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LZ-'75: Across America with Led Zeppelin Book

For Led Zeppelin, everything they had done until then led up to the epic music they would create in 1975. It was the top year for the band. After 1975, Led Zeppelin would never be the same again. As a young music journalist, Stephen Davis got the opportunity of a lifetime: to cover Led Zeppelin's legendary, sold-out 1975 North American tour. "LZ-'75: The Lost Chronicles of Led Zeppelin's 1975 American Tour" offers a previously unseen look at a pivotal year in the life of the band, born from the rediscovery of Davis' notebooks 30 years later. Granted access to the inner circle of one of the most secretive rock bands, Davis' revealing account is full of thrilling performances, exclusive interviews and wild tales of excess. But even at the very peak of LZ's glory, the cracks were beginning to show. Capturing an era of rock mania that will never be repeated, "LZ-'75: The Lost Chronicles of Led Zeppelin's 1975 American Tour" takes the reader on an exhilarating ride...Read More

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    Stephen Davis's brilliantly-written personal account of criss-crossing America with Led Zeppelin on their 1975 tour. A warts-and-all snapshot of the world's biggest hard-rock band at their peak. As a young rock writer Stephen Davis landed the ultimate commission -- touring America with Led Zeppelin. This is a personal account by Davis of his journey which saw him crossing the country with the band on board the Starship their famous Boeing passenger jet complete with deep shag purple carpet electric pianos girlfriends and star-struck hangers-on. This is also the story of one of the hardest-living bands in the world at their peak. For Robert Plant Jimmy Page John Paul Jones and John Bonham the most beautiful women in America tear their spangled jackets from them and riots start outside their gigs. LZ-75 captures a few perfect months in rock when Led Zeppelin epitomised the free-living rock dream but like Icarus their wings were already beginning to melt. It wouldn't be long before John Bonham died of a vodka overdose and punk killed their brand of monumental rock. With it's up-close-and-personal accounts of band members managers groupies fans and drug-dealers there's a lot of Almost Famous about this book -- Led Zep's 1975 tour is in fact the very one on which Cameron Crowe's film was based. Stephen Davis was barely twenty in 1975 but now he is recognised as one of the best rock writers in the world. He is the author of the mega-selling Hammer of the Gods -- a biography of Led Zeppelin. He recently unearthed his notebooks of the 1975 tour -- which he didn't use for Hammer of the Gods -- to write LZ-75. LZ-75: Across America with Led Zeppelin is a wonderful and unique thing -- a beautifully succinct account of a single moment in rock when no lyric was too far-fetched no drink went undrunk and no expense was ever ever spared. It's a moment that will never be repeated. ;

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    Stephen Davis’s brilliantly written personal account of criss-crossing America with Led Zeppelin on their 1975 tour. A warts-and-all snapshot of the world’s biggest hard-rock band at their peak.As a young rock writer Stephen Davis landed the ultimate commission – touring America with Led Zeppelin. This is a personal account by Davis of his journey, which saw him crossing the country with the band on board the Starship, their famous Boeing passenger jet, complete with deep shag purple carpet, electric pianos, girlfriends and star-struck hangers-on.This is also the story of one of the hardest-living bands in the world at their peak. For Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham, the most beautiful women in America tear their spangled jackets from them and riots start outside their gigs.LZ-’75 captures a few perfect months in rock, when Led Zeppelin epitomised the free-living rock dream, but, like Icarus, their wings were already beginning to melt. It wouldn't be long before John Bonham died of a vodka overdose, and punk killed their brand of monumental rock.With it's up-close-and-personal accounts of band members, managers, groupies, fans and drug-dealers, there's a lot of Almost Famous about this book – Led Zep's 1975 tour is in fact the very one on which Cameron Crowe's film was based.Stephen Davis was barely twenty in 1975, but now he is recognised as one of the best rock writers in the world. He is the author of the mega-selling Hammer of the Gods – a biography of Led Zeppelin. He recently unearthed his notebooks of the 1975 tour – which he didn't use for Hammer of the Gods – to write LZ-’75.LZ-’75: Across America with Led Zeppelin is a wonderful and unique thing – a beautifully succinct account of a single moment in rock, when no lyric was too far-fetched, no drink went undrunk and no expense was ever, ever spared. It's a moment that will never be repeated.

  • 0007377959
  • 9780007377954
  • Stephen Davis
  • 7 July 2011
  • Fourth Estate
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 224
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