New Led Zeppelin Remasters?

In a recent Rolling Stone magazine interview Jimmy Page has announced a new set of remasters of all the original albums to be released starting next year. He says that each album will receive the box set treatment and will be released one by one every year. As to what to what is contained in these box sets jimmy adds that it will be "pretty substantial stuff", saying that it will include rarities and maybe even some live recordings to accompany the albums. Check it out for yourself at the link below.

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Led Zeppelin - Swan Song (Empress Valley) Shepperton Studios, Surrey, UK December 6, 2007

Here's a little taste of what you can expect on the newly released Celebration Day, if you didn't have the funds to get a hold of the deluxe editions then here is what you are missing out on the bonus DVD. This is the audio (sorry no video, you'll have to buy that) to the rehearsal to the O2 gig at Shepperton Studios, Surrey that took place on the 6th of December 2007. Enjoy!

Led Zeppelin
2007.12.06
Shepperton, Surrey, England UK
Shepperton Studios

SBD Recording
"Led Zeppelin's Swan Songs" Led Zeppelin: The Complete Shepperton
Rehearsals and O2 Show
Empress Valley Supreme Disc (EVSD 558-559)

Note: Only disc 1 and 2 of this 4 disc set is being seeded. Disc 3 and 4 containing an
audience recording of the Led Zeppelin reunion at the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert are not included.

Lineage: Silvers - EAC - FLAC Level 8


Disc 1
01. Introduction
02. Good Times Bad Times
03. Ramble On
04. Black Dog
05. In My Time Of Dying
06. For Your Life
07. Trampled Under Foot
08. Nobodys Fault But Mine
09. No Quarter
10. Since I've Been Loving You

Disc 2
01. Dazed And Confused
02. Stairway To Heaven
03. The Song Remains The Same
04. Misty Mountain Hop
05. Kashmir
06. Whole Lotta Love
07. Rock And Roll

Original notes:
It was inevitable that this full dress rehearsal would appear in one way or another. The full and uncut dress rehearsal held at Shepperton Studios on 6th December 2007, just five days before the concert has been hoarded for quite a long time. An edited version, with No Quarter and Misty Mountain Hop both butchered has been in the hands of a few "chosen ones" since the end of 2010. And four songs in lossy MP3 were leaked all over the Internet some months ago. This edited version was subsequently leaked out in the Summer of 2011, and Tarantura released this version (NOT sourced from the download), in a
2 CD package called "The Triumph Rehearsals". The total running time for this title is 100 minutes and 10 seconds. The Empress Valley version is 108 minutes and 44 seconds. So about 8 minutes was butchered out of the "leaked" release. Of course when that version hit the Internet download sites, and news about Tarantura releasing it as well was known, Empress Valley put out the full unedited version. the hoarder who
had been sitting on this for ages sold the complete version to Empress Valley. For a very tidy sum no doubt.
This release comes in a 4 way jewel case, inside a card slipcase. The 2 CDs of the rehearsals are excellent stereo soundboard. On the night some songs came out a bit differently to the rehearsals, and there are a few mistakes, but all in all an excellent prelude to the concert itself. As a bonus, EV has added a complete audience recording from the O2 arena. The sound is reasonable, but unfortunately the taper was surrounded by whoopers, talkers and various other imbeciles, so that is a disappointment. There are a number of excellent recordings that they should have chosen from.This is of course an extremely expensive title. The cost of the rehearsal recording must have been considerable, and the label has to recoup that outlay. That said, it is a very nice thing to have. (Jules McTrainspotter Sept 2011)

My notes

This the full dress rehearsal to the O2 gig which took place four days later on December 10. Over all it is an excellent recording and a nice contrast to the O2, even though both performances had basically the same setlist. Whereas the O2 was a understandably nervous, yet still tight, the rehearsal is much much more loose and experimental. All four of the band members are confident from their months of rehearsing and they feel good enough to play around a bit, and this is most apparent with plant, who experiments around with many vocal phrases. A fine example is In My Time of Dying, in the O2 show he throws in Honey Bee towards the end of the peice, which is not bad at all, but after listening to the rehearsal rendition i kinda wish he would have gone with that. Some highlights in my opinion would be In My Time Of Dying, For Your Life, No Quarter, Stairway, Kashmir and Whole Lotta Love. Needless to say both shows have their own share of merits and faults, but we're lucky to have a band that after thirty years can still put on a fantastic performance. I hope you enjoy this as much as i have, and i'll keep my fingers crossed for another reunion show!


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Led Zeppelin - Jimmy's Birthday Party (Empress Valley Multitracks) - Live at Royal Albert Hall, London, UK January 9, 1970

Artist: Led Zeppelin
Date: 1970-01-09
Venue: Royal Albert Hall
Location: London, England
Source: Multitrack Reels
Title: Live At The Royal Albert Hall - Jimmy's Birthday Party (Empress Valley)
Lineage: Slivers>cdr(2)>Eac(secure mode/read offsets corrected)>wav>flac (level 7)

Tracklist:
Disc 3
01. We're Gonna Groove (3:31)
02. I Can't Quit You Baby (6:57)
03. Dazed and Confused (16:05)
04. Heartbreaker (3:55) (cut)
05. White Summer/Black Mountain Side (12:19)
06. What Is And What Should Never Be (5:03)
07. Moby Dick (15:30)

Disc 4
01. How Many More Times (20:48)
02. Bring it On Home (7:54)
03. Whole Lotta Love (6:22)
04. Communication Breakdown (4:31)
05. C'mon Everybody (2:38)
06. Something Else (2:14)
07. Long Tall Sally (3:53) (cut)

Notes: Disc 1 and 2 are a mix of the SBD and Kevin Shirley multitrack mixes. Discs 3 and 4 are strictly from the multitrack mixes

My Comments:
Yet another amazing show courtesy of Led Zeppelin, played at a time when they were just about a year old. Even then, they were well on their way to super stardom, as they had received a lot of face time during 1969's many music festivals (Woodstock not being one of them unfortunately), and by the end of the year's touring they would be playing sold out shows to tens of thousands in venues like NY's Madison Square Garden and the LA Forum. To start out 1970 Zeppelin decided to embark on a short UK tour to promote their second album, which had come out the year before. Expanding on their late 1969 setlist, they decided to drop the opening number Good Times Bad Times/Communication Breakdown in favor of a Ben E. King cover We're Gonna Grove, which the band had actually recorded for the third album but had passed it over in favor of Immigrant Song later in the year. In addition to that, they also debuted Since I've Been Loving You and Thank You in this tour, but unfortunately both tracks did not survive the test of time on this recording and thus only a snippet of the organ solo appears in the official DVD (Heartbreaker is unfortunately incomplete). But what did manage to survive are incredibly fiery versions of Dazed and Confused and How Many More Times, Dazed in particular featuring a fantastic reference to Cocaine Blues, sung quite masterfully by plant. Tonight's How Many More Times has all the elements to make it a definitive version of this song, featuring unparalleled intensity, dramatics and flat-out excellent playing from all four members that leaves one hanging at the edge of their seat. On a more slightly serious mood is White Summer/Black Mountainside, which really showcases jimmy's incredible improvisational skills, including his exotic middle-eastern riffing which always leaves me hoping for Kashmir seguing in at the end of the song. This excellent show closes off with a generous share of encores including Communication Breakdown, Bring It On Home (played on the "Black Beauty" custom Les Paul which was a rarity), Eddie Cochran's Something Else and C'mon Everybody, and finally finishing off with Little Richard's Long Tall Sally; which is unfortunately cut on the multitracks (not on the SBD though). In a nutshell, along with Live On Blueberry Hill, this is a must have bootleg to have for 1970. Enjoy!

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Led Zeppelin - Dead Center (Per Mk. 41 Schoeps) - Live at the O2 Arena, London, UK Dec 10, 2007

Here's a little preview of what's coming up in October and November when this show is officially released in theaters and on DVD!!






Led Zeppelin
December 10th, 2007
O2 Arena - London, England
**Ahmet Ertegun Tribute**

Taper: Per
Source: Schoeps MK41s > NBOX > Edirol R-9 (24/48)
Position: FOB (approx. 15 meters ahead of sbd). Dead center.

Conversion: WAV > Soundforge 7.0b > shntool 2.0.3 > flac 1.1.2
Eq: Nothing. Some clapping is attenuated.

***This is the 16 bit version***

Disc 1:
01. (crowd) 01:55.03
02. Good Times Bad Times 03:11.03
03. Ramble On 05:43.19
04. Black Dog 06:06.38
05. In My Time Of Dying 12:09.42
06. For Your Life 06:55.37
07. Trampled Under Foot 07:00.23
08. Nobody's Fault But Mine 07:12.25
09. No Quarter 09:27.42
10. Since I've Been Loving You 08:02.46

Total: 67:43.53

Disc 2:
01. Dazed And Confused 12:46.00
02. Stairway To Heaven 08:49.22
03. The Song Remains The Same 06:59.18
04. Misty Mountain Hop 05:50.00
05. Kashmir 12:36.55
06. Whole Lotta Love 10:36.17
07. Rock And Roll 05:28.59

Total: 63:06.21

notes: Enjoy the show!

My Comments:
Following the death of our dear Bonzo in 1980 and the subsequent breakup of the Led Zeppelin, prospects looked bleak as many fans clung to the hope that one day the remaining three members would reunite and honor their fallen comrade. The journey along that road has been rocky as evidenced by one-off shows like 1985's Live Aid benefit show and the 50th anniversary of Atlantic records gig in 1988, which were regarded as sub-standard by fans and critics alike. Then in the 1990s there was the partial reunion of Page & Plant for the No Quarter and Walking Into Clarksdale albums, which although not being immensely commercially successful and unfortunately leaving Jonesy out of the loop, it nonetheless brought new life to many of the old Zeppelin numbers. And so for a while it seemed that all three would remain involved in their solo careers until  2006 when Atlantic record's founder, and close friend of Led Zeppelin, Ahmet Ertegun passed away. And so the stage was set for what would be the world's most requested show of all time, as there were over 20 million ticket requests for a mere 18,000 available seats. Now as for the show its self, one has to take in mind that that Robert, Jimmy, Jones (and to a lesser extent Jason Bonham) are well past their prime, but even then the four manage to put on a excellent show. The two hour long setlist includes old favorites and never before played songs spanning most of their career, the only album not represented in the setlist is 1979s In Through The Out Door. And as Zeppelin was not the only band playing that night for the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute the band had to keep improvisation to a minimum, so most songs closely resembled their studio counterparts. Nonetheless, the band played with gusto and the audience enjoyed every minute of it, from the never played Good Times Bad Times, Ramble On, and For Your Life; to old anthems like Stairway and Whole Lotta Love. IMO the highlights of the show apart from the new songs have to be a excellent In My Time Of Dying, Nobody's fault But Mine, a eerie No Quarter, a very emotional Stairway To Heaven (especially at the end when plant remarks "We Did it Ahmet"), a powerful and thunderous Kashmir, and superb Whole Lotta Love. As for the recording, this is the Per Mk. 41 source, an excellent audience recording, which among the dozens of sources circulating this has to be my personal favorite version of this show; it is surprisingly clear and natural-sounding, which really makes you feel like you are really there (kinda a la Listen To This Eddie). So Enjoy!!

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Led Zeppelin 2007 O2 Arena reunion DVD

After years of rumors regarding a possible release of this highly acclaimed reunion, finally  it is official Led Zeppelin is to release the 2007 reunion as a concert film to be shown across America starting October 17th and most likely released as a DVD or blue ray...which gives me an idea of what show to post next...

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Led Zeppelin - Long Beach Multi-track fragment - Live at the Long Beach Arena, June 27, 1972

Sorry for the long gap in posting other shows, i've been busy with work and such....but in the meantime here's a little tidbit to complement my last post. This is a very short multi-track fragment of the Long Beach show on the 27th June 1972, this is a rough mixdown made probably for the How The West Was Won project. The excellent sound alone is worth the download, but at the same time quite frustrating knowing that a multi-track of this quality is out there, possibly complete, not to mention there might also exist mutli-tracks of the more famous LA Forum show two nights earlier. Anyways enjoy...i hope to be a be able to post another show soon


Long Beach Arena
June 27, 1972
Long Beach, California
Soundboard Recording
Master quads > DAT>
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Edits Made) > M4A

Setlist:
01 - What Is and What Should Never Be
02 - Dancing Days
03 - Moby Dick (fades out)

Lirodendron's Notes:
Remastered in Adobe Audition 3.0. on Jone 12, 2012.
A real shame more of this soundboard is not available, phenomenal sound!


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Led Zeppelin - Burn Like A Candle (Genuine Masters) - Live at the LA Forum June 25, 1972

Led Zeppelin
June 25th, 1972
LA Forum
Burn Like A Candle [GM-LZ-25.02.1972-DVD-A-02]
Excellent Audience Recording
DVDR > DVD Decrypter > DVD Audio Extractor > WAV [44000khz] > FLAC
Audio only.

1 LA Drone
2 Immigrant Song
3 Heartbreaker
4 Over The Hills And Far Away
5 Black Dog
6 Since I've Been Loving You
7 Stairway To Heaven
8 Going To California
9 That's The Way
10 Tangerine
11 Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp
12 Dazed & Confused (includes Walter's Walk, The Crunge)
13 What Is And What Should Never Be
14 Dancing Days
15 Moby Dick
16 Whole Lotta Love
17 Rock And Roll
18 The Ocean
19 Louie Louie/Every Day People/Organ Solo
20 Thank You
21 Communication Breakdown
22 Bring It On Home

My Comments:
Out of Led Zeppelin's entire 11 year live career, this show in 1972 was chosen to be the one to represent the tour de force that is live led zeppelin in the band's first official live album, How The West Was Won. Although parts of HTWWW was also drawn from a Long Beach show two nights later on the 27th, it is still based on the LA show of the 25th. The bootleg is a nice compliment to the live album and its a shame that the whole complete 3 hour show wasn't included on the official release, perhaps it is due to the difficulty of fitting three hours on the release or maybe just the copyright nightmare created by all the medleys and covers performed. Going back to the bootleg, it is named Burn Like A Candle, after a comment made by Robert Plant during the show regarding the upcoming album name. The recording is a very good stereo recording that is quite clear, the instruments are balanced, nicely separated, and it has a nice ambiance to it. And although the recorder gets overloaded at times which results in some loss in clarity, it is nonetheless a highly enjoyable recording, in fact the best audience recording of the whole US 1972 tour. Well the show kicks off with the eerie LA Drone (first implemented a few days earlier in NY) which the tape picks up quite well, and it is quite great at creating suspense and anticipation as the calm before the storm. The calm comes to an abrupt end as the band hammers into the opening salvos of Immigrant Song, featuring still powerful vocals from plant and a excellent solo from jimmy. Which is surprising given that the number was dropped soon after the end of the tour due to it placing great strain on plant's deteriorating voice. After seguing into a great heartbreaker the show encounters its first surprise of the evening, Over the Hills and Far Away is now added to main set list after being premiered in Seattle on the 19th as an encore, and it is played quite faithfully to the album version. This hold true especially for the vocals, which over the coming months will be sung at lower registers due to plant's vocal deterioration. Following this is a heavy Black Dog and a intense Since I've Been Loving You, Black Dog still keeping true to the hard-rocking original (compared to the slower groove of 1973+ versions). Tonight's version of Stairway To Heaven is an excellent one, particularly page's solo which is a awesome balance between intensity of earlier versions and the technical proficiency of future versions (i.e 1973). Also worth noting is that this is the last tour in which the keyboard part of stairway is played using an organ, because starting in October's japanese tour Jonesy will switch to a Mellotron for the keyboards, however in official release (HTWWW) one can clearly hear a Mellotron, it is one of those interesting tidbits that one hears when comparing official to unofficial releases. Anyways, back to the show, following stairway comes the acoustic set, which over the previous tours has grown to four numbers, Going to California, That's The Way, Tangerine, and Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp. Due to this expanded acoustic portion, that drove many shows to exhausting 3 hour lengths, the band decided to cut most of the set after this tour, only retaining Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp till mid 1973. Afterwards comes a superb Dazed and Confused, including Walter's Walk and The Crunge, and although not as technical or improvisational as the famed 1973 versions it nonetheless makes up with its sheer intensity and power. What Is and What Should Never Be and Dancing Days follow next, WIAWSNB was on its way out of the setlist and the Dancing Days just recently added, asit is its second time ever played live on stage. After Bonham's 20 minute workout, Moby Dick, comes the always enjoyable Whole Lotta Love medley and tonight's version is definitely a killer one, with excellent covers of Boogie Chillen', Let's Have a Party, Hello Mary Lou, and Elvis' Heatbreak Hotel which bring down the house and leave the audience hollering for more. And if the show wasn't extraordinary enough they take it legendary lengths to which more than satisfy the audience with not 2 or 3, but 6 encores. Which kicks off with a rocking version of the aptly-named Rock and Roll, which is soon to be promoted from encore to set opener. Next the audience is treated to The Ocean, another song just recently debuted and a song dedicated  to the "ocean" that is their live audience. After a brief pause, a short organ riff by Jonesy is all it takes to make the audience go ballistic, ballistic over a cover of Louie Louie by the Kingsmen which segues into a intense Thank You. The night could have ended there and it would have been one for the ages but they  were convinced back on stage by audience's screams for more zeppelin, to which they responded with a short Communication Breakdown jam and finally finished the night off with Bring It On Home, this being the last time the band played the piece completely and the loose jam a fantastic way to end the three and a half hour show. So whether you're looking for the party atmosphere, the amazing encores, or an excellently played show, this is definitely a must have and a really bootleg gem we're lucky to have, enjoy!


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Led Zeppelin - Live on Blueberry Hill (The Great Love Affair - Winston Remaster) LA Forum September 4, 1970

The famous Live on Blueberry Hill Bootleg by Winston Remasters as requested....enjoy

Led Zeppelin
LA Forum , Inglewood California
September 9th 1970
AUD

AUD Main - (5th) Stereo source - 2ndGenCass>CDR3>SHN>Remaster
AUD Patching #1 - Alternate Mono - LOBH Tarantura : Introductions & MD-WLL Patch
AUD Patching #2 - TMOQ Source UnknownGenCass : Bron-Yr-Aur patch

CD 1

1. Introductions
2. Immigrant Song
3. HeartBreaker
4. Dazed and Confused
5. Bring it On Home
6. Thats the Way
7. Bron-Yr-Aur
8. Since Ive Been Loving You

CD 2

1. Organ Solo
2. Thank You
3. What is and What Should Never Be
4. Moby Dick
5. Whole Lotta Love (Medley)
6. Communication Breakdown (Medley)
7. Out on the Tiles
8. Blueberry Hill


Please Note before you download: The Hiss on the main source had a high pitch sound to it that I found off putting. Using a new tool for noise reduction I was able to remove that. But the after effect of doing that gave the quieter parts the wind tunnel effect. I prefer that over having the high pitched hiss sound throughout the whole show. The Patches using the Alternate Mono - parts of those had better audio from other sources, but I used those because they were complete patches, instead of using 3 different sources for 1 patch.

*Artwork is included

ALL credit goes to the Band and the tapers.
And to Javit who liberated the (5th) Stereo source and for allowing me to use it.
Also to blackmikito for his valuble feedback.
Remastering is just a hobby. This release is never meant to be definitive

Please do not sell
Please do not sell
Please do not sell

WR

My Comments:
This is the famous Blueberry Hill show and one of my favorite versions of all the countless bootlegs out there of this show. This show uses a mix of the three different audience sources, which correspond to source 1, 4, and 5 out of the available 6 sources known for this show. The main source used is source 5, which is the recent very good stereo tape, which may not be as clear as source 1 but is perfect at picking up the show's ambient sound and has much depth to it. Source 1 (TMoQ source) is a excellent mono audience tape, that is very clear and the basis for most of the bootlegs of this show, it is used to patch the intro and Bron-Yr-Aur. Source 4 (alternate mono source) is a okay mono audience but it has a much less clear and muddy sound to it, it is only used to fill in gaps in Moby Dick and the intro to Whole Lotta Love. As for the show itself, im not gonna say much about it, as no description i give can give the show justice. In fact, it is regarded as probably best show Zep ever played, all songs were played excellently if not perfectly. However, i will mention some of my favorites and highlights of the show, being Immigrant Song (features my favorite solo for this song), Dazed and Confused (incredibly intense and excellent performance by all band members), Bring It On Home (very fun and inspired jam, particularly plant on harmonica), Thank You (an intense and my favorite solo for this song), Whole Lotta Love and all the encores (particularly Communication breakdown jam and the rare Out on the tiles). Enjoy! :)


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Led Zeppelin - The European Championships (Bluecongo SBD/AUD matrix) Live in Zurich June 29, 1980

Led Zeppelin:
"The European Championships"

June 29th, 1980
The Hallenstadion
Zurich, Switzerland

A Bluecongo Matrix Production

SB Source: Conquer Europe EVSD
Aud Source: Master Cassette > DAT > CD-R
Audio edited using Pro Tools > Wav > CD Wave > Flac Level 8
Verified
Size: 804mb

Lineage:
 All tracks: SBD/AUD sources > Pro Tools > WAV > CD Wave > FLAC (level 8 verified)
d2t03: SBD/AUD sources > Pro Tools > WAV > CD Wave > FLAC (level 8 verified) > xACT > WAV > Audacity > WAV > xACT > FLAC (level 8 verified)
d1t09-d2t06: [as above] > shntool SBE fix > FLAC (level 8 verified)

Track Listing:

101 Train Kept A Rollin'
102 Nobody's Fault But Mine
103 Black Dog
104 In the Evening
105 The Rain Song
106 Hot Dog
107 All my Love
108 Trampled Underfoot
109 Since I've Been Loving You
201 Achilles Last Stand
202 White Summer - Black Mountainside
203 Kashmir
204 Stairway To Heaven
205 Rock And Roll
206 Heartbreaker

======================

Artwork included in .pdf format.
Adobe Acrobat required
shntool report and FLAC fingerprints included


Bluecongo's Comments:

I made this mix very "wet & nasty".  I really wanted to capture the energy of the crowd and the band reacting to it.  This new version I believe will cast a new light on the 1980 tour.  I did my best to include as much in between song banter as possible.  The Aud taper often paused his recorder in between songs to save tape apparently.  The warts of the Aud & SB recordings have been left in.  Drop outs, crackles, etc.  Kashmir switches from SB to Aud source midway through the song.
Regarding Kashmir, I have taken the unprecedented step of offering two versions of the song.  One version has the tremendous screw up in the middle of the song edited out.  The other version is the "warts & all" version.  I leave it up to you to decide which you want to listen to.  I think you'll prefer the edited version.


Mustardpie's comments:

The uncut Kashmir could not be inserted into the original track ordering without a noticeable click at the beginning. A very tiny bit of sound from the trailing note of Black Mountain Side had been clipped from the uncut Kashmir. I restored this tiny bit of data from the beginning of the edited Kashmir back to the beginning of the uncut Kashmir. Now the tracks flow seamlessly into each other.

Also, CD Wave introduced some sector boundary errors at the end of each disk and in the uncut Kashmir. I encoded the complete Kashmir back to flac level 8, named it to fit the track listing above, and fixed SBEs with shntool with the output set to flac level 8.

Bluecongo gave me his approval to torrent this show. I offer my thanks to him for the hard work he put into this show. I certainly enjoy this version better than the plain soundboard recording.

My Comments:

Led Zeppelin's June 29th gig in Zurich is arguably one of the best shows of the whole 1980 Over Europe Tour. A tour that has been unfairly stigmatized as nothing more than a bunch of sterile, uninspired, mediocre shows. Sure this tour does have its share of bad shows, i.e. the two Mannheim shows of July and to an extent the LZ last show ever on July7th in Berlin. Nevertheless, shows like Zurich are fine examples of what Led Zeppelin was trying to achieve with their sound and look for the 1980s, which focused on stripped down setlists and reduced stage setup.  Gone where the long instrumental solos, like Moby Dick and jimmy's bow solo, and a lot of their in-song improvisation, reducing their show to a more manageable two hours.

Regarding the recording, it is a matrix of a excellent soundboard and a good audience source. The audience source does a very good job of picking up the venue's ambient sound. This provides much needed depth to the soundboard, which many times more than not are flat and dry sounding. As for the show itself, the band is very confident and their playing is tight, with the exception of Kashmir where the band fumble for a bit. They kick off the show with a tight Train Kept A Rollin', with jimmy really working his wah-wah pedal to its fullest in a fresh take of their old show opener. This segues into a good Nobody's Fault But Mine, after which finds Page quickly addressing the audience and introducing Black Dog. The song is played very well and includes a really nice solo by page, simply put these first three songs feature some very good and inventive playing, a throw back to their previous years and testament of what they set out to do on this tour. After the three-song attack they slow their momentum down with In the Evening, featuring a mellow keyboard interlude by Jones. Afterwards follows the Rain Song and  Hot Dog, which although not bad songs  they are IMO strange setlist choices, the Rain song being kinda weird without segueing out of the usual TSRTS and  also for being a very quiet song, not well suited to the rowdy audience. As for Hot Dog, it is a nice song but from all the other songs that could have been chosen out of Presence or ITTOD, such as Wearing and Tearing or Candy Store Rock, it is an odd choice. The inspired playing continues with a really good All Of My Love, a excellent Trampled Underfoot which brings to mind 75 and 77 tour versions, and a great Since I've Been Loving You with a good, rapid intro reminiscent of 73 tour versions. Next comes Achilles Last Stand, featuring some great soloing from page and excellent overall playing from thee rest of the band. White Summer suffers from a impatient audience eager to get things moving, and a potentially good Kashmir was ruined by a mishap in which the band became lost for a bit, prompting plant to remark afterwards "If anyone's bootlegging that you'd have to scratch that number cause it wasn't completely correct". A very good Stairway to Heaven closes the show, featuring a really good solo by page who shows much inventiveness, rare by this tour. Then they come back for two encores, Rock and Roll and Heartbreaker, which features a nice solo from page, who throws in bits from over the years of playing this song. This show may not be the most energetic of the tour or even be perfectly played, nevertheless it is a essential show to have and perfect example of what could have been, what a American led zeppelin show could have sounded in the had Led Zeppelin The 1980s part one tour carried on


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Led Zeppelin - Listen To This Eddie (Genuine Masters) June 21, 1977

Here's a special treat for all of you, the legendary Mike Millard Listen To This Eddie recording, as presented by Genuine Masters....which i happily dedicate to my good friend, who's birthday on the 20th comes one day too early, and one day too late, to two of Zeppelin's greatest gigs ever in 1972 and 1977, how unfortunate lol, but hey that's how i remember her birthday lol.....anyways like always, enjoy!!

Led Zeppelin
- Listen to This Eddie -
- Collectors Edition - audio only.

June 21 1977
- The Forum -
Inglewood , Los Angeles CA
Label: Genuine Masters
Lineage: GM cdrs>EAC test and copy (no errors)>Flac frontend
encode level 6align on sector boundaries and test>Flacs

Disc 1:
1-Intro
2-The Song Remains the Same
3-The Rover (intro)
4-Sick Again
5-Nobody's Fault but Mine
6-Over the Hills And Far Away
7-Since I've Been Loving You
8-No Quarter

Disc 2:
1-Ten Years Gone
2-Battle of Evermore
3-Going to California
4-Black Country Woman
5-Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
6-White Summer/Black Mountainside
7-Kashmir
8-Over the Top/Moby Dick

Disc 3:
1-Heartbreaker
2-Guitar Solo
3-Achilles Last Stand
4-Stairway to Heaven
5-Whole Lotta Love
6-Rock & Roll

As requested by zosouk; hope you enjoy it!
Okay, I know this is the umpteenth version of this show to be shared
but I know some folks will appreciate having Genuine Masters
excellent treatment of Mike Millard's great recording. This is
from my GM cdrs and not an audio rip from the dvd-a.
The music speaks for itself...an outstanding performance, arguably
'77's best overall.

My Comments:
This is arguably one of the greatest gigs ever put on by Led Zeppelin in their 12 year career, it also is arguably one of the great highlights of the whole 1977 North American tour. It also reserves a special honor as being the first bootleg i ever acquired, and like a potent drug, it only took this one show to get me hooked for life. In a tour that is infamous for its decadence, debauchery, and violence this show stands as an example   of the continuing ability by the band to put on shows that were successful both musically and entertainment-wise. The show comes in near the end of the second leg of the tour (out of three) that was already into its second month, and it follows a successful six show residence at New York's Madison Square Garden earlier in the month. This was the first night of a six night stint at the LA Forum following a bad performance in San Diego on the 19th, in which John Bonham put on a sluggish performance due to suffering from food poisoning. With San Diego in mind the band set out to make up for the bad gig, so from the amazing recording we have, we can enjoy the show that from the onset was determined to be an excellent one. As for the tape it is an excellent three-dimensional recording that with amazing clarity captures the show as if it were going on around us. Taped by the famous bootlegger Mike Millard, who also taped several of Zeppelin's Southern California shows in 1975, his recording got its claim to fame for the sheer quality of the sound, in fact it was of such good quality and importance that it was even included in the official Led Zeppelin DVD. The recording was held comparable to a professionally-recorded concert and hence the name Listen To This Eddie which is supposedly a reference to audio engineer Eddie Kramer who worked with zeppelin on many of their projects. In fact one my favorite aspects of the whole show is the very beginning, right were Millard begins his recording, that initial Whoosh of audience noise is simply stunning....it feels as if one is literally transported  back in time to 1977 to where Millard was standing when he witnessed this amazing show. The show itself begins with an aggressive The Song Remains The Same, featuring a supercharged John Bonham who is hell bent on making up his sub par performance two nights earlier. In fact the whole band displays a superhuman amount of energy tonight, but the star of the night has to be Bohnam, who really went out of his way to throw extra fills wherever he could and keep the show moving at a furious pace. The song segues into  the Rover bridge, which experiences guitar troubles but it is handed professionally and the show carries on smoothly into Sick Again which features some great work from Page. After a brief introduction from Plant they start on Nobody's Fault But Mine, which features some of the best call-and-response singing from Plant. Next comes a a very good Over The Hills And Far Away, which since the NY shows has been alternating in the setlist with In My Time Of Dying, and while the page's playing in the solo may not be as articulate as earlier tours it is still a good showcase for his skills. Plant introduces Since I've Been Loving You  as a "urban blues from the United Kingdom...", which receives a very emotional rendition and some excellent singing from Plant particularly near the end. One of the highlights of the show comes next, an excellent No Quarter that features some very inspired playing from all four band members, from the beginning of jones' eerie piano solo, to the rockabilly jam, to the dramatic end of the jam right before the last verses Bonham's performance in particular features some very creative and dramatic drumming that really make this piece stand out as among the best from the whole tour. The show then takes a looser turn with the acoustic set, which is very relaxed and intimate. From the eerie Battle of Evermore (featruing Jones on backing vocals) to country-jamming Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp the acoustic set is a nice contrast to the main set. After a meandering White Summer/Black Mountainside they launch into a powerful Kashmir, here the recording perfectly captures the wall of sound that attacks the audience and this combined with the really inspired playing really gives the song a epic and majestic feel to it. A short pause ensues as the roadies get Bonham ready for his drum solo, and while they are waiting plant decides to take the chance to humorously introduce the drummer as

"....the man who fought against the elements. The man who fought food poisoning. The man who drinks Heineken. The man who doesn’t get out of bed. The man who hasn’t got a cymbal. The man who’s having a chat with his man who knows the man who tunes Jimmy’s guitar who comes from Scotland, and doesn’t know the man they call Tim, but does know Audrey from Dallas. The man who now learns how to construct his own drum kit. The man who’s not very professional. The man who said he could go back to a building [construction] site, and we all agreed. The man who’s holding up the show.  The rhinestone cowgirl. Come on Bonzo, get on with it. That’s what the Quaalude stagger is. The man who played the Los Angeles Aztecs and beat them 10-1 by himself. The man who one wonders is he worth waiting for, and doesn’t really realize there’s a curfew here. A childhood friend. A man who many people once said, never heard of him."

Afterwards there comes the surprise of the addition of Heartbreaker to the setlist, which quite ironically has been the song request of one drunk audience member throughout the show, who probably sat close to Millard, and thus whose orgasm is perfectly captured on tape as he freaks out as the band launch into the song. Jimmy's effects solo comes next, which is all that remained of the infamous Dazed Confused jam, but by 1977 the jam has merely become a showcase for Zeppelin's visual effects and it really lacks in musical substance, but nevertheless it provides a good eerie backdrop that builds up tension for Achilles Last Stand. Definitely a highlight of the show, Achilles (along with Kashmir) really sums up the power of their music and the effect it can have in a live setting, (as evidenced by the fact that it overloads the recorder at times) tonight's version is really exceptional  as is most of the LA run versions. The set ends with Stairway to Heaven, which even though is not as techincally proficient as in earlier tours, it still remains a crowd pleaser and jimmy manages to pull off a nice coherent solo. To finish off the show the band gives the audience a small snippet of Whole Lotta Love and the very good encore of Rock and Roll before the band calls it a night after a fantastic three hour-long performance. In a nutshell, my opinion can be best summarized by this quote taken from Blackmikito from over at Royal-Orleans.com

"Like it or hate it...the significance, the sound, the history....Sure, 6/22 may be better performed, 6/23 may be more fun, 6/25 may be looser, but none of that matters.
The bottom line is that 6/21 is a swansong to so many things...Los Angeles, John Bonham, Mike Millard...LED ZEPPELIN. An amazing concert captured by an amazing concert taper.
End of story.
P.S. If "The Song Remains The Same" from this show doesn't give you chills, nothing will. "

Enjoy!!!


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Led Zeppelin - One Night Stand in Paris (TCOLZ Pre-FM broadcast) Paris, France October 10, 1969

Led Zeppelin
October 10, 1969
Olympia, Paris, France

One Night Stand In Paris, 2cd by The Chronicles Of Led Zeppelin
(#TCOLZ 029/030)

Disc 1: Pre-FM transfer
Disc 2: FM broadcast version incl. DJ comments

Lineage: My Silvers > EAC > FLAC

Setlist:
101 Introduction
102 Good Times Bad Times Intro - Communication Breakdown
103 I Can't Quit You
104 Heartbreaker
105 Dazed And Confused
106 White Summer - Black Mountain Side
107 You Shook Me
108 How Many More Times

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My Comments:
Throughout 1969 and bits of 1970, Led Zeppelin did a short stint at radio and television appearances, primarily for the BBC and other European radio stations. Among them was this french radio appearance in October 1969, just weeks leading up to the release of their second album. This excellent soundboard captures the white-hot performance in excellent quality, unfortunately this means it also captures the very annoying DJ chatter (in french btw) that quite rudely takes place during songs! Fortunately this post in particular is a pre-broadcast version of the show, which means their is no rude DJ chatter present. As for the show itself its a pretty spectacular performance. The whole band is on top form tonight, but most notably Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, plant's voice is simply unbelievable at times and jimmy's playing is without equal. The show starts out with Communication Breakdown with its Good Times Bad Times intro, jimmy gets right down to it and delivers an intense but somewhat sloppy solo, nevertheless he sets the stage for what was to follow. A amazing rendition of I Can't Quit You Baby follows, with plant wailing away and showing a complete mastery of his powerful voice, jimmy's solo again is intense as he works his fingers speedily across the fretboard, displaying his virtuosity. Premiering for the first time on tape is Heartbreaker, which loosely follows the studio version with the exception the solo which is drenched in reverb and wah-wah giving it a very creepy, spacey sound to it. Not surprisingly, plant puts his voice to good use and really makes this version of Heartbreaker among the very best performed. Dazed and Confused comes next, and given the stellar performance so far, its safe to say that the song is no exception to that, but then again Dazed has always been the song that was the vehicle for musical improvisation and from listening to it one can really get a feel of how successful a particular show was. A good White Summer/ Black Mountainside instrumental follows, which again is a great show piece for page's guitar virtuosity, so good that one really wishes Kashmir was segued to one of these amazing versions of the instrumental. A loose and lumbering You Shook Me follows which contrasts well with the more frantic and intense I Can't Quit You Baby. And Finally the Show ends with a fantastic How Many More Times, which makes the rest of the show look like a warm up, plant not only makes use of his wailing but also his fantastic ad-libbing and lyrical wit. The band steamrolls from medley to medley, transitioning perfectly from one section to the other and really using tense pauses to great dramatic effect. Personally this version ranks among the top three versions of this song, coming right behind the spectacular 1970 Royal Albert Hall and the 1969 Texas Pop festival renditions. This show is a must have, not only for its excellent audio quality, but also for such a stellar performance...from a band just about a year old. Enjoy :)


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It Might Get Loud: Jimmy Page on the Kashmir riff

I know this is not new or anything, but here's a little video clip from the movie documentary It Might Get Loud, in the clip Jimmy Page shares the origin of one of the greatest riffs in rock history. Here he plays it on his white Danelectro, which he also used for the live and studio versions of White Summer/ Black Mountainside and In My Time Of Dying.

Watch It Might Get Loud: Kashmir

Led Zeppelin - Southampton University Jan 22 1973 (Winston remaster)

Led Zeppelin
Live at the Old Refectory, Southampton University,
January 22, 1973
SBD - Remaster

Notes - From the files liberated on Royal Orleans. Cleaned up the
digital clicks best I could. No Noise reduction used. Enhanced with
Samplitude.

CD 1

1. Rock and Roll
2. Over the Hills and Far Away
3. Black Dog
4. Misty Mountain Hop
5. Since Ive Been Loving You
6. Dancing Days
7. The Song Remains the Same
8. The Rain Song
9. Dazed and Confused

CD 2

1. Stairway to Heaven
2. Whole Lotta Love (Medley)
3. Heartbreaker
4. Organ Solo
5. Thank You
6. How Many More Times
7. Communication Breakdown


Remastering is just a hobby. Hope you all enjoy.
All credit goes to the band and the liberators

Not for sale
Not for sale
Not for sale

Winston

My Comments:
When Jimmy Page was compiling live material for the Led Zeppelin DVD/How The West Was Won project in the early 2000s, this among one of the shows in consideration for a live album release. Eventually he chose the famous 1972 LA Forum and Long Beach Arena shows to represent Led Zeppelin's blistering live act as the band's first true live album. But that does not mean that this show is inferior to the one released, sure there are a couple of problems with this show but then again no show is truly perfect or flawlessly executed. This was an interesting time for the band, as sort of a transitioning period where they experienced much change in the way the band performed. Plant's voice had undergone a serious change, for he was singing at lower pitches than usual and his voice was constantly plagued by roughness. This problem all came very suddenly, in a span of two weeks from the end of the first leg of their 1972/1973 UK tour to the start of the 2nd leg, plant's voice had deteriorated dramatically to the point where he had to sing some songs two whole octaves below their usual pitch. In addition, the band had just reconfigured their entire setlist, the first major setlist change in about two years, just a few months before and were breaking in the arrangements. Nevertheless when Led Zeppelin walked up onstage that 22nd of January, all of those problems seemed to be more of a nuance as they preceded to put on not only a good show, but a memorable one. Luckily for us, this show was all captured on an excellent multitrack recording, unlike the rumored Japan 1971 multitracks that were deemed so bad in quality that jimmy page had them wiped clean. Also what is very evident on this recording, and unlike the 1972 LA Forum multitracks, were the drums, John Bonham's legendary drumming can be clearly and prominently enjoyed throughout this recording. But unfortunately the tape does suffer from very annoying dropouts, like notably in the beginning of Heartbreaker. Whether this is due to the recording engineers or the recording equipment itself is debatable but it might have been one of the factors weighed against this show regarding a official release. But going back to the show itself, it starts pretty shaky enough with rock and roll, and from the first verses it becomes very clear that something is wrong with Robert's voice, for it seems weak and tired. The rest of the band however seem to be in tiptop shape and the show really starts to improve by the second song. Over the hills is amazing tonight, with a very good guitar solo, and even with plant's rough voice, for even though he cannot hit the high notes of the song he still tries to work around the problem by singing at  a lower register. Black Dog receives a blistering rendition tonight, particularly with jimmy's amazing guitar work and Bonham's powerful drumming, even plant's rough voice enhances the song by giving it that raw hard rock feel. A nice Misty Mountain Hop leads into a very mellow yet at the same time very intense Since I've Been Loving You, which a furious guitar bridge jimmy leads into a very delicate and intense intro, matched by an equally good solo that is charged with emotion, and even with all the problems up to this point in the show the whole song is wonderfully played. After an alright Dancing Days the band launch into The Song Remains The Same, for what was left of the acoustic set, namely Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, was dropped from the set a few weeks earlier at the start of the this leg of the tour. So despite the problem of plant's voice, both The Song Remains The Same and The Rain Song were played very well. Dazed and Confused is my favorite song of the night, to simply hear a unhampered multitrack version of this song is a treat, for one gets to hear every nuance of the transition of zeppelin from the high-octane, hard-hitting marauders of the early seventies to a band that took its playing to the next level in displaying technical, refined playing that would characterize the remaining 1973 tours. For example, one can hear the evolution of the "San Francisco" interlude that comes before the violin bow solo, and how it went from being a collection of chords used to set the tempo for the bow section to it becoming an important section in developing a calm eerie mood with its mysterious riff of ascending and descending notes that would later evolve into a song of its own, the ten-minute epic Achilles Last Stand. After the excellent Dazed, comes a nice version of Stairway to Heaven, which ironically did end up being on the live album, well only Jones' mellotron part anyways. This is followed by a excellent Whole Lotta Love, whose devastating funk and theremin sections are played at a furious tempo, the recording fully capturing the intensity of Bonham's drumming. The remainder of the melody is just as excellent, with fantastic versions of Everybody Needs Someone to love, Boogie Chillun, Let's Have a Party, and I Can't Quit You Baby. This was followed by a intense Heartbreaker, that is painfully plagued by a dropout at the beginning. Following this came jones' organ solo, which although is not like the LA Forum version, famous for its Louie Louie cover, it is still a pretty good showcase for Jones' musicianship. Thank You which follows this is also a showcase, well for jimmy page, and he delivers a really good solo. Then comes the surprise encore of How Many More Times, a early live staple that had not been played since early 1970, and considering the state of plant's voice and the fatigue of the band it is a very good and welcome encore indeed. The band finish the night off by delivering a quick and hard rocking Communication Breakdown, bringing to and end a very successful two and a half hour show. This is a very enjoyable show, the quality of the recording itself being reason alone to get this show, and i highly recommend this show to anyone, from casual Led Zeppelin fan to the hardcore collector. Enjoy :)

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The Song Remains the Same?

Have you ever had that experience of hearing a song on the radio, or even a favorite song of yours, that just sounded completely completely different from what you typically associate with it ? even when its a song you've basically heard countless times? ....many times we tend to listen to songs without really paying much attention to them. We hear and enjoy catchy melodic guitar riffs, but sometimes ignore the rest of the band...We sing along to the lyrics of song, but we hardly expend an extra breath towards deciphering their deeper meaning.

 

This has happened to me on many countless occasions, and since this is led zeppelin blog i feel it would be most appropriate if i gave an example from their catalogue (Damn i gotta lay back on all the English stuff like zeppelin and top gear, or else you'd end up seeing more things like colour and bloke in my ramblings lol). The particular song in mind is called "Achilles Last Stand" off their Presence album, this song was one of the first zeppelin songs i heard outside of the usual selection of songs regularly played on radio stations, i really liked the song but back then i mostly overlooked it, because in my then view it "was very long". A few years passed, i started collecting zeppelin bootlegs, and as i sat listening to many of the live counterparts to the studio versions i developed a appreciation for the little nuances in those recordings, and a understanding of how much of an effort it took to pull off those numbers on stage.



So when i eventually found myself pressing play on Achilles Last Stand i had no idea of the surprise that was in store for me. Right away i knew their was something different about this recording, jimmy's delicate little intro guitar riff seemed to fixate me with its mysterious, repeating pattern. This riff grew louder and louder until, without warning....BAM! the rest of the band kicks in, John Paul Jones with his thunderous galloping bass and John Bonham with his powerful, commanding drumming. They lay down a very dramatic background to which Robert Plant comes in, singing...

It was an April morning when they told us we should go
As I turn to you, you smiled at me
How could we say no? 

and so begins the ten minute epic that is Achilles Last Stand. From just casual listening the lyrics of the song seem to be nothing but rambling, but on a closer inspection one sees Led Zeppelin's obsession with mysterious, far away places "...with he mighty arms of atlas, hold the heavens from the earth..." (reference to north africa's Atlas mountains) and "...wandering and wandering, What's the place to rest the search...".  Also evident to me upon a closer look is the layers upon layers of guitars overdubbed on the recording. Jimmy was known for employing his "guitar army" on many Led Zeppelin songs, but here on Achilles he employed tens of guitar overdubs to really give the recording a Herculean feel and a sense that one is hearing part some colossal saga. Even when played live Led Zeppelin managed to retain most of the song's energy and power, a large feat given the technology of the day and the fact that he was the only guitarist in the band. This was really evident in jimmy's solo, as in many live renditions jimmy would sometimes struggle with trying to recreate the intensity and tension of the album's solo.



Also worth mentioning is the rhythm section of the song, along with John Paul Jones' galloping bass there is also John Bonham's thunderous wallops, a powerful display of drumming from one of rock's most legendary drummers. Bonzo (Bonham as he was known) also had a real knack for subtlety in his drumming, for at any given moment he could go from delicate jazzy hi-hat work to loud powerful thumps of his huge bass drum. But what made him so revered was the fact that he made complex rhythms and subtle changes in dynamics look like child's play and the fact that he could throw in extra fills with relative ease. Not surprisingly Achilles is no exception to his fantastic drumming, a careful listening to his part reveals the scope of Bonzo's drumming repertoire, from jazzy hi hat rhythms, to disco-like syncopated beats, to monstrous pounding triplets, Bonham along with John Paul Jones, provide the foundation and driving force that the other two band members build upon. Not worth forgetting is John Paul Jones, this very highly skilled multi-instrumentalist shows us that there is more to this shy, church organ-playing, and humble looking man than meets the eye. Not many people notice that a great deal of zeppelin's catalog started as ideas in Jonesy's head. The riffs for songs like Black Dog, In the Light, Celebration Day among others were of his invention. The amazing bass line on this song is no exception to that, time and time again Jones shows what a dynamic bass player he is, among the likes of his contemporary John Entwistle of The Who, whom both share an affinity for lightning-fast articulate playing and a larger than life sound. His galloping bass line was one of the more striking things i experienced during my re-listening of the song, and as soon as it kicked in i was taken back by how powerful his Alembic bass was. Also, instead of just simply sitting idly by playing one thing over and over, Jonesy really goes out of his way to really make his Alembic bass stand out by playing along with jimmy on the part with the ascending and descending guitar riffs and also, by pummeling along with john Bonham on those epic metal-esque triplets. Finally by the time the song concluded, pretty much the same way it began with that mysterious repeating guitar riff, ten minutes and twenty-five seconds later i was left on the edge of my seat. I felt like the song had taken me to that far away place and back, i soared high over the atlas mountains, flying higher and faster over the earth like the Icarus of greek mythology. All the emotions, and all thoughts racing around my head, they all simply left me wanting more, and so i listened to the song ten more times, still equally amazed at what i had blindly over looked before. To summarize the song up this tour-de-force is simply the epiphany of all that Led Zeppelin stands for, the light and shade, the delicate and the powerful, both the very essence that characterizes their music.





But enough with Zeppelin, to concur, what an amazing amount can be learned from simply taking time to really listen to one's music and get the grey matter working inside one's noggin. So go out and find a song you've felt like you know by heart but this time really play attention to what you hear, for you may be pleasantly surprised by what you find. Sure some may not feel the same way as i do but that the thing about music, as it is open to anyone's interpretation. Whether it be a simple or thorough listen, just as long as music remains more than just catchy tunes or meaningless melodies that none give a second thought about. Just remember that the song never really remains the same. Anyways i finish this post with these juicy pieces of zeppelin candy, enjoy!

Play Achilles Last Stand (Studio version)
Play Achilles Last Stand Live 1977

What do lyrics mean to you?

What do lyrics mean to you? ...are they just meaningless phrases that do nothing but merely fit well into a melody? ...or are they much more than that? What do they represent to you? ...do they stand for ideas? ...are they synonymous to expressing emotions? or maybe they capture a nostalgic moment in one's life, like an old photograph?.....what do they mean to YOU?

Led Zeppelin - King Jimmy & the West Bromwich Blues Band - Earl's Court May 25, 1975 (Bluecongo Matrix)

Here's a a little treat from 1975, namely the legendary last night of Led Zeppelin's five night stand at Earl's Court Exhibition Hall in London, UK....this a SBD/AUD matrix of the show created by Bluecongo form over at Royal Orelans....enjoy :)

King Jimmy & the West Bromwich Blues Band

A Bluecongo Matrix Production

Size: 1.17 GB
sbd
Led Zeppelin

Earls Court Arena, London, England, UK, 25th May 1975
CD1:
1) Intros
2) Rock n Roll
3) Sick Again
4) Over the Hills & Far Away
5) In My Time of Dying
6) The Song Remains the Same
7) Rain Song
8) Kashmir
CD2:
1) No Quarter
2) Tangerine
3) Going to California
4) That’s the Way
5) Bron Y Aur Stomp
6) Trampled Underfoot
CD3:
1) Moby Dick
2) Dazed & Confused
CD4:
1) Stairway to Heaven
2) Whole Lotta Love
3) Black Dog
4) Heartbreaker
5) Communication Breakdown
Length: 218:41min
Personal:
Jimmy Page: Electric and Acoustic Guitars
Robert Plant: Vocals
John Paul Jones: Bass, Keyboards and Acoustic Guitar
John Bonham: Drums

Important Note: AVOID MP3 ~ Don’t Let It Bring You Down
Even More Important Note: please use this show for trading ~ never sell it (you may go to hell ~ which is not confirmed)

Comments:
To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of this tremendous concert, here is Zeppelin’s mammoth 3 hour 45 minute final night performance presented in an all new Soundboard & Audience audio matrix.

Special thanks goes to Winston for help with finalizing the project.
Also big thank you to Mike1061, he knows why!

My Comments:
What a way to end a legendary five night stand at London's Earl's Court than to play a mammoth show clocking in at over three hours. like most 1975 shows it starts out rocky, Rock and Roll is a little rough, especially plant, who's cracking voice is cringing to hear at times. But the show picks up quickly with a hard-rocking version of Sick Again. Over The Hills and Far Away is simply amazing with jimmy displaying his guitar virtuosity in a beautifully executed and jazzy solo. In My Time Of Dying is as intense as ever, with Robert's powerful voice finally coming through and the tightness of their playing leaving one sitting at the edge of their seat. This powerful version of this song is given special treatment as Robert throws in a few phrases of You Shook Me at the end. They don't let up on their intensity as they plow through The Song Remains the Same and Kashmir. No Quarter is excellent tonight with long jazzy improvisations from Bonham, Jonesy and Jimmy. The acoustic set is very loose with much ad-libbing from Robert who is very talkative. Dazed and Confused is a highlight of the show with intense playing and eerie wails from Robert, it was not as technical as the 1973 versions or experimental as the earlier LA and Seattle shows but nonetheless the band's playing was tight. A excellent Stairway to Heaven ends the set, with a great articulate solo even though jimmy breaks a string during towards the end. A wild audience screams for and demands encores, to which the band does not disappoint. they play four incredible encores starting with a short funky version of Whole Lotta Love, which not in the level as the night before it is still a treat. The song segues into a sloppy but rocking version of Black Dog, to which afterwards robert lights a joint before going into Heartbreaker. And finally the marathon ends with a very loose Communication Breakdown featuring a middle reggae jam with Robert even throwing in bits of Dyer Maker. As of the recording itself, it is a very excellent SBD that has been matrixed with a great audience recording, giving it much depth, unfortunately the SBD cuts out towards the end of No Quarter and all of Tangerine so the audience source is used to patch it up. This recording has not been EQ'ed that much compared to other versions, but still a definitive version nonetheless. I remember this show being my first ever dip into bootlegs and upon hearing In My Time Of Dying and Kashmir for the first time live it really blew me away, sure it has its rough points but this is simply a fantastic show with fantastic playing from a superhuman band.

Enjoy.

Artwork included in PDF format.

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Led Zeppelin - Copenhagen, Denmark May 3rd 1971 (1st gen master)

I originally wanted to post this on May 3th (day of the show) but as you know, time flies, anyways enjoy :)

Artist: Led Zeppelin
Date: 1971-05-03
Venue: KB Hallen
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Source: Audience
Lineage: Master>DAT>cdr>cdr(x)>eac(secure mode/read offsets corrected)>wav>flac(level 7)
Tracklist:
Disc 1
01. Imigrant Song
02. Heartbreaker
03. Since I've Been Loving You
04. Dazed And Confused
05. Black Dog
06. Stairway To Heaven
07. Going To California
08. That's The Way
Disc 2
01. What Is And What Should Never Be
02. Four Sticks
03. Gallows Pole
04. Whole Lotta Love
05. Communication Breakdown
06. Misty Mountain Hop
07. Rock And Roll

Notes:
Very good/excellent audience recording. IMHO better sounding than Poles And Sticks or Previews And Novelties of which i both have. There is a cut during Dazed And Confused. Recommended for the casual fan and completist based on sound quality and rare songs played this night (Four Sticks and Gallows Pole). Original rip had index clicks fixed by the following method. Joined each track one by one editing the clicks out in  soundforge. Shntool used to edit sbes created during the joining and editing process. Cdwave used to resplit the tracks afterward.

Do not sell
Do not convert to MP3 unless for personal use
DO SHARE!

My comments:
A excellent show from Denmark 1971, this show was part of a mini warm-up European tour scheduled to precede a lengthy North American tour a few months away. the band was in excellent mood and it shows, they played fantastically and even premiered several rare songs like Four Sticks and Gallows Pole which would be almost never played again. It also saw the premier of live staples like Rock and Roll, Misty Mountain Hop, and even a bit of Celebration Day in the Communication Breakdown medley. As for the audience, they loved the band and could not stop clapping along.  As for the recording itself its an very good recording considering the time period, it sounds a little distant but every thing sounds clear, and since this is sourced straight from the master there is basically very little hiss. Not the greatest of recordings but a very enjoyable show indeed, enjoy :)

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What will be played at your funeral?

This is gonna sound very weird and kinda random (which it is) but....what song by what artist would you like to be played at your funeral?
As for me, im pretty sure you know what artist im gonna pick (btw Led Zeppelin for those who lack reading comprehension), as for a particular song i think the powerful and aptly named "In My Time Of Dying" would be my absolutely number one choice...how about you?

"In My Time Of Dying" youtube video

Led Zeppelin - The Destroyer (Presence Production) - Richfield Coliseum April 28 1977, Cleveland, Ohio

This is a very special occasion, as this the first boot post on this blog and thus so deserving a good show, naturally i picked a show closest to today (April 29th) i hope all of you enjoy it, i know i have :)

Led Zeppelin, Richfield Coliseum
April 28 1977, Cleveland, Ohio
Audience Recording
Master > Cassette (Paul C.) > Cassette

"A Presence Production" mastered by Jason Peterson.
Cassettes provided by Unklejimbo.
Pure and unadulterated, warts and all.
Originally mastered at 96kHz 24bit, sample conversion
to CD completed with ProTools utilizing highest quality
pre and post filtering and 0.7bit dithering.

Setlist:
1. The Song Remains the Same
2. Sick Again
3. Nobody's Fault But Mine
4. In My Time of Dying
5. Since I've Been Loving You
6. No Quarter
7. Ten Years Gone
8. The Battle of Evermore
9. Going to California
10. Black Country Woman
11. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
12. White Summer / Black Mountain Side
13. Kashmir
14. Moby Dick
15. Guitar Solo
16. Achilles Last Stand
17. Stairway to Heaven
18. Rock and Roll
19. Trampled Under Foot

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This is a highly enjoyable show, probably one of the best of the whole 1977 North American tour. This is the next night after the famous "Destroyer" bootleg (27th), which is renouned for the sound quality of one of the first ever bootlegged SBDs...this show (28th) however comes from a very good audience source, but it is plagued with its fair share of problems. The taper paused his recorder in between songs in order to preserve tape, which means alot of plantations were left out...even with the taper's efforts to conserve tape a few songs were left cut most notably in a electifying version of In My Time Of Dying, which cuts out and back in at the very end. Also the tape suffers from ALOT of hiss which is most likely due to the fact that no EQ'ing has been done on the tape and the nature of the recording. This combined with the fact that it is a very loud recording means it will place alot of strain on one's ears....but faults put aside this is truely a fantastic show with highlights being excellent versions of In My Time Of Dying, No Quarter (includes the rare Nutrocker jam), Kashmir, and a devastating Achilles Last Stand. The atmosphere of the show is best described by the comments of an audience member (maybe the taper) who really adds a level of intimacy to this recording. When all is said and done this is a MUST HAVE show, enjoy

-Black Dog

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