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/Bridget The
Midget speech/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 mono 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, Millionaire Blues, 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: Very good mono 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/Old Man tease/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: Excellent 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-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/Friends tease/Judgement Day tease/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/For Your Life/Trampled Underfoot/Custard Pie Intro/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: 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/D'yer
Mak'er tease/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. Bouree 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/Dancing
Days tease/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/You Really Got Me tease/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 stereo soundboard/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. 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/Dancing
Days tease/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.
