JANUARY 7 - TOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND (WEDNESDAY 8pm)

JANUARY 8 - COLSTON HALL, BRISTOL, ENGLAND (THURSDAY)

Recording Includes: [ supposed to be not recorded: Band Announcements ] We're Gonna Groove [ 3:26 - cut ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby [ 6:26 ], Dazed And Confused [ 14:18 ], Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 5:05 ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ 11:44 ], [ edit ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:27 ], Organ Solo [ 0:42 ] >> Thank You [ 5:04 ], [ cut ], Moby Dick [ 2:03 - cut ], [ cut ], Instrumental Intro [ 2:08 ] >> How Many More Times (<< The Hunter, Boogie Chillun, Move On Down The Line, Truckin' Little Mama, The Lemon Song..) [ 17:41 ], Announcer Speech, Whole Lotta Love [ 5:30 ], Announcer Speech, Communication Breakdown (<< Good Times Bad Times.. [ 3:35 ].
Source: Incomplete fair to good audience recording. 93 minutes.
Details: This recording is very distant and dull but still rather clearly listenable in quiter moments. The problem is that this tape lacks most of bottom end so the sound is very thin.

Bootleg CD Reference(s): The Bristol Stomp (no label), A Day Before The Hoochie Coochie BDay (Tarantura2000), Hootchie-Kootchie Zep (Beelzebub Records CD-R), & Out Of The Bristol Tale (The Chronicles Of Led Zeppelin)

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: Instrumental Intro [ 2:11 ] >> How Many More Times (<< The Hunter, Boogie Chillun, Move On Down The Line, Leave My Woman Alone, The Lemon Song..) [ 22:18 - edit ], [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love [ 6:13 - edit ], Communication Breakdown [ 4:15 ], DJ Gino Speech [ cut ], C'mon Everybody [ 2:44 ] >> Something Else [ 2:07 ], [ cut ], Bring It On Home [ 7:55 ].
Source: Almost complete excellent AM broadcast recording. 50 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 this tape it lacks its original clarity and sounds a bit dry.

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 (<< Bouree..) [ 3:48 - cut ], [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:21 ], [ cut ], Moby Dick [ 15:00 ], [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love [ 6:05 ], Communication Breakdown [ 4:07 - longer version ], [ 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 ], [ cut ], Communication Breakdown [ 3:39 - shorter version ], [ cut ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ 11:57 ], [ cut ], C'mon Everybody [ 2:29 ], Something Else [ 2:05 ], Bring It On Home [ 7:33 ], [ cut ], 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, DJ Gino Opening Announcements [ cut ], We're Gonna Groove >> I Can't Quit You Baby [ cut ], [ cut ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..), Whole Lotta Love, Communication Breakdown [ cut ], [ cut ], C'mon Everybody, [ cut ], Long Tall Sally (<< Great Balls Of Fire, Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On, Move On Down The Line..), DJ Gino Closing Announcements.
Source: Incomplete good 1st 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. Band Opening Announcements are partially silent and Closing are silent allegedly.

Recording Includes: We're Gonna Groove [ cut ], I Can't Quit You Baby [ cut ], Communication Breakdown [ cut ], DJ Gino Speech, C'mon Everybody [ cut ], Something Else, Bring It On Home [ cut ], Long Tall Sally (<< Great Balls Of Fire [ cut ], Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On [ cut ], Move on Down The Line [ cut ].. ) [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete good 2nd color bootleg video with actual sound. 12 minutes.
Details: The sound is distant and not quite synchronized. There is only one camera footage available from the show.

Recording Includes: We're Gonna Groove >> I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused, Heartbreaker [ cut ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..), Since I've Been Loving You [ cut ], Organ Solo [ cut ], Thank You [ cut ], [ cut ], 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: This is what was released officially. The sound is brlilliant but there are some edits - Moby Dick has missing some actual drum solo; Since I've been Loving You, Organ Solo and Thank You are few second excerpts; How Many More Times also omitting some music and much of chatter between the songs are removed.

Official LP Reference(s): Coda (Swan Song)

Official CD Reference(s): Coda (Swan Song)

Bootleg LP Reference(s) AM source: The Final Option (Rock Solid Records & The Swingin' Pig Records) & Strange Tales From The Road (Rock Solid Records)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) AM source: Historical Birthday (Shout To The Top), Jimmy's Birthday Party - The Royal Dragon (Tarantura), 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: Jimmy's Birthday Party (Empress Valey Supreme Disc), 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: Havin' Me Some Fun Tonight (Beelzebub Records CD-R)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source mixes: Jimmy's Birthday Party (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Live At The Royal Albert Hall (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), 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), 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), & Visualize - Tarantura Video Works Volume 1 (Tarantura 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)

WARNING! Some sources reported that tape of this show exist and may currently 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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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 17th, 1970) (SATURDAY 7:30pm)
Support from Barclay James Harvest.
FEBRUARY 17 - USHER HALL, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND (TUESDAY 7:30pm) (Rescheduled date from February 7th, 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 (<< Bouree..), White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..), Since I've Been Loving You, Organ Solo (<< Focatta And Fugue..) >> Thank You, Moby Dick [ edit ], [ cut ], 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 (disputed) (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 [ 16:16 - cut ], Heartbreaker [ 5:20 ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ 11:30 ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:42 ], [ cut ], Organ Solo [ 1:03 ] >> Thank You [ 6:04 ], Moby Dick [ 16:12 ], Instrumental Intro >> How Many More Times (<< The Hunter, Move On Down The Line, Truckin' Little Mama, Boogie Chillun..) [ 21:03 - cut? ], [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love [ 6:19 ], Communication Breakdown [ 4:55 ], C'Mon Everybody [ 2:24 ], Something Else [ 1:57 ], Bring It On Home [ 8:02 - edit ], Long Tall Sally [ 5:16 ].
Source: Incomplete good to very 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 (discredited) (MONDAY)
MARCH 3 - COLOGNE, GERMANY (discredited) (TUESDAY)
MARCH 4 - HANNOVER, GERMANY (discredited) (WEDNESDAY)
MARCH 5 - FRANKFURT, GERMANY (discredited) (THURSDAY)
MARCH 6 - NUREMBERG, GERMANY (discredited) (FRIDAY)

MARCH 7 - MONTREUX CASINO, MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND (SATURDAY)

Recording Includes: Claude Knobs Introduction [ cut ], We're Gonna Groove [ 3:31 ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby [ 5:59 ], [ cut ], Dazed And Confused [ 15:27 ], Rice Pudding Intro [ 0:18 ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 5:52 ], [ cut ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ 9:38 - cut ], [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:13 ], Organ Solo (<< Hang On To A Dream..) [ 2:19 ] >> Thank You [ 6:13 ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:12 ], [ cut ], Moby Dick [ 15:14 ], Suzie Q Intro [ 2:02 ] >> How Many More Times [ 7:01 - cut ].
Source: Incomplete excellent audience recording. 89 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 except for the lower notes, which are dominating throughout. The hiss is noticeable though.

Recording Includes: We're Gonna Groove [ 3:35 ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby [ 6:02 ], Dazed And Confused (<< DJ Comments..) [ 15:28 - cut ], [ edit/cut ], White Summer (<< DJ Comments, Black Mountain Side..) [ 5:40 - cut ].
Source: Incomplete very good to excellent AM broadcast recording. 31 minutes.
Details: A hissy, kinda dull board tape and the sound is muffled.

Recording Includes: How Many More Times (<< The Hunter, Boogie Chillun, Move On Down The Line, Bottle Up And Go, My Baby Left Me, Jenny Jenny, Lucille, The Lemon Song..) [ 23:57 - cut ], [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love [ 3:02 - cut ].
Recording: Incomplete excellent soundboard recording. 27 minutes.
Details: Still a bit dull and not so bright tape but much more dynamic.

Bootleg LP Reference(s) audience: Egg On Your Face (Wonderwall), Feel All Right - Live In Montreux (Audio Recording), Hammer Of The Gods (Golden Age Entertainments), Montreaux Switzerland 1970 (SHZ), Raging Violent The Virtuoso (no label), & What Is And What Should Never Be (no label)

Bootleg LP Reference(s) radio broadcast: 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), The Dark Tower (Tarantura), Divinity (Atlantic Ocean Records), Feel All Right (Cobra Standard Series), & We're Gonna Groove (Scorpio "old")

Bootleg CD Reference(s) radio broadcast: Intimate (Almost Mysterious) (Equinox) & Sunshine Woman (Flagge)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) soundboard: Charisma (Tarantura2000, original & reissue)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) audience & soundboard mixes: Intimidator (Empress Valley Supreme Disc, 2CD) & Presence Of The Lord (Beelzebub Records CD-R)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) audience, radio broadcast & soundboard mixes: Intimidator (Empress Valley Supreme Disc, 3CD)

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. Sadly, both radio broadcast and soundboard tapes are the worst professional recordings ever captured but this could not kill the ending climax.

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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: Band Announcements [ cut ], [ cut ], I Can't Quit You Baby [ 5:32 - cut ], Dazed And Confused [ 18:33 ], Rice Pudding Intro [ 0:19 ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 5:58 ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ 13:01 ], [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 2:44 - edit/cut ], [ edit/cut ], Moby Dick [ 15:52 ], Instrumental Intro [ 2:27 ] >> How Many More Times (<< Woman You Need Love Instrumental, The Hunter, Boogie Chillun, Truckin' Little Mama, The Lemon Song..) [ 21:53 ].
Source: Incomplete good 1st audience recording. 89 minutes.
Details: The tape is distant and a bit distorted at times.

Recording Includes: We're Gonna Groove [ 3:39 ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby [ 5:30 ], Dazed And Confused [ 18:14 - edit/cut ], Rice Pudding Intro [ 0:19 ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 5:51 ], [ cut ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ 12:40 ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:37 ], Organ Solo [ 1:34 ] >> Thank You [ 5:48 ], [ cut? ], Moby Dick [ 12:00 ], Instrumental Intro [ 2:04 ] >> How Many More Times (<< Woman You Need Love Instrumental, The Hunter, Boogie Chillun, Truckin' Little Mama, The Lemon Song..) [ 18:27 ].
Source: Incomplete good 2nd audience recording. 106 minutes.
Details: This is also rather distant and somewhat muddy tape. The last three songs are rather highly distorted though.

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 1: High Flyin' Zep (Electric Magic)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 2:

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source mixes: Vienna 1970 (MMachine)

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. Rather surprisingly, a short snippet of Willie Dixon's Woman You Need Love, from which the band addapted melody and lyrics for Whole Lotta Love is playing in the middle of How Many More Times. 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: We're Gonna Groove [ 3:32 - cut ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby [ 6:34 ], [ cut ], Dazed And Confused [ 17:55 - edit ], [ cut ], Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 6:08 ], [ cut ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ 12:55 ], [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:57 ], [ cut ], Organ Solo [ 1:21 ] >> Thank You [ 5:07 - cut ], [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:25 - cut ], [ cut ], Moby Dick [ 16:20 - cut ], [ cut ], Instrumental Intro [ 3:11 ] >> 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..) [ 23:44 ], [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love [ 6:43 ].
Source: Incomplete good audience recording. 118 minutes.
Details: The tape is quite hissy and distant but still all the instruments can be listenable in a rather good balance and perspective.

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 [ cut ], We're Gonna Groove >> I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed And Confused, Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ edit ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..), Since I've Been Loving You [ edit ], 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 [ 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: White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ 10:43 - cut ], [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:55 ], [ cut ], Dazed And Confused [ 19:09 - cut ].
Source: Incomplete good 1st audience recording. 38 minutes.
Details: The source is quite distant but still enjoyable. The guitar is the most prominent in the mix with guitar and vocals somewhere in the middle and drums as the most distant and echoey. Since I've Been Loving You has some minor speed issues in places and Dazed And Confused is dostorted.

Recording Includes: Instrumental Intro [ 3:14 - cut ] >> How Many More Times (<< Bolero, The Hunter, [ cut ], Boogie Chillun, Move On Down The Line, Truckin' Little Mama, The Lemon Song..) [ 17:42 - cut ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good 2nd audience recording. 21 minutes.
Details: This is rather clear recording but it lacks dynamic a bit and has annoying metallic sound throughout.

Recording Includes: Communication Breakdown [ 3:34 - ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby [ 0:52 - cut ], [ cut ], Dazed And Confused [ 15:02 - cut ], [ cut ], Moby Dick [ 12:51 - cut ], Instrumental Intro [ 3:25 ] >> How Many More Times (<< Bolero, The Hunter, Boogie Chillun, Move On Down The Line, Truckin' Little Mama, The Lemon Song..) [ 21:51 ], [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love [ 4:21 - edit/cut ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good 3rd audience recording. 65 minutes.
Details: The tape is somewhat distant and a bit bassy, also there is noticeable hiss and some distortion at few songs. There is also some strange squeak in few places, possibly due to the tape recorder but it is not annoying really.

Recording Includes: Communication Breakdown [ 3:38 ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby [ 6:11 ], Dazed And Confused [ 19:17 - edit ], Instrumental Intro [ 0:15 ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 7:10 - edit ], [ edit ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ 15:03 - cut ], [ edit ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 7:01 ], [ cut ], Organ Solo [ 1:59 - cut ] >> Thank You [ 6:37 ], [ cut ], Moby Dick [ 17:50 - edit ], Instrumental Intro [ 3:22 - cut ] >> How Many More Times (<< Bolero, The Hunter, Boogie Chillun, Move On Down The Line, Truckin' Little Mama, The Lemon Song..) [ 17:31 - cut ] , Whole Lotta Love [ 6:46 ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good 4th audience recording. Almost 122 minutes.
Details: The tape is very hissy and 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: Ein Traum Wird Wahr (no label) & Loreley (Moonraker Records)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 2: Blueberry Hill (Roundpin Productions), Bring It On Home (POT), & Psychedelic Raw Blues (Immigrant)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 3: Loreley (Moonraker Records)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 4: Dusseldorf 1970 (Reel Masters) & Dusseldorf 1970 Reel Master (Wardour)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 1 & 3 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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Led Zeppelin Fifth U.S. Tour
March 21, 1970 - April 19, 1970

MARCH 21 - PACIFIC COLISEUM, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (SATURDAY 8pm)

Recording Includes: Band Introduction [ cut? ], We're Gonna Groove [ 2:48 - cut ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby [ 5:58 - cut ], [ cut ], Dazed And Confused [ 15:51 - edits/cuts ], [ cut ], Instrumental Intro [ 0:05 - cut ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 6:03 - cut ].
Source: Incomplete good audience recording. 32 minutes.
Details: The tape is muffled with a noticeable amount of hiss but rather enjoyable as a whole. Band Introduction is heavily distorted and Heartbreaker has speed fluctuations.

Recording Includes: We're Gonna Groove [ 3:51 ], [ cut ] [ supposed to be played: Bring It On Home ], Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 6:20 ], [ cut ] [ supposed to be played: White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 7:04 ], [ cut ], Organ Solo [ 1:22 - cut ] >> Thank You [ 6:57 ], [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:23 ], [ cut ] [ supposed to be played: Moby Dick, How Many More Times medley ], Whole Lotta Love [ 2:45 - cut ], [ cut ], Communication Breakdown (<< Ramble On..) [ 4:58 ].
Source: Incomplete excellent to superb professional FM broadcast. 36 minutes.
Details: Another 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), The Big Dope Party (LZ69 & LZ869), 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: Pb (Boogie Mama & Sugar Mama) & Zeppelin Pack 'em In (Beelzebub Records CD-R)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) soundboard: Classics Off The Air 1 (Neutral Zone), Mudslide (Flying Disc Music & The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), Pb (Boogie Mama, Last Stand Disc, Tarantura, Tarantura2000, & Wendy Records), Ultimate Mudslide (House Of Elrond), 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: Band Announcements [ cut ], We're Gonna Groove [ 3:28 ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby [ 6:31 ], Dazed And Confused [ 15:13 - edit ], Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 5:45 ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:44 - edit ], Organ Solo [ 2:38 ] >> Thank You [ 6:30 ], [ cut? ], Moby Dick [ 20:09 - cut ], [ edit/cut? ], Instrumental Intro [ 2:23 ] >> How Many More Times (<< Ramble On, Bolero, The Hunter, Boogie Chillun, Move On Down The Line, Going Down South, The Lemon Song..) [ 21:08 ], [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love [ 5:46 - cut ].
Source: Incomplete fair audience recording. 107 minutes.
Details: This is significantly distorted, distant, and muddy recording with volume fluctuations in some places.

Bootleg CD Reference(s): Denver 1970 (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin)

Comments: A really explosive and energetic show with not yet unsettled set list ... 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 - cut ], [ cut ], Theramin Intro [ 0:06 ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 5:53 ] >> Bring It On Home [ 7:09 ], [ cut ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ 11:58 ], [ cut ], 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 - cut ], Moby Dick [ 20:56 ], [ 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 - cut ], Announcer Speech, Whole Lotta Love [ 5:55 ], Communication Breakdown (<< Down By The River..) [ 3:59 ], Band Outroduction.
Source: Incomplete good 1st audience source. Almost 137 minutes.
Details: The tape has some amount of distortion for almost the entire show and sounds muffled and distant. The drums overpowering the guitar in places. Bring It On Home has some speed issues. The last few songs seems to be a bit clearer but more hissy.

Recording Includes: Band Announcements [ cut ], We're Gonna Groove [ 3:07 ], Dazed And Confused [ 16:24 ], Theramin Intro [ 0:08 ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 6:09 ] >> Bring It On Home [ 0:01 - cut ], [ cut ], Organ Solo [ 3:03 ] >> Thank You [ 6:41 - edit ], [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:11 ], Moby Dick [ 22:21 - cut ], Instrumental Intro [ 2:03 ] >> How Many More Times (<< Bolero, The Hunter, Needle Blues, I'm A Man, Boogie Chillun, Gotta Keep Movin', Truckin' Little Mama, The Lemon Song..) [ 22:52 - cut ], Announcer Speech, Whole Lotta Love [ 6:00 ], [ cut ], Communication Breakdown (<< Down By The River..) [ 4:02 ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good 2nd audience source. 109 minutes.
Details: This source is much more enjoyable than the above one. It has a really nice "deep" atmosphere, it's not too distant and it does not lack dynamic so much. The tape hiss may be annoying though and there are the absence of few songs. Bring It On Home is only an opening guitar riff. Organ Solo, Thank You and What Is And What Should Never Be have speed issues throughout.

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 1: D'Ya Feel Alright? (Mad Dogs) & First Time At The Forum (The Chronicles Of Led Zeppelin)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 2: First Time At The Forum (The Chronicles Of Led Zeppelin)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source mixes: Everybody Feel Alright? (Empress Valley Supreme Disc) & 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 [ 3:14 ], Dazed And Confused [ 15:57 ], Theramin Intro [ 0:15 ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 6:36 ] >> Bring It On Home [ 7:34 ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ 9:18 - cut ], [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 7:00 ], Organ Solo [ 2:31 ] >> Thank You [ 6:33 ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:20 ], Moby Dick [ 18:37 - cut ] [ supposed to be played: Instrumental Intro >> How Many More Times medley ].
Source: Incomplete good audience recording. 87 minutes.
Details: The recording is rather clear but 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..) [ 13:02 ], [ 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 [ 2:42 ] >> How Many More Times (<< Down By The River, Lickin' Stick, The Hunter [ edit/cut ], Needle Blues [ cut ], For What It's Worth, Tobacco Road [ cut ]..) [ 17:58 - cut ].
Source: Incomplete good audience recording. 34 minutes.
Details: The recording is clear and significantly brighter than the recording from the prevous night, probably as a result of being closer to the stage. It also has less tape hiss but it is still annoying.

Bootleg CD Reference(s): Texas Two Steps (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin) & Ultimate Mudslide (House Of Elrond)

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)

WARNING! The audience 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 1 - BOSTON GARDEN, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (disputed) (WEDNESDAY)
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: Band Announcements [ cut ], [ edit ], We're Gonna Groove, Dazed And Confused [ cut ], Theramin Intro >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Bring It On Home, White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ cut ], [ cut ], Organ Solo >> Thank You, [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be, [ cut ], 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..), [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete poor to fair 1st audience recording. 89 minutes.
Details: The sound is very distant, muddy and muffled and the level of hiss is annoying.

Recording Includes: Opening Announcements, We're Gonna Groove, Dazed And Confused, Theramin Intro >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), 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, Closing Announcements.
Source: Incomplete very good 2nd audience recording. 94 minutes.
Details: The tape is fairly clear if a bit distant with some hiss and scattered dropouts throughout.

Recording Includes: We're Gonna Groove [ 3:25 ], Dazed And Confused [ 15:30 ], Theramin Intro [ 0:06 ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 6:18 ] >> Bring It On Home [ 7:26 ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ 11:44 ], [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:11 ], [ cut ], Organ Solo [ 2:11 ] >> Thank You [ 6:09 ], Moby Dick [ 16:56 ], Instrumental Intro [ 3:13 - edit ] >> 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..) [ 19:36 ], [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love [ 6:11 ].
Source: Almost complete good to very good 3rd audience recording. Near 109 minutes.
Details: The vocals are best but the rest of instruments are the ones kinda in the background.

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 (Tarantura2000)

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 6 - ATLANTA, GEORGIA (disputed) (MONDAY)

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 [ 3:12 - cut ], Dazed And Confused [ 15:26 ], Theramin Intro [ 0:06 ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 6:29 ] >> Bring It On Home [ 9:04 ], White Summer (<< Bron-Yr-Aur, Black Mountain Side..) [ 14:23 - cut ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:37 ], Organ Solo [ 3:46 ] >> Thank You [ 6:39 ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:16 ], Moby Dick [ 16:51 - cut ] [ supposed to be played: Instrumental Intro >> How Many More Times medley ].
Source: Incomplete very good audience recording. 91 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 (Osoz), Fearsome Four Live On Stage (Mandala Records), Groove (Tarantura), Raleigh 1970 (no label), Riot House (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, Theramin Intro >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) ] Bring It On Home [ 2:33 - cut ], White Summer (<< Bron-Yr-Aur, Black Mountain Side..) [ 13:05 ], [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:55 ], Organ Solo [ 3:45 ] >> Thank You [ 6:47 ], [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 1:35 - cut ], [ cut ], Moby Dick [ 19:56 ], [ cut ], Instrumental Intro [ 3:09 ] >> How Many More Times (<< Bolero, The Hunter, Needle Blues [ cut ], Boogie Chillun, Truckin' Little Mama, Mess O' The Blues, My Baby, The Lemon Song..) [ 18:43 - cut ], Whole Lotta Love [ 6:32 ].
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. The only drawback of this recording is that Bring It On Home and What Is And What Should Never Be are just taped partially and there is some occasional distortion in few places.

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), 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)

APRIL 12 - THE MET CENTER, BLOOMINGDALE, MINNESOTA (SUNDAY 7:30pm or 8pm)

Recording Includes: Bring It On Home [ 7:44 - cut ].
Source: Incomplete poor audience recording. Near 8 minutes.
Details: Very distant and distorted tape, almost unlistenable in some places.

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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 [ 13:58 - cut ], Theramin Intro [ 0:10 ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 7:01 ] >> Theramin Outro [ 0:05 ] >> Bring It On Home [ 9:35 ], [ cut ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ 10:24 - cut ], [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:41 - cut ], [ cut ], Organ Solo [ 0:47 - cut ] >> Thank You [ 6:08 - cut ], [ cut ] [ supposed to be played: Moby Dick, Instrumental Intro >> How Many More Times medley ], Whole Lotta Love [ 5:08 - cut ].
Source: Incomplete 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 15 - WINNEPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA (disputed) (WEDNESDAY)
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, [ cut ], Band Opening Announcements [ cut ], [ cut ], We're Gonna Groove [ 3:47 - cut ], [ cut ], Dazed And Confused [ 16:51 - cut ], [ cut ], Theramin Intro [ 0:14 ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 6:14 ] >> Theramin Outro [ 0:04 ] >> Bring It On Home [ 9:16 - cut ], [ cut ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ 12:43 - cut ], [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:44 - cut ], [ cut ], Organ Solo [ 4:48 - cut ] >> Thank You [ 6:57 ], [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:29 - cut ], [ cut ], Moby Dick [ 19:46 - cut ], [ cut ], Instrumental Intro [ 3:45 - cut ] >> 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, Ramble On, Tobacco Road [ cut ], Honey Bee, Long Distance Call Blues, The Lemon Song, Stage Announcements [ cut ], That's Alright Mama..) [ 29:27 ], [ cut ], Announcer Speech [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love [ 5:44 ], Band Closing Announcements [ cut ], [ cut ], Taper's Closing Announcements.
Source: Incomplete good audience recording. 135 minutes.
Details: All instruments are in a good balance but the sound is slightly muffled although has still good clarity and definition. The taper's attempts to save free space on his tape as much as possible are really annoying though - he is missing almost every opening and last note from every song so far!

Bootleg CD Reference(s): Mauie Wowie (Missing Link), Memphis (Neptune), Memphis 1970 (Zoso), 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: Band Opening Announcements, We're Gonna Groove [ cut ], [ cut ], Dazed And Confused [ cut ], Theramin Intro >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Bring It On Home, [ cut ], White Summer [ cut ] (<< Black Mountain Side..), Organ Solo >> Thank You, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love, Jimmy Page Closing Announcements.
Source: Incomplete good 1st audience recording. Almost 98 minutes.
Details: The tape is less distant and more clear but has brief disturbances throughout and is distorted.

Recording Includes: We're Gonna Groove [ 3:21 - cut ], [ cut ], Dazed And Confused [ 16:30 - cut ], Theramin Intro [ 0:06 ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 6:24 ], Bring It On Home [ 8:59 ], [ edit ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) [ 12:09 ], [ cut? ], Organ Solo [ 4:46 ] >> Thank You [ 7:40 ], Moby Dick [ 18:02 ], Whole Lotta Love [ 6:27 ], Jimmy Page Closing Announcements.
Source: Incomplete good 2nd audience tape. Almost 93 minutes.
Details: The sound is distant with fairly balanced instruments. This recording has also some noticeable tape distortion in few places.

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): 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)

Bootleg Visual Reference(s): 1970-1972 (Cosmic Energy), 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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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 [ cut ].
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 recorded and 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 but on the other hand, there is a kind of info telling us that approximately 30 minute fragment of color professional footage was initially discussed around the time the band was working on DVD release. 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: Immigrant Song [ 3:15 ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 5:44 ], Dazed And Confused [ 14:12 ], Bring It On Home [ 8:48 ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:42 ], [ cut ], Organ Solo [ 4:47 - cut ] >> Thank You [ 6:02 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], The Boy Next Door [AKA That's The Way] [ 4:52 ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:12 ], Moby Dick [ 13:16 ], [ edit ], Instrumental Intro (<< based on Rice Pudding theme..) [ 1:57 ] >> 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..) [ 23:26 ], [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love [ 5:51 ], Announcer Speech, Communication Breakdown [ 4:15 ], Announcer Speech, Rock 'N' Roll Medley (<< Long Tall Sally, Say Mama..) [ 9:31 ], Closing Announcements.
Source: Incomplete good 1st audience recording. 129 minutes.
Details: The source has vocals upfront and recording is overloaded rather significantly but still clear with some parts being really good captured, even if the taper was not too much close to the actual stage. It also lacks the low end frequencies at times. The taper seems to have moved after Whole Lotta Love, because the sound deteriorates.

Recording Includes: Immigrant Song [ 3:15 ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 5:47 ], Dazed And Confused [ 14:23 ], Bring It On Home [ 8:52 ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:43 ], Organ Solo [ 4:47 ] >> Thank You [ 5:00 - cut ], [ cut ], The Boy Next Door [AKA That's The Way] [ 2:42 - cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:04 ], Moby Dick [ 12:30 ], Instrumental Intro (<< based on Rice Pudding theme..) [ 1:48 ] >> 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..) [ 21:26 ], Announcer Speech [ cut ], [ cut], Whole Lotta Love [ 5:39 - cut ], Announcer Speech, [ cut ], Communication Breakdown [ 3:56 ], [ cut ], Rock 'N' Roll Medley (<< Long Tall Sally, Say Mama, Johnny B. Goode, Rocky Road Blues, That's Alright Mama..) [ 9:14 - cut ], Closing Announcements [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete fair 2nd audience recording. 118 minutes.
Details: This source is even more distant and too lacks low frequencies. The point is that this source is not so overloaded.

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: Bath 1970 (Le-Mon), Bath Stop! (Image Quality), & Hootchie-Kootchie Zep (Beelzebub Records CD-R)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 2:

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source mixes: 1970.06.28 Shepton Mallet (Dadgad Productions CD-R), Bath Festival 1970 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc & Wendy Records), The Boy Next Door: Bath Festival 1970 (no label), Immigrant Song/Out On The Tiles (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), & In Yokel Mode (Boleskine House Records)

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 [ 1:22 - cut ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 6:11 ], [ cut ], Dazed And Confused [ 17:20 - cut ], [ cut ], Bring It On Home [ 9:33 - cut ], [ cut ], That's The Way [ 4:14 - cut ], [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:55 - cut ], [ cut ], Thank You [ 6:29 - cut ], [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:15 - cut ], [ cut ], Moby Dick [ 16:12 - cut ], [ edit/cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, I've Got A Girl, Out In Virginia, Hootchie Kootchie Man, Honey Bee, Long Distance Call Blues, Needle Blues..) [ 16:37 - cut ], Communication Breakdown [ 0:45 ].
Source: Incomplete good audience recording. Near 92 minutes.
Details: The tape is a bit distorted with the bass frequencies causing it to sound muffled at times. Despite of being hissy and muddy, the tape itself is still very listenable.

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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Led Zeppelin Sixth U.S. Tour
August 5, 1970 - September 19, 1970

AUGUST 5 - CINCINNATI, OHIO (cancelled) (WEDNESDAY)
AUGUST 6 - OLYMPIA STADIUM, DETROIT, MICHIGAN (cancelled and rescheduled for August 28th, 1970) (THURSDAY)
AUGUST 7 - PUBLIC HALL, CLEVELAND, OHIO (cancelled and rescheduled for August 26th, 1970) (FRIDAY)
AUGUST 8 - 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 9 - BOSTON GARDEN, BOSTON, MASSACHUSSETS (cancelled) (SUNDAY)
AUGUST 10 - HAMPTON ROADS COLISEUM, HAMPTON BEACH, VIRGINIA (cancelled and rescheduled for August 17th, 1970) (MONDAY)
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)

Recording Includes: Immigrant Song [ 3:20 - edit/cut ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 6:02 ], [ cut ], Dazed And Confused [ 17:00 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], Bring It On Home [ 9:31 - cut ], [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:36 - cut ], [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:08 - edit/cut ], [ cut ], Moby Dick [ 15:03 - edit ], [ cut ], (an excerpt from Whole Lotta Love medley): Boogie Chillun [ cut ] >> Bottle Up And Go >> Truckin' Little Mama >> Move On Down The Line >> I'm Movin' On >> Honey Bee >> The Lemon Song >> Needle Blues >> Whole Lotta Love [ 12:08 ], [ cut ], Communication Breakdown (<< Good Times Bad Times..) [ 7:38 - cut ].
Source: Incomplete good 1st audience recording. Near 85 minutes.
Details: Some serious distortion and hiss are evident throughout and in these places recording reaches a fair level only, also there is occasional low end rumble. The tape is distant, lacking in top end. Audience is talktative and very noisy.

Recording Includes: Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 3:48 - cut ], [ cut ], Dazed And Confused [ 11:05 - cut ], [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 5:28 - cut ], [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 2:36 - cut ].
Source: Incomplete good 2nd audience recording. 23 minutes.
Details: The tape is noticeably less distant and the instruments are fairly listenable.

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 1: August 15 1970 Yale Bowl New Haven U.S.A. (Dadgad Productions CD-R) & Rare Short Party (Image Quality)

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Bootleg CD Reference(s) source mixes: Blues Erotica (Beelzebub Records CD-R)

Comments: This is a monstrous show, with Robert's voice reaching unbelievable heights, as well as the band being unstoppable. Listen to Dazed And Confused and the Whole Lotta Love medley ... unreal stuff! Even Bonham's drum solo is thunderous and exciting.

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AUGUST 17 - HAMPTON ROADS COLISEUM, HAMPTON BEACH, VIRGINIA (MONDAY)

Recording Includes: Immigrant Song [ 3:41 ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 6:57 ], Dazed And Confused [ 17:46 - edit ], Bring It On Home [ 9:35 ], That's The Way [ 5:27 ], Bron-Yr-Aur [ 2:39 ], [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 7:06 ], Organ Solo [ 4:50 ] >> Thank You [ 7:54 ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:47 ], Moby Dick [ 17:17 ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Feels So Good Tonight, Boogie Chillun, I'm Movin' On..) [ 13:02 ], Announcer Speech, Communication Breakdown (<< Good Times Bad Times..) [ 7:08 ].
Source: Almost complete good audience recording. 125 minutes.
Details: It starts out distant, overloaded with only the voice clear in the general mush. The instruments do clear on occasions but there are some dropouts, volume/channel changes and recorder handling noise in various places.

Bootleg CD Reference(s): Live In Hampton 1970 (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin)

Comments: This show varies bewteen great and average. Bron-Yr-Aur is the worst, sounding like Page tuning his guitar for two minutes. However, they do achieve some unique dramatic effects in the early part of Dazed And Confused, and the guitar solo in Since I've Been Loving You is very dramatic.

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AUGUST 19 - MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS (WEDNESDAY)
AUGUST 20 - CITY FAIRGROUNDS COLISEUM, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA (THURSDAY)

AUGUST 21 - TULSA ASSEMBLY CENTER, TULSA, OKLAHOMA (concert truncated due to riotous audience) (FRIDAY)

Recording Includes: Band Announcements [ cut ], Immigrant Song [ 3:36 - edit ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 8:00 ], Dazed And Confused (<< White Summer..) [ 18:36 ], Bring It On Home [ 10:54 ], [ edit ], That's The Way [ 5:32 - edit ], Bron-Yr-Aur [ 2:10 ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 7:16 - cut ], Organ Solo [ 4:39 ] >> Thank You [ 7:37 ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:13 ], Moby Dick [ 15:58 - cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Truckin' Little Mama, Bottle Up And Go, Matchbox, I'll Be Yours You'll Be Mine, Heartbeat, The Lemon Song, My Baby Left Me, That's Alright Mama..) [ 18:26 ], [ cut ], Communication Breakdown [ 5:14 ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good audience recording. 125 minutes.
Details: The main drawback is the balance of the instrumentation. The vocals and guitar come through very clear. But the rhythm section is at the bottom of the mix, giving it a slightly distant sound. This is due to a recorder, and audience, still looking for their seats. The sound becomes brighter and louder after the recorder gets better positioned a minute into Immigrant Song but overall the tape is still in the same condition.

Bootleg CD Reference(s): Bottle Up And Go (Scorpio "old"), The Lights Go Down (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), Tulsa Hillbilly (Tarantura), Tulsa Symphony - Ode To Joy (Wendy Records), Visceral Attack (Beelzebub Records CD-R), Vive La France (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), & You Gotta Be Cool (Whole Lotta Live)

Comments: A really great, virtuoso concert from the whole band! Lots of little surprises here, including a rare version of White Summer played by Jimmy at the end of Dazed And Confused! Immigrant Song has some excellent war cries from Plant, but as usual in 1970 America, crowd troubles threaten the gig. In the middle of his solo in Heartbreaker, Jimmy stopped playing and Robert said: "Actually you can turn down the house lights now. Turn the lights off! Everybody sit still. Before we carry on, the lights go down. No listen, if we're gonna have a good time and you are, we're gonna have to work hand in glove with the so-called authorities. So, you sit down and they'll be cool and turn the lights off. So let's wait for them to turn off the lights." But authorities obliged so Plant said: "That's not a victory - that's common sense, so don't take it as a victory!" Pagey then continued his guitar solo.

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AUGUST 22 - TARRANT COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER, FORT WORTH, TEXAS (SATURDAY)
AUGUST 23 - HEMISFAIR ARENA, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (cancelled) (SUNDAY)
AUGUST 24 - ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI (disputed) (MONDAY)
AUGUST 25 - MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE (TUESDAY 8pm)
AUGUST 26 - PUBLIC AUDITORIUM, CLEVELAND, OHIO (with an unknown female bass player in a "Belkin Productions" [ promoter ] t-shirt on the last encore due to the suddenly absence of John Paul Jones, who returned to U.K. for funeral of his father) (WEDNESDAY 5:30pm)
AUGUST 27 - MILWAUKEE ARENA, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (cancelled due to the death of Jones' father and rescheduled for August 31st, 1970.) (THURSDAY)
AUGUST 28 - OLYMPIA STADIUM, DETROIT, MICHIGAN (FRIDAY)
AUGUST 29 - MAN-POP FESTIVAL, WINNIPEG ARENA, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA (SATURDAY, START AT 12 noon to 11pm)
Support from The Youngbloods, Euphoria, Diane Heatherington And The Merry Go Round, Chilliwack, Suagr 'N' Spice, The Ides Of March, The Mongrels, Haymarket Riot, The Fifth, Chopping Block, Justin Tyme, and Iron Butterfly.

AUGUST 31 - MILWAUKEE ARENA, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (MONDAY 8pm) (Concert rescheduled from August 27th, 1970.)

Recording Includes: Immigrant Song [ 3:14 - cut ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 5:54 ], Dazed And Confused [ 15:44 ], [ cut ], Bring It On Home [ 9:22 ], That's The Way [ 4:58 - cut ], [ cut ], Bron-Yr-Aur [ 2:11 - cut ], [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:38 ] [ supposed to be played: Organ Solo >> Thank You, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love medley ].
Source: Incomplete very good audience recording. 54 minutes.
Details: Starting off a bit distorted and mushy the sound soon becomes clearer allowing more detail to be heard. The tape itself is clear and up close with very little audience disturbance or tape hiss. All the instruments are well balanced.

Bootleg CD Reference(s): Just The Crowd And... (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Latest Summer (Jelly Roll), Milwaukee (Akashic), Rock 'N' Roll Is Here To Stay (Beelzebub Records CD-R), & Scat (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin)

Comments: This is one of those shows where right from the beginning it is evident the band is on top form. Robert's war cries in Immigrant Song are chilling and incredibly high and powerful. In fact, this is one of the best 1970 shows I have ever heard in terms of his voice and its power and range. The bane is incredible too, turning Heartbreaker, Dazed And Confused and Since I've Been Loving You into incredibly powerful, unique and excellent performances.

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SEPTEMBER 1 - SEATTLE CENTER COLISEUM, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON (concert truncated due to rowdy audience) (TUESDAY 8pm)

SEPTEMBER 2 - OAKLAND COLISEUM, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA (WEDNESDAY)

Recording Includes: Bill Graham Introduction [ cut ], Immigrant Song [ 3:18 ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 6:01 ], Dazed And Confused [ 15:57 ], Bring It On Home [ 9:54 ], [ cut ], That's The Way [ 4:34 - cut ], Bron-Yr-Aur [ 2:01 ], [ edit ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:55 ], Organ Solo [ 6:18 ] >> Thank You [ 6:55 ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:25 ], Moby Dick [ 2:34 - cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Ju Ju Rhythm, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, For What It's Worth, Honey Bee, I'm Movin' On, Fortune Teller, That's Alright Mama..) [ 24:11 ], [ cut ], Communication Breakdown (<< Good Times Bad Times..) [ 6:28 - cut ], [ cut ], The Train Kept A Rollin' [ 2:42 ], Blueberry Hill [ 3:13 ] >> Long Tall Sally [ 4:47 ].
Source: Incomplete good 1st audience recording. 120 minutes.
Details: The instruments are more up front here and Plant's vocals still sound strong however the fact that it was taped on worse equipment is keeping it below next source because this tape sounds a bit more muddy.

Recording Includes: Bill Graham Introduction [ cut ], Immigrant Song [ 3:20 ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 6:04 ], Dazed And Confused [ 16:02 ], Bring It On Home [ 9:57 ], [ cut ], That's The Way [ 5:10 ], Bron-Yr-Aur [ 2:00 ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:51 ], Organ Solo [ 6:16 ] >> Thank You [ 6:52 ], [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:25 ], Moby Dick [ 20:18 - edit ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Ju Ju Rhythm [ cut ], Lawdy Miss Clawdy, For What It's Worth, Honey Bee, I'm Movin' On, Fortune Teller, That's Alright Mama..) [ 22:48 ], [ cut ], Communication Breakdown (<< Good Times Bad Times..) [ 6:29 ], The Train Kept A Rollin' [ 2:39 ], Blueberry Hill [ 3:12 ] >> Long Tall Sally [ 4:46 ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good 2nd audience recording. 142 minutes.
Details: The tape is distant but clear, with all the inctruments rather well balanced and with a nice spectrum. It sounds like it was recorded in a big hall so the atmosphere is truly outstanding here.

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 1: Get Loose (Holy Grail)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 2: Another Night On Blueberry Hill (Electric Magic), Fortune Teller (Tarantura2000), Live On Blueberry Hill II (Tarantura), & Two Days Before (Silver Rarities)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source mixes: Live On Blueberry Hill II (Wendy Records), Return To Blueberry Hill (Graf Zeppelin), & Rock 'N' Roll Is Here To Stay (Beelzebub Records CD-R)

Comments: A really excellent show, with an unusual and exciting string of encores! The playing is amazing, and Robert, as on nearly every 1970 show, is in incredible voice, with a range that is unbelievable. The acoustic section is greeted with impatience which causes Plant to scold them, and rightfully so ... it sounds great! An explosive start to the West Coast blitz of the 1970 tour!

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SEPTEMBER 3 - SPORTS ARENA, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA (concert married by Page's guitar problems) (THURSDAY)

Recording Includes: Band Announcements [ cut ], Immigrant Song [ 3:23 ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 5:52 ], Dazed And Confused [ 17:52 ], Bring It On Home [ 9:31 ], [ cut ], That's The Way [ 5:16 ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:59 ], Organ Solo [ 7:25 ] >> Thank You [ 7:47 ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:14 ], [ cut ], Moby Dick [ 15:29 ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, I've Got A Girl, Killing Floor, Two And One Is Three, Crosscut Saw, Honey Bee, The Lemon Song, Needle Blues, Since My Baby's Been Gone, Lawdy Miss Clawdy..) [ 17:25 ], [ cut ], Communication Breakdown [ 6:17 ].
Source: Almost complete fair to good audience recording. Near 120 minutes.
Details: The tape is distant and a bit hissy.

Bootleg CD Reference(s): DX I ~ X (Mad Dogs), Missing Sailor (Immigrant), & Screaming To The Ocean (Beelzebub Records CD-R)

Comments: Another excellent show from this string of dates in California! A rowdy crowd and equipment problems with Page's acoustic guitar causes the group to abandon Bron-Yr-Aur and they get right into Since I've Been Loving You. The playing at this concert, as in all during this run, is slick, exciting, and powerful! The closing medley is a long one full of obscure songs that sounds great, and a manic encore closes this show.

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SEPTEMBER 4 - GREAT WESTERN FORUM, INGLEWOOD, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (FRIDAY 8:30pm)

Recording Includes: Immigrant Song [ cut ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), [ cut ], Dazed And Confused [ cut ], [ cut ], Bring It On Home, [ cut ], That's The Way, Bron-Yr-Aur, [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You, Organ Solo [ cut ] [ cut ] >> Thank You [ cut ], [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick [ cut ], [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Some Other Guy, I've Got A Girl, I'm Movin' On, Think It Over, Honey Bee, The Lemon Song..), [ cut ], Communication Breakdown (<< Good Times Bad Times, For What It's Worth, I Saw Her Standing There, She Was Just Seventeen..), [ cut ], Out On The Tiles, Blueberry Hill.
Source: Incomplete excellent 1st audience recording. Near 120 minutes.
Details: This tape is one of the best audience recordings of the band. Very clear and well balanced with a great atmosphere. Possibly it was sourced from professional mics very close to the dead center - the quality is somehow similar to the famous Fillmore West April 24th, 1969 recording.

Recording Includes: Bring It On Home [ 9:01 ], That's The Way [ 5:01 ], [ edit/cut ], Bron-Yr-Aur [ 1:55 - cut ], [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:42 ], Organ Solo [ 6:05 ], [ cut ], Thank You [ 6:52 - cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:11 ], [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, I'm Movin' On, [ cut ], Honey Bee [ cut ], The Lemon Song..) [ 11:13 - edit ], DJ J. J. Jackson Speech [ cut ], Communication Breakdown (<< Good Times Bad Times, For What It's Worth, I Saw Her Standing There, She Was Just Seventeen..) [ 9:59 ], DJ J. J. Jackson Speech [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete excellent 2nd audience recording. Almost 69 minutes.
Details: This is also an excellent sounding tape, somewhat similar to the above but with more of live atmosphere.

Recording Includes: DJ J. J. Jackson Introduction [ cut ], Immigrant Song [ 3:13 ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 6:20 ], Dazed And Confused [ 16:21 - cut ], Bring It On Home [ 9:10 ], [ edit/cut ], That's The Way [ 5:08 ], Bron-Yr-Aur [ 2:01 ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:46 - cut ], [ cut ], Organ Solo [ 1:56 - edit/cut ] >> Thank You [ 7:01 ], [ edit/cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:12 - cut ], Moby Dick [ 4:36 - edit/cut ], [ edit/cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Some Other Guy, I've Got A Girl, I'm Movin' On, Think It Over, Honey Bee, The Lemon Song..) [ 16:43 ], DJ J. J. Jackson Speech, [ edit/cut ], Communication Breakdown (<< Good Times Bad Times, For What It's Worth, I Saw Her Standing There, She Was Just Seventeen..) [ 10:04 ], DJ J. J. Jackson Speech, [ edit/cut ], Out On The Tiles [ 3:16 ], Blueberry Hill [ 3:11 ].
Source: Incomplete very good 3rd audience recording. 111 minutes.
Details: All instruments are in very good balance with bass being a bit distorted.

Recording Includes: Immigrant Song [ cut ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Dazed And Confused, Bring It On Home, That's The Way, Bron-Yr-Aur, Since I've Been Loving You, Organ Solo >> Thank You, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Some Other Guy, I've Got A Girl, I'm Movin' On, Think It Over, Honey Bee, The Lemon Song..), Communication Breakdown (<< Good Times Bad Times, For What It's Worth, I Saw Her Standing There, She Was Just Seventeen..), Out On The Tiles, Blueberry Hill.
Source: Incomplete very good 4th audience recording. Near 132 minutes.

Recording Includes: Immigrant Song [ 3:08 - cut ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 6:12 ], Dazed And Confused [ 16:02 ], Bring It On Home [ 8:59 ], That's The Way [ 5:00 ], [ edit ], Bron-Yr-Aur [ 0:25 - cut ], [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:44 ], Organ Solo [ 6:06 ] >> Thank You [ 6:54 ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:14 ], Moby Dick [ 16:59 ], [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Some Other Guy, I've Got A Girl, I'm Movin' On, Think It Over, Honey Bee, The Lemon Song..) [ 16:32 - cut ], DJ J. J. Jackson Speech [ edit ], [ edit ], Communication Breakdown (<< Good Times Bad Times, For What It's Worth, I Saw Her Standing There, She Was Just Seventeen..) [ 10:02 ], DJ J. J. Jackson Speech, Out On The Tiles [ 3:17 ], Blueberry Hill [ 3:11 ].
Source: Incomplete very good to excellent 5th audience recording. 129 minutes.
Details: A real surprise here, the tape is just almost as good as well-known 2nd source, capturing the whole band in a great balance and with a nice audience atmosphere. The difference is this source is a bit less bright although it was recorded much close to the stage too.

Recording Includes: DJ J. J. Jackson Introduction, Immigrant Song [ 3:11 ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 6:13 - cut ], Dazed And Confused [ 16:10 ], [ cut ], Bring It On Home [ 9:15 ], That's The Way [ 5:10 ], Bron-Yr-Aur [ 2:01 ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 5:15 - cut ], Organ Solo [ 6:05 ] >> Thank You [ 6:53 ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:11 ], Moby Dick [ 16:37 - cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Some Other Guy, I've Got A Girl, I'm Movin' On, Think It Over, Honey Bee, The Lemon Song..) [ 16:44 ], DJ J. J. Jackson Speech, Communication Breakdown (<< Good Times Bad Times, For What It's Worth [ cut ]..) [ 8:27 - cut ].
Source: Incomplete 6th good to very good audience recording. 120 minutes.
Details: The sound is a bit muted and quite fuzzy, also heavy muffled for the most time. Not well enjoyable recording and does sound like it was close to Plant's PA system.

Bootleg LP Reference(s) source 1: Archipelago (Ze Anonym Plattenspieler), Best Of Led Zeppelin Vol. 1&2 (Rock Solid Records), Best Of Led Zeppelin Live In Concert (Immaculate Conception Records), Blueberry Hill (no label, K&S Records, & Titanic), Caution Explosive (Wizardo Records),The Final Option (Rock Solid Records & The Swingin' Pig Records), Gone To California (Dittolino Discs), Led Zeppelin Film Can (Rock Solid Records), Live On Blueberry Hill (Abstract Records, Blimp basic & other issues, Box Top Records, Contraband Music, Del Pez, Godzilla Records, Led Records), Mushroom Records, Trade Mark Of Quality rubber stamp & generic jacket with hole issues, Zeppelin Records), Sin City Social (K&S Records), Three Days After (Titanic, Toasted Records, Trade Mark Of Quality), Winterland 1970 (BP 3676 A-B), Trade Mark Of Quality Years (Trade Mark Of Quality), & Zeppelin (AER)

Bootleg LP Reference(s) source 2: Live At The Los Angeles Forum 9-4-70 (Rubber Dubber)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) quick review: The Final Statements (Antrabata Reference Master), Good Times In LA (Beelzebub Records CD-R), The Great Love Affair (Winston Remasters CD-R), Live On Blueberry Hill (Cobra Standard Series, Cobra Premium Series, Empress Valley Supreme Disc, 9CD & 4CD, Genuine Masters CD-R, Last Stand Disc, Mud Dogs, Sanctuary, Tarantura 1993 & 1997 issues, Tarantura2000, & Wendy Records original & remaster), Live On Blueberry Hill Parts 1&2 (Neutral Zone), & Return To Blueberry Hill (Immigrant & no label issue with blue sleeve)

1st source CD Reference(s): Live On Blueberry Hill (Last Stand Disc, first 2 CDs), Live On Blueberry Hill Parts 1&2 (Neutral Zone), & Return To Blueberry Hill (Immigrant)

2nd source CD Reference(s): Live On Blueberry Hill (Empress Valley Supreme Disc's final CD of 9CD set & Tarantura2000 TCD-30)

3rd source CD Reference(s): Live On Blueberry Hill (Mud Dogs & Tarantura2000 TCD-32).

4th source CD Reference(s): Good Times In LA (Beelzebub Records CD-R), Live On Blueberry Hill (Tarantura2000 TCD-33), & Live On Blueberry Hill (Empress Valley Supreme Disc, CD5&6 of 9CD set)

5th source CD Reference(s): Live On Blueberry Hill (Tarantura 1997 edition & Tarantura2000 TCD-34) & Live On Blueberry Hill (Empress Valley Supreme Disc, CD7&8.)

6th source CD Reference(s):

Mixes CD Reference(s):
The Final Statements (Antrabata Reference Master) - sources no. 1,3,4&5.
The Great Love Affair (Winston Remasters CD-R) - sources 1,4&5.
Live On Blueberry Hill (Cobra Standard Series) - sources no. 1,3&4.
Live On Blueberry Hill (Cobra Premium Series) - sources no. 1,3&4 diff. mixes.
Live On Blueberry Hill (Empress Valley Supreme Disc, 9CD, 4CD & 2CD) - multiple mixes.
Live On Blueberry Hill (Last Stand Disc, last 2CDs) - sources no. 1,3&4.
Live On Blueberry Hill (Sanctuary) - sources no. 1,3,4,&5.
Live On Blueberry Hill (Tarantura, 1993 edition) - sources no. 1&3.
Live On Blueberry Hill (Tarantura2000 TCD-31) - sources no. 3&4.
Live On Blueberry Hill (Wendy Records original & remaster) - sources no. 1,3,4&5.
Return To Blueberry Hill (Scorpio "old", no label issue with blue sleeve) - sources no. 1,3,4&5.

Bootleg DVD Audio Reference(s): Live On Blueberry Hill (Genuine Masters)

Comments: Exceptional! This show captures Zeppelin at their fun and most energetic best. A great late DJ J. J. Jackson made his appearance tonight introducing the band on stage. "Good evening! Nice to be back. This is gotta be about the sixth time" stated Plant after storming Immigrant Song/Heartbreaker medley. A kicking show with a very Hendrix-inspired Dazed And Confused and the first to last known recording of Out On The Tiles live, as a rare encore, as well as the surprise Blueberry Hill encore! That's The Way was introcued to the audience with much appreciation so Plant commented that: "It gives us great pleasure to hear that. We've had a bit of abuse in the Midwest, every time you sit on a chair and pick up a mandolin." A rowdy audience throwed few firecrackers onstage before the first encore so Plant asked: "Who throw that firecracker? You ought to be locked up!"

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SEPTEMBER 4 - TROUBADOUR CLUB, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (All four members of Led Zeppelin appeared with Fairport Convention for an after hours jam at their second set.) (FRIDAY nr. midnight)
Whole concert was professionally recorded and all the tapes are in the hands of group.

SEPTEMBER 6 - INTERNATIONAL CENTER ARENA, HONOLULU, HAWAII (concert truncated due to riotous audience) (SATURDAY 7pm and 10:30pm SHOWS)
Clips of bootleg footage were used partially for illustrating "Whole Lotta Love" promo video in 1997.

Recording Includes: Band Opening Announcements [ cut ], Immigrant Song [ 3:16 ] >> Dazed And Confused [ 16:11 ], Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 6:14 ], [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:56 ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:16 ], Moby Dick [ 12:46 - cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Messin' Around, I'm Movin' On, Roadhouse, Some Other Guy, Be A Man..) [ 13:22 ], Announcer Speech, [ cut ], Communication Breakdown (<< American Woman..) [ 4:55 ], Band Closing Announcements.
Source: Incomplete very good audience recording. Near 76 minutes.
Details: The vocals are very up front in this recording while the drums are pushed to the rear. Distortion is also present throughout the recording, possibly because the recorder was not ready for the volume of this performance, but it does lessen significantly after Heartbreaker.

Recording Includes: Immigrant Song [ cut ], Communication Breakdown [ cut ] & more.
Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color amateur footage. Extremely close footage, mainly of Robert Plant. 5 minutes.

Bootleg CD Reference(s): Almost Son Of Blueberry Hill (Shout To The Top), The Box Of Tricks (Red Hot & Tarantura2000), Holiday In Waikiki (Gold Standard Series & Scorpio "old"), In Exotic Honolulu (Akashic), Screaming To The Ocean (Beelzebub Records CD-R), & September VI (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)

Official Visual Reference(s): Whole Lotta Love (promo video)

Bootleg Visual Reference(s): 1970-1972 (Cosmic Energy DVD-R), Early Visions/The Best Of Led Zeppelin Clips Volume One (Celebration Definitive Masters), & Film Noir Volume 1 - 1969~1975 (Hercules DVD-R)

Comments: A very incomplete set that is dominated by the amazing voice of Robert Plant! The band plays exceptionally well but Robert blows everything off the stage with his amazing voice! Jones leads the group right into Dazed And Confused after Immigrant Song, causing a spontaneous change in the set list. "What am I doing" said Plant after the song and he intrioduced the next one: "This is one from the second album. It's about a mean woman - as they usually are!" and Heartbreaker was performed as well. This version is awesome and the Whole Lotta Love Medley is great. Some equipment problems plagues the show what caused Robert to quite funny commentary: "The group's been renaimed The Box Of Tricks - 'cos we don't know what these things really are, but they come with us everywhere we go." This is not a much better show than the one two nights before, but has a quite different mood and is loaded with guts, power, and shorter, more focused versions of the songs. During acoustic set someone had a seizure. There were also a few problems with fighting between fans and the show was stopped for awhile. We don't know from which show exactly this recording comes from.

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SEPTEMBER 9 - BOSTON GARDEN, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (concert married by rowdy audience) (WEDNESDAY 5:15pm and 8:45pm SHOWS) (Concert rescheduled from August 14th, 1970.)

Recording Includes: DJ J. J. Jackson Introduction [ cut ], Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Dazed And Confused, Bring It On Home, [ cut ], That's The Way, Bron-Yr-Aur [ edit/cut ], [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You, [ cut ], Organ Solo [ edit/cut ] >> Thank You [ edit/cut ], [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Messin' Around, Ramble On, For What It's Worth, Some Other Guy, Honey Bee, The Lemon Song..), [ cut ], Communication Breakdown.
Source: Almost complete good 1st audience recording. Near 115 minutes.
Details: The tape is fairly clear but distant. The tape disturbances and arrhythmic clapping can be a bit distracting.

Recording Includes: DJ J. J. Jackson Introduction, Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Dazed And Confused [ edit ], Bring It On Home, [ cut ], That's The Way, Bron-Yr-Aur [ edit ], Since I've Been Loving You, [ cut ], Organ Solo [ edit ] >> Thank You, [ edit ], What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, [ edit ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Messin' Around, Ramble On, For What It's Worth, Some Other Guy, Honey Bee, The Lemon Song..) [ edits ], DJ J. J. Jackson Speech, [ edit ], Communication Breakdown, DJ J. J. Jackson Outroduction.
Source: Almost complete very good 2nd audience recording. Near 118 minutes.

Bootleg LP Reference(s) source 1: The Final Option (Rock Solid Records & The Swingin' Pig Records)

Bootleg LP Reference(s) source 2: 207.19 (Rock Solid Records)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 1: 214/207.19 (Cobra Standard Series) & No License, No Festival (Silver Rarities)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 2: Boston Journal ~ Wreckage In Boston: Worse Than G.M. (Tarantura2000) & LA Jive And Rambling Mind (Holy Grail)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source mixes: Absolute Hysteria (Beelzebub Records CD-R) & Come Back To Boston (Holy)

Comments: An amazing show in front of another out of control crowd! DJ J. J. Jackson again introduced the band: "They haven't been here since last November, so can we have a big hand for Led Zeppelin." Robert's voice is simply amazing, hitting some of the highest screams and wails ever to really pack an emotional wallop to Since I've Been Loving You. He sings higher and stronger than on some of the album versions! Jimmy plays some great guitar and Jones and Bonham are unstoppable! A great medley and a totally fast, thrashing Communication Breakdown close the show. As always in Boston, the audience was rowdy and Plant tried to stopped them: "Can you move back and clear the ailses for a while, so we can get a good thing going."

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SEPTEMBER 14 - ROCHESTER, NEW YORK (discredited) (MONDAY)
SEPTEMBER 17 - THE SPECTRUM, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA (discredited) (THURSDAY)

SEPTEMBER 19 - MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (SATURDAY, AFTERNOON SHOW AT 2pm)

Recording Includes: Immigrant Song [ cut ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ cut ], Dazed And Confused [ cut ], Bring It On Home [ cut ], That's The Way, [ cut ], Bron-Yr-Aur [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You, Organ Solo >> Thank You [ cut ], Jimi Hendrix death announcements, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick.
Source: Incomplete good to very good 1st audience recording. 83 minutes.
Details: This source uses a good, clear but slightly distant recording. Because of the distance, the rhythm section's sound does get lost in places.

Recording Includes: Immigrant Song, Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Truckin' Little Mama, For What It's Worth, Honey Bee, The Lemon Song..), Announcer Speech, Communication Breakdown (<< American Woman..).
Source: Incomplete good to very good 2nd audience recording. 30 minutes.
Details: The tape is a bit hissy and distant but still highly enjoyable.

Recording Includes: Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Dazed And Confused, Bring It On Home, That's The Way, Bron-Yr-Aur, Since I've Been Loving You, Organ Solo >> Thank You, Jimi Hendrix death announcements, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love (<<Boogie Chillun, Truckin' Little Mama, For What It's Worth, Honey Bee, The Lemon Song..), Announcer Speech, Communication Breakdown (<< American Woman..).
Source: Complete good 3rd audience recording. 115 minutes.

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 1: American Woman (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin) & Mauie Wowie (Missing Link)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 2:

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 3:

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 1 & 2 mixes: Have You Ever Experienced? (Tarantura2000), Praying Silently For Jimi (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), & Praying Silently For Jimi 1970 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)

Comments: This is a strong performance. Before What Is And What Should Never Be Plant paid tribute to Jimi Hendrix who died only one day earlier in Londo: "I think it's really hard ever having to say something about something that's quite a delicate point. But yesterday something happened - Jimi Hendrix died and we're all very sorry because he contributed a lot to the current music thing, and we'd like to just hope that everybody thinks it'a a real shame ... Jimi Hendrix!" Immigrant Song is playing with fury and led into very heavy version of Heartbreaker. Dazed And Confused follows that and it's another good version. A bit strange organ solo and dramatic Thank You making this show interesting and Bonham's high energic drum solo is very inspired. The Whole Lotta Love medley and agressive Communication Breakdown closed this show but it's nothing when compared to the evening set.

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SEPTEMBER 19 - MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (SATURDAY, EVENING SHOW AT 8pm)

Recording Includes: Band Announcements [ cut ], Immigrant Song [ 3:08 ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ 5:56 ], Dazed And Confused [ 15:55 ], Bring It On Home [ 9:27 ], Jimi Hendrix death announcements, That's The Way [ 5:10 ], [ cut ], Bron-Yr-Aur [ 1:56 ], Since I've Been Loving You [ 6:52 ], Organ Solo [ 6:51 ] >> Thank You [ 6:57 ], [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ 4:13 ], Moby Dick [ 11:14 - cut ], Rice Pudding Intro [ 0:22 ] >> Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Dust My Broom, Truckin' Little Mama, Bottle Up And Go, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, For What It's Worth, Cinnamon Girl, Some Other Guy, The Train Kept A Rollin', I'm A King Bee, CC Rider, Baby What Do You Want Me To Do, Honey Bee, The Lemon Song..) [ 21:57 ], [ cut ], Out On The Tiles [ 3:13 ] >> Communication Breakdown (<< It's Your Thing, Gallows Pole..) [ 6:03 ], Announcer Speech, Rock 'N' Roll Medley (<< Girl Can't Help It, Talking 'Bout You, Twenty Flight Rock..) [ 4:51 ], How Many More Times (<< The Hunter, Cadillac No Money Down, Blueberry Hill..) [ 15:51 ].
Source: Incomplete very good audience recording. Near 145 minutes.
Details: The recording for the performance is really nice for the time period minus some bass distortion. It comes in rather sharp sound and the atmosphere of a madness crowd is captured here extremely good.

Bootleg CD Reference(s): Final Daze (no label), Have You Ever Experienced? (Tarantura2000), Live On Tour With Led Zeppelin Volume 1 (Beelzebub Records CD-R), One More For The Road (Boogie Mama), One More For The Road: 2005 Edition (Dadgad Productions CD-R & Small Fish CD-R), Praying Silently For Jimi 1970 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Requiem (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), & Shout That Loud (Electric Magic)

Comments: Great audience recording for this era of technology, and of Zep live, pleasure to listen to. The performance is definitely a best-of-1970, at outset seems to take a while to get going ... there are some crowd issues, Plant improvises a "sit down, sit down" lyric for the 1st verse of Dazed And Confused. Bring It On Home is really intense and from this point the band seems to have "won the audience over". Since I've Been Loving You has some unique ensemble improv and a great guitar solo. Jonesy is really stretching out in his organ solo, with what sounds like pitch-bending/shifting and the crowd seems to enjoy it. This show's utterly unique Whole Lotta Love does make it a strong "holy grail" candidate - it even briefly includes The Train Kept A Rollin’. Before as song starts, Plant says: “What we want to do is try to choose a good number to go on with.” Out On The Tiles is a raved-up "rhythm move along" version and the last time when they performed it live! Communication Breakdown includes Gallows Pole verses. Spontaneous Girl Can't Help It, Talking 'Bout You and Twenty Flight Rock encore medley is priceless and we're lucky to have it captured on tape. The band want to keep ensuring that their audience has a good time, so How Many More Times includes another excellent medley of odd tunes. What could we ask for more?

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