Just what I suspected. Sorry you wasted your time and money, I hate that feeling! At least you didn't spend too much.

You are correct sir! Not sure if it's a wig though.Great pic!

Jason just posted this pic yesterday on Instagram.

Such a terrible way to go, sorry for her family and friends.

As a drummer that ruins the whole thing for me. They fucked with Bonzos great solo!? Fuck em, they ain't getting my $$. I'll stick to hearing the show as it was played on another release which I can't imagine this sounds that much better, if at all.

I cannot imagine it'd be any better than a well done digital transfer, since I am pretty certain the pressing plates are sourced from digital download or CD. The covers have nice pics though. You just have to see a good unbiased objective review, or take the chance and buy it and hear for yourself.

Is it a UK or US pressing? If it's an early UK plum orange label pressing it may be worth a few hundred bucks in EX condition. Consult discogs for pressing info and comparable pricing.

Common.

I have the Paris Olympia show on a recent yellow vinyl issue and I think it sounds as good or better than any other version I've heard, probably because I have a good turntable and amp set up, but my guess is these pressings are just sourced from digital , either downloads or prior CD releases so there isn't much point to having them other than the aesthetic value of the vinyl and large cover art. Most of the time they're not complete shows anyway. If this Blueberry Hill is simply the old vinyl copied to digital and then repressed there's no point really in getting it. The old vinyl runs off speed. I'm curious to hear too what this is. Is the track listing the same as the TMQ double LP?

Yeah, and the moaning vocals I could do without. I much prefer the instrumental version which is slamming.

I have to politely disagree here. The performances on TSRTS are superior to EC, especially by Page.

Thanks , I went ahead a copped one on ebay for $49 which I think was a good buy. It's in excellent shape , slipcase and book are clean and it has the extra outtakes booklet which the later big Z cover book didn't have. I really like Ratner's photos. I have several prints which I shared here of the Chicago 73 shows and with Sam's help , the Ratner pics helped me identify my photos dates.

Is there a difference in content between the edition with the color plastic decoration on the cover and the hardcover with a black dustcover with a big Z?

I was thinking about getting this book as I like Ratner's photos but after seeing this YouTube clip I'm going to pass. It's like 50% Plant, 40% Page and 10% Jones/Bonzo. Wish it were more balanced with shots of all the lads. 😒

Yes, a lot. Most are different in varying degrees of splices/edits. I suggest you Google Eddie Edwards The Garden Tapes. There you will find a forensic breakdown of all the tracks from both releases of TSRTS . Off the top of my head... Celebration Day is different (original better), Dazed , Whole Lotta Love. Remember ....the 2007 remaster is the actual audio from the movie, which is very different than the original 1976 soundtrack album. Rain Song is about the only song that wasn't edited.

True, although web lyrics are often very wrong. I can't make out distinctly a "t" or a "k" in there on the album version but it sounds to me like "monk'man". However, Plant is clearly singing " MONKEY MAN" in the alternate version posted in the youtube link above (at 55:06), so it doesn't make much sense that he would sing a different lyric on the album version. The song has its roots in the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, and I could be wrong but I don't think it affected any mountains or mountain men. The Chicago 75 version Plant sings "monkey man" as well...not mountain man. Lastly, there is precedent for a lyric "got what it takes to make a monkey man leave his home". Here's Barbecue Bob (Robert Hicks) singing the lyric. I think that Plant would have known and ...ahem, "borrowed" this lyric , given his wide knowledge of old blues artists.

Yeah man, the cosmic energy was in those theaters ...the collective vibe and the big screen are the best. I must've seen it 15 times in Chicago from 79 to about 1985. Fond memories.

Dunno, but given the fact that the original soundtrack CD can be found very inexpensively it's a must-have and it's an easy acquisition. That particular track is one of my personal all-time favorites and the 2007 remaster which basically comes from the movie is chopped up garbage. I never listen to that version.

No problem. I learned something new, after all these 40 years hearing WTLB , I always thought he was saying "mountain man"....maybe he is on the album take but now I think it must be monkey man. He also references Going to Chicago , which has the lyric "there ain't nothing in Chicago for a monkey woman to do". That makes sense about it meaning a person addicted to drugs though....monkey man or woman meaning an addicted person. Never heard the reference to a person who's being cheated on.

There are several releases of the outtakes/alternates. I can send the tracks to you ...YouTube doesn't really have them available. I believe he said monkey man...which sounds clear on the outtake and sounds like Monk'man on the official album version. The whole lyric is an old blues lyric...."I got what it takes to make a monkey man leave his home".

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The level of detail Eddie Edwards achieved in his analysis is mind boggling. I can't imagine dissecting every bar of every officially released track and comparing them the audience and board tapes of the three nights. It is quite a chop job but all in all I'm still very happy to listen to it, given the paucity of multi-tracked recordings. The Rain Song and most of No Quarter are pretty much unaltered, and those are two of my favorite versions ever.

There was some mention of her in this forum a while ago....seem the consensus was she was just a random audience member who was in rapt awe of the band. Who knows if she was specifically reacting to Robert, Jimmy or Bonzo wailing away. There was some speculation it was Shirley Wilson, Maureen Plant's sister and later on partner, though it seems that was roundly dismissed.

Haha, wow...agreed on all counts. BTW , wouldn't Bonzo have been wearing a wig too for the filming at Shepperton studios in August of 74? His hair in those scenes looks pretty unnatural .

I agree with this sentiment, however...I will say this: Bonzo and Pagey would play the shit out of any Stones song , I can't say the same of Keef and Charlie on most Zeppelin tunes ( except the 12/8 or basic numbers). Can you imagine Charlie on In My Time Of Dying ? Or Achilles...or In The Light ... or.....???😆 A thundering 18 wheeler indeed...but not uncontrolled by any means. Sorry Mr Richards, wrong.