cuts off the Led Zeppelin LP. There’s also a lot of depth to the recording. It’s like you’re right there in the studio, in the midst of them when they’re recording. That’s a very rare quality to be able to put into the grooves of a record, but they did it with Led Zeppelin. For these reasons, I think Led Zeppelin is very well recorded. Besides the great music that’s on it, this makes it one of those classic records.
REDDON: Thanks a lot for your time and this interview, Bob.
STALL: You’re welcome, Frank. And good luck.
REDDON:
One more thing…if you ever come across that ticket stub for this Portland, 1968 concert, could you let me know so I could get a photocopy of it?
STALL:
Yeah, sure, no problem!
MACK & JACK McCARTHY
HELP ENZEPPLOPEDIA OUT OF A WHOLE LOTTA LOVE FOR LED ZEPPELIN
Mack McCarthy contacted Enzepplopedia and volunteered to help clarify some information about his city of Portland, Oregon. He and his son, Jack, spent a weekend poking about The Oregon Historical Society and the main branch of the Multnomah County Library on our behalf. One thing LED to another and before we knew it, our email exchanges had evolved into a lively account of his forty-year fascination with Led Zeppelin’s music. Here it is!
I have been a LedHed since the moment I first heard them on KISN radio in 1969. (“The Mighty 91” 910 on your AM dial sponsored each of Zeppelin’s visits to Portland, “The Rose City”). I was on my porch folding newspapers for my afternoon route when I heard the most frighteningly intense, fantastic sound! It was Whole Lotta Love... and the rest is history. I was hooked!
Don’t get me wrong. The Beatles, James Brown and Miles Davis can send shivers down my spine. But no other band can do it as consistently as Led Zeppelin always has. No other band can go thermonuclear like the mighty Zeppelin. No other band can present the yin and the yang as accurately as Led Zeppelin.
Call me crazy, but try this on for size. Led Zeppelin IS the "white" James Brown. James Brown had his famous “hittin’ on the one” musical note theory. That IS the blueprint for the Led Zeppelin rhythm section. John Bonham and John Paul Jones were naturals, perfectly suited to “goin’ for the one”. No training necessary.
Call it a landmark. Call it a milestone. Call it whatever the hell you want. One thing is certain...In January 1969, with the release of their first LP, Led Zeppelin introduced a new kind of music. A new kind of rock’n’roll. A collective sound never heard before on this planet. Not in this fashion.
No one could know at the time that this LP would be the blueprint for the band’s entire ground-breaking career. The evidence shows itself immediately. Tracks one and two. From the powerful, bone-crushing, thermonuclear explosion of Good Times, Bad Times to the intensely soulful, yet delicate longing of Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You. This was the light and the shade, the very essence of Led Zeppelin’s entire career.
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