johnlennon696
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Presence is certainly a favouite of mine. Achilles is my all time favourite Zep track. First time I heard it I was astounded and I have been ever since.
I also really like For Your Life too and Candy Store Rock is definetly a guilty pleasure.
Yea For One is like a forgotten masterpiece IMO. Yeah I know it strays too close to SIBLY for some but I love it still. It perfectly demonstrates the agony of Plant and co at the time into a song.
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Can' go wrong with Offenburg either. Stunning version.
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I've always thought it was Plant. Certainly sounds like him. It' a great spot.
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26 minutes ago, blindwillie127 said:
This is pure fucking genius right here. For anyone who hasn't heard this before or not heard it in a long time please give it a full listen:
I listened to the whole show just this week and yes this NQ smokes. Jimmy is on for most of the night tbh and his soloing in NQ is as good as ever here.
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Was listening to the 06/25/77 show today and SIBLY is excellent. Jimmy is on, on this song in particular imo. The 23rd is still limited my favourite from the year but this version is really good.
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3 hours ago, Mook said:
Me neither, I love Led Zeppelin but the idea of spending hours & hours listening to audience recordings of them sounds pretty grim to me. I think I bought about two bootlegs at record fares before I gave up & I stick with the official stuff & the odd soundboard these days.
I absolutely love HTWWW & have done since the day it came out.
I was once the same tbh. When I first started downloading boots, I only touched soundboard and wouldn't go anywhere near AUD recordings as I just assumed they were all terrible. I think eventually I grabbed the Eddie boot and from then on I opened my mind and ears to more and more recordings.
I'm glad I did now as there are some truly fantastic AUD tapes that rival a SBD tape. Stuff like Montreux, Berkley, Japan, any of Millards tapes and more are certainly more than with the effort.
But yea, I do love HTWWW.
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Just now, rm2551 said:
Winstons remaster?
Someone took his remaster and added plantations and the missing tracks from the AUD source. Think they slightly remastered it again too.
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13 hours ago, rm2551 said:
Maybe someone should do a matrix of official and blend in the Plantations etc.
Been done
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Dazed And Confused - Seattle 07/07/1973
Just perfect.
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It's got to be the 04/27/1969 Fillmore performance IMO. I need to listen to more tho tbh, but this version just fucking SMOKES.
I do love the RAH one as much too. I watch that nearly every week.
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On 22/03/2016 at 2:57 AM, bluecongo said:
Jimmy wanted to play Achilles but Robert wasn't into it
Damn. I've always thought Plant liked singing this one, but I guess at that stage he wasn't comfortable doing it anymore.
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I love the Knebworth version on the DVD. Esp the intro with the drums.
Can't say I've really listened to any other live version tho tbh.
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2 hours ago, Xolo1974 said:
You think that's good, check out the NQ from Rockapalast Bizarre festival in Cologne. It is amazing. One of jimmys best ever performances
Great, thanks. Ill check it out to compare.
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I never really got into Page/Plant stuff tbh, but I listened to the Las Vegas '98 show last night and holy hell it smokes. No Quarter is truly outstanding.
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I think the Coda Companion discs are great. BIOH, Levee, Wanton, Sugar Mama, St.Tristian are all gems to listen to IMHO. Wish they could have got the FM broadcast version of Wanton pn there and cleaned it up too. Same with Fire.
So it's not perfect but i'd say it's a welcome pleasure.
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15 minutes ago, ZepHead315 said:
The go-to example for most people is Achilles Last Stand at Tempe. Not only does the recording suck (it's distant and muffled, and you can even hear "All Right Now" bleed through the tape towards the end), but the performance is horrendous. The intro is actually pretty cool and unique, but then a flashpot blew up in Jimmy's face, and he spends the rest of the song struggling (and failing) to catch up with the others. Plant's voice is shot and he seems confused about whether to follow Jimmy or Jones and Bonham, creating a cacophony of noise. This, imo, is the single worst performance of any song they ever did:
As for The Rain Song, I don't think they ever played it horribly, but there are some versions out there where Robert's voice was pretty rough, or the mellotron got out of tune. Check out Sheffield 73 or Greensboro 75 for examples of Robert's voice at its weakest.
Other than that, quite a few version of Rock and Roll were rather lackluster, due again to Robert's weak voice. There's also Kashmir from Zurich 1980. What a trainwreck. Check out 2:25 for when it really goes awry:
Just a couple of examples. I'm sure others will provide plenty more, mostly from 77 onwards!
It's funny, two of their best shows; Zurich and Badgeholders are both plagued by Kashmir botches. Although I don't mind the LA one too much tbh.
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Ah. Well there goes that hope then.
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3 minutes ago, porgie66 said:
I seem to recall reading that the tape ran out on Heartbreaker and no tape exists for TY and SIBLY. Anyone confirm this?? Regardless, this should be an official release. However, it's great having what's available and I fear an official release would get chopped up , altered, etc.
Yea I know about Heartbreaker but thought Page might have the full Thank You and SIBLY in his possession. Or I'm still hoping he has.
I'm more than happy with having the footage we have though and I'm just glad we have what we have tbh. Plus we can rip the audio from the DVD to make our own CD from what we do have in official quality. Or the boots
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Kashmir - Los Angeles 06/25/1977
A stunning version. All of them are great here, with an extra bombastic finishing stretch.
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If they can add Thank You and SIBLY (It was ayes right), they should release this whole concert on CD IMO. I wouldn't mind or classic it as any sort of 'cash grab' either. It'll be a completely worthwhile and fantastic release. Plus the two bonus tracks would surely justify it.
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17 minutes ago, tmtomh said:
That's interesting. I like it too - sounds very "rude," as Page has been known to say. And it's a nice variation from how his tone sounds on most other live Zep tapes.
For some reason, though, a lot of the hardcore fans online say they hate his tone on this show - I guess they think it's too messy and fuzzy. I like it though.
Yea, I've read a few Zep aficionados are not too keen on it, but I've always like that particular tone foe a guitar tbh. Don't get me wrong, I don't have an issue with whatever tone Page uses, I just particularly like this one esp.
On another note; Has anyone who was there that night ever confirmed that SIBLY was actually performed?
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The thing I adore about this recording esp is Page's guitar tone. It's exactly the tone I always want him to use. Just fat, loud and perfect for me.
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Black Dog is also killer on this show. Jimmy, as per the whole show tbh, just excels.
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47 years ago today!!
Cranking this up later.
Copenhagen 24.07.79 Oh yes!!
in Led Zeppelin Live
Posted · Edited by johnlennon696
+1 Sue's remaster is tops.