We are 50 years or so from the middle of the Zep era. If I go back 50 years from 1973-75 we are at 1923-25. Recording technology was in it's infancy. Records were just hitting the market in a big way. People were buying 78 rpm singles of songs by Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven , Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Al Jolson, Paul Whiteman, Ben Bernie, King Oliver, Sidney Bechet, Bix Beiderbecke, Fletcher Henderson. The first Duke Ellington single I can find listed was released in 1927.

Great find. A few notes. First, that outfit takes me back to 1975. Second, I looked up the episode. It aired Nov 1, 1975. It was filmed June 13, 1975, just 3 months after the release of the album.

The above posts about the old Jon Stewart show reminded me of this gem. My goodness. Thirty years ago.

Thanks to all who made this happen. At 10:22 before the guitar solo in Over the Hills the guitar drops out. Great 20 seconds of bass and drums follows. Edit - in the YouTube comments someone pointed out that from the film it appears Page broke a string and got another guitar. I had not noticed that on first viewing.

1969 Killing Floor 1970 What Is and What Should Never Be 1971 Celebration Day 1972 Over the Hills 1973 No Quarter 1975 No Quarter 1977 Kashmir/The Song Remains the Same (tie) 1979 Achilles 1980 Trampled

1970 was the year of Creedence for me. My older brother brought the albums home, and my mom liked some of the songs that were on the radio. Well I had my first pair of headphones and when I got this 8 track (yes 8 track !) it was too much. This was all before I discovered Zeppelin the next year.

Wow. What a treasure. Thank you. The bass is so amazing. Dig the rarely performed oohs and aahs from Plant during the outro to Immigrant Song. Funny how Page hits that one clipped chord before Celebration Day without going into the full intro he played at a few other shows. And is it just me, or is Celebration Day from 1971 just about the most exciting thing they ever did?

Bloomington MN Jan 18, 1975 I was thinking what it must have been like to see one of those early 1975 shows, never having heard any Grafitti tracks. Second song is Sick Again. After Rain Song the audience is pummeled with Kashmir. Can't imagine it. Next up Wanton Song. After NQ they are blasted with Trampled. Hard to imagine what people were thinking. Moby Dick brings back the familiar. Then Dying Time. The mind boggles. . . Edit- I had forgotten how energetic and superb NQ is in this show. Page is on fire. Of course Jones and Bonham are too.

Great set list. Will be interesting to hear what the "unknown" pieces are. Perhaps one of them is Ten Ribs and All, and someone who filled out the set list did not know it?

Sometimes a real gem I never knew existed pops up on YouTube. This is one of those.

Fantastic photos. I always like photos that include the audience. I looked up this venue on Wikipedia (I know, buyer beware) and it says that Zep was the first rock band to play the venue.

I read the title and thought "how can this not be good?" Then after I listened to it I thought about that Jones quote when Zooma came out. They said his album was Zep influenced. Jones said well I think Zeppelin was John Paul Jones influenced. Damn straight.

Ok, YouTube figured out what I like.

It's back. This was up for years and then it was taken down a while back. When I first heard this I wondered is this for real? I still wonder that sometimes. Now if someone would make a version that had the drums turned up a bit.

Indeed. After over 40 years of listening to Zep live recordings I am getting to the point that if the bass and drums are not clear and strong in the mix I cannot listen for any length of time. Lucky for me there are so many great recordings and remasters out there with great bass and drums.

Saw these guys recently in a small theatre. Fantastic show. Two first rate guitarists from Germany, trading solos on many tunes. They had a different bass player for this tour in the States but he was just as good.

This sounds fantastic. The bass tone is killer. Your remasters are always a treat. Thank you.

The Drew Carey Show Episode: In Ramada Da Vida, 1998 Drew and the guys get their band back together. Drew has to leave before the second set and they say to him "What about the Led Zeppelin medley? We can't do Whole Lotta Love without the accordion!"

I agree. It could have been the opener in 1975, or maybe Wanton Song as the opener. By 1975 Rock and Roll was worn out, and Plant couldn't sing it any better than he could sing Wanton Song or Custard Pie. Now some may think you can't open a show with a new song, but in summer 1970 they were opening with the unreleased Immigrant Song. One thing Custard Pie would lack live would be the funky Clavinet parts. So cool. Or maybe he could have played bass pedals? The problem then would be a quick transition to a second song with no instrument changes. So after all, maybe Wanton Song as the opener? Custard Pie is as raunchy as Wanton Song. I can still remember in high school in 1975 they let kids play albums in the cafeteria during lunch. Of course the "popular" kids always controlled the tunes. There was a lot of good stuff, and one day they blasted Custard PIe right after Graffiti came out. There were the cheerleader types up front dancing to Custard Pie in their high heeled clunky platform 1975 shoes with either short skirts or hot pants, or long slacks with the oversized flares from back then, and bare midriff tops. A wild scene. I think one time after Custard Pie, Tush was the next song.

Steve what a great choice you made for your next project. Superb reinvigoration of an all time classic. Thank you so much for all your remasters and for sharing.