+1, an epic performance

Listening to Atlanta 1977 for the first time in 6 or 7 years cuz I managed to EQ it in such a way where it's fairly pleasant to listen to. Perhaps the best White Summer of the April 77 shows?

someone very cool to people who cant afford luxury bootlegs

despite the compression, this is now, at least to my memory, the best sounding audience tape of this show.

its the cleanest version of the 7/29 soundboard material I've ever heard, and 7/27 sounded pretty good as well.

this release is only worth it if you like pretty packaging. There's nothing in the set that you can't download for free online in the same, if not better quality.

"the North American Tour"

The shortened setlist and the crowd violence, as well as Plant being a little vocally worse than usual were disqualifiers for me.

Mobile is probably your best bet, but Fort Worth, San Francisco, and Seattle are all great too.

it's not multitrack, it's a stereo soundboard. The multitrack mixdown is what's already been circulating for eons

it sounds to me like the whole band forgot where they were right before the machine gun drumming/strained solo about 7 1/2 or 8 minutes in, and they never fully recover. I actually like the 11th up through Kashmir, and then the encores are good. There are about as many wrecks as triumphs at that gig, with a better TSRTS, Celebration Day and Black Dog than the first night, a good NFBM, shite OtHaFA, a shite MMH, then good SIBLY, great No Quarter, Hot Dog is good, The Rain Song is very pretty, a good White Summer, and an awesome Kashmir. From that point Jimmy is a wreck til the encores. What's worse is again the flub near the end of ALS, with a similar flub during In the Evening.

ALS from Tempe 77 always gets mentioned but at least it sounds like there's energy and has a cool opening. ALS from the second Knebworth show will always get my vote for worst version. Jimmy's unbelievably sloppy, and his guitar tone sounds absolutely dead on arrival, utterly weak and pathetic. I hate it with every fiber of my being.

Osaka 1972/10/09

Oops, I just saw my own reply! I thought this was a new thread

I've seen this question asked a bunch and I can tell you year of the dragon is a million times better than supersonic seattle. Its sharper with better colors and is a seamless viewing experience.