Led Zeppelin Database

2 Sennheiser mono mics>Uher Recorder>master cassette (recorded from the floor)

2 Sennheiser mono mics>Uher Recorder>master cassette (recorded from the balcony)

1st source, original tapes have been lost

2nd source, runs fast (1st gen cassette was copied in 1979)

4th source, taped by Steve Thacker (recorded from just right of Center ~ 100 yards back)

5th source, taped by Dave C. (cassette, runs slow - correct speed is ca. almost 164 mins.)

6th source, cassette

7th source, cassette

8th source, cassette 2 x C90

9th source, 1st gen cassette was copied in 1979

10th source, taped by Phil Tattershall (Hitachi GhettoBlaster>master cassette)

11th source, taped by Steve C. (Single Point Stereo mic>ITT Studio720 Recorder>Master TDK-SA C90 Cassette x2). The taper recalled that he went to the show with his "...new ITT Studio 720 tape recorder and the single point stereo mike ... I ended up sat about 100 metres(?) from the stage and got a reasonable tape considering. I was lucky as there were no cuts and I managed to time my tape changes to correspond with the music. I missed the last encore as I had packed my gear up and was walking back to my tent when they came back on stage. I was simply too tired to be bothered to get everything out again."

only old source tape available as video soundtrack, new transfers only as silver pressed bootlegs

1st source, taped by Andy Banks (color amateur video without actual sound?)

2nd source, snippets used on the official DVD in menu section

Color professional video with actual sound shot to feed the large screens and possibly for an official release. The seven tracks included in the official DVD feature a different camera edit than the bootlegs.

1st source, original tapes have been lost

2nd source, original tapes have been lost (some minor tape issues throughout)

3rd source, original tapes have been lost

5th source, also known as "Scottish Schoolboy Tapes" (TDK D-C90 cassette x2, runs too fast)

7th source, cassette (runs a bit slow)

8th source, cassette C90 x2

9th source, taped by Paul J. (ITT Mono Cassette Recorder>Sony C-90 master cassette). The taper believes that this is the master instead of another one he copied. He had only one tape so hi did only partial recording.

only old source tape available as video soundtrack, new transfers only as silver pressed bootlegs

color amateur video without actual sound? (the songs aren't in the right order on all circulating tapes probably because the second reel was transfered before the first one)

color professional video with actual sound shot to feed the large screens and possibly for an official release

runs a bit fast - correct speed is 102 mins.

some copies misses most of introduction and runs 2 minutes shorter (first four songs runs ok, then tape runs fast a bit - correct speed is 103 mins.)

black & white amateur video without actual sound

2nd source, 2 "high sensitive" mikes (brand unknown)>portable Uher Hi-Fi stereo cassette deck>2x Maxell XLUD2-C90 master cassette (same taper as Brussels May 28th, 1972 and January 12th, 1975)

high-bias 1st gen (runs a bit fast - correct speed is 121 mins.)

1st source, runs a bit fast - correct speed is 114 mins.

2nd source (only first two tracks runs ok, the tape slowes down and goes even slower towards the end, also speed varies a bit throughout - correct is ca. 108 mins.)

2nd source, runs a bit slow

color amateur video without actual sound

the tape is more clear than 3rd gen but lacks fullness

cassette (the tape has better bass than 1st gen)

cassette (strangely sounds not as good as 2nd gen - it is more muted and has tape hiss)

cassette (sounds almost the same as 2nd gen but a bit more bassy)

cassette (2x Sony UX 90s) (sounds a tin better than the master)

1st source (runs a bit fast - correct speed is 124 mins.)

1st source, runs a bit fast

2nd source (runs slow - correct speed is ca. almost 109 mins.)

3rd source, taped by 38f (2 AKG Bulbs Mics>Sony Stereo poartable recorder>Maxwell master cassette), runs a bit fast - correct speed is 89 mins. (incomplete source because security caught a taper, situated on the left side looking the stage, around 75 meters from the stage in
the audience "...actually, since I knew really well the promoter from Zurich, the boss of the "good news" promotion I was saved by him, in the sense, he said disappear fast, when the Led Zeppelin security was approaching me to confiscate the equipment, so I was gone in the crowd before they reached me, and they did not take my little Sony recorder and then when the Zep's security was gone backstage for the encore I came back...")

cassettes (runs fast - correct speed is 119 mins.)

color amateur video without actual sound (some copies have sound synched)

1st source, 4th gen (starts slow, then goes faster and runs ok within last few songs - correct speed is ca. 123 mins.)

1st source, Memorex MRX3 Oxide 120 cassette

2nd source, Fuji DR 90 Type I cassette & TDK D 90 Type I cassette (runs slow 'til White Summer - correct speed is 126 mins.)

cassette (lineage is suspect), missing The Train Kept A Rollin' and Nobody's Fault But Mine

2nd TDK D C-120 gen cassette, it has The Train Kept A Rollin' and Nobody's Fault But Mine but in the worse quality (taken from higher gen?)

2nd gen, it doesn't sounds so good as 3rd gen, also has less introduction before the show

strangely has more introduction before the show

available as a master>1st gen open reel (clocks at 107:32) and as a 1st gen (clocks at 113:42)

2nd source, cassette

Color amateur video without actual sound. As for now all commercial releases do not include the first 15 seconds of this video and hence are missing Black Dog, likely because whoever originated this transfer captioned it as being from Zurich during the beginning of the video. It obviously is not from Zurich, especially once Simon Kirke appears on drums for the encore.

1st source, taped by Reiner Zettl (2x Maxell XLII 90s)

2nd source (starts a bit slow but from White Summer the speed seems to be very close to normal - correct speed is ca. 136)

Date	Venue	Generation	Length	Source	Comments
79/07/23	Copenhagen	master	Almost 134	aud	2 Sennheiser mono mics>Uher Recorder>master cassette (recorded from the floor)
79/07/24	Copenhagen	master	143	aud	2 Sennheiser mono mics>Uher Recorder>master cassette (recorded from the balcony)
79/08/04	Knebworth	vinyl	?	aud	1st source, original tapes have been lost
79/08/04	Knebworth	1st gen	175	aud	2nd source, runs fast (1st gen cassette was copied in 1979)
79/08/04	Knebworth	master	181	aud	3rd source
79/08/04	Knebworth	master	175	aud	4th source, taped by Steve Thacker (recorded from just right of Center ~ 100 yards back)
79/08/04	Knebworth	1st gen	Almost 175	aud	5th source, taped by Dave C. (cassette, runs slow - correct speed is ca. almost 164 mins.)
79/08/04	Knebworth	master	177	aud	6th source, cassette
79/08/04	Knebworth	master	120	aud	7th source, cassette
79/08/04	Knebworth	unknown gen	169	aud	8th source, cassette 2 x C90
79/08/04	Knebworth	1st gen	165	aud	9th source, 1st gen cassette was copied in 1979
79/08/04	Knebworth	master	179	aud	10th source, taped by Phil Tattershall (Hitachi GhettoBlaster>master cassette)
79/08/04	Knebworth	master	177	aud	11th source, taped by Steve C. (Single Point Stereo mic>ITT Studio720 Recorder>Master TDK-SA C90 Cassette x2). The taper recalled that he went to the show with his "...new ITT Studio 720 tape recorder and the single point stereo mike ... I ended up sat about 100 metres(?) from the stage and got a reasonable tape considering. I was lucky as there were no cuts and I managed to time my tape changes to correspond with the music. I missed the last encore as I had packed my gear up and was walking back to my tent when they came back on stage. I was simply too tired to be bothered to get everything out again."
79/08/04	Knebworth	1st gen?	197	sbd	only old source tape available as video soundtrack, new transfers only as silver pressed bootlegs
79/08/04	Knebworth	unknown gen	6	aud	1st source, taped by Andy Banks (color amateur video without actual sound?)
79/08/04	Knebworth	unknown gen	1,5	aud	2nd source, snippets used on the official DVD in menu section
79/08/04	Knebworth	unknown gen	193	pro	Color professional video with actual sound shot to feed the large screens and possibly for an official release. The seven tracks included in the official DVD feature a different camera edit than the bootlegs.
79/08/11	Knebworth	vinyl	93	aud	1st source, original tapes have been lost
79/08/11	Knebworth	vinyl	Almost 93	aud	2nd source, original tapes have been lost (some minor tape issues throughout)
79/08/11	Knebworth	vinyl	?	aud	3rd source, original tapes have been lost
79/08/11	Knebworth	unknown gen	146	aud	4th source
79/08/11	Knebworth	master	118	aud	5th source, also known as "Scottish Schoolboy Tapes" (TDK D-C90 cassette x2, runs too fast)
79/08/11	Knebworth	unknown gen	?	aud	6th source
79/08/11	Knebworth	master	Almost 153	aud	7th source, cassette (runs a bit slow)
79/08/11	Knebworth	unknown gen	148	aud	8th source, cassette C90 x2
79/08/11	Knebworth	master?	Near 43	aud	9th source, taped by Paul J. (ITT Mono Cassette Recorder>Sony C-90 master cassette). The taper believes that this is the master instead of another one he copied. He had only one tape so hi did only partial recording.
79/08/11	Knebworth	2nd gen	160	sbd	only old source tape available as video soundtrack, new transfers only as silver pressed bootlegs
80/08/11	Knebworth	unknown gen	5	aud	color amateur video without actual sound? (the songs aren't in the right order on all circulating tapes probably because the second reel was transfered before the first one)
80/08/11	Knebworth	unknown gen	161	pro	color professional video with actual sound shot to feed the large screens and possibly for an official release
80/06/17	Dortmund	master	102	aud	cassette
80/06/17	Dortmund	1st gen	Near 103	aud	-
80/06/17	Dortmund	3rd gen	101	aud	cassette
80/06/17	Dortmund	1st gen	99	sbd	runs a bit fast - correct speed is 102 mins.
80/06/17	Dortmund	2nd gen	?	sbd	-
80/06/18	Cologne	1st gen	107	aud	cassette
80/06/18	Cologne	3rd gen	110	aud	-
80/06/18	Cologne	1st gen	100	sbd	some copies misses most of introduction and runs 2 minutes shorter (first four songs runs ok, then tape runs fast a bit - correct speed is 103 mins.)
80/06/18	Cologne	unknown gen	18	aud	black & white amateur video without actual sound
80/06/20	Brussels	unknown gen	?	aud	1st source
80/06/20	Brussels	master	Almost 120	aud	2nd source, 2 "high sensitive" mikes (brand unknown)>portable Uher Hi-Fi stereo cassette deck>2x Maxell XLUD2-C90 master cassette (same taper as Brussels May 28th, 1972 and January 12th, 1975)
80/06/20	Brussels	1st gen	119	sbd	high-bias 1st gen (runs a bit fast - correct speed is 121 mins.)
80/06/21	Rotterdam	1st gen	108	aud	1st source, runs a bit fast - correct speed is 114 mins.
80/06/21	Rotterdam	3rd gen	109	aud	1st source
80/06/21	Rotterdam	master	Almost 112	aud	2nd source (only first two tracks runs ok, the tape slowes down and goes even slower towards the end, also speed varies a bit throughout - correct is ca. 108 mins.)
80/06/21	Rotterdam	1st gen	112	aud	2nd source, runs a bit slow
80/06/21	Rotterdam	1st gen	Near 90	sbd	-
80/06/21	Rotterdam	unknown gen	Near 10	aud	color amateur video without actual sound
80/06/23	Bremen	1st gen	109	aud	the tape is more clear than 3rd gen but lacks fullness
80/06/23	Bremen	3rd gen	108	aud	cassette (the tape has better bass than 1st gen)
80/06/23	Bremen	1st gen	103	sbd	-
80/06/24	Hannover	1st gen	107	aud	cassette (strangely sounds not as good as 2nd gen - it is more muted and has tape hiss)
80/06/24	Hannover	2nd gen	104	aud	1st gen>2nd gen
80/06/24	Hannover	3rd gen	106	aud	cassette (sounds almost the same as 2nd gen but a bit more bassy)
80/06/24	Hannover	1st gen	106	sbd	-
80/06/26	Vienna	master	Almost 124	aud	cassette
80/06/26	Vienna	1st gen	Almost 125	aud	cassette (2x Sony UX 90s) (sounds a tin better than the master)
80/06/27	Nuremburg	1st gen	16	sbd	-
80/06/27	Nuremburg	unknown gen	17	sbd	-
80/06/29	Zurich	master	Near 122	aud	1st source (runs a bit fast - correct speed is 124 mins.)
80/06/29	Zurich	2nd gen	122	aud	1st source, runs a bit fast
80/06/29	Zurich	1st gen	116	aud	2nd source (runs slow - correct speed is ca. almost 109 mins.)
80/06/29	Zurich	master	84	aud	3rd source, taped by 38f (2 AKG Bulbs Mics>Sony Stereo poartable recorder>Maxwell master cassette), runs a bit fast - correct speed is 89 mins. (incomplete source because security caught a taper, situated on the left side looking the stage, around 75 meters from the stage in the audience "...actually, since I knew really well the promoter from Zurich, the boss of the "good news" promotion I was saved by him, in the sense, he said disappear fast, when the Led Zeppelin security was approaching me to confiscate the equipment, so I was gone in the crowd before they reached me, and they did not take my little Sony recorder and then when the Zep's security was gone backstage for the encore I came back...")
80/06/29	Zurich	1st gen	113	sbd	cassettes (runs fast - correct speed is 119 mins.)
80/06/29	Zurich	master	Almost 3	aud	color amateur video without actual sound (some copies have sound synched)
80/06/30	Frankfurt	4th gen	125	aud	1st source, 4th gen (starts slow, then goes faster and runs ok within last few songs - correct speed is ca. 123 mins.)
80/06/30	Frankfurt	unknown gen	124	aud	1st source, Memorex MRX3 Oxide 120 cassette
80/06/30	Frankfurt	unknown gen	133	aud	2nd source, Fuji DR 90 Type I cassette & TDK D 90 Type I cassette (runs slow 'til White Summer - correct speed is 126 mins.)
80/06/30	Frankfurt	1st gen	Near 131	sbd	-
80/07/02	Mannheim	1st gen	117	aud	cassette (lineage is suspect), missing The Train Kept A Rollin' and Nobody's Fault But Mine
80/07/02	Mannheim	2nd gen	120	aud	2nd TDK D C-120 gen cassette, it has The Train Kept A Rollin' and Nobody's Fault But Mine but in the worse quality (taken from higher gen?)
80/07/02	Mannheim	1st gen	130	sbd	1st gen
80/07/03	Mannheim	2nd gen	111	aud	2nd gen, it doesn't sounds so good as 3rd gen, also has less introduction before the show
80/07/03	Mannheim	3rd gen	114	aud	strangely has more introduction before the show
80/07/03	Mannheim	1st gen	Near 114	sbd	available as a master>1st gen open reel (clocks at 107:32) and as a 1st gen (clocks at 113:42)
80/07/05	Munich	1st gen	119	aud	1st source
80/07/05	Munich	2nd gen	122	aud	1st source
80/07/05	Munich	3rd gen	116	aud	2nd source, cassette
80/07/05	Munich	master?	10	aud	Color amateur video without actual sound. As for now all commercial releases do not include the first 15 seconds of this video and hence are missing Black Dog, likely because whoever originated this transfer captioned it as being from Zurich during the beginning of the video. It obviously is not from Zurich, especially once Simon Kirke appears on drums for the encore.
80/07/07	Berlin	2nd gen	144	aud	1st source, taped by Reiner Zettl (2x Maxell XLII 90s)
80/07/07	Berlin	1st gen	135	aud	2nd source (starts a bit slow but from White Summer the speed seems to be very close to normal - correct speed is ca. 136)
80/07/07	Berlin	1st gen	136	sbd	-