Okay, you want your question answered...here's your answer. It's one of two reasons: 1) The English are pussies; and/or 2) they are filthy hoarders. Seriously, how is it that we have a tape from the January 1969 Whisky show, a venue that holds less than 200 people, yet not one audience tape has surfaced from the RAH gig, which holds a few thousand? Either one doesn't exist, which means the English taping community were wimps and incompetent. Or one does exist, but some arsehole has been hoarding it all these years.

Damn, look at Jónsi with long hair! Hey Otto, don't give up...I was looking forward to more Iceland bands. Don't let BigDan discourage you. Well then Nicey, you are in for a treat, for their music is a feast for the ears and soul. They are one of the few bands around which left you saying "I've never heard anything like this before." Imagine if Jimmy Page, instead of investigating heroin, had investigated his bowing technique further and how he could apply it to actual songs, as a basis for riffs and exploring the boundaries of sound. Live, Sigur Rós were even better...they rocked a little harder in concert, and songs like Von and Haffsól smoke their studio versions. To bad they're on hiatus...hopefully they'll get back together so you can see them in concert. It was Sugarcubes, Björk, and Sigur Rós that led me to explore Icelandic music further...both the ancient folk music and the newer pop/rock bands. A few I've checked out and like: Amiina múm Jóhann Jóhannsson GusGus But there's tons more I haven't heard, especially from the 60s and 70s, and that is why I was looking forward to more of your posts, Otto, to help fill the gap and provide historical context.

Wow, what a killer run of songs at the end, from Up the Beach to Jane Says!!! I'm so used to JA shows opening with Up the Beach /Whores, it's nice to see Up the Beach and Ocean Size in its album pairing for a change. Was at the Battles show @ Amoeba last night, so haven't had a chance to check out the webcast yet. I'll be taking a train trip later, so maybe I'll listen to it then.

Well, according to that Rate Your Music site, the first CD issue of Led Zeppelin IV # 19129-2, was in January 1984. And Physical Graffiti SS 200-2 was released January 1987. I'll have to investigate further. Another possible way to check the first CD release dates is to look through an old Schwinn's or other record catalogue.

Thanks everyone for your input...that answers one part of my question: I now know that the one at Amoeba is the 1987 reissue. Still to be resolved, though, is whether this 1987 reissue is from the same source as the first TMoQ pressings, or if it is from a different source? Perhaps a better or inferior source? I've heard many Blueberry Hills over the years...some sound great, some sound muddy. My original viny copy sounds pretty good, from what I remember.

Crawl out from under that rock, Laeotaekhun...you have nothing to be ashamed of. I understood perfectly that the catalog numbers you listed were referring to the original CD and not the vinyl releases. I didn't buy Zeppelin on cd until 1985, when I returned from Europe and put most of my vinyl collection in storage. I'm pretty sure by the end of 1986, I had all 10 of them on cd(all the studio records plus TSRTS and Coda). Steve has confirmed that Zoso was the first cd release, so we now know they weren't issued on CD in chronological order. Of course, I got rid of them as soon as the remasters started rolling out. Side note: that Tour Over Europe 80 boot that Steve mentions was also my FIRST CD bootleg. I no longer have it. It was stolen by a druggy roommate long ago

Damn, it wasn't until the end of the article that the writer finally divulged the information that should've been revealed within the first two paragraphs: that it isn't Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's daughter Rumer. That's the only Rumer I know...and I bet most Americans would have the same reaction I did upon seeing the Thread Title: Rumer Willis is a singer?!? Glad to clear that misconception up.

That's the one I saw at Amoeba tonight! So you don't recall if yours is coloured or black vinyl?

Nope, I just tried that site and it just lists the vinyl album releases, nothing about the first CD release of Zeppelin's catalogue around 1985-86. My question is why you're interested, Laeo? If it's purely for archival informational purposes, or an article, fine. But if you are thinking of actually getting the original cds, I would say save your money and forget it. They sound crappy, and in the case of "Physical Graffiti", butchered. Whomever was in charge of the "Physical Graffiti" release should be strung up by his thumbs.

So glad you liked this Ady, as this was one of my favourite films of 2009. It got ROBBED at the 2010 Oscars! Instead of "A Prophet", or the equally worthy "The White Ribbon", the Best Foreign Film Oscar went to the middle-of-the-road, overrated "Secret in their Eyes". Boo! Just another in a series of bad decisions in the Foreign Film category.

Sorry to hear about your situation out there, Electro...as you can't spit in LA without hitting a Thai restaurant, I'd gladly let you take a few of ours. You can have Chan Dara, Torung, Thai Talay, and Toi on Sunset...but you can't have the Daisy Mint, Nine & Nine, Jitlada, Noodle Planet or Palm Thai!

Okay, I've tried four or five other websites to no avail, and I did a search of this forum to see if there was already a thread on this topic, and again, didn't see anything. So here goes...I was browsing Amoeba tonight, and found a vinyl copy of "On Blueberry Hill". It was the Trade Mark of Quality edition, blue-green cardboard sleeves, with a paper slip with the song listings and the sheet music transcription for the song "Blueberry Hill". Now, I still have the Trade Mark of Quality vinyl boot of "On Blueberry Hill" that I bought back in 1972, and it came in coloured vinyl, and reading other sites, it seems that all the first pressings were on coloured vinyl. My copy is deep in storage at the moment. Upon inspecting this copy at Amoeba tonight, I discovered it was pressed on regular vinyl, with red, yellow, blue and green labels. The Matrix # on the run-out groove is LPVC 8236 A (-B, -C, -D for the other sides). Unless the websites are wrong, this is a later pressing. But as some sites say some vinyl versions use a better source or sound better than others, my question is if anyone knows anything about this LPVC 8236 version? It's priced at $30 which is a steal compared to prices I've seen at ebay and discog.com. I'd post a pic but this site won't let me post photos from my phone. Appreciate any information you can give me.

Here's the link...it's the same Roy Harper Uncut Magazine interview talked about here.

^^^ I concur 1000% Electro...I'm jonesin' for a Beastie Boys tour! Lunch just made me happy...beef panang curry at this wonderful Thai restaurant in Pasadena, called Nine & Nine. Melanie, get yo' groove on girl! Same goes for the rest of you lovely Led lasses.

Absolutely right Walter! What LedZep342 and others have to realize is that some of us aren't here 24/7. Oh, and that earlier thread that joey created and promised new Bath footage? The one where joey, ledzepfilm, and LedZep342 continued their incessant anal chatter? I come here after the weekend and IT IS GONE! VANISHED! So don't knock TSRTS for posting a video that was only uploaded to YouTube on July 23...a mere two days ago...with your sarcastic know-it-all remark about there being another thread about it. Yeah, there WAS another thread about supposed new Bath footage...endless days of discussion but no video last time I checked. And now that thread has vanished, which leads me to think joey couldn't deliver on his promise of new video. So thank you TSRTS for posting that clip; I, and I'm sure many more people here, hadn't seen that before.

Ha! Dream on, kid! We'd ALL love to see something like that released, but if there's anything we've figured out about Jimmy over the years, it's that "unedited" is his least favourite word in the english language. As for a DVD of the Earl's Court concerts...sure, there's dvds you can get of both the May 24 and May 25 shows. I cannot tell you where or how to get them...for then, I'd have to kill you and then Jimmy would turn me into a newt. But I'm sure you're bright enough and your facility with the internet is good enough for you to figure it out. Cheers and happy hunting.

Kind of surprised me to see this thread bumped back up, and since you went through the trouble of finding and reading it, I feel I owe you guys a response. Bouillon, don't feel too bad for me. But, yes I was fortunate that in the 30-40 LSD trips I've taken in my life, I only had one bad trip. In some way, I think it was the music of Led Zeppelin that helped me through it that day in Kezar Stadium. It provided a grounding link..."okay, what's that noise? Oh right, Led Zeppelin is playing...you're at a Zeppelin concert. Dragons are not attacking and all these people are not preparing to sacrifice you to appease the dragon god." Oh, those days of my wacky, nerdy, crazy, geeky youth. And if I had a kid, would I want that child to be doing the shit I was? HELL NO! Well, probably not. I'm not a huge Drive-by Truckers fan, but they have a few songs I like, and the one time I saw them live(at the Troubadour earlier this year), the were entertaining. They have this one song I liked, I can't remember the title(I'm sure Jahfin knows), but part of the lyrics talks about the crazy stuff you did as a kid and not having any regrets...something like: "Id like to say I'm sorry, but I'm not And we lived to do a whole lotta crazy, stupid shit." Well, that's kind of how I feel about my youth. Sure, as I look back, some of the things that happened seem fucked up, but all in all, I don't think I'd change a thing. For all the bad, I have some glorious memories that I wouldn't trade for anything in the world. Which brings me to this... You want more? Well, you'll get more. I have a surprise or two planned for July 29. Consider yourself warned.

Thanks. I couldn't have done it without you and the support of my teammates.

Well, you can definitely tell SOMETHING is wrong with Jimmy because he hardly moves in these clips. Granted, 1977 Jimmy didn't trip the light fantastic like 1972-1975 Jimmy, but still...he's practically a statue in this footage.

Neither of the two movie adaptations are entirely faithful to the book, but the 1991 is closer than the 1949 in fidelity to the scene you mention. In Flaubert's novel, Charles does indeed go through with attempting a new operation on the club-footed Hippolyte...I won't reveal anymore lest there are people who haven't read the book yet. And if you haven't read "Madame Bovary", I urge you to do so...as well as Flaubert's "Sentimental Education". Unlike the hapless Charles Bovary, Gustave Flaubert is a precise surgeon with words. Although, to be honest, I found the character of Madame Bovary equally maddening and sympathetic. As for why the 1949 Hollywood version felt the need to change that scene, well, that's Hollywood for you. Books were often changed, either due to time constraints, censorship worries, or just plain stupidity. The only thing the 1949 version has to recommend it, is the luscious Jennifer Jones. Of course, the 1991 adaptation, besides being a better film and adaptation, has the equally luminous and fine actress Isabelle Huppert. Haven't seen any of the BBC adaptations, and it's been a long time since I've seen Jean Renoir's 1934 version, but I seem to recall it being pretty good for its time. Avoid however, the 1932 Albert Ray version, renamed "Unholy Love" and the setting moved to New York. But above all else, read the book.

SOUNDGARDEN ROCKS THE FORUM! Why do I live in Los Angeles? Well, last night was just one of many reasons why. Sorry Wolfman, I'm afraid L.A. got the best of Philly last night...hell, us lucky sods in Los Angeles might have got the best show of the whole tour. The Soundgarden/Mars Volta tour hit the Fabulous Forum in Inglewood(LA) last night(July 22, 2011) and it was packed, the crowd was moshing, and there were notables everywhere you looked. I was lucky to have floor fix, which was a giant general admission pit. Mars Volta opened up and played mostly new stuff I've never heard before. To be honest, I haven't really kept up with the Mars Volta since "Amputechture"...I was kind of bummed when Jon Theodore and Ikey left...but last night, I was reminded of the maelstrom of sight-and-sound Omar, Cedric and the boys can whip up. Cedric has some INTERESTING dance moves, to say the least, and Omar has always been a bad-ass guitar player, although his amps are so loud sometimes, he can occasionally overwhelm the rest of the band. Their setlist as best as I could figure it was as follows: 1. Aegis 2. The Whip Hands 3. Molochwalk 4. Dyslexicon 5. Broken English Jam 6. Goliath Now on to the main event...Soundgarden. I've always liked Soundgarden on record, but in concert they could be hit-and-miss. First off, they weren't the most pleasant looking dudes on stage...they always had a surly, sour-puss vibe. And when they grew out of the club circuit, and on to the bigger stages, they could seem remote and distant, hardly moving about...a far cry from the wildness projected by the cover shot of Chris on "Louder Than Love". Then, the last time I saw Soundgarden, headlining Universal Amphitheatre in 1996 on the Down on the Upside tour(with Rocket from the Crypt opening...remember THEM?), Chris' voice was shot, hardly reaching the highs I had seen him reach on earlier tours. The band hardly interacted on stage, so I wasn't surprised when they broke up. After the mediocrity of his solo and Audioslave years, I wasn't too enthused about this Soundgarden show, to be honest. I went more out of curiosity than for nostalgia's sake. Well, against all odds, I was pretty impressed by last night's show. Chris' voice still isn't near its peak of the 80s-early 90s, but the band's vibe is much better and they make more of an effort to engage the crowd. It was loud and the crowd was into it, moshing like it was the old days again. I worked up a good sweat myself, losing two of my companions in the process. A pretty killer setlist...I could have done without "Spoonman"; never liked that song, but at least they got it out of the way early. For me the night took off with "Jesus Christ Pose", with that killer opening storm of riffs. Hell, they even broke out "Loud Love" and "Big Dumb Sex" from the early days! Best of all, unlike you suckers in Philly, Wolfy, LA got MY FAVOURITE SOUNDGARDEN SONG: "HEAD DOWN"!!! Far-freaking-OUT! But then, as if to say "you haven't seen nothin' yet!", they had Mike McCready of Pearl Jam come out and join them on "Superunknown". LA got 25 songs, 3 more than Philly. All this while Dave Grohl was moshing in the pit, baseball hall-of-famer Randy Johnson was taking photos, and Jerry Cantrell, a couple of Lakers, and too many famous musicians to count were taking in the show. Hell, I bet Jack Nicholson and Bill Walton were somewhere in the house...it's the rare Forum concert that I DON'T see them. The Forum VIP club was hosting a birthday party for Chris Cornell afterwards, but I didn't have enough juice to get into that. Obviously, the Seattle shows will be off-the-hook, but they're going to have to be really special to top the LA Forum gig. I just hope the cameras were rolling last night...they should put the whole show out on DVD. Here's the setlist for Soundgarden...read it and weep, Wolfman. 1. Searching With My Good Eye Closed 2. Spoonman 3. Gun 4. Jesus Christ Pose 5. Room a Thousand Years Wide 6. Blow Up the Outside World 7. Loud Love 8. Big Dumb Sex 9. Ugly Truth 10. Fell on Black Days 11. Flower 12. Outshined 13. Black Rain 14. Rusty Cage 15. The Day I Tried to Live 16. My Wave 17. Burden in My Hand 18. Black Hole Sun 19. Head Down 20. Superunknown (with Mike McCready) 21. 4th of July Encore: 22. Beyond the Wheel 23. Hunted Down 24. Mailman 25. Slaves & Bulldozers

Dude, it's TCM, NOT AMC! AMC shows mostly garbage movies with commercial breaks. Robert Osbourne hasn't been on AMC in ages. Back in the 80s and 90s, yes, AMC was like TCM...showing classic movies uncut. In fact, TCM was created as a response to the demise of the old AMC. The only great thing about AMC now is Mad Men.

TypeO, I hope that Plymouth spent its life as a California car...if it's from the east or midwest, I'd be worried about rust and wear from those harsh winters and salt on the roads.

And the sun rises in the east. Totally predictable. Having seen her live, she was overrated from the get-go. She owed her success to Mark Ronson. It was his production that made her a hit. Out of the studio and on the stage, without his help, she was a wreck. And I think she knew it, which partly explains her self-destructive behavior. She knew without Ronson, she'd been exposed as a fraud...kind of like when Toto reveals the Wizard of Oz. Sharon Jones could sing circles around Amy, yet didn't get 1% the media coverage that attention whore Winehouse received. For true soul, Sharon Jones is your woman. Adele and Joss Stone are also better than Amy, who thankfully will be consigned to the cutout bin of history.

My next 5 favourites...and one for when I'm poor. My favourite English beer: and some other English brews I enjoy: The Scots make some good beer, too. And when I'm broke: