That reminds me of some anecdote I read a long time ago about a band in the late '90s that approached JPJ to do some orchestral arrangements, and he quoted them a fee that was "...equivalent to the combined budgets for the first couple Zep albums..." and the band balked. This was funny because this was a pretty huge band* and probably could have easily afforded it.
*Whom I don't remember...I wanna saw it was the Chili Peps, but didn't Jones work them earlier?
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 20 April 2017 19:21 (seven years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/19/robbie-williams-wins-pool-planning-victory-over-jimmy-page
― calstars, Thursday, 20 December 2018 22:16 (five years ago) link