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On 6/19/2018 at 11:52 PM, Bonzo_fan said:

June 19, 1972 - Seattle -- One of their very best shows ever--I'd say it's in the top 5, along with 9/19/70 (Evening), 9/29/71, and some other two.  Features the debuts of "The Ocean" (only time it wasn't an encore song), "Black Country Woman" (the only full-length live performance of it, and the only non-'77 performance), "Dancing Days" (twice) and "Over The Hills And Far Away" (only time as an encore).  Jones' organ solo includes "Amazing Grace" and "Everyday People," before the rest of the band join in for "Louie Louie" and "Let's Dance," then finally into "Thank You".  

The three epics are all long and great, even with the cuts in the tape during each; "Dazed And Confused" (28 min, maybe 1-2 min cut) features some really unique bits that I haven't heard in other versions, "Moby Dick" (20 min, could be as much as 5+ min cut, who knows) is excellent, and "Whole Lotta Love" (26.5 min, probably 2.5 min cut) features what I'm pretty sure is the only time they covered "Only The Lonely," as well as the occasionally played "Heartbreak Hotel," in addition to the usual suspects for the U.S. '72 medleys.  The short songs are all performed fantastically as well.  One of the best acoustic sets of all time as well, right up there with 9/29/71 & 6/27/77.

For those who don't have it, setlist:

1.     Immigrant Song

2.     Heartbreaker

3.     Black Dog

4.     The Ocean*

5.     Since I've Been Loving You

6.     Stairway To Heaven

7.     Going To California

8.     Black Country Woman*

9.     That's The Way

10.   Tangerine

11.   Bron-Y-Aur Stomp

12.   Dazed And Confused

13.   What Is And What Should Never Be

14.   Dancing Days*

15.   Moby Dick

16.   Whole Lotta Love (incl. Boogie Chillen, Let's Have A Party, Hello Mary Lou, Only The Lonely, Heartbreak Hotel & Goin' Down Slow)

17.   Rock And Roll

18.   Organ Solo (incl. Amazing Grace, Everyday People, Louie Louie & Let's Dance)

19.   Thank You

20.   Money (That's What I Want)

21.   Over The Hills And Far Away*

22.   Dancing Days

* = live debut

Setlist: 10/10

Performance: 10/10

Sound Quality: 5/10 (am I being too generous?)

It's a terrible shame that this is the only recording we have of such an unbelievable, all-time great show.  I wouldn't usually bother with sound quality like this, but this performance is way too good to let sound quality stand in the way.  

If I were to pick any concert throughout history to attend, this may be the one.

[Nitpicking Page 1973]

3 hours ago, LedElvis75 said:

I certainly believe so.  Page, Bonham and Jones are pretty solid.  This is probably the most painful listen, as far as Robert's voice goes.  Just brutal. Really makes you wonder why they performed CB as an encore!

Isnt that another show where the crowd was a PIA too?

[Nitpicking Page 1973]

1 hour ago, gibsonfan159 said:

I'll do it after Chicago.

I mean if you're in the mood haha.  You don't have to do a huge write up just because I mentioned a show.

[Nitpicking Page 1973]

Maybe I'm wrong but isnt Chicago's reputation due more to Plant than Page? I remember thinking he played nicely then. From what I've heard, Jimmy's worst 73 show is Southampton.

[Nitpicking Page (The quest for the best performance of 1975)]

On 4/12/2018 at 12:45 PM, ZepHead315 said:

So I take it your goal is to listen to every '75 performance? Well, all I can say is good luck haha! Personally, I don't know if I'd be able to stand it unless I were to space it out quite a bit. The '75 shows (with the exception of the ones from January and Earls Court) all have a degree of "sameness" to them, with the setlist barely changing at all from night to night and Page and Plant being the only two who vary in terms of performance. And even then, Plant's best gigs for this year are just ones where he'd be considered "passable" to the casual listener. 

I will say I hope you pull through, because I may have to revise my "best of '75" compilation based on your reviews. 

I agree to a certain extent. Yeah the setlist is the same every night and there aren't many surprises, but what I like about 75 is how they make each show sound unique regardless (IMO). It's because of the jams each night on songs like No Quarter, DnC, and the funk section of WLL. They truely sound "free" in some moments. Its the 77 tour where they really start to sound monotonous. Now, admittedly, I've listened to much more of 75 than 77 but there I think all the shows blend together. They way I've often thought about it was...once you've heard Listen to this Eddie (or whatever your one favorite show is) is there any need to go back and listen to the others? You were getting about the same show night in, night out. They experimented a bit in NQ, but not nearly as much as they did in 75 where Jonesy was given authority to take the song wherever he pleased.

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1 hour ago, Sue Dounim said:

 

Sue is this a matrix you made ?i know the titlesays "remaster"

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4 hours ago, Sue Dounim said:

Pittsburgh more than deserves to be mentioned. It's my personal favorite show of the whole tour.

Honestly never really gave it much of a listen. Maybe ill have to check it out then. 

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5 hours ago, porgie66 said:

Great show, wish we had a board of that one. 

Agreed. That Providence and the LA shows from that tour. Robert sounding awesome

[Pontiac Silverdome 1977]

3 hours ago, LedElvis75 said:

And just like that a recording of 5/4/1971 from Denmark with a phenomenal set-list shows up!!  Incredible.

Wait what!?!?

[What show or live song are you listening to now?]

5 hours ago, Jukkin said:

Just found a copy of 06-28-1972 'Neath The Arizona Skies, Tucson. I have a couple of releases that are not that great but 'A Group Personal Project' have really done a great job and made it very listenable and enjoyable.

Lineage: "Crashing Revelry", (EVSD), Trader CD-R > EAC, Secure Mode, Accurate Stream, No Disable Cache > WAV >   Remaster > Flac Frontend, Encoding Options, Level.8, Align On Sector Boundaries > Flac (from the info file).

 

Great show! Jimmy's playing is top notch

[A Stormtrooper's Easter! Led Zeppelin: Live in Chicago 4/10/77]

12 hours ago, porgie66 said:

With all the admiration for the 77 tour shows on these boards, and the rose colored ears...this is the most cogent assessment of the 77 performances IMO. 

Couldn't agree more. Not that I know about the backstage stuff but that with regards to his evaluation of the performances, yes

[Was Jimmy's peak in 1973?]

I for one have come to enjoy his playing in '75 from a stylistic standpoint. He is quite sloppy during the post bow solo during Dazed most of the time (2/12 is a really poor example of this at some points) but he is playing with such an attitude by the latter half of that tour. The Over the Hills solos and No Quarter solos are usually great. An incredibly unique "voice" you could say. But there's no doubt that his skills are truly diminished from what they were in 73. I'd say that his technical skills peaked either during USA 72 or Europe 73, take your pick. My favorite single concert of him playing though would /29/71. He doesn't have the speed he would acquire later on, but he sounds so unique during that show, see the Black Dog, Immigrant Song, and Celebration Day solos for example. And while he isn't really speedy he isn't sloopy/inaccurate either ie 75

[Favorite Whole Lotta Love Medley or covers]

I obviously haven't heard them all but 9/19/70 and 9/23/71 are superb. So much energy

[Updated Soundboard Wish List]

If we're talking the NA tours from 73,75,77 then it's the 73 shows at LA, Providence, and Baltimore (Plant's best gig post Japan 72) and Long Beach 75. Really not a fan of 77, unfortunately.