Bonham drum takes

check this out

http://www.disndat.info/bonham/

Excellent find Randy!

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Thanks, Randy. Very cool.

Woooo, how'd you find this site?! Ive been listening to these mp3s for ages now. This is really cool.

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You have more info from where they come ? title of the bootleg ? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

sorry, i don't have any other info on them. The In Through The Out Door tracks were recorded in Sweden or Switzerland from what i recall.

Randy,

I love Bonham and that kick.

Thanks!

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<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ January 28, 2005 09:13 AM: Message edited by: peter c ]</font>

Listen to Track 14 ("All Of My Love") - Did he always grunt and sing like that while he was playing?
This is really cool. He was definitely a power house, and the sound they got was awesome.

Hey guys,
Have you read the John Bonham book by Geoff Nicols? It's pretty darn comprehensive. Not sure if you can get in in the US though...

Here's a review...

John Bonham, ?A Thunder Of Drums? ? Chris Welch & Geoff Nicholls

I?ve got to be honest, I didn?t plan on reading this whole book. It?s big and I?ve got a lot to do, so I was planning on scanning it and writing a review of the parts I saw. While I appreciate Bonham and all he did for drumming, I was never really a Zeppelin fan After the opening paragraph, I had to make time. I was hooked, what a book! You don?t have to be into Led Zepp to appreciate this study of a drummer and his life.

I won?t even mention what sort of effect John Bonham has had on the drumming world. Everyone who has ever played a rock beat has John Bonham to thank somewhere down the line. Consistently voted one of the worlds favourite players even years after his death, stories of John Bonham and his larger-than-life antics are held dear to most hearts. This book is not one of exercises and licks, but rather a type of biography-cum-discography, with pages of info on John?s kits and cymbals thrown in for good measure.

The technical side of the whole book, (about the gear and drumming) is dealt with in chapter five by Geoff Nicholls, and includes descriptions of how he got volume, recording and the drums and cymbals he used. These are accompanied by over 30 whole pages of pictures and glossy prints in the central spine.

There are anecdotes, homage to his early big band inspirations (like Gene Krupa), his struggles as a teenage father and masses and masses of tribute to the big man himself. It tells of how Bonham was an exceptional carpenter, building speaker cabinets finished in orange leather and lime green speaker cloths. It tells of how Johnny Haynes told him that he was ?un-recordable? due to his sheer volume, only to be sent a golden Zeppelin disk some years later with a note saying, ?Thanks for the advice?? One of the best things about this book (other than the descriptions of the equipment he played with detailed input from his drum tech) is the ?Albums? section at the end. It has a listing of every Zeppelin song ever released on any album, accompanied by a breakdown of the idea for the tune, the recording techniques and detailed analysis of the drumming on every one, track-by-track. Brilliant and worth the cover price alone. If you are not a Bonham fan, buy it anyway. You soon will be.


MP

Oh yes,
Here's a link to the book at Amazon...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846

Even some of the customer comments are pretty interesting...

MP

Whoa! Thanks Randy!!!

Listening to that first track, do you guys hear a few different pitches comming off of the kick? A lower pitch for the first of a "double" and then a higher pitch for the second hit when he burys the beater into the head.

Great drum sound! And great room sound!

I think he did, especially on the older tracks if you listen close you can hear little noise even his Sqeek King pedal at times, for they miked his batter side head and front head back then and only really used overheads, no real close miking in those days.

Excellent, RW.

& kudos to the persons who helped put that page together.

Ever since that clip of the Fool in the Rain drumtrack [& thx again for that, HOD bro], I've gone back & listened to some LZ...hip stuff, still, even by today's "standards." Even moreso, perhaps...playing along to that stuff is fun. Ah, the memories.

Gotta love that groove of Bonzo's AWA that phat, raw, ambient sound that they got. LZ was mostly a very unique & orig rock band, & missed.

Yet another reason to lay off the [too much] "heavy sauce[s]."

I can only imagine what the Zep would've gone on to do [in the days since Bonzo] if he had still been with us...

It would've been great to hear Jeff w them [aft JB]. Though ironic he left us too. But that, to me, would've been a cool pairing.

They should try to get together & do something again w Jason B [or maybe some other groovy RnB style drummer] b4 one of the other members passes...? [Or, maybe not]...You know how that stuff goes...

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<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ January 28, 2005 12:51 PM: Message edited by: fuseU1 ]</font>