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Page and Plant
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Page and Plant is the name that Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, both formerly of Led Zeppelin, recorded and toured under in the mid-1990s. The initial plans for a reunion were made in 1993, with talk between the two of collaborating proceeding from casual small talk to an invitation to perform on MTV Unplugged. Music producer Bill Curbishley, who had been managing Plant since the 1980s and who assumed management of Page in 1994, was integral in the reuniting of Page and Plant. Curbishely persuaded the previously-reluctant Plant to work again with Page.
Led Zeppelin's main songwriters reformed on April 17, 1994 as a part of the Alexis Korner Memorial Concert at Buxton, England. On August 25 and August 26, they taped performances in London, Wales, and Morocco with Egyptian and Moroccan orchestration of several Led Zeppelin tunes along with four new songs. The performances aired on October 12, and were so successful commercially and artistically that the two coordinated a tour which kicked off in February 1995. The Unplugged performance was released as an album in November 1994 as No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded.
Their tour took them across the world with a lineup including Charlie Jones playing bass and percussion, Michael Lee on drums, Porl Thompson performing guitar and banjo, Najma Akhtar providing backup vocals, Jim Sutherland on mandolin and bodhrán, Nigel Eaton hurdy gurdy, and Ed Shearmur playing Hammond organ with orchestral arrangements. Afterwards, they entered the studio with legendary engineer Steve Albini to record Walking into Clarksdale, an album of entirely new material. This album was not as commercially successful as Unledded had been, and the Page/Plant reunion slowly dissolved, with both members going on to perform with other side projects. They reunited once more in July 2001 for the Montreux Jazz Festival.
Contents |
- Jimmy Page - Acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, producer
- Robert Plant - Vocals, producer
- Bill Curbishley - Manager
- Charlie Jones - Bass guitar, percussion
- Michael Lee - Drums and percussion
- Ed Shearmur - Orchestral arrangements, organ
- Porl Thompson - Banjo, guitar
- Nigel Eaton - Hurdy gurdy
- Joe Sutherland - Mandolin, bodhran
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1994 | No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded |
| 1998 | Walking into Clarksdale |
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1994 | The Battle of Evermore (promo) |
| 1994 | Four Sticks (promo) |
| 1994 | Gallows Pole |
| 1994 | Kashmir (promo) |
| 1995 | Thank You (promo) |
| 1995 | Wonderful One |
| 1998 | Most High |
| 1998 | Shining in the Light |
| 1998 | Sons of Freedom (promo) |
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2004 | No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded |
| Led Zeppelin |
|---|
| Jimmy Page • Robert Plant • John Paul Jones • John Bonham
Studio albums: Led Zeppelin • Led Zeppelin II • Led Zeppelin III • Live albums: The Song Remains the Same • BBC Sessions • How the West Was Won Compilations: Box Set • Profiled • Remasters • Box Set 2 • Complete Studio Recordings • Early Days: Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One • Latter Days: Best of Led Zeppelin Volume Two • Coda The Song Remains the Same • Led Zeppelin DVD Peter Grant • Richard Cole • Swan Song Records • The Yardbirds • XYZ • The Firm • Page and Plant • Strange Sensation • Bootlegs • Concerts • Songs |
