Really good stuff. Thanks to everyone involved in this.

It was also really nice to hear the long, loud applause from the crowd at the end of the song.

Amazing that stuff like this is still coming out. Thanks to all involved in making this happen.

While listening to a bunch of versions of Celebration Day from 1971, I realized it is my favorite song the band played in 1971. That made me think about which songs I like the best from the rest of the years. Here’s my list. What’s yours? 1969 - As Long As I Have You 1970 - SIBLY 1971 - Celebration Day 1972 - Heartbreaker 1973 - No Quarter 1975 - Dazed and Confused 1977 - Achilles Last Stand 1980 - Trampled Underfoot

Sample is up at Black Beauty.

I'd be interested to hear what you think of it once you receive it.

Sorry, I thought I sent this to you already. Just sent you a message with the link.

According to the translation below of the promotional text accompanying the release, it's a new source so it should at least be different from "The Overture". "LED ZEPPELIN / LIVE AT BUDOKAN 1972 "Jet Stream" (4CD BOX) Complete first appearance Super high quality master! Definitely the definitive edition! Inevitably sold out! EMPRESS VALLEY SUPEREME DISK The master has been carefully stored for about 42 years since 1972 and has never been copied! The sound quality recorded on those two cassette tapes was excellent. The sound quality of this master provided by the people involved at the time is excellent, but there is almost no chatting, clapping, or even applause, and it is so well-balanced that it makes you think, "Hmm!? A sound board!?" It also includes applause and cheers. He is an amazing master. I can definitely say that this is the decisive album for the first day of the second performance in Japan. The sound source from the second day is also included, and when the first appearance source was released on October 3rd, the sound source that was included as a bonus was made into a press CD. Therefore, it seems that this Budokan box will be the definitive edition for both October 2nd and 3rd. The "airplane" design is also excellent, and that alone will make you want it. You can tell which generation you are by what you think of when you hear the word "Jet Stream." Limited numbering to 100 sets."

Thanks. I used to intentionally have Jimmy higher in the mix than everyone else because...well, he's Jimmy Page. Recently, I realized the other guys are pretty good, too But seriously, I did figure out about a year ago that having all of the instruments evenly balanced made the performances more interesting and exciting. Sounds obvious, but I'm so into Jimmy's playing that it was hard wrap my head around the concept that putting him lower in the mix would actually make his playing easier to appreciate, because you could then hear not just what he played but also how he interacted with Bonzo and JPJ, which to me made his playing even more interesting (and also gave me a new found appreciation for their skills, both individually and as a rhythm section.) Around that time, I also got some tools that allow me to easily change how prominent each instrument is in a song after they've all been mixed together. That makes it easy to get everything level without having to go back and remix songs to bring out an instrument that was mistakenly buried in the mix. However, the guitar carries so much of the structure of each song it still makes sense to me to have it be easy to follow, even when it's mixed evenly with everything else. Figuring out how to do that is down to feel, although that's just shorthand for saying I spend a lot of time trying out different EQ and other settings to see which ones bring out the guitar while also letting the other instruments shine. It's the main reason it takes me so long to do each remaster, although with the tools I'm using now I can get the results I'm looking for much more quickly than I could in the past.

I'm glad people are enjoying the remaster. It's a great performance. If I missed sending a link to anyone who asked for one, please let me know.

Yes. Throughout 1971, the band was playing at a level most other bands didn't even realize was possible. It's what happens when limitless talent meets unlimited imagination, and Celebration Day was the distillation of that combination into compact, concise, and consistently great performances that packaged all of the excitement of the band into five minute hurricanes of sound.

I was surprised to find out this is just one guy playing all these instruments, not a full band.

That version of When the Levee Breaks is one of the coolest things I've ever heard.

Thanks. Hopefully the remaster gives people another reason to listen to this show, because it's a really good performance. Everything from September 1971 is gold.

Here's the next release in The Stereo Project. Send me a PM if you want a copy. Sample:

Hope to have this out this weekend.

Yeah, he does a really good job with the podcast. He stops by here occasionally. Hopefully he'll see this so he realizes how much people enjoy what he does.

Talked to my buddy. He said he had never seen one of those balloons before, and they were not available at the '77 MSG show he went to.

I believe the album was played on the radio in the US before it was released, so it's possible the audience was familiar with the songs on the LP even though they couldn't buy it yet. However, even hearing those tracks on the radio likely couldn't prepare them for what the songs sounded like live. Imagine hearing Trampled blasting out of the PA system with the circular lights on stage spinning around. Must have been overwhelming and awesome at the same time.

Wow, very cool pic.

No worries. I don't think much is known about those balloons, so it may be hard digging up info on them. I'll let you know what my buddy says.

No problem. I also checked the book "Evenings with Led Zeppelin", which has tons of memorabilia, but there were no pictures of them in it. I'm friends with one of the authors of the book and I reached out to him to see if he has ever seen one of these before. He also went to the first show '77 show at Madison Square Garden, so I asked him if he recalled seeing them for sale there. I'll let you know what he says.