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  1. Can you remember when or where you first "discovered" any kind of "live" Led Zeppelin recordings? I became a die-hard LZ fan when I was 13 years old and living in St. Louis, Missouri. Back around then I used to go to record conventions or record shows with the guy that actually turned me on to Led Zeppelin (he was around 16). It was there that I first found and first bought my first LZ bootleg album. To be completely honest I actually cannot remember what that record was. Maybe "Persistence" from San Francisco 1973. Nonetheless, since that first bootleg, I have amassed at least 150+ bootlegs of the "Mighty Led Zeppelin" over the past 25 years. This include albums, tapes, cd's, videos, and dvd's.

    After St. Louis, my family moved to Hillsborough, New Jersey (about an hour outside of New York City). I was 17 then. Some of my fondest memories are of me going to NYC by myself or with some friends, drinking beer, smoking joints and walking around Greenwich Village. The Village has some of the best record stores I have ever been to. During most of those "trips" I would always come home with at least one or two new LZ bootleg cd. It was there that I also discovered the once popular ZOSO magazine.

    Anyway, that is my little story of how I discovered the power of the live LED ZEPPELIN experience. To this day I am still seeking and searching for all that I can find. Remember, back then there was no Internet or Google or YouTube like there is today.

    What are your great stories of how you discovered your own collection of LZ bootlegs?

    It was 1987 i was 15Living in new jersey. I was already a zephead but all i had was tsrts live .My buddy just got his license .On a saturday afternoon we went to the elmwood park fleamarket .There was a record stand there run by some indian dude.and i was blown away by the bootlegs he had.Ican't explain it,it was like getting to third base for the first time.zeppelin vinyl bootlegs mindblowing.I got my brain hurts live in japan on vinyl and a cassette of the bbc sessions. funds were low.

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