LedElvis75
-
Posts
256 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Posts posted by LedElvis75
-
-
On 10/19/2017 at 10:36 AM, porgie66 said:
Very cool little find. I never heard Blueberry Hill was recording by radio transmission?? I always assumed the old LP sources, TMQ and Rubber Dubber both came from tapes. Anybody know about Grant's claim here?
That is fascinating!!!
-
On 10/15/2017 at 6:31 AM, Xolo1974 said:
Completely agree with you, and it gets slagged off so much by so many
The last 2 minutes or so of Carouselambra are great (starting at Bonzo's fills at 8:08, but I especially love the last minute). Bonham is just going crazy and the tension is just fantastic. Has always been one of my favorite parts of any Zep tune.
Evidence that Zep could still bring (a bit of) the Hammer of The Gods when it wanted to.
-
3 minutes ago, blindwillie127 said:
Page may have been fucked up during this time, but he wasn't fucking around while laying down those solo's, or any of his tracks for that matter. It all sounds really good and done with purpose, nothing on this record was mailed in. The thing that I've noticed is that while the production value on most songs are excellent, ITE & Carouselambra don't have that crispness the others have, they're a bit muddy. As far as the songwriting goes, I think its impressive they could pull off an album as good as this without Jimmy's usual input. I've always felt that he kind of approached this record with a session player mentality in a way.
Well said.
-
3 hours ago, John M said:
Many new ideas and approaches, a renewed vitality and spirit, great material. The one thing that really strikes me is the amazing return of Plant's voice. On PG he sounds damaged although it works with the material. Presence vocals work well with the songs but are not his best singing. Robert's singing on Out Door is a joy to behold. I wish the vocals were stronger in the mix in In the Evening - on the outtakes you can hear him more clearly. Fool in the Rain, Hot Dog, and All My Love are simply magnificent vocals.
One other note - I think South Bound Saurez is fantastic - it is simple and silly, but that piano, guitar and drums sound magnificent. And that blistering Page rave up solo - short and SWEET.
Really-REALLY-love this album. Page's solos are incendiary. The crunch of his solos in INE, the one in SBS you mentioned, and IGC... which is simply beautiful.
And yeah, SBS... no matter how many times I try to keep time with Bonzo I manage to F it up. I just can't figure it out. His drumming on that entire album is fantastic.
-
2 minutes ago, Mook said:
Zeppelin are my favourite band but Abbey Road pisses all over ITTOD as a 'greatest last album' I have to say & that's without me really trying to think of any other examples.
I didn't stop to think about the post too much. You're right. Still a great last album that gets dumped on too much by critics. ITTOD is fantastic.
-
On 3/31/2013 at 6:58 AM, Ski said:
Great Posts and reviews here....
The Best Last Album EVER....
Sorry I won't count Coda as the last.......
Yet Coda filled a Void LOL
Boy... I've never thought of it THAT way. The greatest last album a band, ANY BAND, ever released. Wow. How true is that??????
-
I've rediscovered this album recently. Have fallen back in love with it all over again. Substitute Wearing For Tearing for Hot Dog and it's a Killer F'ing album all the way thru.
-
Not a huge fan of the this live, but going to give this a listen. Thanks.
The studio version is just brilliant. You ever "reconnect" with a Zep tune after some time off? This and The Epic (which should've been used on the official release)... recently, just can't get enough of either of these songs.
-
On 10/26/2016 at 1:45 PM, sam_webmaster said:
Cannot believe this is the first I've seen of this. Damn that was awesome. What a F*CKING catalog of music they have!!! Just gets me all goosebumply, if that's a word.
-
On 4/27/2009 at 3:26 PM, lynn said:
OK Knebs, finally I scanned it, sorry it took so long!
This is the other pic of RP at Richard Cole's wedding 1978.
That's Paul Rodgers?? It looks just like a young Walter Matthau.
Great thread, BTW.
-
On 3/21/2017 at 8:57 AM, porgie66 said:
Very cool shot! A revelation to see a black dot batter side head on the bass drum with the steel kit. Also, like earlier green sparkle kit, surprised to see a clear head on the back. I always assumed coated heads all around. Love these pics from behind his kit.
Wonder what the bucket's for....????? HAHAHAH
-
On 9/25/2017 at 0:07 PM, Mook said:
I don't know about you but if I was a young bloke in my early 20s, World at my feet, young girls throwing themselves at me, cocaine falling from the sky, I would be making the fucking most of it rather than getting tucked up in my bed with a cup of lemon tea & worrying about what somebody on the internet would think about it 40 odd years down the line.
It's a shame he didn't look after his voice a little better but I don't think there's any need to be quite so sanctimonious about it.
BINGO.
-
3 hours ago, Strider said:
Maybe I'm mistaken on the date, but I always thought Jimmy scrapes up the solos on this one.
Yeah-a little bit.
Went and listened to it again and Jimmy is a little weak. Bonzo is magnificent (as usual in 77) which hides a lot of Jimmy's sloppiness.
-
On 9/23/2017 at 2:47 AM, babysquid said:
Nobody's mentioning Stairway? I thought it was fabulous the first time I heard it when the drums came in.
Yep.
And just listen to Bonham on the 5/24/75 STH. He gets overlooked because it's one of Jimmy's best ever solos, but Bonham was spectacular on it.
-
On 9/24/2017 at 6:44 AM, Nutrocker said:
Yeah, I think it's pretty safe to say that the Tempe "Achilles" is the blue ribbon winner for Zeppelin's single worst live performance (the rest of the gig- at least based on the incomplete audience tape we have- isn't that bad) That flash pot going off near Jimmy must have been one helluva bang. It sounds like the entire band was thrown off kilter by it, not just Page. They do bounce back nicely for a good long version of "Stairway" right after though.
I've always stayed away from this one. This and Greensboro 75. Too much of a diehard fanboy to listen to arguably their two worst shows. Will. Not. Do. It!!!!
-
On 9/23/2017 at 4:40 AM, Strider said:
Exactly the first two songs that came to my mind.
Other trainwrecks...
Over the Hills and Far Away 8.11.79 Knebworth
In My Time of Dying 5.26.77 Landover
Moby Dick 5.26.77 Landover
Song Remains the Same 4.27.77 Cleveland
huh???
-
Bonzo's fills are so fast and clean it's remarkable. ALS might be my favorite version.
Never understood the reviews Luis Rey gave these 2 shows.
-
On 8/20/2017 at 4:06 AM, therocker68 said:
There is a copy of Record Collector magazine where Dave Lewis does a imaginary Earl's Court complete album with the songs,dates and why he chose those specific ones.I will try and dig it out if you have not seen it and put some scans up.It is really interesting.
I'd love to see it.
Thanks.
-
On 8/18/2017 at 5:00 PM, porgie66 said:
Absolutely, I agree with this... however, there are many clams especially with Roberts vocals, and Jimmy, which would have to be fixed. I doubt they would sign off on mistakes being put out there officially, especially Robert.
Very true. I don't expect it to ever happen... but it could/would be monumental if it did. And I've said it many times before... why won't Jimmy release audio of STH and TU from the 24th?! They are INCREDIBLE versions.
-
12 hours ago, kayley10 said:
We need to see Earls Court and particularly Knebworth released in full.
A best-of Earl's Court album/release would be KILLER. Even if it's just from the 24th/25th. The first 1/3 of the 25th is spectacular stuff. The band is on FIRE. You could mix up the middle 1/3 with both nights (NQ and TU would undoubtedly be taken from the 24th), then end it with the D&C and STH from the 24th with the encores from the 25th.
That's a long, HEAVY, and at times BRILLIANT compilation of live music/performances.
So:
RnR - 5/25
SA - 5/25
OTHAFA - 5/25
IMTOD - 5/25
TSRTS - 5/25
TRS - 5/25
K - 5/24
NQ - 5/24 (Definitive version)
Tangerine - 5/24
GTC - 5/24
TTW - 5/24
BYStomp - 5/25
TU - 5/24 (Definitive version)
MD - 5/25
D&C - 5/24
STH - 5/24 (Definitive version)
WLL/BD - 5/25
H - 5/25
CB - 5/25
A couple of these picks could be easily switched... If Page ever put something like this out it would be an amazing live release. I'll even just take the audio of it.
-
7 hours ago, sean_the_bootlegger said:
No problem, Porgie. And Im glad to have been able to share with others what was shared with me. Thats what its all about, right? Heres hoping we all get to hear even more material in the future.
AMEN!
-
3 hours ago, sean_the_bootlegger said:
Im only responsible for Mobile, Chicago (from Rain Song to the end of the show), Buffalo and Fort Worth '73. They were separate from the other '73 boards and held by another person. I circulated them in the old trading circles soon upon receiving them for mass consumption.
Fascinating.
What year(s) would this have been?
-
I was playing the first couple numbers from 4/27/77 Destroyer... TSRTS and then The Rover/Sick Again at a tailgate party at Notre Dame last fall when a guy started yelling from 3 aisles away, "That's Zep in 77! That's Zep in 77!" Came over and had me play the entire Disc 1 and then Achilles as he pounded beers, telling me all about the Pontiac show he attended "3 days later!" Had a blast with the guy.
-
8 minutes ago, Bong-Man said:
Collectors and bootleggers are always under the impression that "Hot Rods in Pontiac" is a poor audience recording. I can tell you from vast experience that is hardly the case. In fact, that is probably about the best audio recording from a 1970's portable cassette deck that one could possibly expect from the Pontiac Silverdome if you were sitting in a seat. It was the absolute worst venue to see a concert, bar none. Unlike Seattle's Kingdome, The Superdome, The Astrodome, The Pontiac Silverdome was not designed as a multi-purpose stadium. It was built exclusively for football. The combination of having a cloth bellowed roof along with a non-circular design, plus the sheer vastness of the place, lent itself to a huge echo. Nothing reflects that more than Bonham's muddled drum sound on the tape. Unless you were on the main floor, that is what you heard, and it only got worse the farther up or away from the stage one sat. One gets the impression by looking at the speaker setup that it was a typical loud Zeppelin show....it wasn't. Never an, "Ooooh My Ears !" moment during the whole show.
One hilarious moment was during "No Quarter". They had a light show of bubbles and special effects projected on the cloth stadium roof. My buddy leaned over to me laughing and said, "That probably looks pretty cool in a normal venue". We weren't in one, and any intended effect was totally lost.
Even if video exists, "The Song Remains the Same" is not included. Jimmy wouldn't let the camera man on stage until he was comfortable. I've tried to find the point the screen went on by listening to the audience to jog my memory, but no luck.
You can hear Robert before "Trampled Under Foot" asking for the house lights to go down. My memory suggests they never did. The break between "Rock & Roll" & "Trampled Under Foot" was much longer than the boot indicates. Many people were unsure of another encore, and were already heading up the aisles, including many from main floor. Robert came on stage with the lights on and asked, "Hey....Where's everybody going ?" I got quite a kick out of looking across the way and seeing people scurrying back down the aisles. I'm guessing the house lights never went back off because Silverdome management wouldn't allow it. They were the type that had to warm-up (metal-halide ?).
Why has Warner Bros. blocked Stairway from this boot on u-tube ? If they're going to bother, why wouldn't they block the whole thing ? Noticed they did the same on the TSRTS Stairway recently.
That's awesome Bong Man! Thanks.
Can you give more details about the sound during the show? You say there wasn't a "Oh my ears, man!" moment... Just how loud and clear was it and how'd Bonham's stainless kit sound? I've heard the stainless gave off a much more pronounce "boom" sound... His drums in Cleveland on the 28th sound absolutely spectacular. Did the Silverdome just make his kit sound worse (muffled), like you say? Lucky bastard having seen Zep Live! Wow. Envy you, Bong Man.
The Song Remains the Same - Upcoming screenings
in Led Zeppelin Master Forum
Posted
Damn, well played!