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They carry news that
must get through, to build a dream for me and you.
They choose the path where
no-one goes.
- Led Zeppelin, No Quarter
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 Jimmy
Page
'Real Estate' Wizard
"Led Zeppelin History" Excerpt: Gimme Shelter
On This Day
[June
1] In
Led Zeppelin History
On this day in 1980, it was reported that Jimmy Page had just
purchased a mansion in Windsor, England, from actor Michael Caine. Located
on the banks of the River Thames, this massive old stone mill is large
enough for its own recording studio. According to reports, the mansion
became Page's to the tune of 900,000 pounds.
Three months later, Led Zeppelin stayed at the Windsor mansion
because
it was near Bray Studios. The band was using the studios to
rehearse for the North American tour it was supposed to play that autumn.
At Page's Sussex manor home, Plumpton Place, a 19-year-old
"friend of the band" had recently died from an alleged drug overdose.
 Page had long been a big investor in real estate. Another
actor, Richard
Harris, sold Page the property known as Tower House, on Melbury Road
in the London borough of Kensington. Elsewhere in Kensington, Page opened
an occult book store called the Equinox in 1976. It closed in 1979, only
after using its profits to publish some rare [occult & meta-physical] books by
Aleister Crowley.
Page also owned
Boleskine House, a former home of Crowley
located on the eastern shore of Loch Ness in Scotland. A few years
earlier, the guitarist had also considered purchasing a Sicilian abbey and
farmhouse once owned by Crowley.
Rock and roll, Steve "The Lemon" Sauer
Original post on Sunday, June 1, 2003
Led Zeppelin History: Vol. 5 No. 307
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ABRAMELIN
~ THE
LAB ~
IN
THE FIELD WITH DOWSERS (BACK to
pt2 of the article re rainbow text)
Excerpt from article
In The Field With
Dowsers
A Look Under The Surface and Behind The Superficial
Ahmet Ertegun
Proceed's from Led Zeppelin's concert at
the O2 on December 10th 2007 in London
will help raise funds for The Ahmet
Ertegun Education Fund formed by
Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun.
Legends:
The Magic of The Page
and Plant Tour
Legends: Led Zeppelin
On The World Stage
Jimmy
Page Star Chart/theremin note ~ also see
Theremin
Michael Caine Fanpage [external
link]
Puffin
Express to Scotland, Loch Ness Area and Boleskine
Swans gathering
Led Zeppelin
1968-1980
By
Keith Shadwick
Page opens British Walk of Fame
This is London
24 August 2004
Legendary Led Zeppelin
guitarist Jimmy Page became the first artist to be immortalized in
the British Walk of Fame yesterday.
The rocker officially
opened the new attraction on London's Piccadilly by casting his
handprints in cement. Based on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame,
the British version will feature music icons.
"It's a real
privilege and a great honour to be the first," Page said. "I'm
really chuffed. "A Walk of Fame is a fantastic idea and it's high
time we had one in London.
"There are a lot of
musicians out there who deserve the honour. If you started putting
in all the people I think are deserving, you could cover the whole
of London."
The Walk of Fame is
outside the new Virgin Megastore on Piccadilly, formerly the old
Tower Records store. "This has always been a prestigious site for
music so it's right that the Walk of Fame should be here," Page
said.
 Led Zeppelin were one
of the biggest rock bands of the 1970s with hits including Whole Lotta Love and Stairway to Heaven. Last year the band - singer
Robert Plant, bassist John Paul Jones and late drummer John Bonham -
topped the US album chart with a CD of live recordings from 1972.
Page, 60, said he was
planning an autobiography chronicling the group's years of
rock'n'roll excess. "There are a lot of stories to be told about
what went on and insights to give into things that people don't
really know about," he said. "So there's a good book to be
written and I'm thinking about writing it."
Source:
This Is London
http://www.thisislondon.com/showbiz/articles/12754101?source=PA
Robert Plant
Tribute
to New Orleans 2005 @ Bonzo's Page
Listen to sound
at
PAGE and PLANT.
Beginning Led Zeppelin music notes.
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