Superb! Always great to see more than one band member in a stage photo. Thanks for posting.

The novel is really good too.

For 1977, another great one is 23 June. Amazing in every respect.

nice interview.

I always really liked this photo. I am always interested in photos that show the crowd and the band.

Not counting Zep or Zep related (since this is in the other bands section), I would say 1. Yes 1979 2. Pink Floyd 1975 3. Jethro Tull 1977

There is another current thread about favorite concerts, so I was looking back through my list of concerts attended. That lead me to looking up some setlists online at setlist.fm. I looked up Santana July 8 , 1981 on the Pier in NYC. The setlist said they had encores of Whole Lotta Love and How Many More Times. I did not recall that. So I went to sugarmegs to look for the show, and there it was. (My collection of Santana shows focuses mainly on 1968-72). I listened to the show and there at the end was a brief instrumental bit of WLL followed by HMMT. That was followed by an instrumental bit of Not Fade Away, which was not listed on setlist.fm. Then I thought I would look up Black Sabbath Dec 6, 1976 at MSG. That show was a blur to me. Nugent opened. I found the show on YouTube. Turns out Zappa introduced Sabbath as a "teenage combo". The band opened with Symptom of the Universe. At that time I had never heard that song. I had the first 3 albums and the new one, Technical Ecstasy. Well I can tell you that Symptom of the Universe blew us completely out of the water. This is not a great recording but it sure brings back memories.

good article, and interesting they included the Long Tall Sally video which is unofficial. Question is, why did they use a 1975 photo at the top of the story? Laziness? Ignorance?

I have been thinking about this too, as I go back and listen to all the 1975 versions again. Perhaps a good deal of the reason I like March 25 so much is that it was among the first few 1975 versions I had. Back then I had only a few 75 versions in my possession, and because there was no internet, I really committed them to memory by listening so many times. When I hear them today I still recall listening to them long ago and there are so many little moments that take me back. So in effect my ability to rank all the versions available today is skewed by memories from when I was first exploring the glorious world of the 1975 No Quarter, still to me one of the band's greatest musical triumphs. I must say the first time I heard one, either 3/25 or 3/27, I was completely amazed and overwhelmed how different it was from the "classic" movie version I had committed to memory over the preceding 10 years or so since 1976.

I would add Ramble On - never complete (except at O2) Boogie with Stu - never

I don't think I can rank them all because of how much they changed when the grand piano was introduced. So I would rank them in two groups, pre 2-28 and 2-28 and later. I prefer the grand piano sound, and how it provides contrast with the opening section, especially given how many excellent recordings exist. I enjoy jazz piano trios from the 50s and 60s, and I like how Jones and Bonham get into those angular, percussive jazz grooves in the grand piano versions. So different from the pre 2-28 versions. Ranking these is still very difficult because there are so many superb versions. As I listen to them, I get into whichever version I am listening to, and I wonder, how can I really say if this one or that one is better? I always used to think March 25 or 27 was my favorite and upon review I think they still are. March 25 with an edge there. But then again March 27 has some parts they give it an edge. March 21 is amazing, particularly the bit of avante-garde piano Jones gets into just before the vocals return. That is unique indeed.

It is also used to great effect in the movie The Man Who Fell to Earth with David Bowie. Can't find the scene on YouTube. King Crimson had 3 live versions of Mars on their 1969 live album Epitath, released in 1997.

The thing that struck me most about this superb remaster is the sound of the drums. Astonishingly good. Bonus points for Jones' bass during the intro to Dancing Days.

Here's a thread I started on a similar topic a few years ago. It explains a bit about why I listed Bring it On Home. https://forums.ledzeppelin.com/topic/25479-which-lz-song-made-the-biggest-first-impression-on-you/?tab=comments#comment-922516

An amazing album, recorded in one day in December 1958. All tracks written by Bud Powell.

I think that Gallows Pole and Bron-Y-Aur Stomp rock as much as anything on the album. And that is part of the genius of Zeppelin.

Bring it on Home