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Zeppy's Blog – April 2011 Archive (4)

Review of 'Destroyer' Led Zeppelin bootleg and it's only 34 years late!

When I was a wee lad, I heard about this allegedly amazing Led Zeppelin bootleg called Destroyer!! (perhaps it was named after the Kiss album of the same name, as they were both released around the same time, or maybe it was named that because it's frickin great, and it'll 'destroy' you [but in a good way]).



To Quote Wikipedia "It was the first, and for many years the only, professionally recorded mixing desk tape to escape from the band's possession…

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Added by Zeppy on April 29, 2011 at 12:30pm — 4 Comments

When Giants Walked The Earth Book Review

This is my official review of When Giants Walked The Earth by Mick…

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Added by Zeppy on April 22, 2011 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

Bootlegs!!

I have been a Led Zeppelin fan since I was six years old, my friend Johnny and I were both huge fans as wee lads, he was only five! In fact, I still have the original Led Zeppelin IV cassette I bought from The Wherehouse in 1971!!

Anyway, we loved hopping on the bus and heading to as many used record stores as we could from San Jose to Palo Alto to seek out all the cool Led Zeppelin Bootlegs! When we called this one store, Chimaera Records, in Palo Alto and asked if they had any new…

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Added by Zeppy on April 21, 2011 at 11:00pm — No Comments

baby baby baby baby baby baby baby...

Way back when I was in high school, I thought it would be a great idea to count all the 'Baby's (and 'Babes', and all it's variations) Robert Plant sings in every single Led Zeppelin (studio) song. We got out a pad and pencil and used the old tally sheet of four vertical lines and crossing them out to make five, to make it easier to count.

So my friend Marty and I began to count: The winner was Candy Store Rock from Presence, he sings 'Baby' 44 times. The next highest was, I believe,… Continue

Added by Zeppy on April 21, 2011 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

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