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Zeppelin Fifth U.K. Tour
February 7, 1970 - February 17, 1970
JANUARY
7 - TOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND (WEDNESDAY 8pm)
JANUARY
8 - COLSTON HALL, BRISTOL, ENGLAND (THURSDAY)
Recording
Includes:
We're Gonna Groove [ 3:10 - beginning notes cut ] >> I Can't
Quit You Baby [ 6:04 ], Dazed And Confused [ 13:43 - tape drop-out
at middle guitar solo ], Heartbreaker [ 4:51 ], White Summer (<<
Black Mountain Side..) [ 11:31 - sound wishy-washy noticeably at the
first half of the song as well as some time before ], [ tape cut -
some chatter repeated ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:13 ], Organ
Solo [ 0:41 ] >> Thank You [ 4:45 ], [ tape cut - entire chatter
missing ], Moby Dick [ 1:57 - possibly first drum note from introduction
missing here, also almost entire drum solo missing as well as entire
instrumental coda ], [ tape cut - some chatter missing ], Instrumental
Intro [ 2:02 ] >> How Many More Times (<< The Hunter,
Boogie Chillun, Move On Down The Line, Truckin' Little Mama, The Lemon
Song..) [ 16:51 ], Whole Lotta Love [ 5:16 ], Announcer Speech, Whole
Lotta Love [ 5:16 ], Announcer Speech, Communication Breakdown (<<
Good Times Bad Times.. [ 3:25 ].
Source: Incomplete fair audience recording.
Near 89 minutes.
Details: This recording starts off as
very muffled, distorted and distant one but does afterward become
clearer even if tape wobble is heard in places. But the end of the
tape is again very distorted and muffled.
Bootleg
CD Reference(s):
The Bristol Stomp (no label)
Comments:
A killer show! Robert's voice is in great shape and the band tear
through the set, and include what is probably the first ever performance
of Since I've Been Loving You, with different lyrics and a different
arrangement but still exciting. "We've got an LP coming out in
three months, and it's called Led Zeppelin 19. We're just gonna keep
putting them out!" Plant jokes while he's introducing a new material.
Near the ned he also jokes more: "Tonto turned into a door and
the Lone Ranger shot his knob off!" according to a joke that
he has been trying to tell earlier in the concert. The encores destroy
the crowd after the gutsy How Many More Times.
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JANUARY
9 - ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON, ENGLAND (FRIDAY 8pm)
Whole concert was professionally recorded and filmed. Fragments were
used on "Whole Lotta Love" promo video in 1997. I Can't
Quit You Baby was mixed at The Sol Studio, Cookham, Berkshire, England
and released on Coda album in 1982, then the large part of movie was
released on DVD in 2003.
Recording
Includes:
C'Mon Everybody [ 2:39 ], [ tape fade out/in ], Whole Lotta Love [
6:23 - tape drop-out near the beginning ], Communication Breakdown
[ 4:22 ], [ tape fade out/in ], Something Else [ 2:11 ], Bring It
On Home [ 8:02 ], [ tape fade out/in ], Instrumental Intro [ 2:15
] >> How Many More Times (<< The Hunter, Boogie Chillun,
Move On Down The Line, Leave My Woman Alone, The Lemon Song..) [ 22:55
- tape drop-out at vocal verse before instrumental middle section
], DJ Comments [ 0:06 ].
Source: Almost complete excellent radio
broadcast recording. 51 minutes.
Details: The original broadcast has an
incorrect song order and was taken directly from the board and it
seems to be very close to the official release but in the process
of producing most bootleggers destroyed this tape, releasing it at
incorrect speed and with several clicks/pops into.
Recording
Includes:
Instrumental Intro >> How Many More Times (<< The Hunter,
Boogie Chillun, Truckin' Little Mama, Move On Down The Line, Leave
My Woman Alone, The Lemon Song..), Bring It On Home.
Source: Incomplete superb professional
1st multi-track recording. Almost 32 minutes.
Details: How Many More Times is a bit
shorter while Bring It On Home seems to be complete.
Recording
Includes:
We're Gonna Groove [ 3:12 ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby [ 6:24
], Dazed And Confused [ 15:09 ], Heartbreaker [ 3:48 - end cut ],
[ tape cut - entire chatter missing ], What Is And What Should Never
Be [ 4:21 ], [ tape cut - some chatter missing ], Moby Dick [ 15:00
], [ tape cut ], Whole Lotta Love [ 6:05 ], Communication Breakdown
[ 4:07 - longer edit ], [ tape cut ], Instrumental Intro [ 1:02 ]
>> How Many More Times (<< The Hunter, Boogie Chillun,
Truckin' Little Mama, Move On Down The Line, Leave My Woman Alone,
The Lemon Song..) [ 18:58 ], [ tape cut - no chatter missing ], Communication
Breakdown [ 3:39 - shorter edit ], [ tape cut - some chatter missing
], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ 11:57 ], [ tape
cut ], C'Mon Everybody [ 2:29 ], Something Else [ 2:05 ], Bring It
On Home [ 7:33 ], [ tape cut - most of long audience anticipation
missing ], Long Tall Sally (<< Great Balls Of Fire, Whole Lotta
Shakin' Goin' On, Move On Down The Line..) [ 3:27 ], Band Outroduction.
Source: Incomplete superb professional
2nd multi-track recording. Almost 112 minutes.
Details: Moby Dick is longer here. How
Many More Times missing some sections. Bring It On Home is a bit shorter
than above. Long Tall Sally is very incomplete and do not contain
the whole medley.
Recording
Includes:
Backstage footage, Opening Announcements [ beginning cut and also
partially silent ], We're Gonna Groove >> I Can't Quit You Baby
[ end cut ], [ tape cut - some chatter missing ], White Summer (<<
Black Mountain Side..), Whole Lotta Love, Communication Breakdown
[ end cut ], [ tape cut - entire chatter missing ], C'Mon Everybody,
[ tape cut ], Long Tall Sally (<< Great Balls Of Fire, Whole
Lotta Shakin' Goin' On, Move On Down The Line..), Closing Announcements
[ completely silent ].
Source: Incomplete good color bootleg
video with actual sound. 41 minutes.
Details: The sound is distant and not
quite synchronized. Long Tall Sally is flopped. There are a couple
of cameras footages available from the show. There is possibly more
material but this is only what survived
Recording
Includes:
We're Gonna Groove >> I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused,
Heartbreaker [ beginning only ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain
Side..), Since I've Been Loving You [ only few notes ], [ tape cut
- entire chatter missing ], Organ Solo [ only few notes ] [ tape cut
] >> Thank You [ only few notes ], [ tape cut - entire chatter
missing ], What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, Instrumental
Intro >> How Many More Times (<< The Hunter, Boogie Chillun,
Truckin' Little Mama, Move On Down The Line, Leave My Woman Alone,
The Lemon Song..), Whole Lotta Love, Communication Breakdown, C'Mon
Everybody, Something Else, Bring It On Home.
Source: Incomplete superb legit video
soundtrack. Almost 112 minutes.
Detailed: The foundation of this source
is the 2nd multi-track tape with the exception of previously unreleased
tracks available as menu on DVD: Since I've Been Loving You and Organ
Solo/Thanks You.
Official
LP Reference(s):
Coda (Swan Song)
Official
CD Reference(s):
Coda (Swan Song)
Bootleg
LP Reference(s) radio broadcast:
The Final Option (Rock Solid Records & The Swingin' Pig Records)
& Strange Tales From The Road (Rock Solid Records)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) radio broadcast:
Historical Birthday (Shout To The Top), Jimmy's Birthday Party - The
Royal Dragon (Tarantura), Royal Albert Hall (RAH & Red Robin),
Royal Albert Presentation (Immigrant), & Strange Tales From The
Road (no label)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) 1st multi-track recording:
The Lost Mixes/Sessions EP Volume 7 & 8 (Empress Valley Supreme
Disc)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) 2nd multi-track recording:
Live At The Royal Albert Hall (Empress Valley Supreme Disc) &
Royal Albert Hall: The Initial Tapes (Godfather Records)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) bootleg video soundtrack:
Jimmy's Birthday Party - The Royal Dragon (Tarantura)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) legit video soundtrack:
The Fifth Element Volume One (Gusto Productions CD-R) & Havin'
Me Some Fun Tonight (Beelzebub Records CD-R)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) source mixes:
Live At The Royal Albert Hall (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Mystical
Spirit Remastered (Royal Record Productions CD-R), Royal Albert Hall
1970 (Celebration Definitive Masters), & Royal Albert Hall London
England January 9th 1970 (Winston Remasters CD-R)
Official
Visual Reference(s):
DVD (Warner Music Vision)
Bootleg
Visual Reference(s):
1970 (Cosmic Energy DVD-R), 1970-1972 (Cosmic Energy DVD-R), Days
And Confused (Rare Video Collection 1969~1977) (Seymour Vision), Early
Visions/The Best Of Led Zeppelin Clips Volume One (Celebration Definitive
Masters), Hats Off To John Bonham (Sugar Mama), Havin' Me Some Fun
Tonight (Beelzebub Records DVD-R), London Calling (Sugar Mama), &
Royal Albert Hall 1970 (Celebration Definitive Masters VHS)
Comments:
This show needs no recommendation. Playing is so hot and the band
firing on all cylinders tonight ... it's Jimmy's 26th birthday party!
Gutsy show with totally mind blowing energy. From the first notes
of We're Gonna Groove up to the last hints of Long Tall Sally this
concert is just exceptional. During one of the verse on Dazed And
Confused Plant changes the lyrics and sings: "This cocaine makes
me sick!" Amazing! So sad some tracks are still incomplete.
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JANUARY
13 - GUILD HALL, PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND (TUESDAY)
JANUARY 15 - CITY HALL, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, ENGLAND (THURSDAY 8pm)
JANUARY 16 - CITY HALL, SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND (FRIDAY 8pm)
JANUARY 24 - TOWN HALL, LEEDS, ENGLAND (SATURDAY)
FEBRUARY 7 - USHER HALL, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND (cancelled due to Plant's
car accident and rescheduled for February 17, 1970) (SATURDAY 7:30pm)
Support from Barclay James Harvest.
FEBRUARY 17 - USHER HALL, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND (TUESDAY 7:30pm) (Rescheduled
date from February 7, 1970.)
Led
Zeppelin First European Tour
February 23, 1970 - March 12, 1970
FEBRUARY
23 - KULTTUURIALO, HELSINKI, FINLAND (MONDAY)
Recording
Includes:
We're Gonna Groove >> I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused,
Heartbreaker, White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..), Since
I've Been Loving You, Organ Solo (<< Focatta And Fugue..) >>
Thank You, Moby Dick [ tape edit at the beginning ], [ tape cut -
no chatter missing ], Instrumental Intro >> How Many More Times
(<< The Hunter, Boogie Chillun, Move On Down The Line, Fixin'
To Die, Down By The Riverside, The Lemon Song, Be-Bop-A-Lula..), Announcer
Speech, Whole Lotta Love.
Source: Almost complete good audience
recording. 112 minutes.
Details: The tape is a bit muffled but
fairly clear with Page in front and Plant buried under the rest of
the band.
Bootleg
CD Reference(s):
Fixin' To Die (Gold Standard Series), Tocatta & Fugue (Tarantura),
& Valhalla, I'm Coming (Mandala Records)
Comments:
A really rare show, the first concert of the first European tour.
And what a show it is! Robert's voice is simply wonderful and the
entire band just cooks throughout the whole set. Dazed And Confused
is really eerie and played well and the How Many More Times medley
has some really obscure and great references thrown in.
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FEBRUARY
25 - KONSERTHUSET, GOTEBORG, SWEDEN (WEDNESDAY)
FEBRUARY 26 - KONSERTHUSET, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (THURSDAY 7pm) (Concert
booked to replace the cancelled date on October 7, 1969.)
FEBRUARY 27 - KONCERTGEBOUW, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND (FRIDAY)
FEBRUARY
28 - K. B. HALLEN, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (SATURDAY)
The group performed as The Nobs. Reason was that Eva Von Zeppelin
- relative of the airship designer - had threatened to sue the group
if it appears as Led Zeppelin in Denmark.
Recording
Includes:
[ supposed to be played: We're Gonna Groove >> I Can't Quit
You Baby ] Dazed And Confused, Heartbreaker, White Summer (<<
Black Mountain Side..), Since I've Been Loving You, Organ Solo >>
Thank You, Moby Dick, Instrumental Intro >> How Many More Times
(<< The Hunter, Move On Down The Line, Truckin' Little Mama,
Boogie Chillun..), Whole Lotta Love, Communication Breakdown, C'Mon
Everybody, Something Else, Bring It On Home, Long Tall Sally.
Source: Incomplete good audience recording.
128 minutes.
Details: All the instruments are discernible
with a bias towards the bass frequencies and some low end distortion.
The audience is noisy and clap along in the quite passages.
Bootleg
CD Reference(s):
Dancing With Snow Queen (Baby Face), The Nobs! (Tarantura), The Nobs
Volume One (Wendy Records), & A Riot Going On (POT)
Comments:
Another excellent early 1970 show ... the concert is complete except
for the first two songs missing from the tape, but those are not available
anywhere. Jimmy's playing is out of this world on Dazed And Confused
and Heartbreaker, but this show belongs to the rhythm section! Jones
and Bonham are simply amazing throughout. A nice batch of encores
after the great How Many More Times Medley, including two great Eddie
Cochran songs ... Before the last encore Plant said to the audience:
"We'd like to say thank you very much for receiving us back again,
after last time we came here with Country Joe And The Fish. We've
gotta say that I don't think we've changed much, but an incredible
change in playing. We'd like to dedicate this to the wonderful clubs
in Copenhagen, and until we come back again this is how we'd like
you to remember us."
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MARCH
2 - BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (MONDAY)
MARCH
7 - MONTREUX CASINO, MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND (SATURDAY)
Recording
Includes:
Claude Knobs Introduction [ beginning cut ], We're Gonna Groove >>
I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused, Rice Pudding Intro >>
Heartbreaker, White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..), Since
I've Been Loving You, Organ Solo (<< Hang On To A Dream..) >>
Thank You, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, Suzie Q Intro
>> How Many More Times [ tape clip - medley cut ].
Source: Incomplete excellent audience
recording. 94 minutes.
Details: This recording has all of the
virtues of both soundboard and audience. There is very little audience
noise, and all of the instruments are perfectly balanced.
Recording
Includes:
We're Gonna Groove >> I Can't Quit You Baby, [ tape cut - some
chatter missing ], Dazed And Confused, [ tape cut - some chatter missing
], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side.. [ end cut ] ), [ tape
cut ], How Many More Times [ tape cut - no Suzie Q intro ] (<<
The Hunter, Boogie Chillun, Move On Down The Line, Bottle Up And Go,
My Baby Left Me, Jenny Jenny, Lucille, The Lemon Song [ tape cut during
the song ]..), [ tape cut ], Whole Lotta Love.
Source: Incomplete very good soundboard
recording. 60 minutes.
Details: Two or three versions of this
soundboard are available, no one is truly complete and the sound varies
a bit between all of them. Some versions also have DJ's comments at
the beginning or ending of some songs. What worse, this is probably
the most shit sounding board in the whole bootlegography. It lacks
the dynamic and is very compressed.
Bootleg
LP Reference(s) audience:
Egg On Your Face (Wonderwall), Feel All Right - Live In Montreux (Audio
Recording), Montreaux Switzerland 1970 (SHZ), Raging Violent The Virtuoso
(no label), & What Is And What Should Never Be (no label)
Bootleg
LP Reference(s) soundboard:
Knebworth Fair Vol. 1 (K&S Records) & The Last Farewell Vol.
2 (Fujiyo Music)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) audience:
All That Jazz (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), Charisma (Tarantura2000,
original & reissue), The Complete Tapes (1970/71 - Vol. 2) (Tintagel),
The Dark Tower (Tarantura), Divinity (Atlantic Ocean Records), Feel
All Right (Cobra Standard Series), The Last Rave-Up (Tie Dye Records),
Montreaux 1970 (Live Storm), & We're Gonna Groove (Luna Records
& Scorpio)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) soundboard:
Charisma (Tarantura2000, original & reissue), Intimate (Almost
Mysterious) (Equinox), Intimidator (Empress Valley Supreme Disc, 3CD
& 2CD), & Sunshine Woman (Flagge)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) audience & soundboard mixes:
Charisma (Tarantura2000, original & reissue), Intimidator (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc, 3CD & 2CD), & Presence Of The Lord (Beelzebub
Records CD-R)
Comments:
Talk about energy. The audience is rowdy and loud and the group feed
off of this to offer a killer show, with some of the best playing
ever, and surely the best live version of Heartbreaker ever played.
The audience recording captures the energetic atmosphere perfectly.
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MARCH
8 - CIRCUS KRONE BAU, MUNICH, GERMANY (SUNDAY 10:15pm)
MARCH
9 - KONZERTHAUS, VIENNA, AUSTRIA (concert married by equipment problems)
(MONDAY)
Recording
Includes:
I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused, Heartbreaker, White Summer
(<< Black Mountain Side..), Since I've Been Loving You [ cut
near the beginning ], Moby Dick, Instrumental Intro >> How Many
More Times (<< The Hunter, Boogie Chillun, Truckin' Little Mama,
The Lemon Song..).
Source: Incomplete good to very good
1st audience recording. 92 minutes.
Details: The tape is distant and a bit
distorted at times.
Recording
Includes:
We're Gonna Groove >> I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused
[ tape edit near bow solo ], Heartbreaker, White Summer (<<
Black Mountain Side..), Since I've Been Loving You, Organ Solo >>
Thank You, Moby Dick, Instrumental Intro >> How Many More Times
(<< The Hunter, Boogie Chillun, Truckin' Little Mama, The Lemon
Song..).
Source: Complete good to very good 2nd
audience recording. 101 minutes.
Details: The tape is distant and a bit
distorted at times.
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) source 1:
High Flyin' Zep (Electric Magic) & Vienna 1970 (Gusto Productions
& Ocean Sound Studio)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) source 2:
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) source mixes:
Vienna 1970 ( MMachine & Starbone Records)
Comments:
A step down during this show. While the playing is still powerful,
Pagey seems to be a bit out of tune and this caused lack of energy
that is present on all other shows from this tour. Some troubles with
equipment in Dazed And Confused and blames the road manager for it.
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MARCH
10 - KONGRESHALLE, FRANKFURT, GERMANY (cancelled after riots at the
venue following an appearance by Jethro Tull couple days before and
was rescheduled to Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany the same day.) (TUESDAY)
MARCH
10 - MUSIKHALLE, HAMBURG, GERMANY (TUESDAY)
Recording
Includes:
Band Announcements, We're Gonna Groove >> I Can't Quit You Baby,
[ tape edit ], Dazed And Confused, [ tape edit ], Heartbreaker, Living
Loving Maid (She's Got A Woman) tease, [ tape edit ], White Summer
(<< Black Mountain Side..) [ tape edit near the middle ], [
tape edit ], Since I've Been Loving You, Organ Solo >> Thank
You [ end cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be, [ tape edit ],
Moby Dick [ tape edit near the end ], Instrumental Intro >>
How Many More Times (<< The Hunter, Boogie Chillun, Truckin'
Little Mama, Rollin' And Tumblin', Ramblin' Down By The Riverside,
Travelling Riverside Blues, Long Distance Call Blues, The Lemon Song..),
[ tape edit ], Whole Lotta Love.
Source: Almost complete good audience
recording. 118 minutes.
Details: The tape is a bit distant but
clear with all the instruments rather good listenable.
Bootleg
CD Reference(s):
Hamburg 1970 (Immigrant), Lili Marleen (Tarantura2000), & Mystery
European Gig (The Symbols)
Comments:
Another one of the really good shows from the 1970 European tour.
Robert's voice is amazing as always in 1970 and the band plays some
really intense music. Jimmy's quiet riff intro to Heartbreaker before
leading the band in full force is quite dramatic and the not yet recorded
Since I've Been Loving You is very passionate and intense. Dazed And
Confused is very compact and played brilliantly, especially by Jimmy,
whose playing is fast and fluid in front of the wall of rhythm created
by Jones and Bonham. The How Many More Times medley is great and Robert
leads the band through a pastiche of great oldies before closing the
show with a great, 1970 pre-medley version of the sole encore Whole
Lotta Love. What makes this recording so exciting it is a only known
live rendition to Living Loving Maid. Just right after the last notes
of Heartbreaker Plant segued into "With a purple umbrella ..."
lyrics but shortly after he said: "I think we're all getting
a bit loose!" We know he hated that one so this recording is
so exciting for making listening to this song live!
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MARCH
11 - MUSIKHALLE, HAMBURG, GERMANY (WEDNESDAY 8pm)
Recording
Includes:
Band Announcements [ beginning cut ], We're Gonna Groove >>
I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused, Heartbreaker [ tape drop-out
during guiatr solo ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..),
Since I've Been Loving You [ tape drop-out near the end ], Organ Solo
>> Thank You, Moby Dick, Instrumental Intro >> How Many
More Times (<< Bolero, The Hunter, Needle Blues, Boogie Chillun,
Move On Down The Line, Truckin' Little Mama, Long Distance Call Blues,
Shake'em On Down, The Lemon Song..), Whole Lotta Love [ end cut ].
Source: Incomplete good audience recording.
120 minutes.
Details: The recording is overloaded
by the bass which distorts the tape a little. There is also tape hiss
in the upper frequencies. The tapers talk around the recorder in places,
giving some quite funny comments.
Bootleg
CD Reference(s):
Everybody, Everybody (Image Quality), Hamburg Germany 3/11/70 (Zeppelin
Digital CD-R), & Lili Marleen (Tarantura2000)
Comments:
A really good show in front of a light-hearted crowd. Robert's voice
is very strong and Jimmy seems to be playing faster and better than
he did even a month before. Some people behind the taper are joking
and laughing very often making some funny comments between or during
the songs. The How Many More Times medley is excellent and Robert
really gets up there with his voice at the end.
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MARCH
12 - RHEINHALLE, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY (THURSDAY 8pm)
Recording
Includes:
Communication Breakdown >> I Can't Quit You Baby [ tape cut
during the siong ], Dazed And Confused, White Summer (<< Black
Mountain Side..), Since I've Been Loving You, Moby Dick [ tape cut
during the song ], Instrumental Intro >> How Many More Times
(<< Bolero, The Hunter, Boogie Chillun, Move On Down The Line,
Truckin' Little Mama, The Lemon Song..).
Source: Incomplete good to very good
1st audience recording. 107 minutes.
Recording
Includes:
Instrumental Intro >> How Many More Times (<< Bolero,
The Hunter, Boogie Chillun, Move On Down The Line, Truckin' Little
Mama, The Lemon Song..).
Source: Incomplete good to very good
2nd audience recording. 22 minutes.
Recording
Includes:
Communication Breakdown >> I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And
Confused [ tape drop-out near the end ], Instrumental Intro >>
Heartbreaker [ tape cut around the middle ], [ tape edit ], White
Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..), Since I've Been Loving You,
[ tape cut - entire chatter missing ], Organ Solo >> Thank You,
[ tape cut - some chatter missing ], Moby Dick [ tape drop-out at
the beginning ], Instrumental Intro >> How Many More Times [
tape cut before medley, main verse missing ] (<< Bolero, The
Hunter, Boogie Chillun, Move On Down The Line, Truckin' Little Mama,
The Lemon Song..), [ tape cut ], Whole Lotta Love.
Source: Incomplete very good 3rd audience
recording. 119 minutes.
Details: The tape fluctuates between
fairly clear and muddy. The intruments are rather in a good balance.
The bass is overloaded and drums are behind of the rest a bit.
Bootleg
LP Reference(s) source 1:
The Final Option (Rock Solid Records & The Swingin' Pig Records),
Germany 1971 (no label), Led Zeppelin Film Can (Rock Solid Records),
Life (Best), & White Summer (Acid, Box Top Records, Marc &
Rock Solid Records both issues)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) source 1:
Blueberry Hill (Roundpin Productions), Bring It On Home (POT), Dancing
Days (Aphrodites Studios & Silver Shadow), & Loreley (Moonraker
Records)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) source 2:
Psychedelic Raw Blues (Immigrant)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) source 3:
Dusseldorf 1970 (Reel Masters) & Dusseldorf 1970 Reel Master (Wardour)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) source mixes:
Ein Traum Wird Wahr (no label)
Comments:
An unusual set and really great show. We're Gonna Groove was the usual
set opener the first half of 1970 but Communication Breakdown is the
opener here. It sounds like Page wanted to loosen his fingers and
somehow wandered into the Communication Breakdown riff and the band
just followed along. It rocks! The highlight of this show is White
Summer/Black Mountain Side. I can easily described this version as
the moment when the West meets an East! Very subtle Since I've Been
Loving You follows this masterpiece. How Many More Times includes
a lot of humorous commentary by Plant on the lyrics he's singing,
letting us all in on the joke and has the audience in stiches. Blistering
Whole Lotta closes this really gutsy show much to the excitement of
the crowd.
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March 21, 1970 - April 19, 1970
MARCH
21 - PACIFIC COLISEUM, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (SATURDAY
8pm)
Recording
Includes:
Band Introduction, We're Gonna Groove [ tape cut - second verse and
guitar solo missing ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby [ end cut ],
Dazed And Confused [ tape cut - most of vocal section missing, bow
solo has tape speed problems and cut at the end, a brief clip of an
acoustic guitar is recorded over the guitar solo, outro missing ],
Instrumental Intro >> Heartbreaker [ tape cut - final verse
and ending missing ].
Source: Incomplete good audience recording.
30 minutes.
Details: The tape is muffled with a fair
amount of hiss but enjoyable as a whole.
Recording
Includes:
[ tape cut - some chatter missing ], We're Gonna Groove [ 3:45 ],
[ tape cut - some chatter missing ] [ supposed to be played: Bring
It On Home ], Heartbreaker [ 6:08 ], [ tape cut - some chatter missing
] [ supposed to be played: White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..)
], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:58 ], [ tape cut ], Organ Solo [
1:18 - some of solo cut ] [ tape cut ], >> Thank You [ 6:44
], [ tape cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:19 ], [ tape
cut ] [ supposed to be played: Moby Dick, How Many More Times medley
], Whole Lotta Love [ 2:42 - middle and medley cut ], [ tape cut -
some chatter missing ], Communication Breakdown (<< Ramble On..)
[ 4:55 ].
Source: Incomplete excellent soundboard
recording. 36 minutes.
Details: Another FM broadcast that was
originally taken from the board but in the process of making bootlegs
it was destroyed by several technical problems.
Bootleg
LP Reference(s) soundboard:
Absence (Toasted Records), Alive 1971! (TNT Productions), BBC Broadcasts
(Sunburn Records), BBC Concert (no label), Best Of Led Zeppelin Vol.
2 (Rock Solid Records), Bonham's Rebirth (The Amazing Kornyphone Rebirth
Label), The Final Option (Rock Solid Records & The Swingin' Pig
Records), Hiawatha Express (Ze Anonym Plattenspieler), In The Light
69-85 (Zipp Zapp), Led Zeppelin Film Can (Rock Solid Records), Let
Zip Hell In (Amusing Records), Mudslide (BRR issue, Blue Ribbon, Box
Top Records, GLC, Mushroom Records, Trade Mark Of Quality both issues,
Wizardo Records), My Rider (LZ69), Pb - Pure Blues Live (no label),
& Trade Mark Of Quality Years (Trade Mark Of Quality)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) audience:
Zeppelin Pack 'em In (Beelzebub Records CD-R)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) soundboard:
Black Dog (Vol. 1) (Banana), Classics Off The Air 1 (Neutral Zone),
Frame By Frame (American Concert Series), Live (Vol. 2) (Joker Productions),
Mudslide (Flying Disc Music & The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), Pb
(Last Stand Disc, Tarantura, & Tarantura2000), On Air (Pacific),
Pb+ (Wild Card), Stormy Blues (Joker Productions), Through The Years
(Big Music), Ultimate Mudslide (House Of Elrond), Ultimate Mudslide
- Pb (Original Master Series), Uncensored (Great Dane Records), We're
Gonna Groove (The Grand Pick Records), We're Gonna Groove - Live In
Canada 1970 (Black Panther), Whole Lotta Zep (Turtle Records), Zeppelin
Pack 'em In (Beelzebub Records CD-R), & Zoso's Back To Rock And
Roll (Oh Boy)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) audience & soundboard mixes:
Zeppelin Pack 'em In (Beelzebub Records CD-R)
Bootleg
DVD Audio Reference(s) soundboard:
Pb (Genuine Masters)
Comments:
This is all that is known to exist of this show, the first of the
North American tour of 1970. A really raw performance, with Robert's
voice immensely strong and the bass/guitar/drum interplay reaching
exhilarating peaks like Heartbreaker and We're Gonna Groove. This
is really good ... I hope the rest of soundboard sees the light someday
(if the rest of this show even exists!).
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MARCH
22 - SEATTLE CENTER ARENA, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON (SUNDAY)
MARCH 23 - MEMORIAL COLISEUM, PORTLAND, OREGON (MONDAY 8pm)
MARCH
25 - DENVER COLISEUM, DENVER, COLORADO (WEDNESDAY)
Recording
Includes:
We're Gonna Groove >> I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused
[ tape edit near the middle ], [ supposed to be played: Bring It On
Home], Heartbreaker, [ supposed to be played: White Summer (<<
Black Mountain Side..) ], Since I've Been Loving You [ tape drop-out
near the end ], Organ Solo >> Thank You, Moby Dick, [ tape edit
], Instrumental Intro >> How Many More Times (<< Ramble
On, Bolero, The Hunter, Boogie Chillun, Move On Down The Line, Going
Down South, The Lemon Song..), Whole Lotta Love.
Source: Incomplete fair to good audience
recording. 107 minutes.
Details: Starting off distant, muddy
and hissy the sound brightens up after a while allowing more detail
to be discernible, but there are volume fluctuations later on.
Bootleg
CD Reference(s):
Denver 1970 (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin)
Comments:
A really explosive and energetic show ... Robert's voice is excellent
and the band plays with guts! Slow and steady is the pace, although
the faster numbers have the band taking full flight, led by the amazing
guitar of Jimmy Page. The medley is killer and a really psychedelic
version of Whole Lotta Love ends the show. Heartbreaker and Dazed
And Confused have sections that are ahead of their time ... they wouldn't
be regular additions for another year or so! Plant made some nice
commentary as for their last visit in Denver: "About eighteen
months ago, we played our very first ever gig in the United States
in this Coliseum (sic!) and so much has happened since then. We'd
like to say that we really are pleased to be back."
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MARCH
26 - SALT PALACE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (THURSDAY 8:30pm)
MARCH
27 - GREAT WESTERN FORUM, INGLEWOOD, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (concert
married by rowdy audience) (FRIDAY 8:30pm)
Recording
Includes:
We're Gonna Groove [ 2:57 ], Dazed And Confused [ 11:02 - tape cut
just right after of call and response section ], [ tape cut - some
chatter missing ], Heartbreaker [ 5:59 ] >> Bring It On Home
[ 7:09 - tape speed problems at the end ], [ tape cut - some chatter
missing ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ 11:58 ],
[ tape cut - some chatter missing ], Since I've Been Loving You [
6:41 ], Organ Solo [ 3:00 ] >> Thank You [ 6:38 ], What Is And
What Should Never Be [ 4:01 - tape cut at the end of middle guitar
solo ], Moby Dick [ 20:56 ], [ tape edit ], Instrumental Intro [ 2:26
] >> How Many More Times (<< Bolero, The Hunter, Needle
Blues, I'm A Man, Boogie Chillun, Gotta Keep Movin', Truckin' Little
Mama, The Lemon Song..) [ 22:38 - tape cut at coda ], Announcer Speech,
Whole Lotta Love [ 5:55 ], Communication Breakdown (<< Down
By The River..) [ 3:59 ], Band Outroduction.
Source: Almost complete good 1st audience
source. Almost 137 minutes.
Details: The sound is muffled and distant
and the drums overpowering the guitar in places. A few numbers in
it's gets a bit clearer but more hissy.
Recording
Includes:
We're Gonna Groove, Dazed And Confused, Heartbreaker, Organ Solo >>
Thank You, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, Instrumental
Intro >> How Many More Times (<< Bolero, The Hunter, Needle
Blues, I'm A Man, Boogie Chillun, Gotta Keep Movin', Truckin' Little
Mama, The Lemon Song..), Whole Lotta Love, Communication Breakdown
(<< Down By The River..), Band Outroduction.
Source: Incomplete fair to good 2nd audience
source. Almost 106 minutes.
Details: This source is more distant
and muddy and hiss is available here too making this recording more
hard to listen.
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) source 1:
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) source 2:
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) source mixes:
D'Ya Feel Alright? (Gusto Productions CD-R & Mad Dogs), Everybody
Feel Alright? (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), The Four Survivors (Cyanine
Records CD-R), & LA Jive And Rambling Mind (Holy Grail)
Comments:
This is one of the greatest shows ever! Right from the start this
show is special. The band is on and Robert's voice is perfect, controlled
and his entire range is used, resulting in one of his finest recorded
vocal performances! "Good evening. Everybody feel alright? Tonight
we intend to get everybody looser than anybody's even been loose ...
even with cod liver oil!" tells Plant at the beginning of the
show. Heartbreaker features some wonderful playing form Jimmy in his
solo in the middle but Plant calmed down the audience after the song:
"The people who are standing in the aisleys, can they sit on
the floor or whatever. There's some people behind can't see. So if
anybody knows they are obstructing somebody else's view, can they
respect that fact or move, then everybody can see!" Since I've
Been Loving you was dedicated to "...the litttle men with the
suits on who keep pushing everybody back down the aisle. It's their
big day, y'see. They can't understand it." Plant also humorously
intrioduzed the band at the beginning of How Many More Times as "the
four survivours of the Graf Zeppelin", John Bonham as "for
the benefit if Mr Kite! and Pagey as "the man who made rock,
rock". After a wild version of that song, the Whole Lotta Love
encore features a duel between Jimmy on the Theremin and Jonesy on
a heavily distorted organ....simply wild! An announcer informed the
crowd about the forthcoming event - Jimi Hendrix on April 25th, 1970.
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MARCH
28 - MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM, DALLAS, TEXAS (SATURDAY 8pm)
Recording
Includes:
We're Gonna Groove, Dazed And Confused, Theramin Intro >> Heartbreaker,
Bring It On Home, White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [
tape cut near the end ], [ tape cut - some chatter missing ], Since
I've Been Loving You, Organ Solo >> Thank You, [ tape cut -
some chatter missing ], What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick
[ end cut ] [ supposed to be played: Instrumental Intro >> How
Many More Times medley ].
Source: Incomplete good audience recording.
87 minutes.
Details: The recording is clear, slightly
distant audience tape. The sound is slightly flat and tape hiss is
very noticeable.
Bootleg
CD Reference(s):
Texas Two Steps (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin)
Comments:
Just an average show ... nothing special about it, although the playing
is very good. Robert's voice seems a little creaky, but the band is
in good health, playing fine versions of Dazed And Confused and Heartbreaker,
and a very emotional version of Since I've Been Loving You. Moby Dick
is very long and quite boring. This is a good show, very intimate
atmosphere.
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MARCH
29 - HOFHEINZ PAVILION, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, HOUSTON, TEXAS (SUNDAY
8:30pm)
Recording
Includes:
[ supposed to be played: We're Gonna Groove, Dazed And Confused, Heartbreaker,
Bring It On Home ] White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..),
[ tape cut ] [ supposed to be played: Since I've Been Loving You,
Organ Solo >> Thank You, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby
Dick ], For What It's Worth Intro >> How Many More Times [ tape
cut during the song ] (<< Bolero, Down By The River, Lickin'
Stick, The Hunter [ tape cut during the song ], Needle Blues [ tape
cut during the song ], For What It's Worth, Tobacco Road [ tape cut
during the song and clip ]..).
Source: Incomplete good to very good
audience recording. 35 minutes.
Details: The recording is clear and significantly
brighter than the recording from the prevous night, probably aas a
result of being closer to the stage. It also has less tape hiss.
Bootleg
CD Reference(s):
Texas Two Steps (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), Ultimate Mudslide
(House Of Elrond), & Ultimate Mudslide - Pb (Original Master Series)
Comments:
This is a very good clip from this show. White Summer/Black Mountain
Side is a great virtuostic performance from Jimmy, and the medley
has a great introduction before it really gets kick started. This
medley is hot ... Page has an obsession with playing For What It's
Worth during How Many More Times. Not only does he use it as an introduction,
but reintroduces it after the first verse and includes it during the
medley. Curiously, Plant doesn't sing any of its lyrics.
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MARCH
30 - CIVIC ARENA, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA (concert truncated due
to riotous audience) (MONDAY)
MARCH
31 - THE SPECTRUM, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA (TUESDAY 8:30pm)
Recording
Includes:
Unknown.
Source: Rumored to be an audience recording.
WARNING!
This tape is reported to exist and is currently in the hands of a
tape hoarder. Approach any tapes or CDs that claim to be this date
with caution.
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APRIL
2 - CIVIC CENTER, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA (THURSDAY 8pm)
APRIL 3 - MACON COLISEUM, MACON, GEORGIA (FRIDAY)
APRIL 4 - COLISEUM, INDIANA STATE FAIR GROUND, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
(SATURDAY 8pm)
APRIL
5 - CIVIC CENTER, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND (concert married by equipment
problems) (SUNDAY 8pm)
Recording
Includes:
We're Gonna Groove, Dazed And Confused, Theramin Intro >> Heartbreaker,
Bring It On Home, White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..), Organ
Solo >> Thank You, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick,
Instrumental Intro >> How Many More Times (<< Bolero,
The Hunter, Needle Blues, Boogie Chillun, Move On Down The Line, That's
Alright Mama, My Baby Left Me, Honey Bee, The Lemon Song..), Whole
Lotta Love.
Source: Incomplete good 1st audience
recording. 89 minutes.
Recording
Includes:
Band Opening Announcements, We're Gonna Groove, Dazed And Confused,
Theramin Intro >> Heartbreaker, Bring It On Home, White Summer
(<< Black Mountain Side..), Organ Solo [ tape cut during the
song ] >> Thank You, What Is And What Should Never Be, Instrumental
Intro >> How Many More Times (<< Bolero, The Hunter, Needle
Blues, Boogie Chillun, Move On Down The Line, That's Alright Mama,
My Baby Left Me, Honey Bee, The Lemon Song..), Whole Lotta Love, Band
Closing Announcements.
Source: Almost complete good to very
good 2nd audience recording. Near 109 minutes.
Recording
Includes:
We're Gonna Groove, Dazed And Confused, Theramin Intro >> Heartbreaker,
Bring It On Home [ tape cut near the beginning ], [ tape cut - some
chatter missing ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side.. [
tape cut near the middle ] ), Organ Solo [ tape cut near the end ]
[ tape cut ] >> Thank You [ cut near the end ], [ tape edit
], What Is And What Should Never Be, [ tape cut ], Moby Dick [ opening
notes cut and tape drop-out during drum solo ], Instrumental Intro
>> How Many More Times (<<Bolero, The Hunter, Needle Blues,
Boogie Chillun, Move On Down The Line, That's Alright Mama, My Baby
Left Me, Honey Bee, The Lemon Song..), Whole Lotta Love, Band Outroduction.
Source: Incomplete good to very good
3rd audience recording. 94 minutes.
Details: The tape is fairly clear, if
a bit distant with some hiss and scattered dropouts throughout.
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) source 1:
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) source 2:
Some Things Never Pass (Apple Music)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) source 3:
Live At Tear Gassed Place (Tarantura)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) source 2&3 mixes:
1970.04.05 Civic Center Baltimore Maryland (Dadgad Productions CD-R)
& Groovin' You (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Comments:
This performance in this show is rather mediocre compared to others
during this era and also married with rowdy audience and equipment
problems. After a rather flaccid We're Gonna Groove, where Plant's
microphone cut out half way through the song, he apologizes and explains:
"We've only had this PA for three nights." The PA cuts out
again several times in the show. Since I've Been Loving You was dropped
from the set list and the organ solo is very short. How Many More
Times contains a sharp version of Ravel's Bolero and That's Alright
and My Baby Left Me are played together (makes sense since they are
the same song). Plant tries all night to get the crowd "loose"
and they do when they play their hit Whole Lotta Love (probably what
most of the audience came to hear).
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APRIL
7 - CHARLOTTE COLISEUM, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA (TUESDAY 8pm)
Recording
Includes:
Unknown song listing.
Source: Incomplete 8mm color silent amateur
footage. Near 2 minutes.
Details: The video is very dark but rather
close to the stage.
Bootleg
Visual Reference(s):
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APRIL
8 - J.S. DORTON AUDITORIUM, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA (WEDNESDAY)
Recording
Includes:
We're Gonna Groove [ opening notes cut ], Dazed And Confused, Theramin
Intro >> Heartbreaker, Bring It On Home, White Summer (<<
Bron-Yr-Aur, Black Mountain Side..), Since I've Been Loving You, Organ
Solo >> Thank You, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick
[ end cut ] [ supposed to be played: Instrumental Intro >> How
Many More Times medley ].
Source: Incomplete very good audience
recording. 90 minutes.
Details: All instruments are clear with
a slight bias to the bass frequencies and a bit of hiss audible in
the quieter moments. A representative tape for the era.
Bootleg
CD Reference(s):
American Accents (Baby Face), Cabala (CD Company SRL), The Complete
Tapes (1970/71 - Vol. 2) (Tintagel), Fearsome Four Live On Stage (Mandala
Records), Groove (Tarantura), Riot House (Chad & Cobra Standard
Series), We're Gonna Rock (Blimp), & World Champion Drummer! (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc)
Comments:
An excellent show captured in an exquisite sounding recording. Bring
It On Home is probably the best version ever and We're Gonna Groove
is certainly the funkiest version I have ever heard! The band and
Robert are simply outstanding and loose: "That was a thing called
Groove which is just what we intend to do, and we hope you're gonna
as well. So get loose!"
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APRIL
9 - CURTIS HIXON HALL, TAMPA, FLORIDA (THURSDAY)
Recording
Includes:
[ supposed to be played: We're Gonna Groove, Dazed And Confused ]
Bring It On Home [ ending notes only ], [ tape speed edit ], White
Summer (<< Bron-Yr-Aur, Black Mountain Side..)], Since I've
Been Loving You, Organ Solo >> Thank You, [ tape cut - some
chatter missing ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ ending notes
only ], [ tape speed cut - some chatter missing ], Moby Dick, [ tape
speed edit ], Instrumental Intro >> How Many More Times [ tape
cut during guitar solo before medley ] (<< Bolero, The Hunter,
Needle Blues, Boogie Chillun [ cut during the song ], Truckin' Little
Mama, Mess O' The Blues, My Baby [ tape disturbance during the song
], The Lemon Song..), [ tape cut ], Whole Lotta Love.
Source: Incomplete very good to excellent
audience recording. Near 91 minutes.
Details: Generally excellent quality
listening with the instruments being clear and in reasonable balance.
The tape has one of the best atmosphere for the era that makes the
feeling of being inside the venue.
Bootleg
LP Reference(s):
The Final Option (Rock Solid Records & The Swingin' Pig Records),
Makundju (Screaming Oiseau Records), & Tampa Florida 1970 1&2
(Private Collection)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s):
Bring It On Home (POT), First Choice (Sugarcane Records), Makundju
(Cobra Standard Series), & Who's Birthday (Tarantura)
Comments:
A great, energetic and very intense show. White Summer has some bars
from Bron-Yr-Aur and the performance of it by Jimmy and the drumming
by Bonham is just exceptional. Since I've Been Loving You is one of
the pre-record intense versions and a spaced out and blistering Whole
Lotta Love follows the amazing medley. How Many More Times shines
and has few excellent oldies thrown in. Robert's voice is great and
the band blows everything out. Listen as Robert makes crowd announcement
near the beginning: "Will Carol Russell go to the front box office?"
Funny!
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APRIL
10 - MIAMI BEACH CONCENTION HALL, MIAMI, FLORIDA (FRIDAY)
APRIL
11 - KIEL AUDITORIUM, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI (SATURDAY 8pm)
Recording
Includes:
Unknown.
Source: Rumored to be a very good to
excellent audience recording. 140 minutes.
WARNING!
Some sources reported that tape of this show exist and may still be
in the hands of a tape hoarder. Possibly whole show was recorded but
a very big care must be taken with these reports.
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APRIL
12 - THE MET CENTER, BLOOMINGDALE, MINNESOTA (SUNDAY 7:30pm or 8pm)
Recording
Includes:
Bring It On Home [ 7:44 - tape clip, opening notes as well as end
of the song missing ].
Source: Incomplete poor audience recording.
Near 8 minutes.
Details: Very distant and distorted tape,
almost unlistenable at some places.
Bootleg
CD Reference(s):
Comments:
Possibly standard set was performed but this track is the only remainder.
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APRIL
13 - MONTREAL FORUM, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA (MONDAY)
APRIL
14 - CIVIC CENTER, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA (TUESDAY 8:30pm)
Recording
Includes:
[ supposed to be played: We're Gonna Groove ] Dazed And Confused [
13:56 - opening and last note or so cut ], Theramin Intro >>
Heartbreaker [ 7:17 - opening and last note or so cut ], [ tape cut
- some chatter missing ], Bring It On Home [ 9:35 - opening and last
note or so cut ], [ tape cut - entire chatter missing ], White Summer
[ opening note or so cut ] (<< Black Mountain Side.. [ last
note or so cut ] ) [ 10:25 ], [ tape cut - some chatter missing ],
Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:40 - opening and last note or so cut
], [ tape cut - entire chatter missing ], Organ Solo [ 0:48 - opening
and last note or so cut ] [ tape cut ] >> Thank You [ 6:08 -
opening and last note or so cut ], [ tape cut - entire chatter missing
] [ supposed to be played: Moby Dick ], Whole Lotta Love [ 5:08 -
tape clip, end missing ] [ supposed to be played: Instrumental Intro
>> How Many More Times medley ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good
audience recording. 60 minutes.
Details: The first striking factor of
this document is the proximity of the recorder to the instruments,
the audience sounds very far away as in a soundboard tape, but this
is not the case. The taper is probably behind the stage, seemingly
walking about, carelessly handling the microphone, so there are constant
changes in balance and unpleasant noises. The volume also fluctuates
almost constantly and so does the brightness.
Bootleg
CD Reference(s):
Just The Crowd And... (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Ottawa Sunshine
(House Of Elrond), & The Trade Mark Of Quality Masters Volume
One: Parliament Hill (Flying Disc Music)
Comments:
All that remains from this excellent, Pagey dominated show. Robert's
voice is crystal clear and the band is slick and fluid, especially
Page who pushes it all to the limits, especially in a frenzied Heartbreaker
compete with the 1970 Theremin introduction.
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APRIL
16 - ROBERTS STADIUM, EVANSVILLE, INDIANA (THURSDAY 7:30pm)
APRIL
17 - MID-SOUTH COLISEUM, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE (concert truncated due
to riotous audience) (FRIDAY 8pm)
Recording
Includes:
Taper's Opening Announcements, Band Opening Announcements [ cut during
the song ], [ tape cut - some chatter missing ], We're Gonna Groove,
[ tape cut - entire chatter missing ], Dazed And Confused [ opening
note or so cut ], [ tape cut - some chatter missing ], Theramin Intro
>> Heartbreaker >> Theramin Outro, [ tape cut - some chatter
missing ], Bring It On Home [ opening note or so cut ], [ tape cut
- entire chatter missing ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain
Side..), [ tape cut - some chatter missing ], Since I've Been Loving
You, [ tape cut - entire chatter missing ], Organ Solo [ opening note
or so cut ] >> Thank You, [ tape cut - entire chatter missing
], What Is And What Should Never Be [ opening note or so cut ], [
tape cut - entire chatter missing ], Moby Dick [ taPE cut during actual
drum solo ], [ tape cut - some chatter missing ], Instrumental Intro
>> How Many More Times (<< Rice Pudding, Going Down, Bolero,
The Hunter, Needle Blues, Boogie Chillun, Truckin' Little Mama, Memphis
Tennessee, My Baby, For What It's Worth [ cut during the song ], Ramble
On, Tobacco Road, Honey Bee, Long Distance Call Blues, The Lemon Song,
Stage Announcements [ cut during the song ], That's Alright Mama..),
[ tape cut, some chatter missing ], Announcer Speech, Whole Lotta
Love, Band Closing Announcements, Taper's Closing Announcements.
Source: Almost complete good audience
recording. 135 minutes.
Details: All instruments are easily discernable
and in good balance, and the audience noise is very minimal. The sound
is slightly muffled but has good clarity and definition.
Bootleg
CD Reference(s):
Mauie Wowie (Missing Link), Memphis (Neptune), Memphis 1970 (ZOSO),
Memphis Tennessee (Gusto Productions CD-R), Memphis Tennessee 1970
(Empress Valley Supreme Disc), & Memphis Underground (Magnificent
Disc)
Comments:
A really spectacular show ... the entire band is on fire and Robert's
voice is amazing! From the opening blasts, the band is out to crush
the crowd, and they certainly do! "We've waited for a long time
to come to Memphis, in fact ever since we were born I think!"
said Plant. The bass/drum/guitar interplay is unreal and Page plays
some breathtaking figures in Heartbreaker, which also has a spaced-out
intro and finale where Page makes the Theremin sound like a scratched
record ... it's too much! Jimmy plays a riff in Black Mountain Side
that will later be developed into Kashmir ... five years later! During
How Many More Times things were out of control so Plant tried to diffuse
the situation: "I want the policemen to put their hands together.
Put those lights down! You're beautiful - even with the light on!"
And during the medley he tried to calm things down again: "All
we wanna do is save our manager! Save Mr Peter Grant! Don't stand
on the chairs 'cos they'll give you such shit! And also, please don't
step on the rails, because your parents paid rates for them as well.
They are yours but don't stand on them. They're for the hockey."
And "Everybody must get off those chairs - really must! They're
taking our manager away! Please get off the chairs - it's no joke!
... Listen, you must respect the fact that we've come from England
and everything and we weren't paid. Just please get off everything
that might not be cool!" It was reported that during as Plant
tried to calm down the rowd, backstage, the local promoter tried to
coerce Peter Grant into pulling Zeppelin off the stage and when Grant
refused, a gun was pulled and thrust at his stomach! The story goes
Grant response is blunt and to the point: "You can't shoot me,
ya cunt. They've just given us the fucking keys to the city."
The jams are amazing, and this tape features the bootlegger himself
introducing and closing the tape with comments about the show .. .spectacular!
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APRIL
18 - VETERANS COLISEUM, PHOENIX, ARIZONA (concert shortened due to
Plant's collapsing on stage with exhaustion) (SATURDAY 8:30pm)
Recording
Includes:
Opening Announcements, We're Gonna Groove [ tape cut at the beginning
], [ tape cut - entire chatter missing ], Dazed And Confused [ cut
at the beginning ], Heartbreaker, Bring It On Home, [ tape cut - some
chatter missing ], White Summer [ tape cut during the song ] (<<
Black Mountain Side..), Organ Solo >> Thank You, Moby Dick,
Whole Lotta Love, Jimmy Page Closing Announcements.
Source: Almost complete good 1st audience
recording. Almost 98 minutes.
Details: The tape is clear with occasional
brief disturbances throughout.
Recording
Includes:
Opening Announcements, We're Gonna Groove, Dazed And Confused [ tape
cut during the song ], Heartbreaker, Bring It On Home, White Summer
(<< Black Mountain Side..), Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love, Jimmy
Page Closing Announcements.
Source: Incomplete good to very good
2nd audience tape. Almost 93 minutes.
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) source 1:
Desert Storm (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) source 2:
Live At Phoenix 1970 (Power Archives) & Nebula (Tarantura2000)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) source mixes:
Phoenix (Electric Magic)
Comments:
This is the last time We're Gonna Groove is played as the intro song.
Dazed And Confused is fantastic followed by excellent renditions of
Heartbreaker, Bring It On Home where he tells the crowd "Let
me get me breath back", and White Summer/Black Mountain Side
- the last time it is palyed until the 1977 tour. The boys are in
great shape and are playing a superb concert with the crowd lapping
up the outstanding performance. At this show Plant collapsed onstage
for the first time, what caused the cancellation of the final date.
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APRIL
19 - CONCENTION CENTER, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (cancelled due to Plant's
collapsing with exhaustion) (SUNDAY 8pm)
Jimmy
Page U.K. Television Interlude
April 23, 1970
APRIL
23 - JULIE FELIX SHOW, LIME GROVE, LONDON, ENGLAND (JIMMY PAGE SOLO)
(THURSDAY, recording session)
Broadcast at 11:10pm on "Julie Felix Show", BBC1, April
26, 1970 (Sunday). Also on the show in session were The Hollies.
Recording
Includes:
Julie Felix Introduction, White Summer << Black Mountain Side.
Source: Complete superb professional
color TV broadcast & video soundtrack with actual sound. 5 minutes.
Details: Only Jimmy is present while
he's playing on the guitar. The sound quality is excellent. Unfortunately
the video contains horizontal distortion lines that are present on
all copies.
Bootleg
CD Reference(s):
Another Trip (Big Music), Another White Summer (Big Music), BBC (Last
Stand Disc), BBC Sessions (Last Stand Disc), The Complete '69 BBC
Classics (Immigrant), The Complete British Broadcasting Corporation
Radio Sessions (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), One More Daze (Dynamite
Studios), & Studio Gems Vol. 2 (Kobra Records)
Bootleg
Visual Reference(s):
1970-1972 (Cosmic Energy), Days And Confused (Rare Video Collection
1969~1977) (Seymour Vision), Early Visions/The Best Of Led Zeppelin
Clips Volume One (Celebration Definitive Masters), & Film Noir
- Interviews & More (Hercules DVD-R)
Comments:
A virtuoso performance and really rare and a treat! This is also Page's
earliest solo performance outside his band while he's playing material
known from Zeppelin concerts. Jimmy was introduced by Julie Felix
very kindly: " My next guest this evening is a member of certainly
the most succesful group to come out of Britain in the last couple
of years. Led Zeppelin LPs top both the British and American charts
and the lead guitarist in that group is definitely a very talented
and special musician. Ladies and gentlemen ... Jimmy Page!"
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Zeppelin Warm-Up for Sixth U.S. Tour
June 22, 1970 - July 19, 1970
JUNE
22 - LAUGARDALSHOLL SPORTS CENTER, REYKJAVIK, ICELAND (MONDAY)
The both films (Dazed And Confused and miscellaneous scenes) were
used for DVD in 2003.
Recording
Includes:
Miscellaneous scenes (airport arrival, hotel interview with Robert
Plant, crowds outside the venue with and without TV commentary), Dazed
And Confused.
Source: Incomplete professional black
& white footage with and without actual sound. Almost 4 minutes
of both films.
Details: Dazed And Confused is a very
small portion only, contains bow solo. It can be found only on official
2003 "DVD" release in menu link for disc #2. Another clip,
not available on bootleg, is a distant view of the whole stage, and
doesn't have sound. It is also available on "DVD" menu.
Airport arrival is released on both official and bootleg videos but
varies a bit. (Official part exists as a menu link for disc #1.)
Official
Visual Reference(s):
DVD (Warner Music Vision)
Bootleg
Visual Reference(s):
Assemblage (Cosmic Energy), Film Noir - Interviews & More (Hercules
DVD-R), Hats Off To John Bonham (Sugar Mama) & Led Zeppelin In
Germany (Beelzebub Records DVD-R)
Comments:
So sad this is only what survived! The legend tells the story during
this short visit to the cold island Robert had been inspirating to
wrote a lyrics of Immigrant Song.
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JUNE
28 - SECOND BATH FESTIVAL OF BLUES & PROGRESSIVE MUSIC, SHEPTON
MALLET, ENGLAND (SUNDAY, START AT midday)
It's believed that concert was professionally filmed and some tapes
are still exists but as yet any of them were not discovered. Some
reports stated that all the tapes may have been destroyed. Shared
with Canned Heat, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Steppenwolf,
Pink Floyd, Johnny Winter, It's A Beatiful Day, Fairport Convention,
Colosseum, The Keef Hartley Blues Band, Maynard Ferguson Big Band,
Donovan, Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention, Santana, The
Flock, Hot Tuna, Country Joe McDonald, Jefferson Airplane (set aborted
due to gear of electrocution), The Byrds (acoustic set), The Moody
Blues (unable to play), Dr. John The Night Tripper (acoustic set),
and DJs John Peel and Mike Raven.
Recording
Includes:
Heartbreaker, The Boy Next Door [AKA That's The Way].
Source: Incomplete good 1st audience
recording. (Need length.)
Recording
Includes:
Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker, Dazed And Confused, Bring It
On Home, Since I've Been Loving You, Organ Solo >> Thank You,
The Boy Next Door [AKA That's The Way], [ tape cut - some chatter
missing ], What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, Instrumental
Intro (<< based on Rice Pudding theme..) >> How Many More
Times (<< Down By The River, The Hunter, Gotta Keep Movin',
Needle Blues, Honey Bee, Boogie Chillun, Long Distance Call Blues,
The Lemon Song, Need You Love Tonight, That's Alright Mama..), Whole
Lotta Love, Communication Breakdown, Announcer Speech, [ tape cut
], Rock 'N' Roll Medley (<< Long Tall Sally, Say Mama, Johnny
B. Goode, Rocky Road Blues, That's Alright Mama..).
Source: Almost complete fair 2nd audience
recording. Near 119 minutes.
Details: The source is quite noisy and
distorted. also unbalanced and lacks the low end frequencies at times.
Recording
Includes:
Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker, Dazed And Confused, Bring It
On Home, Since I've Been Loving You, Organ Solo >> Thank You,
The Boy Next Door [AKA That's The Way], What Is And What Should Never
Be, Moby Dick, Instrumental Intro (<< based on Rice Pudding
theme..) >> How Many More Times (<< Down By The River,
The Hunter, Gotta Keep Movin', Needle Blues, Honey Bee, Boogie Chillun,
Long Distance Call Blues, The Lemon Song, Need You Love Tonight, That's
Alright Mama..), Whole Lotta Love, Communication Breakdown, Announcer
Speech, Rock 'N' Roll Medley (<< Long Tall Sally, Say Mama,
Johnny B. Goode, Rocky Road Blues, That's Alright Mama..).
Source: Complete fair 3rd audience recording.
129 minutes.
Recording
Includes:
Unknown song listing.
Source: Incomplete color amateur footage
without actual sound. 22 seconds.
Recording
Includes:
Unknown song listing.
Source: Incomplete black & white
professional footage without actual sound. (Need length.)
Bootleg
LP Reference(s) source 1:
Bath Festival (Krishna Records)
Bootleg
LP Reference(s) source 2:
Knock Oneself Out Vol. 1&2 (Magic Market)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) source 1:
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) source 2:
Bath 1970 (Le-Mon) & Bath Stop! (Image Quality)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) source 3:
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) sources 2 & 3 mixes:
1970.06.28 Shepton Mallet (Dadgad Productions CD-R), 1970 Bath Festival
(Gusto Productions/Billy's Zep Phreaks Club CD-R), Bath Festival 1970
(Empress Valley Supreme Disc), & Immigrant Song/Out On The Tiles
(Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Bootleg
Visual Reference(s):
Comments:
The most legendary gig by Zeppelin ever certainly lives up to that,
even in the average recording. Robert's voice is just amazing in its
range and scope, and the band are blistering ... Jones is on fire,
Jimmy is incendiary and Bonham is thunderous. The band just played
a perfect gig! There are a few previews: Immigrant Song, which was
written six days before has a completely different vocal arrangement,
That's The Way (under it's working title and introduced as "something
a little different"), and a great jam at the end, and Since I've
Been Loving You is played for the first time in the UK. Moby Dick
is exceptional and the How Many More Times and Rock Medley are immensely
powerful. Plant speaking to the audience prior to the final encores:
"We've been playing America a lot recently and we really through
that coming back here we might have a dodgy time. There's a lot of
things going wrong in America at the moment, that are getting a bit
sticky. It's really nice to come to an open-air festival where there
are no bad things happening and everything's turned out beautiful."
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JULY
16 - SPORTHALLE, COLOGNE, GERMANY (THURSDAY 8pm)
Fragments of this concert were filmed on amateur equipment and were
used partially on "Whole Lotta Love" promo video in 1997.
JULY 17 - GRUGAHALLE, ESSEN, GERMANY (FRIDAY 8pm)
Fragments of this concert were filmed on amateur equipment and were
used partially on "Whole Lotta Love" promo video in 1997.
JULY 18 - FESTHALLE, FRANKFURT, GERMANY (Chris Welch joining on stage
for Whole Lotta Love on timbales.) (SATURDAY 8pm)
Fragments of this concert were filmed on amateur equipment and were
used partially on "Whole Lotta Love" promo video in 1997.
JULY
19 - DEUTSCHLANDHALLE, BERLIN, GERMANY (SUNDAY 8pm)
Fragments of this concert were filmed on amateur equipment and were
used partially on "Whole Lotta Love" promo video in 1997.
Recording
Includes:
Immigrant Song [ 1:21 - end only ] >> Heartbreaker [ 6:01 ],
[ tape cut - some chatter missing ], Dazed And Confused [ 16:52 -
opening note or so cut ], [ tape cut - some chatter missing ], Bring
It On Home [ 9:21 - opening note or so cut ], [ tape cut - entire
chatter missing ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:47 - opening note
or so cut ], [ tape cut - entire chatter missing ], Thank You [ 6:19
- opening notes cut ], [ tape cut - some chatter missing ], That's
The Way [ 4:19 - end cut ], [ tape cut - entire chatter missing ],
What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:05 - opening note or so cut ],
[ tape cut - entire chatter missing ], Moby Dick [ 15:43 - opening
note or so cut ], [ tape cut ], Whole Lotta Love [ tape cut - opening
note or so missing ] (<< Boogie Chillun, I've Got A Girl, Out
In Virginia, Hootchie Kootchie Man, Honey Bee, Long Distance Call
Blues, Needle Blues..) [ 16:01 ], [ tape cut - smoe chatter missing
], Communication Breakdown [ 0:46 - beginning only ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good
audience recording. Near 92 minutes.
Details: The tape is a bit noisy and
distorted with the bass frequencies causing it to sound muffled at
times.
Recording
Includes:
Dazed And Confused [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color amateur
footage. Almost 1.5 minutes.
Details: There are a couple of camera
footages available from the show. Footage is mostly close, with band
members’ height filling two thirds or more to full screen height.
Bootleg
CD Reference(s):
Air Raids Over Germany (Tecumseh), Checkpoint Charlie (Immigrant),
Intimate (Almost Mysterious) (Equinox), & Led Zeppelin In Germany
(Beelzebub Records CD-R)
Bootleg
Visual Reference(s):
Film Noir Volume 1 - 1969~1975 (Hercules DVD-R)
Comments:
A really great show right after the Bath blowout. This show is like
a sister to the Bath show but the atmosphere is very different. It
is very intense and almost mysterious, and the band is on. Dazed And
Confused is a great version and Robert's vocals are simply perfect.
He even achieves the album cut's high and wailing vocals in Since
I've Been Loving You with extreme ease in this great version. Moby
Dick is an awesome display and the medley is great.
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Zeppelin Sixth U.S. Tour
August 5, 1970 - September 19, 1970
AUGUST
5 - CINCINNATI, OHIO (cancelled) (WEDNESDAY)
AUGUST 6 - DETROIT, MICHIGAN (cancelled) (THURSDAY)
AUGUST 7 - CLEVELAND, OHIO (cancelled) (FRIDAY)
AUGUST 8 - BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (cancelled and rescheduled for September
9, 1970.) (SATURDAY)
AUGUST 9 - PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA (cancelled) (SUNDAY)
The band was also erroneously billed to appear at the Strawberry Fields
Festival at Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. The festival was performed
between August 7 and 9 of 1970 and consisted of the following acts:
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, Cactus, Leonard Cohen, Eric Burdon
& War, Grand Funk Railroad, Fat, Hog Heaven, Jethro Tull, King
Biscuit Boy & Crowbar, Luke & The Apostles & More!, Melanie,
Mountain, Procol Harum, Sly & The Family Stone, Ten Years After,
and The Youngbloods.
AUGUST 11 - CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA (cancelled) (TUESDAY)
AUGUST 12 - JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA (cancelled) (WEDNESDAY)
AUGUST 13 - TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA (cancelled) (THURSDAY)
AUGUST 14 - BOSTON COLLEGE EAGLE ROCK FESTIVAL, BOSTON COLLEGE STADIUM,
CHESTNUT HILL, MASSACHUSETTS (cancelled due to pressure from local
authorities and rebooked for September 8, 1970, then later changed
the date to September 9, 1970.) (FRIDAY)
Originally, Led Zeppelin were due to headline the festival, planned
with the following support acts: Junior Wells, Buddy Guy Blues Band,
Amboy Dukes, Big Brother & The Holding Company, American Dream,
Stark Forest Group, Cactus, Swallow, Lighthouse, MC5, The Stooges,
The Allman Brothers Band, and Catfish.
AUGUST
15 - YALE BOWL, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT (SATURDAY)
Support from The James Gang.
Recording
Includes:
Immigrant Song [ 2:17 - tape drop-out at the beginning ] >>
Heartbreaker [ 6:02 ], [ tape cut - entire chatter missing ], Dazed
And Confused [ 16:58 - opening notes cut, also tape drop-out near
the beginning ], [ tape cut - some chatter missing ], Bring It On
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