Fact #100500
When:
Short story:
Led Zeppelin play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, UK.
Full article:
Peter Grant (manager, Led Zeppelin] : I decided to play The Marquee Club. What I did to generate some publicity was to send out copies of two reviews we'd gotten from America, both of which raved about the band. I also contacted (BBC tv show) The Old Grey Whistle Test and asked them if they'd like to film the gig which they agreed to do.
Anyway, when I got to the club there was a queue stretching for 200 yards down the road. Word had really got out. But the BBC never bothered to show up and never even apologised for the fact.
I thought, 'Fuck it! I'm not pandering to their system and playing their games if that's the attitude. It's the kids who are gonna build this band. That's why I decided there would never be a Zeppelin single released in the UK. Mind you, 500 copies of Whole Lotta Love were pressed up on 45 and accidentally sent to Manchester, which we subsequently had to recall.
(Source : Raw magazine
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Anyway, when I got to the club there was a queue stretching for 200 yards down the road. Word had really got out. But the BBC never bothered to show up and never even apologised for the fact.
I thought, 'Fuck it! I'm not pandering to their system and playing their games if that's the attitude. It's the kids who are gonna build this band. That's why I decided there would never be a Zeppelin single released in the UK. Mind you, 500 copies of Whole Lotta Love were pressed up on 45 and accidentally sent to Manchester, which we subsequently had to recall.
(Source : Raw magazine