Stephen Davis

LZ-’75: Across America with Led Zeppelin


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      LZ-’75

      The Lost Chronicles of

      Led Zeppelin’s 1975

      American Tour

      Stephen Davis

      FOURTH ESTATE - London

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       CHAPTER 11 Lap of Honor

       CHAPTER 12 Journey to Middle Earth

       CHAPTER 13 Hot Tea with Lemon, Please

       CHAPTER 14 Aware of the Energies

       CHAPTER 15 The Magus of Franklin Street

       CHAPTER 16 Drones and Cones of White Noise

       CHAPTER 17 A Spiritual Quest

       CHAPTER 18 In Our Glory

       CHAPTER 19 Little Red Corvette

       CHAPTER 20 The Smiling Dog Saloon

       CHAPTER 21 Letter from a Fan

       CHAPTER 22 Abrupt Change of Weather

       CHAPTER 23 The Pipes of Pan in L.A.

       CHAPTER 24 The Loud Drummer

       CHAPTER 25 A Spiraling Vortex

       CHAPTER 26 Dionysus in San Diego

       CHAPTER 27 The Prairie Princess

       CHAPTER 28 The Golden God

       CHAPTER 29 Access All Areas

       CHAPTER 30 The Application of Attitude

       CHAPTER 31 Tomorrow Will Be Too Late

       CHAPTER 32 Little Sister

       CHAPTER 33 Cherry Bombs and Toilet Paper

       CHAPTER 34 A Town of Great Fishermen

       CHAPTER 35 Transmitter of the Gods

       CHAPTER 36 Hardest Core Rock

       CHAPTER 37 The Exiles Return

       CHAPTER 38 The Hard Road to Presence

       CHAPTER 39 Clean and Purifying Riffs

       Epilogue

       Acknowledgments

       Copyright

       About the Publisher

       Prologue

      Led Zeppelin rarely let journalists anywhere near the band. Shortly after guitarist Jimmy Page founded the English rock group in 1968, relations with the press deteriorated to the point of outright hostility on both sides. Early reviews of Led Zeppelin’s recordings and concerts were negative, unkind, and even vitriolic. Led Zeppelin was described as an unholy amalgam of hype, money, depravity, and Satanism. The band retaliated by banning writers and photographers from their shows, with the exception of a few trusted people who could be counted on to write positive articles and make authorized, band-approved photographs. There were also reliable accounts of journalists being assaulted by members of Led Zeppelin; being spat on; having drinks flung in their faces.

      “The press,” as it was known, was terrified of Led Zeppelin. All this changed, somewhat, in 1975. By then, Led Zeppelin was the biggest, highest-grossing rock band in the world, as well as the booming music industry’s biggest act. The records shipped platinum. The tours sold out in moments. Zeppelin started a record label, and the products started selling tonnage as well.

      But in 1975, the mainstream media didn’t play along. The rock press was eager for any piece of Led Zeppelin, but as the band prepared a new album of songs, maybe its best ever, and a sold-out tour of North America, the band’s media representatives found certain doors slamming shut and important phone calls