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56 KISS' PAIJL STANLEY

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INETEENSIXTY-NINEWASA MAD,mad year. Acrossthe

USA, peopleprotested silentlyor violentlyagainst

subsequenI generations of musi-

ci:rns. where woulrt today's punk

rockcrs be without lggy Pop's flre

Sfoojes and the MC5's iaicl Ou.

rftcJdms?50,000 rock and metal

bands without thc tlvo Lcd Zeppc

lin albul11sof'69? The world with-

orltLet It Blee.1andAbbey Roada

on a more specificguitrr lev-

eI,1969was abonanza ofpowcr

ard glory. The arrivalofthe All

men BrothersB:rnd,u,irh their

trvin guitars fiom heaven. Thc

novel tunings and sweet rlrythns

ofCrosby, stills and Nash.And

rhe lantastic funL siylings of

.lames Brown's unsung guitarist,

Jimm,vNolen-

The moment which best rep

resentsall the fire and rain ofa

nDSt chaotic and creative tine

belongs to Jimi Hendrix, who on

one July day atthe woodstock

festival forevel ensl ted a cosnic

n1omelltin an incredible 1,s1.ttitt

his majestic version of"The Star-

SpangledBanner." It u-as1969,

and America rockcd.

theVietnam

War,racismand poverty. Menwith crewcutstraversed

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moon's surface

in giant leapsandbounds.Againstallodds,theNewYork

Jets won the SuoerBowl andthe New York Mets won the World Series.

kind ofproclamation onc associ-

ateswith boorish, opinionated

know-nothings. Now, beforewe

tale offenseat such aharshcharac-

terization, let us hestily male this

point:we got the proof.

The prool sotospeak, is in the

vinyl. The notion of1969'ssuprem-

acyis, ofcourse, arlopinion until

one examinesthe incredible num

ber oflandmark albumsissued

it1that glo ousyear-True, miny

fine records first saw the light in

1968,1970,1979and 1994,for thar

matter,but nothingcomparcs to

MCMLXIX when itcomes to shccr

volurneof rock achievement.

But how is "achievement"

gauged? on the one hand, there js

the mxtter ofdurability. Turn on

any classicradio station tomor

row morningand you r.villfind an

incredible array of songsrecorded

in r969 in regllar rotation.led

Zeppelin's "whole Lotta Lovc"

(Lea Zeppelil II). Creedence

Clenrwater Revival's "Bad Moon

tusind' (crcen xiver). The who's

"Pinball Wizard"(?ommJ). These

songsare not oldies,but:rs current

asthe latest cdses in the Balkans.

Another lneasureof greatncss,

whether an album rvasissued

in 1969or 1989,is its impact on

TNSCENIC BETHDL, New YCTK,

ajoyous crowd, halfa million

strong braved the elements and

personal discomfort to witness

history at woodstock. Outside

lovely Sa11Francisco,California,

at Altamon! Speedway,equally

joyous crowdsjoined the Rolling

Stores in wihressing murder.

1969was thebest oftimes and

the wildest oftimes, soit should

comc asno surpdse that it was

an incredible year for music. So

incredible, in fact, tha!we arcuitdr

world believeit to havebeenthe

8t€dt€st rock ard roll yea] ofthem

all. Yes,that's abigstatement, the

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JANUARY

Ld Zeppeli4* LEDZEPPELIN

Englishpounds.

Butevenonthistightschedule,

the band, just asPagehadenvi-

sioned, producedplenty of"light

andshade."trrom the ominous

hea\y metalepic "Dazedand

Confused"to the folky "BabeI'm

GonnaLeaveYou" to the quicksil-

verpopof"CommunicationBreal

down,"Zep'spower,versatility and

imagination wereundeniable.

with the albumfinished,

PageenlistedformerYardbirds

managerPeter Crantto takeLed

Zeppelin to the bank.Usingthe

guitarist's associationwith the

Yardbirdsasbait,the ruthless

Grantworkedout afive-year

worldwidedistributiondealwith

AtlanticRecords.Underits land

markterms,Led Zeppelin were

promised totalcreativecontrol-

their recordswouldbeproduced

independently,without anylabel

inteference.Thegroupwould

alsocontrolalljacketartwork,

press ads, publicity picturesand

anlthing elserelatedto their

image.Thebasic outlineofthis

remarkablecontractlaterinflu-

encedthe RollingStones,another

Atlantic band,in their deal-

ingswith the label.Bothbands

retainedcompl€tecontroloverall

creativeprocesses,

IT WASI]ARI,YIN TID SUrnrnCIOf

1968andJimmyPagewasdeeply

preoccupied,

wassuperhurnan. Besidesbeing

oneofthebestdrummers

I'veever

heard,hewasalsooneoftheloud-

est.He wasthe reasonwe hadto

start buyingbiggeramps.And his

playingwasn't in his arms;it wasall

in hiswristaction.Frightening!I

still don't know how he managedto

get somuchleveloutofa kit."

"Mu5icallyil 5aur

Zeppeli4a5 a

marriage of blueE,

Iyzrdrocfua4d

acou,tic muEic,

topped uit[ lleavy'

cllora.6e6.It vould

be a combi4atio4

tlyzt lpd 4everbee4

do4e beforc. Lot5 of

Iigfu a4d 6llade."

-linnyPage

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quickly found just the right men

to helphim achievehis radler

ambitiousmusicalgoals. John

PaulJones,oneofEngland's

Forseveralyears

hehadworkedIike adogtobuild

areputationasoneofEngland's

finestsessionguitaiists,playing

onmanyof therecordsreleased

in Britainin the1963-1965

era,

includingalbumsbythewho,

th€RollingStones,

theKinks,

TomJones andmanyothers.He

then par:layed his notoriety into a

year-long stintwith theYardbirds,

whosepreviousguitarists,Eic

Clapton andJeffBeck,had gone

onto become

leavilg only

the manufacture anddistribu

tion ofalbumsand,to alimited

degree,promotionto Atlantic.

OnJanuary12,the salneweek

the Beatles' "White Album" was

No.l on theBillboardcharts,

Led Zeppelin was rclensed,.k

enteredthe albumchartsat 99,

from which itjumped to 40,then

28.lts highest position wasNo.

10,butthe albumremainedon

the chartsfor aremarkable 73

consecutiveweeks.While Led

Zeppelin'simmediateimpactwas

surprisingespecially

full-fledged

legends.

Page,

nextin line.Unfotunately, due to

the pressures of touring the Yard-

birds disintegrated just ashe was

beginningto comeinto his own.

with his bandandcareerin

complet€ disarray,Pagestoodata

crossroads.

it \rasassumed,would

finest

sessionbassists,

and

arrangers,wastircd ofthe studio

g nd andasked to join Jimmy's

newband.Page,

keyboardists

Hecouldresumehis

sessionwork,returnto artschool,

or try hisluckatcreatinganew

band.Thegui[arist, determined

with hisdreambandassem-

bled,Pagewassoconfidenthe

decidedto recordthe bandhimself

andselltheresultsto thehighest

bidder.The quartet, nowofficially

namedLedZeppelin,assembled

in London'sOl).rnpic Studios

for a new

band,itwas evenmoreimpres-

siveconsidering

recognizingJones'

talent andversatility,inmediately

edistedthemulti-insffumentalist.

Vocalist RobertPlant,recom

mendedbytwoof Page's

takeashotatbig-timerocksuccess,

decidedtoforgeahead.To that

end,he carefullydevisedablue-

pdnt for hisidealband.Thathe

wouldactuallyseehisplanscome

to fruitionand,in doingso, shake

the very foundation ofrock, would

no doubt havesurprisedPage.

"ThebandthatI envisioned

wouldcombineblues,hardrock

a]rdacoustic musicandtopit alloff

5 with hearrychomses,"remembers

6 Page.

the group's

popularitywasachievedprimar

ily throughword-of-mouth.

Therewereno singlesreleased

from their debut,theyhadlittle

radioexposureandpractically

no supportfrom the rockpress,

who werecaughtoff-guardby the

band'sovernightsuccess.

liiends,

November of1968,with Page

producing. Afteronlyafewweeks

ofreheaisalandashorttour,they

cuttheirgroundbrealing debutin

amere 30hours,at acostofl,700

wasalsoaremarkable

find.He

lookedeveryinch theleadsinger,

andhis volcanic,androgynous

voicewassuitablefor everything

from the raunchiestbluesto the

mostdelicate ballad.But perhaps

Page's greatest discoverywas

dmmmerJohnBonharn,who

hadplayedwith Plantin previous

bands.Pagehadwanted a very

powerful drummer,butBonham

was "beyond the realmsof anlthing

I couldhavepossibly

JANUARY ALBUM RELEA6E6

Odesn-The Bee Gees

BayouCountry-CreedenceClearwater Revival

Erglis, Rose.-FleetwoodMac

YellowSubnairc (Soutdtrack)-The Beatles

"Itwould beacombination

g that hadneverbeendonebefore.

: Lotsoflight andshade."

Ina strokeofcosmic

luck,Page

imagined.He

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