Every other band on the bill sounded decidedly limp dick compared to this I’m hoping and praying they can work something out so this doesn’t collect anymore dust just sitting around. The fiftieth anniversary of the Bath Festival. Eventually, eventually it was released by Led Zeppelin on their ‘DVD’ retrospective in 2003. Maybe you could talk us a little bit through some of the hidden stages and paperwork behind that film. longer than seemed necessary I was entertained by a chap with a guitar called As a matter of fact I expected it to be solved immediately (LedZep342 - that comparison you made - that's what I'm talking about). Yea, you did do an excellent job on recreating the still, and that's funny that you used Ronald Rutherford, what is he anyway? Having heard about upcoming music festival in Shepton Mallet, he deciced to attend it. If this footage does exist, I can't wait to see it from one of Zep's best ever shows. Led Zeppelin were originally due to be paid £200 for the performance, but their manager Peter Grant increased their fee to £250 a few days before the event. × But it seems incrdible, Can't wait! They appeared 30 I’m now 65 and still play their music. But there were technical problems at Bath, there were all kinds of problems with Bath and the project was shelved. Let me tell you the story behind this. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Ron at [email protected]. That's obviously daylight, so just before or just as they came on, which I remember was right at sunset. I couldn’t see Bonzo at all, and if the other three stepped back they Ron intended to film his favorite band and so he did. When Martin apparently showed the footage to Jimmy Page, it reputedly brought tears to guitarist’s eyes because he’d just broken up with that French model that I mentioned earlier, he first met on that night at the Royal Albert Hall. I also By And then when Led Zeppelin played, they played in the dark and there was insufficient stage lighting for his cameras. The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival held at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England on 27–29 June 1970. They did later, but not at the time. Fifty years ago today I was at the Bath And can not wait to see it !!!! Sunday’s music at Bath They were refused permission to shoot Zeppelin. So the project was shelved. It looks beautiful to me and I think it was recorded, the band probably have a recording of it, I would think. all-acoustic set, and, closing the show early next day, Dr. John who before making their call. The film reel with Led Zeppelin was safely stored in a small box in his parents house for all these years. He was supposed to do interviews with the band members as well, which I don’t think that ever happened. My apologies to you guys. his merry men could perform just as the sun was setting behind them. You can read a full transcript of the relevant sections of the panel discussion below, and you can watch a video of the panel here. impressive they were too, even though my view was restricted by being so close 1970-06-28, Bath Festival, Shepton Mallet, UK (dadgad prod) Show starts off with Immigrant Song, first time this is performed live. Here’s an extract from the 1997 book “Led Zeppelin: The Concert File” on the rumoured footage: The performance was filmed on instruction from Peter Grant for potential future use, with no less than four different film crews in attendance. while a big marquee served as a dining room in which waitresses dressed in marauding Vikings Robert was singing about. There were similar queues for toilets and food on the Professor Steve Chibnall: OK, I’ve got my notes for this because I want to get it right in case anybody decides to sue me. Just three weeks before festival he received a new Super 8mm camera as a gift for his 22nd birthday. Led Zeppelin, instead, made ‘The Song Remains The Same,’ their own documentary and Whitehead loaned his footage to director Peter Clifton and somehow, I’m not saying how, it ended up as a bootleg video in Japan in the 1980s. But certainly there is 20 or 30 minutes of footage from Bath.   You cannot paste images directly. DL: So could you see that coming out at some point? I’d love to see and hear that old recording. “Peter was obviously trusted by the band and Peter Grant and he managed to secure tremendous access — he’s on stage, backstage, interviewing the band, the other acts, the crowd.”, “I know he was unhappy with the footage, that he thought it was too dark, but, let me tell you, I’ve seen it. selection of fine wines. SC: Peter Whitehead owns the film but Led Zeppelin, no doubt, will own the music. Unfortunately it is an April fools joke, here's the evidence, the photo is just zoomed in a tiny bit, and made to look like an 8mm still, but it's just a photo. Joe Jammer, evidently someone’s roadie, who was filling in while Frank Zappa “There’s 20 to 30 minutes and a lot of it is backstage. I would love to see this film and see myself in the audience as I was right up front. Welch. British Lions films were in charge of the Eidaphor TV projector screen at the festival and also recorded some acts on two inch tape. “The Bath footage does exist. Nobody has the film except for him. Plant, bare chested, hair aglow and by far the most affable, autographed a pink The reception was phenomenal, song after song greeted with wild applause, and they returned to the stage However, Stanley Dorfman, let’s go back to him, he’s the ‘Top Of The Pops’ producer, filed a lawsuit claiming that the film was made for him and that he owned it. Led Zeppelin made their first UK festival appearance in 1969 at the Bath Festival of Blues on June 28, 1969. DL: Can you tell me how much of that was filmed and still remains? curiously, by Maynard Ferguson, an ageing (by Bath standards) big band leader But I could certainly hear them. for my beloved Who, I remember thinking. https://www.discogs.com/Led-Zeppelin-Bath-1970/release/5621661 minutes after an American group called Flock, led by violinist Jerry Goodman, and - though I didn't know it at the time - Led Zep’s crew, led by their formidable manager Peter Professor Chibnall said that Whitehead thought the footage was unusable due to insufficient lighting, but ‘it is usable because, I mean, it can be, it can be restored now. There was a phone box with a Upload or insert images from URL. I parked my car backstage, hooked up with Chris Welch and photographer Barrie Wentzell, then wandered around, eight weeks into this job If so, it's a bad and cruel one! It It's funny how everytime I see the still it kinda still makes me think it exists! So you can raise those lighting levels, you can see more digitally. saw it all and in the misty dawn light drove immediately back to London, parked I’m excited !! Sunday’s stars were Donovan, Santana, Flock, Hot Tuna, Country Professor Chibnall explained that Whitehead originally planned to combine his footage of Led Zeppelin performing at the Royal Albert Hall with footage from Bath Festival and interviews to form a documentary on the band. Unfortunately I was a lot further back and a lot of much taller people were standing in front of me . I’ll play it forever. I × Your email address will not be published. So you can raise those lighting levels, you can see more digitally,” the professor said. my car behind Fleet Street, rode the elevator to the, It wouldn’t be the last night without traditional black dresses with white aprons served three course meals and a was Pink Floyd, whom I was seeing for the first time, premiering their new work. I don’t think there is any true fan of Led Zeppelin that would complain about the quality. watched It’s A Beautiful Day whose singer Patti Santos had made an altogether The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was the first REALLY BIG Festival we attended. They had made all the hang-ups was also my introduction to Led Zeppelin as a live force. The interview followed a May 27 panel discussion at the Royal Albert Hall in London where Professor Chibnall first revealed that footage of Led Zeppelin’s Bath Festival 1970 performance exists. Finally Gentle Giant Films recorded on colour 16 mm. that year started at midday and finished at about 6am on Monday morning. I've got a friend in England who knows some other guy whose father turned out to be Led Zep fan back in the 70's. Jimmy Page is also featured on one of two cover variants of the new issue, The interview followed a May 27 panel discussion at the Royal Albert Hall in London. I calculated that if there were three Notify me of follow-up comments by email. In the adjoining bar I met the members of The highlight of the evening, though, So he reckoned that the footage, the live footage, was not usable. Drums and bass reverberated like Jimmy Page is also featured on one of two cover variants of the new issue. car, all set to report this major event like the trusty reporter I’d trained to enjoyed by the artists and their guests brought a sharp intake of breath. Dr Alissa Clarke: Talking about going out of control, you started to hint towards in your introduction to Led Zeppelin some of the interesting backstory behind the concert footage. I’ve only seen the footage, I haven’t seen it with sound. Damn, I was about to post this. No Footage from this is believed to have survived. During a panel discussion with Julie Felix and the Royal Albert Hall’s Richard Dacre, Tight But Loose editor Dave Lewis asked Professor Chibnall about the Bath Festival footage. Here you can see it: The footage will be posted next week on Led Zeppelin Youtube channel! And if you look in the display case there you can see what was once a label attached to a can of film which says precisely that. The only way to get it is to lie that you are to use it for commercial use. Right off the bat, it's clear this is going to be a painful listen. who’d taken a left turn into jazz rock to appeal to a younger audience. Another team Paradise/TVX recored in black and white on one inch video tape. Mighty Powered by Invision Community. Display as a link instead, × tripped the night away as it finally turned to daybreak. cannon fire, and Jimmy Page’s guitar cut through the twilight like a broadsword.   Pasted as rich text. Whitehead originally planned to film the band arriving by helicopter, but he got there too late to capture that on film. to the high stage that I had to crane my neck to see what was going on up They opened their set with the hitherto DL: That immediately made me think ‘wow.’ So, is it colour film? It is usable because, I mean, it can be, it can be restored now. If things go well we will see very soon new, never seen before footage from Led Zeppelin at Bath Festival 28.06.1970!!! around midday and was astonished by the scenes in I hope not. too were out of my sight line. The professor also said that he thinks it’s unlikely that Whitehead ever filmed interviews with the band. I’ve only seen the footage, I haven’t seen it with sound,” Professor Chibnall said of the Bath Festival footage. I’ve seen it,” he said. Ok, and yea, it does make you think the footage may exist, well, I really want to see the black and white film/8mm film of Bath 70'!!! sleep that I willingly endured in seven years’ service on, LED ZEPPELIN AT THE BATH FESTIVAL, June 28, 1970. Although there is, the Bath footage does exist. Lead me right down the path hook line and sinker, good one. The footage itself is very good and the color hasn't faded noticeably. I did see people with cameras, and hoped that one day there would be footage of them either on TV or photos. The full article can be read on the Classic Rock Magazine website (it’s behind a paywall, though), or in issue 239 of the magazine. It dwarfed the other festivals we'd been to (apart from the Stones in the Park show and that wasn't really a festival , just a one day concert.).. their final minutes, they paid tribute to the Masters of Rock and Roll with the If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Robert It's 10 minutes long and there's only two songs (as Ron told me) captured - Immigrant Song and the beginning of How Many More Times.

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