August 23rd, 2017
Eelgrass label just have copied the Empress Valley's Deus Ex Machina as expected. This 4CD release is the budget version of the deluxe Japanese release and contains only soundboard tape. Since it's just a straight reissue, this adds absolutely nothing to the already available version.
August 16th, 2017
Orlando 1971 is a 2CD set from Lighthouse covering soundboard and audience mix for the Sports Stadium, Orlando, FL on August 31st, 1971 show.
July 26th, 2017
Live On Blueberry Hill: Another Master is a 2CD set from the Forum in Inglewood, CA on September 4th, 1970, produced by the Lighthouse team. No info is given from which source exactly the title has been made.
July 14th, 2017
Finally, the long awaited Deus Ex Machina of previously uncirculated soundboard of Seattle March 21st, 1975 by the Empress Valley label has been released. The following unique editions of this show are due for release in July:
Ultimate Collectors Edition - Promo Only Box Set limited to 100 numbered copies only. This 7CD box with obi includes both Seattle shows (March 17th & March 21st) in complete and perfect stereo soundboard. Each CD set is housed in special paper cases inside an exquisite box.
Extremely Limited Edition Complete Seattle Two Night Stand Box Set. This 14CD exclusive box with obi includes both the previously unreleased Seattle March 21st, 1975 and the March 17th, 1975 show in complete and perfect stereo soundboard quality with added bonuses of remastered audience sources for each show to provide two completely different listening perspectives for each night. Each CD set is housed in special paper cases with obis. The set is enclosed in an exquisite box similar to Thunder Down Under set.
Deluxe Limited Edition Box Set. This 8CD deluxe box with obi includes previously unreleased Seattle March 21st, 1975 show in perfect stereo soundboard with added bonus of remastered audience source of the show. Each CD set is housed in special paper cases with obis. The set is enclosed in an beautiful box similar to History Lesson set.
All the photos are courtesy of Niwa from Air Raid website.
July 12th, 2017
Yet again, Lighthouse is released two titles, which are reissuing previously available material.
Baltimore 1970 is a four disc set featuring two different recordings from the Civic Center, Baltimore, MD on April 5th, 1970.
Nassau Coliseum 1972 1st Night is a triple set from Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY on June 14th, 1972.
July 7th, 2017
Yet no news as it when the long awaited Deux Ex Machina soundboad of Seattle 1975 will appear and we got another Wendy reissue, this time 2CD set titled Live At The Tampa Stadium 1973, consisting of a mixture of two good quality audience tapes from May 5th, 1973 outdoor show, where they gathered more than 56,000 fans altogether at one rock concert, beating the Beatles' record from Shea Stadium back in 1965.
June 28th, 2017
Boston Tea Party 1969 1st Night is a single disc from the Lighthouse people taken from Boston Tea Party on January 23rd, 1969.
May 31st, 2017
The Lighthouse team is released a chunk of new titles, all of them are reissues of previously available stuff and, as always, they're "strictly limited" and "stickered".
Listen To This Eddie Remaster “Beauty And The Beast” is a triple disc from the Forum, Inglewood, CA on June 21st, 1977. Listed as “Complete Remixed Upgrade”, this is just a remastered version of this famous concert taken from torrent.
Stockholm 1969 is a single disc from Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden on March 14th, 1969. This contains both the “Soundboard Reel Master Pre-Broadcast FM Recording” and the “Audience Recording 1st Generation Tape”.
Denmark 15th March 1969 is a single disc featuring two shows from March 15th, 1969. The afternoon show was performed at Teen Clubs, Box 45, Egegaard Skole, Gladsaxe, Denmark while the evening segment comes from Brondby Pop-Club, Norregardsskolen, Brondby, Denmark.
San Diego 1975 is a triple disc from the Sports Arena, San Diego, CA on March 10th, 1975. Bad quality here and it's dedicted for a real trainspotters only.
May 15th, 2017
Deus Ex Machina is long-time awaited and previously unreleased soundboard of Seattle March 21st, 1975 by the Empress Valley label. The following unique editions of this show are due for release in June:
Ultimate Collectors Edition - Promo Only Box Set limited to 100 numbered copies only. This 7CD box with obi includes both Seattle shows (March 17th & March 21st) in complete and perfect stereo soundboard. Each CD set is housed in special paper cases inside an exquisite box.
Extremely Limited Edition Complete Seattle Two Night Stand Box Set. This 14CD exclusive box with obi includes both thepPreviously unreleased Seattle March 21st, 1975 and the March 17th, 1975 show in complete and perfect stereo soundboard quality with added bonuses of remastered audience sources for each show to provide two completely different listening perspectives for each night. Each CD set is housed in special paper cases with obis. The set is enclosed in an exquisite box similar to Thunder Down Under set.
Deluxe Limited Edition Box Set. This 8CD deluxe box with obi includes previously unreleased Seattle March 21st, 1975 show in perfect stereo soundboard with added bonus of remastered audience source of the show. Each CD set is housed in special paper cases with obis. The set is enclosed in an beautiful box similar to History Lesson set.
May 3rd, 2017
Led Zeppelin II Classic Records 45rpm Treasured Version is the newest Empress Valley product, containing vinyl rip of second album's Classic Edition and adds bonus sourced from, as stated by the label, previously unreleased material of Heartbreaker and Moby Dick tracks.
April 28th, 2017
L.A. Forum 1977 2nd Night: 4 Source Mix is Lighthouse's four disc set recorded at The Forum in Inglewood, CA on June 22nd, 1977. Based on freely available download, this is another silver pressed title that utilises previously available material.
April 21st, 2017
Metallic Sounds Highlight - LSU Concert is a single CD promo only reissue originally only available as bonus with Eric Clapton LSU Night set. The title features tracks from audience and soundboard sources and all can be found on previously released Empress Valley titles.
Detroit 1975 is another Lighthouse 2CD set from Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI on January 31st, 1975. This one hasn’t been released many times in the past so it should be interesting to see what this has to offer.
Beautiful Concert "Finale" Berlin 1980 is Wendy's own attempt on the very last live show the band took on July 7th, 1980. Packaged in a deluxe fat jewel case and armed with a standard obi, this set presents a superb sounding soundboard tape that is patched with audience recording in places, where board tape isn't available.
April 12th, 2017
A routine of reissues have been announced from the Lighthouse folks and, again, they're dedicated just for hardcore trainspotters as, beside of being limited and stickered, they're offering nothng but material known from past titles.
Copenhagen 1970 is a 2CD set from K. B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark on February 28th, 1970.
Memphis 1970 is a 2CD set from Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN on April 17th, 1970.
Newcastle 1971 is a 2CD set from City Hall, Newcastle, UK on November 11th, 1971.
April 10th, 2017
History Lesson is A 6 dual layered DVD set that features a great heft of broadcast, pro-shot and audience recorded footage from the gestation of the band from 1968 to 2016 – all presented in chronological order. Some of the material will be familiar to collectors, some of it will be much more rare / unseen or upgraded. There’s also a bonus 7th CD featuring solo Jimmy Page footage recorded between 1958 – 2016.
Going To California 1971 Two Shows is Wendy's newest product, yet again reissuing completely unnecessary the recently released Graf Zeppelin set just from few weeks before. Both shows that took on Berkeley Community Centre, Berkeley, Ca. on September 13th and 14th, 1971 are exact same contents and packaged in 4 CD fat jewel case with obi.
April 7th, 2017
T2K have reissued their another title, Plays Oldie But Goodie. This double disc set featured incomplete soundboard tape form Dallas Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, Texas On May 18th, 1973 and is packaged in glossy gatefold sleeve with sticker. The artwork differs slightly from its original issue.
March 29th, 2017
Once again, the Lighthouse have released two more titles and, as always, they're just a reissues of a commonly issued stuff.
Texas International Pop Festival 1969 is a single disc stereo soundboard recorded at the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas on August 31st, 1969.
Baltimore 1972 is a triple disc from the Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland on June 11th, 1972.
T2K had reissued their another title, Get High! Be Free! This single disc set features performance from San Bernardino on August 8th, 1969. A sticker, glossy gatefold cover and picture disc is attributed to this release.
March 26th, 2017
Graf Zeppelin label bring us their own version of Going To California. Recorded live at the Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California on 13th and 14th September of 1971, especially the second show has been immortalized dozens of times and originally released by the legendary TMoQ label. This 4 CD set featuring a fold out poster and two-foldcard attachment.
March 19th, 2017
Three Days After is Wendy's own attempt to one of the most reissued live audios from the North American 1973 tour, the famous Los Angeles June 3rd show, immortalized on self-titled 2LP set in the mid 1970s and then released dozens of times by most of prestigious bootleg labels. Nothing new here so it's another title dedicated to heavy collectors only.
March 17th, 2017
Empress Valley have just reissued their Live On Blueberry Hill 4CD set with mono and stereo sources. As bonus, they've added 2CD set titled The Nobs that featuring recording from Copenhagen on February 28th, 1970. This set is released as hinged open box set with three individual cartoon sleeves armed with obi. (Photo courtesy of AirRaid website.)
March 8th, 2017
The Lighthouse saga continues with another title - L.A. Forum 1975 Final Night. This triple disc set reissues a well known Millard tape from The Forum, Inglewood, CA on March 27th, 1975.
March 2nd, 2017
Hot news from Japan! To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Soundboard Revolution Series, Empress Valley Label proudly presents an Extremely Limited Edition Promo Only Sampler: Viva La Revolution!! The sampler includes tracks from many of the greatest revolutionary releases and includes for the very First and Only time Anywhere, a sample from the Upcoming Newest Soundboard Revolution Release "Deus Ex Machina”, the Ultra Legendary Seattle 3/21/1975 show!!
This is probably one of the most awaited Led Zeppelin live gig since many years and probably the most rumoured show from the Soundboard Revoltion series.
March 1st, 2017
Two new titles have been announced by the Lighthouse people, and as expected, nothing new but just a reissues of the old stuff known from past titles.
Destroyer II is a triple disc sourced from Cleveland on April 28th, 1977.
Chicago 1973 2nd Night: Master Cassettes is a triple disc from Chicago on July 7th, 1973.
February 27th, 2017
T2K has announced a reissue of their older title, When The Glass Was Thrown. This 2CD set contains a very good sounding audience tape recorded on Buffalo October 30th, 1969. A slightly diffrent artwork is the only improvement over the original version.
February 22nd, 2017
Bonzo's Birthday Party is another reissue from the Lighthouse team. This triple disc covers a well known May 31st,1973 show that took place at The Forum, Los Angeles, California on John Bonham's 25th birhtday. It is not know from which sources exactly this title is made.
February 11th, 2017
Take It Easy! is new T2K release, concering Boston July 20th, 1973 show sourced from Joe Maloney master. As always, a strict limitation is applied along with obi and label's stiker on the front side.
February 2nd, 2017
Sonic Boom is a 4 CD limited edition deluxe box set by the Empress Valley and features mono and stereo soundboard for the Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton Beach, VA on September 9th, 1971. Announced as much more complete version, in fact this set debuts with restored audio in a stunning quality as stereo and monaural mixes. Each CD set is housed in special paper cases and is enclosed in an exquisite box set with obi.
Live On Blueberry Hill is a 2CD set from The Forum, Inglewood, CA on September 4th, 1970 released by Lighthouse team. Again, this is a completely pointless title as it not only offers nothing new in terms of material used and quality, but also source transitions are done in a very amateurish way, placing this release far behind from recently released Eat A Peach set (which includes the most definitive version of this show so far).
January 25th, 2017
A routine reissues are about to continue with next three releases from the Far East this week.
The Performance Of Kells is 2CD set of audience tape recorded in National Boxing Stadium, Dublin on March 6th, 1971 and features mediocre quality recording released few times in the past.
Hampton 1971 is the Lighthouse 2CD release of a soundboard tape from Hampton Roads Coliseum September 9th, 1971. It looks like this is label's answer to the EV announce of a much more complete version of this show due this year so again nothing new with this title.
Alexandra Palace 1971 is another Lighthouse production. A 2CD set covers audience tape for their final 1971 performance that took place on December 23rd in London. Since both London gigs have been recently released by the Empress Valley on a deluxe Ally Pally Hard Rock Daze set, this is another set to avoid.
January 18th, 2017
The latest Graf Zeppelin release is Fractured Ribs. Featuring tracks from the show at the Dallas Convention Center on the 18th May, 1973 it also includes tracks from the bands show at the Denver Coliseum on 25th May, 1973.
Boston 1973 is a 2CD set from the Boston Garden on July 20th, 1973 made by Lighthouse team.
January 12th, 2017
The Eat A Peach label has just announced the very first title of the year, Feel All Right - Live In Montreux. This is 4CD deluxe set, including legendary Montreux Casino performance on March 7th, 1970 and released just few months earlier by the EV folks, is combined from great sounding audience and newly surfaced soundboard tapes. Both sources have been treated carefully to preserve their original quality. This set, assembling four individual paper sleeves with discs in a cartoon envelope, features three individual contents:
- The whole show is presented
on the first two discs as audience / soundboard mix.
- Two unique radio broadcasts are collected on the third disc.
- The raw soundboard tape
is included on the fourth disc, adding a short audience filler for
the very start of How Many More Times.
Madison Square Garden 1970 is a 4CD set by the Lighthouse people and again, it doesn't offer anything new but just reissuing afternoon and evening New York shows that took place on September 19th, 1970. Since these tapes have appeared already on Eat A Peach label last year as ultimate versions, this new set is dedicated only for completists and for those, who weren't able to purchase that title at the time, when it was issued.
