Almost 30 years ago I went to see Led Zeppelin at Knebworth and took my camera along with me. This is one of the pictures I took.
Then about 7 years ago I put together a website about the day. I'd originally written it for Q magazine but sent it to the wrong e-mail address and it didn't get published. So I made it into a web page.
A few years later I was contacted by Henrietta Bannister, daughter of the promoter Freddie who asked if they could use the above photograph as part of a box set about the Knebworth festivals. She offered to send me a copy in return - I agreed. I sent him the original negative and although I got the box set the negative was never returned.
Later still I was approached by a company called M productions who were putting together a DVD of Led Zeppelin videos. They asked if I had a t-shirt, program and badge they could borrow. They said I would get a credit on the DVD and a free copy. I again agreed. This time I got my things back and the credit is on the DVD but I never did get a free copy. In fact as I was expecting it I never even got around to buying the DVD when it came out in 2003.
Anyway a few months ago I mentioned to a friend that I had a bootleg of the Led Zeppelin show I went to on 4th August 1979. He asked me for a copy and I agreed to copy it for him but I kept forgetting. Anyway after many months of badgering me for it I finally sent it to him a few weeks ago.
This morning when I arrived at work there was a copy of the DVD on my desk. he had bought me a copy to say thank you. There are some nice people in this world after all.
29/06/06 @ 13:58