was finally released in September of 1979. The album entered the charts at number one in both America and England. In May of 1980, Led Zeppelin embarked on their final European tour. In September, Led Zeppelin began rehearsing at Jimmy Page's house in preparation for an American tour. On September 25, John Bonham was found dead in his bed -- following an all-day drinking binge, he had passed out and choked on his own vomit. In December of 1980, Led Zeppelin announced they were disbanding, since they could not continue without Bonham.
Following the breakup, the remaining members all began solo careers. John Paul Jones returned to producing and arranging, finally releasing his solo debut Zooma in 1999. After recording the soundtrack for Death Wish II, Jimmy Page compiled the Zeppelin outtakes collection, Coda, which was released at the end of 1982. That same year, Robert Plant began a solo career with the Pictures at Eleven album. In 1984, Plant and Page briefly reunited in the all-star oldies band the Honeydrippers. After recording one EP with the Honeydrippers, Plant returned to his solo career and Page formed the Firm with former Bad Company singer Paul Rogers. In 1985, Led Zeppelin reunited to play Live Aid, sparking off a flurry of reunion rumors; the reunion never materialized. In 1988, the band re-formed to play Atlantic's 25th Anniversary Concert. During 1989, Page remastered the band's catalog for release on the 1990 box set, Led Zeppelin. The four-disc set became the biggest selling multi-disc box set of all time, which was followed up 3 years later by another boxset, the mammoth 10 disc set The Complete Studio Recordings.
In 1994, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant reunited to record a segment for MTV Unplugged, which was released as Unledded in the fall of 1994. Although the album went platinum, the sales were disappointing considering the anticipation of a Zeppelin reunion. The following year, Page and Plant embarked on a successful international tour, which eventually led to an all new studio recording in '98 -- the Steve Albini-produced Walking into Clarksdale. Surprisingly, the album was met with a cool reception by the record buying public, as Page and Plant ended their union shortly thereafter, once again going their separate ways (Page would go on to tour with the Black Crowes, while Plant would resume his solo career). Further Zeppelin compilation releases saw the light of day in the late-90s, including 97's stellar double disc BBC Sessions, plus Zep's first true 'best of' collections -- 99's Early Days: The Best of Vol. 1 and 2000s Latter Days: The Best of Vol. 2. ~
Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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Tarot Cards & Led Zeppelin
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JIMMY PAGE...The Magician
The number one card of the deck and like Jimmy Page, the leader and creator of Led Zeppelin. The Magician signifies a person that can take different components and make it all mesh. The Magician is a worker of miracles, like a wizard, an alchemist, mixing potions to create and transform. He has the ability to translate ideas into action. He is a leader creating new ways to interpret the elements set before him. I would say a visionary type.
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ROBERT PLANT...The Sun
Like the heavenly body, "The Sun", radiates light and warmth, so does Robert Plant. His golden mane dances in the light and the sparkle in his personality, pure energy. The promise of fun, for everything is much more fun when it's sunny out. The sun makes you feel good. The center of attention, everything revolves around the sun. Like Robert's sun sign, LEO, ruled by the sun he radiate and shows you the light, the way. Center stage Robert sings, eyes focus on him. The Sun in the tarot deck is number 19 which is made up of number 1 the Magician and number 9 the Hermit...the seeker of truths. Robert, The Golden God, the philosopher, seeking meaning, searching ever onward.
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JOHN BONHAM...The Chariot
The Chariot is number 7 in the tarot deck, it depicts a man in a chariot, a car if you will, taking or keeping control of his vehicle(life). John Bonham loved cars and like the Chariot he had a strong sense of willpower, ambition, a driving force to be reckon with. In his life, John balanced opposing forces. Though he loved playing with Led Zeppelin, touring, and partying, he missed his home life in England. He had the ability to harness power and talent and forge ahead. In the end he could not keep control of all the forces, the end result, the loss of his life at an early age. A sad day for all Zeppelin fans around the world.
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JOHN PAUL JONES...Temperance
Temperance this card is number 14. Funny how the Chariot is number 7, add 7 to that and you get 14, John Paul Jones. It depicts an angel pouring water from one cup to another, but at an impossible angle because the cups don't line up. Temperance is about a person who knows how to mix and blend things, a frugal person, a balanced person, a person that has a balanced harmony. Shy, quiet and gentle by nature. John Paul the arranger, the quiet one, but very much instrumental in the whole Zeppelin make up A very talented individual. He gave the band the harmony and balance it needed.
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The above depiction of the Led Zeppelin members as tarot cards is my interpretation and only my interpretation as I saw fit.
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Featured Lyrics
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WHAT IS AND WHAT SHOULD NEVER BE Jimmy Page / Robert Plant And if I say to you tomorrow "Take my hand child, come with me, It's to a castle I will take you, Well what's to be they say will be". I catch the wind see us spin, Sail away leave today, Way up high in the sky and whoah! But the wind won't blow, I really shouldn't go, It only goes to show. That you will be mine, By takin' our time. Oooh. Oh-whoah. And if you say to me tomorrow "Oh what fun it all would be". Then what's to stop us pretty ba-ba-hey But what is and what should never be. I catch the wind see us spin, Sail away leave today, Way up high in the sky and whoah! But the wind won't blow, Really shouldn't go, Only goes to show. Ah~that you will be mine, A-by takin' our time. Ahhh Oooh. oh-ohh. So if you wake up with the sunrise And all your dreams are still as new~ooh And happiness is what you need so bad, Well girl the answer lies with you yeah. I catch the wind see us spin, Sail away leave today, Way up high in the sky and whoah! But the wind won't blow, I really shouldn't go, It only goes to show~ooh~oh. That you will be mine, By takin' our time. Oooh. Oh, oh, oh. Hey-hoh! A-baby the wind won't blow, Well we really shouldn't go, Well it only goes to show~whoah~whoah~whoah. Catch the wind we're gonna see it spin, We're gonna, Sail leave today. Do, do, do. Ba-bap'n do-ohh. Ma-ma-ma-ma mama yeah. Everybody I know seems to know me well But does anybody know I'm gonna move like hell? A-baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby oh my Lord. Baby, baby, babe huhh my Lord. Do no, no, no, no, no, no come on now. I want you to.
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This Neon Photo of Jimmy Page was created by Vonda Oneil. Very cool artwork!! :) Below is a photo of Vonda with her guitar in her Zep room. Thanks Vonda for sharing these!
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Wicked cool pic of Robert with a Lord of the Rings feel...thanks Julie for the awesome creation!
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