Jimmy Page May Release ‘XYZ’ Tapes of His Aborted Collaboration With Members of Yes

Me want sum of dat.

This will probably get released before the next Coffee House Collaborators blues song.

I wish Jimmy would just stop with the rejects...come out with something new!

About a week ago more Zep remasters came out.  I guess Jimmy needs the money? 

I hear Bapu's next version of NAGBAP will be a "Best Of" compilation. 

Hi,
 
I've given up on all those old foggies coming up with anything worthwhile. Almost all of it sounds dated and out of touch and time now, and I do not enjoy it much. It's kinda scary ... yet one more re-hash of the same thing out there and another monster movie, and another chainsaw movie and another idiot thriller movie and another strong man follow-up, and we keep on thinking that it is good and they all make our own work look poor and bad ... because we are not doing it.
 
Of all the old timers, none of them, is as strong today as they were when they were young. Roy Harper comes close, but even Peter Hammill now is getting repetitive and not strong musically. Jimmy is probably one of the worst in terms of choices of what is good, when he went on to destroy the good bootlegs and release it as a CD ... that ended up ruining the energy behind it all.
 
Just another vampire! sucking your money!
 
Good night!
 
 

John T
I very much doubt Page has had the need to do anything for the money for decades. I do get the impression that all the re-issues are a bit of a labour of love for him.
 
That said, I've heard bootlegs of this XYZ material, and it's honestly not all that good. Some amazing playing, of course, but it's all very half finished and embryonic.

that's actually exactly what I am expecting.  nothing earth shattering or even nostalgic enough to make me want to buy the t-shirt...

I'm a Page and Yes fan, but I doubt if I'll be bothering with that.
 
At least Percy has tried re-inventing himself since the demise of his "main band..."

drewfx1

Beagle

John T
I very much doubt Page has had the need to do anything for the money for decades. I do get the impression that all the re-issues are a bit of a labour of love for him.
 
That said, I've heard bootlegs of this XYZ material, and it's honestly not all that good. Some amazing playing, of course, but it's all very half finished and embryonic.

that's actually exactly what I am expecting.  nothing earth shattering or even nostalgic enough to make me want to buy the t-shirt...

It sounds like what it was - demos from a band that never got off the ground. I'd say it's mostly interesting from a historical perspective. The main thing that came out of XYZ was Chris said a song he wrote was reincarnated by Jimmy and appeared on the second Firm album. Chris said he decided not to take action because the song/album didn't do anything. 
 
But I don't see anything wrong with releasing this kind of stuff as long it isn't misrepresented. And I'd rather see Jimmy release everything he has now, no matter how marginal, rather than someone else exploiting him after he's gone (like The Doors, Hendrix, Beatles et al.).

I hadn't heard that about Jimmy releasing a song on the Firm album that came out of the XYZ songs.
 
I agree, it's probably more of a historical release than expecting anything to actually make that much money from it.  and better now than later when someone else is trying to exploit it.

bapu

Moshkito
 
Of all the old timers, none of them, is as strong today as they were when they were young.

 
I'm pretty sure I smell stronger today than when I was young.

so are we...

Unfortunately, those old timers are not doing so well any more... 

michaelhanson
The old timers aren't/ weren't so bad......
  
I hope I'm still doing this when I get to be so old........

I love LZ's albums all the way to the last one. Some great things, and they were well done. Their bootlegs, specially 1969/1970/1971 up to Bonzo's Birthday Party, were all magnificent. The quality of the recording was not very good, but the energy was amazing, and you really wanted to be there to feel it!
 
That feeling, and energy is gone! I'm not sure that ... the feeling could only be done when you are 25 and picking out/up all the groupies that you can ... and that later in life you lose the ability to express your physical expression ... are you so bored with doing it, that you don't care anymore and then you have to write "meaningful songs", instead of being honest with yourself ... which the band's music was!
 
To me that's the main problem with music today ... it's lacking the honesty and the physical behind it. It's a partial product.
 
So, Jimmy can only sit and write a piece of music that means nothing to him anymore? That he has to go back in time to find himself? Something's wrong with that ... seriously wrong!

I saw Page live around 88 or so. I remember thinking the album he had out at the time (Outrider?) was a bit crap, but it was still a treat for this 15 year old to see him rocking out on stage. He looked as high as a kite but his playing was totally on form - it wasn't the songs we were there for, it was his riffing and soloing, and we weren't disappointed.