LIGHT AND SHADE

"There was an attractive dark-haired woman hanging out and John Paul Jones was trying to charm her. In almost every photo I took he’s right next to her looking at her with these half-drunk, goofy eyes. I really think he was, as we say in Danish, ‘baking on her.’ I recently found out that she was the sister-in-law of the owner of the Gallery." — Jorgen Angel

Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin posed at Rai in Amsterdam, Netherlands on May 27 1972. 

The picture was taken on a scorching summer’s day in Little Bourke Street, close to where the musicians [The Yardbirds] were staying at the Southern Cross Hotel. Note the Victorian Butter Federation van in the background. Page and Hales had just paid a visit to the Mini Emporium, an eccentric shop run by the owner of the Thumpin’ Tum nightclub, Ron Eden. This image was published in Go-Set magazine in February, 1967. [x]

Robert Plant photographed by Carl Dunn at Cabana Hotel, Dallas, 1970.

From the book “Light and Shade: conversations with Jimmy Page” (via back-to-schoolin)

Following the Tokyo press conference, the band were disillusioned with the press, so they released their fourth album with no official album title, group name, company logo, song list, or picture of the band on the cover. Nevertheless, the record, which came to be known as Zoso, Runes, or Led Zeppelin IV, became Zeppelin’s biggest seller. Never had the press been left so much in the dark, and much to Page’s delight, the music rang out beyond any media hullabaloo. The band is pictured here celebrating the release of the record in a promo photo session.

Ian Gillan.

Jimmy’s floral black shirt.