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Cole, Richard, 1946-

Stairway to heaven : Led Zeppelin uncensored / Richard Cole with Richard Trubo. - Updated ed. - New York : HarperEntertainment, 2002. - 362 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Originally published: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 1992.

Includes discography (pages 350-351) and index.

Introduction: The Rock Revolution Crash Landing The Downfall Robert Bonzo John Paul Jimmy Presiding Over a Rock Funeral A New Start Welcome to America Life on the Road Back to Reality Led Wallet A Taste of Decadence Fast Track Fish Stories Great Dane Phantom Performance "Name Your Price" "Those Zeppelin Bastards" Handcuffs Friends The Water Bug Backsliding "Stairway to Heaven" Nose Job Small Time "Dick Shots" Eastern Antics Going Down Under Bedroom Play-by-Play Risky Business Heroin Houses of the Holy "It Doesn't Get Any Better" Gay Bars and Dude Ranches California Bound The Starship The Robbery Put 'Em in the Movies "Hors D'Oeuvres, Anyone?" The King Clapton Zeppelin Revisited Dancing Days The Legends Taxed Out of England The Nightmare on Rhodes The Long Road Home The Jinx Despondency The Beginning of the End The Seance Last Leg Mourning Coming Back Bonzo Good Times, Bad Times xiii -- 1 1 -- 2 5 -- 3 11 -- 4 17 -- 5 20 -- 6 22 -- 7 26 -- 8 31 -- 9 39 -- 10 48 -- 11 57 -- 12 62 -- 13 69 -- 14 80 -- 15 88 -- 16 94 -- 17 98 -- 18 107 -- 19 116 -- 20 120 -- 21 125 -- 22 129 -- 23 134 -- 24 139 -- 25 145 -- 26 149 -- 27 153 -- 28 162 -- 29 173 -- 30 180 -- 31 184 -- 32 190 -- 33 196 -- 34 201 -- 35 206 -- 36 210 -- 37 214 -- 38 219 -- 39 227 -- 40 230 -- 41 238 -- 42 240 -- 43 245 -- 44 251 -- 45 258 -- 46 262 -- 47 266 -- 48 271 -- 49 277 -- 50 280 -- 51 283 -- 52 289 -- 53 297 -- 54 303 -- 55 308 -- 56 314 -- 57 320.

"No one knew Led Zeppelin like Richard Cole. The band's tour manager for more than a decade, Cole was there when they burst onto the music scene, achieved cult status, cut platinum records, and transformed popular music. Second only to the Beatles in sales for years, Led Zeppelin was rock's premier group. But unlike the boys from Liverpool, the excitement of this band"s music was matched by the fever pitch of their antics on and off the stage ... In hotel rooms and stadiums, in a customized private Boeing 707 jet and country estates, Richard Cole saw it all -- and here he tells it all in this close-up, down-and-dirty, no-holds-barred account that records the highs, the lows, and the occasional in-betweens. This revised edition brings fans up to date on the band members' lives and careers, which may be a little quieter now, but their songs remain the same."--

ISBN: 9780060938376

LCCN: 2001039441

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Led Zeppelin (Musical group)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Rock musicians--England--Biography.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.

LC Class. No.: ML421.L4 / C64 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 782.42166 B