Led Zeppelin at the BBC
Written by admin on September 10, 2010 – 9:03 am -| For the next six days, you can listen to “At the Beeb: Led Zeppelin” on the BBC Radio 6 website.
Hosted by Bob Harris, the hour-long show features selections from Led Zeppelin’s six performances for the BBC, including sessions recorded for John Peel’s Top Gear. There are also both vintage and up to date interviews with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page. |
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The following performances are featured:
- “Communication Breakdown” – on Chris Grant’s Tasty Pop Sunday in June 1969
- “You Shook Me” – on John Peel’s Top Gear in March 1969
- “Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair” – on David Simon’s early morning Radio 1 show in June 1969. Chris Grant was the stand-in host
- “Somethin’ Else” – a cover of the Eddie Cochran classic from Chris Grant’s Tasty Pop Sunday in June 1969
- “Travellin’ Riverside Blues” – on John Peel’s Top Gear on 24 June 1969
- “Whole Lotta Love” – on John Peel’s Top Gear on 29 June 1969. This was several months before the song was released on record
- “White Summer” – from a special concert at the BBC’s Playhouse Theatre on Northumberland Avenue, London in June 1969 (broadcast in August 1969)
- “The Hunter” – also from the Playhouse Theatre show. The band went into “The Hunter” during the closing song “How Many More Times”
- “Immigrant Song” – from a BBC concert recorded at the Paris Cinema, Lower Regent Street, London on April 1, 1971 and broadcast three days later. The song is heard for the first time in stereo here
- “Stairway to Heaven” – another track from the April 1971 BBC show. This was the world radio premiere of this classic song, which was released seven months later on the band’s fourth album.
Click here to listen to “At the Beeb: Led Zeppelin” on the BBC Radio 6 website
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Led Zeppelin’s BBC sessions were bootlegged for years before finally receiving an official release on “Led Zeppelin – The BBC Sessions” in 1997.
The 24-track 2-CD compilation included most of the April 1971 Paris Cinema show on disc 2. |
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