Led Zeppelin fans had some good times and bad times on Monday.
Not long after posting that they’ll release a replica of the “Trampled Underfoot” 1975 U.K. promo single on seven-inch vinyl for Record Store Day’s Black Friday sale on November 28th, the post disappeared with no explanation given.
The promo single, which featured “Black Country Woman” on the B-side, was originally given to U.K. retailers who ordered 10 or more copies of 1975’s Physical Graffiti album, and has gone on to become a collector’s item. The single was officially released in other markets, including the U.S. and Canada.
This isn’t the first time Zeppelin promised something and didn’t deliver.
In 2020, they announced the limited-edition reissue of a Japanese vinyl seven-inch single of 1970’s “Immigrant Song.” But the release of the 19,700 (for 1979) copies was scrapped the day before it was to ship.
In other Zeppelin-related news, earlier this month Jimmy Page flew to Belfast, Northern Ireland to celebrate Van Morrison’s 80th birthday and to attend an event at Waterfront Hall that Morrison planned for his book of lyrics, Lit Up Inside & Keep ‘Er Lit. Page’s girlfriend, actress and poet Scarlett Sabet, participated in the event
Page says, “As we arrived at the hotel, we were in luck because Van was there too so we joined him and had a really great catch-up immediately and a quality time together. I had missed out on seeing Van for quite a while, for what seems like a very long time, as I usually like to meet him for a catch-up if he passes through London.”
Page and Morrison go back to the mid-’60s when he played guitar on Morrison and Them‘s “Baby, Please Don’t Go”, “Mystic Eyes” and “Here Comes the Night”.
Morrison has released a live version of “Back to Writing Love Songs” from his 80th birthday concerts at Waterfront Hall in Belfast. Originally released on his latest album, Remembering Now, the song is on YouTube.
