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The Yardbirds disbanded in July of 1968. By August, Page and manager, Peter Grant, had recruited Robert Plant, | The Yardbirds disbanded in July of 1968. By August, Page and manager, Peter Grant, had recruited Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham to form the 'New' Yardbirds. Their initial tour was a vestigial contractual engagement from the previous Yardbirds line-up. The band's debut performance was at the Gladsaxe Teen Club, Box 45, a social club founded by local young adults wanting a safe place to gather in the evenings, in the Egegård Skole in Copenhagen.<ref>{{cite book|last=Reddon|first=Frank|year=2008|title=Sonic Boom: The Impact of Led Zeppelin, Volume 1: Break & Enter|location=Fort Erie|publisher=Enzepplopedia Publishing|pages=80|isbn=0-9784446-0-0}}</ref> Tour manager Jerry Ritz was responsible for shuttling the band between venues, with equipment kept to a minimum to expediate setting up. As manager Grant recalled seeing the band on stage for the first time: | ||
{{Quote|I recall standing on the side of the stage and being amazed. And Bonzo was only on fifty pounds a week and I recall him coming back afterwards and offering to drive the van for another fifty!<ref>{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=Dave|year=2003|title=Led Zeppelin: The 'Tight but Loose' Files: Celebration II|edition=1st|location=London|publisher=Omnibus Press|pages=90|isbn=1-84449-056-4}}</ref>}} | {{Quote|I recall standing on the side of the stage and being amazed. And Bonzo was only on fifty pounds a week and I recall him coming back afterwards and offering to drive the van for another fifty!<ref>{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=Dave|year=2003|title=Led Zeppelin: The 'Tight but Loose' Files: Celebration II|edition=1st|location=London|publisher=Omnibus Press|pages=90|isbn=1-84449-056-4}}</ref>}} | ||
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#'As Long As I Have You' (Garnet Mimms) | #'As Long As I Have You' (Garnet Mimms) | ||
#'Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin song)|Dazed and Confused' (Jimmy Page) | #'Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin song)|Dazed and Confused' (Jimmy Page) | ||
#'Communication Breakdown' (Jimmy Page, | #'Communication Breakdown' (Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham) | ||
#'You Shook Me' (Willie Dixon, J. B. Lenoir) | #'You Shook Me' (Willie Dixon, J. B. Lenoir) | ||
#'White Summer'/'Black Mountain Side' (Jimmy Page) | #'White Summer'/'Black Mountain Side' (Jimmy Page) | ||
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 The 1968 tour of Scandinavia was a concert tour of Denmark, Sweden, and possibly Norway by the English rock music|rock rock band|band, Led Zeppelin. The tour commenced on 7 September and completed on 17 September 1968, although there exists unconfirmed reports the band toured until 22 September. It was Led Zeppelin's inaugural concert tour, albeit billed under the moniker the Yardbirds featuring Jimmy Page, during that period. OverviewThe Yardbirds disbanded in July of 1968. By August, Page and manager, Peter Grant, had recruited Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham to form the 'New' Yardbirds. Their initial tour was a vestigial contractual engagement from the previous Yardbirds line-up. The band's debut performance was at the Gladsaxe Teen Club, Box 45, a social club founded by local young adults wanting a safe place to gather in the evenings, in the Egegård Skole in Copenhagen.[1] Tour manager Jerry Ritz was responsible for shuttling the band between venues, with equipment kept to a minimum to expediate setting up. As manager Grant recalled seeing the band on stage for the first time:
These concerts allowed the band to further work out arrangements for their forthcoming Led Zeppelin (album)|eponymous debut album. As Page explained in an interview for OZ magazine:
Danish photographer Jorgen Angel was the first person to photograph the band performing. He recounted to Hugh Jones in Proximity magazine:
The tour was a critical success, after initial confusion over the Yardbirds name, drawing standing ovations and positive reviews throughout. Because there is a rush to cut an album as soon as they return to England, some of the later Norway dates seem unlikely. Concert set listSongs typically played on their first tour included many blues and Yardbirds standards such as 'Train Kept A-Rollin, 'I Can't Quit You Baby', 'You Shook Me', 'White Summer', and 'For Your Love'. The concerts included soon to be released tracks from their debut album, including 'Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin song)|Dazed and Confused', 'Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (Led Zeppelin song)|Babe I'm Gonna Leave You', 'How Many More Times', and 'Communication Breakdown'. Other songs thrown in as extended medleys included Elmer Gantry's 'Flames' and Garnett Mimm's 'As Long As I Have You'.[5] A typical set list for the tour was:
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