^ Ha, yes my username is simply because the NA '72 tour would be my favorite Zeppelin tour. With my taste in music and age I've unfortunately never seen almost any of my favorite acts in prime form or lineup (I believe the sole exception would be Dinosaur Jr. Saw em two years ago, they've aged but they put on one a helluva show). Yeah, the last show SY ever played in Philly I would've been 8 years old for I think. It fucks with my head that I really just barely missed them. I digress, I still have plenty to listen to. I'd love to hear those tapes you have from the ATL tour if you have them uploaded. That's a damn shame that all of your earlier tapes are gone, they're holy grails to me. I would agree that A Thousand Leaves isn't exactly Kim's strongest album. French Tickler is a fantastic song, but her others can definitely be seen as hit or miss. Hoarfrost is definitely a great track, as is Karen Koltrane. Lee is a wonderful writer and those songs have a very nice icy vibe to them. Although personally I think Thurston steals the show on the album, Sunday, Wildflower Soul, and Hits of Sunshine are mind-blowing tracks, the latter two are probably in my top 15. Desolation Center sounds awesome! I'm about to go look into that right now, I'm always looking for more footage of the band playing back then and this sounds very promising. I also love that version of Brother James they included in the trailer, I think I've seen that before but I could be delusional.

^ Wow, that's all reallllly fucking cool. I'd kill to have been able to see them back in the mid to late 80s, and it's not exactly easy to find boots of them either (other than the "official" bootlegs of course), but what I have heard from the era is nothing short of mind blowing. Nobody else was doing what they at the time, that's for sure. I'm only 18 and I got into them at 15, so of course I never had the chance to see them live. However, last year when they released that video commemorating Daydream Nation, I went to the screening and nearly met Steve Shelly. Wish I had bothered to talk to him, I was just too nervous. I've mostly followed Thurston's solo career but Lee's and Kim's are pretty great from what I've heard as well. Whenever any of them come to Philly they always seem to play at bars that are 21+, which is a huge bummer. I agree that Goo is a little uneven. My favorite song off the album would probably be "Disappearer" although I'm also a huge fan of "Mote" and "Titanium Expose". Of course that's kind of a given, I can count the songs I truly don't like by them on my left hand. Dirty and Washing Machine are phenomenal albums as well, although Dirty's wheels may have spun in the tracks at a few points. I have seen people refer to it as more accessible than Goo, but I've always been a little iffy on that. I think a typical grunge fan may find Dirty a nice easy listen, but if the alt rock style isn't as much your thing I think Goo has a more popish sensibility to it. I would also say I think A Thousand Leaves deserves to be mentioned in their best albums. Even amongst their catalog of strange sounds and ideas, it's a total oddity with a very soothing sound. I love every second of that one, although I've seen much criticism of too much filler sometimes. Also Murray Street and Sonic Nurse are too great ones as well. I don't hold them in as high of regard as I used to, but I think they both feature some great jams and compositions. But each one did here and there until The Eternal. I'd still do anything to hear that those two buried the hatchet and would do one last tour. Alas, that's wishful thinking.

Excerpt from their wikipedia page. These guys have always been a top 3 band for me, their entire discography is riddled with great albums. If you've never listened to them, Daydream Nation and Goo are great starting points. Daydream Nation is my all-time favorite album (yes above any official Zeppelin release) and is generally considered to be their greatest work. Goo is another great album and a little easier to get into if you've never heard their type of music before.

16 minutes of it I believe. I haven't seen it, but apparently it's some nice footage. Although I have my doubts about the quality of the performance.

With that distinction in mind, this is something I actually enjoy discussing. S - I, III, IV, HOTH A - II B - PG, ITTOD C - Presence D - Coda

I hate these lists. They always boggle my mind. It's all subjective so all discussions with this seem pointless. Obviously everyone has the right to share their opinions, but I've never seen a tier list for Zeppelin that didn't make me cringe.

hey man I'll take Led Zeppelin style pajamas any day of the week!😁

... A dog, being referred to as a he? Fuck man I can't believe we ever doubted you.🤣 Seriously man you're grasping at straws here.

Upon a full rewatch (I merely went to the first shot I saw of a dog before that last post), you're right. I've counted three dogs in the video, the unknown one at the beginning, the second one which I believe is Strider, then the Black Dog two seconds later. The first dog may be Strider, but I really can't be sure as both of the first two come up when I look up "Robert Plant Strider." Assuming the third dog is the real thing, then that isn't the dog in the photo from what I can tell. The dog in the photo shows that at least two of its paws are white, while the dog in the video only has a white tail. This is all speculation however as who knows which would be real and the video isn't exactly of the clearest quality anyway.

According to this video, this wouldn't be the dog, but it's entirely possible this was a different dog. Either way that's an awesome photo.

Sad part is, we may never know how he sounded for the rest of the tour. If he sounded as good as he did in Copenhagen after that Paris show, I'm sure he could've pulled off the full high range Black Dog some other nights on the tour. I'd kill for some soundboards of the era, but that seems unlikely.

Final Results: 12th: Philadelphia - 2/8/75 11th: Osaka - 10/9/72 10th: Memphis - 4/17/70 9th: L.A. - 6/3/73 8th: Copenhagen - 7/24/79 7th: L.A. - 6/22/77 6th: Boston - 1/26/69 5th: Offenburg - 3/24/73 4th: Osaka - 9/28/71 3rd: Copenhagen - 5/3/71 2nd: Seattle - 6/19/72 1st: New York - 9/19/70 (evening show)

Last round, Copenhagen - 5/3/71 was eliminated. Round 11. If you'd like to read all about it, here is the post with all the important info and here is the post for this round. The round posts include a detailed tracker of which show goes out when and the remaining shows. If none of that interests you and you'd like to go straight to voting, this is a direct link to the poll.

It could be a typo, but it's interesting that the SBD tracklisting in the image skips over SIBLY. If it were a typo/farce, Iit don't think there would be that trivial of a detail. However I could be reading too much into it.

Last round, Osaka - 9/28/71 was eliminated. Round 10. If you'd like to read all about it, here is the post with all the important info and here is the post for this round. The round posts include a detailed tracker of which show goes out when and the remaining shows. If none of that interests you and you'd like to go straight to voting, this is a direct link to the poll.

Last round, Offenburg - 3/24/73 was eliminated. Round 9. If you'd like to read all about it, here is the post with all the important info and here is the post for this round. The round posts include a detailed tracker of which show goes out when and the remaining shows. If none of that interests you and you'd like to go straight to voting, this is a direct link to the poll.

Interesting that they glazed right over the Carnegie Hall shows. And the shows in Chicago and Detroit. Wonder why, maybe there just wasn't enough room.

Last round, Boston - 1/26/69 was eliminated. Round 8. If you'd like to read all about it, here is the post with all the important info and here is the post for this round. The round posts include a detailed tracker of which show goes out when and the remaining shows. If none of that interests you and you'd like to go straight to voting, this is a direct link to the poll.

This thread is absolute gold. Some of you really need to clean out your ears 🤣 Maybe it's just that I've been hearing these songs as long as I can remember, but I don't typically flub lyrics THIS bad...

Last round, L.A. - 6/22/77 was eliminated. Round 7. If you'd like to read all about it, here is the post with all the important info and here is the post for this round. The round posts include a detailed tracker of which show goes out when and the remaining shows. If none of that interests you and you'd like to go straight to voting, this is a direct link to the poll.

Only 4 votes... gonna leave this one up for another day.

Last round, Copenhagen - 7/24/79 was eliminated. Round 6. If you'd like to read all about it, here is the post with all the important info and here is the post for this round. The round posts include a detailed tracker of which show goes out when and the remaining shows. If none of that interests you and you'd like to go straight to voting, this is a direct link to the poll.

Last round, L.A. - 6/3/73 was eliminated. Round 5. If you'd like to read all about it, here is the post with all the important info and here is the post for this round. The round posts include a detailed tracker of which show goes out when and the remaining shows. If none of that interests you and you'd like to go straight to voting, this is a direct link to the poll.

ONE HOUR TIE-BREAKER: LA 77 Vs. LA 73 vote asap

Last round, Memphis - 4/17/70 was eliminated. Round 4. If you'd like to read all about it, here is the post with all the important info and here is the post for this round. The round posts include a detailed tracker of which show goes out when and the remaining shows. If none of that interests you and you'd like to go straight to voting, this is a direct link to the poll.