BBC
ROCK HOUR
BUMBLE BEE BB-0702011
CD: Alan Black Introduction/Communication Breakdown medley incl. It's
Your Thing/I Can't Quit You Baby/Alan Black Interview with Jimmy Page
and Robert Plant/Dazed And Confused/Alan Black Introduction/White
Summer medley incl. Black Mountain Side/The Liverpool Scene Sketch
with Adrian Henry-Mike Evans-Andy Roberts/You Shook Me/Alan Black
Introduction/How Many More Timesmedley incl. The Hunter, The Lemon
Song
CD-R: DJ John Peel Introduction/Communication Breakdown/Dazed And
Confused (edit version)/Going To California/Stairway To Heaven/What
Is And What Should Never Be/Whole Lotta Love
Recording: Superb mono professional radio broadcast. CD is longer
source is the actual broadcast version that includes interview and
commercials/comedy sketches, CD-R is taken from vinyl. Source: CD
One Night Stand, Playhouse Theatre, London, England June 27 '69; CD-R
4/1/71 In Concert, Paris Cinema, London, England. Comments: Deluxe
jewel case. First 100 copies has bonus CD-R.
BLUE
FLAME
BUMBLE BEE BB-0702009-10
CD1: 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.
Feel So Bad, The Hunter, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Here We Go Round
The Mulberry Bush/Communication Breakdown
CD2: Instrumental Intro based on Smokestack Lightning/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'/Pat's
Delight/Dazed And Confused
Recording: Excellent stereo soundboard/Very good mono audience. Source:
Fillmore West, San Francisco, California Apr. 27 '69. Comments: Deluxe
jewel case. Many question why there is yet another release of this
show following so closely on the heels of the Wendy release. It is
a fair question to ask and except for some degeneration of the audience
recording at the very beginning of the show, this is a pretty good
release. It certainly isn't offensive and Bumble Bee doesn’t
try to "improve" the recording with heavy-handed tinkering
with the tape. In fact the label themselves claim this tape is "the
low generation which recently is excavated" and that "polite
mastering is administered". The edits between the two sources
are similar with the older editions. Recommended to those who have
not picked up this show before.
LOVE
& PEACE IN HIROSHIMA
BUMBLE BEE BB-0702007-8
CD1: Band Announcements/Immigrant Song/Heartbreaker medley incl. Bouree/Since I've Been
Loving You/Dazed And Confused/Stairway To Heaven
CD2: Celebration Day/That's The Way/Going To California/Tangerine/What
Is And What Should Never Be/Moby Dick/The Lady Is A TRamp Intro/Whole
Lotta Love medley incl. In The Light, Boogie Chillun, Let's Have Fun,
Be-Bop-A-Lula/Communication Breakdown
CD-R1: Tangerine (*)/Stairway To Heaven (*)/Celebration Day (*)/What
Is And What Should Never Be (*)/Moby Dick (*)/That's The Way (*)/Going
To California (*)/Over The Hills And Far Away (**)
CD-R2: Rock And Roll (**)/Out On The Tiles Intro (**)/Black Dog (**)/Stairway
To Heaven (**)/Whole Lotta Love medley incl. Everybody Needs Somebody
To Love, Boogie Chillun, Got A Lotta Livin' To Do, Let's Have A Party,
You Shook Me, The Lemon Song (**)/Immigrant Song (***)/Communication
Breakdown (***)/The Song Remains The Same (***)/The Rain Song (***)
Recording: Good/Very good mono audience. Source: CD1-2 and (*)Taikukan
Municipal Gymnasium, Hiroshima Sept. 27 '71; (**)Festival Hall, Osaka,
Japan Oct. 4 '72; (***)Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan Oct. 2 '72. Comments:
Deluxe jewel case. First 100 copies have free CD-Rs that are copied
old vinyl "Led Zeppelin 71-72" by Rubber, ihoused in a clear
plastic case. Love & Peace In Hiroshima is one of three debut
releases by the new silver label Bumble Bee. Much like other recent
releases of this show "Live Peace In Hiroshima" on Wendy
and "Zingi" on Tarantura, this is an edition of the known
audience recordings to present the most complete and comprehensive
document of Zeppelin's charity gig in this city. What is unique with
this release is the nine-minute introduction which is not found on
any other release. Collectors in Japan have already questioned its
authenticity but it is a strong possibility this is real. CD-Rs are
a copy of the rare vinyl boot "Led Zeppelin 71-72" on Digger
Records released in the mid 80s. This contains the first incomplete
thirty-seven minute audience recording from Hiroshima which has never
appeared on compact disc before. The recording is distant and disturbing
and the loud vinyl surface noise makes it even more difficult to listen
to. "Led Zeppelin 71-72" also contains selections from the
October 2nd, 1972 Tokyo show and October 4th, 1972 Osaka concert.
Again the tape sources are very poor sound quality and the vinyl is
very noisy. It is interesting having this as a bonus but the sound
quality makes it for the completist only.
