MTV brought Led Zeppelin’s main songwriters together on August 25 and August 26 to tape performances in London, Wales, and Morocco with Egyptian and Moroccan orchestration of several Led Zeppelin tunes along with four new songs. The performances aired on October 12 and were released on CD as as No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant UnLeaded on October 14th in the UK and November 8th in the US.
The album was so successful commercially that the two coordinated a tour together that kicked off in February 1995.
Notably John Paul Jones, the bass guitarist for Led Zeppelin, was not asked to join for either No Quarter nor for the tour. However, Jason Bonham, the son of deceased drummer John Bonham, did tour with his dad’s band.
The album debuted at number 4 on the Billboard charts in the US.
John Paul JonesandJohn Bonham with their Gold Record awards for the sales in excess of $1,000,000 of their first album, “Led Zeppelin”. Taken in New York on July 24, 1969.
