Get the Led Out - Ep2509 wk of 24feb

Carol Miller's 'Get The Led Out' Explores The Incredible History Of The Rock Band Led Zeppelin!

Episode Transcript

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Hi, this is Carol Miller. Welcome to our Get the
Letout calendar. Fifty years ago. On February twenty fourth, nineteen
seventy five, Led Zeppelin released Physical Graffiti. Their double album
was out on Swansong Records, with a running time of
one hour and twenty five minutes. Led Zeppelin's American tour
was about to restart in Texas and Louisiana, and they

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were playing nightly live shows of two and a half hours.
Roughly half an hour of that was from Physical Graffiti.
There were four songs from the new album they played
regularly on that tour, and on the average they were
around eight minutes apiece. Thirty years ago, on February twenty fifth,

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nineteen ninety five, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant had one
last day off ahead of their tour. They were opening
at the Pensacola Civic Center in Florida. Robert had saved
his voice and sat out their dress rehearsal two days
ahead of the first show. Fans coming for the live

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show also had a chance to see the rock and
roll memorabilia truck that was a traveling exhibit sponsored by
Miller Genuine Draft with original Zeppelin keepsakes and souvenirs available
for viewing whenever possible. Front row tickets to Page and
Plant shows were auctioned off in that truck for any
tour merchandise sold on the truck. Proceeds benefited Second Harvest

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Food Bank sixty years ago. On February twenty sixth, nineteen
sixty five, Jimmy Page released a single called She Just Satisfies.
He sang on it and played electric and bass guitars
in harmonica. That was everything except the drums played by
Bobby Graham. Yes, the female backing vocals are from Jackie DeShannon.

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She also sang on the B side. Jimmy's only attempt
at solo starred him in the nineteen sixties came three
and a half years before he founded led Zeppelin fifty
years ago. On February twenty seventh, nineteen seventy five, Led

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Zeppelin's American tour resumed in Houston, Texas. They were now
playing live for the first time since the release of
Physical Graffiti. The album had been out for only a
matter of days and sales were huge. Song title recognition
from the new album was not the same for all fans.
In that first week at led Zeppelin show. The following
night in Baton Rouge, Robert Plant announces the title of

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the next song they're going to play from the new album.
The crowd does not respond to the song title, except
for one person. Thirty years ago, on February twenty eighth,

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nineteen ninety five, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant played the
second night of their American tour. They had kicked it
off in Pensacola, Florida. Now their second gig was at
the Omni in Atlanta, and they had played there together
in Zeppelin in nineteen seventy seven. Paigean Plant's new band
offered fresh takes unfamiliar songs, and they ended with Kashmir
two nights in a row at the Omni. They had

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played the same song there in seventy seven, and now
they played it a little bit differently because quote, everything
forever changes. This is Carol Miller. Thanks for Getting the

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let Out. Check back next week for another Get the
Letout Calendar podcast.