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Title:LZ-'75: The Lost Chronicles of Led Zeppelin's 1975 American Tour
Author:Stephen Davis
Book Format:Hardcover
Book Edition:Deluxe Edition
Pages:Pages: 224 pages
Published:October 28th 2010 by Gotham (first published October 1st 2010)
Categories:Music. Nonfiction. Biography. Rock N Roll. Led Zeppelin. Culture. Pop Culture
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A revealing account of Led Zepplin's 1975 North American tour including all- new interviews with-and insider information about-the band, from the bestselling author of Hammer of the Gods.

As a young music journalist in 1975, Stephen Davis got the opportunity of a lifetime: an invitation to cover the sold-out 1975 North American tour of Led Zeppelin, the biggest and most secretive rock band in the world, for a national magazine. He received a backstage pass, was granted interviews with band members, and even got a prized seat on the band's luxurious tour jet, The Starship. While on duty, he chronicled the Zeppelin tour in three notebooks, but after writing his article in 1975 he misplaced them. After three decades of searching, in 2005 he finally found the notebooks, on the covers of which he had scribbled the words "LZ-'75," and unearthed an amazing amount of new information from the tour including:

• Lost interviews with canny vocalist Robert Plant and the brilliant guitarist Jimmy Page

• Information on the rock icon who moonlighted as a heroin dealer

• Revelations about the identity of the lover about whom Robert Plant sings in "What Is and What Should Never Be" and "Black Country Woman"

• A detailed chronicle of each performance from a musical perspective, and a vivid account of the band members' extravagant, and often troubled, lives on tour

Tied together by Davis's entertaining narrative, and including more than forty never-before-published photographs, LZ-'75 is an unprecedented and comprehensive personal portrait of the greatest (and most notoriously press-shy) rock band in history at its apex.

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ISBN: 1592405894 (ISBN13: 9781592405893)
Edition Language: English

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I approached this book pregnant with feelings of both anticipation and trepidation. The book's concept, a sense of place study of life on tour with Led Zeppelin, intrigued me. Yet, I had read several damning reviews of Davis's book, and had my own negative feelings toward him stemming from his abomination of a biography, "Hammer of the Gods." Nevertheless, I decided to forge forward. I am happy to say the book passes muster. LZ-'75 is comprised of 5-7 page chapters, snapshots of particular

I read Stephen Davis' most well known book, Hammer of the Gods, back in high school. There, along with every other 15-19 year old male, I went through the "Zep" phase. I could quote most songs, staunchly defended John Bonham as "the greatest drummer of all time" and thought Robert Plant was a D-Bag because of the Honeydrippers. I thrilled to the accounts of groupies being violated by dead sharks (made famous by the Frank Zappa song, "Mud Shark"), TVs being thrown off balconies and general

In the annals of rock history, there may be no book held in higher regard than Stephen Davis' legendary "Hammer of the Gods." Davis, who got himself assigned to cover the band's landmark tour of 1975 (considered by many to be the band at the height of its powers) for the Atlantic Monthly, wrote and lost a series of journals of interviews and observations as a media member of the band's touring entourage. Though the magazine article was ultimately killed, the recovery of those journals is what

Obviously interesting, but unfortunately not very well written and therefore not a very exciting or compelling/memorable read.

If you have been on a zep binge lately you should read this! Do your self a favor and go on a Zeppelin vision quest. Listen to their entire catalog and stop after houses of the holy. Better yet, spin that black magic on delicious vinyl then... Start reading this book with physical graffiti revolving in the background and enjoy. This is a fast captivating read that you can crank out in 2-3 days. Go on tour with zeppelin on the star ship and... buckle up.

Thoroughly enjoyed this glimpse into Led Zeppelin's troubled yet triumphant 1975 American tour. For those of us born too late to have witnessed the Led Zeppelin mystique when it was at full throttle, it is a vital touchstone to understanding what it was like to attend a Zeppelin concert, and indeed follow them on tour.

Growing up a huge fan of Led Zeppelin in the pre-Internet age, there were few sources of detailed information on the band who had a notoriously poor opinion of the press to start with, which certainly added much sheen to their mystique. I read and re-read my copy of Stephen Davis' biography of the band Hammer of the Gods almost to tatters during high school.When I tripped across this book on a bookstore shelf, I immediately scooped it up. Davis, friends with the group's publicist, had