Rock and Roll - after 1972. It slowed down and lost its punch, and of course Plant could no longer sing it. Battle of Evermore - an obvious choice. Song does not really work without the incomparable Sandy Denny. Page and Jones did a good job on the guitar and mandolin, and Jones made an heroic attempt on the vocals, but it could never live up to the original. The version on UnLedded is great. I might say Over the Hills after 1972 due to Plant's voice, but the instrumentation kept getting better and better and better in 73 - 75, with some great versions in 1977 as well. I still love those versions - they are just different without the 1972 Plant.

Sweet! Thanks for posting.

A few days ago I mentioned 27 April 1977 Destroyer Remastered on the Bad Girl Songs label from the Black Beauty site. I was listening to it again yesterday because the sound and performance are so great. What really struck me was how powerful Plant was, particularly on Sick Again, Nobody's Fault but Mine, and Dying Time. In Sick Again his voice breaks for one instant early in the song but then he gathers steam and really takes off. The ending to Nobody's Fault is a herculean effort and result by Robert. I have always marveled at how strong he came back in 1977 after 1975. Sure it is not the 1971 or 72 Plant, but he is amazing in 1977 and I really noticed in this show.

For me it was Bring it on Home. II was the first Zeppelin album I heard and I was 12 at the time. Every song on the album made a big impression on me, but I can recall clearly the overwhelming impression made by Bring it on Home. The intro seemed so dark, so forbidding, so mysterious and ancient to my young mind. Plant did not sound like Plant, and there was just a bass and harmonica. No drums or guitar, for what back then seemed like a long time. There was so much space in the recording- the harmonica and the bass had such a “lonesome” and distant sound. To add to the sense of foreboding, a friend told me that the line “watch this train going down the tracks” was really about watching a needle make tracks in your arm from shooting heroin. That freaked me out at age 12. To that point I had never heard an old blues record so I had no context was what they were doing in the introduction. Then that compact yet unfolding guitar riff comes screaming in and gets double tracked. The drums and bass blast off. It was like the dark veil had been ripped wide open and the song had come to life in an instant, out of a dark, scary past. To me it was the coolest guitar riff on the whole album. Plant was reaching for the sky, and that second funky guitar riff behind the vocals – the whole effect was electrifying. Then the ending took us back to the beginning with that dark, lonesome sound. The harmonica is perfect, and that ending high note fits so well. Many other Zeppelin songs have had overwhelming first impressions on me, but then I was older and had heard a lot of Zeppelin, so the impact was slightly less. I can’t imagine if Physical Graffiti was the first time I heard Zeppelin. Especially In My Time of Dying. What Zeppelin song had the biggest initial impression on you and why?

My favorite Bowie Album. I like both "sides" including the experimental art rock side 2.

Here is the audience recording. Pretty good. Looks like this one was just posted on YouTube ten days ago.

Its the tabla drums that give it that Indian feel. The guitar is basically taken from Bert Jansch's arrangement of an old English folk song called Blackwaterside, released in 1966.

Friends is fairly exotic.

Does that mean that if they release a 1977 show Plant would have them take out when he said "Does anyone remember . . . Forests ??!!". That was hilarious. Plant making fun of himself.

One bit they took out for the remastered The Song Remains the Same always puzzled me. In the original soundtrack, near the end of the title track Plant sings "Here we go !" right after "slidin, slidin, slidin". It was such a great moment and it worked perfectly.

What is and What Should Never Be Ramble On Bron-Y-Aur Stomp Battle of Evermore Over the Hills and Far Away Kashmir Night Flight Achilles Last Stand Hots on for Nowhere Fool in the Rain

So great that you saved all those and have them is such good condition. Did you save Circus magazine too?

Salt Lake City 26 May 1973 An excellent recording - great mix - and a most enjoyable show. A few notes Celebration Day has some country-fied licks in the outro guitar solo. Very cool. TSRTS has a gong during the intro. No Quarter has some subtle keyboard and guitar variations to the standard 73 phrasing that I don't think I have heard in other shows. maybe they just stand out because the sound and mix on this are so excellent. WLL has a great funky section. Looking back it must have been something of a clash of cultures for the 1973 Zeppelin to be in Salt Lake City in 1973. A very conservative Mormon area, especially back 45 years ago. Earlier today I listened to 27 April 1977 Destroyer Remastered on the Bad Girl Songs label from the Black Beauty site. It goes only through Battle of Evermore but this is a revelation! I don't think I have enjoyed any other 1977 soundboard this much. And the show is better than most people seem to think it is, at least to my ears. The sound is amazing - it has so much crunch and PUNCH! The band is TIGHT. The recording seems to capture perfectly the hazy intensity and mania of that tour and of the whole year 1977. It has tinges of the decadence and yet the overwhelming power that was Zeppelin in 1977. They were the biggest rock band at the time and this captures that in all its glory. As Page has said on his site - the 1977 tour featured "a full-on energy approach". Indeed Jimmy, indeed! Or to quote one Mr. R. Plant "welcome to three hours of lunacy".

When I first heard this I thought it was a cover of a swing tune but Sierra Hull wrote it. She is a real talent on vocals and mandolin.

My favorite song about UFOs. The lyrics are great fun. Some samples Spiro came to make a speech about raising the Mars tax (then US Vice President Spiro Agnew) Ronnie the popular said it was a communist plot (then California Governor Ronald Reagan) And my favorite lines: The White House said put the thing in the blue room The Vatican said no it belongs in Rome Jody said its mine but you can have it for 17 million

During the 1977 US tour, these albums topped the Billboard chart. Weeks of Apr 2 , Apr 9 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Apr 16 - May 14 The Eagles - Hotel California May 21 - July 9 Rumours July 16 - Barry Manilow Live July 23 - Rumours (Rumours went on to top the charts every week through the week of Nov 20.) 1973 March 1 - Dark Side of the Moon is released. Zep gets ready for their tour of Europe. Houses of the Holy released March 28, 1973, one month before the big US tour. Dark Side was Number 1 the week of April 28. Elvis' double Live from Hawaii album was number 1 the week of May 5. Houses was number one the weeks of May 12 and May 19, only to be knocked off by The Beatles 1967-70 collection then by Paul McCartney and Wings Red Rose Speedway, followed by George Harrison's Living in the Material World during late June and well into July. For the last week in July when Zeppelin finished their tour, filmed the shows and got robbed, the number one album was Chicago VI.

Thanks. it works on the front page listing and if you click "more" on that page. But if you go to the pages organized by year and by date of show you still get the same message that ZepHead315 pasted in above. So you can get the shows listed in the order they posted them, but the year by year listing of shows in date order does not seem to be working.

Get it. It is only like $18. It sounds noticeably better. The drums sound better, you can hear the bass better. To me the biggest difference is in the acoustic set. Just glorious ! There is a whole thread already devoted to this where you can read lots of views on it. If you like the original CD you will like this one better.

June 17, 1972 Nixon campaign operatives break into an office in the Watergate office building. Zeppelin plays Portland Oregon in the middle of their 1972 US tour.

Ten Ribs and All, Traveling Riverside Blues, Jennings Farm Blues, La-La, St. Tristan's Sword

This one always cracked me up. If you lived in the US in the early 70s this was on the radio alot and it was a perfect parody of the times. A wonderful story song.

released July 1973 some nice guitar work

Tony Rice, Dan Crary, Don Reno, Clarence White, Flatt and Scruggs. I also like Doc Watson and Norman Blake but they are not really bluegrass For newer groups I like Monroe Crossing and Steep Canyon Rangers, although at this point they are not really new any more. Hillbilly Gypsies are very energetic and less polished than most of the newer bands. I like that. My favorite recordings are the old ones from the 40s and 50s. Before bluegrass got slick and polished like today.

The fall of 1971 was a busy time in music. Oct 31, 1971 Meddle was released Nov 8 Led Zeppelin "IV" was released Nov 11 Zeppelin starts it UK tour Nov 12 Fragile by Yes is released, Zep plays Sunderland Nov 17 The Faces release "A Nod's as Good as a Wink. . . to a Blind Horse" - Zep plays Birmingham Sometime in Nov - ELP releases Pictures at an Exhibition Then we move into 1972 Feb - Zep tours Australia March 25, 1972 Deep Purple releases Machine Head June 16 David Bowie releases Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - Zep play Nassau Coliseum June 15 and Portland, Oregon June 17. Not a bad 3 days for rock music.

Great expanded intro with real piano to kick off this classic. The Highlights from 72 "Progeny" CD set is great. I did not however go for the full set of 7 complete shows from the 1972 tour. That was quite an epic release by Yes a few years ago.