The New Yardbirds were formed in 1968, and 35 years ago this week played their first show as Led Zeppelin. Chris Welch met Jimmy Page for Melody Maker – in a classic feature from Rock's Backpages – as rock history was being born Led Zeppelin … 'It's blues, basically, but not Fleetwood Mac style.' Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features Whatever happened to the Yardbirds? One of the great mysteries of our time, ranking with the Devil's footprints, the Marie Celeste and the Five Penny Post, is the disappearance of a group once hailed as the most progressive in Britain. When one thinks back, the group that starred Keith Relf and had such distinguished alumni as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and...
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