Led
Zeppelin First North American Tour
December 26, 1968 - February 16, 1969
JANUARY 1 - ARMORY AUDITORIUM,
SALEM, (OR). UNITED STATES (cancelled)
Led Zeppelin, The King Biscuit Entertainers and Heavy Company provided
support for Vanilla Fudge.
JANUARY 2 - WHISKY A GO GO, WEST HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES, (CA), UNITED
STATES
Billed as Led Zeppelin featuring Jimmy Page formerly of The Yard
Birds. Co-headlined with Alice Cooper.
JANUARY 3 - WHISKY A GO GO, WEST HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (CA), UNITED
STATES (unconfirmed and may have been cancelled)
Billed as Led Zeppelin featuring Jimmy Page formerly of The Yard
Birds. Co-headlined with Alice Cooper.
JANUARY 4 - WHISKY A GO GO, WEST HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (CA), UNITED
STATES
Billed as Led Zeppelin featuring Jimmy Page formerly of The Yard
Birds. Co-headlined with Alice Cooper.
JANUARY 5 - WHISKY A GO GO,
WEST HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES, (CA), UNITED STATES
Billed as Led Zeppelin featuring Jimmy Page formerly of The Yard
Birds. Co-headlined with Alice Cooper.
Recording
Includes: As Long As
I Have You (<< Fresh Garbage, Summertime Blues, Bag's Groove,
Mockingbird..), I Can't Quit You Baby, The Train Kept A Rollin', Babe
I'm Gonna Leave You, Dazed And Confused, Killing Floor (<< Blues
With A Feeling..), For Your Love [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete very good audience recording.
52 minutes.
Details: A really good sounding audience
tape, probably made in-house from the stage. Guitar and drums tends
to overshadow vocals and bass but all the sounds are clearly discernible.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s): Nineteen
Sixtynine (The Swingin' Pig Records)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Live At
Whisky A Go-Go!! (Eelgrass) & Live At Whiskey A Go-Go!! (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc, original & reissue)
Bootleg DVD
Audio Reference(s):
Live At Whiskey A Go-Go!!! (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), & Texas
International Pop Festival (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Comments:
We can certainly feel that the performance of the band captured by the
tape is one of its earliest, since most of the tunes are played in more
compact manner than they became in later stages. Here, improvisations
are confined to minimum levels. However, the brutality of Bonzo's drum
playing and the wide range of Robert's voice is incredible. Jimmy also
seems to have been doing some experimental guitar works here. For Your
Love rounds out this performance and the band play it as it should have
been originally. It doesnt get more psychedelic than this version.
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JANUARY 9 - FILLMORE WEST,
SAN FRANCISCO (CA), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Taj Mahal opened the night, then Led Zeppelin took the stage prior
to the headliners Country Joe & The Fish. Bill Graham intoduced
all the acts.
Recording
Includes: The Train
Kept A Rollin'.
Source: Incomplete good audience recording.
4 minutes.
Details: A bit overloaded tape with Page
and Bonham out front and Plant in the back.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Dancing
Avocado Supreme (Graf Zeppelin), Fillmore West 19690111 (Wendy Records),
Fillmore West 1969 Multiband Remaster (Wendy Records), Fresh Garbage
(Graf Zeppelin & Scorpio), & Twinight (Immigrant)
Comments:
A single song said to be from the band's San Francisco debut at the
Fillmore West. The band played these shows with second billing underneath
headliners Country Joe And The Fish. The opening act for these shows
was Taj Mahal. Like most of the early 1969 shows that the band did,
in San Francisco they played two sets each night. Which means that the
nightly program during this run at the Fillmore West saw the Taj Mahal
do two sets, Zeppelin do two sets, and Country Joe do two sets. As was
customary at the Fillmore and Winterland during this era, the start
of each of the opening sets by each band was typically introduced by
Bill Graham himself. Unfortunetaly, for this Zeppelin remainder, these
intros can't be heard on this tape. What is fascinating about this supposed
January 9th tape is that it is just the one song. There are a few other
instances of this in Zeppelin collecting. Could be that this song was
tacked on to someone's trading tape as a bonus (or a tease) by the taper.
Or perhaps the taper on this night had intended to tape Country Joe,
so only decided to capture one of Zeppelin's songs for the night. Or,
perhaps the complete tape exists somewhere, and like so many rumored
others, has simply yet to circulate. In any case, we can be fairly confident
that the setlist for this show included more than just the one song
that circulates on this audience tape, and that it is likely that the
band played their complete set. If it is from January 9th, it may have
even featured a performance of For Your Love, considering that the date
before it and the date after it the band playing the song. Anyway, this
is all we have from this show. It's a great performance of the song,
sure, but what does it tell us about that night? First, if this tape
is from the first night in San Francisco, we can assume that it's from
the beginning of the second set. The reason for this can be found in
Plant's intro: "Good evening ... thank you very much. It's very
nice to come back for a second time. And once again ... uh, it's really
a pleasure to be back again." The key to his words is that he mentions
coming back for "a second time". Sure, he could be speaking
of a second night in town, but from the way that he is talking, it sounds
more like a casual sentiment of being back on the stage on the same
night. But, as we can't be sure that this tape isn't really from some
other date on their first tour, here's a little examination ... If this
song isn't from the second set of the first night, but is still from
San Francisco, then it would have to be the first song of the second
set, from the third night on January 11th. The reason being because
the tape we have of that third show features songs from the first set
of the night (see Plant's speech before Communication Breakdown about
worrying that they wouldn't have time to do another set). And, for the
fact that we have those aforementioned complete audience recordings
from the second and fourth nights. The song couldn't be from the beginning
of that January 11th tape, because coming back for "a second time"
wouldn't make sense in regards to either the set (since it was the first
set) or the night (since it was the third). Notice that on this supposed
January 9th tape, after The Train Kept A Rollin' ends, Page does not
go directly into I Can't Quit You Baby, instead pausing and plucking
some notes on his guitar. This further supports that this song is from
the second set. Because if one examines the setlists from 1969, as well
as the shows from 1970 up through April, one will notice that I Can't
Quit You Baby was always played as the second song in the first set.
So, for them not to have gone straight into the song on this night means
that they had likely already played it in the first set. Which, again
makes it a possibility that this song could have been from the second
set of the first or third night. So, which is it? The first or the third?
I lean towards it being from the first. Why? Listen to Plant's voice
on this tape when compared to his voice on the third night. He is in
great early shape on both nights, but on the recording we have here,
he is in very high range. Whereas, the recording we have of the third
night has Plant with just a tad less "freshness" to his voice,
typical for having sung for three nights in a row. Sure, not a case-closer,
but significant nonetheless. Of course, the remaining option is that
this tape is not from San Francisco at all, and instead from some other
night on the tour. Of which, it could be from anywhere on the tour.
Either where they played two sets in one night, or played multiple shows
in the same city. Detroit and Boston come to mind. We can limit the
search down to this first tour, again by listening to Plant's voice,
as well as to Page's guitar. The sound of those Rickenbacker amps only
used on that first tour is unmistakeable. We admit that we initially
had reservations about this tape having been from such an early date.
The crowd sound just a little too rowdy and too enthusiastic to have
this be the opening (or second) night in any of the towns that the band
played. Not to mention, besides the radio airplay and hype, the band
were still relative unknowns, and the first album was not even out yet.
But yet, on the beginning of this tape you can hear all sorts of crowd
noise and bodies shuffling, with shouts of "Sit down!" and
"There ain't no room!", the kinds of things you'd hear at
a show where the crowd were getting anxious to see their favorite band.
But, again, perhaps that goes back to the likelihood that this song
was the start of the second set. Which would speak to the first set
having been so good that it whipped the audience into a frenzy. To which,
it wouldn't be that surprising that the audience was excited to hear
more, and as such were pushing and yelling to get a good spot on the
floor. Furthermore, in favor of it being from San Francisco, if one
listen's to the recording of the show from the next night, on January
10th, one can hear this very same kind of crowd reaction. After every
song there are yells and whistles from the audience. Just before White
Summer, you can even hear someone near the taper yell "Sit down!".
So, if the band were able to get that kind of enthusiasm on the second
night, perhaps it's not such a stretch to imagine that they had already
gotten it on the first one. Page has long since been quoted as saying
that it was in San Francisco where the band's popularity began to spread
like "wildfire", after all. So, there you have it. Either
this song is from January 9th, 1969, or it's from some other date. Only
more tape, or more information, will tell.
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JANUARY 10 - FILLMORE WEST,
SAN FRANCISCO (CA), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Taj Mahal opened the night, then Led Zeppelin took the stage prior
to the headliners Country Joe & The Fish. Bill Graham intoduced
all the acts.
Set 1 Includes:
The Train Kept A Rollin' [ cut ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby,
As Long As I Have You (<< Fresh Garbage, Bag's Groove..), [ cut
], Dazed And Confused [ cut ], [ cut ], How Many More
Times (<< Guitar Improvisation based on San Francisco theme, Dream
Lower, The Hunter, Tobacco Road..) [ cut ].
Set 2 Includes: White Summer (<<
Black Mountain Side..), [ cut ], Killing Floor (<< Improvisation
based on What Is And What Should Never Be theme and Bring It On Home
theme..), [ cut ], You Shook Me, [ cut ], Pat's Delight,
[ cut ], Babe I'm Gonna Leave You [ cut ], Communication
Breakdown, For Your Love.
Source: Incomplete good audience recording.
95 minutes.
Details: The tape is a bit muffled with
some hiss, but clear enough to be enjoyable. Page and Plant are up front
with the drums less discernible in the mix. The sound degrades during
Pat's Delight, becoming more distorted and muffled with a lot of boomy
low-end for the remainder of the show, clearing up a bit for For Your
Love.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s): The Final
Option (Rock Solid Records & The Swingin' Pig Records) & For
Your Love (Rock Solid Records)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Fillmore
West 1969 Day 2 (no label), For Your Love (Cobra Standard Series CDR,
Empress Valley Supreme Disc original and reissue, & Silver Rarities),
Fresh Garbage (Graf Zeppelin & Scorpio), A Live Adventure At The
Fillmore West (Wendy Records, original & reissue), Syonen Zep (Akashic),
& We Can't Quit You (Digger Production)
Comments:
A classic, early, primitive monster show that is amazing from start
to finish! Stand-outs, among this entirely excellent show, are the great
riffing intro to The Train Kept A Rollin', the epic As Long As I Have
You and How Many More Times medley, and an incredible, 10 minute version
of For Your Love that surpasses the original version by leaps and bounds.
The song was introduced by Plant as "a thing Keith Relf had something
to do with. Do you remember him? Works for Hammersmith Council now!"
(sic!).
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JANUARY 11 - FILLMORE WEST,
SAN FRANCISCO (CA), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Taj Mahal opened the night, then Led Zeppelin took the stage prior
to the headliners Country Joe & The Fish. Bill Graham intoduced
all the acts. The concert was aired On Q-107 (107.1 FM) on January 9,
2009 on "The Legends Of Classic Rock - 40 Years Gone, The Fillmore
West Performances" and was rebroadcasted January 17, 2009.
Recording
Includes: I Can't Quit
You Baby (<< Don't Know Which Way To Go..), Dazed And Confused,
You Shook Me, How Many More Times [ cut ], Communication Breakdown.
Source: Incomplete excellent soundboard
recording. 43 minutes.
Details: The recording is a very good balanced
professional board tape with vocals and drums up front. The original
original tape or its low gen copy from which many bootlegs were made
has bleed in the background here and there.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) soundboard:
Anybody Got A Les Paul? (Equinox), Birth Of The Gods (Balboa Productions),
Fillmore East Vol. 2 (Mud Dogs), Fillmore West 19690111 (Wendy Records),
Fillmore West 1969 Multiband Remaster (Wendy Records), Fresh Garbage
(Graf Zeppelin & Scorpio), How Many More Years (Empress Valley Supreme
Disc), Psycho A GoGo! (Led Note), & Syonen Zep Zokango Tokubetsu
Furoku (Akashic)
Comments:
This is all that is known to exist of this show, and it is a shame ...
this is great one! Robert is hoarse with a sore throat but his singing
is still gutsy and the band is unreal, especially on Dazed And Confused.
The group experienced some of equipment problems which caused the long
delays between the songs so Robert leading to request the audience,
"Has anybody got a Les Paul? Jeff who? Tell him to bring it here
then!" As the band took the stage for the encore, Plant saying
"I tell you what! This is the third night and we've decided that
we're gonna come and live here, 'cos you're so nice! If we don't make
it, then the police in England would rather we'd stay there!" Communication
Breakdown has Plant substituting his "banshee-scream" before
the solo with a lion's growl. This is also the earliest known live soundboard
recording of Led Zeppelin and it's typical of the era, with the vocals
and drums to the fore.
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JANUARY 12 - FILLMORE WEST,
SAN FRANCISCO (CA), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Taj Mahal opened the night, then Led Zeppelin took the stage prior
to the headliners Country Joe & The Fish. Bill Graham intoduced
all the acts.
Set 1 Includes:
Band Announcements [ cut ], As Long As I Have You (<< Fresh
Garbage, Mockingbird, Bag's Groove, Baby Please Don't Go..), [ cut
], I Can't Quit You Baby (<< Don't Know Which Way To Go..), [
cut ], Dazed And Confused [ cut ], [ cut ], Babe
I'm Gonna Leave You, [ cut ], Communication Breakdown [ cut
], [ cut ], You Shook Me [ cut ].
Set 2 Includes: White Summer (<<
Black Mountain Side..) [ cut ], The Train Kept A Rollin', [ cut
], Pat's Delight [ cut ], [ cut ], How Many More Times
(<< The Hunter..) [ cut ], [ cut ], Killing Floor
(<< The Lemon Song..).
Source: Incomplete good audience recording.
Almost 80 minutes.
Details: Distant, rather very hissy and
overloaded tape in the low-end with Page and Plant more easily discernible
than Jones and Bonham. The tape is cut between songs, losing most of
Plant's dialogue with the audience.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): California
'69 (Lemon Song), The Fourth Night - Legendary Fillmore Series ~ West
Volume 6 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), & Fresh Garbage (Graf Zeppelin
& Scorpio)
Comments:
A really raw and primitive show from early on; the playing is sheer
inspiration and Robert's voice is throat tearing in the 2nd show especially.
A classic early show when the band was young and every night was played
with guts.
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JANUARY 15 - MAIN LOUNGE,
MEMORIAL UNION, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, IOWA CITY (IA), UNITED STATES
Support from The Mother Blues Band. Led Zeppelin replaced Count Basie.
Due to treacherous weather conditions, the band's equipment never arrived
and they had to borrow Mother Blues' gear and instruments to perform
the gig. The concert was interrupted by the campus security removing
a member of the audience who had not paid for his ticket.
JANUARY 17 - GRANDE BALLROOM, DETROIT (MI), UNITED STATES
Billed erroneously as Led Zeptlin and Led Zeptelin. Support from
Linn County and Lawrence Blues Band.
JANUARY 18 - GRANDE BALLROOM, DETROIT (MI), UNITED STATES
Billed erroneously as Led Zeptlin and Led Zeptelin. Support Linn
County and from Target.
JANUARY 19 - GRANDE BALLROOM, DETROIT (MI), UNITED STATES
Billed erroneously as Led Zeptlin and Led Zeptelin. Support from
Linn County and Wind.
JANUARY 20 - WHEATON YOUTH CENTRE, WHEATON (MD), UNITED STATES (unconfirmed)
It is reported that the band played for 45 minutes only.
JANUARY 23 - BOSTON TEA PARTY,
BOSTON (MA), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Support from The Raven. MC Charie The Masterblaster Daniels
introduced both acts.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements,
The Train Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You Baby, As Long As I Have You
(<< Fresh Garbage, Bag's Groove..), Dazed And Confused, You Shook
Me.
Source: Incomplete good audience recording.
Near 48 minutes.
Details: The tape is very clear with all
instruments evenly balanced for the most part. There is what sounds
like a damaged section of tape during I Can't Quit You Baby but it recovers
quickly. Some copies misses almost entire introduction while some others
adds some short time after the show.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s): Boston
Tea Party (A&BRD&C)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Boston
After Dark (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), The Boston Tea Party 1969
(Wendy Records), Boston Tea Party 1969 1st Night (no label), Complete
Boston Tea Party (ARMS), Mad Hatter Tea Party (Tarantura), A Sudden
Attack Boston (no label), & Whisky And Tea Party (Ocean Recording
Corporation)
Comments:
This is all that is known to exist from this show. The band sunds really
strong and Robert's voice is in its most primitive and powerful stage.
Dazed And Confused is a very powerful and excting version. I only hope
the rest of this great show comes out someday! The band stopped after
The Train Kept A Rollin' because Jimmy Page had troubles with his guitar.
"It's great to be in Boston. According to Jimmy it's one of the
best places he's even played! I think, right now, in the shops there's
an album called Led Zeppelin. I don't know whether it's out here yet.
Is it out? You see, in one place it comes out one day and another place
three weeks later. On this album we've tried to do a cross section of
everything we've got into and we've included some blues because that's
where it all comes from!" said Plant while Jimmy was preparing
a guitar string.
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JANUARY 24 - BOSTON TEA PARTY,
BOSTON (MA), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Support from The Raven. MC Charie The Masterblaster Daniels
introduced both acts.
JANUARY 25 - BOSTON TEA PARTY,
BOSTON (MA), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Support from The Raven. MC Charie The Masterblaster Daniels introduced
both acts.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements,
As Long As I Have You (<< Fresh Garbage, Bag's Groove, Mockingbird..),
I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused (<< Move On Down The
Line..), [ cut ], You Shook Me, Pat's Delight >> Babe I'm
Gonna Leave You, How Many More Times (<< For Your Love, The Hunter..),
Announcer Speech, Drums/Bass/Harmonica Improvisation >> Communication
Breakdown, Band Announcements [ cut ].
Source: Almost complete very good audience
recording. Near 95 minutes.
Details: For long time circulated as tape
from May 28th, 1969. The recording is a bit muddy and slightly distant
but it is also quite clear and good balanced recording, having almost
no distortion.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Complete
Boston Tea Party (ARMS), The Golden Age Of Pirates (Wendy Records),
The Legendary Boston Tea Party Tapes Volume 1 (Empress Valley Supreme
Disc), Masters Of Excess (The Symbols), Pat's Delight (Tecumseh Recording
Co.), & Praise Ye The Lord (Tarantura)
Comments:
An excellent and wild show in front of a rather dull and unresponsive
crowd. Robert's voice is simply perfect and the band is so on! The improvisations
in Dazed And Confused, As Long As I Have You, and a very long How Many
More Times are truly outstanding and the whole show is a great 1969
Led Zeppelin energetic, loud, powerful, raw, and wonderful document.
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JANUARY 26 - BOSTON TEA PARTY,
BOSTON (MA), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Support from The Raven. MC Charie The Masterblaster Daniels introduced
both acts.
Set 1 Includes:
Band Announcements [ cut ], The Train Kept A Rollin' >>
I Can't Quit You Baby, Killing Floor (<< The Lemon Song..), Dazed
And Confused (<< Shapes Of Things..), You Shook Me, [ cut
], Communication Breakdown.
Set 2 Includes: White Summer (<<
Black Mountain Side..), Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, [ cut ], Pat's
Delight, How Many More Times (<< Duke Of Earl, Kisses Sweeter
Than Ever, For Your Love, Over Under Sideways Down..) [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete very good audience recording.
Near 92 minutes.
Details: The tape is very clear and crisp,
with Page in front and Bonham and Plant in the back. The drums sound
a bit thin at times but overall it is a great recording. All copies
circulated have weird cut-and-paste job at the end of How Many More
Times.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s): Killing
Floor (Trade Mark Of Quality)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): The Boston
Tea Party 1969 (Wendy Records), Fillmore 69 (House Of Elrond CDR), Fillmore
East Vol. 1&2 (Mud Dogs), Killing Floor (Cobra Standard Series &
no label), A Sudden Attack Boston (Shout To The Top), A Sudden Attack
Boston (no label), Tight But Loose (Tarantura), & Whisky And Tea
Party (Ocean Recording Corporation)
Comments:
An amazing show ... this could be quite possibly one of the the best
Led Zeppelin concert from 1969. The sound is vibrant and crisp and the
playing is amazing. Jimmy's soloing throughout is nothing short of breathtaking
and Jones' thundering bass and Bonham's amazing drums only add to it,
as does Robert's crystalline and wonderful voice. An incredible show
... one of the very best! Some sources reports that another set of rock
'n' roll medleys was performed but a big care must be taken with these
statements.
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JANUARY 31 - FILLMORE EAST,
NEW YORK CITY (NY), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Porter's Popular Preachers (replacement act for The Move) opened
the night, then Led Zeppelin took the stage prior to the headliners
Iron Butterfly. Bill Graham introdiced all the acts. Iron Butterfly
cancelled their second show and Edwin Hawkins Singers replaced them.
Recording
Includes: The Train
Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused [ cut throughout
].
Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color amateur
footage. Near 1 minute.
Details: Filmed in color from right side
much close to the stage. The band members' height fillings almost entire
screen. Shot from the second or third row on the right side of the stage,
also includding very short snippet of Iron Butterfly performance. Most
of copies circulated are synched up with audio from the following night.
Bootleg Visual
Reference(s): Assemblage
II (Cosmic Energy), History Lesson: The Video History 1958~2016 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), &
The Only Way To Fly (Masterpiece Premium)
Comments:
This was possibly great and very intense show. Having almost complete
recordings for their second date at Fillmore we can expect that the
band performed their usual set and crashed the audience what caused
of an aplause for the Zeppelin instead of Iron Butterfly, whose were
billed as headliners.
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FEBRUARY 1 - FILLMORE EAST,
NEW YORK CITY (NY), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Porter's Popular Preachers (replacement act for The Move) opened
the night, then Led Zeppelin took the stage prior to the headliners
Iron Butterfly. Bill Graham introdiced all the acts.
Set 1 Includes:
Band Announcements [ cut ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain
Side..), The Train Kept A Rollin' >> I Can't Quit You Baby, Pat's
Delight, How Many More Times (<< Dazed And Confused, The Hunter..),
Communication Breakdown.
Source: Almost complete good audience recording.
45 minutes.
Details: The sound is rather distant and
muddy with slight tape hiss. There are also an distortion due to bass/drum
overloading here and there.
Set 2 Includes:
The Train Kept A Rollin' [ cut ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby,
Dazed And Confused, Pat's Delight, How Many More Times (<< The
Hunter..), You Shook Me.
Source: Incomplete good to very good audience
recording. 47 minutes.
Details: The tape is fairly clear with
some rather small distortion. The drums are slightly muddy. Theres
a micro gap at 4:18 into I Cant Quit You Baby after which the
sound changes significantly on most of copies circulated. Some copies
have several seconds more at the start.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s) set 2:
Live In Singer Bowl 1969 (no label), Move On Out (Grasshopper), &
Realize (Grasshopper)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) set 1:
Drive Me Insane (Scorpio), Legendary Fillmore Tapes Vol. 1 (Savage Beast
Music), & New York In The Wind (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) set 2:
Drive Me Insane (Scorpio), The Grande Ball (Missing Link), New York
In The Wind (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Psychedelic Raw Blues (Immigrant),
& We Can't Quit You (Digger Production)
Comments:
A really good, but uptight and confused gig. The show starts with an
announcement from Robert Plant: "We're sorry about the delay but
because we're all a bit stupid, we forgot the bass player's guitar!
Would you believe that! So we're gonna open up without the bass player.
We're gonna feature Jimmy Page. This is a thing that was very popular
when he was with The Yardbirds." After a nice early version the
band breaks into an extremely powerful The Train Kept A Rollin'. Then
the show starts properly and is excellent, except they forget to play
Dazed And Confused before the last song ... so they insert it in the
middle of How Many More Times! A blistering show where the audience's
reaction would mirror mine were I there: "Who gives a shit about
the Butterfly?" This was an opening slot for Iron Butterfly ...
and indeed who does give a shit? Second set has Robert's voice in all
of its high pitched, amazing 1969 glory and the band playing as well
as ever. Dazed And Confused was played instead of How many More Times
this time and the show is very tight and powerful throughout. Jimmy
is on fire!
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FEBRUARY 2 - THE ROCK PILE,
TORONTO (ON), CANADA (2 shows)
Billed as Led Zeppelin featuring Jimmy Page. Support from Teegarden
& Van Winkle and Mary Lou Horner. Ritchie Yorke introduced all the
acts.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], The Train Kept A Rollin' [ cut ] >> I Can't
Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused, [ cut ], You Shook Me [ cut
], Killing Floor (<< The Lemon Song, Think You Need A Shot (The
Needle..), How Many More Times (<< Fever, The Hunter, Money (That's
What I Want)..).
Source: Incomplete fair to good audience
recording. 46 minutes.
Details: The tape is quite murky, sounding
as if it was recorded underwater but it is still enjoyable. Page and
Plant are up front while Jones and Bonham are barely discernible. There
is the expectant tape hiss also.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Absolutely
Gems - Mighty Monday And Exploding Saturday (Sanctuary), The Complete
Rock Pile Tapes (The Chronicles Of Led Zeppelin), The Rockpile Canada
2-2-69 (Totonka), The Rockpile February 1969 (Graf Zeppelin), &
The Rockpile Tapes (Badgeholders)
Comments:
A very compact, complete and powerful set. Ritchie York announced the
show: "Led Zeppelin is going to be doing two sets tonight ... in
between we've got Tee Garden and Van Winkle. Next Friday and Saturday
night - Albert King, don't forget and B.B. King at Massey Hall on February
14th ... but right now ... their first Canadian appearance, and there's
going to be a lot more of them ... Atlantic recording stars - Led Zeppelin!"
The band is smoking and Robert's voice is unbelievable! The highest
note he reaches in How Many More Times is simply amazing.
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FEBRUARY 3- STEVE PAUL'S THE
SCENE CLUB, NEW YORK CITY (NY), UNITED STATES (cancelled because of
John Bonham's sudden departure)
FEBRUARY 4 - STEVE PAUL'S THE SCENE CLUB, NEW YORK CITY (NY), UNITED
STATES (cancelled because of John Bonham's sudden departure)
FEBRUARY 5 - STEVE PAUL'S THE SCENE CLUB, NEW YORK CITY (NY), UNITED
STATES (cancelled because of John Bonham's sudden departure)
FEBRUARY 6 - STEVE PAUL'S THE SCENE CLUB, NEW YORK CITY (NY), UNITED
STATES (cancelled because of John Bonham's sudden departure)
FEBRUARY 7 - KINETIC PLAYGROUND, CHICAGO (IL), UNITED STATES
Billed as Led Zepelin. Shared bill with Vanilla Fudge and Jethro
Tull with Led Zeppelin performing after Jethro Tull prior to headliners
Vanilla Fudge.
FEBRUARY 8 - KINETIC PLAYGROUND, CHICAGO (IL), UNITED STATES
Billed as Led Zepelin. Shared bill with Vanilla Fudge and Jethro
Tull with Led Zeppelin performing after Jethro Tull prior to headliners
Vanilla Fudge.
FFEBRUARY 14 - THEE IMAGE
CLUB, SUNNY ISLES BEACH, NORTH MIAMI BEACH, MIAMI (FL), UNITED STATES
(2 shows)
Support from Fantasy (house band) and Smack. The band records a promo
film for Communication Breakdown during these gigs at the Image Club
by Media Research Production. Based in Miami, their mini-mobile video
van was reportedly used.
Set 1 Includes:
The Train Kept A Rollin' >> I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused
(<< Sugartime..), [ cut ], Killing Floor (<< The
Lemon Song, Think You Need A Shot (The Needle), You'll Be Mine..), [
cut ], Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (<< Reflection On My Mind..),
[ cut ], How Many More Times (<< Roll Over Beethoven..)
[ cut ].
Set 2 Includes: White Summer (<<
Black Mountain Side..) As Long As I Have You (<< Fresh Garbage,
Detroit City, Mockingbird, Bag's Groove..), You Shook Me, [ cut
], Pat's Delight.
Source: Incomplete good to very good audience
recording. 89 minutes.
Details: The tape is somewhat noisy with
Page and Plant in front and Bonzo being buried under Page's guitar.
The guitar is to the fore and the vocals in the background a little.
Still very enjoyable recording though.
Recording
Includes: Introduction,
Communication Breakdown.
Source: Complete black and white professional
TV recording. 3 minutes.
Details: The tape is an excellent television
film. Promo clip used in Japan.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s): Ratso's
Bus Ride (Trade Mark Of Quality)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Miami
Image Club (Wendy Records), Reflections On My Mind (Image Quality),
Roll Over Beethoven (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Thee Image Club (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc), We're Unknown (Tarantura), & Yellow Zeppelin
(Tarantura)
Bootleg Visual
Reference(s): 1969 (Cosmic
Energy), Bring It On Home 1969~1970 (Eye Thank You), Early Visions/The
Best Of Led Zeppelin Clips Volume One (Celebration Definitive Masters),
History Lesson: The Video History 1958~2016 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), & The Only Way To
Fly (Masterpiece Premium)
Comments:
Two very high powered sets with different moods and feels to them. Both
feature a band playing with fiery intensity! Robert hits some of the
highest screams and is raw emotion, ranging from the primordial wails
of How Many More Times and As Long As I Have You to the pain and suffering
of Babe I'm Gonna Leave You. The band's assault is relentless as well.
This was the second to last show from the first US tour of 1969. Again,
the group ended (?) with Bonham's drum solo. This is also the very first
pro footage of the band. The shots are dubbed with studio version. Great
insight into Zeppelin's early days, so sad the music isn't original!
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FEBRUARY 15 - THEE IMAGE CLUB,
SUNNY ISLES BEACH, NORTH MIAMI BEACH, MIAMI (FL), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Support from Fantasy (house band) and Smack. The band records a promo
film for Communication Breakdown during these gigs at the Image Club
by Media Research Production. Based in Miami, their mini-mobile video
van was reportedly used.
Recording
Includes: Introduction,
Communication Breakdown.
Source: Complete black and white professional
TV recording. 3 minutes.
Details: The tape is an excellent television
film. Promo clip used in Japan.
Bootleg Visual
Reference(s): 1969 (Cosmic
Energy), Bring It On Home 1969~1970 (Eye Thank You), Early Visions/The
Best Of Led Zeppelin Clips Volume One (Celebration Definitive Masters),
History Lesson: The Video History 1958~2016 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), & The Only Way To
Fly (Masterpiece Premium)
Comments:
This is the very first pro footage of the band. The shots are dubbed
with studio version. Great insight into Zeppelin's early days, so sad
the music isn't original!
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FEBRUARY 16 - CIVIC CENTER,
BALTIMORE (MD), UNITED STATES
Billed as Led Zeppelin featuring Jimmy Page (formerly of The Yardbirds).
Support for Vanilla Fudge, along with Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The
Procreation and The Lemon Lime. The Gun was also on the bill but cancelled.
Led
Zeppelin Second United Kingdom Tour
February 24, 1969 - March 13, 1969
FEBRUARY 24 - CLUB LAFAYETTE,
WOLVERHAMPTON, UNITED KINGDOM
John Bonham books the Lafayette Club in Wolverhampton for his wife
Pat's 21st birthday party. The band members all attend and take to the
stage.
MARCH 1 - VAN DIKE CLUB, PLYMOUTH, UNITED KINGDOM (cancelled as
the equipment not made it back from the US tour in time)
MARCH 2 - TRADE UNION HALL, WATFORD, UNITED KINGDOM (cancelled)
MARCH 3 - PLAYHOUSE THEATRE,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Broadcast on John Peel's "Top Gear", Radio One between
3pm and 5pm on March 23, 1969 (Sunday) (some sources says March 9th).
Also on the show in session were The Moody Blues, Free and Deep Purple.
The audition was rebroadcast on "Tommy Vance Friday Rock Show",
BBC Radio, London, England on February 2, 1979 (Friday). Finally, Dazed
And Confused, You Shook Me and I Can't Quit You Baby were released on
BBC Sessions album in 1997.
Recording
Includes: You Shook
Me, I Can't Quit You Baby (<< Nineteen Years Old..), Communication
Breakdown, Dazed And Confused.
Source: Complete superb professional pre-FM
radio recording. 19 minutes.
Details: The tape is an excellent radio
master.
Official LP
Reference(s): BBC Sessions
(Atlantic) & Missing BBC Sessions Tracks (Atlantic)
Bootleg LP
Reference(s): Bonham's
Rebirth (The Amazing Kornyphone Rebirth Label), The Complete BBC Performances
(Toasted Records), Dazed And Confused (Atlantic), In The Light 69-85
(Zipp Zapp), Knebworth Fair Vol. 1 (K&S Records), The Last Farewell
Vol. 2 (Fujiyo Music), & Riverside Blues (The Swingin' Pig Records)
Official CD
Reference(s): BBC Sessions
(Atlantic)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): BBC (Last
Stand Disc), BBC/London Wavelength: The Complete BBC Radio Sessions
(Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Classics Off The Air Volume One (Neutral
Zone), The Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant), The Complete British
Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley Supreme Disc,
original & reissue), Fillmore East Vol. 2 (Mud Dogs), The Lost BBC
Sessions (Led Note), Pb (Tarantura), Real Complete BBC Sessions: 1969
(Tarantura, all 3 editions), & Riverside Blues (The Swingin' Pig
Records)
Comments:
Debut radio appearance and a great delight for ears! A classic, early
Zeppelin in the best form. Robert hints some incredible notes during
I Can't Quit You Baby. All songs were played very close to the album
versions what caused powerful and raw sound.
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MARCH 7 - BLUESVILLE '69 CLUBS,
HORNSEY WOOD TAVERN, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
MARCH 8 - UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY,
MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM
Billed as Ex-Yardbirds Led Zeppelin featuring Jimmy Page.
MARCH 13 - DE MONTFORT HALL, LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM
The band played at the Pyjama Dance and co-headlined with Ferris
Wheel and Decoys as a part of the University's Rag Week celebrations.
Led
Zeppelin Mini Scandinavian Tour
March 14, 1969 - March 17, 1969
MARCH 14 - KRAM, SVERIGES
RADIO TV STUDIOS, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (early show)
The lip-sync promo performance. The whole video was used for Early
Days - The Very Best Of Led Zeppelin Volume 1 in 2000 and DVD in 2003.
Recording
Includes: Communication
Breakdown.
Source: Complete black and white professional
TV recording. 3 minutes.
Details: The tape is an excellent television
film.
Official Visual
Reference(s): DVD (Warner
Music Vision)
Comments:
This is probably second to only lip-sync performance by the group. A
real rare and a gem! Some nice close-ups are available here. Rare appearance
by the double bass on the maple drum kit.
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MARCH 14 - KONSERTHUSET, STOCKHOLM,
SWEDEN (mid show)
Co-headlined with Country Joe & The Fish. Broadcast on "Rock
fran underjorden" ("Rock From Underground") in 1982 and
1985.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], The Train Kept A Rollin', I Gotta Move, I Can't Quit
You Baby, Dazed And Confused, White Summer (<< Black Mountain
Side..), How Many More Times (<< Over Under Sideways Down, The
Hunter..), Band Announcements [ cut ].
Source: Almost complete fair audience recording.
Near 51 minutes.
Details: The quality of the tape is poor.
It sounds like it was taped in the lobby of the venue. What you hear
for the most part is the echo from the PA, making it sound slow and
distorted.
Recording
Includes: I Can't Quit
You Baby, I Gotta Move, Dazed And Confused, How Many More Times [ cut
].
Source: Incomplete excellent professional
pre-FM soundboard radio recording. 22 minutes.
Details: Superb quality and spectrum. Very
clear and well balanced but a bit bass heavy. This show wasn't broadcast
live as it was happening. It was broadcast some days after the original
show taking place (see below), and as of yet, the date of the original
broadcast is unknown. The Swedish radio station secured the rights to
broadcast only a part of the show from Peter Grant, who thus gave them
what we have today. It was copied from Jimmy's master reel, and from
there the pre-broadcast reel resided in Swedish radio archives until
relatively recently.
Recording
Includes: I Can't Quit
You Baby, I Gotta Move, Dazed And Confused, How Many More Times [ cut
].
Source: Complete excellent professional
FM broadcast. Almost 24 minutes.
Details: Superb quality and spectrum. Very
clear and well balanced but a bit bass heavy. DJ comments opens and
close the source.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s) pre-FM soundboard source:
10th Anniversary (Help), Best Of Led Zeppelin Vol. 1 (Rock Solid Records),
Blow One's Cool (Grasshopper), The Final Option (Rock Solid Records
& The Swingin' Pig Records), Led Zeppelin (K&S Records), Led
Zeppelin (Sound & Vision) (Kaleidoscopic Music), Led Zeppelin Film
Can (Rock Solid Records), Riverside Blues (The Swingin' Pig Records),
& Spare Parts (Toasted Records)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience:
Rock Of Ages (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin) & Stockholm 1969 (no
label)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) pre-FM source:
Denmark Deluxe (Moonchild Records), First Time I Met The Blues (Tarantura),
Hampton Kicks (House Of Elrond), Kicks (Tarantura), Missing Links (The
Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), & Stockholm 1969 (no label)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) FM source:
Denmark Deluxe (Moonchild Records), Final Rendez-Vous (Godfatherecords),
First Time I Met The Blues (Tarantura), & The Valkyrie's Vigil (Tarantura)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience & pre-FM mixes:
Super Session At Tivolis Koncertsal (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Comments:
A very powerful and compact show. Jimmy breaks a string after the first
song so the band ad-libs a one-time only I Gotta Move with guitar, bass,
harmonica and vocals while Jimmy restrings. A unique performance! The
show is very good and strong, albeit too short!
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MARCH 14 - AULA, UPPSALA UNIVERSITY,
UPPSALA, SWEDEN (late show)
Co-headlined with Country Joe & The Fish.
MARCH 15 - TEEN CLUB, EGEGAARD
SKOLE, GLADSAXE, DENMARK (early show)
Billed as Led Zeppelin (Yardbirds). Support from The Ox and Uffe
Sylvesters Badekar.
Recording
Includes: The Train
Kept A Rollin' >> I Can't Quit You Baby, As Long As I Have You
(<< Fresh Garbage, Bag's Groove, I Just Wanna Make Love To You..),
You Shook Me, Communication Breakdown.
Source: Complete very good audience recording.
35 minutes.
Details: The tape is noisy, but clear with
Page and Plant up front and Bonzo and Jones buried somewhere in the
back. The recording is taped much close to the stage.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s): Led Zeppelin
(Sound & Vision) (Kaleidoscopic Music)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Danish
Television March 1969 (Cobra Standard Series), Denmark 1969 (Wendy Records),
Denmark 15th March 1969 (no label), Led Zeppelin Is A Gas (Empress Valley
Supreme Disc), Led Zeppelin Is A Gas Revisited (Empress Valley Supreme
Disc), Rock Of Ages (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), & Short Cuts
(Image Quality)
Comments:
An incredibly powerful concert! The band is really ripping through everything
tonight. As Long As I Have You is a shortened, compact and brutal version.
Dazed And Confused is missing here, only the second time known (so far,
see February 1st, 1969 for the other). Page checks the guitar-tuning
with a bossa nova riff, quickly followed by the other two instruments
for a few seconds, Plant says: "We'll try to carry on despite Che
Guevara" much to everyone's amusement. You Shook Me and Communication
Breakdown are massive as well.
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MARCH 15 - BRONDBY POP CLUB,
NOREGARDSHALLEN, BRONDBY, DENMARK (late show)
Support from Keef Hartley Blues Band, Ham and Made In Sweden
Recording
Includes: The Train
Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused, You Shook
Me.
Source: Incomplete very good audience recording.
Almost 30 minutes.
Details: The quality is definitely very
good. A mild hiss is present and there is some very minor distortion
that occurs briefly at times on the high end. Pagey overpowering the
rest of the band at some points.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): C'mon
Eberybody (House Of Elrond CDR), Denmark 1969 (Wendy Records), Denmark
15th March 1969 (no label), Jimmy Page Blues Band (Tarantura), Led Zeppelin
Is A Gas (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Led Zeppelin Is A Gas Revisited
(Empress Valley Supreme Disc), & Rock Of Ages (The Diagrams Of Led
Zeppelin)
Comments:
Another excellent and raw, powerful show in front of a small crowd.
Robert's voice is a little sore but he makes up for it in passion and
the band sounds very primitive, raw and powerful. The extended Dazed
And Confused is the perfect example.
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MARCH 16 - TIVOLIS KONCERTSAL,
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (2 shows)
Led Zeppelin and Keef Hartley Blues Band provided support for Country
Joe & The Fish.
MARCH 17 - STUDIO 5, DANMARKS
RADIO/TV BYEN, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
Aired on Danish TV, May 19, 1969 (Saturday) and "Arena Heavy
Metal", BBC2 on January 1, 1990. Fragments were used on "Over
The Hills And Far Away" (late 1990) and "Whole Lotta Love"
(1997) promo videos. Finally, the whole video was used for DVD in 2003.
Recording
Includes: Communication
Breakdown, Dazed And Confused, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You >> How
Many More Times (<< The Hunter..).
Source: Complete black and white TV professional
broadcast with actual sound. 31 minutes.
Details: The tape is an excellent television
multicam film. How Many More Times fades out on the official DVD while
it reaches the end on the bootlegged versions.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s) TV soundtrack:
Danish Television March 1969 (RL Records)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) TV soundtrack:
C'Mon Everybody (House Of Elrond CDR), Danish Television March 1969
(Cobra Standard Series), Danish TV 1969 (Flying Disc Music), & Danish
TV & Studio Sessions (Watch Tower 1st & 2nd edition)
Official Visual
Reference(s) TV broadcast:
DVD (Warner Music Vision) & Over The Hills And Far Away (promo video)
Bootleg Visual
Reference(s) TV broadcast:
1969 (Cosmic Energy), Bring It On Home 1969~1970 (Eye Thank You), Denmark
1969 (Wendy Records), Early Visions/The Best Of Led Zeppelin Clips Volume
One (Celebration Definitive Masters), & Hats Off To John Bonham
(Sugar Mama)
Comments:
This is a great mini-show performed for a small television audience
and the only chance to see the whole band live on TV screen until 1976
(except March 25th and 27th, 1969). There is an incredible amount of
energy packed into this set and the improvisations showcase the immense
talents of the band ... a great one to have! Few versions of this tape
are available. The one used on "DVD" is possibly pre-broadcast
tape from Denmark TV archives. The second version is known from BBC2
"Heavy Metal Arena" show from 1990 and this was the first
occcassion to see this film after its premiere in 1969 on Denmark television.
It clocks at 32 minutes (without introduction). The third version comes
from French TV and length is 31 minutes.
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Zeppelin Third United Kingdom Tour
March 18, 1969 - April 17, 1969
MARCH 18 - SUPERSHOW, HALE
MILL, LINOLEUM FACTORY, STAINES, UNITED KINGDOM
Usually attributed as March 25. The band performed on the first day
of the event. The original intention was to perform two numbers but
Plant had problems with his voice so You Shook Me was dropped. Premiered
at London, England's Lyceum in November 14, 1969. Screened also in North
America in late 1969 with a limit. Fragments were used on "Whole
Lotta Love" promo video in 1997. Finally, the whole song was used
for DVD in 2003.
Recording
Includes: Dazed And
Confused.
Source: Complete color professional footage
with actual sound. Almost 8 minutes.
Details: The tape is an excellent television
multicam film. The official DVD has opening bass note cut but other
versions are complete. Likely compiled from different takes.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s) soundtrack:
Live In Copenhagen July 21 1971 & Staines March 25 1969 (Rock Solid
Records) & Riverside Blues (The Swingin' Pig Records)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) soundtrack:
The Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant) & Riverside Blues (The
Swinign' Pig Records)
Official Visual
Reference(s) video footage:
DVD (Warner Music Vision), Rock Aid Armenia (Virgin Video, VHS), &
Supershow (Virgin Video, VHS)
Bootleg Visual
Reference(s) video footage:
1969 (Cosmic Energy), & Early Visions/The Best Of Led Zeppelin Clips
Volume One (Celebration Definitive Masters)
Comments:
Zeppelin's contribution to the Supershow movie was this exquisite, compact
and powerful version of Dazed And Confused with a really spacey bow
section and a ripping finale. The song is incomplete, it was always
that way, even on the official Supershow DVD. A real gem and a treat!
The band was set to perform more than just one song but as Jimmy Page
recollects: ,,There was definitely a timeslot for us to do another number,
especially as the other artists hadn't arrived, and I suggested to the
director that maybe it would be a good opportunity to do Communication
Breakdown as a second number, but they declined the offer and said it
wasnt necessary!"
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MARCH 19 - STUDIO 4, MAIDA
VALE, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
The audition was originally broadcast on Alexis Korner's "World
Service Rhythm & Blues", later re-titled "Blues Is Where
You Hear It", BBC World Service Show, April 14, 1969, (Monday).
Original tapes were have been wiped by BBC crew.
Recording
Includes: Alexis Korner
Introduction, Alexis Korner Introduction [ cut ], I Can't Quit
You Baby (<< Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You..), Alexis Korner Introduction,
You Shook Me [ cut ], [ cut ], Sunshine Woman.
Source: Incomplete very good professional
AM broadcast recording. 14 minutes.
Details: The instruments are in a good
balance but since the show was recorded from medium wave broadcast the
quality suffers from some distortion and tape hiss. I used term professional
only to indicate that the actual show was taped by the radio.
Official LP
Reference(s): Missing
BBC Sessions Tracks (Atlantic)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Anybody
Got A Les Paul? (Equinox), BBC Sessions (Last Stand Disc), BBC/London
Wavelength: The Complete BBC Radio Sessions (Empress Valley Supreme
Disc), The Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions
(Empress Valley Supreme Disc, original & reissue), Ottawa Sunshine
(House Of Elrond), Real Complete BBC Sessions: 1969 (Tarantura, all
3 editions), & Sunshine Woman (Flagge)
Comments:
Probably one of the rarest Zeppelin studio recording ever discovered.
What makes this tape more attractive is group's attempt to the song
called Sunshine Woman. It shares the "I've got a mortgage on my
body/I've got a lean on my soul" and "When she walks/she walks
just like a willow tree" lyrics and is an interesting coincidence
Plant recycles those lyrics since Rod Stewart was using them in the
Jeff Beck Group at the same time. The tapes were wiped by BBC crew and
supposedly the only remainder master copies are somewhere in Eastern
Europe but if they really exists, they are in the hands of tape hoarders
or persons who have no idea what they have! It is also reported that
these masters have a complete version of Sunshine Woman and obviously
a Polish pirate flexi-card must be sourced from one of low gen copies.
What Is And What Should Never Be was commonly attributed to this date
but it's really from June 16th, 1969 broadcast and was added later to
this tape.
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MARCH 21 - LIME GROVE STUDIO
G, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
This was a pilot for an arts discussion programme directed by Tony
Palmer. Appearing to replace The Flying Burrito Brothers and performed
Communicatiion Breakdown. Tapes have been wiped by BBC crew that night
after emission. Aired at 10:50pm that night on "How Late It Is"
introduced by Michael Wale, BBC TV.
MARCH 22 - MOTHERS CLUB, EDRINGTON,
BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM
Support from Blodwyn Pig. Ron Berg, drummer of Blodwyn Pig, allegedly
took over the drum duties for the encore as John Bonham was ill.
Recording
Includes: The Train
Kept A Rollin' [ cut ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby, [ cut
], Dazed And Confused [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good audience
recording. 11 minutes.
Details: The sound is great for the time
and all the instruments can be heard reasonably clearly. There's a bit
of distortion but you get the impression that this is caused not so
much by recording overload but also the nature of such a small venue.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Blighty
(Tarantura), A Decree Of Love (Wendy Records), Newcastle 1969 Plus (Graf
Zeppelin), & Three Shows (Graf Zeppelin)
Comments:
This is the earliest known true live recording of the band during their
UK Clubs tour. Too bad since the quality is great!
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MARCH 23 - PETERLEE JAZZ CLUB,
ARGUS BUTTERFLY, PETERLEE, UNITED KINGDOM
Support from Middle Earth.
MARCH 27 - BEAT CLUB STUDIOS,
BREMEN, GERMANY
The lip-sync performance. Whole Lotta Love was aired at 4:15pm to
5:15pm on "Beat Club #53 Episode", Radio Bremen ARD, Germany,
March 28, 1970 (Saturday). The other two songs were also broadcasted
by two different channels in 2007 and 1010 as digital broadcasts. An
incomplete Babe I'm Gonna Leave You was broadcasted some forty years
after the session.
Recording
Includes: Babe I'm Gonna
Leave You, You Shook Me [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete 1st black and white
and color professional TV broadcast. 13 minutes.
Details: The tape is an excellent television
multicam film consisting of lip-sync versions with studio versions.
Snippets of this footage were used in Whole Lotta Love clip mentioned
below.
Recording
Includes: Whole Lotta
Love.
Source: Complete 2nd color professional
TV broadcast. 3 minutes.
Details: An excellent television broadcast
of lip-sync performance mixed with portions of two songs originally
filmed. The clip is edited and does not include the whole song, also
features an unverified 1969 performance from Fillmore venue, go-go female
dancer, background music from studio version of Whole Lotta Love and
short snippets from above video.
Bootleg Visual
Reference(s) TV broadcast source 1:
Assemblage II (Cosmic Energy), History Lesson: The Video History 1958~2016 (Empress Valley Supreme
Disc), & The Maximum Destroyer (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Bootleg Visual
Reference(s) TV broadcast source 2:
1969 (Cosmic Energy), Bring It On Home 1969~1970 (Eye Thank You), Early
Visions/The Best Of Led Zeppelin Clips Volume One (Celebration Definitive
Masters), History Lesson: The Video History 1958~2016 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), & The Only
Way To Fly (Masterpiece Premium)
Comments:
It remainded as a curiocity why the band decided to perform in television
after as they were so dissapointed with "How Late It Is" show
on March 21st, 1969. For sure the band didn't want to play it and this
can be easily noticed, when Bonham just looking around dully while he's
playing drums. Led Zeppelin performed Babe I'm Gonne Leave You and You
Shook Me but the producers of Beat Club weren't really impressed by
group's performance and did not broadcast the filmed material. Only
in March 1970, when Whole Lotta Love became popular in Germany, the
Beat Club producers used the previously filmed material to produce a
video clip using the commercially released version of Whole Lotta Love
for the clip's audio portion. The originally recorded audio portions
were not used. Newly rediscovered in Autumn of 2007 incomplete version
of the previously unaired Babe I'm Gonna Leave You is captured from
a recent broadcast of "Vinyl - RockPopGeschichte(n)". In the
Spring of 2010 You Shook Me was found as another lip-sync performance.
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MARCH 28 - MARQUEE CLUB, LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM
Support from Eyes Of Blue.
MARCH 29 - BROMLEY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, BROMLEY, UNITED KINGDOM
Support from Maddening Crowd.
MARCH 30 - FARX CLUB, THE NORTHCOTE ARMS, SOUTHALL, UNITED KINGDOM
Support from Smokey Rice.
MARCH 31 - COOKS FERRY INN, EDMONTON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
APRIL 1 - KLOOKS KLEEK, RAILWAY HOTEL, WEST HAMPSTEAD, UNITED KINGDOM
Support from Gypsy (they replaced The End and Pale Green Limousine).
APRIL 2 - TOP RANK SUITE CLUB, CARDIFF, UNITED KINGDOM
Support from Kimla Taz and The Eyes Of Blue. The event was called
The Progressive Blues Night and performed in aid of the Biafran Relief
Organisation.
APRIL 3 or 4 - SWAN HOTEL, BOLTON, ENGLAND (unconfirmed)
APRIL 5 - ROUNDHOUSE, DAGENHAM, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Support from The Further.
APRIL 6 - BOAT CLUB, NOTTINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM
A free gig played for Boat Club members.
APRIL 7 - BAY HOTEL, SUNDERLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (cancelled)
APRIL 8 - THE CHERRY TREE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, ENGLAND
APRIL 13 - KIMBELL'S BLUES BAND, SOUTHSEA, PORTSMOUTH, UNITED KINGDOM
APRIL 15 - THE PLACE, HANLEY, STOKE-ON-TRENT, UNITED KINGDOM (cancelled)
APRIL 16 - THE TOBY JUG, TOLWORTH, UNITED KINGDOM
APRIL 17 - CLUB LAFAYETTE, WOLVERHAMPTON, UNITED KINGDOM
Led
Zeppelin Second North American Tour
April 24, 1969 - May 31, 1969
APRIL 24 - FILLMORE WEST,
SAN FRANCISCO (CA), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Support from Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity and Colwell-Winfield
Blues Band. Bill Graham introduced all the acts.
Recording
Includes: As Long As
I Have You (<< Fresh Garbage, Bag's Groove, Mockingbird, You Can't
Judge A Book By The Cover, Suzie Q..), Instrumental Intro based on Smokestack
Lightning >> Killing Floor (<< The Lemon Song..), White
Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..), [ cut ], Babe I'm Gonna
Leave You [ cut ], Pat's Delight.
Source: Incomplete superb audience recording.
Almost 59 minutes.
Details: The quality of this recording
is so good that for many years it was incorrectly mentioned as a soundboard.
The show is captured with two mics placed right on the stage. Every
instrument is clear and balanced with Plant a bit behind the rest of
the band. Reported to be stolen from Bill Graham vaults.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s): Dancing
Avocado (The Swingin' Pig Records), The Rising Of The Zeppelin (no label),
& San Francisco '69 (no label)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Best Of
1969 Tour (Forever Standard Series), Black Beauty (Wendy Records), Blues
Anytime (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), A Bunch Of Skinny Brits (Tarantura),
Cracker Jack Blues (Jelly Roll), The Dancing Avocado (Godfatherecords),
Dancing Avocado Supreme: Fillmore West April 1969 (Graf Zeppelin), Fillmore
69 (House Of Elrond CDR), Fillmore West (Last Stand Disc), Fillmore
West 24.4.69 (no label), Go West Young Man! (Scorpio), Listen To The
Difference (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Psychedelic Raw Blues (Immigrant),
& Who's Country Joe (Flying Disc Music)
Comments:
We don't know if this recording comes from single ser or it's just a
mix of both sets. The sound is so good it has been often mistaken as
a soundboard. In fact it comes from PA monitors. Quite possibly the
best version ever recorded of As Long As I Have You, competing madly
with the April 27th, 1969 version. Halfway through the number, Jones'
bass cabinet exploded and Plant ad-libed new lyrics: "I think we've
got some trouble with our equipment, yeah ... I think we're gonna get
it together, yeah ... I think we're gonna have a good time ... I think
we'd better the right key!" After the song Plant commented: "We
seem to have a cock-up every time we've been here!" Killing Floor
contains some great bass/guitar/drum interplay and Robert's voice is
in incredible shape.
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APRIL 25 - WINTERLAND BALLROOM,
SAN FRANCISCO (CA), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Support from Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity and Colwell-Winfield
Blues Band. Bill Graham introduced all the acts.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], The Train Kept A Rollin', [ cut ], You Shook
Me, [ cut ], Communication Breakdown, [ cut ], As Long
As I Have You (<< Fresh Garbage, Bag's Groove [ cut ]..)
[ cut ].
Source: Incomplete good audience recording.
Almost 25 minutes.
Details: Tape is hissy and distant but
fairly clear and enjoyable nonetheless. Plant's vocals at times are
a bit drowned out.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s): Caution
Explosive (Wizardo Records), The Final Option (Rock Solid Records &
The Swingin' Pig Records), Led Zeppelin Film Can (Rock Solid Records)
& White Summer (Acid, Box Top Records, March & Rock Solid Records
both issues)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): California
'69 (Lemon Song), Good Old Led Zeppelin (Tarantura), The Grande Ball
(Missing Link), How Many More Years (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), The
Valkyrie's Vigil (Tarantura), & Winterland Ballroom 1969 Day 1 (no
label)
Comments:
Sounding very similar to the tape from January 9th at Fillmore West,
this tape from the band's second gig of their second visit to the city
(and their first performance at the Winterland Ballroom), is much longer
in length, being just under 25 minutes. The taper was close to the stage,
likely on the floor of the venue, and the resulting recording is a nice
listen of an excellent performance. Unfortunately, the last song on
the tape, As Long As I Have You, ends after only six minutes. Cuts are
present between all four songs, which masks the fact that there are
almost certainly songs missing in-between these cuts. This is a given
for the simple reason that the entire tape is less than half an hour
long, yet it starts with Bill Graham introducing the band, and ends
with Plant giving the audience a sincere farewell for the evening. Whether
or not the Graham introduction is from the beginning of the 1st set
or the beginning of the 2nd set isn't known. But given Plant's farewell,
we can assume that the taper was present from the start of at least
one of the sets through to the end of the night, save for any additional
encores the band may have done. Again, just like that January 9th Fillmore
West tape, there is also confusion as to what the actual date of this
recording is. And, again, the confusion here is caused by the words
that Plant says to the audience. Just before that incomplete version
of As Long As I Have You, he says the following: "Last time when
we came here was the first ... it was the second gig we ever did in
America ... and ... we'd been together about three months, and we were
really pleased with the way we went down. If we hadn't have done well
here I think we would've shitted ourselves and ran home. And you've
done the same for us this time as you did last time. We'd like to say
thank you very much, and good night." A simple fact-checking of
his statement about the town being the second gig the band ever did
in America would effectively rule out San Francisco. The first US gig
was on December 26th, 1968 in Denver, with the second in Seattle on
December 27th. After those first two, the band played Vancouver and
Spokane, with Portland said to have been played as well during that
week. From there, in the first week of the new year, the band headed
south to California for four nights at the Whisky in Hollywood, before
heading up to the Fillmore West in San Francisco the following week.
So, unless this tape is from Seattle, Plant's words don't make sense.
Thankfully, the mystery here is helped by the fact that this tape starts
with that aforementioned introduction by Bill Graham: "...welcome
them back from England, this is Led Zeppelin." Graham's introduction
on the tape weighs in heavy on this debate. In fact, so heavy, that
even though we can never be entirely sure about these types of things,
it pretty much settles the date. During this era, Graham had yet to
begin promoting concerts outside of his own venues in the Bay Area and
New York. So, for his voice to appear on this tape immediately identifies
San Francisco or New York as the location. However, the sound of Page's
guitar on this tape matches with the echo-heavy and fuzzed-out sound
he used in San Francisco in April. By the time the band reached New
York in May, Page will have gotten rid of that constant echo and fuzz
sound, and will have switched over exclusively to his Les Paul. So,
that's two points for this tape being from San Francisco. Not definitive
proof, but pretty close. As for which day in San Francisco, April 26th
and 27th are automatically out due to the fact that we already have
complete recordings from both nights. As well, the first night back
in town, April 24th, is also out, as that show starts with As Long As
I Have You, which the band can be heard playing on this tape from April
25th. Unlike shows at other venues on the tour, where the band played
to separate audiences at separate early and late shows, at Fillmore
West and Winterland, the band played to the same audience the entire
night. And during this period, we have no record of them repeating any
songs within the same night at any of the other dates they played in
town. Which ultimately asks the question as to why Plant would make
such statement. The easiest answer probably being that he was merely
being sentimental and appreciative to the audience. San Francisco was
an important town for the band during this period. The gigs that the
band gave there, especially during that week of April, are among the
finest that they ever gave. So, given that connection, what's wrong
with a little white lie amongst friends? So, I think this recording
is indeed from San Francisco, at Winterland, April 25th, 1969. Even
though the recording is so short and fragmentary, it is still a wonderful
slice, highlighting a caliber of playing that is right up there with
the other nights of the run. Plant's voice is fantastic, in glorius
high range, and Page's playing actually sounds even better than it would
the next night. Hopefully, one day more of this tape will circulate
(if there indeed is any more).
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APRIL 26 - WINTERLAND BALLROOM,
SAN FRANCISCO (CA), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Support from Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity and Colwell-Winfield
Blues Band. Bill Graham introduced all the acts.
Set 1 Includes:
Band Announcements, Communication Breakdown >> I Can't Quit You
Baby, Dazed And Confused, You Shook Me, [ cut ], How Many More
Times (<< Smokestack Lightning, Roll Over Beethoven, Girl From
The North Country, The Hunter..).
Set 2 Includes: White Summer (<<
Black Mountain Side..), Instrumental Intro based on Smokestack Lightning
>> Killing Floor (<< The Lemon Song, That's Alright Mama..),
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Pat's Delight [ cut ], As Long As I
Have You (<< Fresh Garbage, Mockingbird, Bag's Groove..), [ cut
], Whole Lotta Love.
Source: Incomplete very good audience recording.
125 minutes.
Details: The sound is clear for the most
part, slightly muffled in places and the drums are a little in the background
of the mix. The only drawback is that the recording is somewhat overloaded
in places. Overall one of the better audience recordings for the era.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s): Best Of
Led Zeppelin Vol. 2 (Rock Solid Records), The Final Option (Rock Solid
Records & The Swingin' Pig Records), First Concert As The New Yardbirds
(Trade Mark Of Quality), Live (Instant Analysis), Live In Japan 69 (TM
1698), Unburied Dead Zeppo's Grave (TM 1698, both issues), Winterland
(Rock Solid Records), & The Yardbirds Reform For Marquee (XL 1543/44/45)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Avocado
Club (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Good Old Led Zeppelin (Tarantura),
Graham's Superb Vol. 1 (Image Quality), Lead Set: Psychedelic Ballroom
(Tarantura), Live At Winterland Ballroom (Empress Valley Supreme Disc),
Psychedelic Explosion (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), & Winterland
Ballroom 1969 Day 2 (no label)
Comments:
This is Led Zeppelin as acid/psychedelic hard rock, pioneering a new,
original sound in the process. The concert itself is a pure magic. Everything
that made Led Zeppelin an amazing live act is here and these two sets
were so revolutionary in their time that even now, I am dumbstruck by
the power and performance. "I think last night we said that it
was nice to be back. Well, there seems to be a lot more people here,
so I hope the message is carrying on" said Plant after I Can't
Quit You Baby. Jimmy plays like a man possessed, hitting everything
with such fluency and accuracy and with such emotion. Bonham is thunderous,
Jonesy is all over the place, inventing lead lines to counter Jimmy's,
and Robert's voice is incredible, higher than any notes Jimmy can get
on his guitar! The power and performance are staggering. Also, the first
appearance of the Theremin (Dazed And Confused) and the first ever time
Whole Lotta Love was played live! Hearing this first recorded version,
its amazing how much the song had already been worked out. Plants
lyrics are mostly the same as what would appear on the album, with the
exception being that he doesnt once sing the chorus "Wanna
whole lotta love". That aside, the song remains pretty much the
same as the one we all know and love. During the middle section, Page
doesn't use the theremin. The spot where it would be featured in the
song instead features Bonham doing the same steady high-hat and clicking
accompaniment that he would do on the album, but with Page doing a slide
solo, sounding pretty much like the one he had just done a few songs
earlier in Killing Floor. After Bonham and Jones join in with a rushing
beat and the song comes to a slow down, Page then plays some of the
solo portions he had just played in As Long As I Have You. As Page keeps
soloing, Jones jumps in with parts of the backing bass line from "You
Shook Me", and then the band get into the formal return solo that
would lead back to the main riff in the song. For Plant's last solo
line, he hadnt yet gone so far as to change the original Dixon
lyric into "Woman, you need IT", so instead sings the original
"You need love". As the band crash in and the song heads towards
the ending, Plant then repeats the line "Baby you need love"
over and over. And the song fades out.
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APRIL 27 - FILLMORE WEST,
SAN FRANCISCO (CA), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Support from Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity and Colwell-Winfield
Blues Band. Bill Graham introduced all the acts.
Set 1 Includes:
The Train Kept A Rollin' >> I Can't Quit You Baby, [ cut
], As Long As I Have You (<< Fresh Garbage, Bag's Groove, Cat's
Squirrel, I'm A Man, No Money Down..), You Shook Me, How Many More Times
(<< Feel So Bad, The Hunter, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Here We
Go Round The Mulberry Bush..) [ cut ], [ cut ], Communication
Breakdown.
Set 2 Includes: Instrumental Intro based
on Smokestack Lightning >> Killing Floor (<< The Lemon Song,
Sweet Jelly Roll..), [ cut ], Babe I'm Gonna Leave You [ cut
], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ cut ], Sittin'
And Thinkin' (<< Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You..), Pat's Delight,
[ cut ], Dazed And Confused [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good audience
recording. 121 minutes.
Details: The first set suffers from some
form of distortion. All the instruments come through rather clear. There
are portions that get a little muddy as the volume crashes into the
recorder. Communication Breakdown has speed problems as well as few
other parts.
Set 1 Includes:
The Train Kept A Rollin' [ cut ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby,
As Long As I Have You (<< Fresh Garbage [ cut ], Bag's
Groove, Cat's Squirrel, I'm A Man, No Money Down..), [ cut ],
You Shook Me, [ cut ], How Many More Times (<< Feel So
Bad, The Hunter, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You [ cut ], Here We Go
Round The Mulberry Bush..) [ cut ], [ cut ], Communication
Breakdown.
Set 2 Includes: Instrumental Intro based
on Smokestack Lightning >> Killing Floor (<< The Lemon Song,
Sweet Jelly Roll..) [ cut ], Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, [ cut
], Sittin' And Thinkin' (<< Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You..),
[ cut ], Pat's Delight [ cut ], [ cut ], Dazed
And Confused [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete excellent professional
preFM recording. Almost 113 minutes.
Details: The recording is a very good balanced
professional board tape.
Set 1 Includes:
The Train Kept A Rollin' [ cut ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby,
As Long As I Have You (<< Fresh Garbage [ cut ], Bag's
Groove, Cat's Squirrel, I'm A Man, No Money Down..), [ cut ],
You Shook Me, [ cut ], How Many More Times (<< Feel So
Bad, The Hunter, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You [ cut ], Here We Go
Round The Mulberry Bush..) [ cut ].
Set 2 Includes: Instrumental Intro based
on Smokestack Lightning >> Killing Floor (<< The Lemon Song,
Sweet Jelly Roll..) [ cut ], Babe I'm Gonna Leave You [ cut
], Sittin' And Thinkin' (<< Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You..) [
cut ], [ cut ], Pat's Delight [ cut ], Dazed And
Confused [ cut ], Communication Breakdown.
Source: Incomplete excellent professional
FM recording. Almost 116 minutes.
Details: The recording is a very good balanced
professional board tape. An incorrect song order here. The tape have
been played by Paul 'The Lobster' Wells on his "Lobster Platter"
radio show on KSJO San Jose station back in 1979. DJ comments are included
throughout.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s) preFM:
Best Of Led Zeppelin Vol. 1 (Rock Solid Records), Fillmore West 1969
(GLC, Jester Productions & LXXXIV Series), The Final Option (Rock
Solid Records & The Swingin' Pig Records), Flying High (White Knight),
The Hand That Feeds (The Swingin' Pig Records), It's Been A Long Time
(Songs For Swinging Mother), Led Zeppelin (Sound & Vision) (Kaleidoscopic
Music), Led Zeppelin Film Can (Rock Solid Records), Live At Fillmore
West 1969 (The Amazing Kornyphone Record Label), Metallic Opus (Rec
90764), Moby Dick (GLC & Jester Productions), & No Page Unturned
(Nova & Wendheath)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience:
Avocado Club (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Fillmore West 1969 Final:
Audience Recording (no label), Graham's Superb Vol. 2 (Image Quality),
& Lead Set: Sitting & Thinking (Tarantura)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) preFM:
American Beauty (Tarantura), Fillmore West (Last Stand Disc), Fillmore
West 1969 Final: Soundboard Recording (no label), Go West Young Man!
(Scorpio), Twinight (Immigrant), & Zeppelin Express/Zeppelin Ediface
(Condor)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience & preFM mixes:
1969 Sleeping Beauty Multiband Remaster (Wendy Records), Avocado Club
(Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Blue Flame (Bumble Bee), Collage (The
Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), Dancing Avocado Supreme: Fillmore West April
1969 (Graf Zeppelin), Fillmore West 1969 Final: Soundboard & Audience
Recording (no label), Live At Fillmore West (Empress Valley Supreme
Disc), Simplistic Atmosphere (Jelly Roll), Sixty Nine Special (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc), & Sleeping Beauty (Wendy Records, 2007), &
Sleeping Beauty 1969 Multiband Remaster (Wendy Records)
Comments:
This show is just blistering. The first set has the group firing on
all cylinders and playing their hearts out. The second set is more bluesy
and laid back, but that never means less enjoyable. The only live version
of Sittin' and Thinkin', a Buddy Guy number, is here and the completely
different song list for each set make this a great show to have. Dazed
And Confused is really dark here. The group's excitement to be so anticipated
by Californian audience found their way in Plant ad-libbed lyrics of
I Can't Quit You Baby: "I'm so glad you came tonight ... but I
think we're gonna leave this town for a little while ... I don't want
to leave you people ... but I think we've got to leave San Francisco
for a little while". Also some member of the audience is calling
for You Shook Me, what makes a quick and quite funny response from Plant:
"Right! Don't worry by that! Just one before that!"
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MAY 1 - CRAWFORD HALL, UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE (CA), UNITED STATES
Support from Lee Michaels and Hard Luck Boy. Initially the band planned
to played two shows of which the second was cancelled.
MAY 2 - ROSE PALACE, PASSADENA (CA), UNITED STATES
Support from Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity and Elvin
Bishop.
MAY 3 - ROSE PALACE, PASSADENA (CA), UNITED STATES
Support from Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity and Elvin
Bishop
MAY 9 - EDMONTON GARDENS, EDMONTON (AB), CANADA
Support from Angus Park Blues Band and Papa Bear's Medicine Show
Band. The event was advertised as a "Light Show and Dance",
and Angus Park Blues Band also got to play after them for the "dance"
portion of the show.
MAY 10 - PNE AGRODOME, VANCOUVER (BC), CANADA
Support from Spring and Jaime Brockett, a last minute replacement
for Papa Bear's Medicine Show Band, who were stranded in Alberta, due
to an Air Canada strike.
MAY 11 - GREEN LAKE AQUA THEATER, SEATTLE (WA), UNITED STATES
Support from Three Dog Night, Jaime Brockett and Translove Airlines.
MAY 13 - CIVIC AUDITORIUM, HONOLULU (HI), UNITED STATES
MAY 16 - GRANDE BALLROOM, DETROIT (MI), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
The concert was moved from Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan. Original
suuport was Spirit and Illinois Speed Press. After as the venue was
changed, two new support acts were added: Sun Ra and Golden Earring.
MAY 17 - CONVOCATION CENTER, OHIO UNIVERSITY, ATHENS (OH), UNITED STATES
The band provided support for Jose Feliciano. A local comedian performed
in-between the two acts. Junior Prom show.
MAY 18 - TYRONE GUTHRIE THEATRE, MINNEAPOLIS (MN), UNITED STATES
MAY 23 - KINETIC PLAYGROUND, CHICAGO (IL), UNITED STATES
Support from Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Illinois Speed Press
(with with Kal David and Paul Cotton later of Poco).
MAY 24 - NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA FOLK-ROCK FESTIVAL, SANTA CLARA COUNTY
FAIRGROUNDS, SAN JOSE (CA), UNITED STATES (cancelled)
MAY 24 - KINETIC PLAYGROUND, CHICAGO (IL), UNITED STATES
Support from Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Illinois Speed Press
(with with Kal David and Paul Cotton later of Poco).
MAY 25 - MERRIWEATHER POST
PAVILION, COLUMBIA (MD), UNITED STATES
Opened for The Who. Comedian Uncle Dirty opened the show. It is whispered
that the show was cut by Who's crew because Led Zeppelin had have continued
to play after the time.
Recording
Includes: Whole Lotta
Love.
Source: Incomplete good audience recording.
8 minutes.
Details: The tape is a bit distorted at
times, but clear and enjoyable. Not as bad as we could think at all.
Recording
Includes: Backstage
scenes.
Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color amateur
footage. 1 minute.
Details: A quick shots of Page, Plant,
and Bonham along with the members of The Who at the backstage. Cream
is also on the reel, as well as one second long shots of Robert Plant
and Roger Daltrey. Some copies are dubbed with existing audio, some
others with official audio.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Anybody
Got A Les Paul? (Equinox), A Decree Of Love (Wendy Records), Miami Image
Club (Wendy Records), Newcastle 1969 Plus (Graf Zeppelin), Red Snapper
Deluxe (Balboa Productions), Three Shows (Graf Zeppelin), & Whole
Lotta Love (Tarantura)
Bootleg Visual
Reference(s): Assemblage
II (Cosmic Energy) & History Lesson: The Video History 1958~2016 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Comments:
This is only the encore for the show and all that exists from the show.
It also happens to be the second time ever (see April 26th, 1969 for
the first) time Whole Lotta Love was played live. A very different version
that is excellent, with a long guitar solo in the middle and great vocals
from Robert. A very interesting comment about that evening comes from
one of the Who's crew: "I had the unenviable task of throwing Zeppelin
off the stage," recalled Jeff Wolff. "They were playing over
time, stringin' it out, and there was a curfew, so I was saying, "I've
got to get you off!" I had to pull the plug on them, otherwise
we were never going to go on!"
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MAY 27 - BOSTON TEA PARTY,
BOSTON (MA), UNITED STATES
Support from Zephyr.
MAY 28 - BOSTON TEA PARTY, BOSTON (MA), UNITED STATES
Support from Zephyr.
MAY 29 - BOSTON TEA PARTY, BOSTON (MA), UNITED STATES
Support from Zephyr.
MAY 30 - FILLMORE EAST, NEW
YORK (NY), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Support from Woody Herman & His Orchestra and Delaney & Bonnie
& Friends. Bill Graham introduced all the acts.
Set 1 Includes:
Band Announcements [ cut ], The Train Kept A Rollin' >>
I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused, You Shook Me, White Summer
(<< Black Mountain Side..), How Many More Times (<< Just
A Little Bit, The Hunter..), [ cut ], Communication Breakdown.
Source: Almost complete fair to good audience
recording. Almost 64 minutes.
Details: The tape is overloaded and distorted
at times, but the great performance makes it highly enjoyable. All the
instruments are blurry in a steady noise, and because of that vocals
are mostly obscured.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Drive
Me Insane (Scorpio) & The Legendary Fillmore Tapes Vol. 2 (Savage
Beast Music)
Comments:
A short, intense and excellent show in front of a crowd who has fallen
under Led Zeppelin's spell. Robert's voice is fantastic and the band
plows through the set with intensity and fire and Dazed And Confused
and How Many More Times have great performances from all four band members.
Check out Jimmy's mind-blowing solo in You Shook Me ... another triumph!
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MAY 31 - FILLMORE EAST, NEW
YORK (NY), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Support from Woody Herman & His Orchestra and Delaney & Bonnie
& Friends with the special guest of Dorothy Morrison. Bill Graham
introduced all the acts.
JUNE 1 - KIEL AUDITORIUM, ST. LOUIS (MO), UNITED STATES (cancelled)
Led Zeppelin and Joe Cocker were on shcedule to provide support for
The Who. After as Led Zeppelin cancelled, only Joe Cocker appeared and
The Who headlined.
Led
Zeppelin Fourth United Kingdom Tour
June 13, 1969 - June 29, 1969
JUNE 13 - TOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAM,
UNITED KINGDOM
Support from Liverpool Scene and Blodwyn Pig.
JUNE 14 - SPA ROYAL HALL, BRIDLINGTON, UNITED KINGDOM (cancelled)
JUNE 15 - FREE TRADE HALL, MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM
Support from Liverpool Scene and Blodwyn Pig.
JUNE 16 - STUDIO 2, AEOLIAN
HALL, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Broadcast between 10am and 12 noon on "Chris Grant's Tasty Pop
Sundae", June 22, 1969 (Sunday, between 10am & 12 noon). Also
on the show in session were Marmalade and Vanity Fair. This performance
was originally commissioned for Dave Symond's "Symonds On Sunday"
show, however Symonds was on holiday. Finally, the whole broadcast (minus
interview) was released on BBC Sessions album in 1997.
Recording
Includes: Interview
with all members of Led Zeppelin, [ cut ], The Girl I Love She
Got Long Black Wavy Hair, Studio Chatter, Communication Breakdown (<<
Just A Little Bit..), Between Song, What Is And What Should Never Be,
Something Else.
Source: Complete superb professional pre-FM
radio recording. 19 minutes.
Details: The tape is an excellent radio
master.
Official LP
Reference(s): BBC Sessions
(Atlantic) & Missing BBC Sessions Tracks (Atlantic)
Bootleg LP
Reference(s): A Collection
Of BBC Archives (Archive) & Dazed And Confused (Atlantic)
Official CD
Reference(s): BBC Sessions
(Atlantic)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): BBC (Last
Stand Disc), BBC/London Wavelength: The Complete BBC Radio Sessions
(Empress Valley Supreme Disc), The Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant),
The Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc, original & reissue), The Lost BBC Sessions
(Led Note), & Real Complete BBC Sessions: 1969 (Tarantura)
Comments:
Another brilliant broadcast and a truly one of the best studio versions
of Communication Breakdown with snippets of Just A Little Bit thrown
in. But this show is reserved for two never before played songs: The
Girl I Love and Something Else. The first one has similar guitar structure
to the later used on Moby Dick instrumental intro while the second is
a superb rendition to Eddie Cohtan's classic tune and Zeppelin's own
hymn to one of their rock 'n' roll heroes.
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JUNE 19 - ANTENNE CULTURELLE
DU KREMLIN-BICETRE, PARIS, FRANCE
Whole concert was professionally filmed for "Tous En Scene",
ORTF TV. The programme bill also bell boys pretending to be a rock group,
jazz and variety acts, and a Salvation Army band. Aired on France television
on September 5, 1969 (Friday). Re-broadcast on Canal Jimmy, French TV
in 1991. Fragments were used on "Whole Lotta Love" promo video
in 1997. Finally, mix of both versions of Communication Breakdown and
Dazed And Confused were used for DVD in 2003. There is unreleased footage
in the archives, including beginning segement of Dazed And Confused
and backstage.
Recording
Includes: Communication
Breakdown [ cut ].
Source: Complete 16mm color professional
footage with actual sound. 2 minutes.
Details: The tape is an excellent television
master, showing members rehearsing before the actual show. Boom mic
is used to record the audio.
Recording
Includes: Stage Announcements,
Communication Breakdown, Dazed And Confused, Stage Announcements [ cut
throughout ].
Source: Incomplete color professional TV
broadcast with actual sound. Almost 12 minutes.
Details: The tape is an excellent television
multicam film and soundboard output is used for the audio. The official
DVD doesn't include the rehearsal but used some snippets of rehearsal
footage to replace some shots from the original broadcast that had nothing
to do with the performance. Backstage footage and alternate concert
footage (including the first part of Dazed and Confused) is also achieved.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) broadcast soundtrack:
The Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant)
Official Visual
Reference(s) video rehearsal:
DVD (Warner Music Vision)
Official Visual
Reference(s) TV broadcast:
DVD (Warner Music Vision)
Bootleg Visual
Reference(s) video rehearsal:
1969 (Cosmic Energy), Bring It On Home 1969~1970 (Eye Thank You), Early
Visions/The Best Of Led Zeppelin Clips Volume One (Celebration Definitive
Masters), Hats Off To John Bonham (Sugar Mama), & The Only Way To
Fly (Masterpiece Premium)
Bootleg Visual
Reference(s) TV broadcast:
1969 (Cosmic Energy), Bring It On Home 1969~1970 (Eye Thank You), Early
Visions/The Best Of Led Zeppelin Clips Volume One (Celebration Definitive
Masters), History Lesson: The Video History 1958~2016 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), & The Only
Way To Fly (Masterpiece Premium)
Comments:
This is all that exists from this rather unexpected and fantastic raw
performance. The group performed strong, short set but only Dazed And
Confused and rehearsal and show versions of Communication Breakdown
were recorded. After so much disappointent of broadcast the group never
performed in television again. This was the last ever Led Zeppelin TV
performance.
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JUNE 20 - CITY HALL, NEWCASTLE,
UNITED KINGDOM
Support from Liverpool Scene and Blodwyn Pig.
Recording
Includes: The Train
Kept A Rollin' >> I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused, White
Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..), Harmonica/Drums/Bass Interlude,
You Shook Me (<< The Lemon Song..), [ cut ], Pat's Delight,
How Many More Times (<< Over Under Sideways Down, There's A Mountain,
The Hunter..), Communication Breakdown (<< Just A Little Bit,
It's Your Thing..).
Source: Almost complete fair audience recording.
85 minutes.
Details: A highly overloaded, distant and
hissy tape makes this recording rather hard to listen. Bass is overloading
the tape, vocals are distorted, guitar is hard to pick out.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Blighty
(Tarantura), A Decree Of Love (Wendy Records), Newcastle 1969 Plus (Graf
Zeppelin), & Three Shows (Graf Zeppelin)
Comments:
A truly powerful show just a week before as the band took BBC Playhouse
Theatre's venue on June 27th, 1969. The performance is superb and the
curiosities such as the harmonica/drums/bass interlude before You Shook
Me and some frenetically delivered lines from Donovan's There Is A Mountain
during How Many More Times are priceless. The band and the audience
seem to be having a great time. "You know we do a lot of work in
America but I think this is the best night we've ever had in England,"
says Robert near the end.
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JUNE 21 - COLSTON HALL, BRISTOL,
UNITED KINGDOM
Support from Liverpool Scene. Blodwyn Pig were unable to play that
night.
JUNE 24 - STUDIO 4, MAIDA
VALE (BBC STUDIOS), LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Broadcast between 7pm and 9pm on John Peel's "Top Gear",
Radio One, June 29, 1969 (Sunday, from 7pm to 9pm). Also on the show
in session were The Pentagle, Savoy Brown Blues Band and Idle Rice.
The audition was rebroadcast on "Tommy Vance Friday Rock Show",
BBC Radio, London, England on February 2, 1979 (Friday). Travelling
Riverside Blues was first released as a part of Led Zeppelin box set
and also used as a music background to the promo film under the same
title during promotion campaign of Remasters set in late 1990 by Jimmy
Page, mixed along with other miscellaneous scenes as well as brief parts
of July 1973 The Song Remains The Same and Seattle July 17, 1977 pro
shots. Finally, Whole Lotta Love, Communication Breakdown and Travelling
Riverside Blues were released on BBC Sessions album in 1997.
Recording
Includes: Studio Chatter,
What Is And What Should Never Be, Whole Lotta Love, Communication Breakdown,
Travelling Riverside Blues (<< The Lemon Song..).
Source: Complete superb professional pre-FM
radio recording. 18 minutes.
Details: The tape is an excellent radio
master.
Official LP
Reference(s): BBC Sessions
(Atlantic) & Coda "deluxe" and "super deluxe"
editions (Atlantic)
Bootleg LP
Reference(s): 10th Anniversary
(Help), Absence (Toasted Records), Bonham's Rebirth (The Amazing Kornyphone
Rebirth Label), The Complete BBC Performances (Toasted Records), Dazed
And Confused (Atlantic), Hiawatha Express (Ze Anonym Plattenspieler),
In The Light 69-85 (Zipp Zapp), Knebworth Fair Vol. 1 (K&S Records),
The Last Farewell Vol. 2 (Fujiyo Music), Led Zeppelin (K&S Records,
1LP & Sfot-Cid both issues, 1EP), Led Zeppelin Film Can (Rock Solid
Records), Riverside Blues (The Swingin' Pig Records), Rock 'N' Roll
Circus (Barking Moose Records), Rock 'N' Roll Circus Special (Ze Anonym
Plattenspieler), & Spare Parts (Toasted Records)
Official CD
Reference(s): BBC Sessions
(Atlantic), Coda "deluxe" and "super deluxe" editions
(Atlantic), & Led Zeppelin Box Set (Atlantic)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): BBC (Last
Stand Disc), BBC/London Wavelength: The Complete BBC Radio Sessions
(Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Classics Off The Air Volume One (Neutral
Zone), The Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant), The Complete British
Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley Supreme Disc,
original & reissue), The Lost BBC Sessions (Led Note), Rarities
(Fire Power), Real Complete BBC Sessions: 1969 (Tarantura, all 3 editions),
& Riverside Blues (The Swingin' Pig Records)
Official Visual
Reference(s): DVD (Warner
Music Vision) & Travelling Riverside Blues (promo video)
Comments:
Another studio session that needs no recommendation. During this short
British tour the band was absolutely on peak form and it can be easily
heard on this amazing recording. A fury, power and energy are present
on all the tracks. Whole Lotta Love is psychedelic stand-out and Robert's
yelling during theramin battle is thrilling. Communication Breakdown
is devastating and What Is And What Should Never Be is one of the most
dramatic versions the band ever played. A real pearl, Traveling Riverside
Blues is Zeppelin's bow to the talent and magic of Robert Johnson and
Plant sings some of his "lemon" lyrics.
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JUNE 26 - GUILDHALL, PORTSMOUTH,
UNITED KINGDOM
Support from Liverpool Scene and Blodwyn Pig.
JUNE 27 - PLAYHOUSE THEATRE,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Broadcast between 8pm and 9pm on John Peel's "Top Gear",
Radio One, August 10, 1969 (Sunday). Also on the show in session was
The Edgar Broughton Band. The audition was rebroadcast on "Tommy
Vance Friday Rock Show", BBC Radio, London, England on December
28, 1979 (Friday). In 2013, almost entire show was rebroadcasted. White
Summer/Black Mountain Side was released as a part of Led Zeppelin box
set in late 1990. Finally, Communication Breakdown, I Can't Quit You
Baby, You Shook Me and How Many More Times were released on BBC Sessions
album in 1997.
Recording
Includes: Alan Black
Introduction, Communication Breakdown (<< It's Your Thing..) >>
I Can't Quit You Baby (<< Don't Know Which Way To Go..), Alan
Black Interview with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Dazed And Confused,
Alan Black Introduction, White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..),
The Liverpool Scene Sketch with Adrian Henry/Mike Evans/Andy Roberts,
You Shook Me, Alan Black Introduction, How Many More Times (<<
The Hunter, The Lemon Song..).
Source: Complete superb 1st professional
pre-FM radio recording. 62 minutes.
Details: The tape is an excellent radio
master.
Recording
Includes: Communication
Breakdown (<< It's Your Thing..) >> I Can't Quit You Baby
(<< Don't Know Which Way To Go..), Dazed And Confused, White Summer
(<< Black Mountain Side..), You Shook Me, How Many More Times
(<< The Hunter, The Lemon Song..).
Source: Complete superb 2nd professional
pre-FM radio recording. 52 minutes.
Details: The tape is an excellent edited
radio master with almost entire chatter and banter between songs removed.
Recording
Includes: DJ Introduction,
Alan Black Introduction, Communication Breakdown (<< It's Your
Thing..) >> I Can't Quit You Baby (<< Don't Know Which Way
To Go..), Alan Black Interview with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Dazed
And Confused, Alan Black Introduction, White Summer (<< Black
Mountain Side..) [ cut ], You Shook Me, Alan Black Introduction, How
Many More Times (<< The Hunter, The Lemon Song..), DJ Outroduction.
Source: Complete superb 3rd professional
pre-FM radio recording. 63 minutes.
Details: The tape is actually an excellent
radio rebroadcast master. It excludes the Liverpool sketches and had
extra DJ intro and outro.
Official LP
Reference(s) 2nd source:
BBC Sessions (Atlantic), Led Zeppelin Box Set (Atlantic), & Missing
BBC Sessions Tracks (Atlantic)
Bootleg LP
Reference(s) 2nd source:
Best Of Led Zeppelin Vol. 2 (Rock Solid Records), The Big Dope Party
(LZ69 & LZ869), Carnival (Toasted Records), The Complete BBC Performances
(Toasted Records), Dazed And Confused (Royal Sound), The Final Option
(Rock Solid Records & The Swingin' Pig Records), First Concert As
The New Yardbirds (Trade Mark Of Quality), Flight Of The Led Zeppelin
1969 (Jolly Good Sound), Four Symbols (Accord), Idolescence (Volsung),
In The Light 1969 (LZL4 A-D), Led Zeppelin (String Records), Led Zeppelin
Film Can (Rock Solid Records), Live In London 1969 (Elektrecord), London
1969 (Accord Records), My Rider (LZ69), One Night Stand (Atlantic),
Over London (European Fan Club), Stairway To The Moon (no label), White
Summer (The Swingin' Pig Records), The Yardbirds Reform For Marquee
(XL 1543/44/45), & Zep Over Europe (Earthworks)
Official CD
Reference(s) 2nd source:
BBC Sessions (Atlantic) & Led Zeppelin Box Set (Atlantic)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) 1st source:
BBC Sessions (Last Stand Disc), BBC Rock Hour (Bumble Bee), BBC/London
Wavelength: The Complete BBC Radio Sessions (Empress Valley Supreme
Disc), Classics Off The Air Volume Two (Neutral Zone), The Complete
British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley Supreme
Disc, original & reissue), Real Complete BBC Sessions: 1969 (Tarantura,
all 3 editions), & Rock Hour (Antrabata Reference Master)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) 2nd source:
BBC (Last Stand Disc), BBC/London Wavelength: The Best Of The Rock Hour
(Empress Valley Supreme Disc), The Best Of The Rock Hour (Empress Valley
Supreme Disc), The Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant), & White
Summer (The Swingin' Pig Records)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) 3rd source:
Led One-Hour Radio Special (Boleskine House Records)
Comments:
This show was recorded for the BBC to broadcast the entire show, and
here it all is. An incredible, compact, tight show that features some
of the best playing ever, with Jones and Bonham shining throughout and
quite possibly the best recording of Plant's voice ever. Add Jimmy's
dazzling guitar work and you have a classic show.
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JUNE 28 - BATH FESTIVAL OF
BLUES, RECREATION GROUND, BATH, UNITED KINGDOM
The band performed as one of headliners.
Recording
Includes: Judging by
stills of the film, Dazed And Confused, and more.
Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color amateur
footage. 2 minutes.
Details: Shot from various parts of the
floor. The tape is hoarded and VHS copy is given to one person for personal
use only.
Comments:
A very fragmentary remainder, nothing above mediocre quality. We only
hope to see more complete version in the future. Potentially, an audience
recording also exists.
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JUNE 29 - POP PROMS, ROYAL
ALBERT HALL, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (2 shows)
Support from Liverpool Scene and Blodwyn Pig.
Led
Zeppelin Third North American Tour
July 5, 1969 - August 31, 1969
JULY 4 - ROOSEVELT RACEWAY,
WESTBURY, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK CITY (NY), UNITED STATES (cancelled)
JULY 5 - ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL
POP FESTIVAL, ATLANTA RACEWAY, HAMPTON (GA), UNITED STATES
The band headlined the second night of the festival. Rumoured to
be professionally recorded.
Recording
Includes: The Train
Kept A Rollin' [ cut ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby, [ cut
], Dazed And Confused, [ cut ], White Summer (<< Black
Mountain Side..] [ cut ], [ cut ], You Shook Me [ cut
].
Source: Incomplete very good audience recording.
42 minutes.
Details: A bit distant but exceptionally
clear tape, with a significantly good instrument separation and fortunately,
with no distortion. The drums are in the back a little but the quality
level makes this recording one of better sounding from this tour. The
rest of the show was supposedly achieved but erased by the taper.
Recording
Includes: The Train
Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused, You Shook
Me, How Many More Times [ cut throughout ].
Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color amateur
footage. 50 seconds.
Details: Shot from small distance, filmed
in the front of actual stage. Because the band had the sunset time slot
at this festival, the video is quite dark but enough clear to capture
details. Circulated also with audio dubbed from actual performance except
for How Many More Times.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Atlanta
International Pop Festival (Graf Zeppelin), Atlanta Pop Festival 1969
(no label), The Fuckin' Spirit (Melvin Records), & Rocks In Atlanta
(Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Bootleg Visual
Reference(s): History Lesson: The Video History 1958~2016 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Comments:
Great show, with Plant hits his lungs out here. From the word go you
can feel that they really want to make an impression on the big crowd.
Sometimes you can hear the tension and the band (Robert especially)
almost loose it by the end You Shook Me. Brilliant played through out
and a very impressive and intimate medley of White Summer/Black Mountain
Side and a rather peculiar finish of Dazed And Confused from both Plant
and Page! It's not their best gig from the tour, and the band seemed
to be a bit unaware of anticipation. This the show where some naked
dude with a Woodrow jumps on stage, dances for a while and then dives
bollocks-first into Bonzo's drums? If so, that part must be on the missing
reels.
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JULY 6 - NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL,
FESTIVAL FIELD, NEWPORT (RI), UNITED STATES
The band headlined the fourth night of the festival. Rumoured to
be professionally recorded and filmed.
Recording
Includes: The Train
Kept A Rollin' >> I Can't Quit You Baby (<< Your Good Thing
(Is About To End)..), Dazed And Confused, You Shook Me, How Many More
Times (<< The Hunter, The Lemon Song..), Communication Breakdown
[ cut ].
Source: Incomplete very good 1st audience
recording. Almost 55 minutes.
Details: The recording is very bright and
has all the instruments in great balance except for Plant's vocals that
are lost in the mix very noticeably.
Recording
Includes: The Train
Kept A Rollin' >> I Can't Quit You Baby (<< Your Good Thing
(Is About To End)..), Dazed And Confused, You Shook Me, How Many More
Times (<< The Hunter, The Lemon Song..), Communication Breakdown
>> Long Tall Sally, Band Announcements.
Source: Almost complete good to very good
2nd audience recording. 64 minutes.
Details: The tape is clear but the audience
is loud in some spots. What's interesting is that the PA problems that
are so common in the first source seem almost non-existent in this source.
You can hear the same people yelling to turn it up as in above source
but Plant's voice comes through here probably the clearest of all. Jimmy's
guitar is slightly in the background. Towards the end of How Many More
Times the balance changes a bit but it's still the same source.
Recording
Includes: The Train
Kept A Rollin' >> I Can't Quit You Baby (<< Your Good Thing
(Is About To End)..), Dazed And Confused [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete very good 3rd audience
recording. 20 minutes.
Details: A bit distorted in lower sequences
but still clear tape, with Plant vocals most prominent. It ends abruptly
when the taper goes out from the festival field. The tape is still hoarded
and only copies available are bootlegs.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s) source 1:
Live At The Newport Jazz Festival (Led)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 2:
Live At The Newport Jazz Festival (aka Good Times Bad Times) (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc), Long Tall Sally (Tarantura), Newport Jazz Festival
1969 (Graf Zeppelin), & Tales From '69 (Tarantura)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 3:
Newport Jazz Festival (Masterport)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source mixes:
Jazz But Rock (Tarantura), Newport Jazz Festival 1969 (Graf Zeppelin
2009 & 2016 edition), & Summer Jazz (Eat A Peach)
Comments:
Led Zeppelin closed out the final night of the festival with this extremely
gutsy and intense performance. The audience was rowdy after as the Zeppelin
was reported to be not performed and Plant announced: "A lot of
people though that we weren't gonna come here today. There was a lot
of talk thtat everyone was ill and bad. There was nothing wrong with
us at all and we intended on playing. That's what we've come to America
for. We were coming in the first place so don't get any hassles about
what we were gonna do and what we weren't. We hope you'll enjoy everything
we do tonight and have a ball". Robert's voice is so powerful it
wreaks havoc on the recorder! The band is definitely on and Jones and
Bonham hit some unreal highs throughout the show, as does Jimmy as well.
Some great harmonica soloing from Robert as well and two riotous encores
cap this great show.
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JULY 11 - LAUREL POP FESTIVAL,
LAUREL (MD), UNITED STATES
The band headlined. Shared bill with plenty of other artists.
Recording
Includes: The Train
Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused [ cut throughout
].
Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color amateur
footage. Length not known.
Details: All that's known to circulate
is in the film 'Led Zeppelin Played Here', which showcases the films
with other bands.
Comments:
The film centers around the Wheaton Youth Center, in Silver Spring,
Maryland, where on January 20, 1969 Led Zeppelin supposedly performed
on its first US tour. Because of Krulik's inability to secure the music
rights, the film has never been formally released.
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JULY 12 - SPECTRUM POP FESTIVAL,
THE SPECTRUM, PHILADELPHIA (PA), UNITED STATES
Led Zeppelin headlined on the last day of the festival. Shared bill
with plenty of other artists.
JULY 13 - SINGER BOWL MUSIC FESTIVAL, FLUSHING MEADOWS PARK, NEW YORK
CITY (NY), UNITED STATES
The band was not scheduled to play but during Jeff Beck show Page,
Pland and Bonham took the stage and joing the Jeff Beck Group for an
encore, along with Jethro Tull's bassist Glenn Cornick and Ten Years
After's drummer Rick Lee.
JULY 18 - KINETIC PLAYGROUND, CHICAGO (IL), UNITED STATES
Support from Savoy Brown, The Litter and Jethro Tull.
JULY 19 - KINETIC PLAYGROUND, CHICAGO (IL), UNITED STATES
Support from Savoy Brown, The Litter and Jethro Tull.
JULY 20 - MUSICARNIVAL, WARRENSVILLE
HEIGHTS (OH), UNITED STATES
Support from The James Gang.
Recording
Includes: The Train
Kept A Rollin' [ cut ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed
And Confused, White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ cut
], [ cut ], You Shook Me [ cut ], How Many More Times
(<< The Hunter, The Lemon Song, You Make Me Feel So Young..) [
cut ].
Source: Incomplete good audience recording.
Almost 62 minutes.
Details: The tape is a bit noisy with Plant
in the back, sounding like he's singing through a transistor radio.
There are some rather large problems with the channel and speed issues
during White Summer medley.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Cleveland
1969 (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), Destroyer 1969 (Tarantura &
Wendy Records), & Musicarnival (Graf Zeppelin)
Comments:
A very intense and powerful show but plagued with some PA problems.
Plant: "Once again, as last time in the State of Ohio, we find
that the PA system is completely inaudible; but, nevertheless, we'd
like to carry on ... I think I'd better get out of the way ... If we
go up with a flash and a bang...". The first two songs are very
powerful and Robert's voice is simply devastating. Page is playing great
and the rhythm section is unalterable in Dazed And Confused and incendiary
and dynamic in How Many More Times, steering the group through the changes.
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JULY 21 - SCHAEFER MUSIC FESTIVAL,
WOLLMAN RINK, CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK CITY (NY), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Led Zeppelin co-headlined with BB King on the first day of the festival.
Approximately 40 minutes of color 16mm film exists along with another
16mm full coat mag track with sound.
Recording
Includes: The Train
Kept A Rollin' [ cut ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed
And Confused, You Shook Me (<< Rock Me Baby..), White Summer (<<
Black Mountain Side..), How Many More Times (<< Woody Woodpecker
Song, For What It's Worth, The Hunter, The Lemon Song, You Make Me Feel
So Young..) [ cut ], Communication Breakdown (<< Just A
Little Bit..).
Source: Incomplete very good to excellent
audience recording. 68 minutes.
Details: It is a bit tinny but very clear,
detailed and up front audience recording and a minor miracle considering
it comes from the summer of 1969. One of the best from the era. The
only drawback is the minor amount of tape hiss present here.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s): Central
Park '69 & Central Park '69-Milan '71 (no label), The Dirty Dozens
(Ass Records), The Final Option (Rock Solid Records & The Swingin'
Pig Records), & Ratso's Bus Ride (TMOQ)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Complete
Central Park 1969 (Sanctuary), Live At Central Park (Empress Valley
Supreme Disc), Schaefer Music Festival (Graf Zeppelin & Rock Calendar
Records), & Woody Woodrocker Show (Tarantura)
Comments:
A wild show! The great recording gives a vibrant atmosphere and the
show is outstanding! Plant's voice is just amazing, and the instrumental
machine is exquisite, soaring and roaring through every song with a
vengeance! I love listening to the Zeppelin festival sets from 1969
because they had a set time to play and they put everything they have
into it and it leaves you breathless! Robert aplogised to the audience
for the lack of new material: "We've got an album coming out in
the second week in August, but at the moment there's a bit of delay
in us getting the numbers together really for stage, because we're still
doing the old ones." Some wacky and exciting surprises in How Many
More Times add to the fun and excitement!
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JULY 25 - MIDWEST ROCK FESTIVAL,
STATE FAIR PARK, GRANDSTAND, WEST ALLIS (WI), UNITED STATES
Shared bill with plenty of other artists.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], The Train Kept A Rollin' >> I Can't Quit You Baby,
[ cut ], Dazed And Confused, [ cut ], White Summer (<<
Black Mountain Side..), How Many More Times (<< The Hunter, Travelling
Riverside Blues, The Lemon Song [ cut ]..), Communication Breakdown.
Source: Incomplete very good to excellent
audience recording. 52 minutes.
Details: This is primarily a clear and
vibrant recording, though some low end distortion and disturbance do
exist. The rhythm section is slightly in the background with the vocals
and Page's crystal clear guitar to the forefront.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s): West Allison
State (Grasshopper)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): I've Got
You...Under My Skin (Tarantura, original & reissue), Love Letter
From Canada 1969 (Wendy Records), Midwest Rock Festival (Graf Zeppelin,
1CD & 2CD), Midwest Rock Festival 1969 (no label), State Fair (Digger
Productions), Stroll On! (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), & Twist
(no label)
Comments:
A super-charged festival set! The band plow through this material with
one of the best versions of The Train Kept A Rollin' ever and frenzied
playing throughout. Bonham plays some really inventive patterns and
Jonesy is flying as always. Robert's voice is gutsy and Jimmy is great
as always ... every song is excellent, and the vibrant recording make
this a kicking show!
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JULY 26 - PNE AGRODOME, VANCOUVER
(BC), CANADA
Co-headlined with Vanilla Fudge.
JULY 27 - SEATTLE POP FESTIVAL, GOLD CREEK PARK, WOODINVILLE (WA), UNITED
STATES
The whole show is achieved as a soundboard but yet tapes are not
in circulation. Shared bill with plenty of other artists.
JULY 29 - KINSMEN FIELD HOUSE, EDMONTON (AB), CANADA
Co-headlined with Vanilla Fudge. Drummer Carmine Appice and bassist
Tim Bogert switched with John Bonham and John Paul Jones in the middle
of How Many More Times, much to the surprise of Robert Plant and Jimmy
Page. Both bands also jammed together during Vanilla Fudge's set.
JULY 30 - TERRANCE BALLROOM, SALT LAKE CITY (UT), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Opened for Vanilla Fudge.
AUGUST 1 - EARL WARREN SHOWGROUNDS, SAMUEL E. KRAMER ARENA, SANTA BARBARA
(CA), UNITED STATES
Support from Jethro Tull and Fraternity Of Man.
AUGUST 2 - CIVIC AUDITORIUM, ALBUQUERQUE (NM), UNITED STATES
Co-headlined with Vanilla Fudge.
AUGUST 3 - MUSIC HALL, HOUSTON (TX), UNITED STATES
Support from Southwest F.O.B.
AUGUST 4 - STATE FAIR COLISEUM, DALLAS (TX), UNITED STATES
Support from Southwest FOB.
AUGUST 7 - ICE PALACE, LAS VEGAS (NV), UNITED STATES
Support from Wolf Ticket and Pinkiny Canady.
AUGUST 8 - SWING AUDITORIUM,
SAN BERNARDINO (CA), UNITED STATES
Support from Jethro Tull and Trane (aka The Caretakers).
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], The Train Kept A Rollin' >> I Can't Quit You Baby,
I Gotta Move/Improvisation, [ cut ], Dazed And Confused [ cut
], [ cut ], White Summer [ cut ], [ cut ], You
Shook Me [ cut ], [ cut ], How Many More Times (<<
The Hunter, Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky, The Lemon Song, Schooldays,
Hideaway, Hail Hail Rock 'N' Roll..).
Source: Incomplete poor to fair audience
recording. 55 minutes.
Details: This is heavily overloaded and
distorted tape. The taper was much close to Pages amplifier and
he drowns out the rest of the band almost completely, leaving the space
for the others only when Pagey is out from action.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s): The Summer
Of '69 (Rubber Dubber)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Get High!
Be Free! (Tarantura, original & reissue), The Legendary Guitar Amp
Tapes (Graf Zeppelin), Live At Central Park (Empress Valley Supreme
Disc), & Wrath Of The Gods (Wendy Records)
Comments:
This show is the first recorded performance of the band headlining in
a large auditorium, with this show having taken place at the Swing Auditorium
in San Bernardino, California. As far as the gig itself, the show is
very good. After a solid performance of the first two songs the band
pause for Page to change a string, which prompts the rest of the group
to get into another I Gotta Move jam, like they had done in March 14th,
1969 on the radio. But, before they get into it, something seems to
happen in front of the stage, which causes Plant to laugh and comment:
"How we doin? You must bear with me. Im of slight coordination,
right? So, if youre ready to take it, I can give it." At
which moment a girl can be heard near the recorder yelling out in true
"summer of 69" hippy spirit: "Get high! ... And get with
meeee!" With a nearby audience member responding to her in like
manner: "Be free!"
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AUGUST 9 - CONVENTION CENTER,
ANAHEIM (CA), UNITED STATES
Support from Jethro Tull.
AUGUST 10 - SPORTS ARENA, SAN DIEGO (CA), UNITED STATES
Support from Suprise Package and Jethro Tull.
AUGUST 14 - MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM, AUSTIN (TX), UNITED STATES
Support from Sweet Smoke, Lavendar Hill Express, Flash and Laughing
Kind.
AUGUST 15 - CONVENTION CENTER (HEMISFAIR) ARENA, SAN ANTONIO (TX), UNITED
STATES
Support from Sweet Smoke and Jethro Tull.
AUGUST 16 - CONVENTION HALL, ASBURY PARK (NJ), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Support from Joe Cocker.
AUGUST 17 - OAKDALE MUSICAL
THEATRE, WALLINGFORD (CT), UNITED STATES
Support from The Mustard Family.
Recording
Includes: The Train
Kept A Rollin' [ cut ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby.
Source: Incomplete fair audience recording.
8 minutes.
Details: The sound is very flat with Plant
being the most prominent in the mix. There is some tape warble/distortion
throughout Train Kept a Rollin'. Reprted that the rest of the tape is
still hoarded.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Anybody
Got A Les Paul? (Equinox), The Legendary Guitar Amp Tapes (Graf Zeppelin),
Miami Image Club (Wendy Records), Red Snapper Deluxe (Balboa Productions),
& Tales From '69 (Tarantura)
Comments:
This is all that exists from this show ... I heard that the taper stored
it for years in bad conditions and this is the only undamaged part of
the tape. The other story says that the show was performed on a revolving
stage, resulting in very uneven sound. True or not, this is a very powerful
fragment and it leads me to believe the rest of the show was equally
powerful and exciting.
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AUGUST 18 - THE ROCK PILE,
TORONTO (ON), CANADA (2 shows)
Support from Edward Bear.
Set 1 Includes:
Band Announcements [ cut ], The Train Kept A Rollin' [ cut
] >> I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused [ cut ],
You Shook Me, [ cut ], How Many More Times (<< The Hunter,
The Lemon Song..).
Source: Incomplete fair to good audience
recording. 55 minutes.
Details: The tape is hissy and distorted
with a lot of tape disturbances and volume fluctuations throughout.
The taper has volume or mic problems at certain points in the show.
Set 2 Includes:
Band Announcements [ cut ], The Train Kept A Rollin' >>
I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused, [ cut ], White Summer
(<< Black Mountain Side..), You Shook Me (<< Rock Me Baby..)
[ cut ], How Many More Times (<< The Hunter, She's A Truckin'
Little Baby, Cumberland Gap, They're Red Hot, Think You Need A Shot
(The Needle), It's Tight Like That, The Lemon Song..), [ cut
], Announcer Speech, Communication Breakdown (<< Everything I
Do Gonna Be Funky, There's A Mountain..).
Source: Incomplete good to very good 1st
good audience recording. 83 minutes.
Details: The recording is clear but many
parts of tape are quite bass heavy to the point of overpowering the
tape.
Set 2 Includes:
The Train Kept A Rollin' [ cut ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby,
Dazed And Confused, White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..), [
cut ], You Shook Me (<< Rock Me Baby..) [ cut ],
How Many More Times (<< The Hunter, She's A Truckin' Little Baby,
Cumberland Gap, They're Red Hot, Think You Need A Shot (The Needle),
It's Tight Like That, The Lemon Song..), [ cut ], Communication
Breakdown (<< Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky, There's A Mountain..),
Band Announcements [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good 2nd
audience recording. 75 minutes.
Details: The tape sounds quite crispier
than above recording. It is noticeably overpowered by the music on the
whole run though. Rumoured that the taper didn't have a ticket to the
show and recorded it from outside the venue.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) afternoon show:
Absolutely Gems - Mighty Monday And Exploding Saturday (Sanctuary),
The Complete Rock Pile Tapes (The Chronicles Of Led Zeppelin), The Complete
Rockpile Show (The Symbols), & The Rockpile Tapes (Badgeholders)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) evening show source 1:
Absolutely Gems - Mighty Monday And Exploding Saturday (Sanctuary),
The Complete Rock Pile Tapes (The Chronicles Of Led Zeppelin), The Complete
Rockpile Show (The Symbols), Long Tall Sally (Tarantura), & The
Rockpile Tapes (Badgeholders)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) evening show source 2:
The Complete Rock Pile Tapes (The Chronicles Of Led Zeppelin)
Comments:
The first show is a great opening set that would be nothing when compared
to the scorching, even greater second show here! The playing here is
hot, though. Dazed And Confused is short, compact and powerful, and
You Shook Me and How Many More Times are breathtaking in power and playing,
and short to work to a maximum effect. The evening show is just awesome,
played in front of the best crowd you'll ever hear! The band is just
brilliant here and plays their guts out for this great audience. The
band is so exciting to be in Canada after a bad reception from the side
of Texas audience few days before what caused of Plant's long comments:
"It's very nice to be back, but we've got a lot of problems. We've
just come from San Antonio in Texas, were all the geezers thought we
should get our hair cut, and we've been through that and everybody's
been feeling rather bad, so we're very pleased to be here one way or
another. It's nice to be back. We'd like to say hello to anybody from
the British Isles, including Scotland and two geezers who used to come
from Birmingham in a group called The Yellow Rainbow. Nice to see you're
still nicking gear! And so, if everybody can feel free and easy, we'd
like to see what we can do." How Many More Times is filled with
some tense drama that is broken by Robert laughing when he can't hit
the highest note. A very hot reception caused Plant to introduce the
band in a very funny mood: "We'd like to try to draw a conclusion
to what's been a very hectic day. We'd like to tell you that Texas is
still as it was when you last read about it and that England is still
what it always will be, and we'd like to see you very shortly again,
but if not you could all move to the Bahamas or something ... on bass
guitar, Hammond organ, and throne ... King John Paul Jones, on drums
John Henry Bonham and on lead guitar and as many chicks as he can find
... Jimmy Page!" Then Bonham took the microphone and introduced
Plant as "straight from the Labour club at Cradley Heath."
Communication Breakdown is a blistering version for an encore.
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AUGUST 20 - AERODROME, SCHENECTADY
(NY), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Support from Spyder and Last Thursday.
AUGUST 21 - CAROUSEL THEATRE, FRAMINGHAM (MA), UNITED STATES
Support from Orpheus. DJ JJ Jackson introduced the band on stage.
It is reported that the band played What Is And What Should Never Be
for the first time.
AUGUST 22 - PIRATES WORLD, DANIA (FL), UNITED STATES
Support from The Echo, Royal Ascots and Brimstone
AUGUST 23 - PIRATES WORLD, DANIA (FL), UNITED STATES
Support from The Echo, Royal Ascots and Brimstone.
AUGUST 24 - VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM, JACKSONVILLE (FL), UNITED STATES
Support from Cat Mother & The All Night Newsboys.
AUGUST 25 - TAMARACK LODGE, GREENFIELD PARK (NY), UNITED STATES (cancelled
as switched to Delano Motor Lodge, Monicello, NY)
AUGUST 25 - DELANO MOTOR LODGE, MONTICELLO (NY), UNITED STATES (2 shows,
cancelled)
AUGUST 27 - CASINO BALLROOM, HAMPTON BEACH (NH), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
AUGUST 29 - SINGER BOWL MUSIC FESTIVAL, THE PAVILION, FLUSHING MEADOW
PARK, NEW YORK CITY (NY), UNITED STATES
Shared bill with plenty of other artists.
AUGUST 30 - SINGER BOWL MUSIC FESTIVAL, THE PAVILION, FLUSHING MEADOW
PARK, NEW YORK CITY (NY), UNITED STATES
Shared bill with plenty of other artists.
AUGUST 31 - TEXAS INTERNATIONAL
POP FESTIVAL, DALLAS INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY, LEWISVILLE (TX), UNITED
STATES
Led Zeppelin appeared on the second day of the festival and shared
bill with plenty of artists.
Recording
Includes: The Train
Kept A Rollin' >> I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused, You
Shook Me (<< Rock Me Baby..), How Many More Times (<< Suzie
Q, The Hunter, The Lemon Song, Eyesight To The Blind, Shake For Me [
cut ]..), [ cut ], Communication Breakdown.
Source: Incomplete fair to good 1st audience
recording. 63 minutes.
Details: The tape is hissy, distand and
muddy, also overloaded. Although all the instruments are still audible,
overall quality is really not impressive and tape ranks good in places
only. Members of the audience are talkative in some places.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements,
The Train Kept A Rollin' >> I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused,
You Shook Me (<< Rock Me Baby..), How Many More Times (<<
Suzie Q, The Hunter, The Lemon Song, Eyesight To The Blind, Shake For
Me..), Announcer Speech, Communication Breakdown, Band Announcements.
Source: Almost complete very good to excellent
2nd audience recording. 64 minutes.
Details: The recording is very clear but
emphasizes the bass, has noticeable hiss, mic handling noise and the
ocassional audience comment. Still one of the best from the era.
Recording
Includes: I Can't Quit
You Baby [ cut ], Dazed And Confused [ cut ], [ cut ],
You Shook Me (<< Rock Me Baby..) [ cut ], [ cut
], How Many More Times (<< Suzie Q, The Hunter, The Lemon Song,
Eyesight To The Blind, Shake For Me..) [ cut ], Announcer Speech
[ cut ], [ cut ], Communication Breakdown [ cut
], Band Announcements.
Source: Incomplete good to very good 3rd
audience recording. 56 minutes.
Details: A rather clear, a bit distant
recording with a fair instrument separation. The guitar and vocals are
in favor of bass and drums a bit, and the audience is talktative in
places, of which some comments are very annoying.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements,
The Train Kept A Rollin' >> I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused
[ cut ], You Shook Me (<< Rock Me Baby..), How Many More
Times (<< Suzie Q, The Hunter, The Lemon Song, Eyesight To The
Blind, Shake For Me..) [ cut ], Announcer Speech, Communication
Breakdown, Band Announcements.
Source: Incomplete excellent soundboard
recording. Near 63 minutes.
Details: The recording is a very good balanced
professional board tape.
Recording
Includes: Dazed And
Confused [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete 8mm silent 1st color
amateur footage. 3 seconds.
Details: A very brief clip of the band
playing at the end of the film.
Recording
Includes: I Can't Quit
You Baby, Dazed And Confused, How Many More Times [ cut throughout
].
Source: Incomplete 8mm silent 2nd color
amateur footage. 39 seconds.
Details: Part of a film with multiple bands.
Recording
Includes: I Can't Quit
You Baby, Dazed And Confused, You Shook Me, How Many More Times, Communication
Breakdown [ cut throughout ].
Source: Incomplete 16mm silent color professional
footage. 10 minutes.
Details: The film is dark and a bit blurry,
but is nonetheless an interesting early visual document of the band
in a true live setting. The film also features second angle. Taped in
order to be used in a documentary about the festival. (A complete Dazed
And Confused can bee seen on Got No Shoes, Got No Blues film documentary.)
All versions circulating have either a stamp in the center of the picture
either a timecode and all have sound synched up with soundboard. Earlier
versions are shorter, missing some content.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s) audience source 1:
The Big Dope Party (LZ69 & LZ869) & Never Healed (Idi Amin)
Bootleg LP
Reference(s) soundboard:
Don't Mess With Texas (Oh Boy) & Texas International Pop Festival
(Oh Boy)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience source 1:
Eyes Big Crowd (Tarantura) & Texas International Pop Festival: Definitive
Edition (The Chronicles Of Led Zeppelin)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience source 2:
Plays Pure Bob (Tarantura), Plays Pure Bob! (Tarantura), & Texas
International Pop Festival: Definitive Edition (The Chronicles Of Led
Zeppelin)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) soundboard:
Best Of 1969 Tour (Forever Standard Series), Don't Mess With Texas (Oh
Boy), Plays Pure Blues (Whoopy Cat), Texas International Pop Festival
(Oh Boy, original and reissue & Last Stand Disc), Texas International
Pop Festival 1969 (no label), & Texas International Pop Festival:
Definitive Edition (The Chronicles Of Led Zeppelin)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience source 2 & soundboard mixes:
Ladies And Gentlemen (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), The Only Way To
Fly (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Plays Pure Bob! (Tarantura), Sixty
Nine Special (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Texas Blues (Godfatherecords),
Texas International Pop Festival (Empress Valley Supreme Disc, original
& reissue), & Texas International Pop Festival 1969: Stereo
Matrix (no label, original & reissue)
Bootleg DVD
Audio Reference(s):
Texas International Pop Festival (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Bootleg Visual
Reference(s) professional footage:
Assemblage II (Cosmic Energy), Bring It On Home 1969~1970 (Eye Thank
You), Early Visions/The Best Of Led Zeppelin Clips Volume One (Celebration
Definitive Masters), & History Lesson: The Video History 1958~2016 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Comments:
An excellent show, perfectly consolidating all of the great playing
that this tour had produced, from the powerful opener to the extended
end of show medley, complete with Plant doing his best adlibs yet. An
easy choice for one of the very best shows of the year. As if the performance
wasn't enough, a superb soundboard, as well as a near-excellent audience
sources circulate for this show. Plant mentioned about the cancelled
August 4th concert: "It's very nice to be back in Texas. Last time
we were here it was a near disaster when we said we weren't doing the
festival and everything. This is the last date before we go back to
England, so we'd really like to have a nice time ... And you can help
us." Plant also apologised for cutting the set short: "We've
got to say goodnight according to the programme. Unfortunately, the
programme has got a little delayed but there's nothing we can do about
it!" Pages amps act up during a few spots in the show, producing
brief crackling sounds, as if his guitar cable or a connection somewhere
was coming loose. Although not at all a distraction for the listener,
this makes for a funny moment during Dazed And Confused and How Many
More Times, when Page's amps can be heard briefly picking up the sound
of the festival security staff speaking on their radios.
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Zeppelin European Interlude
October 3, 1969 - October 13, 1969
OCTOBER 3 - CIRCUSTHEATER,
SCHEVENINGEN, HOLLAND
Support from Steamhammer.
OCTOBER 4 - DE DOELEN, ROTTERDAM, HOLLAND
Support from After Tea and George Cash.
OCTOBER 5 - CONCERTGEBOUW, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND
Support from Steamhammer. The parts of set were professionally filmed
by Vara TV company and broadcasted on November 12, 1969. It is stated
that film clocks at 17 minutes long but it's no longer in company's
archives.
OCTOBER 6 - KONSERTHUSET, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN (cancelled)
OCTOBER 7 - KONSERTHUSET, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (cancelled)
OCTOBER 9 - TIVOLIS KONCERTSAL, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (cancelled)
OCTOBER 9 - CONCERTGEBOUW,
HARLEEM, HOLLAND
As yet this footage is still not discovered and may have been wiped.
Originally was aired on "Dit is het begin", Dutch VARA networked
TV Show, December 12, 1969 (Friday.) The programme also included Deep
Purple's studio recording Child In Time.
Recording
Includes: Dazed And
Confused [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete excellent color professional
TV broadcast. 12 minutes.
Comments:
Not known if the group performed the whole set or just one song. But
if the content was similar to the following two nights then this would
be a real gem!
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OCTOBER 10 - OLYMPIA, PARIS,
FRANCE
Whole concert was recorded professionally. Originally aired on "Musicorama",
Europe1 on November 2, 1969. Rebroadcast on Europe2 on December 7, 2007
at 22:30. Remastered deluxe editions of Led Zeppelin I (released June
2014) have preFM recording edited in many parts to be fitted with single
companion disc.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], Good Times Bad Times Intro >> Communication Breakdown
(<< It's Your Thing..) >> I Can't Quit You Baby, Heartbreaker,
Dazed And Confused, White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..), You
Shook Me (<< Rock Me Baby..), How Many More Times (<< Over
Under Sideways Down, The Hunter, The Lemon Song, Boogie Chillun, Hideaway,
Think You Need A Shot (The Needle)..).
Source: Almost complete superb professional
1st pre-FM recording. 78 minutes.
Details: Professionally mixed pre-FM master.
Moby Dick not included.
Recording
Includes: Good Times
Bad Times >> Communication Breakdown (<< It's Your Thing..),
I Can't Quit You Baby, Heartbreaker, Dazed And Confused, White Summer
(<< Black Mountain Side..), You Shook Me (<< Rock Me Baby..),
Moby Dick, How Many More Times (<< The Hunter..).
Recording: Incomplete superb professional
2nd preFM recording. 71 minutes.
Details: Professionally mixed preFM master.
The recording is edited in many parts of which most notable are: Band
Announcements excluded, interference between Communication Breakdown
and I Can't Quit You Baby added, missing some guitar solo in Heartbreaker,
some of actual guitar solo in White Summer/Black Mountain Side missing,
some of actual drum solo in Moby Dick missing, and most of medley in
How Many More Times edited out.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], Good Times Bad Times Intro >> Communication Breakdown
(<< It's Your Thing..) >> I Can't Quit You Baby, Heartbreaker,
Dazed And Confused, White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..), You
Shook Me (<< Rock Me Baby..), How Many More Times (<< Over
Under Sideways Down, The Hunter, The Lemon Song, Boogie Chillun, Hideaway,
Think You Need A Shot (The Needle)..).
Source: Almost complete superb professional
FM recording. 78 minutes.
Details: Professionally mixed FM master.
DJ comments are included throughout. Moby Dick was played but not recorded
or aired possibly.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s) FM source:
En Noir Et Blanc (The Swingin' Pig Records) & Get The Boogie (Whispering
Souls Authentic Vinyl Records)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) 1st pre-FM source:
Chatenay-Malabry 1969 (no label), Olympia 1969 (no label), One Night
Stand In Paris (The Chronicles Of Led Zeppelin), Paris 1969 Pre-FM Master
(no label), & The Valkyrie's Vigil (Tarantura)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) 1st & 2nd preFM sources:
Heavy Zeppelin (Empress Valley Supreme Disc, both editions)
Official LP
Reference(s) 2nd preFM source:
Led Zeppelin I "deluxe" and "super deluxe" editions
(Atlantic)
Official CD
Reference(s) 2nd preFM source:
Led Zeppelin I "deluxe" and "super deluxe" editions
(Atlantic)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) FM source:
Ain't No Fool (Black Dog Rekords), Good Times Bad Times (Scorpio), L'Olympia
(Godfatherecords), N'est Aucun Imbecile (Black Dog Rekords), Olympia
1969 (no label, two different issues), One Night Stand In Paris (The
Chronicles Of Led Zeppelin), Paris Olympia 1969 (Wendy Records), &
Paris Par Excellence (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Comments:
Ok, this is what we were looking for a long years! A spectacular and
gutsy show in a stunnig quality. The set begins with the devastating
opening bars of Good Times Bad Times serving as a prelude to Communication
Breakdown. Only at these shows was this arrangement used as they were
trying to achieve the most overwhelming sound they could muster. This
tape includes the earliest reference to Heartbreaker introduced by Robert
saying Wed like to carry on with something on the new Led
Zeppelin II album, which is eventually coming out in England and America.
Its called Heartbreaker. This version sounds close to the
studio arrangement and Page uses heavy distortion during the guitar
solo. White Summer was still played at this time and is introduced by
Plant saying right now wed like to feature
Page
can be heard behind him sayingwanking dog. How Many More
Times is stretched to over twenty minutes long. The long improvisation
starts off very dark and includes references to Holsts Mars: The
Bringer Of War and a very slow version of The Yardbirds Over Under
Sideways Down. Some people shout to Plant while hes in the middle
of The Hunter and causes him to say shut up. There is a
long Boogie Chillun part with a reference to Ainsley Dunbar and
Needle Blues where Plant sings I got my needle in you babe, and
you seem to think its alright. Why dont you roll over baby,
see what its like on the other side. I think that was Brownie
McGhee. Where are the encores?!
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OCTOBER 12 - LYCEUM BALLROOM,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Support from Frosty Noses and Audience. Tony Statton-Smith intrdouced
all the acts.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], Good Times Bad Times Intro >> Communication Breakdown
>> I Can't Quit You Baby, [ cut ], Heartbreaker, [ cut
], You Shook Me [ cut ], [ cut ], What Is And What Should
Never Be, [ cut ], Dazed And Confused [ cut ], How Many
More Times (<< colors, Over Under Sideways Down, Down By The River,
The Hunter, Eyesight To The Blind, Shake For Me, Boogie Chillun [ cut
]..) [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good audience
recording. 59 minutes.
Details: The tape is fairly clear but a
bit noisy and lacks clarity, but listenable. Drums and bass are bit
muddy and in the back. The quality seems to have gone down a bit for
How Many Times, and then there are some tape pauses and/or stetching
before an abrupt end.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s): Live At
The Lyceum (Grant Musik) & London Live (Right Records)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Good Times
Bad Times (Scorpio), Live At The Lyceum In London (Cobra Standard Series
& Graf Zeppelin), The Lyceum Ballroom UK 10-12-69 (Totonka), Lyceum
Preview (Immigrant), & Triumphant UK Return (Empress Valley Supreme
Disc)
Comments:
The Lyceum performance was originally supposed to feature the entire
Led Zeppelin II previewed but the band were having none of that and
would play a set similar to the American summer dates plus the inclusion
of two new songs from LZ II. As with the prior show in Paris, they added
a few bars of Good Times Bad Times before Communication Breakdown making
a very dynamic start to the concert. Plant gives an introduction to
Heartbreaker: I dont know what to say. It was a long drive
down from Birmingham. Ah, wed like to continue with something
ah, off the new, the Led Zeppelin II thing, thats been running
into a lot of difficulties just lately. Nevertheless, it should be out
in a couple of, a couple um, well I dont know what to say. This
is a number from it anyway. Its called Heartbreaker. Like
we know from the Paris recording two days prior, Heartbreaker was a
monster in its earliest live versions. Jimmys solo is really good
and just a bit tentative. You Shook Me almost sounds like Robert and
Jimmy were going to do a call and response until Page obliterates him
with an incredibly fast and devastating flourish of leads, a real showstopper.
What is and What Should Never Be is the first known live recording of
this song. Certainly it was played during the previous European dates
but nothing has surfaced yet. A typically great Dazed And Confused follows.
By the time the band break into How Many More Times the audience cannot
hold back any longer and enthusiastically clap along with the band.
The song features a great member introduction by Plant. The medley is
typical for this time frame, a tip of the hat to the Yardbirds with
a variation of the Over Under Sideways Down riff, The Hunter, and Boogie
Chillun as well as several other obscure references between these
main songs. There are a couple of tape stretches before the song cuts.
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Zeppelin Fourth North American Tour
October 17, 1969 - November 8, 1969
OCTOBER 17 - CARNEGIE HALL,
NEW YORK CITY (NY), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Rumoured to be recorded professionally.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], [ cut ], Good Times Bad Times Intro [ cut
] >> Communication Breakdown, [ cut ], I Can't Quit You
Baby, [ cut ], Heartbreaker, Dazed and Confused, [ cut
], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ cut ], What
Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, How Many More Times [ cut
].
Source: Incomplete good audience recording.
78 minutes.
Details: This is all that remainded from
the early show. A significantly distant and boomy recording with vocals
pushed to the rear and with the guitar being exposed loud in the mix.
The bass is blurred and distorted and drums are barely listenable in
louder parts except for cymbals.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): At Carnegie
Hall 1969 (Wendy Records), Black Beauty (Graf Zeppelin), Carnegie Hall
1969 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc & no label), Empire State Of Mind
(Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Plays Black Beauty (Tarantura), &
Starting Show Of North American Tour Autumn 1969 (Wisteria Records)
Comments:
An amazing performance with just average sound. This recording captures
some of Page's best live guitar tone coupled with outstanding musical
precision. He is playing in a legato style with violin-like sustain
and additional flourishes sprouting everywhere. The outro solo for Communication
Breakdown is a great example with a restrained and completely unique
approach almost quoting Third Stone From The Sun, staying in the bass
register without his usual pulloff shred runs. He does struggle with
tuning throughout the concert though. The band reportedly got into NYC
late and came with limited gearso that was a rush to get on stage. The
main drawback are acoustics here. Carnegie Hall was designed for classical
music and Led Zeppelin was designed to play something quite different.
Perhaps the amps were turned down for the hall and we get sweet tone
instead of crushing volume. Jimmy is ripping on I Can't Quit You Baby
and Robert seems to be struggling to find his place or almost trying
to compete with Jimmy in some spots. Heartbreaker is very similar to
album version. Jimmy is receiving a long standing ovation after a virtuoso
version of White Summer. What Is And What Should Never Be is absolutely
astounding. So laid back in the quiet bits and absolutely crushing in
the choruses and tag. John Bonham himself considered his drum solo in
Moby Dick to be his best ever and it is certainly one of the best ones
he ever did. The tape runs out during the start of How Many More Times.
We may presume a similar setlist has been given for the late show as
well. A classic gem!
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OCTOBER 18 - OLYMPIA STADIUM,
DETROIT (MI), UNITED STATES
Support from Lee Michaels, MC5 and Grand Funk Railroad.
OCTOBER 19 - KINETIC PLAYGROUND, CHICAGO (IL), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Support from Santana and Lighthouse.
OCTOBER 20 - SEATTLE PARAMOUNT THEATRE, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
OCTOBER 24 - PUBLIC HALL, CLEVELAND (OH), UNITED STATES
Support from Grand Funk Railroad.
OCTOBER 25 - THE GANSETT TRIBAL ROCK FESTIVAL, BOSTON GARDEN, BOSTON
(MA), UNITED STATES
Support from Johnny Winter and MC5.
OCTOBER 30 - KLEINHANS MUSIC
HALL, BUFFALO (NY), UNITED STATES
Support from The James Gang.
Recording
Includes: Good Times
Bad Times Intro >> Communication Breakdown >> I Can't Quit
You Baby, Heartbreaker, Dazed And Confused, White Summer (<< Black
Mountain Side..), What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, How Many
More Times (<< The Hunter [ cut ]..) [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good audience
recording. 81 minutes.
Details: The tape is a bit muddy due mostly
to some particularly boomy bass frequencies from Jones. Beside this,
recording is nicely balanced and only a distant spectrum does not help
this tape being more enjoyable.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Headliner
(Magnificent Disc), Long Tall Sally (Tarantura), Pat's Delight (Tecumseh
Recording Co.), Soars On Buffalo 1969 (Graf Zeppelin), & When A
Glass Was Thrown (Tarantura, original & reissue)
Comments:
An extremely powerful, heavy and loud show in front of a rapturous crowd.
The band is amazing and Robert's voice is a true delight ... in its
best shape ever! An interesting thing happens at this show, during I
Can't Quit You Baby, when a member of the audience throws a bottle at
Plant, causing him to insert a warning to the fellow in the following
lyrics: "I cant quit you babe. I'm gonna put you... (pauses)
...you down for a while. Cuz youre messing up a good concert,
you silly fool! You mustve been my one desire! If you think youre
really very smart, then you better come right up here and do that thing
again! Here me talking to ya!? Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, you think youre
really smart! I suggest you come right up here and do that simple thing
once again! After the song, Plant addresses the culprit: Thank
you very much. Thank you. Its a great pleasure to be here tonight.
And wed like to welcome our friend. Hes so used to throwing
coconuts in the fairground, he doesnt really know. Thanks for
the glass. The surprise of the night is Pages version of
White Summer. Even though it tended to be the same song night-after-night,
this is a fantastic rendition. Fluid, clean, and precise. A really great
version of what was normally just a routine solo piece. As for the new
songs in the set, they still sound faithful to the album renditions.
Heartbreaker still features Bonham playing a more swinging jazz background,
with Page's solo being short and free of most of the tricks that he
would later incorporate into the piece. What Is And What Should Never
Be likewise has Plant starting out the vocal intro to the song identically
to how it was sung on the album.
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OCTOBER 31 - RHODE ISLAND
AUDITORIUM, PROVIDENCE (RI), UNITED STATES (cancelled due to crowd disturbances)
Support from Dr. John The Night Tripper and Taj Mahal. Both acts
also cancelled.
OCTOBER 31 - GANSETT TRIBAL ROCK FESTIVAL, SPRINGFIELD MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM,
SPRINGFIELD (MA), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Support from Taj Mahal. Originally scheduled for the Rhode Island
Auditorium in Providence but moved to Springfield after city licence
was denied.
NOVEMBER 1 - ONONDAGA WAR MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM, SYRACUSE (NY), UNITED
STATES
Support from The James Gang.
NOVEMBER 2 - O'KEEFE CENTRE,
TORONTO (ON), CANADA (2 shows)
Support from Edward Bear. Ritchie Yorke introduced both acts.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], Good Times Bad Times Intro >> Communication Breakdown
(<< Bluebird..) >> I Can't Quit You Baby (<< It Hurts
Me So..), Heartbreaker, Dazed And Confused (<< Some Tears..),
[ cut ], White Summer (<< Still I'm Sad, Black Mountain
Side..), Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (<< Down By The River, Ramble
On..), [ cut ], Moby Dick, [ cut ], C'mon Everybody [ cut
] >> Something Else.
Source: Incomplete very good audience recording.
85 minutes.
Details: This is of what remains from the
late show. The recorder was fairly close to Jonesy's amplifiers, therefore
the bass is upfront, but there is no distortion. Bonzo is a bit distant
than the rest of instruments. The vocals sound a little distorted and
echoey. It goes more muddy as the show progresses but it clears up again
for the last two encores. How Many More Times was played but not taped.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Back In
Toronto (Graf Zeppelin), Beast Of Toronto (Immigrant), Draw Like Heavy
Magnet (Graf Zeppelin), Good Times Jimmy's Got The Blues (Tarantura),
Listen To My Bluebird (Image Quality), Love Letter From Canada 1969
(Wendy Records), O'Keefe
Centre 1969 Late Show (no label), & Tront Cowgirls (Empress Valley
Supreme Disc)
Comments:
An excellent show, full of energy and classic 1969 Zeppelin. Jones is
all over the place, Jimmy is spectacular, Bonham is amazing and Robert's
voice is so high it is unbelievable. Plant joked with the crowd: "We
intend to try to do as much of the Led Zeppelin I album as possible,
but we through we'd cut it down by half and do Led Zeppelin II."
There are many other songs thrown in, including a great version of Buffalo
Springfield's Bluebird, Neil Young's Down By The River and The Yardbird's
Still I'm Sad. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You is played by a special request
so we can assume they haven't performed this song during the early set.
Near the end of Something Else, a huge amount of fans stormed the stage.
This is all that is known to exist from this show, and it is truly a
spectacular concert.
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NOVEMBER 4 - MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM,
KITCHENER (ON), CANADA
Support from The Copper Penny.
NOVEMBER 5 - MEMORIAL HALL,
KANSAS CITY (KS), UNITED STATES (2 shows)
Support from Morning Star, Bartok's Mountain, The Spokesman, Blues
Garden and Bill Zickos (who cancelled). Led Zeppelin's gear was shipped
from the previous night's gig in Canada to San Francisco so the band
had to use borrowed gear and PA system from the promoters and other
acts.
Recording
Includes: Good Times
Bad Times Intro >> Communication Breakdown >> I Can't Quit
You Baby [ cut ], [ cut ], Heartbreaker [ cut ],
[ cut ], Dazed And Confused, [ cut ], How Many More Times
(<< The Hunter, Boogie Chillun, Move On Down The Line..) [ cut
].
Source: Incomplete good audience recording.
39 minutes.
Details: This is of what remains from the
early show. The tape is muffled and a bit distorted, but overall not
so bad. What makes this show bad is quality of the show. Bonham was
drunk, and at times it sounds like the band members are playing different
songs.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Birth
Of The Gods (Balboa Productions), Centralien (Wendy Records), Good Times
Jimmy's Got The Blues (Tarantura), Love Letter From Canada 1969 (Wendy
Records), Miami Image Club (Wendy Records), Soars On Buffalo 1969 (Graf
Zeppelin), & Tales From '69 (Tarantura)
Comments:
Page is playing as excellently as he had been the past few dates. Jones
as well is spot on. And Plant is in strong voice. But Bonham ... The
story goes that Bonham was so drunk that he couldn't stay awake at this
show. I don't know if that's true, but I wouldn't be surprised, as it
sure sounds like it. The entire night he seems to frequently disappear
from songs, often times crashing in at the wrong time, and playing either
too fast or too slow when he does come in. Some "highlights"
include his drum outro to I Can't Quit You Baby, his on-again-off-again
participation during the return from Page's solo in Heartbreaker, his
total absence during the beginning of Dazed And Confused, and his complete
butchering of The Hunter portion of How Many More Times, among many
other moments of really really bad drumming. Bizarrely, a review of
this show in the Kansas City Star doesn't mention anything about Bonham's
performance. It does mention, however, that the band did not use their
own instruments at this show. Besides not making any sense whatsoever,
this doesn't sound like it was entirely correct.
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NOVEMBER 6 - WINTERLAND, SAN
FRANCISCO (CA), UNITED STATES
Support from Roland Kirk, Wolfgang and Isaac Hayes. Bonzo Dog Band
was scheduled but a sign said they were cancelled because of immigration
problems. Bill Graham introduced all the acts.
Recording
Includes: Good Times
Bad Times Intro >> Communication Breakdown >> I Can't Quit
You Baby (<< It Hurts Me So..), Heartbreaker, Dazed And Confused,
[ cut ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..), [ cut
], What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick [ cut ], [ cut
], How Many More Times (<< Over Under Sideways Down, The Hunter,
Boogie Chillun, Move On Down The Line, Hideaway, Bottle It Up And Go,
They're Red Hot, Cumberland Gap, The Lemon Song..), C'mon Everybody
>> Something Else, Bill Graham Announcements [ cut ].
Source: Almost complete good to very good
1st audience recording. 99 minutes.
Details: This recording is quite clear
but more distant than other source. It does contain some noticeable
tape hiss and distortion.
Recording
Includes: Good Times
Bad Times Intro >> Communication Breakdown >> I Can't Quit
You Baby (<< It Hurts Me So..), [ cut ], Heartbreaker,
Dazed And Confused, [ cut ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain
Side..), [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ cut
], Moby Dick, How Many More Times (<< Over Under Sideways Down,
The Hunter, Boogie Chillun, Move On Down The Line, Hideaway, Bottle
It Up And Go, They're Red Hot, Cumberland Gap, The Lemon Song..), [
cut ], C'mon Everybody >> Something Else.
Source: Incomplete very good 2nd audience
recording. 89 minutes.
Details: The source is more close to the
stage that caused of some rather minor distortion only. The instruments
all rather well balanced. Due to being recorded closer, the sound is
much more punchy and bright.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 1:
Blow-Up (Immigrant), C'mon Eberybody (House Of Elrond CDR), The End
Of '69 (Whole Lotta Live), Final Winterland (The Chronicles Of Led Zeppelin),
Punk! (Tarantura), Pb (Tarantura), & Room 2/3 (Image Quality)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 2:
C'Mon Everybody (House Of Elrond) & Final Winterland (The Chronicles
Of Led Zeppelin)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source mixes:
Good Old Led Zeppelin (Tarantura), Stand Up Sit Down Up There Settle
Down! (Tarantura), & Winterland Party (Wendy Records)
Comments:
A very intense and great show. The opening number is brutal in impact
and Zeppelin takes the audience all over the spectrum, from, the great
jamming of Dazed And Confused and the gentleness of White Summer/Black
Mountain Side, through an awesome How Many More Times medley and two
punked-up encores. The "nastiness" of the recording helps
emphasize the intense atmosphere and savage beauty of Robert's voice.
Robert alluded to the fact that John Bonham allegedly was very drunk
and almost missed the second show in Kansas City.
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NOVEMBER 7 - WINTERLAND, SAN
FRANCISCO (CA), UNITED STATES
Support from Wolfgang
and Isaac Hayes. Bonzo Dog Band was scheduled but a sign said they were
cancelled because of immigration problems. Roland Kirk was cancelled
as he had a run-in with Bill Graham and he fired him and his band eventually.
Bill Graham introduced all the acts.
Recording
Includes: Good Times
Bad Times Intro >> Communication Breakdown >> I Can't Quit
You Baby (<< It Hurts Me So..), Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..),
Dazed And Confused [ cut ], [ cut ], White Summer (<<
Black Mountain Side..) [ cut ], [ cut ], Babe I'm Gonna
Leave You (<< Down By The River..) [ cut ], What Is And
What Should Never Be, Moby Dick [ cut ], Suzie Q Intro >>
How Many More Times (<< Smokestack Lightning, Got a Lot Of Living
To Do, Beck's Bolero, The Hunter [ cut ]..) [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good 1st
audience recording. Almost 90 minutes.
Details: The tape is distorted with Bonzo
and Plant buried under Page and Jones. The bass is very audible in the
mix for most of the show, sometimes overpowering the rest of instruments.
It's also riddled with speed fluctuations throughout the show. The quality
worsened near the end of Moby Dick, lacking bottom end and being less
crisp.
Recording
Includes: Good Times
Bad Times Intro >> Communication Breakdown >> I Can't Quit
You Baby (<< It Hurts Me So..), Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..),
Dazed And Confused, White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [
cut ], [ cut ], Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (<< Down By The
River..), What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick [ cut ],
Suzie Q Intro >> How Many More Times (<< Smokestack Lightning,
Got a Lot Of Living To Do, Beck's Bolero, The Hunter, Boogie Chillun,
Move On Down The Line, Bottle It Up And Go, The Lemon Song..), [ cut
], Bring It On Home.
Source: Incomplete very good 2nd audience
recording. 108 minutes.
Details: A very clear and dynamic tape,
with bass being just a tiny blurred because of the distance. The recording
has great ambience and shares almost no distortion except for bottom
end and the audience is very quiet and respecful throughout the whole
show.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 1:
Final Winterland (The Chronicles Of Led Zeppelin), Good Old Led Zeppelin
(Tarantura), Return To San Francisco (Graf Zeppelin, last two discs),
Room 2/3 (Image Quality), & Winter Of Our Content (Missing Link)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source mixes:
Final Winterland 1969 2nd Night: Source 2 (no label), Rare Magic (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc), Return To San Francisco (Graf Zeppelin, first
two discs), Stand Up Sit Down Up There Settle Down! (Tarantura), &
Winter In Winterland 1969 (Wisteria Records)
Comments:
This is the second to last show from the 4th US Tour of 1969 and a very
exciting show! The beginning of Good Times Bad Times is quite thrilling
and a long and drawn out Communication Breakdown is an early highlight.
Jones plays some great bass ... check out his lines in Heartbreaker.
Jimmy is definitely playing on another level and is out of this world!
The tone of his guitar on here is just great. Plant is not at the top
of his range for 1969 but he's still perfectly fine and powerful. Jimmy
has tuning issues especially during Babe I'm Gonna Leave You. That song
comes across very powerfully here though. The final encore, Bring It
On Home is recorded for the very first time and it rocks! You really
feel the power of Zeppelin from this song.
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NOVEMBER 8 - WINTERLAND, SAN
FRANCISCO (CA), UNITED STATES
Support from Wolfgang and Isaac Hayes. Bonzo Dog Band was scheduled
but a sign said they were cancelled because of immigration problems.
Roland Kirk was cancelled as he had a run-in with Bill Graham and he
fired him and his band eventually. Bill Graham introduced all the acts.
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Zeppelin Final European Date
December 6, 1969
DECEMBER 6 - PISTON '70, ECOLE
CENTRALE, CHATENAY-MALABRY, FRANCE
School ball one-off show. Support from The Pretty Things, Les Variations,
Triangle and Bachdenkel (which were not advertised on the bill).
Recording
Includes: Good Times
Bad Times Intro [ cut ] >> Communication Breakdown >>
I Can't Quit You Baby (<< It Hurts Me So..), Heartbreaker (<<
Bouree..), Dazed And Confused, White Summer (<< Black Mountain
Side..), [ cut ], You Shook Me, Moby Dick, How Many More Times
(<< The Hunter, Smokestack Lightning, Whole Lotta Love, Improvisation
based on Good Times Bad Times theme, Wee Baby Blues, Hideaway, Move
On Down The Line, Boogie Chillun..).
Source: Incomplete very good audience recording.
104 minutes.
Details: The volume fluctuates throughout
the tape. The vocals, guitar, and bass are pushed to the front and more
distorted, while the drums are less distorted and pushed back in the
mix. One bad thing is that Moby Dick has a very loud volume, and the
volume on How Many More Times is lower, and so with more hiss.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Chatenay-Malabry
1969 (no label), Centralien (Wendy Records), Final Rendez-Vous (Godfatherecords),
Les Rendez-Vous De Paris (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), LZ Au Gala De
L'Ecole (Graf Zeppelin, original & reissue), No Cancellation! (Akashic),
Seconds After Catching Fire (Tarantura), & This Is Jimmy (Boleskine
House Records)
Comments:
Over the years, there's been much speculation regarding the validity
of Led Zeppelin's appearance at Ecole Centrale's Piston 70 - despite
a review in the French magazine Best in February 1970 and a publication
of the programme in the book Hexagonal Experiences. The first clue was
the photographs of the gig taken by Gilles Château, which were
published on the LedZeppelin.com website. But now, more than 40 years
later, there's no doubt that it really happened since this recording
has been dig out! A 40 years old master tape that has never been circulated
before. It must have a few glitches from times to times, but it's a
miracle that it was not completely gone after all this time. This is
the culmination of the 1969 gigs. It is unlike any of the others, including
Winterland from the previous month. It is more exquisite, delicate and
vicious than anything previously. The subtle interplay between Plant
and Jimmy on How Many More Times is unprecidented. They actually bridge
into into the solo work from Good Times Bad Times. Tightness is fluid
beyond belief. This was a private gig where they just did whatever they
felt was neccessary. When they came back in 1970 it was different. This
recording is an historic revelatory piece that if Jimmy holds the soundboard
he should release it!
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