Editing Jimmy Page (section)

===1980s===

Page made a return to the stage at a Jeff Beck show in March 1981 at the [[Hammersmith Odeon]].{{sfn|Case|2007|p=164}} Also in 1981, Page joined with [[Yes (band)|Yes]] bassist [[Chris Squire]] and drummer [[Alan White (Yes drummer)|Alan White]] to form a supergroup called [[XYZ (English band)|XYZ]] (for former Yes-Zeppelin). They rehearsed several times, but the project was shelved. Bootlegs of these sessions revealed that some of the material emerged on later projects, notably The Firm's "Fortune Hunter" and Yes songs "Mind Drive" and "Can You Imagine?". Page joined Yes on stage in 1984 at [[Westfalenhalle]] in [[Dortmund]], Germany, playing "[[I'm Down]]".

In 1982, Page collaborated with director [[Michael Winner]] to record the ''[[Death Wish II (album)|Death Wish II]]'' soundtrack. This and several subsequent Page recordings, including the ''[[Death Wish III]]'' soundtrack, were recorded and produced at his recording studio, [[Sol Studios|The Sol]] in [[Cookham]], which he had purchased from [[Gus Dudgeon]] in the early 1980s.

[[File:Jimmy Page - A.R.M.S. Concert, Oakland, Ca. 1983.jpg|thumb|left|Page performing at an [[ARMS Charity Concerts|ARMS Charity Concert]] in 1983]]

In 1983, Page appeared with the A.R.M.S. (Action Research for [[Multiple Sclerosis]]) charity series of concerts which honoured [[Small Faces]] bassist [[Ronnie Lane]], who suffered from the disease. For the first shows at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London, Page's set consisted of songs from the ''Death Wish II'' soundtrack (with [[Steve Winwood]] on vocals) and an instrumental version of "Stairway to Heaven". A four-city tour of the United States followed, with [[Paul Rodgers]] of [[Bad Company]] replacing Winwood. During the tour, Page and Rodgers performed "Midnight Moonlight", which would later appear on The Firm's first album. All of the shows featured an on stage jam of "[[Layla]]" that reunited Page with Beck and Clapton. According to the book ''[[Hammer of the Gods (book)|Hammer of the Gods]]'', it was reportedly around this time that Page told friends that he had just ended seven years of heroin use. On 13 December 1983, Page joined Plant on stage for one encore at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.

Page next linked up with [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]] for the 1984 album ''[[Whatever Happened to Jugula?]]'' and occasional concerts, performing a predominantly acoustic set at folk festivals under various guises such as the MacGregors and Themselves. Also in 1984, Page recorded with Plant as the Honeydrippers the album ''[[The Honeydrippers: Volume 1]]'' and with [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]] on the film soundtrack ''[[Scream for Help (album)|Scream for Help]]''.

Page subsequently collaborated with Rodgers on two albums under the name [[The Firm (rock band)|The Firm]].<ref name=Louder>{{cite news |last=Wall |first=Mick |date=February 11, 2020 |title=The story of The Firm: the band that saved Jimmy Page |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-of-the-firm-the-band-that-saved-jimmy-page |work=Louder |location= |access-date=January 15, 2021}}</ref> The first album, released in 1985, was the self-titled ''[[The Firm (album)|The Firm]]''. Popular songs included "[[Radioactive (The Firm song)|Radioactive]]" and "Satisfaction Guaranteed". The album peaked at number 17 on the ''Billboard'' pop albums chart and went gold in the US. It was followed by ''[[Mean Business]]'' in 1986. The band toured in support of both albums, but soon split up.

Various other projects followed, such as session work for [[Graham Nash]], [[Stephen Stills]] and the Rolling Stones (on their 1986 single "[[One Hit (To the Body)]]"). In 1986, Page reunited temporarily with his former Yardbirds bandmates to play on several tracks of the [[Box of Frogs]] album ''Strange Land''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3534576.stm|title=Zeppelin defend Live Aid opt out|work=BBC News|date=4 August 2004|access-date=11 September 2010}}</ref> Page released a solo album entitled ''[[Outrider (album)|Outrider]]'' in 1988, which featured contributions from Plant, with Page contributing in turn to Plant's solo album ''[[Now and Zen]]'', which was released the same year. ''Outrider'' also featured singer John Miles on the album's opening track "Wasting My Time".{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Throughout these years, Page also reunited with the other former bandmates of Led Zeppelin to perform live on a few occasions, most notably in 1985 for the [[Live Aid]] concert with both [[Phil Collins]] and [[Tony Thompson (drummer)|Tony Thompson]] filling drum duties. However, the band members considered this performance to be sub-standard, with Page having been let down by a poorly tuned Les Paul. Page, Plant and Jones, as well as John Bonham's son [[Jason Bonham|Jason]], performed at the [[Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary]] show on 14 May 1988, closing the 12-hour show.{{sfn|Lewis|Pallett|2005|p=139}}