kingzoso Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 This thought just entered my mind and I thought I would start at topic about it: Out of all the Live Led Zeppelin concerts that Led Zeppelin ever played throughout their career (1968-1980), about how many of these shows were bootlegged and distributed in some format or another? (Vinyl, Compact Disc, Youtube, etc...). Led Zeppelin performed over 500 live performances from all over the Globe during Their Reign (and Reign Supreme). So the essence of this topic is: Out of 500+ or -500 concerts, how many of the Mighty Led Zeppelin concerts were actually bootlegged and bootlegged for posterity? Any opinions or guesses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatOne Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Too many or not enough I think there are more Page and Plant reunion shows than Zeppelin recordings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeptrade Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 I have it at 299 counting some with only frags of video. At the moment. 1968 - 1 1969 - 51 1970 - 36 1971 - 30 1972 - 35 1973 - 51 1975 - 38 1977 - 39 1979 - 4 1980. - 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTM Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 You will find your answer in the many other bootleg topic threads, either that or take a look at the "Zeppelin Art" website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reswati Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Another option is getting the Luis Rey "Led Zeppelin Live" book and to start counting (and still then the list of tapes in the book is incomplete since new ones surfaced). I did the counting for you....234, including longer radio performances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingzoso Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share Posted April 10, 2016 13 hours ago, reswati said: Another option is getting the Luis Rey "Led Zeppelin Live" book and to start counting (and still then the list of tapes in the book is incomplete since new ones surfaced). I did the counting for you....234, including longer radio performances. Thanks. I actually have that book in the top drawer to my left. I also use this book as a reference when I listen to Led Zeppelin bootlegs on youtube, which is every night. I don't pull out the book every night, I only do when I want to check something about a particular bootleg or check a (correct) date. I agree with you that the list of live Led Zeppelin tapes in the book are/is incomplete (as I am sure even Luis Rey would agree on that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingzoso Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share Posted April 10, 2016 17 hours ago, zeptrade said: I have it at 299 counting some with only frags of video. At the moment. 1968 - 1 1969 - 51 1970 - 36 1971 - 30 1972 - 35 1973 - 51 1975 - 38 1977 - 39 1979 - 4 1980. - 14 Thanks to you too for number and the number by year. For a band as heavily bootlegged as Led Zeppelin, I am sure 299 is not the correct and precise number. Still though, pretty impressive. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeptrade Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 If you just add up what's known to circulate my numbers are accurate. The number of performances may vary depending on what list you go by. Maybe 568. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef free Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 About half, not too bad. Good thing Grant wasn't better at stopping them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatOne Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 There is one show where you hear someone say - What are you doing ? or What are you doing with that ,and the tape get cut off. Best one is you hear someone in audience say I want a copy of that tape..., you hear me ? I want a copy of that tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingzoso Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share Posted April 11, 2016 2 hours ago, TheGreatOne said: There is one show where you hear someone say - What are you doing ? or What are you doing with that ,and the tape get cut off. Best one is you hear someone in audience say I want a copy of that tape..., you hear me ? I want a copy of that tape. There is a bootleg of some gig and you hear someone say "is that a tape recorder? Far out man". And then some woman gets close to the recorder and says, "hi". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutrocker Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 4 hours ago, kingzoso said: There is a bootleg of some gig and you hear someone say "is that a tape recorder? Far out man". And then some woman gets close to the recorder and says, "hi". Or June 10 '77, New York: "Is that a microphone?" "Yeah- take it easy, or else I'll pick you up all night long. All right? Thanks a lot!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithril46 Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Unless I am barking up the wrong tree, this thread somehow omitted that there are many versions of the same show, newly discovered shows that appear sometimes, boots that have tremendous sonic engineering by fans or bootleggers,etc. Understandably some want at THIS point in time a ballpark figure of the gigs recorded. But correct me if I'm wrong, pretty sure even simply the amount of gigs played exactly is still murky, particularly the first ?? two years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmywalnutz Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 I find it amazing that so many from 1969 are out there. 51. Fillmore West BBC and Denmark significantly contribute to that number. 73 is also a surprise considering Grant was extremely vigilant during that period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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