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

Uploaded by Amduscia at R-O
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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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