JCzuR Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Hey guys first post on this site after being an avid reader the last several weeks researching everyone's bootleg recommendations and downloading them, I just wanted to confirm that I have all the best performances and recordings. If you see one that I am missing (or have one that isn't top tier) please comment on it. I am a guitar player, so any shows with Page in the front of mix (1/26/69) are appreciated. Thanks. 1/5/1969 Los Angeles 1/26/1969 Boston 4/24/1969 San Francisco 4/27/1969 San Francisco 10/10/1969 Paris 8/31/1969 Dallas 1/9/1970 London 3/7/1970 Montreux 9/4/1970 Los Angeles 9/19/1970 (evening) New York 9/14/1971 Berkeley 9/29/1971 Osaka 10/2/1972 Tokyo 1/15/1973 Stoke 1/22/1973 Southampton 3/16/1973 Vienna 3/17/1973 Munich 3/21/1973 Hamburg 3/24/1973 Offenburg 7/17/1973 Seattle 7/21/1973 Providence 3/19/1975 Vancouver /21/1975 Seattle 5/25/1975 London 6/21/1977 Los Angeles 6/23/1977 Los Angeles 7/24/1979 Copenhagen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xolo1974 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Hi mate, you've basically got most of my core collection...I'm pretty picky when it comes to sound quality. I'm also not a massive fan of 1975....so others will give you a better view on the best gigs. Same applies to 1980, which I never listen to. In 1975, the set list just didn't do it for me. Like Nutrocker my favourite tour is '77 despite the inconsistencies. After that, it's '69 and '70 for me. Just a few more I reckon - for Denmark '69 the dates escape me for now - I'll provide them later. 1969 Denmark gigs - will give you dates later. 31/8/1971 - Orlando - arguably my favourite boot. Unbelievable version of 'Thankyou'. Terrific gig. Get the Genuine Masters 'You Really Got Me'. You'll love this show. 1971 Japan tour - get all of them. They are brilliant. 1972 - you're missing the Osaka show. 14 (I think??)/2/1975 - New York Four Blocks in the Snow - official release quality. 20/3/1975 - Canadian Crush Liquid Led. Good gig. Brilliant sound quality. 18(???)/5/1975 - Earls Court audience recording - No Quarter EV 24/5/1975 - Earls Court 28/4/1977 - Cleveland. Good audience recording. Great gig. 27/6/1977 - LA Forum - brilliant acoustic set. Get the Winston remaster 23/7/1979 - Copenhagen. Great gig. Brilliant NQ. 4/8/1979 - Knebworth. Has its detractors, but I like it. If only for TYG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juxtiphi Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Nope you are missing 23,24,27,28 from the 1971 japan run, Highly recommended Feb 12th 1975 Four Blocks In The Snow also Feb13th 75 (Both shows great No Quarter and Incredible Dazed and Confused) and you need to hear all the Earl's court shows before you feel that having the 25th is as good as it gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IpMan Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I would add Rotterdam & Frankfurt 1980 to that list. Absolutely brilliant shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenman Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 5 hours ago, JCzuR said: Hey guys first post on this site after being an avid reader the last several weeks researching everyone's bootleg recommendations and downloading them, I just wanted to confirm that I have all the best performances and recordings. If you see one that I am missing (or have one that isn't top tier) please comment on it. I am a guitar player, so any shows with Page in the front of mix (1/26/69) are appreciated. Thanks. Going by on own personal prefference I would say your missing 26/4/69 - Best show of the year for me with a good for the era audience recording, my favourite versions of As Long As I Have You and a great very different Whole Lotta Love debut. 31/8/71 - Best of US SB's from the 71 tour, not complete but alot of the best stuff and maybe the best Thank You ever. 23/9/71 - All The Japan 71 shows are great but this is the only one besides the last night thats also pretty well recorded, the whole lotta love here is incredable. 25/11/71 - The UK tour just afterwards is very underrated and this is probably the best combination of performance and recording quality. 3/6/73 - The most fun if not technically perfect show of US 73 for me, recording messed up in a few places but the 2CD edit is great with enjoyable sound quality. 25 & 27/3/75 - The last two LA shows are definately worth having, the start of the shows are patchy but the epics are great as are the recordings from Millard. 24/5/75 - Might be quite similar to the night afterwards but it also sounds great and is arguebly a bit better performance wise. 25 & 27/6/77 - Again obviously going over similar ground to the two shows you have and perhaps not quite such good performances but still worth having I think, the last show espeically is probably the ultimate in Zep excess along with the last LA 75 show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porgie66 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 11/6/69 Winterland ballroom - Page is on fire , clear guitar recording. 3/21/70 - Vancouver - Pb Zep's first bootleg 9/23/71 is a must , but all '71 Japan tour are worth having. 6/9/72 Charlotte is a very pleasant listen, wrongly criticized for being a "slow' show. It is a tight, relaxed and well paced and controlled performance. You need some Australian '72 shows. At least Melbourne or Adelaide. Those are killers! Get a couple more 73 US shows - LA Forum Bonzo's Birthday Party 5/31/73 and or 6/3/73 which is a better performance but an inconsistent tape fidelity wise. Kezar Stadium 6/2/73 is also one of their best shows from that tour, definitely worth having. 2/28/75 Baton Rouge is great especially the first 2/3rds of the concert. I prefer the audience tape ( Freezer ) , it has tremendous power. 5/18/75 Earl's Court is a monster and one of the best No Quarters, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Avenger Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 More or less! It's worth having something from Feb 75. Any/all of the 12th-16th Feb boards are worth having. 13th is probably the best gig, but they're all good in their different ways. I'll make a plea too for 27th April 1977, get the Dr Who remaster. it's not a flawless show but is a very good listen, and IMO the remastering really helps with the sound. Same for 30th June 1980, Frankfurt. The Lireondendron (sp?) remaster is the one to get there, much better than the raw board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xolo1974 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 1 hour ago, Crimson Avenger said: More or less! It's worth having something from Feb 75. Any/all of the 12th-16th Feb boards are worth having. 13th is probably the best gig, but they're all good in their different ways. I'll make a plea too for 27th April 1977, get the Dr Who remaster. it's not a flawless show but is a very good listen, and IMO the remastering really helps with the sound. Same for 30th June 1980, Frankfurt. The Lireondendron (sp?) remaster is the one to get there, much better than the raw board. Tried to find the Frankfurt '80 show you mentioned many times. No success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy's Dragon Suit Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 All the New York 77 shows are imperative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgeholder Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Mobile. Alabama, May '73, one of my all-time favorite boots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blooze Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Off the top of my head 6/25/72 is a quite popular boot date. Incredible performance as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenman Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 20 hours ago, Crimson Avenger said: More or less! It's worth having something from Feb 75. Any/all of the 12th-16th Feb boards are worth having. 13th is probably the best gig, but they're all good in their different ways. I'll make a plea too for 27th April 1977, get the Dr Who remaster. it's not a flawless show but is a very good listen, and IMO the remastering really helps with the sound. Same for 30th June 1980, Frankfurt. The Lireondendron (sp?) remaster is the one to get there, much better than the raw board. All certainly worthwhile to pickup although I'm not sure I'd say essential, Destroyer perhaps due to the significance of the bootleg although its not the only 77 SB anymore and personally I prefer Millard's audience recordings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef free Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 You must have Orlando '71, S.F. '73, Four Blocks in the Snow '75, the first Knebworth show '79 and Frankfort '80. Also I would recommend Seattle 6/19/72 for the awesome setlist, it doesn't sound great but the show is just crazy good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IpMan Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I would also add the 79' warm up dates of July 23rd, & 24th to the list. Those two shows were almost flawless gigs aside from the weird fuck up Page did while trying to execute what could possibly be one of the easiest solos he has put to record: The horrible screw up of the MMH solo on the 23rd. Other than that both shows were great, though I give the nod to the 24th as that show was flawless and Plant's voice both nights sounded great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juxtiphi Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 1 hour ago, IpMan said: I would also add the 79' warm up dates of July 23rd, & 24th to the list. Those two shows were almost flawless gigs aside from the weird fuck up Page did while trying to execute what could possibly be one of the easiest solos he has put to record: The horrible screw up of the MMH solo on the 23rd. Other than that both shows were great, though I give the nod to the 24th as that show was flawless and Plant's voice both nights sounded great. Copenhagen It's really to bad that the internet has changed collecting so much. I have the vinyls They are beautiful BTW, and having the actual boot is way better than a download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renounce Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 I would definitely add 27.6.69 'Another White Summer' (partly released on the BBC sessions.) It's well worth having the complete show with the correct running order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozoso73 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Ahh I cant believe nobody said Paris April 2 1973 or the Copenhagen May 3 1971 just for the sake of having the only "Four Sticks" live . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZepHead315 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 In addition to those mentioned above, I'd recommend 3/11/75 Long Beach. Performance is decent, nothing spectacular, imo, but it's a fantastic Millard recording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigled Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 I am getting my Daughter to search up a few. I did not even know about some of them, Never mind heard them. Going to be mission impossible getting hold of the actual copies. Oh and the small matter of affording them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZepHead315 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 3 hours ago, craigled said: I am getting my Daughter to search up a few. I did not even know about some of them, Never mind heard them. Going to be mission impossible getting hold of the actual copies. Oh and the small matter of affording them. Just search for the "Must Hear" bootlegs on this site and then follow the link on there to a site called "Black Beauty" to download the shows. If you have enough storage on your computer, I think this functions as a good start. Of course, you'll run into arguments fans have about whether various shows constitute a "must hear" as well as what label has the best sound quality, but I think this is a good start if you're a "newbie" to unofficial live recordings. I wouldn't be concerned about actually purchasing bootlegs since they can be found via a search of the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigled Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Thanks. I have had some great help on here. I will be busy in all my spare time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messengers Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 On 8/18/2016 at 8:30 PM, Xolo1974 said: Hi mate, you've basically got most of my core collection...I'm pretty picky when it comes to sound quality. I'm also not a massive fan of 1975....so others will give you a better view on the best gigs. Same applies to 1980, which I never listen to. In 1975, the set list just didn't do it for me. Like Nutrocker my favourite tour is '77 despite the inconsistencies. After that, it's '69 and '70 for me. Just a few more I reckon - for Denmark '69 the dates escape me for now - I'll provide them later. 1969 Denmark gigs - will give you dates later. I think they did 4 gigs in Denmark that year, which ones did you like most? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmywalnutz Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Detroit 7/12/73. Look for Antrabata or the Lemon. Graf has the most recent release but I can't understand why they used an inferior source for most of the show. Bradford 1/18/73. Godfather (Fragment) . Face melting Dazed , Powerful WLL and the last performance of Immigrant Song. 1973 is loaded with with Fragments that are must have. 7/13 Detroit SBD on Graf , Going Down on Watch Tower features my favorite WLL's. And Scorpio s Soundboard Platter is some of the heaviest Zep you'll ever hear. Recently I found a net source for 3/17 and 3/19/73. Despite the title, The Fourth Reich, I believe these to be the definitive releases of those incredible shows. For the SBD portion its clear they tapped Scorpio's SBD Platter but the matrix is impressive. Its on Black Beauty but last I looked disc 2 was missing from one or both. I can burn the entire shows and mail them to you. There is A LOT more but I leave you with 3/12/75. I multi sourced Millard (he was late and captured Stairway and the encores), a new 3 source AUD tape and although it's Mono No Prisoners tonight. This is arguably the best show of the tour. I believe one day a full SBD for this show will drop. Millards portion can be found as !st Gen. Transfer. All of these shows will cost you nothing to download with the exception of Detroit 7/12/73 but you should be able to put the whole show together for free. Black Beauty has so much music on it but it's all mp3 format. Lossless is a better format or the real silvers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meanbandit Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 I think the essential live recordings, tour by tour, are these: 10-01-1969 San Francisco 15-03-1969 Brondby 26-04-1969 San Francisco 20-06-1969 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 31-08-1969 Lewisville 10-10-1969 Paris 6-11-1969 San Francisco 12-03-1970 Dusseldorf 27-03-1970 Inglewood 4-09-1970 Inglewood 3-05-1971 Copenhagen 21-08-1971 Inglewood 29-09-1971 Osaka 16-11-1971 Ipswich 25-02-1972 Auckland 25-06-1972 Inglewood 9-10-1972 Osaka 22-12-1972 London 24-03-1973 Offenburg 17-07-1973 Seattle 12-01-1975 Brussels or 27-03-1975 Inglewood 24-05-1975 London 21-06-1977 Inglewood 24-07-1979 Copenhagen 30-06-1980 Frankfurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmywalnutz Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I like your list. It's not filled with the usual suspects. Despite Earls Court, Vancouver Montreux etc. being must haves I like to see that people are enjoying some of the great Audience Recordings. What would you say is the definitive version/ label for the Düsseldorf 70 show. I ripped one from the web that is Net Sourced (possibly but I forgot the origin. This was sampling a handful. My "boot ears" are pretty tolerant but Im wondering if there is something that would be more enjoyable and easier on the ears.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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