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My family got me into classic rock at

age five with the likes of the Beatles

and Carlos Santana. By the time I

reached high school, everybody was into

new metal. And although I did listen to

it in the year 2000, it just didn't hold

a candle against the classics. [music]

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Ladies [cheering] and gentlemen,

2001 was a pivotal year. My mom bought

me a copy of [music] the Zeppelin 3 and

that changed everything. I quit video

games and I was interested in playing

the guitar. I had a reason. My world

became Zeppelin and guitars 24 [music]

hours, 7 days a week. My classmates

thought Lincoln Park was the greatest

band ever. They tried to convince me it

didn't work. Making friends my age was

tough. I got music advice from whom I

thought were old-timers back then. Most

of them would stick to Zeppelin's

[music] greatest hits for the remasters

collection aka Pizza Box. Their

knowledge on the band was limited and

finding a good historian on the matter

was hard. 2003 I had the first four

albums and I had to wait for either my

birthday [music] or a special occasion

to get a new record. I had to choose

wisely. So, I got the latter day CD as a

way of completing my collection. This

will be my last one, I thought. But of

course, denial is the first sign of

addiction. Every song was a thrilling

discovery. But it was in the evening,

all my love, the ones that puzzled me.

They sounded different. They had

synthesizers.

It was dark and bittersweet, as if there

was a sad story behind the songs. I

didn't know what nostalgia was back

then, but I felt it. This wasn't the ban

on my VHS copy of The Song [music]

Remains the Same doing 30inut runs of

Days and Confused. Yet, it retained the

essence and [music] finesse of their

greatness. I checked the latter days

booklet and saw a two-page photo of

their discoraphy. The track list didn't

say which albums the songs came from.

So, my research began [music] and I

found out about In Through the Outdoor.

It got little to no praise in online

publications down to a brief comment or

bad review. Why was this period barely

mentioned in their biographies? [music]

What was so wrong about this record?

2004. I started doing weekly visits to a

local bookstore downtown. The owner

hated Zeppelin's music. I browsed

through the used vinyl section and found

a copy of the guy sitting at the bar. I

didn't have a record player. I didn't

care. I just had to have it.

I got to the cashier and was shamed for

my purchase. Just like a scene from High

Fidelity. I had to fight for my music.

Can I have it then?

No. No, [music] you can't.

Why not?

Well, it's sentimental tacky crap.

That's why not.

Two weeks later, same [music] place,

same thing. This time, I got a used CD

version from the8s. [music] The owner

asked me, "How does it feel having bad

taste?

I found out the album was originally

sold with [music] a brown paperback and

had six different sleeves. The Zeppelin

Madness took over. I bought the

remaining studio albums, read every

article, learned their songs, and played

the [music] part of Jimmy Paige in

Zeppelin tribute bands for 15 years.

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Heat.

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Heat.

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The older I got, the more [music] into

the outdoor grew. on me. It became like

a secret society for hardcore Led

[music] Zeppelin fans. Fast forward

nowadays and I own 32 copies and

counting. I have a fever and the only

prescription is more copies of Infoor.

Its influence on 80s synth rock cannot

be overlooked. There is no this

without this

with the help of a British friend who

provides her voiceover talents. I hope

you enjoyed the video as we dive into

the story of the Delin's final studio

album as we go in through the outdoor.

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Heat. Heat.

Jimmy Paige was the [clears throat]

chief executive officer with an extra

paycheck as the band's producer. Peter

Grant was chief operation officer

running both Led Zeppelin and Swanong.

They were the leaders calling the shots.

Led Zeppelin's unofficial breakup

occurred on July 27th, 1977 after a

4-day period of extreme tension,

violence, and death. This was no [music]

time off. They stopped working and

management tried to hide it from the

press as much as possible. Times were

changing. Music production was evolving

and the industry was catching up. Jimmy

was 35, known as Priy in [music] the

Zeppelin camp. He financed their first

album in 1969. He was the guy in the

Yard Birds who toured the United States

long before his sepilan bandmates.

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He knew how to use the studio as musical

instrument. From 1968 to [music] 1973,

he was untouchable and his guitar

technique legendary. He was the older

brother who made things possible. Peter

[music] Grant was the father and had a

favorite child in Jimmy. The other three

were junior partners.

John Bonham Bonso was 31. [music] A team

player who followed orders. He was

Zeppelin's biggest fan and cornerstone.

He may have had a jackal and high

personality, but he loved the group

dearly and never crossed Jimmy the wrong

way. He [music] had the best guitar ears

to compliment Paige's riffs. He was

Joan's rhythm section musical soulmate

and Robert's brother from the early days

in the Black Country. Peter Grant saw a

version of himself in Bonham's Wild

Temper.

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Back in ' 68 though, Bonso wasn't sure

about joining Paige's new project. He

just couldn't [music] leave his weekly

gigs. He had a family and needed the

money. So, Zeppelin put him on salary

until 1970.

John Paul Jones was 33. His bandmates

knew him as Johny, a

multi-instrumentalist who could deliver

the goods on bass guitar, electric

[music] organ, electric piano, harp,

clavinet, double bass, melatron,

keyboards, mandolin, triple neck guitar,

flute recorder, [music] lap steel

guitar, ukulele, sitter, banjo, and

cello. Both his parents were

professional musicians. His father

encouraged him to learn to read and

write music, [music] a skill which would

prove invaluable in his career. By 1968,

he had choir master and orchestral

arrangement experience, plus being a

famous session player. His zeppelin

chops never suffered. A musical wizard

who was a glue that held the pieces

together and didn't get as much writing

credits as one would expect.

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Whether conscious or not, he needed

change and well-deserved recognition for

his monumental contributions. Robert

Plant was 31. [music] His nickname was

Percy. Despite his iconic voice and

mighty stage presence, [music] he never

had much saying nor political power and

led Zeppelin up to this point. In the

eyes of management, he was still the guy

that Paige and Grant discovered back in

[music] ' 68. Even [singing] when I

kissed you,

[music] I couldn't please you.

Oh, and then all [music]

I ever was gone.

All you love [music] me was our son.

He would slowly question his life

outside the dysfunctional family.

[music] Robert lost his son and Bonham

stood by his side. Carak's funeral was

held on the first week of August 1977.

The others didn't go. John Paul Jones,

Jimmy Paige, and Peter Grant were

absent. This was the turning point for

Plant. [music]

He stepped back and went into isolation.

If a career in music was to be, it would

be on his terms and his terms only. The

brotherhood was gone. Bonham remained

his only friend within Zeppelin. [music]

Robert had one foot outside the door.

Plant and Jones were never best friends.

both would take small jabs at each other

through the years. To quote Peter Grant,

"We were sharing a cab in Munich [music]

1975. It was freezing outside." Robert

was behind his lyrics and apologized to

Jon [music] who said, "Personally,

Robert, I've never bothered to listen to

the lyrics on any of our albums." 1978's

collaboration between Plant and Jones

seemed impossible, but if we take a

closer look, it was a chance to put

aside any differences and work together

to serve their personal interests. A new

Zeppelin was born. Two of them awakened,

two of them dazed and confused. Jones

got artistic power. Robert wanted out

the ship and be the captain

simultaneously. The great calamity of in

Through the Outdoor is to be the only

album from this new working model to see

the light of day. A music statement and

greeting to new decade and we only got a

glimpse of it. It was their comeback. It

was a reunion album. Plant's alliance

with Jones proved elusive as he would

never work with him again. Jones found

out about the unded project through the

papers. He would thank his bandmates in

1995.

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The Yamaha GX1 keyboard, the dream

[music] machine, became the centerpiece

of a new chapter in Zeppelin's history.

Yamaha's original retail price for the

GX1 was $60,000, almost 300 grand today.

Only about 27 to 30 GX1s were ever

manufactured and sold. It was the most

powerful polyonic synthesizer at the

time. It had three keyboards, a volume

pedal, VO controller, and unheard levels

of touch control. [music]

Its total weight in a road case was

about half a ton. This was the basis for

Yamaha's popular CS80 model. Jones

bought his GX1 [music] in late 1977 to

work on string arrangements and discover

its special features. He used it on

Zeppelin's 1979 shows as his primary

keyboard for a wide variety of sounds.

His new [music] tool replaced some

unreliable machines like the famous

Malatron, a technician's nightmare prone

to failure. This explains the different

sonic textures on the Rain Solid

Networth.

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John Paul Jones would later sell his GX1

to Keith Emerson in the mid80s. Keith

bought his first unit in 1976 [music]

and used it extensively on his late7s

material with Emerson Lake and Palmer.

Keith would later sell the previously

Jones owned keyboard [music] to renowned

film composer Hans Zimmer in the mid90s.

Besides the Yamaha keyboard, there were

some gear similarities between Led

Zeppelin and Emerson, Lake and Palmer.

Jones started using Olympic bass guitars

in 1977. So did Greg Lake. John Bonham

started playing as Stainless Steel. So

did Carl Palmer. Jones cut his hair

short and wore white during Zep's last

tour. So did Greg Lake on their final

run in 78. Last but not least, Zeppelin

did two rehearsals at Mantica Studios, a

music [music] facility owned by Emerson

Lake and Palmer

with him spending more and more time

sitting down at concerts in Through the

Outdoor was the natural extension of his

abilities. The album was [music] the

biggest change in sound since Led

Zeppelin 3 in 1970. Oh, by the way, it

was John Paul Jones who came up with his

riffs. [music]

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Suddenly, one of the finest and most

sophisticated [music] music studios in

the world. It opened its doors in May

1978. The master plan came from the

genius duo of Bjornov and Benny Anderson

from legendary pop sensation ABBA and

their manager Sticken Anderson. The

premise was simple. Assemble a studio

that had the right gear, facilities, and

competence for it all. Word spread

rapidly in the music community. Genesis

held its 1979 Duke Sessions plus their

bandmates Mike Rotherfords and Tony

Banks [music] solo albums. In the words

of Led Zeppelin's manager, Peter Grant,

Aba came to us and offered it. It was

actually a slo to do it. We used to

[music] get the noon flight on Monday

and then return on Friday for the

weekend. It was cold and dark all the

time. Jones and Plant worked by day with

Bonso and Paige completing their parts

by night. Benny Anderson owned Yamaha

GX1, so the band wouldn't have to fly

June's keyboard up to Sweden. Some of

Jones sound presets on the GX1 were

later used on ABBA's 1979 release.

Recording dates for and through the

outdoor took place from November 14th

through November 23rd. An additional

[music] over dubbing session took place

on December 19th. Final mixes for the

album were done at Polar on February

1979.

The band cut 10 songs. Leaf Macy's

worked as engineer for the sessions at

Polar Studios. Maces was interviewed

years later and said that he would make

work in progress cassette tapes for the

band members as proof for their wives

that their time in Sweden was actually

productive when returning [music] on the

weekends back to England. November 15th,

1978. Led Zeppelin was about to record

for the first time since 1975. History

was in the making. A miracle many

thought would never happen. What took

them so [music] long and what was the

road that led up to this moment?

Oh,

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I got

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you.