After the administration of the strongest truth-serum from the laboratories of the MI6 there is enough time for two questions: "Which live recordings from your LZ archive did you give your bosom friend Mr. Ross Halfin as a present?" "Do you really intend to officially release some live recordings in the remaining seven years, or was it just insubstantial blah blah to the 50. anniversary?"

World Cup 2022 in Qatar from 21. November to 18. December. Impossible to play there in the summertime, a rather sick decision to choose Qatar imo. I am sure if the decision-makers get a load of money the World Cup 2030.will be held on the South Pole.

You nailed it. I wonder if Mr. Southgate will keep his job.

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No difference here: for any Oscar-worthy performance players are cautioned (yellow card), or even excluded (red card) if they have seen the yellow card before.

Plenty of nice and heady White Widow and Northern Lights is available. Although, a devastating Train Wreck would fit nicely to the Austrian efforts.

Haha, on Saturday me and some friends have to have some joints pre & during Italy vs Austria, no chance to bear a match of the Austrians without some green aid. I guess Italy will win & progress in the tournament, and that is fine, as it is a great joy to watch them play.

You shouldn´t be so pessimistic. The current German squad is far from the excellent team they got in 2014. "Radio" Müller is a bit under the weather, Leroy Sane`s performance is just awful, their defence is rather insecure and coach Jogi Löw doesn´t radiate confidence. So, I wouldn´t be surprised if England......... This ought to be a great match, I bet you won´t fall asleep.

Just a paper bear, really? But wait a moment, wasn´t there someone with a similar estimation some time ago........if only I could remember...... Ah, I`ve got it, here we go: "Russia is just a rotten house, kick in the front door and watch the house collapse" To the best of my recollection that someone was very wrong (Thank heaven). Wrong, like that little megalomaniac, erm, that french.....or corsican.............

I guess a complete 929 SB (any Japan 71 SB) to the 50th anniversary this September would make a lot of us very happy. I am quite optimistic about it. Furthermore, I would welcome any SB from 70 to 71 with a soundquality similar to the 929 SB. (e.g. the horrible sound of the Hampton 71 SB makes me SICK!)

I don´t think so, just listen attentively to Tangerine of the second night in Osaka. With the recordings we know so far, it is very hard to detect his harmony vocals. But it´s there, albeit very quiet. He sings in a higher register than the day before, very beautiful to my ears. Totally agree with your opinion that Page & Bonham should have used their singing talents more often. Especially Bonzo, who had a strong and beautiful singing voice. Strongly disagree with your thoughts on Plant playing rhythm guitar. I don´t think that Plant (at any age/with LZ) would have been capable of playing the second guitar. In my humble opinion they came to the right decision to remain a quartet.

Yes, I thought as much, sorry for the 79 joke.

It was in development, from the very beginning to 1973. IMO this is a wonderful, heavy, energetic 71 version. Therefore, it doesn´t make sense to compare it to e.g. Seattle 73. Another example: Listening to any 73 or 75 version of Heartbreaker after listening to the 923 version may cause a narcoleptic attack. Thanks for touching holy ground, I really appreciate your nitpicking reviews.

Haha, July 23 or July 24?