No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded
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| No Quarter | ||
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| Live album by Page and Plant | ||
| Released | October 14, 1994 | |
| Recorded | ? | |
| Genre | Blues rock | |
| Length | 79:32/78:01 | |
| Label | Atlantic Records | |
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Page, Robert Plant |
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| No Quarter (1994) |
Walking Into Clarksdale (1998) Misc = |
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| 2004 reissue cover | ||
No Quarter is a live album by Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, released by Atlantic Records on October 14, 1994. The long awaited reunion between Page and Plant occurred on a 90 minute "UnLedded" MTV project, recorded in Morocco, Wales, and London, which rated highly on network television. It was not a reunion of Led Zeppelin, however, as former bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones was not present. Jones later commented that he was unhappy about Plant and Page naming the album after "No Quarter", a Led Zeppelin song which was largely his work.
In addition to acoustic numbers, the album features a heavy world music reworking of Led Zeppelin classics, along with four Middle-Eastern and Moroccan-influenced songs: "City Don't Cry," "Yallah," (or "The Truth Explodes") "Wonderful One," and "Wah Wah".
The album was #4 on debut on the Billboard's Pop Albums chart.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, except where noted.
[edit] Original version
Initially, the album was released in the United States with the following tracks:
- "Nobody's Fault But Mine" –4:06
- "Thank You" –5:47
- "No Quarter" (Jones/Page/Plant) –3:45
- "Friends" –4:37
- "Yallah" –4:59
- "City Don't Cry" –6:08
- "Since I've Been Loving You" (Jones/Page/Plant) –7:29
- "The Battle of Evermore" –6:41
- "Wonderful One" –4:57
- "That's the Way" –5:35
- "Gallows Pole" (Traditional arr. Page/Plant) –4:09
- "Four Sticks" –4:52
- "Kashmir" (Page/Plant/Bonham) –12:27
- In international releases, "Wah Wah" was included after "That's the Way".
[edit] 2004 Reissue
For the tenth anniversary, the album was re-released with a different cover and the following tracklist:
- "Nobody's Fault But Mine" –4:06
- "No Quarter" (Jones/Page/Plant) –3:45
- "Friends" –4:37
- "The Truth Explodes" ((formerly known as "Yallah") (Page/Plant) -4:59
- "The Rain Song" –7:29
- "City Don't Cry" –6:08
- "Since I've Been Loving You" (Jones/Page/Plant) –7:29
- "Battle of Evermore" –6:41
- "Wonderful One" –4:57
- "That's the Way" –5:35
- "Wah Wah" –5:24
- "Gallows Pole" (Traditonal arr. Page/Plant) –4:09
- "Four Sticks" –4:52
- "Kashmir" (Page/Plant/Bonham) – 12:27
"Gallows Pole" and "Wonderful One" were released as singles.
[edit] DVD release
The tenth anniversary of the recording of the Unledded concerts was commemorated by a DVD release of all the songs plus a bonus interview, a montage of images from Morocco, the band's performance of Black Dog for Dick Clark's American Music Awards and the music video for "Most High" from the Walking into Clarksdale album.
[edit] Personnel
- Jimmy Page: Guitars, mandolin, vocals.
- Robert Plant: Vocals.
- Charlie Jones: Bass guitar, percussion.
- Michael Lee: Drums, percussion.
- Ed Shearmur: Keyboards, organ, piano.
- Porl Thompson: Guitars, banjo.
- Nigel Eaton: Hurdy gurdy.
- Joe Sutherland: Mandolin, bodhrán.
- Abdel Salam Kheir: Oud
- Ibrahim Abdel Khaliq: Percussion.
- Hossam Ramzy: Percussion.
- Najma Akhtar: Backing vocals.
- Bashir Abdel Al Nay: Strings.
- Amin Abdelazeem: Strings.
- Ian Humphries: Violin.
- David Juritz: Violin.
- Elizabeth Layton: Violin.
- Pauline Lowbury: Violin.
- Rita Manning: Violin.
- Mark Berrow: Violin.
- Ed Coxon: Violin.
- Harriet Davies: Violin.
- Rosemary Furness: Violin.
- Perry Montague-Mason: Violin.
- David Ogden : Violin.
- Janet Atkins: Viola.
- Andrew Brown: Viola.
- Rusen Gunes: Viola.
- Bill Hawkes: Viola.
- Caroline Dale: Cello.
- Ben Chappell: Cello.
- Cathy Giles: Cello.
- Stephen Milne: Cello.
[edit] Production
- Jimmy Page: Producer.
- Robert Plant: Producer.
- Mike Gregovich: Engineer, Mixing.
- Martin Meissonnier: Pre-Production.
- Andy Earl: Photography.
- Cally: Design
[edit] Additional notes
Recorded at Marrakesh, Morocco; Bron-Yr-Aur, Wales; London, England.
- Catalogue: Atlantic 82706-2-4-1
