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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