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No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded

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{{Infobox album

| name = No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded

| type = live

| artist = Page and Plant

| cover = Page & Plant - No Quarter.jpg

| alt =

| released = 31 October 1994

| recorded = August 1994

| venue = Jemaa el-Fnaa in Marrakesh, Morocco; Slate quarry near Corris and Dolgoch Falls, Wales; London, England

| length = 79:32

| label = Atlantic

| producer = Jimmy Page, Robert Plant

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Walking into Clarksdale

| next_year = 1998

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Robert Plant

| type = live

| prev_title = Fate of Nations

| prev_year = 1993

| title = No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded

| year = 1994

| next_title = Walking into Clarksdale

| next_year = 1998

}}

{{Extra chronology

| artist = Jimmy Page

| type = live

| prev_title = Coverdale•Page

| prev_year = 1993

| title = No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded

| year = 1994

| next_title = Walking into Clarksdale

| next_year = 1998

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r207800/review|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

}}

No Quarter is a live album by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, both formerly of English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released by Atlantic Records on 31 October 1994.{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/4610-1522-2|title=BPI}} The long-awaited reunion between Jimmy Page and Robert Plant occurred on a 90-minute "UnLedded" MTV project, recorded in Morocco, Wales and London.

The reunion event notably lacked the presence of bassist and keyboardist, John Paul Jones, thus deviating from a comprehensive band reunion.

Jones remained uninformed of this reunion by his former bandmates. Subsequently, Jones conveyed his discontent regarding the decision of Plant and Page to christen the album after "No Quarter", a track predominantly attributed to his compositional prowess.

In addition to acoustic renditions, the album features a reworking of Led Zeppelin songs 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".

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

{{blockquote|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."I first met Jimmy on Tolworth Broadway, holding a bag of exotic fish...”, Uncut, January 2009, p. 48.}}

Legacy

In July 2014, Guitar World placed No Quarter on their "Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994" list.{{cite web |url=http://www.guitarworld.com/superunknown-50-iconic-albums-defined-1994 |title=Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994 |date=14 July 2014 |work=GuitarWorld.com |access-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715053900/http://www.guitarworld.com/superunknown-50-iconic-albums-defined-1994 |archive-date=15 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Original version (1994)

| all_writing = Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, except where noted. Track 10 "Wah Wah" is an extra track not included on the original US and Canada LP, CD, and Cassette 13 track releases, but is included on most other countries releases.

| extra_column = Original release

| total_length = 79:32

| title1 = Nobody's Fault but Mine

| writer1 =

| extra1 = Presence (1976)

| length1 = 4:06

| title2 = Thank You

| writer2 =

| extra2 = Led Zeppelin II (1969)

| length2 = 5:47

| title3 = No Quarter

| writer3 = John Paul Jones/Page/Plant

| extra3 = Houses of the Holy (1973)

| length3 = 3:45

| title4 = Friends

| writer4 =

| extra4 = Led Zeppelin III (1970)

| length4 = 4:37

| title5 = Yallah

| writer5 =

| extra5 = New song

| length5 = 4:59

| title6 = City Don't Cry

| writer6 =

| extra6 = New song

| length6 = 6:08

| title7 = Since I've Been Loving You

| writer7 = Jones/Page/Plant

| extra7 = Led Zeppelin III

| length7 = 7:29

| title8 = The Battle of Evermore

| writer8 =

| extra8 = Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

| length8 = 6:41

| title9 = Wonderful One

| writer9 =

| extra9 = New song

| length9 = 4:57

| title10 = Wah Wah

| note10 = not on the U.S. release

| writer10 =

| extra10 = New song

| length10 = 3:59

| title11 = That's the Way

| writer11 =

| extra11 = Led Zeppelin III

| length11 = 5:35

| title12 = Gallows Pole

| writer12 = Traditional arr. Page/Plant

| extra12 = Led Zeppelin III

| length12 = 4:09

| title13 = Four Sticks

| writer13 =

| extra13 = Led Zeppelin IV

| length13 = 4:52

| title14 = Kashmir

| writer14 = John Bonham/Page/Plant

| extra14 = Physical Graffiti (1975)

| length14 = 12:27

}}

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:

{{Track listing

| headline = 2004 reissue

| extra_column = Original release

| total_length = 75:38

| title1 = It's Nobody's Fault but Mine

| writer1 =

| extra1 = Presence (1976)

| length1 = 3:57

| title2 = No Quarter

| writer2 = John Paul Jones/Page/Plant

| extra2 = Houses of the Holy (1973)

| length2 = 3:47

| title3 = Friends

| writer3 =

| extra3 = Led Zeppelin III (1970)

| length3 = 4:35

| title4 = The Truth Explodes

| note4 = formerly known as "Yallah"

| writer4 =

| extra4 = New song

| length4 = 4:42

| title5 = The Rain Song

| writer5 =

| extra5 = Houses of the Holy (1973)

| length5 = 7:29

| title6 = City Don't Cry

| note6 = edit

| writer6 =

| extra6 = New song

| length6 = 3:15

| title7 = Since I've Been Loving You

| writer7 = Jones/Page/Plant

| extra7 = Led Zeppelin III

| length7 = 7:28

| title8 = The Battle of Evermore

| writer8 =

| extra8 = Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

| length8 = 6:40

| title9 = Wonderful One

| note9 = edit

| writer9 =

| extra9 = New song

| length9 = 3:23

| title10 = Wah Wah

| writer10 =

| extra10 = New song

| length10 = 5:24

| title11 = That's the Way

| writer11 =

| extra11 = Led Zeppelin III

| length11 = 5:37

| title12 = Gallows Pole

| writer12 = Traditional arr. Page/Plant

| extra12 = Led Zeppelin III

| length12 = 4:17

| title13 = Four Sticks

| writer13 =

| extra13 = Led Zeppelin IV

| length13 = 4:57

| title14 = Kashmir

| writer14 =

| extra14 = Physical Graffiti (1975)

| length14 = 12:36

}}

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

All songs recorded in London except "City Don't Cry", "Wah Wah" and "Yallah" recorded in Morocco; "No Quarter", "It's Nobody's Fault but Mine" and "When the Levee Breaks" recorded in Wales.

DVD release

File:Page and Plant No Quarter DVD.jpg

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

Personnel

The songs were recorded in Marrakech, Morocco (spring 1994),{{cite web | url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/jimmy-page-robert-plant-unledded-the-led-zeppelin-reunion-that-wasn-t | title=No Quarter: The Led Zeppelin reunion that wasn't | date=8 November 2021 }} on top of a waste tip at Aberllefenni quarries (17 August 1994),https://www.facebook.com/jimmypage/posts/10157441741632612 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} in a forest in Wales and in front of an invited audience at London Weekend Television studios over two nights in August, 1994.

Musicians in Marrakech (except on "Yallah")

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  • Brahim El Balkani

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  • Hassan El Arfaoui
  • El Mahjoub El Mathoun
  • Abdelkah Eddahmane

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London and Wales band (except on "No Quarter", "Wonderful One")

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{{col-2}}

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  • Ed Shearmur – Hammond organ, orchestral arrangements for English and Egyptian Ensemble (London only)
  • Najma Akhtar – vocals (London only)

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Egyptian Ensemble (London)

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{{col-2}}

Percussion

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Strings

  • Waeil Abu Bakr – soloist
  • Bahig Mikhaeel
  • Hanafi Soliman
  • Amin Abdel Azim

Also

  • Bashir Abdel Aal – ney
  • Abdel Salam Kheir – oud

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London Metropolitan Orchestra (London)

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

Violins

  • Rosemary Furniss
  • David Juritz
  • Rita Manning
  • Elizabeth Layton
  • Ian Humphries
  • Perry Montague-Mason
  • Mark Berrow
  • Pauline Lowbury
  • Clare Thompson
  • Jessica O'Leary
  • David Ogden
  • Peter Hanson
  • Jeremy Williams
  • Cathy Thompson
  • Ed Coxon
  • Anne Morlee
  • Harriet Davies

{{col-2}}

Violas

  • Andrew Brown
  • Rusen Gunes
  • Andrew Parker
  • Bill Hawkes
  • Nicholas Pendlebery
  • John Jezard
  • Janet Atkins

Celli

  • Caroline Dale
  • Cathy Giles
  • Stephen Milne
  • Ben Chappell
  • Jonathan Tunnel

Also

  • Sandy Lawson – didjeridu
  • Storme Watson – didjeridu

{{col-end}}

= Production =

{{div col}}

  • Jimmy Page – producer
  • Robert Plant – producer
  • Mike Gregovich – engineer, mixing
  • Martin Meissonnier – percussion pre-production on "Yallah (The Truth Explodes)" and "Wonderful One"
  • Andy Earl – photography
  • Cally – design
  • Kevin Shirley – remixed stereo and surround sound for 2004 edition

{{div col end}}

Accolades

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Publication

!Country

!Accolade

!Year

!align="center"|Rank

Metal Hammer

|UK

|Metal Hammer Albums of '94{{cite web| url=http://www.rocklist.net/metal.htm#94| title=Metal Hammer albums of '94| publisher=rocklistmusic.co.uk| access-date=19 January 2009}}

|1994

|14

Mojo

|UK

|The 25 Best Albums of 1994{{cite web| url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mojoend.html#25of94 | title=The 25 Best Albums of 1994| publisher=rocklistmusic.co.uk| access-date=19 January 2009}}

|1994

|11

Raw

|UK

|Raw Albums of the Year{{cite web| url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/raw.htm | title=Raw Albums of the Year| publisher=rocklistmusic.co.uk| access-date=19 January 2009}}

|1994

|14

Mojo

|UK

|Mojo 100 Modern Classics{{cite web| url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mojo_p4.htm#100%20Modern%20Classics | title=Mojo 100 Modern Classics| publisher=rocklistmusic.co.uk| access-date=19 January 2009}}

|2001

|42

Charts

= Weekly charts =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

!Chart (1994–1996)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{album chart|Australia|2|album=No Quarter|artist=Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded|rowheader=true|access-date=12 October 2013|refname="ARIA Albums Chart"}}
scope="row"| Austrian Albums Chart{{cite web | url = http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Page+%2F+Robert+Plant&titel=No+Quarter&cat=a | title = Top 75 Albums – 11 December 1994 | publisher = hitparade.ch | access-date = 19 January 2009}}

|align="center"|27

scope="row"| Canadian RPM Top 100 Chart{{cite magazine | url = http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2668&volume=60&issue=19&issue_dt=November%2028%201994&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=hrg50o22lgammqcogv27ve6d95 | title = RPM Albums Chart – 28 November 1994 | magazine = RPM | access-date = 19 January 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121006104940/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2668&volume=60&issue=19&issue_dt=November%2028%201994&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=hrg50o22lgammqcogv27ve6d95 | archive-date = 6 October 2012 | url-status = dead }}

|align="center"|3

scope="row"| Dutch Albums Chart{{cite web | url = http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Page+%2F+Robert+Plant&titel=No+Quarter&cat=a | title = Top 100 Albums – 10 December 1994 | publisher = dutchcharts.nl | access-date = 19 January 2009}}

|align="center"|33

scope="row"| French Albums Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1994.php |title=Top 100 Albums – 1994 |publisher=infodisc.fr |access-date=19 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330174621/http://infodisc.fr/B-CD_1994.php |archive-date=30 March 2014 }}

|align="center"|8

scope="row"| German Albums Chart{{cite web | url = http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/Page%2CJimmy+%26+Plant%2CRobert/No+Quarter/longplay | title = Top 100 Albums – 5 December 1994 | publisher = musicline.de | access-date = 19 January 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120318013610/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/Page%2CJimmy+%26+Plant%2CRobert/No+Quarter/longplay | archive-date = 18 March 2012 | url-status = dead }}

|align="center"|18

scope="row"| New Zealand RIANZ Top 50 Albums Chart{{cite web | url = https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Page+%2F+Robert+Plant&titel=No+Quarter&cat=a | title = Top 50 Albums – 4 December 1994 | publisher = RIANZ | access-date = 19 January 2009}}

|align="center"|13

scope="row"| Swedish Albums Chart{{cite web | url = http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Page+%2F+Robert+Plant&titel=No+Quarter&cat=a | title = Top 60 Albums – 25 November 1994 | publisher = swedishcharts.com | access-date = 19 January 2009}}

|align="center"|10

scope="row"| Swiss Albums Chart{{cite web | url = http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Page+%2F+Robert+Plant&titel=No+Quarter&cat=a | title = Top 100 Albums – 4 December 1994 | publisher = swisscharts.com | access-date = 19 January 2009}}

|align="center"|16

scope="row"| UK Albums Chart{{cite web | url = https://www.officialcharts.com/archive/official-albums-chart/ | title = Top 100 Albums – 19 November 1994 | publisher = Official Charts Company | access-date = 19 January 2009}}

|align="center"|7

scope="row"| US Billboard The 200 Albums Chart{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1994-11-26/billboard-200 |title=The Billboard 200 – 26 November 1994 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=19 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420191845/http://www.billboard.com/charts/1994-11-26/billboard-200 |archive-date=20 April 2014 }}

|align="center"|4

== Year-end charts ==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

!Chart (1994)

!Rank

scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102014251/http://i.imgur.com/3GuDxzg.jpg |title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Albums 1994 |url=http://i.imgur.com/3GuDxzg.jpg|archive-date=2 November 2015 |access-date=19 May 2022 |publisher=Australian Record Industry Association}}

|align="center"|54

= Video =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Chart (1994)

!align="center"|Peak
position

US Billboard Comprehensive Music Video Chart{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=383&cfgn=Videos&cfn=Billboard+Comprehensive+Music+Videos&ci=3056030&cdi=8233364&cid=11%2F13%2F2004 |title=Top Music Video – 13 November 1994 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=17 January 2009 }}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|align="center"|2

Chart (1995)

!align="center"|Peak
position

US Billboard Top Music Video Chart{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=388&cfgn=Videos&cfn=Top+Music+Video&ci=3020080&cdi=6937229&cid=05%2F06%2F1995 |title=Top Music Video – 6 May 1995 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=17 January 2009 }}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|align="center"|4

US Billboard Top VHS Sales Chart{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=389&cfgn=Videos&cfn=Top+VHS+Sales&ci=3020088&cdi=6937482&cid=05%2F06%2F1995 |title=Top Music Video – 6 May 1995 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=17 January 2009 }}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|align="center"|15

Hungarian MAHASZ Top 20 DVDs Chart{{cite web | url = http://www.mahasz.hu/m/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=dvd&ev=2004&het=46&submit_=Keresés | title = Top 20 DVDs – 14 November 2004 | publisher = MAHASZ | access-date = 19 January 2009 }}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|align="center"|3

Australian ARIA Music DVD Chart

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Certifications

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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Jimmy Page|title=No Quarter|award=Gold|id=4610-1522-2|certyear=1995|relyear=1994|access-date=21 July 2022}}

{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Jimmy Page|title=No Quarter|award=Platinum|certyear=1994|relyear=1994|access-date=21 July 2022}}

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{{certification Table Entry|type=video|region=Australia|artist=Jimmy Page|title=No Quarter|award=Platinum|certyear=2007|relyear=1994|access-date=21 July 2022}}

{{certification Table Entry|type=video|region=United Kingdom|artist=Jimmy Page|title=No Quarter|award=Gold|id=9836-2858-5|certyear=2013|relyear=1994|access-date=21 July 2022}}

{{certification Table Entry|type=video|region=United States|artist=Jimmy Page|title=No Quarter|award=Platinum|certyear=2005|relyear=1994|access-date=21 July 2022}}

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