Led
Zeppelin Sixth United Kingdom Tour
March 5, 1971 - April 1, 1971
MARCH 5 - ULSTER HALL, BELFAST,
NORTHERN IRELAND, UNITED KINGDOM
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song [ cut ] >> Heartbreaker [ cut ], Since I've
Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, [ cut
], Dazed And Confused [ cut ], [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven
[ cut ], [ cut ], Going To California [ cut ],
[ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ cut ], [ cut
], Moby Dick [ cut ], [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<<
Boogie Chillun, Bottle It Up And Go, They're Red Hot, Cumberland Gap,
Honey Bee, Think You Need A Shot (The Needle), The Lemon Song..), [
cut ], Communication Breakdown, [ cut ], Rock And Roll,
[ cut ], Bring It On Home.
Source: Incomplete fair to good audience
recording. Almost 104 minutes.
Details: Taped some 2/3 of the way back
with the cassette machine positioned on the floor. The main noticebale
drawback is the audience that is very loud. Several members of the audience
yelling and screaming continuously throughout. There is also a huge
amount of distortion throughout.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): 911117
- 1971 Ireland 2 Dayz (Tarantura), Back To The Clubs Belfast 1971 (Wendy
Records, original & reissue), Black Helmet (Sharaku), Black Velvet
(Empress Valley Supreme Disc, original & reissue), & Listen
To This Murphy (Tarantura)
Comments:
The first date of Return to the Clubs tour and a premiere of songs from
the forthcoming fourth album. The recording is slightly distorted as
per many of the audience recordings of the time. Make no mistake about
it, what you are hearing is Led Zeppelin at the very top of their game.
Tonight's set kicks off with a bombastic Immigrant Song, crushing the
audience with it's immense volume. A superb Heartbreaker follows, complete
with a compact guitar solo. This concert is a must for any Robert Plant
fan. He gives the show 110% and the unbelievable power of his amazing
high pitched vocals is evident right from the start. A full-on version
of Black Dog complete with a mistake in the first instrumental passage.
For a long time, we have all wondered what the first ever public performance
of Stairway To Heaven must have been like. Well, wonder no more for
now it can be heard. Zeppelin finish the main set with a compact Whole
Lotta Love medley. Rock And Roll is another preview, played at a frantic
pace.
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MARCH 6 - NATIONAL STADIUM,
DUBLIN, IRELAND
Phil Carson, Atlantic Records' executive, joining the band on bass
on C'mon Everybody.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker, Since I've Been Loving You [ cut
], Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog [ cut ], Stairway
To Heaven, Dazed And Confused, Going To California [ cut ], [
cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ cut ], Moby
Dick, Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Suzie Q, Some Other
Guy, Honey Bee, Sugar Mama Blues, Think You Need A Shot (The Needle),
The Lemon Song, That's Alright Mama..) [ cut ], Communication
Breakdown, C'mon Everybody [ cut ], [ cut ], Rock And
Roll [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete fair to good audience
recording. 110 minutes.
Details: A very similar source to the previous
night. Maybe a touch better in balance of instruments, also is more
clearer too and close to the stage. A distortion is present here and
muffled portions are fair at best still.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): 911117
- 1971 Ireland 2 Dayz (Tarantura), Back To The Clubs Belfast 1971 (Wendy
Records), Black Helmet (Sharaku), Black Velvet (Empress Valley Supreme
Disc, original & reissue), Crazed Attack (Crazy Dream), Heavyweight
Champion (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), I Can't Beleieve It! (Tarantura),
& The Performance Of Kells (Wendy Records)
Comments:
A really rare show and a great one! The sound is vibrant and raw. The
playing is amazing, and Robert's voice is so high ... just listen to
Black Dog! All of the fourth album songs, including Stairway To Heaven,
are played for the second time ever at this show and sound great! Rock
And Roll in particular has a totally different arrangement from the
album. Either way, this show is exciting and amazing playing from Jimmy,
Jonesy, Bonzo and Robert's voice at its peak. What's very interesting,
Chris Welch reported they played Summertime Blues instead of C'Mon Everybody,
with Phil Carson on bass guitar as guest star.
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MARCH 9 - REFECTORY, LEEDS
UNIVERSITY, LEEDS, UNITED KINGDOM
MARCH 10 - SPORTS HALL, UNIVERSITY OF KENT AT CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY,
UNITED KINGDOM
MARCH 11 - OLD UNION REFECTORY, SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY, SOUTHAMPTON,
UNITED KINGDOM
MARCH 13 - BATH PAVILION, BATH, UNITED KINGDOM
MARCH 14 - TRENTHAM GARDENS BALLROOM, STOKE-ON-TRENT, UNITED KINGDOM
The show married with equipment issues. One of the amplifiers caught
fire and had to be doused with a fire extinguisher.
MARCH 18 - MAYFAIR (fillmore north), NEWCASTLE, UNITED KINGDOM
MARCH 19 - UNION, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM
MARCH 20 - THE BELFRY, SUTTON COLDFIELD, UNITED KINGDOM
MARCH 21 - BOAT CLUB, NOTTINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM
MARCH 23 - MARQUEE CLUB, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
APRIL 1 - BBC PARIS STUDIOS,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
The show rescheduled from March 25, 1971 due to Robert Plant's laryngitis.
Broadcast between 7pm and 8pm on John Peel's "In Concert",
Radio One, April 4, 1971 (Sunday) and repeated between 7pm and 8pm on
"Sound Of The Seventies", Radio One, April 7, 1971 (Wednesday).
Actual broadcast contained the following tracks: John Peel Introduction,
Immigrant Song, Dazed And Confused, Stairway To Heaven, Going To California,
That's The Way, What Is And What Should Never Be, and Whole Lotta Love.
First BBC transcription disc (made on April 2, 1971 by Page and Plant)
was mixed down into one hour format from the original tapes at the BBC's
Transcription Studios in Kensington, Shepherd's Bush, London and includes
of the following songs: John Peel Introduction, Communication Breakdown,
Dazed And Confused, Going To California, Stairway To Heaven, What Is
And What Should Never Be, and Whole Lotta Love (edit version).
A later transcription disc from April 5, 1971 saw Page overseeing the
mono two-track to stereo mixing ("Rock Hour" export series)
and utilized the following tracks: John Peel Introduction, Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker, Dazed And Confused, Stairway To Heaven,
Going To California, and Whole Lotta Love (edit version). At last there
are several bootleg sources that contains an excerpts from another BBC
tape with tracks never broadcasted before.
Finally, almost whole broadcast (minus some of John Peel's intro, What
Is And What Should Never Be false start, some of Whole Lotta Love medley,
and Communication Breakdown was released on BBC Sessions album in 1997.
Recording
Includes: DJ John Peel
Introduction, Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..),
Since I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog,
Dazed And Confused, Stairway To Heaven, Going To California, That's
The Way, What Is And What Should Never Be false start, What Is And What
Should Never Be, Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Bottle It
Up And Go, Cumberland Gap, They're Red Hot, She's A Truckin' Little
Baby, Fixin' To Die Blues, That's Alright Mama, Ain't Nobody's Bizness,
For What It's Worth, Mess O' Blues, Honey Bee, The Lemon Song, Crying
Time..), Thank You, Communication Breakdown (<< I Feel So Bad,
Broke Down Engine Blues..), DJ John Peel Outroduction.
Source: Complete superb 1st professional
pre-FM radio recording. 106 minutes.
Details: This is an excellent radio master.
The original separation of the instruments are poor with the vocals
in the left channel and the guitar in the right channel and the drums
and bass in the middle.
Recording
Includes: DJ John Peel
Introduction, Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..),
Since I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog,
Dazed And Confused, Stairway To Heaven, Going To California, That's
The Way, What Is And What Should Never Be false start, What Is And What
Should Never Be, Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Bottle It
Up And Go, Cumberland Gap, They're Red Hot, She's A Truckin' Little
Baby, Fixin' To Die Blues, That's Alright Mama, Ain't Nobody's Bizness,
For What It's Worth, Mess O' Blues, Honey Bee, The Lemon Song, Crying
Time..), Thank You, Communication Breakdown (<< I Feel So Bad,
Broke Down Engine Blues..), DJ John Peel Outroduction.
Source: Complete superb 2nd professional
pre-FM radio recording. 101 minutes.
Details: This is an excellent edited master
for the radio. This source is identical in sound to the above except
for that this missing some of Plant's chatter between the songs and
instruments separation is done correctly.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Since I've Been Loving
You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Thank You, Communication
Breakdown (<< I Feel So Bad, Broke Down Engine Blues..), Dazed
And Confused, MC, Stairway To Heaven [ cut ], Going To California,
That's The Way, What Is And What Should Never Be false start, What Is
And What Should Never Be, Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun,
Bottle It Up And Go, Cumberland Gap, They're Red Hot, She's A Truckin'
Little Baby, Fixin' To Die Blues, That's Alright Mama, Ain't Nobody's
Bizness, For What It's Worth, Mess O' Blues, Honey Bee, The Lemon Song,
Crying Time..), MC.
Source: Incomplete excellent professional
radio broadcast. 99 minutes.
Comments: This is an excellent edited radio
broadcast with some songs out of order. This source differs slightly
from other two versions with instruments separation, also excludes lots
of banter between the songs.
Official LP
Reference(s): BBC Sessions
(Atlantic) & Missing BBC Sessions Tracks (Atlantic)
Bootleg LP
Reference(s): Absence
(Toasted Records), Ballcrusher (Flat), BBC Broadcast (K&S Records
& Trade Mark Of Quality original and reissue), BBC Broadcasts (Sunburn
Records), BBC Concert (no label & Berkeley), BBC Transcription Services
(BBCTS Records), BBC Zep (Contraband Music, King Kong & PQ), Best
Of Led Zeppelin Vol. 1 (Rock Solid Records), Bonham's Rebirth (The Amazing
Kornyphone Record Label), Carnival (Toasted Records), The Complete BBC
Performances (Toasted Records), Early Jitters (Turtle), File Under:
Led Zeppelin (Master), The Final Option (Rock Solid Records & The
Swingin' Pig Records), Hiawatha Express (Ze Anonym Plattenspieler),
Idolescence (Volsung), In The Light 1969 (LZL4 A-D), In The Light 69-85
(Zipp Zapp), LA Forum 6/25 1972 (Trade Mark of UFO), Led Zeppelin (Joker
& String Records), Led Zeppelin 71 (TM1698 & LXXXIV Series),
Led Zeppelin Film Can (Rock Solid Records), Live (Instant Analysis),
Live In Japan 69 (TM 1698), Live In London (LZ 1791A-B), Live In London
1971 (Matt Records), On Tour - The Backstage Story (ORYLZ18957 A-B,
DPLZ3569 A-B), Over London (European Fan Club), Paris Studios 1971 (Atlantic),
Royal Albert Hall (Jester Productions, LXXXIV Series & Raring Records),
Spare Parts (Toasted Records), Stairway To Heaven (Contraband Music,
HH STH issue, Jester Productions, & Trade Mark Of Quality), Stairway
To The Moon (no label), Thundershoot (no label), Trade Mark Of Quality
Years (Trade Mark Of Quality), Unburied Dead Zeppo's Grave (TM 1698,
both issues), & Zep Over Europe (Earthworks)
Official CD
Reference(s): BBC Sessions
(Atlantic)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): BBC (Last
Stand Disc), BBC 1971 (Moonchild Records), BBC Archives (Scorpio), BBC
In Concert (Forever Standard Series), BBC In Concert JRK Remaster (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc), BBC Rock Hour (Bumble Bee bonus CDR disc), BBC
Sessions (Last Stand Disc), BBC Sessions 1971 (no label), BBC Zep (Antrabata
Reference Master "2nd edition"), BBC Zep Original Master!!
(Tarantura), BBC/London Wavelength: The Best of the Rock Hour (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc), BBC/London Wavelength: The Complete BBC Radio
Sessions (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Best Of The Rock Hour (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc), Classics Off The Air Volume Two & Three (Neutral
Zone), The Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions
(Empress Valley Supreme Disc, original & reissue), Mid Summers Night
Dream (Wendy Records), Real Complete BBC Sessions: 1971 (Tarantura),
Real Complete BBC Sessions: BBC Zep (Tarantura, all 3 editions), Stairway
To Heaven (Cobra Standard Series), & The Valkyrie's Vigil (Tarantura)
Comments:
"This is something we've waited for a long time on the Sunday repeated
to Wednesday concert, and I know it's going to be well worth the wait.
Would you welcome please Led Zeppelin!" John Peel announced the
band. This is the famous BBC concert show that was released in 1997
legally. But here we have it 100% complete and unedited, and it is indeed
a great, although not completely spectacular, show. Robert's voice is
amazing, really showing no signs of the flu when he lost it the week
before. Bonham is thunderous, Jones plays some of the best and heaviest-sounding
bass I have ever heard and Jimmy is on top form. But there's a nervousness
that adds a little tension to the show, most likely due to the studio
atmosphere. The version of Black Dog is great and gutsy, and the one-two
opening punch of Immigrant Song into Heartbreaker is very powerful.
One of the best versions of Since I've Been Loving You I have ever heard,
with Robert's vocals being the absolute stunner. The versions of Dazed
And Confused and Whole Lotta Love are also spectacular. Just before
the Whole Lotta Love, John Peel back for the introduction: "I'm
going to sing on the next one" he jokes with Robert, who also made
refference to Ray Steven's hit Bridget The Midget.
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Zeppelin European Interlude
May 3, 1971 - July 5, 1971
MAY 3 - K.B. HALLEN, COPENHAGEN,
DENMARK
Richard Cole made its appearance, playing tablas and conga drums
during Whole Lotta Love. The band debuted with the very first and possibly
the very last live rendition of Four Sticks and one of very few full
versions of Gallows Pole.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Since I've Been Loving
You, Dazed And Confused [ cut ], Out On The Tiles Intro >>
Black Dog [ cut ], [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, [ cut
], Going To California, That's The Way, What Is And What Should Never
Be, Four Sticks, Gallows Pole, [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<<
Boogie Chillun, Bottle It Up And Go, They're Red Hot, That's Alright
Mama, Mess O' Blues, Honey Bee, Sugar Mama Blues, The Lemon Song..),
[ cut ], Communication Breakdown (<< Celebration Day..),
[ cut ], Misty Mountain Hop, Rock And Roll.
Source: Incomplete very good audience recording.
123 minutes.
Details: The recording is clear but a little
distant. This results in the rhythm section getting pushed slightly
to the rear with Plant's vocals up-front and Page's guitar somewhere
in the middle of the mix. There is almost no tape hiss.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s): Live In
Copenhagen July 21 1971 & Staines March 25 1969 (Rock Solid Records)
& Loose Ends (Supercharded Records)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Copenhagen
1971 (Cobra Standard Series & no label), In Concert In Copenhagen
(Empress Valley Supreme Disc), K, B (Image Quality), The Last Rehearsal
(Missing Link), Loove! (Tarantura), Newcastle Brown Ale (Empress Valley
Supreme Disc), Poles And Sticks (Black Cat Records), Previews &
Novelties (Equinox), The 2nd European Tour (Whole Lotta Live), Stick
Out! (no label), & Wonderful Copenhagen (Wendy Records)
Comments:
An incredible show that previews almost the entire fourth album eight
months before its release! Robert's voice is exceptional, going higher
than the parts on the records! Jimmy, Jonesy and Bonzo are relentless
too, and they include two big surprises! Some bad things happened inside
the audience so Robert Plant appealed for calm after Heartbreaker: "Whoa,
stop! You stop! Tell him to stop - because any trouble and we go off!
We can't play if there's gonna be this going on through every number,
so somebody had better tell him in Danish what the score is! We cannot
play if there's gonna be a constant passage of people moving. We'd rather
people sit on the floor, sit down! We wanna give you a concert of music
and we cannot do that if there's a lot of people running around."
Four Sticks has a very unique intro and is played really well, and it
sounds good on stage. "We're gonna try something that we have never
ever tried before and there's every chance it'll fall apart. If it does,
we'll stop and start again. This hasn't even got a title yet but we'll
think of one as the night goes on!" It and the rocking Gallows
Pole (with 12-string electric guitar) should have been elaborated on
more ... they could have easily been done in the set. This is the only
time the band ever played these live, and added to the fact that the
rest of the show is amazing.
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MAY 4 - FYENS FORUM, ODENSE,
DENMARK
MAY 6 - LISEBERG AMUSEMENT PARK, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN (cancelled)
MAY 7 - NJARDHALLEN, OSLO, NORWAY (cancelled)
MAY 8 - NJARDHALLEN, OSLO, NORWAY (cancelled)
MAY 10 - MOUNTFORD HALL, LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY, LIVERPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM
The show rescheduled from March 16, 1971. The band played full version
of Gallows Pole for the second time.
MAY 11 - JOHANNESHOVS ISSTADION, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (cancelled)
JULY 5 - VELODROMO VIGORELLI,
MILAN, ITALY
Led Zeppelin headlined. Support from many Italian artists. The show
was cut short due to riots.
Recording
Includes: Since I've
Been Loving You [ cut ], [ cut ], Out On The Tiles Intro
[ cut ] >> Black Dog, [ cut ], Dazed And Confused
[ cut ].
Source: Incomplete fair to good 1st audience
recording. Near 24 minutes.
Details: The recording is distant, with
distortion that occurs when Plant shrieks. It lacks depth also.
Recording
Includes: Dazed And
Confused [ cut ], [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love [ cut
].
Source: Incomplete fair to good 2nd audience
recording. 18 minutes.
Details: A very distant and flat sounding
recording capturing all the instruments very basically, with only vocals
being captured in rather good balance. The quality clears up towards
the end a bit.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song, Heartbreaker [ cut throughout ].
Source: Incomplete 8mm silent colour amateur
footage. 30 seconds.
Details: Filmed from large distance, all
four members and stage are positioned in center of screen. The full
footage was found by compiling the two videos the filmer uploaded and
removing all the duplicate material. Available also as version synched
up with audio from Montreux August 7th, 1971.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s) source 1:
Blow One's Cool (Grasshopper), Central Park 69-Milan 71 (no label),
The Final Option (Rock Solid Records & The Swingin' Pig Records),
Kooyong Tennis Courts (72169D-E), We'll Back In A Couple Of Years When
You Get Your Screws Together (no label), & Whole Lotta Love (Led
Zeppelin Fan Club Of Italy)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 1:
Casino Royale (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Montreux Casino Fire (Wendy
Records), Short Cuts (Image Quality), & Stepmothers Club (Mad Dogs)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source mixes:
Milan 1971: Riot Show (no label)
Bootleg Visual
Reference(s): History Lesson: The Video History 1958~2016 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Comments:
Much has been written about this disastrous concert. This is the show
where police tear-gassed the audience, causing the event to turn into
a massive riot. Several people, including members of the band's entourage,
were injured, and the stage itself and some of the equipment were seemingly
destroyed while the band locked up in their dressing room. Given the
circumstances surrounding this event, it's hard to listen to the three
tracks we have available and get past the impending doom. But the band
are in good shape. Perhaps most notable is that this show is in that
range of dates where Plant is still in the absolute height of his vocal
abilities.
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Led
Zeppelin Warm-Up for Seventh North American Tour
August 7, 1971 - August 8, 1971
AUGUST 7 - CASINO DE MONTREUX,
MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), [ cut ], Since
I've Been Loving You [ cut ], Out On The Tiles Intro >>
Black Dog, Dazed And Confused, Stairway To Heaven, [ cut ], Going
To California, [ cut ], That's The Way, Celebration Day, What Is And
What Should Never Be, Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, That's
Alright Mama, Ramble On, Gambler's Blues, I'm A Man, Honey Bee, Sugar
Mama Blues, Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You, Kind Hearted Woman Blues..),
Announcer Speech [ cut ], [ cut ], Weekend.
Source: Incomplete good to very good 1st
audience recording. 103 minutes.
Details: A clear and not hardly distorted
recording exept for few places plus speed issues during some songs.
The vocals are in up-front in the mix while the rest of instruments
are little behind. The worst thing as it comes for this source is a
large tape hiss.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song [ cut ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Since
I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, [ cut
], Dazed And Confused, [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven [ cut
], [ cut ], Going To California, That's The Way, [ cut
], Celebration Day, [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be,
Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, That's Alright Mama, Ramble
On, Gambler's Blues, I'm A Man, Honey Bee, Sugar Mama Blues, Gee, Baby
Ain't I Good To You, Kind Hearted Woman Blues..), [ cut ], Weekend
[ cut ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good 2nd
audience recording. 93 minutes.
Details: Again, vocals are up-front in
the mix while the rest of the band can be heard a little behind. It
is reported that both tapers have standed very close to each other,
thus quality is very similar except this tape has almost no noticeable
hiss throughout.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 1:
Casino (Tarantura), Casino Royale (Empress Valley Supreme Disc, original
& reissue), Montreux Casino 1971 (Graf Zeppelin, 2009 & 2016
issues), Montreux Casino Fire (Wendy Records), & Peter's PA "Making
A Bootleg Record Tonight ..." (Black Dog Rekords)
Comments:
It was at these August 1971 concerts that manager Peter Grant agreed
with the promoter Claude Nobs that the PA be piped outside the venue
so those unfortunate enough not to get tickets could hear it. The speculation
is that this recording was made from this source. But on with the show
... it is not often that Robert really puts the rest of the band into
the shade, but on this show, with a few weeks of rock and roll behind
him, he totally dominates with a stunning performance, His voice sounding
as strong as you will ever hear him. Not that the band are not on form
themselves - they are as powerful as you always believe they will be
on a 1970 tape, with some new licks, possibly the first tryout of Celebration
Day, a rare taster of Ramble On, plus Weekend as the encore.
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AUGUST 8 - CASINO DE MONTREUX,
MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND
Recording
Includes: Miscellaneous
scenes. (No live footage there but shows band member interaction. The
appearance of the fan who waits for commencement of a performance and
the situation of a member's dressing room are stored.)
Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color professional
footage. 7 minutes.
Details: Shot for possible TV documentary
either by local TV or band's crew. Some versions have sound synched
up with previous night's audio, some have official audio.
Bootleg Visual
Reference(s): Assemblage
(Cosmic Energy), Early Visions/The Best Of Led Zeppelin Clips Volume
One (Celebration Definitive Masters), & History Lesson: The Video History 1958~2016 (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc)
Comments:
We can only speculate if any previews were done during this show but
for almost sure we can expect the same quality of performance as previous
night. And what 'bout the video?? Do we should expect something more
in the future? Did they also capture band on stage?
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Led
Zeppelin Seventh North American Tour
August 19, 1971 - September 17, 1971
AUGUST 19 - PACIFIC COLISEUM,
VANCOUVER (BC), CANADA
AUGUST 21 - THE FORUM, INGLEWOOD
(CA), UNITED STATES
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..),
Since I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog,
Dazed And Confused, Stairway To Heaven, [ cut ], That's The Way
[ cut ], Going To California, What Is And What Should Never Be,
Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, I'm Moving On, That's Alright
Mama, Dr. Kitch, Mess O' Blues, Got A Lot O'Livin' To Do, Honey Bee,
Sugar Mama Blues, Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You, Kind Hearted Woman
Blues..), Weekend, Rock And Roll, [ cut ], Communication Breakdown,
[ cut ], Organ Solo >> Thank You.
Source: Incomplete good to very good 1st
audience recording. 124 minutes.
Details: This source is married with some
tape hiss. The drums are up front, followed by the vocals and then the
guitar and bass are more buried in the mix.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..),
Since I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog,
[ cut ], Dazed And Confused, Stairway To Heaven [ cut
], [ cut ], Celebration Day, That's The Way, Going To California,
What Is And What Should Never Be, Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie
Chillun [ cut ], I'm Moving On, That's Alright Mama, Dr. Kitch,
Mess O' Blues, Got A Lot O'Livin' To Do, Honey Bee, Sugar Mama Blues,
Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You, Kind Hearted Woman Blues..), [ cut
], Weekend.
Source: Incomplete good 2nd audience recording.
110 minutes.
Details: The tape is kinda far away and
more muffled with the drums and vocals up front while bass and guitar
are burried in the mix.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 1:
The 7th American Tour (Whole Lotta Live), Double Clutch (The Diagrams
Of Led Zeppelin), DX I ~ X (Mad Dogs), LA Forum 1971 (no label), Walk
Don't Run (L.A. 2 Days) (Tarantura), & Wild Weekend (The Diagrams
Of Led Zeppelin)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source mixes:
Firecrackers Explosions (Empress Valley Supreme Disc, 2CD original and
reissue & first two discs from 4CD), Firecrackers Explosions 1971
(Empress Valley Supreme Disc), L.A. Forum 1971 (no label), & Walk
Don't Run (Tarantura)
Comments:
What an incredible show! Robert's voice is simply unreal ... some of
the most throat tearing and powerful singing I have ever heard and the
range he displays is amazing. The band is simply out of this world,
playing so tightly, and Jimmy is in riot mode, especially at the end
during the encores. Whole Lotta Love is one of the longest versions
to date and is excellent.
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AUGUST 22 - THE FORUM, INGLEWOOD
(CA), UNITED STATES
The show added at the last minute due to the overhelming demand.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements,
Walk Don't Run >> Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<<
Bouree..), Since I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro >>
Black Dog], Dazed And Confused, Stairway To Heaven, [ cut ],
Celebration Day, That's The Way, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby
Dick, Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, My Baby Left Me, Mess
O' Blues, You Shook Me..) [ cut ], [ cut ], Communication
Breakdown, [ cut ], Organ Solo >> Thank You.
Source: Incomplete good to very good audience
recording. 139 minutes.
Details: The sound is clear but somewhat
muffled, with a treble emphasis, some background hiss. The end of the
show is more disorted. The drums and vocals are upfront, and the guitar
and bass are further back in the mix.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song, Heartbreaker, Stairway To Heaven, That's The Way, What Is And
What Should Never Be, Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun..) [
cut throughout ].
Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color amateur
footage. Near 6 minutes.
Details: Footage is mostly close, with
band members' height filling two thirds to full screen height. All circulating
versions have a stamp in the center of the picture as well as a timecode
or another stamp. Sound synched up with existing audio. Some bootlegged
copies are often erroneosuly billed as being from 1970.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): The Definitive
Kingdom (Whole Lotta Live), Double Clutch (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin),
Firecrackers Explosions (Empress Valley Supreme Disc, last two discs
from 4CD), Firecrackers Explosions II (Empress Valley Supreme Disc,
original & reissue), Firecrackers Explosions 1971 (Empress Valley
Supreme Disc), Freak Out (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), L.A. Forum
1971 (no label), & Walk Don't Run (Mud Dogs, Tarantura, & Wendy
Records), & Walk Don't Run (L.A. 2 Days) (Tarantura)
Official Visual
Reference(s): Secret
Map Of Hollywood (Jonathan Ross' BBC programme)
Bootleg Visual
Reference(s): Assemblage
(Cosmic Energy), Early Visions/The Best Of Led Zeppelin Clips Volume
One (Celebration Definitive Masters), & History Lesson: The Video History 1958~2016 (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc)
Comments:
If previous evening was stunning, this one is out from this world! Another
amazing show, although Robert is much more careful with his voice and
achieves a more balanced concert. (In fact, during Stairway To Heaven,
his voice was a little ragged and he also got some lyrics wrong what
caused of his comments: "Tonight my voice is really fucked, so
I don't think we're gonna do much harmonising. But we're gonna try -
so, vibe on!") The band is simply on fire! They started very unsually
with old Venture's hit single, Walk Don't Run and then crashed with
very aggressive Immigrant Song. Dazed And Confused is truly amazing,
with Jimmy playing some really Grateful Dead-ish notes at the end! Moby
Dick has very powerful drumming. The now-usual Whole Lotta Love medley
has the crowd going nuts with an amazing stream of music and Jones'
bass solo in Communication Breakdown as well as the whole song drives
the crowd into a final frenzy before Thank You obliterates them for
good.
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AUGUST 23 - TARRANT COUNTY
CONVENTION CENTER ARENA, FORT WORTH (TX), UNITED STATES
Recording
Includes: Dazed And
Confused [ cut ], [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, Celebration
Day, [ cut ], That's The Way, What Is And What Should Never Be,
[ cut ], Moby Dick [ cut ], [ cut ], Whole Lotta
Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Bottle It Up And Go, Cumberland Gap,
They're Red Hot, She's A Truckin' Little Baby, Mess O' Blues, You Shook
Me..), [ cut ], Communication Breakdown [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete very good to excellent
audience recording. 85 minutes.
Details: For the most part the sound is
stunning: no distortion, bright, well balanced (drums are kinda behind
of the rest) and only lacking in bass occasionally. Taped very close
to the stage.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Ahead
& After - The Prestigious Grammy Award (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
& Hot August Night (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin)
Comments:
The only remaining part of this great show comes in an excellent sounding
audience recording. Dazed And Confused is quite epic and a great Whole
Lotta Love medley is jammed upon endlessly and sounds incredible.
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AUGUST 24 - MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM,
DALLAS (TX), UNITED STATES
AUGUST 26 - SAM HOUSTON COLISEUM,
HOUSTON, TEXAS
The show rescheduled from August 25, 1971.
Recording
Includes: Crowd footage,
Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Since I've Been Loving You, Dazed And
Confused, Stairway To Heaven, Moby Dick, What Is And What Should Never
Be, Whole Lotta Love, Celebration Day [ cut throughout ].
Source: Incomplete 16mm silent color amateur
footage. 7 minutes.
Details: Distance scale ranges from band
member height occupying one third of the screens height, to waist
to head filling the screen. Most of versions circulating are synched
up with August 22nd and 23rd, 1971 audios. Some of them, including LZ
Official YouTube channel version, adds official audio during non-music
content.
Bootleg Visual
Reference(s): Assemblage
(Cosmic Energy) & History Lesson: The Video History 1958~2016 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Comments:
Only a short excerpt from rather great concert. After three high energed
shows we can only imagine a level of this one.
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AUGUST 27 - CONVENTION CENTER
(HEMISFAIR) ARENA, SAN ANTONIO (TX), UNITED STATES
The show rescheduled from August 26, 1971.
AUGUST 29 - MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM, NEW ORLEANS (LA), UNITED STATES
AUGUST 31 - ORLANDO SPORTS
STADIUM, ORLANDO (FL), UNITED STATES
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..),
Since I've Been Loving You, Dazed And Confused (<< White Summer..)
[ cut ], Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Stairway
To Heaven, Celebration Day, That's The Way [ cut ], Going To
California, What Is And What Should Never Be [ cut ], Moby Dick
[ cut ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good audience
recording. Almost 105 minutes.
Details: First few songs are recorded at
a very low volume. The taper was messing with the levels. (In fact,
the last two songs are overloaded.) The bass seems to muddy it up a
little and it sounds a tad distant but this source is quite good still.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Since I've Been Loving
You, Dazed And Confused (<< White Summer..) [ cut ], Out
On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Stairway To Heaven, Celebration
Day [ cut ], [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be
[ cut ], Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun,
My Baby Left Me, Mess O' Blues..) [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete excellent soundboard
recording. 98 minutes.
Details: The recording is a very good balanced
professional board tape.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience:
Florida Sunshine (Empress Valley Supreme Disc, 4CD), Orlando Madness
(H&Y Records), & Welcome To Disneyland Part 1&2 (Lemon Song)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience & soundboard mixes:
Disneyland After Dark (Magic Pyramid), Florida Magik Vol. 1 (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc), Florida Sunshine (Empress Valley Supreme Disc,
2CD original and 2 reissues & 4CD), Magic Kingdom 1971 (Wendy Records),
Orlando 1971 (no label), Orlando Magic (Eelgrass), & You Really
Got Me The Hard Rock Gods (Akashic Records)
Bootleg DVD
Audio Reference(s) audience & soundboard mixes:
Orlando Magic (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Comments:
Almost the complete show ... This is a very intense and excellent night,
including a very daring Dazed And Confused with an eerie White Summer
interlude at the end similar to the one Jimmy inserted in Tulsa 1970.
Celebration Day contains a funky intro and really cooks and a super
intense version of What Is And What Should Never Be is followed by a
thunderous Moby Dick before the blistering Whole Lotta Love medley.
After theramin section in Whole Lotta Love, just before returning to
the chorus there's a complete stop, before Bonzo counts in again. Robert
found contact last night according to the intro to Boogie Chillun. Then
someone is invading the stage, because Clive Coulson (a roadie) is called.
Over the years it seemed that Organ Solo and Thank You were part of
the soundboard, but the discovery of a recording from Hollywood show
showed that, by strange coincidence, both songs are actually from that
night. Perhaps someone, who leaked the tape patched them to make this
recording virtually more complete? A show full of mysteries.
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SEPTEMBER 1 - JAI ALAI FRONTON,
MIAMI, FLORIDA (cancelled in favor of larger Sportatorium arena)
SEPTEMBER 1 - SPORTATORIUM,
HOLLYWOOD (FL), UNITED STATES
The show originally scheduled to be performed at the Jai Alai Fronton
arena.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Since I've Been Loving
You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, [cut ], Dazed
and Confused [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven [ cut ], [ cut
], That's The Way [ cut ], [ cut ], What Is And What Should
Never Be, [cut ], Moby Dick [ cut ], [ cut ], Instrumental
Intro >> Whole Lotta Love (<< You Shook Me [ cut
]..) [ cut ], [ cut ], Organ Solo [ cut ] >>
Thank You [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete fair to good audience
recording. 78 minutes.
Details: A bit distant, somewhat muffled
and significantly distorted (especially in louder parts) tape, lacking
bottom line and with everything rest fairly achieved. The show is somewhat
fragmentary, because the taper's second cassette was also partially
taped over.
Recording
Includes: Organ Solo
[ cut ] >> Thank You, Stage Announcements.
Source: Incomplete excellent soundboard
recording. 12 minutes.
Details: The recording is a very good balanced
professional board tape.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience:
Florida Magik Vol. 1&2( Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Hollywood
1971 (no label) & Hollywood Sportatorium 1971 (Graf Zeppelin &
Wisteria Records)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience & soundboard mixes:
Disneyland After Dark (Magic Pyramid), Florida Magik Vol. 1(Empress
Valley Supreme Disc), Florida Sunshine (Empress Valley Supreme Disc,
2CD original and 2 reissues & 4CD), Magic Kingdom 1971 (Wendy Records),
Orlando 1971 (no label), Orlando Magic (Eelgrass), & You Really
Got Me The Hard Rock Gods (Akashic Records)
Bootleg DVD
Audio Reference(s) audience & soundboard mixes:
Orlando Magic (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Comments:
A highly spiritualized show that suffers from some serious distortion.
Funny thing, Bonzo always says one two three foour"
before Immigrant Song and then the band starts playing but in this case
he only counted to three so he started early and Jimmy and Jonesy didnt
expect that. This show kicks a lot of ass - Robert is in great form
and Jimmy is just on fire. The instrumental intro to the Whole Lotta
Love made crowd really mad. The craziest discovery from having the full
show is the revelation that Organ Solo and Thank You from the Orlando
soundboard is actually from Hollywood! The ending is also very mysterious
- an announcement that William Calmless (?)' (the stage invader?) wallet
is up here!
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SEPTEMBER 3 - MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN, NEW YORK CITY (NY), UNITED STATES
Scott Muni introduced the band.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..)
[ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You [ cut ], Out On The
Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Dazed And Confused [ cut ],
Stairway To Heaven, Celebration Day, That's The Way [ cut ],
Going To California [ cut ], [ cut ], What Is And What
Should Never Be [ cut ], Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love (<<
Boogie Chillun, My Baby Left Me, Mess O' Blues, You Shook Me..), [ cut
], Communication Breakdown], Organ Solo >> Thank You ( <<
Robert Plant Speech..), Rock And Roll.
Source: Incomplete good to very good 1st
audience recording. 153 minutes.
Details: The recording is clear with very
little tape hiss. Unfortunately every comment made near the recorder
is picked up too. The tape varies between being slightly more or less
distant.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..),
Since I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog,
Dazed And Confused [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, Celebration Day,
That's The Way, Going To California, [ cut ], What Is And What
Should Never Be, Moby Dick [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete good 2nd audience recording.
85 minutes.
Details: It doesn't have the noisy bunch
of people whistling and shouting around the taping machine as heard
on the basic source. The high frequencies are a bit overbearing, tape
seems to be 'thin' sounding and the quality doesn't exceed a good qualification
because of that.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 1:
How've Ya Been? Riot At The Garden 1971 (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin)
& Mad Screaming Gallery (Lemon Song)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source mixes:
It's Been A Long Time - MSG 1971 (Graf Zeppelin, 2012 & 2016 4CD),
It's
Been A Long Time - MSG 1971 (Graf Zeppelin 2CD "remastered").
Madison Square Garden 1971 (Neverland), &
Madison Square Garden 1971 (Wendy Records)
Comments:
An exceptional show in front of a rude and downright scary crowd! There
are some disturbing crowd comments and the general atmosphere is one
that is way out of control. "Good evening. How have you been? I
think we're gonnaget a bit warm tonight!" said Plant at the beginning.
The show itself is amazing; Jimmy is on fire, Robert's voice is unreal,
Bonham is thunderous and Jones is aggressive and loud, and the real
shining star of the show! There are brilliant improvisations that cannot
be described in words, and in the middle of Thank You, the crowd charges
the stage, prompting Robert (who sounds very scared) to stop the song
and scream at the audience to move back: "You've gotta move back.
Move back. Move back or we can't go on! Move right back! It's not fair
to everybody else. Besides I'm scared of heights!" They do, and
Thank You finishes with a great solo, and a fast Rock And Roll (unreleased
and still called It's Been A Long Time) is played with a great solo,
great high vocals (with Robert saying: "I gotta tell you, I can't
hear a thing I'm saying. All the equipment's fallen out!"), but
the last verse is skipped to get the group the hell off the stage.
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SEPTEMBER 4 - MAPLE LEAF GARDENS,
TORONTO (ON), CANADA
Ritchie Yorke introduced the band.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song [ cut ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), [ cut
], Since I've Been Loving You [ cut ], [ cut ], Out On
The Tiles Intro [ cut ] >> Black Dog, [ cut ], Dazed
And Confused (<< It's Your Thing..) [ cut ], [ cut
], Stairway To Heaven, [ cut ], Celebration Day [ cut
], [ cut ], That's The Way [ cut ], [ cut ], Going
To California [ cut ], [ cut ], What Is And What Should
Never Be [ cut ], [ cut ], Moby Dick [ cut ], [
cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, My Baby Left
Me, Mess O' Blues, You Shook Me, Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You, Kind
Hearted Woman Blues..) [ cut ], [ cut ], Communication
Breakdown [ cut ], [ cut ], Organ Solo [ cut ],
[ cut ], Thank You [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete very good 1st audience
recording. Near 125 minutes.
Details: The sound is a little muffled
and tape is hissy but is great balanced, near the stage and contains
very little audience noise. The source is notorious for it's irritating
cuts between the songs.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song [ cut ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), [ cut
], Since I've Been Loving You [ cut ], [ cut ], Out On
The Tiles Intro [ cut ] >> Black Dog, [ cut ], Dazed
And Confused (<< It's Your Thing..) [ cut ], [ cut
], Stairway To Heaven [ cut ], [ cut ], Celebration Day
[ cut ], [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ cut
], [ cut ], Moby Dick [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good 2nd
audience recording. 58 minutes.
Details: Much more bassy and distant tape,
with some hiss. It sounds about almost the same as previous recorder
and sometimes it's mistaken to be from same taper. It also suffers from
multiple cuts throughout.
Recording
Includes: Stairway To
Heaven, [ cut ], Celebration Day, [ cut ], That's The
Way, Going To California, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick
[ cut ].
Source: Incomplete excellent soundboard
recording. 47 minutes.
Details: The recording is a very good balanced
professional board tape.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience source 1:
Live From The Midnight Sun (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), Maple Leaf
Gardens (Graf Zeppelin), Maple Leaf (Baby Face), & Mid Summer Nights
Dream (Wendy Records)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience source 2:
Maple Leaf Gardens (Graf Zeppelin)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) soundboard:
Hampton From Your Palm (Wendy Records), High Heeled Sneakers (Godfatherecords),
Madison Square Garden 1971 (Neverland), Maple Leaf Gardens (Graf Zeppelin),
& Zoso's Back To Rock And Roll (Oh Boy)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience & soundboard mixes:
Maple Leaf Gardens (Empress Valley Supreme Disc, original and reissue
& Graf Zeppelin),) & Maple Leaf Gold (Empress Valley Supreme
Disc)
Comments:
A pretty good show, but the band seems to be a bit tired after the last
night. There are some great moments, like the opening two songs, Dazed
And Confused with some extraordinary interplaying, a great version of
Celebration Day with Jones' bass going nuts, and a great medley followed
by an excellent Communication Breakdown. Thank You is played with rush.
Plant asking the audience to being quiet during acoustic set: "Listen.
It realy amazes me, because anybody who's been to England knows that
when you go to a concert, there's such a thing as listening to what's
going on! Unfortunately, we're faced with the problem in our free society
where a lot of people come to listen, and there's a lot of people who
are making a racket so nobody hears what's going on. We've got some
things to say but every time I go to open my mouth, there's another
spokesman ... If the guy next to you is trying to listen, you've got
to respect that and be quiet. So the whole thing's a bit circular respect
thing. So many of those big festivals felt apart because the respect
wasn't a uniform one, and the thing with these concerts is that they
normally are!"
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SEPTEMBER 5 - INTERNATIONAL
AMPHITHEATRE, CHICAGO (IL), UNITED STATES
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song, Heartbreaker, Since I've Been Loving You, That's The Way, Going
To California, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta
Love [ cut throughout ].
Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color amateur
footage. Almost 7 minutes.
Details: Shot from the right side of the
stage. Rather close footage; it zooms in much in some parts, showing
band members occupying entire screen. Some versions are synched up with
Hampton September 9th, 1970 audio.
Bootleg Visual
Reference(s): History Lesson: The Video History 1958~2016 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Comments:
Another excellent find. Topped off with a hot chick dancing on stage
for what seems like a very long time during Whole Lotta Love!
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SEPTEMBER 7 - BOSTON GARDEN,
BOSTON (MA), UNITED STATES
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Since I've Been Loving
You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Dazed And Confused [
cut ], Stairway To Heaven [ cut ], [ cut ], (an
excerpt from Whole Lotta Love medley): Killing Floor [ cut ]
>> Whole Lotta Love, Announcer Speech, Communication Breakdown
(<< Fever..), [ cut ], Organ Solo >> Thank You, [
cut ], Rock And Roll.
Source: Incomplete good to very good 1st
audience recording. 91 minutes.
Details: The tape is a little distorted
and hissy but also bright and clear. The balance favours the guitar
and vocals, leaving bass and drums a little in the back but fairly discernable,
improving in clarity as the show progresses. There are a few volume
fluctuations.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..),
[ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You, [ cut ], Out On The
Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, [ cut ], Dazed And Confused [
cut ], [ cut ], Celebration Day [ cut ], [ cut
], That's The Way [ cut ], [ cut ], Going To California
[ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ cut ], [ cut
], Moby Dick [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete good 2nd audience recording.
58 minutes.
Details: The source is distant and overloaded
at the beginning, then clears up. In some points one or both channels
disappears.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 1:
Boston Garden Party (Magnificent Disc) & Listen To Me Boston (Tarantura)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 2:
I've Got A Feeling: Boston 1971 (Graf Zeppelin) & Wreckage In Boston:
Calm Down! (Tarantura)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source mixes:
I've Got A Feeling: Boston 1971 (Graf Zeppelin) & Listen! Listen!
Listen To Me! (Empress Valley Supreme Disc, original & reissue)
Comments:
This is a blistering show, right from the start. Immigrant Song is a
pummeling opener and a very long and amazing Heartbreaker follows right
after. Robert is simply amazing ... hitting the highest notes effortlessly
for dramatic effect in Black Dog and a gut wrenching Since I've Been
Loving You. The band is awesome too, powering through Dazed And Confused
like nobody's business. The crowd seems to be rowdy so Robert calmed
them down few times. "No! No! You gotta cool it! Listen, I gotta
put things straight. We had a bit of trouble in New York the other day,
when so many people got on stage that is fell apart. Listen! Listen!
Listen to me! ... If everybody gets on the stage, then the police will
stop the thing. So what we wanna do is play as much of the new stuff
and old stuff as we can without it falling apart!" The ending is
pure rock and roll bliss.
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SEPTEMBER 9 - HAMPTON ROADS
COLISEUM, HAMPTON (VA), UNITED STATES
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song [ cut ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Since
I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Dazed
And Confused (<< It Hurts Me So, Over Under Sideways Down..) [
cut ], [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, Celebration Day, That's
The Way, Going To California, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby
Dick [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete excellent soundboard
recording. 96 minutes.
Details: The recording is a very good balanced
professional board tape. Stereo and monaural mixes are available for
this show. Early versions have the bass being in the left channel and
everything else being in the other.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Dead Battery
(Flagge), Hampton 1971 (Cannonball Records & no label), Hampton
From Your Palm (Wendy Records), Hampton Kicks (House Of Elrond), Hampton
Roads Coliseum 1971 (Scorpio), Head Over Heels (Empress Valley Supreme
Disc), High Heeled Sneakers (Godfatherecords), In The Wake Of Zeppelin
(Akashic), Inspired (Antrabata Reference Master),Jim's Picks (Tarantura),
Sonic Boom (Empress Valley Supreme Disc, original & reissue), &
Wild & Wet (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Comments:
An incomplete show and all that is known to exist from this show in
this fabulous sounding soundboard. An excellent, virtuostic show with
Jones in particular shining through! His bass in Heartbreaker and Celebration
Day is amazing. Stairway To Heaven is one of the closest to the album
version I have heard with a great guitar solo. In the opposite to previous
show, tonight the audience is quiet and very polite so Plant did a warm
commenatry during an acoustic set: "Right, you're sitting down
and so are we. Far out! This is the part where we usually ask people
to stop falling out of the spotlights for a bit. Fortunately, there's
no trouble tonight." High Heeled Sneakers contains only a few lines
singing by Plant: "Put on your red dress, baby, 'cos we're going
out tonight!"
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SEPTEMBER 10 - ONONDAGA COUNTY
WAR MEMORIAL, SYRACUSE (NY), UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 11 - WAR MEMORIAL
AUDITORIUM, ROCHESTER (NY), UNITED STATES
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Since I've Been Loving
You, [ cut ], Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, [ cut
], Stairway To Heaven [ cut ], [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love
(<< Boogie Chillun, Hello Mary Lou, [ cut ], Mess O' Blues
[ cut ], You Shook Me, Kind Hearted Woman Blues..) [ cut
], Announcer Speech, Organ Solo [ cut ] >> Thank You.
Source: Incomplete fair to good 1st audience
recording. Almost 72 minutes.
Details: A distant and not very clear sounding
source with vocals being most prominent in the mix.
Recording
Includes: Celebration
Day, [ cut ], That's The Way, Going To California, [ cut
], What Is And What Should Never Be [ cut ], [ cut ],
Moby Dick [ cut ], [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<<
Boogie Woogie, Hello Mary Lou..) [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete good 2nd audience recording.
54 minutes.
Details: The tape is kinda distant too
but with all instruments better defined and significantly more dynamic.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 2:
Mad Screaming Gallery (Lemon Song)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source mixes:
Giants Of The Sky (Trade Mark Of Quality)
Comments:
Quite a mixed performance. In one place the band rocks really but on
another they seems to be tired or bored with the atmosphere a bit I
think. Some really good playing during first few songs and the Whole
Lotta Love medley. Robert asked the audience to be back in one point
and it's obvious he was scared after Boston and New York riots.
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SEPTEMBER 13 - COMMUNITY THEATRE,
BERKELEY (CA), UNITED STATES
Bill Graham introduced the band.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements,
Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Since I've
Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Dazed And
Confused, [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, Celebration Day, That's
The Way, Going To California, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby
Dick, [ cut ], Instrumental Intro >> Whole Lotta Love (<<
Boogie Chillun, Hello Mary Lou, Mess O' Blues, You Shook Me, Gee, Baby
Ain't I Good To You, Kind Hearted Woman Blues..), [ cut ], Communication
Breakdown (<< Gallows Pole..).
Source: Almost complete good to very good
audience recording. 137 minutes.
Details: This is somewhat distant but dynamic
recording. The snare drum does get lost in the mix because of the distance
but the rest of instruments are sharp and clear.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Back On
The West Coast (Mad Dogs), Berkeley Daze 1st Night (Godfatherecords),
Berkeley First Night (no label), California Stampede (Magnificent
Disc), Going To California (Graf Zeppelin), Going To California 1 (Moonchild
Records), Going To California 1971 Two Shows (Wendy Records), Going
To California II (Tarantura & Trade Mark Of Quality), & Going
To California ~ 1971 Berkeley 2 Daze (Trade Mark Of Quality)
Comments:
An excellent first night in Berkeley with the band firing on all cylinders.
The entire concert is played brilliantly, especially the new material
form the as yet unreleased fourth album. That's The Way is one of the
better versions I have heard with amazing mandolin from Jones. Dazed
And Confused is of epic proportions and the ending medley is very gutsy
and suggestive, especially from Robert.
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SEPTEMBER 14 - COMMUNITY THEATRE,
BERKELEY (CA), UNITED STATES
Bill Graham introduced the band.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), [ cut ], Since
I've Been Loving You [ cut ], [ cut ], Out On The Tiles
Intro >> Black Dog, [ cut ], Dazed And Confused (<<
Back In The USA..) [ cut ], [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven,
[ cut ], That's The Way [ cut ], Going To California,
[ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Just A Little Bit, Boogie
Chillun, Hello Mary Lou, My Baby Left Me, Mess O' Blues, You Shook Me,
The Lemon Song..).
Source: Incomplete excellent audience recording.
96 minutes.
Details: Suprisingly clear recording taped
much close to the stage without any distortion! All the instruments
are perfectly balanced and almost no hiss here.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s): Best Of
Led Zeppelin Vol. 1 (Rock Solid Records), The Final Option (Rock Solid
Records & The Swingin' Pig Records), Goin' West (Instant Analysis),
Going To California (Berkeley, Box Top Records, Contraband Music, LZ
1-4, Mammary, Raring Records, Titanic, Trade Mark Of Quality both issues),
Halfway To California (Viking Musik), L.A. Crazy Nights (Digger Productions),
LA Forum (LZ 1234), Led Zeppelin Film Can (Rock Solid Records), Live
(no label), Raging Violent The Virtuoso (no label), & Trade Mark
Of Quality Years (Trade Mark Of Quality)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Berkeley
Daze 2nd Night (Godfatherecords), California Expedition (Cashmere),
Going To California (Cobra Standard Series, Graf Zeppelin, no label,
Shout To The Top, & Trade Mark Of Quality), Going To California
1971 Two Shows (Wendy Records), Going To California 2 (Moonchild Records),
& Going To California ~ 1971 Berkeley 2 Daze (Trade Mark Of Quality)
Comments:
The sound on this recording is absolutely fabulous! This is all that
remains from this show, which is actually most of the complete show.
The playing is simply wonderful, with Jimmy's playing shining through
as true musical inspiration, especially in his Heartbreaker solo. The
whole band is playing better than ever, and the wild and long medley
is exciting, especially with Robert's great vocals. This excellent atmosphere
aso caused of some nice commentaries from the side of Plant: "You
should have come last night. Last night there were several bowlerhatted
beatniks ... This is quite a moving night for me. This is a thing that
got together ... I was going to say in the Scottish Highlands, or the
Welsh mountains, but I think it was something like the Gotham hotel,
West 37th Street. Here's to the days when things were really nice and
simple and everything was far out, all the time. On that theme, it's
not a very good cup of tea you get over here! ..."
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SEPTEMBER 16 - CIVIC AUDITORIUM,
HONOLULU (HI), UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 17 - CIVIC AUDITORIUM, HONOLULU (HI), UNITED STATES
Led
Zeppelin First Japan Tour
September 23, 1971 - September 29, 1971
SEPTEMBER 23 - BUDOKAN HALL,
TOKYO, JAPAN
DJ Goro Itoi introduced the band. The whole concert was professionally
recorded on 6-track transistorized board. While researching for 2003
project, Page himself rediscovered some of these tapes but they were
not considered good enough to warrant official release.
Recording
Includes: Since I've
Been Loving You, [ cut ], Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black
Dog, [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, [ cut ], Going To California,
[ cut ], Whole Lotta Love [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete fair to good 1st audience
recording. 29 minutes.
Details: A significantly distant and somewhat
flat sounding source, with some hiss throughout.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Since
I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, [ cut
], Dazed And Confused, [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, Celebration
Day, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp Intro >> That's The Way, Going To California,
What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, [ cut ], Whole Lotta
Love (<< Hello Mary Lou [ cut ], Mess O' Blues, Evil Woman,
Tobacco Road, Good Times Bad Times, For What It's Worth, How Many More
Times, The Hunter, You Shook Me, Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You, Kind
Hearted Woman Blues..) [ cut ], Communication Breakdown [ cut
].
Source: Incomplete very good to excellent
2nd audience recording. 142 minutes.
Details: The tape is clear and well balanced
but overloaded in bass frequencies; with source no. 5 is possibly the
best sounding of all sources available.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song, [ cut ], Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), [ cut
], Since I've Been Loving You, [ cut ], Out On The Tiles Intro
>> Black Dog, [ cut ], Dazed And Confused [ cut
], [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, [ cut ], Celebration Day,
[ cut ], Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp Intro >> That's The Way, [ cut
], Going To California, [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never
Be, [ cut ], Moby Dick, [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<<
Boogie Chillun, Hello Mary Lou, Mess O' Blues [ cut ], [ cut
], Tobbacro Road [ cut ], Good Times Bad Times, For What It's
Worth, How Many More Times, The Hunter, You Shook Me [ cut ]..),
[ cut ], Communication Breakdown.
Source: Incomplete good to very good 3rd
audience recording. 134 minutes.
Details: The tape is somewhat distant and
muffled. It emphasis the bottom end a bit over the rest but recording
is still fairly clear and almost not distorted. It shares really enjoyable
atmopshere also, capturing the real power of the band.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song, Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Since I've Been Loving You,
Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Dazed And Confused [ cut
], Stairway To Heaven [ cut ], [ cut ], Celebration Day,
Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp Intro >> That's The Way, Going To California,
What Is And What Should Never Be [ cut ], Moby Dick, Whole Lotta
Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Hello Mary Lou, Mess O' Blues, Evil Woman,
Tobacco Road [ cut ], Good Times Bad Times, For What It's Worth,
How Many More Times, The Hunter, You Shook Me, Gee, Baby Ain't I Good
To You, Kind Hearted Woman Blues..), Communication Breakdown.
Source: Incomplete good to very good 4th
audience recording. 148 minutes.
Details: The sound is bright, clear and
balanced but the bass/drums line is somewhat indistinct. The audience
claps along to a few of numbers.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Since
I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Dazed
And Confused, Stairway To Heaven, [ cut ], Celebration Day, Bron-Yr-Aur
Stomp Intro >> That's The Way, Going To California, What Is And
What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<<
Boogie Chillun, Hello Mary Lou, Mess O' Blues, Evil Woman [ cut
], Tobacco Road, Good Times Bad Times, For What It's Worth, How Many
More Times, The Hunter, You Shook Me [ cut ], Gee, Baby Ain't
I Good To You, Kind Hearted Woman Blues..), Communication Breakdown.
Source: Incomplete very good to excellent
5th audience recording. 149 minutes.
Details: The source is slightly close to
the stage. It is very nice balanced, and has wide stereo panoramic spectrum.
The only major downside of this source is that the guitar is not so
clear as we could expected and there are small parts that are a bit
muffled. There are also some rather minor speed fluctuations in few
spots.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..) [ cut
], [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro
>> Black Dog, Dazed And Confused [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good 6th
audience recording. Near 32 minutes.
Details: The main drawback of this source
is that the bass is very distorted detracting from the recording and
the source is quite distant.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song, Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Since I've Been Loving You,
Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Dazed And Confused, Stairway
To Heaven, [ cut ], Celebration Day [ cut ], [ cut
], Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp Intro >> That's The Way, Going To California
[ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta
Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Hello Mary Lou, Mess O' Blues, Evil Woman
[ cut ], Tobacco Road, Good Times Bad Times, For What It's Worth,
How Many More Times, The Hunter, You Shook Me, Gee, Baby Ain't I Good
To You, Kind Hearted Woman Blues..) [ cut ], [ cut ],
Communication Breakdown [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete very good to excellent
7th audience recording. 144 minutes.
Details: The quality is really awesome
but it fluctuates throughout, being muffled in few places. It has superb
spectrum and all the instruments are well balanced. Some kind of light
distortion occurs as it gets a bit overloaded on bottom and top end.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song [ cut ], [ cut ], Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..)
[ cut ], [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You, Out On The
Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Dazed And Confused, Stairway To Heaven,
[ cut ], Celebration Day, [ cut ], Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp Intro
[ cut ] >> That's The Way, Going To California, What Is
And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie
Chillun, Hello Mary Lou, Mess O' Blues [ cut ], Evil Woman, Tobacco
Road, Good Times Bad Times [ cut ], For What It's Worth, How
Many More Times, The Hunter [ cut ]..) [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete good 8th audience recording.
125 minutes.
Details: Flat, distant and muffled tape,
not best for casual listener. Audience is very audible in parts.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Since
I've Been Loving You, [ cut ], Dazed And Confused, [ cut
], Celebration Day, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp Intro >> That's The Way,
Going To California, What Is And What Should Never Be, [ cut
], Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun [ cut
]..) [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good 9th
audience recording. Almost 100 minutes.
Details: A bit distant and very hissy tape;
due to that some parts of recording are partially less audible.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Since
I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Dazed
And Confused, Stairway To Heaven, [ cut ], (an excerpt from Whole Lotta
Love medley): How Many More Times [ cut ] >> The Hunter >>
You Shook Me >> Gee >> Baby Ain't I Good To You >>
Kind Hearted Woman Blues >> Whole Lotta Love, Communication Breakdown.
Source: Incomplete fair to good 10th audience
recording. 79 minutes.
Details: Taped far from the stage, Plants
song introductions are kinda hard to hear over the wild din, and the
music sounds fuzzy, competing with the general buzz of the crowd and
hiss. The last part of show sounds even worse, containing large distortion.
The worst of all sources available for this date so far.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song, Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Since I've Been Loving You,
Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Dazed And Confused, Stairway
To Heaven, Celebration Day, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp Intro >> That's
The Way, Going To California, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby
Dick, Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Hello Mary Lou, Mess
O' Blues, Evil Woman, Tobacco Road, Good Times Bad Times, For What It's
Worth, How Many More Times, The Hunter, You Shook Me, Gee, Baby Ain't
I Good To You, Kind Hearted Woman Blues..), Communication Breakdown
Source: Incomplete good to very good 11th
audience recording. 140 minutes.
Details: Fairly distant and hissy tape
with good balance.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song, Heartbreaker, Dazed And Confused, Stairway To Heaven, Celebration
Day, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, That's The Way, What Is And What Should Never
Be, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love [ cut throughout ].
Source: Incomplete 8mm silent 1st color
amateur footage. 7 minutes.
Details: Distance scale ranges from band
member height occupying one fourth of the screens height, and
up to two thirds. First bootleg copies are badly synched while others,
sourced from official LZ YouTube channel, are synched correctly. What's
significant, poorly synched version seems to be a 1 minute longer. All
using audio taken from above sources as soundtrack. There are also several
home videos from the tour, showing all the group enjoying their trip
and vacationing several places.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song, Heartbreaker, Since I've Been Loving You Dazed And Confused, Celebration
Day, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, That's The Way, What Is And What Should Never
Be, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love, Communication Breakdown [ cut throughout
].
Source: Incomplete 8mm silent 2nd color
amateur footage. 23 minutes.
Details: Two sources are mixed into the
video. The first source is filmed from some diatance, likely from the
balcony. The quality is decent. The second source is taken also from
the same location, but the quality is less bright. Uploaded in two YouTube
videos synced to his recording of the concert. Synched up to existing
audios mostly.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s) source 1:
In Concert (no label)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 1:
Live In Tokyo 1971: In Concert (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 2:
Complete Live In Japan (Last Stand Disc), The D.J. Of Legend (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc), Front Row (Tarantura), Fronto Row (Memphis Productions),
Live In Japan 1971 (Last Stand Disc), Storm Of Fanatics (Mud Dogs),
Tokyo Tapes (Empress Valley Supreme Disc 2CD & 4CD & 6CD), &
Young Person's Guide To Led Zeppelin Volume 2 (Empress Valley Supreme
Disc)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 3:
Peace Of Mind (Mud Dogs) & Tokyo Tapes (Empress Valley Supreme Disc
4CD & 6CD)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 4:
Reflection From A Dream (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin original)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 6:
First Attack Of The Rising Of The Sun (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 7:
Led Zeppelin's Rock Carnival (Watch Tower)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 8:
Tokyo Tapes (Empress Valley Supreme Disc 6CD)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 11:
923 (no label)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source mixes:
923 (no label), DJ Of Legend (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), First Attack
Of The Rising Of The Sun (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Flying Rock
Carnival 1971 Complete (no label), Live In Tokyo 1971: Reflection From
A Dream (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), Meet The Led Zeppelin (Wendy
Records), Mugen K Satsu (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Reflection From
A Dream - Remastered (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), Rock Carnival (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc 2CD and 5CD & Moonchild Records), Stage In Tokyo
1971 (no label), Taking Off (Pyramid Records), & Timeless Rock (Watch
Tower 3CD & 4CD)
Bootleg Visual
Reference(s) 1st amateur footage:
Assemblage II (Cosmic Energy), History Lesson: The Video History 1958~2016
(Empress Valley Supreme Disc), In Japan (Empress Valley Supreme Disc),
Live In Japan (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Live In Japan 1971 (Live
Legend Archives), & Live In Osaka 928 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Comments:
Opening night of the first Japanese tour; there aren't too many words
to describe this amazing show! Robert's voice is unreal, and the whole
band, particularly Jones and Page, are definitely on fire! After blistering
Immigrant Song, Jimmy's broken a guitar string and Plant did some observations:
"I understand that in Japan not many people speak English. Anyway,
every day it's getting better. We'd like to say that so far we've had
an incredible time, a wonderful time. We haven't even played a concert
yet and we've all really been having a ball. I'm gonna do my best to
make this the best time we've ever had, because it seems to be such
a difference to America. America doesn't seem to be so good anymore,
unfortunately. Maybe it'll get better." Dazed And Confused has
some awesome riffing led by Jones and Page, and the entire show, culminating
in the exceptional medley, is great! Some crowd members climbed on stage
during the Communication Breakdown and Robert Plant had to stop the
song for a short while.
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SEPTEMBER 24 - BUDOKAN HALL,
TOKYO, JAPAN
DJ Goro Itoi introduced the band. The whole concert was professionally
recorded on 6-track transistorized board. While researching for 2003
project, Page himself rediscovered some of these tapes but they were
not considered good enough to warrant official release.
Recording
Includes: (an excerpt
from Whole Lotta Love medley): The Hunter [ cut ] >> Hello
Mary Lou >> Pretty Woman >> How Many More Times >>
Whole Lotta Love [ cut ], [ cut ], Communication Breakdown
(<< It's Your Thing..) [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete fair to good 1st audience
recording. Near 17 minutes.
Details: Muffled and distant, not clear
at all.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song [ cut ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree, Feelin'
Groovy..) [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles
Intro >> Black Dog, [ cut ], Dazed And Confused (<<
I Got A Feeling..), [ cut ], Celebration Day, That's The Way,
Going To California], Tangerine, [ cut ], What Is And What Should
Never Be, [ cut ], Instrumental Intro >> Whole Lotta Love
(<< Boogie Chillun, Cocaine, Rave On, Your Time Is Gonna Come,
I'm A Man, The Hunter, Hello Mary Lou [ cut ], [ cut ],
How Many More Times..).
Source: Incomplete good 2nd audience recording.
104 minutes.
Details: Again, the sound is not bright,
somewhat mushy in places and fairly distant. This one seems to be also
bit boomy here and there. However, this source has almost no distortion.
What Is And What Should Never Be is out of order on the original LP
set as original tapes are not in circulation and likely they are no
longer in existence.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree,
Feelin' Groovy..), Since I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro
>> Black Dog, Dazed And Confused (<< I Got A Feeling..),
[ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, Celebration Day, That's The Way,
Going To California, [ cut ], Tangerine, What Is And What Should
Never Be, Moby Dick [ cut ], [ cut ], Instrumental Intro
>> Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Cocaine, Rave On,
Your Time Is Gonna Come, I'm A Man, The Hunter, Hello Mary Lou, Pretty
Woman, How Many More Times..), [ cut ], Organ Solo >> Thank
You, [ cut ], Communication Breakdown (<< It's Your Thing..).
Source: Incomplete fair to good 3rd audience
recording. 165 minutes.
Details: A really bad sounding tape, worst
of all sources available. The sound is muffled, overloaded and bassy,
also lacking clarity. Only quiter moments and acoustic set are seems
to be in more decent quality.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree, Feelin' Groovy..), Since
I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Dazed
And Confused (<< I Got A Feeling..), [ cut ], Instrumental
Intro [ cut ] >> Whole Lotta Love [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete very good 4th audience
source. 55 minutes.
Details: The sound is bright and clear,
only let down in places by very small bass frequency overload distortion;
however, much incomplete. The audience clapping along is audible in
a few numbers.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree, Feelin' Groovy..), Since
I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Dazed
And Confused (<< I Got A Feeling..) [ cut ], Stairway To
Heaven, Celebration Day, That's The Way, Going To California, Tangerine,
What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick [ cut ], Instrumental
Intro >> Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Cocaine, Rave
On, Your Time Is Gonna Come, I'm A Man, The Hunter, Hello Mary Lou,
Pretty Woman, How Many More Times..), Organ Solo >> Thank You,
[ cut ], Communication Breakdown (<< It's Your Thing..).
Source: Incomplete very good 5th audience
recording. 168 minutes.
Details: The main drawback of this tape
is bad bass distortion - except this all sounds clear and much enjoybable.
The audience is noisy too on this source in places.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song [ cut ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree, Feelin'
Groovy..), [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles
Intro >> Black Dog, [ cut ], Dazed And Confused (<<
I Got A Feeling..) [ cut ], [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven,
[ cut ], Celebration Day, That's The Way, Going To California,
Tangerine, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, [ cut
], Instrumental Intro >> Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun,
Cocaine, Rave On, Your Time Is Gonna Come, I'm A Man, The Hunter, Hello
Mary Lou, Pretty Woman, How Many More Times..), [ cut ], Organ
Solo [ cut ] >> Thank You, [ cut ], Communication
Breakdown (<< It's Your Thing..) [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete fair to good 6th audience
recording. 156 minutes.
Details: A distant, boomy and hissy for
most of the time recording with bottom line blurred in the mix and with
guitar increased a little bit throughout. Some fair distortion in places
plays a role due to the overpowering bass except for some parts, which
are just seriously detracted and lacking clarity almost completely.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s) source 1:
In Concert (no label)
Bootleg LP
Reference(s) source 2:
Super Stars (Led Zeppelin In Tokyo) (no label)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 1:
Live In Tokyo 1971: In Concert (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 2:
Super Stars (Led Zeppelin In Tokyo) (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 3:
924 (no label), Afternoon Daze (Mud Dogs), & Pretty Woman (Tarantura)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 4:
Your Time Is Gonna Come (Scorpio) & Timeless Rock (Watch Tower 4CD)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source mixes:
Afternoon Daze (Moonchild Records), The Balloon Boys' Rock Carnival
In Tokyo (Empress Valley Supreme Disc, original & reissue), Complete
Live In Japan (Last Stand Disc), A Hard Rock Night (Wendy Records, two
different issues), Light And Shade (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), Light
And Shade - Remastered (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), Live In Japan
1971 (Last Stand Disc), Live In Tokyo 1971: Light & Shade (The Diagrams
Of Led Zeppelin), Super Stars! (Graf Zeppelin), & Your Time Is Gonna
Come (Scorpio)
Comments:
Another killer show! Robert's voice is simply beautiful ... the incredible
well-recorded acoustic segment has Plant vocals that will move any sensitive
listener to tears. The band is on fire, and they blaze through Dazed
And Confused and Celebration Day at warp speed! Moby Dick and John Bonham
was amusingly introduced as "The only person who could do it. The
only person who was in his pyjamas ten minutes before the show. The
right honourable John Bonham." The Whole Lotta Love medley is one
of the finest ever with the only ever time Your Time Is Gonna Come played
in the middle. The encores finish this great event, a second incredible
night in Japan!
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SEPTEMBER 27 - KENRITSU TAIIKUKAN
(PREFECTURAL GYMNASIUM), HIROSHIMA, JAPAN
The charity concert for the benefit of victims of the atomic bomb.
Recording
Includes: Stairway To
Heaven [ cut ], Celebration Day, That's The Way, Going To California,
Tangerine, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick [ cut
].
Source: Incomplete good to very good 1st
audience recording. 43 minutes.
Details: This source has been recorded
closer to the stage and is more upfront and clear when compared with
other two tapes. It suffers from some overloading and distortion though,
especially during the louder songs. There's also some fumbling going
on with the recorder here and there too.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements,
Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Since I've
Been Loving You [ cut ], [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, [ cut
], Tangerine, [ cut ], Instrumental Improvisation >> Communication
Breakdown.
Source: Incomplete poor to good 2nd audience
recording. 47 minutes.
Details: This could be a good source ...
but the level of overloading is so devastating that for the most part
we can hear the wall of sound, with all the instruments mushed in roar.
Only the chatter is fairly listenable.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Since I've Been Loving
You, [ cut ], Dazed And Confused [ cut ], [ cut
], Stairway To Heaven, Celebration Day, [ cut ], That's The Way,
Going To California, Tangerine, [ cut ], What Is And What Should
Never Be, Moby Dick [ cut ], [ cut ], The Lady Is A Tramp
Intro [ cut ] >> Whole Lotta Love (<< In The Light,
Boogie Chillun, Let's Have Fun, Be-Bop-A-Lula..).
Source: Incomplete good to very good 3rd
audience recording. Near 127 minutes.
Details: Fairly balanced recording but
taped with some distance, lacking high end also. In quiter moments it
rates clearer quality but for many parts there is noticeable overloading
and disortion too.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Since I've Been Loving
You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Dazed And Confused [
cut ], [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, Celebration Day, That's
The Way, Going To California, Tangerine, What Is And What Should Never
Be.
Source: Incomplete good 4th audience recording.
87 minutes.
Details: The tape is very hissy if not
a bit overloaded at times and muffled, with minor tape issues here and
there. It is also more distant than previous source.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements
[ cut ], Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..),
Since I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog,
Dazed And Confused [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, Celebration Day,
That's The Way, Going To California, Tangerine, What Is And What Should
Never Be, [ cut ], Moby Dick, The Lady Is A Tramp Intro >>
Whole Lotta Love (<< In The Light, Boogie Chillun, Let's Have
Fun, Be-Bop-A-Lula..), [ cut ], Instrumental Improvisation >>
Communication Breakdown.
Source: Incomplete very good 5th audience
recording. 147 minutes.
Details: Surprisingly, a clear tape with
only some amount of hiss and with some notable bass overloading. The
band is captured in fair distance and recording is very enjoyable, best
sounding in terms of quality and most complete of all five sources available.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s) source 1:
Led Zeppelin 71-72 (Digger)
Bootleg LP
Reference(s) source 3:
Hiroshima Part 1&2 (Geil) & Hiroshima Live In Japan (Trade Mark
Of UFO)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 1:
Love And Peace In Hiroshima (Bumblee Bee, bonus CDRs)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 3:
Complete Live In Japan (Last Stand Disc), Live In Japan 1971 (Last Stand
Disc), & Peace/Hiroshima (Tarantura)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source mixes:
Live In Japan 1971 (Love And Peace) (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Live
Peace In Hiroshima 1971 (Wendy Records, original & reissue), Live
Peace In Hiroshima 1971 Remaster Version (Wendy Records), Love And Peace
(Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Love And Peace In Hiroshima (Bumble Bee,
basic CDs), Message Of Love (Lemon Song), Peace Of Mind (Mud Dogs),
Young Man Was Here (Moonchild Records), & Zingi (Tarantura)
Comments:
A rather fast-feeling concert, but played brilliantly, with a really
nice level of intimacy reached in the acoustic segment. Black Dog and
Heartbreaker are great and Robert's voice is excellent, especially of
Since I've Been Loving You and the rather short and compact yet brilliant
rock medley. During Communication Breakdow some audience members are
climbed the stage so the band stopped the song for a while and Plant
said: "Whoa, you must stop it! Please do not come on the stage.
Stay here and be cool. Please sit down. Sit on the floor mate!"
A nice show that was a benefit for the people of Hiroshima.
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SEPTEMBER 28 - FESTIVAL HALL,
OSAKA, JAPAN
The whole concert was professionally recorded on 6-track transistorized
board. While researching for 2003 project, Page himself rediscovered
some of these tapes but they were not considered good enough to warrant
official release. Clive Coulson, a roadie made his appearance on vocals
during C'Mon Everybdy and High Heeled Sneakers. Phil Carson, Atlantic
Records' executive, also joined on bass on these two songs. John Paul
Jones made an accompaniment, playing additional bass and organ.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Since I've Been Loving
You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Dazed And Confused (<<
Over Under Sideways Down, Third Stone From The Sun..) [ cut ],
[ cut ], Stairway To Heaven [ cut ], Please Please Me,
From Me To You, Celebration Day, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp >> That's The
Way, Going To California, We Shall Overcome >> Tangerine, Down
By The Riverside, [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be,
Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, D In Love, Bachelor
Boy, C'Mon Baby, Maybelline, Hello Mary Lou..) [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good 1st
audience source. 136 minutes.
Details: The source is rather clear and
fairly balanced but contains noticeable distortion. The instrumentation
does get cluttered in places, where sonic chaos ensues.
Recording
Includes: C'Mon Everybody
[ cut ], High Heeled Sneakers >> Communication Breakdown
(<< Cat's Squirrel, Watch Your Step..).
Source: Almost complete fair 2nd audience
recording. 15 minutes.
Details: The tape sounds thin, hissy and
washy. It sounds like it's coming through a funnel and from some serious
distance.
Recording
Includes: Band Announcements,
Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Since I've
Been Loving You [ cut ], Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black
Dog, Dazed And Confused (<< Over Under Sideways Down, Third Stone
From The Sun..) [ cut ], [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven,
[ cut ], Celebration Day [ cut ], Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp >>
That's The Way, Going To California, We Shall Overcome >> Tangerine,
Down By The Riverside, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick,
Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, D In Love, Bachelor Boy,
C'Mon Baby, Maybelline, Hello Mary Lou, Be-Bop-A-Lula, Heartbreak Hotel,
Say Mama, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, You Shook Me..), C'Mon Everybody, High
Heeled Sneakers [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good audience
recording. 177 minutes.
Details: A fairly balanced but clear tape
with music somewhat blurred in the mix as it was taped from some distance.
The upfront clapping of the audience interferes at times but you can't
blame those people for being excited.
Recording
Includes: Heartbreaker
(<< Bouree..) [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You, Out
On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Dazed And Confused (<<
Over Under Sideways Down, Third Stone From The Sun..), Stairway To Heaven
[ cut ], [ cut ], Celebration Day, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp >>
That's The Way, Going To California, We Shall Overcome >> Tangerine,
Down By The Riverside, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick.
Source: Incomplete excellent soundboard
recording. 118 minutes.
Details: The recording is a very good balanced
professional board tape.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s) audience source 1:
Led Zeppelin 71-72 (Digger Productions)
Bootleg
CD Reference(s) audience source 1: Complete Live In Japan (Last
Stand Disc) & Live In Japan 1971 (Last Stand Disc)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience source 3:
928 (no label)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience source mixes:
928 Complete Edition (no label), The Bachelor Boys' First Stand In
Osaka (Empress Valley Supreme Disc, original & reissue), C'Mon Everybody
(Tarantura), Come On Everybody (Mud Dogs), Live In Japan (Empress Valley
Supreme Disc), Osaka 1971 1st Night (no label), Osaka Woman (Cobra
Standard Series), & Please Please Me (Wendy Records)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) soundboard:
The Complete Osaka Tapes: How The East Was Won (Empress Valley Supreme
Disc), The Complete Osaka Tapes: Live In Osaka 1st Day (Empress Valley
Supreme Disc), God Save The Queen (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), How
The East Was Won (Eelgrass & no label), Live In Japan 1971 (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc), Live In Japan 1971 - Black Dog (Empress Valley
Supreme Disc, original & reissue), Live In Osaka 928 (Empress Valley
Supreme Disc, 3CD & 4CD), Please Please Me (Empress Valley Supreme
Disc), Please Please Me 928 (Eelgrass), & Rock Carnival (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc, 5CD bonus disc)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience & soundboard mixes:
God Save The Queen (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Live In Japan (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc), Live In Osaka 928 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc),
Live In Osaka Ledsox Merge (Magic Pyramid), Please Please Me (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc), & Please Please Me 928 (Eelgrass)
Bootleg DVD
Audio Reference(s) soundboard:
Live In Osaka 928 (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)
Comments:
A riotous show in front of a sleepy crowd! Jimmy is blazing throughout
the whole show and the band is just relentless in their brilliant playing.
Robert's voice is awesome, and the emotion and range he expresses with
it is truly amazing. In an attempt to enliven a "dishonorably quiet"
audience, the band plays a few cover tunes. Please Please Me and From
Me To You consists of only 30 seconds of each song. Page quietly strums
a few bars of an unfamiliar melody that Plant faintly starts its lyrics
to before abandoning it as soon as he starts singing and doing We Shall
Overcome instead. Two minutes of Down By The Riverside excites the audience
the most. A short snippet of Grand Ole Opry can be heard right before
What Is And What Should Never Be. The medley is bedlam and the excellent
and obscure encores include a long version of Communication Breakdown.
Plant introduces Phil Carson on bass and Clive Coulson on vocals after
C'mon Everybody. Certainly sounds like Plant singing C'mon Everybody.
Perhaps Plant sang offstage while Clive Coulson impersonated him on
stage as a joke! The show ends with blistering version of Communication
Breakdown that incorporates several bars from Cat's Squirell and Watch
Your Step.
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SEPTEMBER 29 - FESTIVAL HALL,
OSAKA, JAPAN
The whole concert was professionally recorded on 6-track transistorized
board. While researching for 2003 project, Page himself rediscovered
some of these tapes but they were not considered good enough to warrant
official release. It was said that the acoustic set was extended because
John Bonham collapsed with exhaustion.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Feelin' Groovy, Bouree..), Since
I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, [ cut
], Dazed And Confused (<< Improvisation based on St. Tristan's
Sword, Pennies From Heaven..) [ cut ], [ cut ], Stairway
To Heaven, Celebration Day, [ cut ], That's The Way, Going To
California, [ cut ], Tangerine, [ cut ], Friends, What
Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, [ cut ], Instrumental
Intro >> Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Tossin' And
Turnin', Twist And Shout, Fortune Teller, Good Times Bad Times, Instrumental
Improvisation, You Shok Me..).
Source: Incomplete good to very good 1st
audience recording. 153 minutes.
Details: The tape is fairly sharp and bright
but the recording is distant. The top end is distorted and harsh sounding.
Within Whole Lotta Love the quality deteriorates significantly, making
the sound being more blurry and distant.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Feelin' Groovy, Bouree..), Since
I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Dazed
And Confused [ cut ], [ cut ], That's The Way [ cut
], Going To California, Tangerine, Friends, What Is And What Should
Never Be, Moby Dick [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete good to very good 2nd
audience recording. Near 94 minutes.
Details: Being taped not too close to the
stage, this causes distance range and also there is some bottom end
distortion throughout. The top end is very high though.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song [ cut ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Feelin' Groovy,
Bouree..), Since I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro >>
Black Dog, Dazed And Confused (<< Improvisation based on St. Tristan's
Sword, Pennies From Heaven..), Stairway To Heaven, Celebration Day,
That's The Way, Going To California [ cut ], [ cut ],
What Is And What Should Never Be [ cut ], Moby Dick, Instrumental
Intro >> Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Tossin' And
Turnin', Twist And Shout, Fortune Teller, Good Times Bad Times, Instrumental
Improvisation, You Shook Me..), Communication Breakdown (<< Just
A Little Bit..), [ cut ], Organ Solo >> Thank You, Rock
And Roll.
Recording: Incomplete good 3rd audience
recording. 185 minutes.
Details: Another distant and muffled tape
with distortion and some hiss. The guitar and vocals are captured rather
clearly in details while bass is not well exposed in the mix. The drums
are much loud throughout, giving an idea of how loud they were pushed
through the PA system.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Feelin' Groovy, Bouree..), Since
I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Dazed
And Confised (<< Improvisation based on St. Tristan's Sword, Pennies
From Heaven..) [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, Celebration Day,
That's The Way, Going To California, Tangerine, Friends, Smoke Gets
In Your Eyes tease, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick [ cut
].
Source: Incomplete very good 4th audience
source. 124 minutes.
Details: The recording sounds much close
to the stage. The sound is clear, detailed and fairly balanced with
just a small distortion throughout due to overpowering the mics. A slight
but notable issue with tape speed occurs in latter part of Heartbreaker.
It was told that Peter Grant somehow busted the taper and confiscated
the third tape so the recording finishes during drum solo.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Feelin' Groovy, Bouree..), Since
I've Been Loving You, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog [ cut
], Dazed And Confused (<< Improvisation based on St. Tristan's
Sword, Pennies From Heaven [ cut ].. ) [ cut ], Stairway
To Heaven, Celebration Day, That's The Way [ cut ], Going To
California [ cut ], Tangerine, Friends, What Is And What Should
Never Be [ cut ], Moby Dick [ cut ], Instrumental Intro
>> Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Tossin' And Turnin',
Twist And Shout, Fortune Teller, Good Times Bad Times, Instrumental
Improvisation [ cut ], You Shook Me..) [ cut ], [ cut
], Communication Breakdown (<< Just A Little Bit..), [ cut
], Organ Solo >> Thank You, Rock And Roll.
Source: Incomplete excellent 1st soundboard
recording. Near 185 minutes.
Details: The recording is a fully professional
mixdown of multitrack. With the exception of acoustic set it is overloaded
by the drums and balances are sometimes poor. The vocals are also partially
inaudible for most of the show. The story goes that two tape machines
in synch were used to record 16 tracks simultaneously because Japanese
company did not have such gear and then secretly taped to 1/4-inch recorder
- probably 2-track machine - using separated line. Few different versions
are in circulation and each reveals some cuts and edits not found on
the others.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker [ << Feelin' Groovy, Bouree.), [ cut
], Since I've Been Loving You, [ cut ], Dazed And Confused (<<
Improvisation based on St. Tristan's Sword, Pennies From Heaven..) [
cut ], [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, [ cut ], What
Is And What Should Never Be [ cut ], Moby Dick [ cut ],
[ cut ], Communication Breakdown (<< Just A Little Bit..),
[ cut ], Rock And Roll.
Source: Incomplete superb 2nd soundboard
recording. 91 minutes.
Details: The recording is a fully professional
balanced board tape. Stairway To Heaven and Friends are less bright
that the rest of recording.
Bootleg LP
Reference(s) soundboard source 1:
After The Slide (Bird Brain Records & Instant Analysis), Best Of
Led Zeppelin Vol. 1 (Rock Solid Records), Cellar Full Of Noise (The
Amazing Kornyfone Record Label), The Final Option (Rock Solid Records
& The Swingin' Pig Records), Japan Tour 71 (BUG), Led Zeppelin Film
Can (Rock Solid Records), Live (Instant Analysis), Live In Japan (The
Amazing Kornyfone Record Label & CON), Live In Japan 69 (TM 1698),
Live In Japan 1971 (LZL, Trade Mark Of Ufo, 1LP & UFO, 2LP), Live
In Osaka 9/29 71 1&2 (GLC, LXXXIV Series & Rock Solid Records),
Strange Tales From The Road (Rock Solid Records), Unburied Dead Zeppo's
Grave (TM 1698, both issues), & You Shook Me (Trade Mark Of Ufo)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience source 2:
Nine Two Nine (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin, last 2 CDs & 2CD reissue)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience source 3:
929 Alternates (no label, last 3 CDs) & It's Been A Long Time
(Graf Zeppelin)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience source mixes:
929 (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin & H-Bomb Music), 929 Alternates
(no label, first 3 CDs), 929: Bullshit Master (Empress Valley Supreme
Disc), 929: Mr T-Tack Master (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Live In
The Fairly Tale (Tarantura), Live In Japan '71 (Tarantura), Nine Two
Nine (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin, first 3 CDs), & Smoke Gets In
Your Eyes (Scorpio)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) soundboard source 1:
The Complete Geisha Tape (Tarantura), The Complete Geisha Tape - 1971
Japan Tour In Osaka (Memphis Productions), Complete Live In Japan (Last
Stand Disc), It's Been A Long Time (Mud Dogs), Live In Japan (Boleskine
House Records & Cobra Standard Series), Live In Japan 1971 (Boleskine
House Records, Last Stand Disc 3CD and 13CD, no label 2CD original and
reissue & 6CD last three discs, & Moonchild Records), Live In
Osaka (Night Hawk, original & reissue), Lost Geisha Tape (Tarantura),
Please Please Me (Wendy Records), Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Mad Dogs),
Unprocessed 929 (no label), World Tour/Wild Side (Condor), & Zeppelin
Ediface (Condor)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) soundboard source 2:
The Complete Osaka Tapes: How The East Was Won (Empress Valley Supreme
Disc), Geisha (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), How The East Was Won (Eelgrass,
Empress Valley Supreme Disc & no label), Live In Japan 1971 - Friends
(Empress Valley Supreme Disc sampler), Live In Japan 1971 - Immigrant
Song (Empress Valley Supreme Disc sampler), Live In Japan 1971 - Stairway
To Heaven (Empress Valley Supreme Disc sampler), & Oh! Show (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience & soundboard mixes:
929 (no label, original & reissue), 929: Hagure Gumo Edit (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc), 929: Sanda You Edit (Empress Valley Supreme Disc),
9291971 (Tarantura), Arigatou Osaka (Moonchild Records, original &
reissue), The Complete Osaka Tapes: Live In Osaka 2nd Day (Empress Valley
Supreme Disc), Fatally Wanderer 929 (Wendy Records), Fatally Wanderer
- Definitive Edition (Wendy Records), It's Been A Long Time (Graf Zeppelin),
Kutabare Moonchild (Moonchild Records, normal & collector's edition),
Live In Japan (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Live In Japan 1971 (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc, original and reissue, no label 6CD first three
discs, & Tarantura), Live In Japan 1971 929 (Wendy Records), Live
In Osaka Ledsox Merge (Magic Pyramid), Oh! Show (Empress Valley Supreme
Disc bonus discs), Ookini Winston (Moonchild Records), Regalia 929 (Wendy
Records), & You Were There In Spirits (Empress Valley Supreme Disc,
original & reissue)
Comments:
The last show of the 1971 Japan tour is a tour de force! The energy
and virtuosity are unbelievable, and Robert's voice is amazing, sustaining
all of his high range notes and going low ... a most commanding vocal
performance. "We spent two weeks in wonderful, glorious Japan which
has been incredible. Great hotels, great bars, great people and without
giving you any bullshit, this is our last night in Japan and we're gonna
have a good time and I think you will!" said Plant during the show.
Dazed And Confused is very long and includes some great jams in the
middle, including Pennies From Heaven! Stairway To Heaven has a great
solo from Jimmy, Celebration Day is fast and furious and this may be
the best acoustic set I have ever heard! That's The Way, Going To California,
and Tangerine all have amazing improvs within them, especially from
Jones on the mandolin. Friends has its only live premier here too! Moby
Dick is inventive and neat and Whole Lotta Love features some obscure
and great references, and Robert is a joy to listen to. The encores
are wonderful too, including a throat-tearing rendition of Rock And
Roll (still untitled).
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Zeppelin Seventh United Kingdom Tour
November 11, 1971 - December 21, 1971
NOVEMBER 11 - CITY HALL, NEWCASTLE,
UNITED KINGDOM
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Out On The Tiles Intro
>> Black Dog, Since I've Been Loving You, Rock And Roll, Stairway
To Heaven, That's The Way [ cut ], [ cut ], Going To California,
Tangerine, Dazed And Confused, What Is And What Should Never Be, Celebration
Day, [ cut ], Communication Breakdown (<< It's Your Thing..).
Source: Incomplete very good audience recording.
96 minutes.
Details: There are some volume fluctuations
throughout the show. For the most part the tape is more hissy and the
music become somelike muffled but the sound is still enjoyable. The
vocals are out front and clear. The guitar is just behind but always
embattled with the drums for supremacy.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Geordie
Shooner (Wendy Records), Good Bad Or Indifferent (Tarantura), Newcastle
1971 (no label), Newcastle Brown Ale (Empress Valley Supreme Disc),
& Transitional Magic (Electric Magic)
Comments:
Really nice sound on this ... The band is playing very tight but loose,
and are steamrolling through the set. Robert's voice is very good and
the show focuses on the new material from the newly released 4th album.
A great show. "Now then, today's the day of the Teddy Bear's picnic,
and to go with it, the new album came out. I know what they say about
the length of time between the two, and I'm sure you can rea all sorts
of reports and toss a coin!" said Plant. The main question is Moby
Dick really was played or not. Right after Celebration Day Plant saying
"The one and only..." and the tape cuts straight into "You
don't wanna be famous?" comment just before as Pagey starts with
opening intro to Communication Breakdown.
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NOVEMBER 12 - LOCARNO BALLROOM,
SUNDERLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NOVEMBER 13 - CAIRD HALL,
DUNDEE, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song [ cut ] >> Heartbreaker, [ cut ], Out On The
Tiles Intro >> Black Dog [ cut ], [ cut ], Rock
And Roll [ cut ], [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You
[ cut ], [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven [ cut ], [
cut ], That's The Way [ cut ], [ cut ], Bron-Yr-Aur
Stomp [ cut ], [ cut ], Tangerine [ cut ], [ cut
], Dazed And Confused [ cut ], [ cut ], What Is And What
Should Never Be [ cut ], [ cut ], Moby Dick [ cut
], [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun [ cut
], Hello Mary Lou [ cut ], Mess O' Blues [ cut ], Honey
Bee [ cut ], The Lemon Song [ cut ], Gee [ cut
], Baby Ain't I Good To You [ cut ], Kind Hearted Woman Blues
[ cut ]..) [ cut ], [ cut ], Communication Breakdown,
[ cut ], Weekend.
Source: Incomplete good audience recording.
Near 90 minutes.
Details: The sound quality is kinda distant
and but enjoyable and rather clear. The tape is plagued with notorious
speed issues that making listening a hard thing.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): The Road
And The Miles To Dundee (Led Note)
Comments:
A good show. Plant's voice is beginning to show some wear and he seems
to take it easy up until the medley at the end of the show. Page and
Bonham, on the other hand, are still very much in it from the very start,
playing just as they had been at the last recorded date at the tour-opener
in Newcastle. This show features the first recorded performance of Bron-Y-Aur
Stomp since the official full debut in Osaka on September 28th that
year. The best playing of the night is definitely the Whole Lotta Love
medley, which features the band doing Hello Mary Lou, Mess Of Blues
and a fantastic version of Honey Bee, where Page delivers some excellent
soloing, and Plant finally lets his voice rip. The band also play an
excellent version of Eddie Cochran's Weekend, with Page again putting
in a great solo and Plant again giving the vocals a good effort.
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NOVEMBER 16 - ST. MATTHEW'S
BATHS HALL, IPSWICH, UNITED KINGDOM
The band played full version of Gallows Pole for the third and very
last time.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song [ cut ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree, Feelin'
Groovy..), Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Since I've Been
Loving You, Rock And Roll, Stairway To Heaven, Going To California,
That's The Way, [ cut ], Tangerine [ cut ], [ cut
], Dazed And Confused (<< Improvisation based on The Crunge theme..),
[ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ cut ], Celebration
Day [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Hello
Mary Lou, Mess O' The Blues, Honey Bee [ cut ]..) [ cut
].
Source: Incomplete very good to excellent
1st audience recording. Almost 118 minutes.
Details: Good balanced and brightest of
all three sources, taped not too far away from the stage what causing
of a little distortion in bass notes. Some copies sounds less clear
and more muffled and also are less complete. They're also lacking almost
entire Whole Lotta Love and have additional cuts between some songs.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree, Feelin' Groovy..), Out
On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Since I've Been Loving You, Rock
And Roll [ cut ], [ cut ], That's The Way [ cut
], Tangerine, Dazed And Confused (<< Improvisation based on The
Crunge theme..) [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be, [
cut ], Celebration Day, Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun,
Hello Mary Lou, Mess O' Blues, Honey Bee, Sugar Mama Blues, Lend Me
Your Love [ cut ]..) [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete very good 2nd audience
recording. 104 minutes.
Details: Somewhat just a tiny bit more
distant source, with vocals to the fore and the bottom end a little
blurred, but with sname drum more defined also in the mix and with more
clearer spectrum. In terms of sound quality, this is the best sounding
tape.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree, Feelin' Groovy..), Out
On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Since I've Been Loving You, Rock
And Roll, [ cut ], [ cut ], Going To California, [ cut
], Dazed And Confused (<< Improvisation based on The Crunge theme..)
[ cut ], [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be, Celebration
Day, [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Hello
Mary Lou, Mess O' Blues, Honey Bee, Sugar Mama Blues, Lend Me Your Love..),
[ cut ], Weekend, Gallows Pole.
Source: Incomplete very good 3rd audience
recording. Almost 117 minutes.
Details: The most distant and distorted
of all three tapes available (but still playing quite good). This is
also the only known source that collecting both encores.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source 2:
Two Penny Upright (Antrabata Reference Master)
Bootleg CD
Reference(s) source mixes:
Feelin' Groovy (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Feelin' Groovy Definitive
Version (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Ipswich 1971 (The Diagrams Of
Led Zeppelin & no label), Over The Twelve Foot End: Definitive Ipswich
(Graf Zeppelin), & Parade De Cirque 1971 (Wendy Records)
Comments:
An excellent and surprisingly powerful show! Robert's voice is really
strong and the band is really cooking right from the first few bars
of Immigrant Song. The local swimming pool was tonight's arena of the
show (also used as a dance hall in occasion). Prior to the date of the
concert or dance, the pool was drained, and a complex wooden support
structure was installed in its place, upon which panels of wood flooring
would sit. So, not quite the danger was present at the venue as one
might think but Plant was wary of that: "I don't know whether the
12-foot end's this one or that one. God help us! I'm sure you must have
had a Town Hall! It's gonna be a silly night tonight. We'd like you
all to feel at home. Just think of the drop beneath you and the drop
that might come eventually!" Dazed And Confused has some really
funky jam interludes led by Jones and Page and the end medley is excellent,
with Plant's vocal prowess being showcased from the lowest crooning
to the highest shrieking. The band also threw in some nice encores on
this tour, with Eddie Cochran's Weekend getting aired three times, at
Dundee, here in Ipswich, and in Bournemouth, with the latter show also
featuring a cover of Jerry Lee Lewis' It'll Be Me. Perhaps the biggest
surprise of the tour, however, is the aforementioned performance of
Gallow's Pole at this show in Ipswich, being the first known performance
of the song since Copenhagen in May 3rd that year.
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NOVEMBER 17 - KINETIC CIRCUS,
BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM
NOVEMBER 18 - STUDENT'S UNION, LOWER REFECTORY, UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD,
SHEFFIELD, UNITED KINGDOM
NOVEMBER 20 - ELECTRIC MAGIC,
WEMBLEY EMPIRE POOL, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Led Zeppelin headlined. Support from variety circus acts, Bronco
and Stone The Crows.
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song [ cut ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree, Feelin'
Groovy..), Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Since I've Been
Loving You, Rock And Roll, Stairway To Heaven, [ cut ], Going
To California, That's The Way [ cut ], Tangerine, Dazed And Confused
[ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be, Celebration Day, [
cut ], Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun,
Hello Mary Lou, Mess O' Blues, Honey Bee, Going Down Slow..).
Source: Incomplete fair to good audience
recording. 141 minutes.
Details: Several versions of this tape
are in circulation, each version differs slightly in quality, number
of cuts and length. It sounds like it was recorded close to the stage
and is mostly clear and well balanced. It does, at times, suffer from
distortion, occasionally muddy and muffled yet the instruments and vocals
are discernible although the drums do get lost at times. Older versions
of so called 'longer source' had Dancing Days taken from December 23rd,
1972 show.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Electric
Magic (Graf Zeppelin), Electric Magic Show (Apple Music & Mad Dogs),
Electric Magic Show (The Definitive Edition) (Electric Magic), Electric
Magic Wembley Empire Pool (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), The Empire
Strikes Back (Tarantura), & Magick (Tarantura)
Comments:
Not a decent sound for an exceptional show! Robert is in great voice
and the band just steams through the set. "Are you cold?"
asked Plant rather frozen audience. Being a bit disappointed with lack
of pig acts, Plant said: "I expected a bit more from the pigs!
Did you? I could have brought some goats!" A good acoustic set
is followed by a long and great version of Dazed And Confused that has
so much spontaneous music in it that it seems like it could go on forever!
Great Whole Lotta Love medley to close the concert.
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NOVEMBER 21 - ELECTRIC MAGIC,
WEMBLEY EMPIRE POOL, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Led Zeppelin headlined. Support from variety circus acts, Home and
Stone The Crows.
NOVEMBER 23 - PUBLIC HALL, PRESTON, UNITED KINGDOM
John Bonham's brother Mick made his special guest appearance and
played congas in Whole Lotta Love.
NOVEMBER 24 - FREE TRADE HALL,
MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree, Feelin' Groovy..), Out
On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Since I've Been Loving You, Celebration
Day, [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, [ cut ], Going To California,
[ cut ], That's The Way [ cut ], [ cut ], Tangerine
[ cut ], [ cut ], Bron-Yr-Aur-Stomp [ cut ], [
cut ], Dazed And Confused (<< Shaft theme.. ) [ cut
], [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be [ cut ],
[ cut ], Rock And Roll [ cut ], [ cut ], Whole
Lotta Love (<< Just A Little Bit, Boogie Chillun, Rave On, Hello
Mary Lou [ cut ]..) [ cut ], [ cut ], Thank You
[ cut ].
Source: Incomplete fair to good audience
recording. 112 minutes.
Details: The tape is disorted. The instruments
are not well balanced - vocals and drums are up front with the bass
and keyboards in the middle and the guitar slightly in the background.
The recording also lacks lower frequencies significantly, and, what's
even worse, taper's trying to save time and some tracks are cut.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Rave On
(The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin)
Comments:
The sound isn't very good with a little emphasis on the bass, which
makes it all the more enjoyable to listen to. The band is just so on
here, delivering one memorable song after another. The rhythm section
is unstoppable, Jimmy is simply out of this world and Robert's voice
is at its peak, letting blood curdling shrieks and power loose in Since
I've Been Loving You and other numbers while lending a delicate touch
to Stairway To Heaven and the beautifully intimate acoustic segment.
Plant is started having a cold and he explains: "Gosh. I think
I got that flu that's going about. I was in bed 'til half past six,
and it's nice to be back ... I dunno, where are we? In Manchester. Manchester,
right! It's good to be back." Dazed And Confused is immensely long,
excellent, and even includes a funky jam on the theme from Shaft!
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NOVEMBER 25 - QUEENS HALL,
PERCY GEE BUILDING, LEICESTER UNIVERSITY, LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Out On The Tiles Intro
>> Black Dog, Since I've Been Loving You, Celebration Day, Going
To California, That's The Way, Tangerine (stop), Tangerine, [ cut
], Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, Dazed And Confused (<< Shaft theme..), Stairway
To Heaven, What Is And What Should Never Be, Whole Lotta Love (<<
Just A Little Bit, Going Down, Boogie Chillun, Hello Mary Lou, Rave
On, Mess O' Blues, So Many Roads, The Lemon Song..) [ cut ],
Rock And Roll, Communication Breakdown.
Source: Incomplete very good audience recording.
Almost 155 minutes.
Details: The sound of this tape is very
clear, recorded much close to the stage and without the echo. There
is some tape hiss however and source seems to be kinda muffled a bit
but also.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Best For
Hard 'N' Heavy (Empress Valley Supreme Disc, original & reissue),
The Diploma (Tarantura), Leicester 1971 (no label), Mystical Majesties
Request (Electric Magic), & University Of Leicester 1971 (Wendy
Records)
Comments:
Yet another great and extended show from Winter 1971 tour. After a brief
pause, Page begins Tangerine, only to stop dead after 40 seconds. In
Page's defense, it is immediately followed by a loud buzz, perhaps the
sound of a guitar cord being re-plugged into an amplifier or guitar
after being found to not be fully inserted. He restarts and Tangerine
is performed without incident. Again, Dazed And Confused contains an
amazing improvisation on the Shaft theme and Whole Lotta Love medley
is well worth listening too. This show closes with Communication Breakdown,
containing a soulful, Band Of Gypsies-style solo and a funky break before
accelerating to a racing finish.
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NOVEMBER 29 - LIVERPOOL STADIUM,
LIVERPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM
NOVEMBER 30 - KINGS HALL, BELLE VUE, MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM
DECEMBER 2 - STARKERS ROYAL
BALLROOM, BOURNEMOUTH, UNITED KINGDOM
Recording
Includes: Immigrant
Song [ cut ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Out On
The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Since I've Been Loving You, Stairway
To Heaven, [ cut ], Going To California, That's The Way, Tangerine
[ cut ], [ cut ], Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, Dazed And Confused
(<< Shaft theme..), What Is And What Should Never Be, Rock And
Roll, Instrumental Improvisation >> Whole Lotta Love (<<
Just A Little Bit, Gambler's Blues, Steppin' Out, Bottle It Up And Go,
They're Red Hot, Cumberland Gap, She's a Truckin' Little Baby, Boogie
Chillun [ cut ], [ cut ], Heartbeat [ cut ], Hello
Mary Lou, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, I Can't Quit You Baby, How Many More Times,
Shame Shame Shame, Let's Get Together..), [ cut ], Communication
Breakdown (<< Turn On Your Lovelight..), [ cut ], Weekend,
It'll Be Me.
Source: Incomplete good to very good audience
recording. 142 minutes.
Details: The sound is rather clear but
distorted and with balance problems in some places. A rather distant
recording with large tape hiss.
Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Heartbeat
(H-Bomb Music), Rock And Roll Magic (Electric Magic), & Starkers
(Graf Zeppelin)
Comments:
This show equals the other shows on this short tour of the UK. Dazed
And Confused is another winner, with another version of the theme from
Shaft (we thus have couple now), which served as a precursor to The
Crunge in 1972 and the "funk" part of the piece in 1973 onwards.
The Whole Lotta Love medley is also very inspired. Truckin' Little Mama
was obviously thrown in by Robert and the rest of the band scramble
to follow along. Half way through Rock And Roll Robert Plant is left
without any musical backup and sings a few notes alone. This was due
to equipment failure. A couple of great encores closing this recording.
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DECEMBER 9 - LOCARNO BALLROOM,
COVENTRY, UNITED KINGDOM
The show was stopped after three songs and it was announced there
was a bomb scare.
DECEMBER 21 - CITY HALL, SALISBURY, UNITED KINGDOM
The show rescheduled from December 15, 1971. Support from Marble
Orchard and Jerusalem.
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