#How the West was Won

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Lilith Prescott (Debbie Reynolds) Corset & petticoat.. How The West Was Won (1962).. Costume by Walter Plunkett.

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WOOHOO!

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Director Henry Hathaway (right, with white hat) lines up a shot for HOW THE WEST WAS WON (1962) with Debbie Reynolds (left) and Agnes Moorehead sitting in an Erie Canal boat named 'Flying Arrow'.

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How the West Was Won - Live album by Led Zeppelin

From Discogs:

Rear of slipcase states: "While I was searching for visual and audio material for the Led Zeppelin DVD I re-discovered these 1972 performances from the 25th June, L.A. Forum and 27th June, Long Beach Arena. This is Led Zeppelin at its best and an illustration of how The West Was Won."

-Jimmy Page, London, March 2003

From Wikipedia:

"How the West Was Won is a live triple album by the English rock group Led Zeppelin, released by Atlantic Records on compact disc on 27 May 2003, DVD-Audio on 7 October 2003 and Blu-ray audio in 2018. The recordings are taken from two 1972 performances in California during their tour of North America: L.A. Forum and Long Beach Arena.

"Guitarist Jimmy Page considers Led Zeppelin at this point to have been at their artistic peak, as is mentioned in the album's liner notes and in an interview he gave to The Times newspaper in 2010."

Here's the relevant excerpt from the interview mentioned above:

"Any standout gigs when you look back on Zeppelin?"

"I think what we did on [the CD release] How the West was Won — that 1972 gig — is pretty much a testament of how good it was. It would have been nice to have had a little more visual recordings, but there you go. That’s the conundrum of Led Zeppelin!"

Immigrant Song (Long Beach Arena) Heartbreaker (Long Beach Arena) Black Dog (L.A. Forum) Over The Hills And Far Away (L.A. Forum) Since I've Been Loving You (Long Beach Arena) Stairway To Heaven (Long Beach Arena) Going To California (Long Beach Arena) That's The Way (L.A. Forum) Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp (Long Beach Arena) Dazed And Confused (L.A. Forum) What Is And What Should Never Be (Long Beach Arena) Dancing Days (Long Beach Arena) Moby Dick (L.A. Forum) Whole Lotta Love (L.A. Forum) Rock And Roll (Long Beach Arena) The Ocean (L.A. Forum) Bring It On Home (L.A. Forum)

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7:02 AM EDT August 7, 2024:

Led Zeppelin - "Black Dog" From the live album How the West Was Won (May 27, 2003)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Recorded in Southern California in June 1972

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obessed with live albums rn guys

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1962.

How the West Was Critically Injured.

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Peter Perrett - Sweet Endeavor (2017)

Peter Perrett of the Only Ones reemerged in 2017 with his first solo LP How the West Was Won. Years of drug abuse and health problems did not seem to have taken much toll on his songwriting ability.

The future's already dead and gone

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Karl Malden, Agnes Moorehead, Debbie Reynolds, Carroll Baker. Film: How the West Was Won (1962)

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How the West Was Won, John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall

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Top two vote-getters will move on to the next round. See pinned post for all groups!

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Rock and Roll by Led Zeppelin - Live at Long Beach Arena, California, 27 June 1972. | Album: How the West Was Won

When/why did Robert Plant's voice change?

"That North American May - June 1972 tour you saw was the last time his voice was fully intact. It just wasn't the same when they went to Japan in October, and it never returned. That's why I was so happy with the How The West Was Won-material. Compare that "Rock & Roll" with the TSRTS version from one year later, and it's night and day.

Led Zeppelin performing at the LA Forum, 25 June 1972.

"In the NME review of the LA Forum show on June 25th (one of the two HTWWW shows), journalist Danny Holloway notes: 'I heard after the show that Plant's voice was beginning to go and Jimmy Page had to stay in bed on doctor's orders.'"

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Happy birthday classic film icon Debbie Reynolds! (1932 - 2016) Here's some What's the Matter with Helen? art to celebrate!

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11:21 PM EST November 6, 2024:

Led Zeppelin - "The Ocean" From the live album How the West Was Won (May 27, 2003)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Recorded in Southern California in June 1972