Robert Plant on the Road

Robert Plant has announced a summer tour, covering North America and Europe.

The tour will run from the American west coast, (Washington, LA &tc.) in May to the northeast and upper midwest (New York, Toronto, Chicago) in June to the UK and Europe in July and into August. The Pixies will join Plant and his band, The Sensational Space Shifters for the North American dates.

Plant is currently playing some South American dates. In Chile last weekend he dropped in Watching You from 1990's Manic Nirvana, as well as more rocked up versions of Black Dog and Rock and Roll that he has been playing recently. A pro shot video of Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters Chile Lollapalooza date is available, and I've included it below.

03/16 – Santiago, CL @ Caupolican
03/19 – Asuncion, PY @ Asuncionico
03/21 – Buenos Aires, AR @ Lollapalooza Argentina
03/24 – Rio de Janeiro, BR @ CitiBank Hall
03/26 – Belo Horizonte, BR @ Chevrolet Hall
03/28 – Sao Paulo, BR @ Lollapalooza Brazil

04/25 – Washington, DC @ Kennedy Center

05/24 – George, WA @ Sasquatch! Festival
05/25 – Bend, OR @ Les Schwab Amphitheater
05/27 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
05/28 – Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl
05/30 – Napa, CA @ BottleRock Festival
05/31 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
06/02 – Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre
06/05 – Hunter, NY @ Mountain Jam Festival
06/07 – Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre
06/09 – Rochester Hills, MI @ Meadowbrook Music Festival
06/10 – Chicago, IL @ FirstMerit Bank Pavilion
06/12 – Memphis, TN @ Mud Island Amphitheatre
06/12-14 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Festival
06/15 – Raleigh, NC @ Koka Booth Amphitheater
06/17 – Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center

07/10-11 – Gloucester, UK @ Forest Live
07/14 – Stockholm, SE @ Grona Lund Tivoli
07/16 – Molde, NO @ Moldejazz Festival
07/18 – Pori, FI @ Pori Jazz Festival
07/19 – Salacgriva, LV @ Positivus Festival
07/21 – Charlotta Valley, PL @ Charlotta Valley Amphitheatre
07/23 – Brno, CZ @ @ Hala Rondo
07/28 – Frankfurt, DE @ Jahrhunderthalle
07/31 – Notodden, NO @ Notodden Blues Festival

08/08 – Landerneau, FR @ Fete du Bruit Festival
08/11 – Munich, DE @ Zenith
08/12 – Colmar, FR @ Foire Aux Vins d’Alsace Festival

More Roar

Robert Plant has announced he will release a new EP with his current band, The Sensational Space Shifters, on April 18, Record Store Day.

The 10" vinyl record, entitled More Roar, will feature three tracks from last years lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar world tour.

The tracks are Turn It Up, Poor Howard and Whole Lotta Love Medley.

Record Store Day records are only available at participating Record Stores and are usually on a limited run, although with a run of 10,000, More Roar should be pretty easy to get.

Led Zeppelin on Led Zeppelin by Hank Bordowitz

Led Zeppelin on Led Zeppelin: Interviews and Encounters (Musicians in Their Own Words) is a compilation of interviews with the members of Led Zeppelin through the years in chronological order.

Led Zeppelin on Led Zeppelin reads like a biography of the media's response to Led Zeppelin, from the books first interview from 1968 - a Jimmy Page interview about his new band, by none other than Robin Leach, in Leach’s magazine Go! - or a series from Toronto Globe and Mail's Ritchie York, where the band is treated as new and interesting. Through the mid 70's where the band is granted star status and on to the late 70's where, in a horrifically bad piece of writing/complete hatchet job, NME's Chris Salewicz does a pre-Knebworth interview with Jimmy Page.

Through the latter 80's, the band starts being given legendary status, a status which grows right through to the final interview in 2013. Led Zeppelin on Led Zeppelin is, if nothing else, a comprehensive look at Led Zeppelin's career.

Due to the type of book, a compilation of other writers works, the voices throughout change, some, like Yorke or NME's Nick Kent in 1972, are excellent. Other's like Salewicz or an Australian radio interview that's a mess on paper, are tougher to read. The narrative isn't always consistent, and that can be problematic. On the other hand, with it's breakdown of each interview being a chapter, it is easy enough for the non-reviewer to skip an interview that they find cumbersome or difficult to read.

Led Zeppelin on Led Zeppelin: Interviews and Encounters (Musicians in Their Own Words) is an interesting look at the career of Led Zeppelin, not through the eyes of a specific biographer with an agenda, but from the perspective of the people who were there at the time and charged with the task of writing about it.

Physical Graffiti

It's Physical Graffiti month here at Ramble On Radio as both the 40th anniversary of the albums release, and the new remastered albums hit the store on the same day

This months podcast episodes will be devoted entirely to the album, starting this week with a look at the music on Disc 1. You can always check out the podcast here, or subscribe to it on iTunes here (be sure to leave a review &tc.) and never miss an episode.

Meanwhile, Led Zeppelin has given us a look at the Super Deluxe Edition, in the unpacking video released this week.




And the band has already released one song from the Deluxe Edition, Houses Of the Holy (Rough Mix with Overdubs) and you can expect Brandi and Coke (Trampled Underfoot) [Initial/Rough Mix] soon, probably next week.

Currently at $118 on pre-order, Amazon may have the lowest price going (although price likely subject to change).

Physical Graffiti Available for Pre-Order

From Led Zeppelin/Rhino Records:

PHYSICAL GRAFFITI DELUXE EDITION ARRIVES EXACTLY 40 YEARS AFTER DEBUT, PRODUCED AND NEWLY REMASTERED BY JIMMY PAGE, WITH PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED COMPANION AUDIO Multiple CD, Vinyl, And Digital Formats, Including Limited Edition Super Deluxe Boxed Set, Available February 24 The Led Zeppelin reissue campaign continues in 2015, turning the spotlight on the double album Physical Graffiti. The deluxe edition of the group’s sixth studio album will arrive 40 years to the day after the original debuted on February 24, 1975. As with the previous deluxe editions, Physical Graffiti has been newly remastered by guitarist and producer Jimmy Page and is accompanied by a disc of companion audio comprising previously unreleased music related to the original release. Certified 16x platinum in the U.S., the commercial success of Physical Graffiti was equaled by its critical reception. Generally regarded as one of the greatest double albums of all time, the original 15 tracks represent a creative tour de force that explores the band’s dynamic musical range, from the driving rock of “Custard Pie” and acoustic arrangement of “Bron-Y-Aur Stomp” to the Eastern raga of “Kashmir” and funky groove of “Trampled Under Foot.” The companion audio disc that accompanies the deluxe edition of Physical Graffiti has seven unreleased tracks, including rough mixes of “In My Time Of Dying” and “Houses Of The Holy,” as well as an early mix of “Trampled Under Foot” called “Brandy & Coke.” All the unreleased companion tracks offer fans a chance to hear well-known songs from a different perspective, including the Sunset Sound mix of “Boogie With Stu” and “Driving Through Kashmir,” a rough orchestra mix of the band’s eight minute opus “Kashmir.” Also featured is “Everybody Makes It Through,” a strikingly different early version of “In The Light” with alternate lyrics. Physical Graffiti is now available for pre-order in the following formats:

Physical Graffiti (Super Deluxe Edition Box CD & LP)

Remastered double album on CD in vinyl replica sleeve Companion audio on CD in card wallet featuring new alternate cover art Remastered double album on 180-gram vinyl in a sleeve replicating first pressing Companion audio on 180-gram vinyl in a sleeve with new alternate cover art High-definition audio download card of all content at 96kHz/24 bit Hard-bound, 96 page book filled with rare and previously unseen photos and memorabilia High-quality print of the original album cover, the first 30,000 of which will be individually numbered.

 

  Physical Graffiti Deluxe Edition 3CD

 Remastered album on two discs, plus a third disc of unreleased companion audio.

 

  Led Zeppelin - Deluxe Edition Remastered (3 Vinyles) [Vinyl LP]

 Remastered album and unreleased companion audio on 180-gram vinyl.

 


DOUBLE CD

Remastered album packaged in a replica of the original LP jacket.

 


Double LP



Remastered album on 180-gram vinyl, packaged in a sleeve that replicates the LP's first pressing in exacting detail.



 DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

Pre-Order Here


Remastered album and companion audio will both be available in standard and high-definition formats



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Jason Bonham in 2015

It looks like Jason Bonham's plans for 2015 are starting to firm up. On Episode 80 of Ramble On Radio last month, James Dylan confirmed that Jason was booking Led Zeppelin Experience shows for March.

The first date has popped up on Ticketmaster, March 11 at the Uptown Theatre, Napa California. Tickets go on sale Monday. Look for more dates to be announced in the next week or two.

On May 2nd, Sammy Hagar and The Circle to play the Carolina Rebellion Festival in Concord, NC. The Circle features Jason, Michael Anthony and guitarist Vic Johnson from the band Waboritas. Also on the 2-day festival (May 2nd and 3rd) lineup is Slash, featuring rumoured almost Zeppeliner Myles Kennedy, Cheap Trick, Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, Slayer and a host of others.

There will be, I am sure, much more from Jason as 2015 develops.

Robert Plant Space Shifting Continues

Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters have announced their first performance if 2015, headlining the BottleRock Festival in Napa Valley California on May 29th - 31st.

Joining Imagine Dragons and No Doubt at the top of the BottleRock billing.

BottleRock is part of the Napa Valley Expo.  Tickets go on sale tomorrow, Jan 8, at 10AM Pacific Time. Order through the BottleRock website.