Lot 97
  • 97

Led Zeppelin--Tapani Talo

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • Led Zeppelin in performance, 23 February 1970, Finland
  • Paper
two spiral bound folio albums (each 460 x 630mm.), both 16 pages, volume one containing 13 modern photographic prints showing Led Zeppelin in performance in Helsinki on 23 February 1970, mainly featuring Jimmy Page, volume two containing 14 modern photographic prints of the band performing, each photograph (sheet size approx 330 x 480mm.) inscribed, numbered "1/10" and dated "2015" by the photographer, and laid down at four corners onto the pages of the album, title and photographer's name and stencilled in black along the lower edge of the upper cover of each album (2)

Catalogue Note

The opening concert of the Led Zeppelin's 1970 European Tour took place at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki. During the tour, the band and their management became embroiled in a dispute with the descendants of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, inventor of the Zeppelin, over the use of their name. As a result, the band was billed as 'The Nobs', a pun on the name of their European promoter, for a number of shows.

It was Plant's description of the sophisticated sound equipment the band used to record which encouraged Talo, who had by this time been photographing concerts for two and a half years, to move to London to work as a sound engineer.