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No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded
Live album by Page and Plant
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
Page and Plant chronology
No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded (1994) Walking into Clarksdale (1998)
Robert Plant chronology
Fate of Nations (1993) No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded (1994) Walking into Clarksdale (1998)
Jimmy Page chronology
Coverdale•Page (1993) No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded (1994) Walking into Clarksdale (1998)

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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. 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:

The will and the eagerness with Unledded were fantastic and 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 tracks are written by 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.

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:

"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

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), on top of a waste tip at Aberllefenni quarries (17 August 1994), in a forest in Wales and in front of an invited audience at London Weekend Television studios over two nights in August, 1994.

• Robert Plant – vocals
• Jimmy Page – acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin

Musicians in Marrakech (except on "Yallah")

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

Egyptian Ensemble (London)

London Metropolitan Orchestra (London)

Production

• 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

Accolades

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Video

Certifications

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