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Jimmy Page: Tangents Within a Framework

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The previous reviewer probably didn't understand the title, that's all. This book is fascinating! It's about the music of Jimmy Page...where he got his ideas from and how he put it all together. The book also lets the reader learn about the tangents he would go off on during concerts but he always kept it within the framework of the song he was playing. He and Led Zeppelin were best known for their improvisational skills on stage. This book tells it all and has a ton of great pictures in it!! Well worth the price of admission on this book!!

This book is THE go to book to learn about jimmy's mindset and his music. It is not about his lifestyle, but rather about his music and his inspirations. Definitely worth the price.

This review is for the original edition, the 1983 Omnibus Press.

Trade paperback, 95 pp, lots of extended quotes from Jimmy Page, loaded with b&w photos.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Early Days

Sessions

The Yardbirds

Forming Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin I

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin III

Four Symbols

Houses of the Holy

Physical Graffiti

The Song Remains the Same

Presence

In Through the Out Door

Coda

The Paganini of the Seventies

Jimmy on Playing and Recording

The Press and the Pressures

Songwriting

Onstage Observations

Jamming

The Visuals

The Great Beast 666

Lucifer Rising

Musical Influences

On the Road Again

Postscript to Led Zeppelin

Page in the Eighties

Deathwish II

Discography

it probably went out of print because of the stupid title!