Led Zeppelin, Barr's Music 101 tidbits

The last quarter of 2007 is a great time for Led Zeppelin fans. First, on November 13th a two cd set called 'Mothership' will be released. That same day their entire catalog will be available on all online music services, ending their holdout on digital music. Then, one week later on November 20th the remixed/remastered version of 'The Song Remains The Same' will be released, with 6 extra songs not on the original release. The DVD will be released also. Then, November 26th the band plays a salute to Ahmet Ertegun at London's O2 Arena. Ertegun was the co-founder and chairman of Atlantic Records, whom Zeppelin recorded for their entire career. There is a big stink over the online lottery ticket distrubution, but that's a whole different story.

Barr's Music 101 tidbits: Annie Lennox and Peter Gabriel will play a concert in Johannesburg, South Africa on World Aids Day December 1. Also appearing are Razorlight, Corrine Bailey Rae, Jamelia, Ludacris and Goo Goo Dolls. Ex-Kinks frontman Ray Davies will have his new cd 'Working Man's Cafe' available as a free giveaway with the Rocktober 21 issue of the Sunday Times. No U.S. release date as of yet. Paul McCartney says that it was a good thing the Beatles never reunited. He said there would have been too much pressure and so it wouldn't have been as good as before.

Rocktober 16th birthdays: C.F. Turner from Bachman-Turner Overdrive is 64; Bob Weir from The Dead is 60; Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers is 45;