Or maybe: "On the Whispering Wind"

Listened to it once straight off. Tomorrow I will dig into it deeper. I'd call the instrument/vocal mix pretty solid except is Bonzo WAY too fucking low (my most common complaint). Luckily there's an excellent Moby you can crank. I think it's amazing find, and a must-have for fans of America '70 shows. Intriguingly different from other great shows from this tour---but '70 shows have so much room for "choppin' and changin'," which is why my passion for '70 grows over time. Sound quality is comparable to other "very good" audience recordings from '70, except Bonzo. First couple numbers have heavy bass distortion but I can't tell if this is the PA Plant hilariously complains about (see "Dazed"), or the tape itself. I'm no expert. White Summer, SIBLY, Heartbreaker, Bring It on Home and Moby stand out on first listen. Makes me want to immerse myself in '70 for a while. Would love to read what others think.

Yes, I'll take two! You're buying, yes? Thanks.

One of my favorite live tracks, because it's such an odd and compelling song all around, and they played it short and sweet. I prefer the "heavier" '73 version, though Plant's '71 vocals are amazing and the 12-string sound is distinctly "out there." A nice combo version is Charlotte, June '72, which has the arrangement that'd follow on the '73 tour, but Plant's voice is still at its high, powerful best---in a way it wouldn't quite be even by the end of the month.

To my ears, this is one of the best '70 AUDs I've ever heard. Kinda..mind blowing!

Would much appreciate a link, Steve. Thanks a million.

I think your top choice of 7/27 Is a solid one. I’ve come to appreciate it more and more over the years in its full audience-tape glory. I can see why Page took so much of it for TSRTS. Back in the day (I bought the vinyl the day it came out) I believed Page and Plant’s excuses about it being “end of the tour/we were sooo tired,/not a classic representation of the band,” etc. ‘Course I believed it! I was 14, it was 1976, and I had nothing to compare the soundtrack to! A million years later I’m sure I’ve heard every “Dazed”’ played in ‘73 and I say this one’s a great choice. My go-to ‘73 Dazed, though, is L.A. June 3. Specifically the SIRA silvers I bought when they came out—-‘92 maybe? I haven’t found a better version of 6/3 outside of Winston’s remaster, but I ain’t got that on silvers, obvs. Something special about this version(I notice it didn’t make your list). Once you get past the awful tape glitches, the final 15 minutes are super-powerful, and the last 10 minutes are Page, Jones and Bonzo at their passionate best. THAT’S what I feel here: the emotions. The last three minutes never ever cease to make my jaw drop—after 3O years of the SIRA. And then Plant, at the end? His heartfelt compliment to Pagey? I’ve never heard Percy so sincere from the stage, and after the previous 30 minutes of vital emoting, it just feels so right. Anyway… good list, mate.

This is a great post, thanks! And I probably read it when it came out ("showing' yer age, kids!'), but what's interesting is you can look back to random comments from '76 and see how Plant's talking about Japan '71 recordings, though Page spent many years after denying there was "anything in the vaults." As Chuck B. said: "It just goes to show, you never can tell."

Holy crap! Another 30 minutes from a show I didn't know even existed as a recording until now. Jesus, this last couple years has been a crazy-good time to be a hardcore Zeppelin fan. A deluge of unexpected shows/sound boards/etc. unlike anything I've known--except for that early '90s period that followed the pilfering of Page's own tapes. So, is there like some high-end gang of wealthy Zeppelin Kollector-Kings out there who know everything that's potentially GOING to come out in the future--even if it's now held in private hands? (Fuck, I hate to sound so naive at my age...) Is it possible to compile a list of what MAY still see the light of day as boot-label silver CD's or the like? There HAS to be a reason for all this stuff coming out recently at such a high rate. It CAN'T just be one or two renegade collectives freeing up stuff hidden for 50 years. Can it?? The experts here are the ones I've come to trust on the deep-dive stuff. Thanks a million---for everyone on The Forum, frankly! Y'all rawk!

Holy hell, this looks exciting!

There were differences in the news source but, at least on first listening, not improvements. Seems to be more hiss but that may be from original source tape. IMO

Yeah, I guess I'm piggy-backing here, but could I get a link as well? Every liriodendron I've heard is Incredible, and I've been searching with no luck for this '80 Frankfurt for some time! Man, I would really appreciate a link.

There ya go! Thanks, man.

Do we know for sure this is "8mm" format? Quality is better than so much footage from this era, so I'd suggest it's Super 8, if not actually 16 mm. I used to shoot a lot of 16mm in college; this reminds me of that. Super 8 image quality bested 8mm, which is why it became the go-to for amateur filmmakers in the late '60s. But in '73, Super 8 with sound on the film cartridge was introduced and quickly became the gold standard. This film is obviously silent. But the image quality is quite good given the problem lighting. That's why I think it may well be 16mm and maybe why they're asking so much $. There's not a lot of 16mm Zeppelin footage around as far as I know. Would love to hear anyone's thoughts.

Yeah this is great, LZF. I continue to be impressed by the fine quality of your work.