New Yardbirds Scandinavian Tour
September 7, 1968 - September 15, 1968

SEPTEMBER 7 - TEEN CLUB, EGEGAARD SKOLE, GLADSAXE, DENMARK (early show)
Billed as Yardbirds. Support from Fourways and Bodies.
SEPTEMBER 7 - BRONDY POP CLUB, NORREGARDSHALLEN, BRONDBY, DENMARK (late show)
Billed as The Yardbirds with Jimmy Page and The Yard Birds. Support from The Day Of Phoenix, The Eyes and Ham.
SEPTEMBER 8 - REVENTLOW PARKEN - HORSLUNDE, LOLLAND, DENMARK (early show)
Billed as Yard Birds. Support from Beatniks.
SEPTEMBER 8 - FJORDVILLA, ROSKILDE, DENMARK (1st late show)
Billed as Yardbirds featuring Jimmy Page. Support from Ladybirds and Beauty Fools.
SEPTEMBER 8 - CLUB LIVERPOOL HOUSE, TEATERBYGNINGEN, KOGE, DENMARK (2nd late show)
SEPTEMBER 12 - TIVOLI GRONA LUND, STORA SCENEN, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
Billed as Yardbirds.
SEPTEMBER 13 - INSIDE CLUB, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
Billed as Yardbirds. Support from Atlantic Ocean.
SEPTEMBER 14 - ANGBY PARK, KNIVSTA, SWEDEN
Billed as The Yardbirds. Support from Kenneth Staggs and Hayati Kafe.
SEPTEMBER 15 - LISEBERG AMUSEMENT PARK, STJARNSCENEN, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
Billed as Yardbirds.

 

Led Zeppelin First United Kingdom Tour
October 4, 1968 - December 20, 1968

OCTOBER 4 - MAYFAIR BALLROOM, NEWCASTLE, UNITED KINGDOM
Billed as The Yardbirds featuring Jimmy Page. Support from New York Public Library, Junco Partners and Downtown Fraction. Terry Reid's Fantasia was advertised as support act but cancelled.
OCTOBER 5 - DREAMLAND BALLROOM, MARGATE, UNITED KINGDOM (cancelled as The Who performed that night)
Billed as The yardbirds. Support from The Colour Supplement.
OCTOBER 5 - ROUNDHOUSE, CHALK FARM, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Billed as The New Yardbirds. Support from Middle Earth Symphony Orchestra.
OCTOBER 18 - MARQUEE CLUB, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Billed as The Yardbirds. Support from Sleepy.
OCTOBER 19 - LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY, MOUNTFORD HALL, LIVERPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM
Billed as The Yardbirds. Announced in the press as their last appearance and that they will be known as Led Zeppelin.
OCTOBER 25 - GREAT HALL, UNIVERSITY OF SURREY, BATTERSEA, UNITED KINGDOM
Billed as Led Zeppelin for the first time. Support from The Gass.
NOVEMBER 2 - EWELL TECHNICAL COLLEGE, SURREY, ENGLAND
Billed As Yardbirds. Support from Gods and The Junk Shop.
NOVEMBER 9 - ROUNDHOUSE, CHALK FARM, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Billed as Yardbirds now known as Led Zeppelin. Support from John Lee Hooker, Deviants, John James and Tyres.
NOVEMBER 23 - STUDENT'S UNION, LOWER REFECTORY, UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, SHEFFIELD, UNITED KINGDOM
NOVEMBER 29 - CRAWDADDY CLUB, RICHMOND ATHLETIC GROUND, UNITED KINGDOM
Billed as Led Zeppelin (formerly Yardbirds).
DECEMBER 10 - MARQUEE CLUB, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Billed as Led Zeppelin (nee The Yardbirds). Support from Bakerloo Blues Line.
DECEMBER 13 - BRIDGE PLACE COUNTRY CLUB. CANTERBURY, UNITED KINGDOM
Billed as Yardbirds on handbill, Led Zeppelin on press advertisement.
DECEMBER 14 - REFECTORY, LEEDS UNIVERSITY, LEEDS, UNITED KINGDOM (unconfirmed as this would have been a replacement gig for a cancelled Jeff Beck show)
DECEMBER 15 - COUNTRY CLUB, HAMPSTEAD, LONDON, ENGLAND (unconfirmed as this would have been a replacement gig for a cancelled Jeff Beck show)
DECEMBER 16 - BATH PAVILION, BATH, UNITED KINGDOM
Support from Yellow Brick Road. Led Zeppelin performed as a raplecemnt for Jeff Beck Blues Group (which was a headliner) after they cancelled.
DECEMBER 19 - CIVIC HALL, EXETER, UNITED KINGDOM
Support from The Deviants and Empty Vessels (who went on to become Wishbone Ash). This was a Christmas Ball for Exeter Art College.
DECEMBER 20 - FISHMONGERS ARMS HALL, WOOD GREEN, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Billed as Led Zeppelin (formerly Yardbirds. Support from Closed Cell Sponge and Explosive Spectrum.

 

Led Zeppelin First North American Tour
December 26, 1968 - February 16, 1969

DECEMBER 26 - AUDITORIUM ARENA, DENVER (CO), UNITED STATES
Opened (and unbilled) for Vanilla Fudge and Spirit. The band's name did not feature on press advertisements.
DECEMBER 27 - SEATTLE CENTER ARENA, SEATTLE (WA), UNITED STATES
Led Zeppelin and Floating Bridge provided support for for Vanilla Fudge.
DECEMBER 28 - PACIFIC COLISEUM, VANCOUVER (BC), CANADA
Led Zeppelin and The Trials Of Jayson Hoover (both unbilled) provided support for Vanilla Fudge.
DECEMBER 29 - CIVIC AUDITORIUM, PORTLAND (OR), UNITED STATES
Opened (and billed as special guests) for Vanilla Fudge.

DECEMBER 30 - JOHN F. KENNEDY PAVILION, GONZAGA UNIVERSITY, SPOKANE (WA), UNITED STATES
Opened for Vanilla Fudge. Billed as Len Zefflin.

Recording Includes: The Train Kept A Rollin' [ cut ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby, As Long As I Have You (<< Fresh Garbage, Bag's Groove, Mockingbird..), Dazed And Confused, [ cut ], White Summer (<< Casbah..) [ cut ], How Many More Times (<< Beck's Bolero, The Hunter..), Pat's Delight [ cut ].
Source: Incomplete fair to good audience recording. 56 minutes.

Bootleg LP Reference(s): Alpha & Omega (International Records) & The Final Option (no label)

Bootleg CD Reference(s): Gonzaga University 1968 (no label), It Might Get Loud (Tarantura), Lifetime Guarantee (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Lifetime Guarantee Revisited (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Live At Gonzaga 1968 (no label), Live At Gonzaga University 1968 (Wendy Records), & Yardbirds Fame (Tarantura)

Bootleg DVD Audio Reference(s): Lifetime Guarantee Revisited (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)

      The only known recording of Led Zeppelin live available from their formative year. Opening for Vanilla Fudge, this show is a bit more than three months removed from their live debut in September and nine months from already released Live Yardbirds! Featuring Jimmy Page set. The opening track is played deliberately as on the record, before they would quicken the tempo in later performances. After the second song Plant says that they had problems with their equipment, which froze and had to be heated with a gas stove. The early version of As Long As I Have You, one of their very first tunes they've played during rehearsals, is still in embryonic state but already includes quotes from few other groups' compositions, and this including Fresh Garbage from Spirit's debut album, Miles Davis' Bag's Groove, and Bo Diddley's classic, Mockingbird. Dazed And Confused is still very close to the studio track with little improvisation in the middle, and this is followed by White Summer. This version is two minutes longer than what Page played in the past days, but is a rare occasion to hear this with yet no reference to Black Mountain Side. Instead, we can hear one of Jimmy's major influences, a beautiful Bert Jansch's Casbah. The majesty How Many More Times have no sign of the Bolero yet, but has a lot of call and responses and their love for long jamming is fully audible here. The only thing that can surprise is the choice of Bonham's drum solo at the end. The tape cuts out right after the return to the main theme, leading to speculation if another song were played that night, such as Communication Breakdown.