Led Zeppelin Database

Philips Recorder>Scotch C-120 master cassette (taped by Norman Hanna some 2/3 of the way back with the cassette machine positioned on the floor)

runs fast after Whole Lotta Love. more complete than 2nd gen

August 20th, 1996 Japanese FM broadcast

3rd gen cassette>4th gen VHS

Philips K7 Recorder>master cassette>1st gen reel to reel (taped by pgl). The correct speed is almost 23 mins. The master did not survive.

2nd gen cassette, sounds less clear bur runs at correct speed

runs at correct speed

AGFA Fe master cassette x2 (it is said to be recorded from outside the venue and another transfer that has more crowd banter after the show)

color professional video without actual sound (possibly TV documentary)

1st source (runs fast, correct speed is 131 mins.)

1st source (Whole Lotta Love repeated in the middle, runs fast)

2nd source, taped by Dave Melton (Norelco cassette recorder w/adjustable recording level>master cassette)

runs a bit fast - correct speed is 146 mins.

cassette, runs a bit fast

Color amateur video without actual sound. All circulating versions have a stamp in the center of the picture as well as a timecode or another stamp. Bootlegs generally give it a wrong date.

very likely a fake master, taped by Nick (missing Whole Lotta Love and Communication Breakdown)

Sony ECM 99>Sony TC-110A>Sony C-120 cassette master>1st gen (runs a bit fast - correct speed is 88 mins.)

color amateur video without actual sound, taped by Charles W. Burwell III (no recording circulating for this concert but some versions have sound from the Fort Worth concert synched)

cassette (runs a little bit slow - correct speed is almost 102 mins.)

no source tape available, only silver pressed bootlegs

1st source, taped by Artie Constanzo (available as at least two versions of which one is much more clear, also the difference is between length)

3rd source, Type II cassette low gen (lineage unknown) (runs fast, correct speed is 90 mins.)

very likley a fake master

1st source, may be actually a 2nd gen

1st source, cassette (sounds better than supposed 1st gen)

1st source (transferred louder, more hiss but sounds solid, maybe better than the 2nd gen, misses the 40 secs. of Organ Solo)

1st source, Maxell XLII90 + TDK SA-x60>Sony CFD-G500 (lineage unknown) (sounds better than suppsed 1st gen and 2nd gen too)

2nd source (some lists mentioned this as high gen 1st source)

master>1st gen open reel

2nd source, cassette

reported to be Jimmy Page's master

master>1st gen open reel

The show was first circulated in this short form before the more complete tape appeared in 1995 or 1996. The original recording was in stereo with the bass guitar entirely in one channel and the whole band properly mixed in the other.

1st source (available as at least two different versions of which one sounds much clearer)

taped by Bob Menke, widely available only as remastered version

it is very possibly that this is 3rd gen actually (runs a bit fast)

original tapes have been lost

1st source, original tapes have been lost possibly (runs fast - correct speed is near 32 mins.)

3rd source, master reel

3rd source (TDK SA 90s)

4th source, Sony C-120 master cassette x2 (taped by Saotome)

4th source (taped by Saotome)

5th source, TDK SD C-60 cassette

7th source (claims to an original master is lost due to fire since "Flying Rock Carnival 1971 Complete" album contains much more of this source but it also splices it with different source(s))

10st source (no source tape available, only silver pressed bootleg)

1st source, original tapes have been lost possibly (runs fast - correct speed is 18 mins.)

2nd source, original tapes have been lost possibly (Celebration Day has some speed problems at the start)

3rd source, cassette (speed issues throughout)

5th source, cassette (taped by Saotome)

1st source, original tapes have been lost possibly

2nd source, TDK D 90 cassette x2 (small speed issues in latter parts of tape)

3rd source, contains Moby Dick from Tokyo September 23rd, 1971 2nd source tape (has some small speed issues in places - correct speed is 115 mins. w/o Moby Dick)

3rd source, sounds a bit brighter but runs fast and missing almost half of the songs, also adds introduction from 4th source; Immigrant Song is complete

1st source, runs fast - correct speed is 149 mins.

1st source, 3rd gen VHS (runs fast)

2nd source, cassette (not sure if complete transfer surfaced - very possibly it is the only remainder)

1st source, commonly called sbd source (seems to be taped from desk due to instrument separation and balance clarity). The LP titles including some parts not presented on low gens and vice versa - total length is around 179 mins.

2nd source (runs fast - correct speed is 189 mins.)

2nd source, runs fast

3rd source, taped by Front Row

Taped by Henry R. aka MisterHank (mic>ITT-KB Rec>master cassette). The taper luckily found the master tape (in fact, only Communication Breakdown is from a true master, the rest is from 1st gen) and it's reported there is one more tape with Whole Lotta Love but that is still lost somewhere.

Taped by Henry R. aka MisterHank (mic>ITT-KB Rec>Master Cassette>1st gen backup). This was the first version of this show, seeded in 2000 when Communication Breakdown was still not discovered) (reported that the master tapes were going to be used for the release but they were too damaged and the taper's 1st gen backups were used to trade.

speed issues throughout (runs slow - correct speed is near 90 mins.)

1st source, master?>1st gen cassette>2nd gen cassette (linegae is still suspect)

2nd source, master>1st gen cassette

1st source, master>1st gen cassette (Moby Dick is incomplete)

1st source, 2x Maxell SXI 60 cassette (runs a bit fast, correct speed is 110 mins.)

1st source (Moby Dick is complete, missing Whole Lotta Love)

1st source, Type II casette (runs a bit fast, correct speed is 110 mins.)

2nd source, less cuts and better sound (no source tape available, only silver pressed bootleg)

2nd source (cassette), Dancing Days is from 72/12/23 and is added incidentally by the person, who made this gen (correct time is 139 mins.)

2nd gen cassette, sourced from 1st gen tape

Sony 120 & 60 master cassettes (runs a hair slow - correct speed is 151 mins.; also available as unverified master which misses Going To California, That's The Way and Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp)

no source tape available, only silver pressed bootlegs

incomplete, missing many songs

incomplete, missing many songs and also inferior to above

incomplete, missing many songs

Date	Venue	Generation	Length	Source	Comments
71/03/05	Belfast	master	Almost 104	aud	Philips Recorder>Scotch C-120 master cassette (taped by Norman Hanna some 2/3 of the way back with the cassette machine positioned on the floor)
71/03/06	Dublin	2nd gen	108	aud	cassette
71/03/06	Dublin	3rd gen	110	aud	-
71/03/06	Dublin	3rd gen/unknown gen	110	aud	runs fast after Whole Lotta Love. more complete than 2nd gen
71/04/01	London	master	106	sbd	pre-FM master reel
71/04/01	London	master	101	sbd	August 20th, 1996 Japanese FM broadcast
71/05/03	Copenhagen	master	123	aud	-
71/07/03	Copenhagen	4th gen	?	aud	3rd gen cassette>4th gen VHS
71/07/05	Milan	1st gen	Near 24	aud	Philips K7 Recorder>master cassette>1st gen reel to reel (taped by pgl). The correct speed is almost 23 mins. The master did not survive.
71/07/05	Milan	2nd gen	Almost 23	aud	2nd gen cassette, sounds less clear bur runs at correct speed
71/07/05	Milan	3rd gen	Almost 23	aud	runs at correct speed
71/07/05	Milan	4th gen	19	aud	-
71/07/05	Milan	unknown gen	17	aud	-
71/08/07	Montreux	master	103	aud	AGFA Fe master cassette x2 (it is said to be recorded from outside the venue and another transfer that has more crowd banter after the show)
71/08/08	Montreux	unknown gen	7	pro	color professional video without actual sound (possibly TV documentary)
71/08/21	Los Angeles	1st gen	124	aud	1st source (runs fast, correct speed is 131 mins.)
71/08/21	Los Angeles	2nd gen	127	aud	1st source (Whole Lotta Love repeated in the middle, runs fast)
71/08/21	Los Angeles	3rd gen	130	aud	1st source
71/08/21	Los Angeles	master	110	aud	2nd source, taped by Dave Melton (Norelco cassette recorder w/adjustable recording level>master cassette)
71/08/22	Los Angeles	1st gen	139	aud	runs a bit fast - correct speed is 146 mins.
71/08/22	Los Angeles	2nd gen	140	aud	runs a bit fast
71/08/22	Los Angeles	3rd gen	152	aud	-
71/08/22	Los Angeles	unknown gen	136	aud	cassette, runs a bit fast
71/08/22	Los Angeles	unknown gen	Almost 6	aud	Color amateur video without actual sound. All circulating versions have a stamp in the center of the picture as well as a timecode or another stamp. Bootlegs generally give it a wrong date.
71/08/23	Fort Worth	master?	60	aud	very likely a fake master, taped by Nick (missing Whole Lotta Love and Communication Breakdown)
71/08/23	Fort Worth	1st gen	85	aud	Sony ECM 99>Sony TC-110A>Sony C-120 cassette master>1st gen (runs a bit fast - correct speed is 88 mins.)
71/08/23	Fort Worth	2nd gen	86	aud	-
71/08/26	Houston	master	9	aud	color amateur video without actual sound, taped by Charles W. Burwell III (no recording circulating for this concert but some versions have sound from the Fort Worth concert synched)
71/08/31	Orlando	1st gen	Almost 105	aud	cassette (runs a little bit slow - correct speed is almost 102 mins.)
71/08/31	Orlando	4th gen	105	aud	-
71/08/31	Orlando	1st gen?	110	sbd	no source tape available, only silver pressed bootlegs
71/09/03	New York	1st gen	153	aud	1st source, taped by Artie Constanzo (available as at least two versions of which one is much more clear, also the difference is between length)
71/09/03	New York	3rd gen	154	aud	1st source
71/09/03	New York	4th gen	Near 80	aud	2nd source
71/09/03	New York	unknown gen	85	aud	3rd source, Type II cassette low gen (lineage unknown) (runs fast, correct speed is 90 mins.)
71/09/04	Toronto	master	121	aud	very likley a fake master
71/09/04	Toronto	1st gen?	Near 125	aud	1st source, may be actually a 2nd gen
71/09/04	Toronto	2nd gen	124	aud	1st source, cassette (sounds better than supposed 1st gen)
71/09/04	Toronto	3rd gen	?	aud	1st source (transferred louder, more hiss but sounds solid, maybe better than the 2nd gen, misses the 40 secs. of Organ Solo)
71/09/04	Toronto	5th gen	121	aud	1st source
71/09/04	Toronto	unknown gen	115	aud	1st source, Maxell XLII90 + TDK SA-x60>Sony CFD-G500 (lineage unknown) (sounds better than suppsed 1st gen and 2nd gen too)
71/09/04	Toronto	2nd gen	Almost 58	aud	2nd source (some lists mentioned this as high gen 1st source)
71/09/04	Toronto	1st gen	47	sbd	master>1st gen open reel
71/09/07	Boston	3rd gen	91	aud	1st source
71/09/07	Boston	2nd set	58	aud	2nd source, cassette
71/09/09	Hampton	master?	96	sbd	reported to be Jimmy Page's master
71/09/09	Hampton	1st gen	96	sbd	master>1st gen open reel
71/09/09	Hampton	low gen	44	sbd	The show was first circulated in this short form before the more complete tape appeared in 1995 or 1996. The original recording was in stereo with the bass guitar entirely in one channel and the whole band properly mixed in the other.
71/09/11	Rochester	3rd gen	Almost 72	aud	1st source (available as at least two different versions of which one sounds much clearer)
71/09/11	Rochester	4th gen	54	aud	2nd source
71/09/13	Berkeley	master	137	aud	taped by Bob Menke, widely available only as remastered version
71/09/13	Berkeley	2nd gen?	124	aud	it is very possibly that this is 3rd gen actually (runs a bit fast)
71/09/14	Berkeley	vinyl	96	aud	original tapes have been lost
71/09/23	Tokyo	vinyl	29	aud	1st source, original tapes have been lost possibly (runs fast - correct speed is near 32 mins.)
71/09/23	Tokyo	?	142	aud	2nd source
71/09/23	Tokyo	master	134	aud	3rd source, master reel
71/09/23	Tokyo	2nd gen	134	aud	3rd source (TDK SA 90s)
71/09/23	Tokyo	master	148	aud	4th source, Sony C-120 master cassette x2 (taped by Saotome)
71/09/23	Tokyo	2nd gen	134	aud	4th source (taped by Saotome)
71/09/23	Tokyo	1st gen	149	aud	5th source, TDK SD C-60 cassette
71/09/23	Tokyo	master	Near 32	aud	6th source
71/09/23	Tokyo	unknown gen	63	aud	7th source (claims to an original master is lost due to fire since "Flying Rock Carnival 1971 Complete" album contains much more of this source but it also splices it with different source(s))
71/09/23	Tokyo	unknown gen	125	aud	8th source
71/09/23	Tokyo	2nd gen	Almost 100	aud	9th source
71/09/23	Tokyo	master?	79	aud	10st source (no source tape available, only silver pressed bootleg)
71/09/24	Tokyo	vinyl	Near 17	aud	1st source, original tapes have been lost possibly (runs fast - correct speed is 18 mins.)
71/09/24	Tokyo	vinyl	105	aud	2nd source, original tapes have been lost possibly (Celebration Day has some speed problems at the start)
71/09/24	Tokyo	3rd gen	165	aud	3rd source, cassette (speed issues throughout)
71/09/24	Tokyo	unknown gen	172	aud	4th source
71/09/24	Tokyo	master	168	aud	5th source, cassette (taped by Saotome)
71/09/27	Hiroshima	vinyl	43	aud	1st source, original tapes have been lost possibly
71/09/27	Hiroshima	3rd gen	?	aud	2nd source
71/09/27	Hiroshima	5th gen	149	aud	2nd source
71/09/27	Hiroshima	unknown gen	Near 127	aud	2nd source, TDK D 90 cassette x2 (small speed issues in latter parts of tape)
71/09/27	Hiroshima	3rd gen	Almost 133	aud	3rd source, contains Moby Dick from Tokyo September 23rd, 1971 2nd source tape (has some small speed issues in places - correct speed is 115 mins. w/o Moby Dick)
71/09/27	Hiroshima	unknown gen	77	aud	3rd source, sounds a bit brighter but runs fast and missing almost half of the songs, also adds introduction from 4th source; Immigrant Song is complete
71/09/27	Hiroshima	unknown gen	47	aud	4th source
71/09/28	Osaka	2nd gen	136	aud	1st source, runs fast - correct speed is 149 mins.
71/09/28	Osaka	3rd gen	136	aud	1st source, 3rd gen VHS (runs fast)
71/09/28	Osaka	2nd gen	15	aud	2nd source, cassette (not sure if complete transfer surfaced - very possibly it is the only remainder)
71/09/28	Osaka	3rd gen	15	aud	2nd source
71/09/29	Osaka	1st gen	171	aud	1st source, commonly called sbd source (seems to be taped from desk due to instrument separation and balance clarity). The LP titles including some parts not presented on low gens and vice versa - total length is around 179 mins.
71/09/29	Osaka	2nd gen	Almost 170	aud	1st source, commonly called sbd source (seems to be taped from desk due to instrument separation and balance clarity). The LP titles including some parts not presented on low gens and vice versa - total length is around 179 mins.
71/09/29	Osaka	2nd gen	178	aud	2nd source (runs fast - correct speed is 189 mins.)
71/09/29	Osaka	3rd gen	178	aud	2nd source, runs fast
71/09/29	Osaka	6th gen	182	aud	2nd source, runs fast
71/09/29	Osaka	unknown gen	Near 94	aud	3rd source, taped by Front Row
71/09/29	Osaka	unknown gen	Near 54	aud	4th source
71/11/11	Newcastle-On-Tyne	master/1st gen	97	aud	Taped by Henry R. aka MisterHank (mic>ITT-KB Rec>master cassette). The taper luckily found the master tape (in fact, only Communication Breakdown is from a true master, the rest is from 1st gen) and it's reported there is one more tape with Whole Lotta Love but that is still lost somewhere.
71/11/11	Newcastle-On-Tyne	1st gen	92	aud	Taped by Henry R. aka MisterHank (mic>ITT-KB Rec>Master Cassette>1st gen backup). This was the first version of this show, seeded in 2000 when Communication Breakdown was still not discovered) (reported that the master tapes were going to be used for the release but they were too damaged and the taper's 1st gen backups were used to trade.
71/11/13	Dundee	master	96	aud	speed issues throughout (runs slow - correct speed is near 90 mins.)
71/11/16	Ipswich	2nd gen	88	aud	1st source, master?>1st gen cassette>2nd gen cassette (linegae is still suspect)
71/11/16	Ipswich	master	104	aud	2nd source
71/11/16	Ipswich	1st gen	106	aud	2nd source, master>1st gen cassette
71/11/16	Ipswich	master	Almost 117	aud	3rd source
71/11/16	Ipswich	unknown gen	?	aud	exists?
71/11/16	Ipswich	unknown gen	?	aud	exists?
71/11/20	London	1st gen	107	aud	1st source, master>1st gen cassette (Moby Dick is incomplete)
71/11/20	London	3rd gen	107	aud	1st source, 2x Maxell SXI 60 cassette (runs a bit fast, correct speed is 110 mins.)
71/11/20	London	4th gen	110	aud	1st source (Moby Dick is complete, missing Whole Lotta Love)
71/11/20	London	unknown gen	107	aud	1st source, Type II casette (runs a bit fast, correct speed is 110 mins.)
71/11/20	London	unknown gen	141	aud	2nd source, less cuts and better sound (no source tape available, only silver pressed bootleg)
71/11/20	London	unknown gen	143	aud	2nd source (cassette), Dancing Days is from 72/12/23 and is added incidentally by the person, who made this gen (correct time is 139 mins.)
71/11/24	Manchester	2nd gen	112	aud	2nd gen cassette, sourced from 1st gen tape
71/11/24	Manchester	unknown gen	105	aud	runs a bit fast
71/11/25	Leicester	master	Almost 155	aud	Sony 120 & 60 master cassettes (runs a hair slow - correct speed is 151 mins.; also available as unverified master which misses Going To California, That's The Way and Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp)
71/11/25	Leicester	unknown gen	?	aud	-
71/12/02	Bournemouth	unknown gen	143	aud	no source tape available, only silver pressed bootlegs
71/12/02	Bournemouth	1st gen	61	aud	incomplete, missing many songs
71/12/02	Bournemouth	3rd gen	Near 64	aud	incomplete, missing many songs and also inferior to above
71/12/02	Bournemouth	unknown gen	?	aud	incomplete, missing many songs