Led Zeppelin Database

Supposed to be from early 1969, black & white lip sync professional video. A promo clip used in Japan. Some says might be from Thee Image Club, Florida February 1969. Three versions available - some are missing introduction.

master>1st gen cassette (runs slow - correct speed is 56 mins.). Empress Valley claimed to be sourced from master.

taped by Dave Cole, Sony mic>RCA portable stereo cassette tape recorder>master cassette (no source tape available, only silver pressed bootlegs)

Taped by Bill Whitfield. Cannot be sure if master reel really exists. I have been told, he was between 15 and 20 in the late 70s so he would have been under ten in 1969. Bob is still around and probably didn't record the show, just has the masters(?).

master reel>1st gen (it sounds a bit crispier than the 2nd gen but the sound is also tinyer - the 2nd gen is fuller with more bass)

master>1st gencassette

master>1st gencassette>2nd gen cassette

Cannot be sure if master reel really exists. This is the same taper as Boston May 28th, 1969.

available as at least 3 different transfers with or without additional seconds before the show (most of them copies in 1970)

cassette (has some noise reduction here and 30 seconds of tape at the beginning)

1st gen reel>2nd gen cassette (same taper as Newport July 6th, 1969 1st source)

3rd gen>SBL128, contains a bit of tape hiss

Color amateur video without actual sound. Runs fast. Taped by Dennis DiMatteo (shot with a silent 1951 Revere camera from the second or third row on the right side of the stage, also includding very short snippet of Iron Butterfly performance).

1st set. Cannot be sure if master really exists. It has the 50 seconds of tape at the beginning and contains more tape hiss, speed is correct or maybe a bit slow and there is slight sound increase at the end of I Can't Quit You Baby as it was taken from different tape.

1st set, cassette (missing the 1st minute of introduction)

1st set, cassette (this has the 1 minute at the beginning, was traded as a 2nd recorder but it there is any reason to justify that claim, the sound quality is worse than the other gens though and it's a bit more muffled)

2nd set (C-120 master cassette)

Sounds better than master reel.

black & white lip sync performance recorded for Japan media (still not confirmed at all if recorded in Miami)

Bell & Howell w/cheap mics>master cassette, taped by Matt (some sources reported this a fake gen but sounds a bit better than 1st gen)

Master cassette>1st gen Maxell-XLII-S 90 cassette (2005 clone, sounds a touch cleaner than 2nd gen and better than supposed master)

Sounds better than master?

soundboard reel master>pre-FM broadcast master. First of all, this show was not broadcast live as it was happening. It was broadcast some days after the original show taking place, and as of yet, the date of the original broadcast is unknown. The Swedish radio station secured the rights to broadcast only a part of the show from Peter Grant, who thus gave them what we have today; copied from Jimmy's master reel. From there the Pre-Broadcast reel resided in Swedish radio archives until relatively recently. Around 1992 it was transferred to DAT.

FM broadcast (contains DJ comments)

black & white lip sync professional video (date is still speculative)

reel master>1st gen cassette, afternoon show

reel master>1st gen cassette>2nd gen, afternoon show

direct transfer of TV soundtrack

TV broadcast from January 1st, 1990 BB2 "Heavy Metal Arena" programme (w/speakers' introduction) (black & white professional video with actual sound)

French TV broadcast (black & white professional video with actual sound)

AM broadcast>master cassette (or master reel)>unknown gen (cassette or reel). It was discovered by Tomislav Czarnecki and traded worldwide although there is possibility that master tape is still somewhere in Easter Europe where it was recorded. What Is And What Should Never Be most likely from different rec ording session.

AM broadcast>reel?>Polish pirate flexicard (Sunshine Woman only)

Color professional video with actual sound. For some reasons official "DVD" has opening bass note cut but older versions are complete.

"Beat Club" programme (black & white lip sync performance, original audio has been wiped possibly)

"Beat Club" programme (color lip sync performance, original audio has been wiped possibly)

2 Neumann mics (on stage)>master reel @ 15ips. Some sources reported that the master was lost in fire. The tapes originally was available from the Bill Graham vaults.

taped by Bill Whitfield (runs slow, correct speed is near 113 mins.)

has 1 minute longer on intro

cassette, stated to have complete Pat's Delight instead of 1st gen but may be not true since the times are identical

Pre-FM broadcast master reels>1st gen reel (master is used to be played by Paul "The Lobster" Wells on his "Lobster Platter" radio show on KSJO San Jose station back in 1979).

pre-FM broadcast master reels>1st gen reel>2nd gen reel

pre-FM broadcast master reels>1st gen reel>2nd gen reel>3rd gen cassette

color amateur video without actual sound

Cannot be sure if master reel really exists. Same taper as Boston January 23th, 1969.

cassette (noise reduction is used here and 2nd gen sounds much better)

contains some tape hiss but sounds brighter than 1st gen

2nd gen cassette>3rd gen cassette (much hisier than 2nd gen)

master reel, runs a bit fast and even faster on last two songs (correct speed is 66 mins.)

master reel>1st gen reel, runs a bit fast and even faster on last two songs

cassette, this one has more hiss than 1st gen but sounds fuller and brighter, also runs fast during How Many More Times

cassette, not as bright at 3rd gen, also might runs slow

"Antenne De Culture" programme (color professional video with actual sound)

master>1st gen cassette>2nd gen cassette

pre-FM master reel (do include banter and comedy sketches)

FM broadcast master reel (does not include banter and comedy sketches)

color amateur video without actual sound, taped by Steve Bassett (the VHS copy was given to the collector and still hoarding)

1st source, master>R2R>R2R @ 3.75>1st gen cassette>2nd gen reel (same taper as Boston January 26th, 1969)

1st source, better sounding than 2nd

2nd source, master reel (runs a bit slow - correct speed is near 62 mins.)

2nd source, master reel>1st gen cassette (runs a bit slow)

3rd source, TDK C-90F master cassette (no source tape available, only silver pressed bootleg)

at least three version of master clones transffered to DAT are available, all are very similar in sound quality

master>1st gen reel>2nd gen cassette

1st set (the taper has volume or mic problems at certain points in the show)

2nd set, 1st source (master>1st gen reel)

2nd set, 2nd source (master reel - runs fast - correct speed is 79 mins.) (reported that the taper didn't have a ticket to the show and recorded the show from outside the venue)

1st source, taped by Reggie the Bullett (master reel>1st gen Sony C-90 normal bias cassette). The master reels for all the Dallas Pop Fest recordings made by Reggie The Bullet have been in the possession of Mr. Freezer since 1970. No copies were ever traded out by Reggie. Freezer made one copy from the master reels on a Sony C-90 normal bias cassette.

possibly in the hands of the group only

1/4-inch track master reels>7.5ips reel to reel saf. copies (obtained from one of sound enginners who worked at the festival)

Color amateur footage without actual sound shot in order to be used in a documentary about the festival. Earlier versions are shorter, missing some content.

professional master reel>cleaned up for broadcast (without DJ's comments)

digital FM Europe 2 December 7th, 2007 broadcast source (192 kbps, lossy)

Europe 2 December 7th, 2007 non digital FM broadcast source (24bit, loseless)

Cannot be sure if master really exists but almost positive that is no available. It has slight less hiss. The lineage is in question, but is definitely a low generation. Other circulating copies and bootleg releases show significant and very clever tinkering. Some examples are the removal of an audience member commenting Good Times Bad Times during its use as a lead-in, and a fake ending added to How Many More Times.

Shure mic>Ampex C-60 master cassette. Taped by Karl Ryan. There has been questions of whether all circulating copies come from a 2nd gen tape or not. After some conversations with die hard collectors this source was verified that all copies circulating were anywhere from 4th to 8th gen analog copies of the actual 2nd gen cassette.

cassette (better quality than master?)

1st source, 1st gen>2nd gen VHS (also available as digital copy straight from 2nd gen analog tapes)

2nd source (master reel)

master>1st gen cassette (runs a hair fast - correct speed is 91 mins.)

Date	Venue	Generation	Length	Source	Comments
68/00/00	unknown studio	unknown gen	3	TV	Supposed to be from early 1969, black & white lip sync professional video. A promo clip used in Japan. Some says might be from Thee Image Club, Florida February 1969. Three versions available - some are missing introduction.
68/12/30	Spokane	1st gen	61	aud	master>1st gen cassette (runs slow - correct speed is 56 mins.). Empress Valley claimed to be sourced from master.
69/01/05	Los Angeles	master	52	aud	taped by Dave Cole, Sony mic>RCA portable stereo cassette tape recorder>master cassette (no source tape available, only silver pressed bootlegs)
69/01/09	San Francisco	unknown gen	4	aud	-
69/01/09	San Francisco	3rd gen	4	aud	-
69/01/10	San Francisco	master?	95	aud	Taped by Bill Whitfield. Cannot be sure if master reel really exists. I have been told, he was between 15 and 20 in the late 70s so he would have been under ten in 1969. Bob is still around and probably didn't record the show, just has the masters(?).
69/01/10	San Francisco	1st gen	95	aud	master reel>1st gen (it sounds a bit crispier than the 2nd gen but the sound is also tinyer - the 2nd gen is fuller with more bass)
69/01/10	San Francisco	2nd gen	95	aud	-
69/01/11	San Francisco	master	43	sbd	-
69/01/12	San Francisco	1st gen	?	aud	master>1st gencassette
69/01/12	San Francisco	2nd gen	Almost 80	aud	master>1st gencassette>2nd gen cassette
69/01/12	San Francisco	3rd gen	82	aud	-
69/01/23	Boston	master?	47	aud	Cannot be sure if master reel really exists. This is the same taper as Boston May 28th, 1969.
69/01/23	Boston	1st gen	Near 48	aud	available as at least 3 different transfers with or without additional seconds before the show (most of them copies in 1970)
69/01/23	Boston	2nd gen	46	aud	cassette (has some noise reduction here and 30 seconds of tape at the beginning)
69/01/23	Boston	3rd gen	50	aud	-
69/01/26	Boston	2nd gen	Near 92	aud	1st gen reel>2nd gen cassette (same taper as Newport July 6th, 1969 1st source)
69/01/26	Boston	3rd gen	94	aud	3rd gen>SBL128, contains a bit of tape hiss
69/01/31	New York	master	Near 1	aud	Color amateur video without actual sound. Runs fast. Taped by Dennis DiMatteo (shot with a silent 1951 Revere camera from the second or third row on the right side of the stage, also includding very short snippet of Iron Butterfly performance).
69/02/01	New York	master?	47	aud	1st set. Cannot be sure if master really exists. It has the 50 seconds of tape at the beginning and contains more tape hiss, speed is correct or maybe a bit slow and there is slight sound increase at the end of I Can't Quit You Baby as it was taken from different tape.
69/02/01	New York	2nd gen	46	aud	1st set, cassette (missing the 1st minute of introduction)
69/02/01	New York	3rd gen	46	aud	1st set, cassette (this has the 1 minute at the beginning, was traded as a 2nd recorder but it there is any reason to justify that claim, the sound quality is worse than the other gens though and it's a bit more muffled)
69/02/01	New York	4th gen	46	aud	1st set
69/02/01	New York	unknown gen	?	aud	1st set
69/02/01	New York	master	45	aud	2nd set (C-120 master cassette)
69/02/01	New York	2nd gen	48	aud	2nd set
69/02/01	New York	3rd gen	45	aud	2nd set
69/02/02	Toronto	master	46	aud	master reel
69/02/02	Toronto	1st gen	46	aud	Sounds better than master reel.
69/02/00	Miami	unknown gen	2	TV	black & white lip sync performance recorded for Japan media (still not confirmed at all if recorded in Miami)
69/02/14	Miami	master	89	aud	Bell & Howell w/cheap mics>master cassette, taped by Matt (some sources reported this a fake gen but sounds a bit better than 1st gen)
69/02/14	Miami	1st gen	90	aud	Master cassette>1st gen Maxell-XLII-S 90 cassette (2005 clone, sounds a touch cleaner than 2nd gen and better than supposed master)
69/02/14	Miami	2nd gen	Almost 90	aud	Sounds better than master?
69/03/03	London	master	19	sbd	pre-FM master reel
69/03/14	Stockholm	1st gen	Near 51	aud	-
69/03/14	Stockholm	unknown gen	Near 51	aud	-
69/03/14	Stockholm	master	22	sbd	soundboard reel master>pre-FM broadcast master. First of all, this show was not broadcast live as it was happening. It was broadcast some days after the original show taking place, and as of yet, the date of the original broadcast is unknown. The Swedish radio station secured the rights to broadcast only a part of the show from Peter Grant, who thus gave them what we have today; copied from Jimmy's master reel. From there the Pre-Broadcast reel resided in Swedish radio archives until relatively recently. Around 1992 it was transferred to DAT.
69/03/14	Stockholm	4th gen	23	sbd	FM broadcast (contains DJ comments)
69/03/14	Stockholm	unknown gen	2	TV	black & white lip sync professional video (date is still speculative)
69/03/15	Copenhagen	1st gen	35	aud	reel master>1st gen cassette, afternoon show
69/03/15	Copenhagen	2nd gen	35	aud	reel master>1st gen cassette>2nd gen, afternoon show
69/03/15	Copenhagen	master	Almost 30	aud	evening show
69/03/17	Copenhagen	master	32	sbd	direct transfer of TV soundtrack
69/03/17	Copenhagen	unknown gen	32	TV	TV broadcast from January 1st, 1990 BB2 "Heavy Metal Arena" programme (w/speakers' introduction) (black & white professional video with actual sound)
69/03/17	Copenhagen	unknown gen	31	TV	French TV broadcast (black & white professional video with actual sound)
69/03/19	London	1st gen	18	sbd	AM broadcast>master cassette (or master reel)>unknown gen (cassette or reel). It was discovered by Tomislav Czarnecki and traded worldwide although there is possibility that master tape is still somewhere in Easter Europe where it was recorded. What Is And What Should Never Be most likely from different rec ording session.
69/03/19	London	2nd gen	20	sbd	AM broadcast
69/03/19	London	unknown gen	3	sbd	AM broadcast>reel?>Polish pirate flexicard (Sunshine Woman only)
69/03/22	Birmingham	2nd gen	11	aud	cassette
69/03/25	Staines	1st gen	Almost 8	TV	Color professional video with actual sound. For some reasons official "DVD" has opening bass note cut but older versions are complete.
69/03/27	Bremen	unknown gen	13	TV	"Beat Club" programme (black & white lip sync performance, original audio has been wiped possibly)
69/03/27	Bremen	unknown gen	3	aud	"Beat Club" programme (color lip sync performance, original audio has been wiped possibly)
69/04/24	San Francisco	master	Almost 59	aud	2 Neumann mics (on stage)>master reel @ 15ips. Some sources reported that the master was lost in fire. The tapes originally was available from the Bill Graham vaults.
69/04/25	San Francisco	2nd gen	Almost 25	aud	-
69/04/25	San Francisco	3rd gen	30	aud	-
69/04/26	San Francisco	1st gen	125	aud	taped by Bill Whitfield (runs slow, correct speed is near 113 mins.)
69/04/26	San Francisco	2nd gen	Near 121	aud	has 1 minute longer on intro
69/04/27	San Francisco	1st gen	124	aud	-
69/04/27	San Francisco	2nd or 3rd gen	124	aud	cassette, stated to have complete Pat's Delight instead of 1st gen but may be not true since the times are identical
69/04/27	San Francisco	master	Almost 113	sbd	-
69/04/27	San Francisco	1st gen	Almost 116	sbd	Pre-FM broadcast master reels>1st gen reel (master is used to be played by Paul "The Lobster" Wells on his "Lobster Platter" radio show on KSJO San Jose station back in 1979).
69/04/27	San Francisco	2nd gen	Almost 116	sbd	pre-FM broadcast master reels>1st gen reel>2nd gen reel
69/04/27	San Francisco	3rd gen	Almost 116	sbd	pre-FM broadcast master reels>1st gen reel>2nd gen reel>3rd gen cassette
69/05/25	Columbia	1st gen	7	aud	-
69/05/25	Columbia	unknown gen	1	aud	color amateur video without actual sound
69/05/28	Boston	master?	95	aud	Cannot be sure if master reel really exists. Same taper as Boston January 23th, 1969.
69/05/28	Boston	1st gen	Near 95	aud	cassette (noise reduction is used here and 2nd gen sounds much better)
69/05/28	Boston	2nd gen	91	aud	contains some tape hiss but sounds brighter than 1st gen
69/05/28	Boston	3rd gen	102	aud	2nd gen cassette>3rd gen cassette (much hisier than 2nd gen)
69/05/30	New York	master	Almost 64	aud	master reel, runs a bit fast and even faster on last two songs (correct speed is 66 mins.)
69/05/30	New York	1st gen	Almost 64	aud	master reel>1st gen reel, runs a bit fast and even faster on last two songs
69/05/30	New York	3rd gen	63	aud	cassette, this one has more hiss than 1st gen but sounds fuller and brighter, also runs fast during How Many More Times
69/05/30	New York	unknown gen	65	aud	cassette, not as bright at 3rd gen, also might runs slow
69/06/16	London	master	19	sbd	pre-FM master reel
69/06/16	London	unknown gen	8	sbd	AM broadcast
69/06/19	Paris	unknown gen	14	TV	"Antenne De Culture" programme (color professional video with actual sound)
69/06/20	Newcastle-On-Tyne	2nd gen	85	aud	master>1st gen cassette>2nd gen cassette
69/06/24	London	master	18	sbd	pre-FM master reel (do include banter and comedy sketches)
69/06/27	London	master	62	sbd	pre-FM master reel (do include banter and comedy sketches)
69/06/27	London	master	52	sbd	FM broadcast master reel (does not include banter and comedy sketches)
69/06/28	Shepton Mallet	unknown gen	2	aud	color amateur video without actual sound, taped by Steve Bassett (the VHS copy was given to the collector and still hoarding)
69/07/06	Newport	2nd gen	Almost 55	aud	1st source, master>R2R>R2R @ 3.75>1st gen cassette>2nd gen reel (same taper as Boston January 26th, 1969)
69/07/06	Newport	3rd gen	55	aud	1st source, better sounding than 2nd
69/07/06	Newport	unknown gen	?	aud	1st source
69/07/06	Newport	master	64	aud	2nd source, master reel (runs a bit slow - correct speed is near 62 mins.)
69/07/06	Newport	1st gen	64	aud	2nd source, master reel>1st gen cassette (runs a bit slow)
69/07/06	Newport	2nd gen	61	aud	2nd source
69/07/06	Newport	master	20	aud	3rd source, TDK C-90F master cassette (no source tape available, only silver pressed bootleg)
69/07/20	Cleveland	2nd gen	Almost 62	aud	cassette
69/07/20	Cleveland	3rd gen	Near 62	aud	-
69/07/21	New York	master	68	aud	at least three version of master clones transffered to DAT are available, all are very similar in sound quality
69/07/25	Milwaukee	1st gen	52	aud	master>1st gen reel
69/07/25	Milwaukee	2nd gen	52	aud	master>1st gen reel>2nd gen cassette
69/08/08	San Bernardino	2nd gen	54	aud	-
69/08/17	Wallingford	1st gen	10	aud	-
69/08/17	Wallingford	3rd gen	9	aud	-
69/08/18	Toronto	2nd gen	55	aud	1st set (the taper has volume or mic problems at certain points in the show)
69/08/18	Toronto	3rd gen	54	aud	1st set
69/08/18	Toronto	master	83	aud	2nd set, 1st source
69/08/18	Toronto	1st gen	83	aud	2nd set, 1st source (master>1st gen reel)
69/08/18	Toronto	master	75	aud	2nd set, 2nd source (master reel - runs fast - correct speed is 79 mins.) (reported that the taper didn't have a ticket to the show and recorded the show from outside the venue)
69/08/31	Dallas	1st gen	63	aud	1st source, taped by Reggie the Bullett (master reel>1st gen Sony C-90 normal bias cassette). The master reels for all the Dallas Pop Fest recordings made by Reggie The Bullet have been in the possession of Mr. Freezer since 1970. No copies were ever traded out by Reggie. Freezer made one copy from the master reels on a Sony C-90 normal bias cassette.
69/08/31	Dallas	master	64	aud	2nd source
69/08/31	Dallas	3rd gen	63	aud	2nd source
69/08/31	Dallas	master	Near 63	sbd	possibly in the hands of the group only
69/08/31	Dallas	1st gen	Near 63	sbd	1/4-inch track master reels>7.5ips reel to reel saf. copies (obtained from one of sound enginners who worked at the festival)
69/08/31	Dallas	2nd gen	Near 63	sbd	-
69/08/31	Dallas	unknown gen	11	live-on-stage	Color amateur footage without actual sound shot in order to be used in a documentary about the festival. Earlier versions are shorter, missing some content.
69/10/10	Paris	master	78	pre-FM	professional master reel>cleaned up for broadcast (without DJ's comments)
69/10/10	Paris	master	78	FM	digital FM Europe 2 December 7th, 2007 broadcast source (192 kbps, lossy)
69/10/10	Paris	master	78	FM	Europe 2 December 7th, 2007 non digital FM broadcast source (24bit, loseless)
69/10/10	Paris	master	78?	FM	FM/PCM mode
69/10/12	London	master?	59	aud	Cannot be sure if master really exists but almost positive that is no available. It has slight less hiss. The lineage is in question, but is definitely a low generation. Other circulating copies and bootleg releases show significant and very clever tinkering. Some examples are the removal of an audience member commenting Good Times Bad Times during its use as a lead-in, and a fake ending added to How Many More Times.
69/10/12	London	1st gen	60	aud	-
69/10/12	London	3rd gen	63	aud	-
69/10/30	Buffalo	2nd gen	81	aud	-
69/10/30	Buffalo	unknown gen	?	aud	-
69/11/02	Toronto	2nd gen	Near 69	aud	-
69/11/05	Kansas City	master	39	aud	Shure mic>Ampex C-60 master cassette. Taped by Karl Ryan. There has been questions of whether all circulating copies come from a 2nd gen tape or not. After some conversations with die hard collectors this source was verified that all copies circulating were anywhere from 4th to 8th gen analog copies of the actual 2nd gen cassette.
69/11/05	Kansas City	1st gen	40	aud	-
69/11/05	Kansas City	2nd gen	42	aud	cassette (better quality than master?)
69/11/05	Kansas City	4th gen	41	aud	-
69/11/06	San Francisco	1st gen	97	aud	1st source
69/11/06	San Francisco	2nd gen	99	aud	1st source, 1st gen>2nd gen VHS (also available as digital copy straight from 2nd gen analog tapes)
69/11/06	San Francisco	master	89	aud	2nd source (master reel)
69/11/07	San Francisco	1st gen	Almost 90	aud	master>1st gen cassette (runs a hair fast - correct speed is 91 mins.)
69/11/07	San Francisco	2nd gen	91	aud	-
69/11/07	San Francisco	3rd gen	91	aud	-