Then As It Was
Led Zeppelin At Knebworth 1979
30 Years Gone
 
Compiled by Dave Lewis
 
Publication Date 8th August 2009

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Thirty years ago over two weekends in August 1979, thousands of fans came to pay homage to Led Zeppelin as they performed what would be their last UK shows at Knebworth.
 
Dave Lewis chronicles this milestone event in rock history with the full story behind the band’s triumphant return to the stage – the build up to the event, the concerts themselves, the aftermath and the accompanying impact of their final studio album In Through The Out Door. The book also incorporates a series of unique first hand accounts from fans who attended the gigs, interviews from the time and retrospective views. It’s illustrated throughout with rare photos and memorabilia.
 
It all adds up to an engaging account of how Led Zeppelin came out to meet their post punk audience and reclaim their crown as the world’s number one rock attraction. These nostalgic recollections from out in the field capture the final days of a legendary band and the simpler more innocent times of the last great British festival gatherings of the 1970s.
 
Foreword by Ross Halfin - who photographed Led Zeppelin at the August 11th 1979 Knebworth show and their 2007 reunion at the 02 Arena.   
 
Strictly limited hardback first edition – every copy individually numbered and signed by the author.
 
Written and compiled by Dave Lewis – highly respected chronicler of the group -author of several previous books and editor of the long running Led Zeppelin magazine Tight but Loose.
 
This essential 30th anniversary celebration of Led Zeppelin at Knebworth is sure to be an in demand future collectors item.
 
Hardback format (240 x 170mm)

270 pp with over 100 black and white illustrations and 2 x 8 page colour photo sections

Tight But Loose Publishing
ISBN 978-0-9540764-2-9
 
Please note:  This will be dispatched by Tight But Loose and not by Wymer UK.