Led Zeppelin: 1980-10-XX A Tribute To John Bonham (FLAC_FM BX_1 CD)

With today, September 25th, 2014, being the 34th anniversary of John Bonham's death; I figured this recent British FM radio broadcast from right after Bonham's death was a fitting upload.  This is not a music upload but an FM radio broadcast with interviews and discussions regarding John Henry Bonham, the "best drummer the band (Led Zeppelin) ever had" as Robert plant joked about a few times before Bonham's "Moby Dick" was played live in concerts.  He was the only drummer Led Zeppelin ever had with the rare exception of the reunions after his death and the final 2007 concert where Jason Bonham, the son of the late John Bonham, was the drummer.

Here's a copy & paste of part of the original text file included:
February 2012 analogue tape transfer of BRMB Radio's tribute programme to John Henry Bonham. This show was presented by John Slater in early October 1980, featuring contributions from Danny King, Don Fewtrell, Malcolm Jay, Bev Bevan, Jeff Lynn, Ozzy Osbourne.

LINEAGE: (NOTE: I left everything "as is" other than I also added my Bootradr info file and a new md5 file)
Cassette tape from original broadcast and the archives of "Blockbuster" > 2012 transfer > Cool Edit Pro v 2.1 > Traders Little Helper > FLAC > me > TLH (had to recreate a new md5 file since old one didn't work) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Date: October, 1980
Location: United Kingdom
Source: FM Broadcast (BRMB Radio or Birmingham Broadcasting.  See this Wikipedia link)
Format: FLAC
CD's: 1
Artwork: Yes
Label: Blockbuster
Title: A Tribute o John Bonham
Size: 348 MB
Length: 55:01:18

SETLIST:
01. Danny King recalls the early music scene in Birmingham
02. John making his mark in the early days
03. Jim Simpson remembers
04. John Bonham the drummer - Bev Bevan on his style and technique
05. Midlands DJ Malcolm Jay remembers
06. Early success with Zeppelin
07. Bonzo's antics
08. Examining John Bonham's personality
09. John Bonham the family man
10.  Final thoughts - Ozzy Osbourne, Jeff Lynne, Bev Bevan

LINK:
(1) A Tribute To John Bonham (October 1980 Broadcast)

A certain breed of music died in December of 1980 when Led Zeppelin disbanded after Bonham's death on September 25th.  I remember feeling a depressed kind of feeling when listening to music during all of 1980 to be honest.  I wasn't hearing any new Led Zeppelin songs because no album had been released since 1979 by the band.  The new wave of what people were calling music was making its way into the airwaves and I was hearing nothing I liked over FM radio.  I was a really young teen then, but I knew what I liked and I wasn't hearing it.

Thankfully, and as I was growing up more and starting to really search music for more than a cool sound, I came across Journey in 1981 and it "opened the door" and filled the gap that had been left.  And even though the new wave of music made its way in anyhow, there were some great years left in the 1980's (and going mainly back into the 1970's albums I didn't know of) from bands like Journey, REO Speedwagon, and a few others who spoke to my generation.  And it wasn't too many years later when I started my own musical journey of collecting, finding, and listening to what people commonly call "bootlegs".  Not only did the song never remain the same, but the true talent of the artist was heard and the adventure of hearing the bands I liked live (but had not been able to see) was just beginning.

So even though a certain breed of music passed away when John Bonham did, the music never died and lives on through sites like mine and many others.  People, and I know many of my friends, think we are a dying breed today.  I say screw what they think!  I could care less if they want to listen to today's "music" or not.  We all have out own tastes and that is fine.  But as long as I am able to do it, I plan on listening, finding, and really just enjoying the rare, never released music from when rock 'n' roll was real.  I'm talking about the days when there were the Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jon Lord, Johnny Winter, and John Henry Bonham's that ruled the airwaves and the day!

As "Blockbuster's" sentiment in his text file states. "John Bonham always remembered - never forgotten."

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Steve Perry: 2012-01-XX Denver, CO Radio Interview (FLAC_SB/FM_1 CD)

PREFACE: No official music released or other official material was played in this live radio interview!!!

This is a very interesting, live telephone interview Steve Perry did with a Denver radio station two years ago.  I do not know what FM radio station it was or I'd mention the station's callsign.  Talk ranges from the days with Journey (a lot), his solo career, and similar topics.  And one good thing about this interview is the DJ is a huge Journey fan too.  So he knows his stuff.  Steve Perry gets into some personal discussion too that is interesting (at least to me) and he talks well of Neal Schon also.

There's not much to put in the way of details other than it's 57 minutes long and there are no commercials.

LINEAGE:
Unknown FM recording > online lossless trade > WAV > TLH (aligned sector boundaries, tested for lossiness, and created and tested ffp, md5, and torrent files) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: Steve Perry
Location: Denver, Colorado (unsure where Perry was live from via telephone/I think at home in California)
Type: Radio Interview
Date: January, 2012
CD: 1
Format: FLAC
Artwork: No
Label: None
Title: None
Length: 57 minutes
Size: 125 MB

SETLIST: (Doesn't really apply/tracked in 5 minutes segments)
01. Track 01 (5 minutes)
02. Track 02 (5 minutes)
03. Track 03 (5 minutes)
04. Track 04 (5 minutes)
05. Track 05 (5 minutes)
06. Track 06 (5 minutes)
07. Track 07 (5 minutes)
08. Track 08 (5 minutes)
09. Track 09 (5 minutes)
10. Track 10 (5 minutes)
11. Track 11 (5 minutes)
12. Track 12 (remaining minutes)

LINK:
2012-01-XX Interview (SB/FM)

Dime Torrent - http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=480496 NOTE: I created a torrent and posted it on Dime.  If your a Dime member, you'll know what to do.  If not, sign up for a free account and READ THE RULES.  Go to http://www.dimeadozen.org for their home page.  And remember to keep your sharing ratio at 0.25% or higher so as to not get banned.  It's a much faster download almost always!  Now, back to the original blog post.

As far as I know this was only aired in the Denver area and was not a network, nationwide broadcast.

Being a lifelong Journey fan, everything from 1973 - now, I'm excited to see Perry's been involved in some music project/awards ceremonies this month.  Just a few days ago he was part of a drum-off awards ceremony where he actually joined in and sang a small solo part on stage with about 15 or so other artists.  It was enough to get me thinking and hoping again he may be doing something (as we keep hearing) in his studio.  I guess only time will tell?

One other thing of interest to me is a comment I made a while back ago on Neal Schon's website about this interview.  He actually took 90% of what I said and posted it on his (or Journey's) Facebook account which surprised me.  The reason I was surprised was because I'd talked about liking Arnel but I still wanted to see Steve Perry in the band again before they called it quits.  It's interesting he didn't chop out that part as well as a few other ones.  He did cut out the tactfully worded, and without any bootleg connotations, mentioning of the Denver FM shows broadcast live in 1979 I referred to though :-)  But they applied to the interview too as Perry talks about them.

Enjoy the interview...

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SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL!!!

THESE DOWNLOADS ARE FOR FREE ONLY!  NEVER BUY OR SELL ANY LEGALLY RECORDED BUT ILLEGAL TO SELL SHOWS LIKE THIS ONE.  THIS IS FOR FANS AND FUTURE FANS WHO WANT TO HEAR THE ARTIST'S MUSIC RAW & LIVE BUT NOT OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE OR RELEASED.

ALWAYS REMEMBER TO SUPPORT THE ARTISTS BY BUYING THEIR OFFICIALLY RELEASED MATERIAL TOO. 

KEEP IT FREE, KEEP IT AVAILABLE, AND MOST OF ALL; KEEP IT LEGAL!!!

Led Zeppelin: 2013-01-04 Charlie Rose Interview

Here is a good interview of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John  Paul Jones from 10 days ago.  I like this interview because they talk about things we (collectors) talk about.  And Charlie Rose actually asked great questions instead of those generic, water down, useless questions most media people interviewing them ask.  And they refer to "the bootlegs" too :-)

Enjoy...

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Steve Perry: 1994-07-14 "Up Close" FLOTSAM Interview Part 2 (FLAC_SB/Studio)

It was 18 years ago today when former Journey singer, Steve Perry, was in Orlando, Florida doing a radio interview for the "Up Close" program on his life, life with Journey, and his newly released album "For The Love of Strange Medicine".

There's not much to put in the way of details other than this is Part 2 of the interview (still looking around the house for Part 1) and it's approximately 54 minutes long.

DETAILS:
Artist: Steve Perry
Location: Orlando, FL
Type: "Up Close" radio program/interview
Date: July 14th, 1994
CD: 1
Format: FLAC
Length: 54 minutes
Size: 362 MB

FileFactory Link:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/6jbmcfab0edn

Enjoy the interview...

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