Sounds fantastic ! When I first heard this show I wondered if they were going into When the Levee Breaks (around 3:30 in your clip).

35 years ago today. Just about a week before Live Aid.

These both sound fantastic! Thanks so much for all the great work you are doing. By the way, that little bit of avant garde piano Jones runs into around 7:43-8:00 in the Seattle 75 clip is such a great and unique moment. Around 7:52 he sounds like Prokofiev, then goes back to his more typical Rachmaninoff type romantic piano playing.

Saw this a few years ago, then it got blocked. Now the audio is back. They leave the guitar in for the intro to establish the song, then the guitar is pretty well muted so you can focus on the incredible bass and drums.

I had forgotten about them doing Mess of Blues inside Heartbreaker. A great impromptu moment ! And what a recording and remastering. Wow. The bass and drums are sublime.

Based on Dave Lewis' latest book, Evenings with Led Zeppelin: 5/25/75 3:54 6/27/77 3:42 3/21/75 3:37 3/27/75 3:34

I had checked that one. According to one website Weather Underground it was 91 F at 7 pm and 85 F at 9 pm. But I forgot to check Milan July 5, 1971. I cannot find the data for that date, but the average high in Milan on July 5 is 86 F.

Given that summer heat is here, I was wondering if I could figure out what was the hottest day Zep ever played outdoors. Here is what I found. It looks like July 5, 1969 Atlanta was it. 94 degrees F at 5 pm and 90 F at 8 pm. From the photos it looks like they played late afternoon/early evening before it got dark. I checked all the others in summer months in areas that tend to get hot. (I did not have good data on historical temps in Australia. I did check Perth Feb 16, 1972 since Perth has the highest average temp of cities they played in Australia during Feb. The Feb average high says 89F, but when I look up Feb 16, 1972 it says the high that day was 68 F.) I had at one time thought the cancelled Aug 13, 1977 outdoor day time show in Philly would have been a beast, but the temp in Philly that day was in the mid 80s. It would have likely been humid, but not a real scorcher. Sometimes in Philly in mid August it can be upper 90s F and very humid. July 13, 1985 Live Aid in Philly. The high was 88 F and it was about 85 F by 6 pm. I am sure it was humid. I was not in Philly but the whole Northeast US was humid that day.

Feb 15, 1969. Led Zeppelin entered the Billboard 200 at number 99. https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1969-02-15 There are listings that say it peaked at number 10 but the highest I can find it on the weekly chart is at number 12, the week of March 15, 1969.

Dec 27, 1969. LZ II overtakes Abbey Road for number one album in the US. https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1969-12-27 Creedence had two albums in the top ten that week.

October 24, 1970 LZ III enters the chart at number 3, with Santana and Creedence Clearwater in the first two spots. https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1970-10-24 Oct 31, one week later, LZ hits number one. https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1970-10-31

December 18, 1971. The fourth album peaks at number 2 on the US Billboard album chart. https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1971-12-18 I can see now that my post above about this album was wrong. I had been looking at when the fourth album was released, not when it peaked on the chart. During the first weeks of its release, Santana 3 was in fact at number one, but when Zep hit number 2, the first spot belonged to Sly and the Family Stone. By January 1, Zep was still at number 2 but Carole King was at number 1.

Out Door September 15, 1979. The BilIboard top 200 US albums. It had entered the charts the week before at number 10. https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1979-09-15

Billboard has a website where you can look up the top 200 US albums for every week for every year. Here is the week PG hit number one, March 22, 1975. Quite a diverse list. https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1975-03-22 And here is the week Houses hit number one, May 12, 1973. https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1973-05-12 Houses had been number two the week before when the US Tour started. Presence, May 1, 1976. https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1976-05-01

Number of weeks topping the US album chart: LZ II 7 weeks total. One week, then off the top, then one week, back off the top, then a run of 5 weeks at the top LZ III 4 weeks in a row Houses 2 weeks I find it interesting that this was at the time of a huge US tour and some real publicity, but only 2 weeks at the top compared to LZ III. PG 6 week run Presence 2 weeks Out Door 7 weeks in a row. This reminds me of the impact this album made at the time. It was everywhere.

Thanks for posting the UK chart information. I am surprised to see so many compilations in the UK charts. So very different than the US charts for all those entries.

I thought I would take a look at the Top albums on the US Billboard charts before and after each Zeppelin album peaked. Led Zeppelin - peaked at Number 10 - not sure when. Around the time of its release: Before: The Beatles ("White album") After: The Beatles Later that spring the number one albums were Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell, and Blood, Sweat, and Tears. Then most of that summer the number one album was Hair. Led Zeppelin II Before: Abbey Road After: Abbey Road Led Zeppelin III Before: Santana Abraxas After: Santana Abraxas Untitled - peaked at Number 2 Before: Santana 3 After: Santana 3 Houses of the Holy Before: Elvis Aloha from Hawaii After: The Beatles: 1967-70 collection Physical Graffiti Before: Olivia Newton-John Have You Never Been Mellow After: Chicago 8 Presence Before: Wings at the Speed of Sound After: Black and Blue The Song Remains the Same - peaked at Number 2 Before: Songs in the Key of Life After: Songs in the Key of Life In Through the Out Door Before: Get the Knack After: The Long Run

Superb work ! Thanks for sharing. Will send a PM.