The Black Jacket Symphony: “Led Zeppelin IV" at the Capitol Theatre -- October 15.
Thursday, October 15, 7:30 p.m.
Capitol Theatre, 330 West Third Street, Davenport IA
Performing, in its entirety, the timeless recording that Q magazine named the 26th-greatest British album of all time, the touring artists of The Black Jacket Symphony return to Davenport's Capitol for their stage rendition of Led Zeppelin IV, this October 15 event treating fans to a stunning rock concert whose inspiration received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award and introduced to world to "Stairway to Heaven."
"Remember putting on an album and listening from start to finish?" asks BlackJacketSymphony.com. "Relive that moment with a live concert experience unlike any other as The Black Jacket Symphony recreates a select classic album live in its entirety – note for note, sound for sound – plus a full set of greatest hits from the evening’s artist. Over the past thirteen years, the Black Jacket Symphony has performed over 40 classic rock albums, bringing an incredible night of entertainment to over a million music lovers across the U.S. The group of hand-picked musicians changes based upon the album being performed – and no sonic detail is overlooked, with the musicians doing whatever it takes to reproduce the album. It’s a full night of rock and roll magic – plus a visual experience unlike any other. Fans across the country flock to their shows – and once you see one, you won’t miss another!"
The untitled fourth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV, was released on November 8, 1971, by Atlantic Records. It was produced by the band's guitarist Jimmy Page and recorded between December 1970 and February 1971, mostly in the country house Headley Grange. The informal recording environment was said to inspire the band, allowing them to try different arrangements of material and create songs in various styles. After the previous album Led Zeppelin III (1970) received lukewarm reviews from critics, they decided their fourth album would officially be untitled and represented instead by four symbols – one chosen by each band member – without featuring the name or any other details on the cover. Unlike the prior two albums, the band was joined by guest musicians: singer Sandy Denny on "The Battle of Evermore", and pianist Ian Stewart on "Rock and Roll". As with prior albums, most of the material was written by the band, though there was one cover song, a hard rock re-interpretation of the Memphis Minnie blues song "When the Levee Breaks.”
Led Zeppelin IV was an immediate critical and commercial success and is Led Zeppelin's best-selling album, having sold in excess 37 million copies worldwide. It is one of the best-selling albums in the United States and of all time, while critics have regularly placed it high on lists of the greatest albums ever recorded. In 2002, Spin magazine's Chuck Klosterman named it the second-greatest metal album of all time and said that it was "the most famous hard-rock album ever recorded" as well as an album that unintentionally created metal – "the origin of everything that sounds, feels, or even tastes vaguely metallic.” In 2000, it was voted number 42 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. In 2003, the album was ranked number 66 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,” then re-ranked number 69 in a 2012 revised list, nd re-ranked 58 in a 2020 revised list. It was also named the seventh-best album of the 1970s in a list by Pitchfork, while in 2016, Classic Rock magazine ranked Led Zeppelin IV as the greatest of all Zeppelin albums.
The Black Jacket Symphony will perform Led Zeppelin IV in Davenport on October 15, admission to the 7:30 p.m. concert event is $42-53, and more information and tickets are available by visiting FirstFleetConcerts.com/first-fleet-venues/capitol-theatre.
