wordev1977
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I've always liked this one the most out of all the ones from 79 has a nice jazzy arrangement throughout the whole song.
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2 hours ago, AchillesLastBand said:
No "lady" at Sydney 02-27-72 sadly. He doesn't go for it.
But listening to this show for the first time and really enjoying it!
ALB
During both Brisbane and Auckland he hits the lady part, my personal favorite version of Stairway from 72 is the Brisbane one.
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Probably Robert's strongest show of 77 he hasn't sang Black Dog the way he did since the Australian tour of 72 same with Over The Hills And Far Away he hasn't sounded that great since the LA forum show.
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6 minutes ago, Bonzo_fan said:
Ok, will do. Thanks! I've never actually listened to a full show from 1980. Listened to bits of Rotterdam, Zurich & Frankfurt, and have always loved TUF & WLL from Berlin.
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1 hour ago, Bonzo_fan said:
Really?! Which shows, specifically?
Munich has Robert singing phenomenal on everything especially Rock And Roll and Stairway I would start with that show, but Robert actually sounds excellent in Berlin even though it's an off night for Jimmy but Rock and Roll from Berlin is also excellent
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Robert has some really good nights in 80 he hits the high notes once again and towards the end of the Tour Over Europe Tour he sings Rock and Roll and the outro to Stairway in it's original melody
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For me after listening to a majority of shows his vocal issues first appeared in and around the first shows of the 1971 North American tour starting at the LA Forum. The first show in LA Plant is hitting all the notes but to me it sounds as if hes straining and from there on Robert alters the songs by changing some of the melody's in songs, the rest of the tour his voice was weaker then the Belfast-Montreux period which I'd consider as good as 70 and before.
Strongest shows from the tour vocal wise
1 8/21/71
2 8/31/71
3 9/11/71
During the Japanese tour Robert improved a bit from the American tour but still not as strong as the Belfast-Montreux period overall hes about the same as the american tour and holding back on some verses in songs, giving strong performances in the Tokyo shows the 2nd night appears to be the best vocal wise but all the nights in japan except the last night Robert seems to be decent just not as good as those Belfast-Montreux shows. The last show of the Japanese tour Robert seems to have wore his voice out from the tour.
Strongest shows from the tour vocal wise
1 9/24/71 Tokyo
2 9/23/71 Tokyo
3 9/28/71 Osaka
The UK tour Robert seems almost completely back to his Montreux Copenhagen voice, Robert seems to had a nice break to rest his voice and it show in many of the dates of this tour specifically the Manchester and London dates. Overall the Manchester show in particular is one of my favorite shows, Robert sounds as he did in Copenhagen and Montreux and his voice has recovered for the most part.
Strongest shows from the tour vocal wise
1 11/24/71 Manchester
2 11/20/71 London
3 11/16/71 Ipswich
After listening to the Australian tour I've concluded that the last three shows in Auckland, Sydney, and Brisbane are the best Plant sounds of all of 72 delivering a phenomenal Black Dog in Auckland an amazing Rock and Roll from Sydney and other highlights. Overall after the UK winter tour I expected Plant's voice would have a nice time to rest and he should sound pretty strong again but I was let down with the first couple of shows. When I fist heard Auckland I was amazed Robert to me sounded close to his Manchester voice, then going on and listening to Sydney and Brisbane Plant still sounds overall very strong but after Brisbane I fail to find a show after brisbane in 72 where Plant come close to his Belfast-Montreux era voice.
Strongest shows from the tour vocal wise
1 2/25/72 Auckland
2 2/27/72 Sydney
3 2/29/72 Brisbane
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I've always thought it was weird how Robert’s voice changed, starting in August of 71 you can tell his voice is definitely weakened but by the time they do the winter UK tour Robert almost sounds compeletey recovered especially at Manchester and London, I’ve always thought this about the last three Australian dates too especially Auckland it seemed like each time he had some time off he recovered but something definitely happened after the Australian tour while Robert still has a good voice during the North America tour of 72 he’s using much more falsetto and it seems like the power of his voice gave out.
What show or live song are you listening to now?
in Led Zeppelin Live
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I'm not usually a fan of what Robert does with Zeppelin songs but this is actually pretty good, I'm amazed by how well Robert sings for his age too bad he couldn't do an acoustic show for the 50th.