Page and Plant is the name that Jimmy
Page and Robert Plant, both formerly
of English
rock
band 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 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.
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Contents
- 1 Main
staff
- 2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums
- 2.2 Singles
- 2.3 DVDs
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Main staff
- 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
Discography
Albums
| Year |
Name |
| 1994 |
No
Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded |
| 1997 |
The Inner Flame: Rainer Ptacek Tribute (collaboration) |
| 1998 |
Walking into Clarksdale |
Singles
| 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) |
DVDs
| Year |
Name |
| 2004 |
No
Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded |
| v • d • e Led Zeppelin
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| Jimmy
Page • Robert
Plant • John Paul Jones •
John
Bonham
Discography
Studio
albums: Led
Zeppelin • Led
Zeppelin II • Led
Zeppelin III •
(Led Zeppelin IV)
• Houses
of the Holy • Physical
Graffiti • Presence
• In Through the Out Door
Live
albums: The Song Remains
the Same • BBC Sessions
• How the
West Was Won
Compilations: Coda
• 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 •
Mothership
The Song Remains
the Same • Led
Zeppelin DVD
Other
Peter Grant •
Richard
Cole • Swan
Song Records • The
Yardbirds • XYZ
• The
Firm • Page and Plant •
Strange
Sensation • Bootlegs •
Concerts
• Songs
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