BBC ZEP
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-01.04.1971-DVD-A-17
DVD Audio: John Peel Introduction/Immigrant Song/Heartbreaker medley
incl. 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 medley incl.
Boogie Chillun, Truckin' Little Mama, Fixin' To Die, That's Alright
Mama, For What It's Worth, Mess O' The Blues, Honey Bee, The Lemon Song/Thank
You/Communication Breakdown (107:53)
Recording: Superb stereo soundboard/Color pro visual artwork. Source:
In Concert, Paris Cinema, London, England Apr. 1 '71. Comments: Australian
bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case. Picture discs. There have been probably
more releases of the BBC 1969 and 1971 broadcasts than any other shows
of Led Zeppelin. It is easy to see why, as the sound quality has always
been excellent. The broadcast for the 1 April 1971 Paris Theatre concert
has been put out numerous times with differing results regarding sound
quality and completeness. And of course the official 2 CD "BBC
Sessions" from Atlantic gave us virtually all the concert. However
there were gaps and cuts, notably in the Whole Lotta Love Medley. What
Genuine Masters has done is to assemble the complete concert and release
it in really excellent sound quality. There is a really great sound
range, from sharp and crisp high end notes, to the low end sounds, although
this low end is not over-emphasized. And of course it was introduced
by the late, great, John Peel. This is therefore a very welcome addition
and well worth seeking out.
BONZO'S BIRTHDAY
PARTY
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-31.05.1973-DVD-A-22
DVD Audio 1: Rock And Roll/Celebration Day/Bring It On Home Intro/Black
Dog/Over The Hills And Far Away/Misty Mountain Hop/Since I've Been Loving
You/No Quarter/The Song Remains The Same/The Rain Song/Dazed And Confused
medley incl. San Francisco/Stairway To Heaven/Moby Dick/Happy Birthday
to Bonham/Heartbreaker/Whole Lotta Love medley incl. The Crunge, Boogie
Chillun/The Ocean/Communication Breakdown (147:37)
DVD Audio 2: Rock And Roll/Celebration Day/Bring It On Home Intro/Black
Dog/Over The Hills And Far Away/Misty Mountain Hop/Since I've Been Loving
You/No Quarter/The Song Remains The Same/The Rain Song/Dazed And Confused
medley incl. San Francisco/Stairway To Heaven/Moby Dick/Happy Birthday
to Bonham/Heartbreaker/Whole Lotta Love medley incl. The Crunge, Boogie
Chillun/The Ocean/Communication Breakdown (146:56)
Recording: DVD Audio 1 Excellent stereo soundboard-Good to Very good
mono-stereo audience/Color pro visual artwork; DVD Audio 2 Good to Very
good mono-stereo audience/Color pro visual artwork. Source: Great Western
Forum, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California May 31 '73. Comments: Australian
bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case. Picture discs. This 2 DVD-R set has
two versions of the classic Bonzo's Birthday Party concert, one using
the soundboard and an audience recording combined, and the other using
three different audience recordings. The first DVD-R starts off using
an excellent audience recording, which abruptly changes to the soundboard
recording. The basis of this disc is to use all the available soundboard,
and fill the gaps in that with one audience recording. The second DVD-R
uses a combination in the main of two audience sources, a third source
is only used very briefly. Usual high quality packaging and artwork,
the famous William Stout birthday cake obviously being adopted. It depends
if you prefer a soundboard recording over an audience recording as to
whether DVD-R 1 or DVD-R 2 are your favourite. There are plenty of nice
1973 visuals in 16.9 widescreen, and a convienient menu on the DVDs.
Another definitive version.
BRISBNAE BOOGIE
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-29.02.1972-DVD-A-03
DVD Audio: Immigrant Song/Heartbreaker medley incl. Bouree/Out On The
Tiles Intro/Black Dog/Since I've Been Loving You/Celebration Day/Stairway
To Heaven/Going To California/That's The Way (stopped)/That's The Way/Tangerine/Bron-Yr-Aur
Stomp/Dazed And Confused/What Is And What Should Never Be/Moby Dick/Whole
Lotta Love medley incl. Boogie Chillun, Truckin' Little Mama, The Wanderer,
Hello Mary Lou, Let's Have A Party, Going Down Slow, The Shape I'm In
Recording: Fair to Good to Very good mono-stereo audience/Color pro
visual artwork. Source: Festival Hall, Brisbane, Australia Feb. 29 '72.
Comments: Australian bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case. Picture discs.
This release from Genuine Masters has very similar lines to their "The
Rover's Return" Sydney 27th February 1972, is important as it for
the first time it uses the original master tapes from the concert. Previously
only high generation tapes have circulated and been used in the various
CD releases. This is a DVD audio, where the audience recording is accompanied
by a constantly changing photo montage. The first few songs are accompanied
by solarized images, but then change to colour or black & white
photos. The sound quality, notwithstanding the fact that it is straight
off the master (the cassettes of which appear on the DVD and the back
cover of the insert), is not particularily good, but it is the best
that we will get for this concert. The artwork for the DVD case is very
high quality, as is the printed colour image, directly onto the DVD-R.
This is another novel and very worthwhile concept.
BURN LIKE A CANDLE
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-25.02.1972-DVD-A-02
DVD Audio: Tape Drone/Immigrant Song/Heartbreaker medley incl. Bouree/Over
The Hills And Far Away/Out On The Tiles Intro/Black Dog/Since I've Been
Loving You/Stairway To Heaven/Going To California/That's The Way/Tangerine/Bron-Yr-Aur
Stomp/Dazed And Confused medley incl. Walter's Walk, The Crunge/What
Is And What Should Never Be/Dancing Days/Moby Dick/Whole Lotta Love
medley incl. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love instrumental, Boogie Chillun,
Let's Have A Party, Hello Mary Lou, Heartbreak Hotel, Slow Down, Going
Down Slow, The Shape I'm In/Rock And Roll/The Ocean/Louie Louie/Organ
Solo/Thank You/Communication Breakdown/Bring It On Home (190:46)
Recording: Good mono-Very good to Excellent stereo audience/Color pro
visual artwork/Color silent amateur footage taken from legit "DVD".
Source: Great Western Forum, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California June
25 '72. Comments: Australian bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case. Picture
discs. This great concert from the LA Forum in 1972 has been released
many times before by a number of labels. However, for one reason or
another there have been some problems with all the releases. Fortunately
Genuine Masters have got hold of an upgraded sound for this audience
recording. Equally important, they have tracked down an alternate source
audience recording of the concert too. This has been used to fill the
few small cuts and gaps present in the main source. The sound now presented
is excellent, although Plant's voice is still a little distorted, but
that is on the original recording and little can be done regarding this.
All the instruments sound really crisp and sharp. Genuine Masters have
the ability to give good bottom end and also good top end too, which
is very hard to achieve. Time after time listening to many releases
that appear from the Land Of The Rising Sun, they give you one or the
other, but never both. This is a classic concert and has now been presented
in a really high quality sound and is complete. Incredibly the entire
191 minute concert has been fitted onto a single DVD, a remarkable technical
achievement. The usual quality artwork on the cover, and the menu on
the DVD allows easy and quick access to all the songs. This release
is well worth seeking out, highly recommended.
COURT JESTERS
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-24.05.1975-DVD-A-16
DVD Audio: Nicky Horne Introduction/Rock And Roll/Sick Again/Over The
Hills And Far Away/In My Time Of Dying/The Song Remains The Same/The
Rain Song/Kashmir/No Quarter/Tangerine/Going To California/That's The
Way/Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp/Trampled Underfoot medley incl. Gallows Pole/Moby
Dick/Dazed And Confused medley incl. Woodstock/Stairway To Heaven/Whole
Lotta Love medley incl. The Crunge, Sex Machine, Turn On Your Lovelight/Out
On The Tiles Intro/Black Dog
Recording: Superb stereo soundboard-Good to Very good mono audience/Color
pro visual artwork/Color pro shot video from legit "DVD" and
few bootleg movies. Source: Earl's Court Arena, London, England May
24 '75. Comments: Australian bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case. Picture
discs. This concert has been released numerous times before, because
of the large portion of it being available from the video soundtrack.
A greatly improved picture quality video has come out on DVD, released
by Empress Valley ("Heavy Metal Kids"). This latest release,
incredibly having the complete (all 217 minutes and 42 seconds) concert
on a single DVD-R, is an audio DVD with still images. These images have
been taking from the various Earl's Court DVDs using screen captures.
But it is in the sound quality that this release excels. It is razor
sharp and crisp, you can hear every note crystal clear. The small gaps
in the soundboard recording have been filled from the audience recording.
The still images from the video are very nice, but this would have been
an incredible release if the upgraded video source now available could
have been used with this superb sounding soundtrack. High quality colour
inserts and label, with a very good menu and quick access to each song,
all add up to make this a worthy thirtieth anniversary release.
DESTROYER
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-27.04.1977-DVD-A-18
DVD Audio: The Song Remains The Same/The Rover Intro/Sick Again/Nobody's
Fault But Mine/In My Time Of Dying medley incl. You Shook Me/Since I've
Been Loving You/No Quarter/Ten Years Gone/The Battle Of Evermore/Going
To California/Black Country Woman medley incl. Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp/White
Summer medley incl. Black Mountain Side/Kashmir/Over The Top medley
incl. Out On The Tiles, Moby Dick/Guitar Solo medley incl. The Star
Spangled Banner, Jerusalem/Achilles Last Stand/Stairway To Heaven/Rock
And Roll/Trampled Underfoot (160:47)
Recording: Superb stereo soundboard/Color pro visual artwork. Source:
Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, Ohio Apr. 27 '77. Comments: Australian
bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case. Picture discs.
THE DEVIL'S BLUES
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-27.04.1969-DVD-A-10
DVD Audio: The Train Kept A Rollin'/I Can't Quit You Baby/As Long As
I Have You medley incl. Fresh Garbage, Shake, Cat's Squirrel, Cadillac
No Money Down, I'm A Man/You Shook Me/How Many More Times medley incl.
So Bad, The Hunter, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Here We Go Round The Mulberry
Bush/Communication Breakdown/Killing Floor medley incl. The Lemon Song,
Sweet Jelly Roll/Babe I'm Gonna Leave You/White Summer medley incl.
Black Mountain Side/Sittin' And Thinkin'/Dazed And Confused
Recording: Excellent stereo soundboard-Good/Very good mono audience/Color
pro visual artwork. Source: Fillmore West, San Francisco, California
Apr. 27 '69. Comments: Australian bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case.
Picture discs. Many many labels have released this historic and classic
last night in San Francisco in April 1969, most recently (and excellently)
by Empress Valley under the title "Avocado Club". But we now
have a combination of the stunning but not quite complete stereo soundboard
recording, very cleverly blended with the very good audience recording
in simply superb sound. Listening to the soundboard recording it is
hard not to think that this is an official release. The photos presented
are all of excellent quality and snippets of the Tous en Scene TV show
are used too. The opening menu gives easy access to the songs on both
sets. A very impressive DVD cover artwork is very clever, showing the
Devil "doing a deal" with Jimmy Page, and Jimi Hendrix is
also shown on the bottom right corner. All in all a really splendid
production, and this release must now be regarded as the definitive
one for both sets of this concert.
DRAGON SLAYERS
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-17.07.1977-DVD-A-20
DVD Audio: The Song Remains The Same/The Rover Intro/Sick Again/Nobody's
Fault But Mine/Over The Hills And Far Away/Since I've Been Loving You/No
Quarter/Ten Years Gone/The Battle Of Evermore/Going To California/Black
Country Woman medley incl. Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp/White Summer medley incl.
Black Mountain Side/Kashmir/Over The Top medley incl. Out On The Tiles,
Moby Dick/Guitar Solo/Achilles Last Stand/Stairway To Heaven/Whole Lotta
Love/Rock And Roll (209:18)
Recording: Excellent stereo soundboard/Color pro visual artwork. Source:
Kingdome, Seattle, Washington July 17 '77. Comments: Australian bootleg.
Deluxe standard DVD case. Picture discs.
FINAL COURT
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-25.05.1975-DVD-A-19
DVD Audio: Alan 'Fluff' Freeman Introduction/Rock And Roll/Sick Again/Over
The Hills And Far Away/In My Time Of Dying medley incl. You Shook Me/The
Song Remains The Same/The Rain Song/Kashmir/No Quarter/Tangerine/Going
To California/That's The Way/Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp/Trampled Underfoot medley
incl. Gallows Pole/Moby Dick/Dazed And Confused medley incl. San Francisco/Stairway
To Heaven/Whole Lotta Love medley incl. The Crunge/Out On The Tiles
Intro/Black Dog/Heartbreaker medley incl. Bouree/Communication Breakdown
medley incl. D'yer Mak'er
Recording: Superb stereo soundboard-Good stereo audience/Color pro visual
artwork/Color pro shot video from legit "DVD" and few bootleg
movies. Source: Earl's Court Arena, London, England May 25 '75. Comments:
Australian bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case. Picture discs. This is
the second Earl's Court marathon released by Genuine Masters. Incredibly
the three hour thiry eight minute concert is fitted onto 1 DVD-R, which
is an amazing feat of technology. The sound is extremely good too. All
the instruments are clear and punchy, with great depth from the bottom
end right through to the top. Plant's vocals are better than on previous
releases, they are very prominent in this mix. The illustrations used
are taken from the video/DVD releases of both the 24th and 25th May,
and each track has a full screen caption announcing the song's title.
FOR AHMET
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-10.12.2007-DVD-A-24
DVD Audio: Opening Film/Good Times Bad Times/Ramble On/Black Dog/In
My Time Of Dying medley incl. Honey Bee/For Your Life/Trampled Underfoot/Nobody's
Fault But Mine/No Quarter/Since I've Been Loving You/Dazed And Confused/Stairway
To Heaven/The Song Remains The Same/Misty Mountain Hop/Kashmir/Whole
Lotta Love/Rock And Roll (131:56)
Recording: Excellent to Superb stereo audience/color image slide show.
Source: O2 Arena, London, England Dec. 12 '07. Comments: Australian
bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case. Insert artwork included.
FOR BADGEHOLDERS
ONLY
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-23.06.1977-DVD-A-08
DVD Audio: The Song Remains The Same/The Rover Intro/Sick Again/Nobody's
Fault But Mine/Over The Hills And Far Away/Since I've Been Loving You/No
Quarter/Ten Years Gone/The Battle Of Evermore/Going To California/Black
Country Woman medley incl. Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp/White Summer medley incl.
Black Mountain Side/Kashmir/Trampled Underfoot/Over The Top medley incl.
Out On The Tiles, Moby Dick (*)/Guitar Solo/Achilles Last Stand/Stairway
To Heaven/Whole Lotta Love (*)/Rock And Roll (*) (194:52)
Recording: Excellent mono-stereo audience dubbed with Kingdome, Seattle,
Washington July 17 '77 color pro shot video and various amateur color
footages. Source: Great Western Forum, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California
June 23 '77. Comments: Australian bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case.
Picture discs. (*)with the special guest of Keith Moon. Also, this set
including special bonus of AC/DC "Let There Be Rock" film.
HEARTBREAKERS BACK
IN TOWN
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-15.02.1975-DVD-A-07
DVD Audio: Rock And Roll/Sick Again/Over The Hills And Far Away/In My
Time Of Dying/The Song Remains The Same/The Rain Song/Kashmir/No Quarter/Trampled
Underfoot/Moby Dick/Dazed And Confused medley incl. San Francisco, Walter's
Walk/Stairway To Heaven/Whole Lotta Love/Out On The Tiles Intro/Black
Dog/Heartbreaker medley incl. That's Alright Mama
Recording: Superb stereo soundboard/Color pro visual artwork. Source:
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, New York Feb. 12 '75.
Comments: Australian bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case. Picture discs.
Another installment in the ongoing series of remastered DVDs, presented
by Genuine Masters. This latest production consists entirely of the
superb sounding stereo soundboard recording that was originally released
by Empress Valley as "Flying Circus", and took the Led Zeppelin
fan community by storm. It must be criticize that this release did not
fill up the small gaps in the soundboard recording with the excellent
sounding audience recording available for this concert. But that is
a minor point, as what we have here is a really superb sounding release,
cleaned up and remastered, and it sounds better than the Empress Valley
version. The entire concert has been fitted onto one DVD-R, which is
a full colour picture disc. The packaging is again excellent and of
high quality. The menu and slide shows are also very good but not as
spectacular as many previous GM releases. The soundboard is also available
on 3 CD-Rs, and they also sound superb. This is a new and novel way
to present a concert and is highly recommended.
KIWI EXPRESS
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-25.02.1972-DVD-A-06
DVD Audio: Immigrant Song/Heartbreaker medley incl. Bouree/Out On The
Tiles Intro/Black Dog/Since I've Been Loving You/That's The Way/Tangerine/Bron-Yr-Aur
Stomp/Dazed And Confused medley incl. Improvisation based on The Song
Remains The Same theme/Whole Lotta Love medley incl. Boogie Chillun,
Hello Mary Lou, Let's Have A Party, Going Down Slow, The Shape I'm In/Communication
Breakdown/Out On The Tiles Intro (*)/Black Dog (*)/Rock And Roll (*)/Bron-Yr-Aur
Stomp (*)/Whole Lotta Love medley incl. Boogie Chillun, Hello Mary Lou,
The Rover, Let's Have A Party, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Going Down Slow (*)/Interview
(**)
Recording: Very good to Excellent stereo audience/Color pro visual artwork.
(*)Good mono audience. (**)Excellent mono pro TV broadcast. Source:
Western Springs Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand Feb. 25 '72. (*)Sydney
Showground, Sydney, Australia Feb. 27 '72. (**)Australian interview/Perth
3XY radio broadcast Feb. 16 '72. Comments: Australian bootleg. Deluxe
standard DVD case. Picture discs. (*) & (**) are special 'Eastern
Eggs" bonus tracks. The third installment in the excellent Genuine
Masters series of coverage of the 1972 Australia and New Zealand Tour.
The source for this DVD audio is a first generation audience recording,
which has been speed corrected and now sounds very pleasant indeed.
Photos taken on the Australian Tour are used to very good effect once
again. Each song is nicely introduced with its own title menu. As an
added bonus there are two "Easter Eggs", an alternate but
incomplete audience source recording from Sydney on 27 February 1972,
and the Melbourne radio station 3XY interviews with Jimmy Page and Robert
Plant. The artwork has an Old Masters painting theme, and the DVD is
a full colour picture disc. It would have helped if the track listing
had been given on the back cover, but that is a small gripe. Altogether
another extremely worthy addition to the coverage of this groundbreaking
tour.
KNEBWORTH CELEBRATION
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-04.08.1979-DVD-06
DVD Audio 1: The Song Remains The Same/Celebration Day/Out On The Tiles
Intro/Black Dog/Nobody's Fault But Mine/Over The Hills And Far Away/Misty
Mountain Hop/Since I've Been Loving You/No Quarter/Ten Years Gone/Hot
Dog/The Rain Song/White Summer medley incl. Black Mountain Side/Kashmir
(102:45)
DVD Audio 2: Trampled Underfoot/Sick Again/Achilles Last Stand/Drum
Solo/Guitar Solo/In The Evening/Stairway To Heaven/Rock And Roll/Whole
Lotta Love medley incl. Woman You Need Love/Heartbreaker (94:00)
Recording: Excellent stereo soundboard/Color pro shot video. The picture
is degenerated. Source: Knebworth Festival, Stevenage, England Aug.
4 '79. Comments: Australian bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case. Picture
discs.
KNIGHTS OF THE
COURT
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-24.05.1975-DVD-07
DVD1: Nicky Horne Introduction/Rock And Roll/Sick Again/Over The Hills
And Far Away/In My Time Of Dying/The Song Remains The Same/The Rain
Song/Kashmir/No Quarter/Tangerine/Going To California/That's The Way/Bron-Yr-Aur
Stomp (108:38)
DVD2: Trampled Underfoot medley incl. Gallows Pole/Moby Dick/Dazed And
Confused medley incl. Woodstock/Stairway To Heaven/Whole Lotta Love
medley incl. The Crunge, Sex Machine, Turn On Your Lovelight/Out On
The Tiles Intro/Black Dog (107:57)
DVD Audio: Nicky Horne Introduction/Rock And Roll/Sick Again/Over The
Hills And Far Away/In My Time Of Dying/The Song Remains The Same/The
Rain Song/Kashmir/No Quarter/Tangerine/Going To California/That's The
Way/Bron-yr-Aur Stomp/Trampled Underfoot medley incl. Gallows Pole/Moby
Dick/Dazed And Confused medley incl. Woodstock/Stairway To Heaven/Whole
Lotta Love medley incl. The Crunge, Sex Machine, Turn On Your Lovelight/Out
On The Tiles Intro/Black Dog (214:59)
Recording: DVD1-2 Superb stereo soundboard-Good to Very good stereo
audience/Color pro shot video (the picture is degenerated); DVD Audio
Superb stereo soundboard-Good to Very good stereo audience/Color pro
visual artwork and pro shot video. Source: Earl's Court Arena, London,
England May 24 '75. Comments: Australian bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD
case. Picture discs.
LISTEN TO THIS
EDDIE - COLLECTOR'S EDITION
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-21.06.1977-DVD-A-21-CE
DVD Audio: The Song Remains The Same/The Rover Intro/Sick Again/Nobody's
Fault But Mine/Over The Hills And Far Away/Since I've Been Loving You/No
Quarter/Ten Years Gone/The Battle Of Evermore/Going To California/Black
Country Woman medley incl. Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp/White Summer medley incl.
Black Mountain Side/Kashmir/Over The Top medley incl. Out On The Tiles,
Moby Dick/Heartbreaker medley incl. Bouree/Guitar Solo medley incl.
The Star Spangled Banner/Achilles Last Stand/tairway To Heaven/Whole
Lotta Love/Rock And Roll (194:59)
Recording: Good to Superb mono-stereo audience dubbed with Kingdome,
Seattle, Washington July 17 '77 color pro shot video and color pro visual
artwork. Source: Great Western Forum, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California
June 21 '77. Comments: Australian bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case.
Picture disc.
LIVE ON BLUEBERRY
HILL
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-04.09.1970-DVD-A-04
DVD Audio: J. J. Jakcson Introduction/Immigrant Song/Heartbreaker medley
incl. Bouree/Dazed And Confused/Bring It On Home/That's The Way/Bron-Yr-Aur/Since
I've Been Loving You/Organ Solo/Thank You/What Is And What Should Never
Be/Moby Dick/Whole Lotta Love medley incl. Boogie Chillun, Some Other
Guy, I've Got A Girl, I'm Movin' On, Think It Over, Honey Bee, The Lemon
Song/DJ JJ Jackson Announcements/Communication Breakdown medley incl.
Times Bad Times, For What It's Worth, I Saw Her Standing There, She
Was Just Seventeen/DJ JJ Jackson Announcements/Out On The Tiles/Blueberry
Hill
Recording: Very good to Excellent mono-stereo audience/Color pro visual
artwork. Source: Great Western Forum, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California
Sept. 4 '70. Comments: Australian bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case.
Picture disc. This concert is quite rightly regarded as one of the very
best in Led Zeppelin's Live career. There have been countless releases
on CD by numerous labels, and it is unlikely this release will be the
last. The main source is a first generation mono audience recording
(the source of the classic Blimp/Trade Mark of Quality original vinyl
release "Live On Blueberry Hill", the same source as used
by Neutral Zone in their pioneering 2 CD release way back in 1989, also
called "Live On Blueberry Hill"). The sound is wonderful,
and no EQ was applied to the tape, so an incredible achievement by the
intrepid taper on that early September evening in 1970 at the Forum
in Inglewood, a suburb of Los Angeles. The mono sound on this new release
is very well balanced and mixed between vocals and instruments, it really
is a joy to hear this concert in the very best possible sound. Each
song is indexed at the beginning of the DVD Audio, and every song is
nicely introduced with its title superimposed on the very famous William
Stout original TMOQ vinyl cover. This is of course the famous painting
entitled "Gabrielle d' Estrées And One Of Her Sisters",
which is in the Louvre in Paris. However, what is particularily striking
on this DVD is the use of many art images from the 14th to 16th Centuries,
from English, Flemish, Italian and Dutch Masters. Who says that listening
to and watching a Led Zeppelin boot DVD is not both instructive and
educational! It really makes a very nice change, and is in keeping with
the William Stout artwork (surely the finest boot artwork ever created,
by a superb and very highly talented artist). This release is a credit
to Genuine Masters, who have pioneered a most innovative and unusual
way of marrying sound and image. Highly recommended.
MEMORIAL ADELAIDE
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ 19.02.1972-DVD-A-14
DVD Audio: Immigrant Song/Heartbreaker medley incl. Bouree/Out On The
Tiles Intro/Black Dog/Since I've Been Loving You/Stairway To Heaven/Going
To California/That's The Way/Tangerine/Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp/Dazed And Confused/Moby
Dick/Whole Lotta Love medley incl. Boogie Chillun, Hello Mary Lou, Let's
Have A Party, That's Alright Mama, Going Down Slow, The Shape I'm In
(96:12)
Recording: Excellent mono audience/Color pro visual artwork. Source:
Memorial Drive, Adelaide, Australia Feb. 19 '72. Comments: Australian
bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case. Picture discs. The Adelaide concert
was the best recorded of all the 1972 Australian & New Zealand Tour,
although it is very sadly incomplete. The valiant taper (when not having
his hearing impaired), was saving tape by pausing the recording between
songs. Numerous releases of this recording have appeared over the years.
However this new release from Genuine Masters is an improvement in audio
quality, and is sourced directly from the original master tape. The
sound on "Memorial Adelaide" is really excellent. Not only
is there a very punchy bottom end, but there is a good and discernible
top end sound too. This is very difficult to achieve, as usually you
can have either one or the other, but not both. All the instruments
are well balanced and each one is distinctive. You can clearly hear
Jonesy's bass and Jimmy's lead guitar, backed by the superb precision
and powerful drumming of Bonzo. Plant's voice is pretty well dealt with
too, this was an outside venue and his voice occasionally got buried
in the mix of the instruments. However on this version everything is
well balanced and very clear indeed. There is a nice opening menu, with
all the songs indexed and quickly accessible, and the visuals again
use a lot of photos from the 1972 Australian Tour, and also from the
1972 US Tour. A high quality colour printed DVD case insert, and attractive
'tie dye' motif disc printed directly onto it, add up to make this possibly
the best release from Genuine masters to date.
MYSTIC SAN DIEGO
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-14.03.1975-DVD-A-11
DVD Audio: Rock And Roll/Sick Again/Over The Hills And Far Away/In My
Time Of Dying/The Song Remains The Same/The Rain Song/Kashmir/No Quarter/Trampled
Underfoot/Moby Dick/Dazed And Confused medley incl. Woodstock/Stairway
To Heaven/Heartbreaker medley incl. Bouree (174:14)
Recording: Superb stereo soundboard/Color pro visual artwork. Source:
Sports Arena, San Diego, California Mar. 14 '75. Comments: Australian
bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case. Picture discs. This release from
Genuine Masters is the same soundboard source that was released last
year by Empress Valley. However the source for this release is stated
to be an upgraded sound quality tape to the one that Empress Valley
used. A comparison between the two titles leads to think that there
is no audible difference in sound quality/generation between these two
releases. The diference lies in the way in which the source tape has
been treated by these respective outfits. The Empress Valley version
is very loud and punchy, whilst the Genuine Masters version has a more
natural sound that is closer to the original. Having said that, Empress
Valley's "Conspiracy Theory" remains an extremely important
and significant release, a new soundboard for a completely unknown concert
date in 1975. The audio on this Genuine Masters release is neatly contained
on a single DVD-R, nicely screen printed, and the DVD case artwork is
of a very high standard and print quality as well. Emphasis in the visuals
on the DVD are on the 'mystic' with swirling colour artwork, and each
song is easily accessible by way of a very good menu. There is also
an option to have the audio on CD-Rs.
ORLANDO YOU REALLY
GOT ME
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-31.08.71-DVD-A-13
DVD Audio: Band Announcements/Immigrant Song/Heartbreaker medley incl.
Bouree/Since I've Been Loving You/Dazed And Confused medley incl. White
Summer/Out On The Tiles Intro/Black Dog/Stairway To Heaven/Celebration
Day/That's The Way/Going To California/What Is And What Should Never
Be/Moby Dick/Whole Lotta Love medley incl. Chillun, My Baby Left Me,
Mess Around With You, Mess O' The Blues/Organ Solo/Thank You/Stage Announcements
Recording: Excellent stereo soundboard-Very good stereo audience/Color
pro visual artwork. Source: Orlando Sports Stadium, Orlando, Florida
Aug. 31 '71. Comments: Australian bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case.
Picture discs. The Empress Valley release "Florida Sunshine"
(in both 2 and 4 CD guises) was an extremely important one when it came
out at the start of 2003. Two years later Genuine Masters brings out
their version of the SBD/AUD matrix, on a single DVDR-Audio. The sound
on this release is more 'natural', ie. the sources have not been EQ'd
to the extent that Empress Valley like to do it. The screen printed
disc is in full colour, as is the very attractive DVD case insert. The
opening menu gives easy and quick access to all the songs. The images
used come from 1971 and early 1972, having a psychedelic or solarized
theme to many of them.
Pb
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-21.03.1970-DVD-A-23
DVD Audio: Heartbreaker medley incl. Bouree/Organ Solo/Thank You/What
Is And What Should Never Be/Communication Breakdown medley incl. Ramble
On/We're Gonna Groove/Since I've Been Loving You/Whole Lotta Love/Heartbreaker
medley incl. Bouree/Organ Solo/Thank You/What Is And What Should Never
Be/Communication Breakdown medley incl. Ramble On/We're Gonna Groove/Since
I've Been Loving You/Whole Lotta Love (77:23)
Recording: Excellent to Superb stereo professional FM broadcast (songs
out of proper sequence)/Color pro visual artwork. Tracks 1-7 were taken
from raw master tape, tracks 8-14 from vinyl. Source: Pacific Coliseum,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Mar. 21 '70. Comments: Australian
bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case. Picture discs. In this release, GM
used both the rare "tape before broadcast" and the more famous
vinyl source. In both of the two versions, GM elected to put the songs
in the order of the original broadcast, rather than reconstructing them,
as House Of Elrond label did, in the right order in which they were
actually played at the show. We may take it as something indicating
GM's respect for the original sources. Even with the magic hands of
GM, the tape before broadcast is still somewhat muffled, not well balanced
and generally does not sound as good as we might naturally expect it
should, assuming that it's the first generation tape recorded for broadcasting.
Actually, it's very strange... However, a good thing about this tape
is its cleanness not suffering from needle scratch noises which inevitably
exist in the vinyl source version. On the other hand, the sound of the
vinyl source as featured in this release is brighter, more lively and
better balanced than the tape source version. Thus, it's truly a joy
to listen to this vinyl version and enjoy the band's excellent performances
in its earlier days in a soundboard quality as further refined and enhanced
by GM. In addition, GM used the wide 16.9 image format for the first
time for this title. With this format, there's no need to contract the
size of the screen of any portable DVD player to its smaller "normal"
size.
RETURN OF THE DINOSAURS
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-11.08.1979-DVD-03
DVD Audio 1: Band Announcements/The Song Remains The Same/Celebration
Day/Out On The Tiles Intro/Black Dog/Nobody's Fault But Mine/Over The
Hills And Far Away/Misty Mountain Hop/Since I've Been Loving You/No
Quarter/Hot Dog/The Rain Song/White Summer medley incl. Black Mountain
Side/Kashmir (83:08)
DVD Audio 2: Trampled Underfoot/Sick Again/Achilles Last Stand/Guitar
Solo/Drum Solo/In The Evening/Stairway To Heaven/Rock And Roll/Whole
Lotta Love medley incl. Woman You Need Love, Boogie Chillun/Communication
Breakdown (77:05)
Recording: Excellent stereo soundboard/Color pro shot video. The picture
is degenerated. Source: Knebworth Festival, Stevenage, England Aug.
11 '79. Comments: Australian bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case. Picture
discs.
THE ROVER'S RETURN
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-27.02.1972-DVD-A-01
DVD Audio: Out On The Tiles Intro (*)/Black Dog (*)/Stairway To Heaven
(*)/Going To California (*)/That's The Way (*)/Tangerine (*)/Bron-Yr-Aur
Stomp (*)/Dazed And Confused (*)/What Is And What Should Never Be (*)/Moby
Dick (*)/Whole Lotta Love medley incl. Boogie Chillun, Hello Mary Lou,
The Rover, Let's Have A Party, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Going Down Slow (*)/Organ
Solo (*)/Thank You (*)/Miscellaneous scenes (**)/Interview (***) (131:19)
Recording: Very good stereo audience/Color pro visual artwork. (*)Color
silent amateur footage. (**)Excellent mono live-on-stage pro TV recording.
Source: Very good stereo audience/Color pro visual artwork. (*)Color
silent amateur footage. (**)Excellent mono live-on-stage pro TV recording.
Source: Sydney Showground, Sydney, Australia Feb. 27 '72 except (***)Sydney
press conference/Get To Know TV broadcast Feb. 22 (not 26) '72. Comments:
Australian bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case. Picture discs. (*) (**)special
bonus tracks. Sound quality is excellent. This is coupled with some
great photo images, which constantly change every few seconds. It certainly
looks like a revolutionary and most interesting project, and makes a
nice change that somebody has taken a lot of time and trouble to come
up with something different. The compatibility issues with NTSC &
PAL have been sorted out, by authoring two complete master DVD projects,
one in NTSC and one in PAL format. This project is clearly one that
has required a tremendous amount of time and effort, coupled with a
very high degree of technical proficiency in this very complicated and
one might say revolutionary production. There is also the option to
have the complete audience recording from the master cassettes (120
mins Agfa and BASFs), on two CD-R's, which is a very worthwhile. There
are three very nice bonus DVD tracks: the 8mm cine footage of the band
arriving at the venue (with audio sound overdubbed), the ABC GTK TV
show, and the cocktail party. The cover artwork is extremely well presented
and printed. This is a really exciting and worthwhile addition to the
Led Zeppelin Live catalogue.
SUPERSONIC SEATTLE
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-17.07.1977-DVD-04
DVD Audio 1: The Song Remains The Same/The Rover Intro/Sick Again/Nobody's
Fault But Mine/Over The Hills And Far Away/Since I've Been Loving You/No
Quarter/Ten Years Gone/The Battle Of Evermore/Going To California/Black
Country Woman medley incl. Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp (110:02)
DVD Audio 2: White Summer medley incl. Black Mountain Side/Kashmir/Over
The Top medley incl. Out On The Tiles, Moby Dick/Guitar Solo/Achilles
Last Stand/Stairway To Heaven/Whole Lotta Love/Rock And Roll (99:47)
Recording: Excellent stereo soundboard/Color pro shot video. The picture
is degenerated. Source: Kingdome, Seattle, Washington July 17 '77. Comments:
Australian bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case. Picture discs.
TEXAS POP
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-31.08.1969-DVD-A-12
DVD Audio: Opening Announcements/The Train Kept A Rollin'/I Can't Quit
You Baby/Dazed And Confused/You Shook Me/How Many More Times medley
incl. Suzie Q, The Hunter, The Lemon Song, Eyesight To The Blind, Bye
Bye Baby, All Shook Up/Communication Breakdown/Closing Announcements
(66:30)
Recording: Superb stereo soundboard-Very good stereo audience/Color
pro visual artwork/Color silent amateur footage. Source: Texas International
Pop Festival, International Speedway, Festival Field, Lewisville nr.
Dallas, Texas Aug. 31 '69. Comments: Australian bootleg. Deluxe standard
DVD case. Picture discs. This release brings together for the first
time the soundboard tape source and the video soundtrack source, with
the very good audience recording used to fill the gaps in both the sources.
The sound quality for the stereo soundboard (with the audience tape
to fill the cuts), is extremely good. It has not however been heavily
EQ'd to bring up the bottom end, but has a very clear, natural sound.
This new release from Genuine Masters is the longest ever for the video/audience
combo (more than a minute more than the Empress Valley version), and
again has a very sharp, natural sound. It has better instrumental separation
than the soundboard source, noticeable in the drums of John Bonham.
Visually this release is also a gem, there is a tremendous late 1960s
psychedelic feel to all the graphics and visuals. A wonderful array
of colours, perhaps one should smoke a 'strong' cigarette before watching
this DVD! The cover art is again of very high quality, a great photo
of Plant, and the screen printed disc is also a treat for the eyes.
This is an extremely worthwhile presentation of the two stereo soundboard/video
sources. But oh to have the video footage from which the audio was sourced,
now that would be magical!
WATCH AND LISTEN
TO THIS EDDIE
GENUINE MASTERS GM-LZ-21.06.1977-DVD-A-05
DVD Audio 1: The Song Remains The Same/The Rover Intro/Sick Again/Nobody's
Fault But Mine/Over The Hills And Far Away/Since I've Been Loving You/No
Quarter/Ten Years Gone/The Battle Of Evermore/Going To California/Black
Country Woman medley incl. Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp (104:01)
DVD Audio 2: White Summer medley incl. Black Mountain Side/Kashmir/Over
The Top medley incl. Out On The Tiles, Moby Dick/Heartbreaker medley
incl. Bouree/Guitar Solo medley incl. The Star Spangled Banner/Achilles
Last Stand/Stairway To Heaven/Whole Lotta Love/Rock And Roll (93:00)
Recording: Good to Superb mono-stereo audience dubbed with Kingdome,
Seattle, Washington July 17 '77 color pro shot video. The picture is
degenerated. Source: Great Western Forum, nglewood, Los Angeles, California
June 21 '77. Comments: Australian bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case.
Picture discs. Limited numbered edition. Collectable.