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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