Led Zeppelin Database - 1973 Low Gens

Available as a master reel>1st gen reel (clocks at 108:36) and 1st gen (runs slightly fast but it's longer and clocks at 110:31).

without Immigrant Song

with Immigrant Song but incomplete Stairway To Heaven

Multi-track prepared by Kevin Shirley for How The West Was Won but then abandoned instead of Los Angeles and Long Beach 1972 (stolen from JP's archives?).

with What Is And What Should Never Be

without What Is And What Should Never Be?

1st source, without The Song Remains The Same, part of Whole Lotta Love medley and Heartbreaker

1st source, copied in 1977-79

1st source, 2nd or 3rd gen cassette

2nd source, taped by Matthias Messmer (Sony Mics>R2R UHER Report>Master) (runs a bit fast)

Available as a 1st gen cassette (clocks at 59:53) and 1st gen (sounds a bit crispier and clocks at 60:10).

1st source, cassette x3 (taped by Werner W. aka Bubif). The taper used a new C90 tape for the first 90 minutes of the show, then re-used 2 old tapes for the remaining 50 minutes of the show.

2nd source, cassette

1st source, cannot be sure if master really exists but for almost sure it is no available (same lenght as 4th gen)

1st source, master reel>2nd gen cassette (2x Maxwell XLII 90's). There was also 1st gen false transfer which is actually 2nd gen.

1st source (available as a 1st gen (clocks at 94:44) and as a 1st gen TDK SA90 cassette copied in 1977-79 (clocks at 92:43))

2nd source (taped by Enno Jansen, recorded from the floor, approx. 30 feet in a front of the stage), external mono mic>SABA cassette recorded>BASF C-120 master cassette>Uher reel. The recorder ate the BASF C-120 master tape so the middle part of the concert is absent. The master cassette was transferred to an Uher reel tape in spring 1973 and has then been tossed away.

1st source, supposed to be 2nd gen or lower, (TDK cassette)

2nd source (H. Bahro's mono open master reel), another copy described as master has 137 lenght

Phillips C-120 master cassette

1st source, reel (Lindeman)>1st gen cassette>2nd gen cassette (runs a bit fast)

2nd source, master>1st gen>2nd gen>3rd gen

1st source (called John Tsalikes source), Aiwa mics>Marantz Recorder>master cassette

2nd source, master cassette (called Cal's source, taper stopped the recorder between songs)

Color professional video with and without actual sound (shot by a NBC TV crew for documentary). Studio version of Misty Mountain Hop voice over on the The Song Remains The Same 2007 edition - a version synched up with the audience recording circulates on its own.

circulates as a 1st gen but the owner of the tape says it may be 3rd gen

Maxwell Type II 3rd gen cassette

taped by Freezer (cassette x2)

taped by Sherman Mickissack, Type I master cassette x3

taped by Sherman Mickissack

taped by Sherman Mickissack, 2nd gen cassette

taped by Sherman Mickissack

master reel>1st gen cassette (also available as Presence (Jason Peterson) clone)

master>1st gen? (still not verified if this is 1st or 3rd gen, most likely it is a 3rd gen)

no Dazed And Confused here

1st source, called TMOQ source (master>1st gen reel)

3rd source (cannot be sure if master really exists)

3rd source, 1st gen cassette (runs too fast)

3rd source, 1st gen cassette>2nd gen cassette (runs too fast)

color amateur video without actual sound (most versions are dubbed with the June 3th, 1973 audience)

available as a master cassette (runs a bit fast and clocks at 136:40) and a master reel (?) (runs a bit fast and clocks at 136:50) (taped by R. C.)

incomplete No Quarter

color professional video with actual sound (shot by a local TV crew for documentary)

taped by Jeff Allen?

1st gen cassette, taped by Jeff Allen? (runs a tiny bit fast)

black & white amateur video without actual sound

taped by Howard, Sony TC-110 with ext microphone>Ampex C90 master cassette

Mono Mic>Sony TC110A>Memorex master cassette

The Rain Song has a cut and has music from another band briefly. After this the sound quality goes down for some reason. Not a lot but it does - maybe he switched to a low quality tape.

1st gen cassette>2nd gen cassette

Lloyds Ext Mics>Lloyds 8 Track>master>1st gen VHS (also available as Presence (Jason Peterson) clone)

master>2nd gen cassette

Maxwell Type II 3rd gen cassette, tape ran too fast and the last few songs are way too fast

1st source, original tapes lost (all vinyl albums runs slow)

2nd source (master>1st gen VHS tape)

cassette, runs a bit slow

2nd source (taped by Lawrence Russell), ext figure 8 mic>SONY TC-126>TDK C90KR Chrome master cassette x2 (reported that the master have been lost and the taper transferred the cassettes to open reel) (also available as a transfer did by Sam Rapallo)

2nd source (taped by Lawrence Russell), Ext Figure 8 mic>Sony TC-126>TDK Chrome master cassette>1st gen reel

1st source, Ext Condenser mics>Sony TC-110>Capitol C-60 master cassette

2nd source, called Joe Maloney source (RCA mics from the RCA YLS 15B portable reel to reel recorder>Hitachi 290>master cassette)

2nd source. This source is actually the same as the Maloney's source but for several years it was attributed to the new, 3rd source. The intro on this copy is longer than on the new version that was available from the download.

Date	Venue	Generation	Lenght	Source	Comments
73/01/02	Sheffield	3rd gen?	115	aud	-
73/01/07	Oxford	4th gen	Almost 94	sbd	-
73/01/07	Oxford	1st gen	Almost 94	sbd	-
73/01/14	Liverpool	1st gen	?	sbd	-
73/01/14	Liverpool	2nd gen	120	sbd	-
73/01/14	Liverpool	unknown gen	119	sbd	-
73/01/15	Stoke	1st gen	110	sbd	Available as a master reel>1st gen reel (clocks at 108:36) and 1st gen (runs slightly fast but it's longer and clocks at 110:31).
73/01/18	Bradford	2nd gen	Almost 120	aud	without Immigrant Song
73/01/18	Bradford	unknown gen	125	aud	with Immigrant Song but incomplete Stairway To Heaven
73/01/18	Bradford	1st gen	Near 50	sbd	-
73/01/22	Southampton	master?	152	sbd	Multi-track prepared by Kevin Shirley for How The West Was Won but then abandoned instead of Los Angeles and Long Beach 1972 (stolen from JP's archives?).
73/01/25	Aberdeen	unknown gen	142	aud	with What Is And What Should Never Be
73/01/25	Aberdeen	unknown gen	126	aud	without What Is And What Should Never Be?
73/01/27	Dundee	2nd gen	45	aud	-
73/01/27	Dundee	3rd gen	44	aud	-
73/01/27	Dundee	4th gen	45	aud	-
73/01/27	Dundee	5th gen	?	aud	-
73/01/27	Dundee	1st gen	Almost 37	sbd	-
73/01/28	Edinburgh	master	48	aud	-
73/01/30	Preston	master	125	aud	-
73/03/06	Stockholm	master	141	aud	-
73/03/06	Stockholm	2nd gen	141	aud	-
73/03/14	Nuremburg	1st gen	Near 128	aud	1st gen cassette
73/03/14	Nuremburg	2nd gen	127	aud	-
73/03/14	Nuremburg	3rd gen	126	aud	-
73/03/16	Vienna	master	90	aud	1st source, without The Song Remains The Same, part of Whole Lotta Love medley and Heartbreaker
73/03/16	Vienna	1st gen	90	aud	1st source, copied in 1977-79
73/03/16	Vienna	2nd or 3rd gen	90	aud	1st source, 2nd or 3rd gen cassette
73/03/16	Vienna	master	124	aud	2nd source, taped by Matthias Messmer (Sony Mics>R2R UHER Report>Master) (runs a bit fast)
73/03/16	Vienna	1st gen	129	aud	3rd source
73/03/16	Vienna	3rd gen	129	aud	3rd source
73/03/16	Vienna	master	120	aud	4th source
73/03/16	Vienna	1st gen	60	sbd	Available as a 1st gen cassette (clocks at 59:53) and 1st gen (sounds a bit crispier and clocks at 60:10).
73/03/17	Munich	master	Near 135	aud	1st source, cassette x3 (taped by Werner W. aka Bubif). The taper used a new C90 tape for the first 90 minutes of the show, then re-used 2 old tapes for the remaining 50 minutes of the show.
73/03/17	Munich	master	131	aud	2nd source, cassette
73/03/19	Berlin	master?	125	aud	1st source, cannot be sure if master really exists but for almost sure it is no available (same lenght as 4th gen)
73/03/19	Berlin	2nd gen	132	aud	1st source, master reel>2nd gen cassette (2x Maxwell XLII 90's). There was also 1st gen false transfer which is actually 2nd gen.
73/03/19	Berlin	3rd gen	126	aud	1st source
73/03/19	Berlin	4th gen	125	aud	1st source
73/03/19	Berlin	2nd gen	85	aud	2nd source
73/03/19	Berlin	3rd gen	87	aud	2nd source
73/03/19	Berlin	master	137	aud	3rd source? (reel)
73/03/19	Berlin	1st gen	Near 23	sbd	-
73/03/21	Hamburg	unknown gen	108	aud	-
73/03/21	Hamburg	1st gen	56	sbd	-
73/03/22	Essen	1st gen	Near 95	aud	1st source (available as a 1st gen (clocks at 94:44) and as a 1st gen TDK SA90 cassette copied in 1977-79 (clocks at 92:43))
73/03/22	Essen	3rd gen	91	aud	1st source
73/03/22	Essen	1st gen	Almost 102	aud	2nd source (taped by Enno Jansen, recorded from the floor, approx. 30 feet in a front of the stage), external mono mic>SABA cassette recorded>BASF C-120 master cassette>Uher reel. The recorder ate the BASF C-120 master tape so the middle part of the concert is absent. The master cassette was transferred to an Uher reel tape in spring 1973 and has then been tossed away.
73/02/22	Essen	1st gen	51	sbd	-
73/03/24	Offenburg	unknown gen	120	aud	1st source, supposed to be 2nd gen or lower, (TDK cassette)
73/03/24	Offenburg	master	126	aud	2nd source (H. Bahro's mono open master reel), another copy described as master has 137 lenght
73/03/24	Offenburg	4th gen	129	aud	2nd source
73/03/26	Lyon	unknown gen	35	aud	-
73/03/27	Nancy	master	104	aud	Phillips C-120 master cassette
73/04/01	Paris	3rd gen	119	aud	1st source, reel (Lindeman)>1st gen cassette>2nd gen cassette (runs a bit fast)
73/04/01	Paris	unknown gen	30	aud	2nd source
73/04/02	Paris	unknown gen	103	aud	1st source
73/04/02	Paris	3rd gen	Near 99	aud	2nd source, master>1st gen>2nd gen>3rd gen
73/05/05	Tampa	master	136	aud	1st source (called John Tsalikes source), Aiwa mics>Marantz Recorder>master cassette
73/05/05	Tampa	2nd gen	137	aud	1st source (called John Tsalikes source), Aiwa mics>Marantz Recorder>master cassette
73/05/05	Tampa	master	122	aud	2nd source, master cassette (called Cal's source, taper stopped the recorder between songs)
73/05/05	Tampa	unknown gen	3.5	aud	Color professional video with and without actual sound (shot by a NBC TV crew for documentary). Studio version of Misty Mountain Hop voice over on the The Song Remains The Same 2007 edition - a version synched up with the audience recording circulates on its own.
73/05/13	Mobile	1st gen	114	sbd	master>1st gen reel
73/05/13	Mobile	1st or 3rd gen	116	sbd	circulates as a 1st gen but the owner of the tape says it may be 3rd gen
73/05/13	Mobile	3rd gen	115	sbd	Maxwell Type II 3rd gen cassette
73/05/14	New Orleans	master?	151	aud	taped by Freezer (cassette x2)
73/05/14	New Orleans	1st gen	149	sbd	1st gen cassette
73/05/16	Houston	master	144	aud	taped by Sherman Mickissack, Type I master cassette x3
73/05/16	Houston	1st gen	144	aud	taped by Sherman Mickissack
73/05/16	Houston	2nd gen	138	aud	taped by Sherman Mickissack, 2nd gen cassette
73/05/16	Houston	3rd gen	142	aud	taped by Sherman Mickissack
73/05/16	Houston	4th gen	?	aud	taped by Sherman Mickissack
73/05/16	Houston	master	62	sbd	master cassette
73/05/16	Houston	unknown gen	61	sbd	not from any CD
73/05/18	Dallas	1st gen	Almost 104	sbd	master reel>1st gen cassette (also available as Presence (Jason Peterson) clone)
73/05/18	Dallas	1st gen	102	sbd	-
73/05/19	Fort Worth	1st gen?	102	sbd	master>1st gen? (still not verified if this is 1st or 3rd gen, most likely it is a 3rd gen)
73/05/25	Denver	master	26	sbd	master cassette
73/05/25	Denver	unknown gen	27	sbd	-
73/05/26	Salt Lake City	unknown gen	109	aud	-
73/05/26	Salt Lake City	master	166	sbd	master cassette
73/05/28	San Diego	master	124	sbd	master cassette
73/05/28	San Diego	1st gen	114	sbd	no Dazed And Confused here
73/05/31	Los Angeles	1st gen	127	aud	1st source, called TMOQ source (master>1st gen reel)
73/05/31	Los Angeles	3rd gen	148	aud	2nd source
73/05/31	Los Angeles	4th gen	147	aud	2nd source
73/05/31	Los Angeles	master?	144	aud	3rd source (cannot be sure if master really exists)
73/05/31	Los Angeles	1st gen	135	aud	3rd source, 1st gen cassette (runs too fast)
73/05/31	Los Angeles	2nd gen	135	aud	3rd source, 1st gen cassette>2nd gen cassette (runs too fast)
73/05/31	Los Angeles	master	106	sbd	master cassette
73/05/31	Los Angeles	unknown gen	3	aud	color amateur video without actual sound (most versions are dubbed with the June 3th, 1973 audience)
73/06/02	San Francisco	master	Near 137	aud	available as a master cassette (runs a bit fast and clocks at 136:40) and a master reel (?) (runs a bit fast and clocks at 136:50) (taped by R. C.)
73/06/02	San Francisco	2nd gen	132	aud	incomplete No Quarter
73/06/02	San Francisco	master	60	sbd	cassette
73/06/02	San Francisco	TV	1.5	live-on-stage	color professional video with actual sound (shot by a local TV crew for documentary)
73/06/03	Los Angeles	master	180	aud	taped by Jeff Allen?
73/06/03	Los Angeles	1st gen?	173	aud	1st gen cassette, taped by Jeff Allen? (runs a tiny bit fast)
73/06/03	Los Angeles	unknown gen	4	aud	black & white amateur video without actual sound
73/07/06	Chicago	master	151	aud	taped by Howard, Sony TC-110 with ext microphone>Ampex C90 master cassette
73/07/06	Chicago	1st gen	157	sbd	1st gen cassette
73/07/07	Chicago	master	Almost 156	aud	Mono Mic>Sony TC110A>Memorex master cassette
73/07/09	St. Paul	master	208	aud	-
73/07/10	Milwaukee	master	117	aud	The Rain Song has a cut and has music from another band briefly. After this the sound quality goes down for some reason. Not a lot but it does - maybe he switched to a low quality tape.
73/07/10	Milwaukee	2nd gen	114	aud	1st gen cassette>2nd gen cassette
73/07/12	Detroit	master	144	aud	-
73/07/12	Detroit	1st gen	Near 143	aud	Lloyds Ext Mics>Lloyds 8 Track>master>1st gen VHS (also available as Presence (Jason Peterson) clone)
73/07/13	Detroit	4th gen	55	sbd	-
73/07/15	Buffalo	2nd gen	Almost 159	aud	master>2nd gen cassette
73/07/15	Buffalo	1st gen	112	sbd	master>1st gen
73/07/15	Buffalo	3rd gen	104	sbd	Maxwell Type II 3rd gen cassette, tape ran too fast and the last few songs are way too fast
73/07/17	Seattle	vinyl	94	aud	1st source, original tapes lost (all vinyl albums runs slow)
73/07/17	Seattle	master	177	aud	2nd source, reel?
73/07/17	Seattle	1st gen	182	aud	2nd source (master>1st gen VHS tape)
73/07/17	Seattle	master	114	sbd	-
73/07/18	Seattle	1st gen	102	sbd	cassette, runs a bit slow
73/07/18	Vancouver	master	51	aud	1st source
73/07/18	Vancouver	1st gen	85	aud	2nd source (taped by Lawrence Russell), ext figure 8 mic>SONY TC-126>TDK C90KR Chrome master cassette x2 (reported that the master have been lost and the taper transferred the cassettes to open reel) (also available as a transfer did by Sam Rapallo)
73/07/18	Vancouver	1st gen	86	aud	2nd source (taped by Lawrence Russell), Ext Figure 8 mic>Sony TC-126>TDK Chrome master cassette>1st gen reel
73/07/20	Boston	master	109	aud	1st source, Ext Condenser mics>Sony TC-110>Capitol C-60 master cassette
73/07/20	Boston	1st gen	111	aud	1st source
73/07/20	Boston	2nd gen	105	aud	1st source
73/07/20	Boston	master	115	aud	2nd source, called Joe Maloney source (RCA mics from the RCA YLS 15B portable reel to reel recorder>Hitachi 290>master cassette)
73/07/20	Boston	4th gen	39	aud	2nd source. This source is actually the same as the Maloney's source but for several years it was attributed to the new, 3rd source. The intro on this copy is longer than on the new version that was available from the download.
73/07/20