![]() ![]() ![]() “It was unsaid,” Preston writes, “that if you were to take a picture that was compromising in any way, shape, or form, that that picture would be tucked in your desk forever. The catch: He had to know when and when not to shoot. He flew with them on their private jets and stayed in the same hotels they were leaving in various states of havoc. Led zeplin photos tv#Expanding on Preston’s 2009 coffee-table book Led Zeppelin, this iPad version follows the band’s recent public resurgence: 2012 Kennedy Center Honors TV interviews with surviving members the Celebration Day film and album - which captured their 2007 reunion concert and made Billboard’s Top Ten with music 40 years gone.īack in the latter 70s, Preston’s access to Zeppelin on tour was unique and complete. No, it doesn’t include Zep tunes (those copyright lawyers are sharp as ever) yes, it has cool video interviews - not with band members but with Preston and other tour insiders. With many unseen photos along with familiar ones, this 300-page eBook tome is a model of the form: a feast for fans and dabblers alike, a well-designed photo showcase, and an interactive tour without too many bells and whistles. The resulting trove of images lies behind Preston’s new iBook, Led Zeppelin: Sound and Fury (Rhino, $9.99). Beginning with Zeppelin’s monstrous US tour in 1975, Grant hired Preston as the sole “inside photographer” to document the proceedings. Possessing a deft eye, street cred and a simpatico backstage manner, Preston befriended the band. One of these lensman was Neal Preston, who was building a career as a concert and celebrity shooter. In the early 1970s Zeppelin allowed a select cadre of photographers to shoot their shows on a tight leash, controlled by their outsized bodyguard of a manager, Peter Grant. Meanwhile they split the rock world into love-em-or-hate-em camps with the wildly diverse music on those discs - and with their marathon concerts, including sellout stadium shows running upwards of three hours.įor the live gigs, at least, the band conceded that some publicity photos might be in order. ![]() Stung by harsh reviews of their early records, Zep famously shunned press interviews and photo sessions, reaching many fans mainly through bold albums with cryptic cover art their most popular LP even omitted any title, artist name, band shots or text on its gatefold sleeve. © Neal Prestonĭuring much of their heyday, Led Zeppelin skirted the star-maker media machine and conquered the planet via word-of-mouth and mystique. “Sneaking around on stage, you never know if you’re going to end up over a flash pot or something.” © Neal Preston Neal Preston’s new iBook Sound and Fury: Led Zeppelin, includes unseen images, onstage and off, from the band’s tours throughout the 1970s. “Pyrotechnics would always make me a little nervous,” Preston recalls. © Neal Preston A stage explosive goes off during a Zeppelin concert at the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit, MI, in 1977. But they still had no time to button their shirts. ![]() “They swaggered across America and they owned it all.” © Neal Preston In a 1977 concert, John Paul Jones plays mandolin, Jimmy Page strums acoustic, and Robert Plant lowers the intensity a few decibels during an acoustic segment of Zeppelin’s set. “Not only were they at the top of their game musically in the mid-’70s, but there was a certain attitude that they seemed to carry - a well-deserved sense of superiority that was undeniable and magnetic,” Preston writes. “This picture’s all about: It’s time to go to work.” © Neal Preston Preston shot Zeppelin from front-and-center in 1975. “Peter was probably the biggest Led Zeppelin fan of all,” Preston says in an audio clip. “This shot captures the very essence of Rock for me body and soul, power and gentleness, male and female in one poetic androgynous gesture.” © Neal Preston In a 1975 backstage shot in Indianapolis, IN, manager Peter Grant (left) rallies the players before they go onstage. “Carelessly held in the other are a cigarette and a pint,” notes Ann Wilson of Heart in a tribute in Sound and Fury. At a 1973 outdoor show in San Francisco, Zeppelin released a dozen white doves at the end of “Stairway to Heaven.” One bird chose not to fly away and instead alighted on Robert Plant’s hand. ![]()
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