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No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded

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Recorded
  
August 1994

Release date
  
14 October 1994

Producers
  
Jimmy Page, Robert Plant

Artist
  
Page and Plant

Label
  
Atlantic Records

No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaen119Pag

Released
  
8 November 1994 (1994-11-08)

Venue
  
Jemaa el-Fnaa in Marrakesh, Morocco; Slate quarry near Corris & Dolgoch Falls, Wales; London, England

Length
  
75:38 (Original version) 79:32 (2004 reissue)

No Quarter (1994)
  
Walking into Clarksdale (1998)

Genres
  
Rock music, Hard rock, Heavy metal, Blues rock, Folk rock, Progressive rock, Arabic music

Similar
  
Outrider, Fate of Nations, Now and Zen, Led Zeppelin III, Pictures at Eleven

No Quarter is a live album by Jimmy Page & Robert Plant, both formerly of English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released by Atlantic Records on 14 October 1994. The long-awaited reunion between Jimmy Page and Robert Plant occurred on a 90-minute "UnLedded" MTV project, recorded in Morocco, Wales, and London. It was not a reunion of Led Zeppelin, however, as former bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones was not present. In fact, Jones was not even told about the reunion by his former bandmates. He 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.

Contents

In addition to acoustic numbers, the album features a reworking of Led Zeppelin classics featuring a Moroccan string band and Egyptian orchestra supplementing a core group of rock and roll musicians, 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.

Several years later, Plant reflected on the collaboration very positively:

The will and the eagerness with Unledded were fantastic and [Page] was really creative. Jimmy and I went in a room and it was back. His riffs were spectacular. To take it as far as we did, and the tour we did – it's one of the most ambitious and mind altering experiences.

Legacy

In July 2014, Guitar World placed No Quarter on their "Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994" list.

Track listing

All songs by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, except where noted.

Original version

Initially, the album was released in the United States with the following tracks:

  1. "Nobody's Fault but Mine" – 4:06
  2. "Thank You" – 5:47
  3. "No Quarter" (John Paul Jones/Page/Plant) – 3:45
  4. "Friends" – 4:37
  5. "Yallah" – 4:59
  6. "City Don't Cry" – 6:08
  7. "Since I've Been Loving You" (Jones/Page/Plant) – 7:29
  8. "The Battle of Evermore" – 6:41
  9. "Wonderful One" – 4:57
  10. "That's the Way" – 5:35
  11. "Gallows Pole" (Traditional arr. Page/Plant) – 4:09
  12. "Four Sticks" – 4:52
  13. "Kashmir" (John Bonham/Page/Plant) – 12:27
  • In international releases, "Wah Wah" was included before "That's the Way".

    • 2004 reissue

    For the tenth anniversary, the album was re-released with a different cover and altered track listing. "Thank You" was cut, "City Don't Cry" and "Wonderful One" appeared in substantially edited versions, and "The Rain Song" and "Wah Wah" were added. In addition, "Yallah" was retitled, and several other tracks had minor alterations to their running times. The new running order was as follows:

    1. "Nobody's Fault but Mine" – 3:57
    2. "No Quarter" (Jones/Page/Plant) – 3:47
    3. "Friends" – 4:35
    4. "The Truth Explodes" (formerly known as "Yallah") (Page/Plant) – 4:42
    5. "The Rain Song" – 7:29
    6. "City Don't Cry" [Edit] – 3:15
    7. "Since I've Been Loving You" (Jones/Page/Plant) – 7:28
    8. "The Battle of Evermore" – 6:40
    9. "Wonderful One" [Edit] – 3:23
    10. "Wah Wah" – 5:24
    11. "That's the Way" – 5:37
    12. "Gallows Pole" (Traditional arr. Page/Plant) – 4:17
    13. "Four Sticks" – 4:57
    14. "Kashmir" (Bonham/Page/Plant) – 12:36

    "Gallows Pole" and "Wonderful One" were released as singles.

    DVD release

    The tenth anniversary of the recording of the Unledded concerts was commemorated by a DVD release of additional songs, 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. The songs included on the DVD release not included on either CD release were "What Is and What Should Never Be" and "When the Levee Breaks". To compensate for their absence from the Live Aid DVD release, Plant and Page donated a portion of their proceeds to the Band Aid Trust.

    DVD track listing

    1. "No Quarter" (Jones/Page/Plant)
    2. "Thank You"
    3. "What Is And What Should Never Be"
    4. "The Battle of Evermore"
    5. "Gallows Pole" (Traditional arr. Page/Plant)
    6. "Nobody's Fault but Mine"
    7. "City Don't Cry"
    8. "The Truth Explodes" (formerly known as "Yallah") (Page/Plant)
    9. "Wah Wah"
    10. "When the Levee Breaks"
    11. "Wonderful One"
    12. "Since I've Been Loving You" (Jones/Page/Plant)
    13. "The Rain Song"
    14. "That's the Way"
    15. "Four Sticks"
    16. "Friends"
    17. "Kashmir" (Page/Plant/Bonham)

    Bonus material

  • "Black Dog" (performed at the ABC American Music Awards)
  • Moroccan Montage
  • "Most High" music video
  • Interview

    • Certifications

    Album

    Video

    Songs

    1Nobody's Fault but Mine4:06
    2Thank You5:48
    3No Quarter3:46

    References

    No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded Wikipedia
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