I was kind of a fan before I knew it. As a little kid in the 70s, Led Zep was all over the radio, and grown-ups liked to take their radios EVERYWHERE back then 😂 Whenever "Kashmir" came on, I stopped whatever I was doing to listen. I was hypnotized by that Bonham-Page push-pull riff. I had no idea what I was listening or who it was and didn't think to ask. I became a conscious LZ fan in high school when some kid put on the fourth album in the art room during the lunch break. So, I guess the official answer for me is "Black Dog". Hearing that for the first time ever at age 15, I was like "where have you been all my life" lol. I had all of their albums by the end of that month. Discovering "Kashmir" in that new context was like being visited by an old friend. It was like ... "hey I know you ..!!" Sorry for novel 😂 (#coolstorybro)

The last pic on this post is dope AF. They say a great picture tells a story, and you nailed it here. This guy has lived quite a life, and it looks like he's both in the moment and reflecting on all that at the same time here. To me anyway lol

Big Log Come Into My Life Helen of Troy Like I've Never Been Gone Memory Song

Nicely put. Again, these rankings are just my personal favs. I know this stuff is all subjective.

Took some time to compare Montreal to 2/7 and yeah it's absolutely a better showing both from Page and Plant. So yeah, as far this show not being overall noteworthy in terms of it not being a top 5 or even top 10 show I agree. Still, I think it's easily a top 10 show for Page in 75. Just my opinion. And that No Quarter is something else. I'd still love to hear a soundboard from this night to see if it would sound better or worse to my ears.

Oct 3 Japan and Seattle 73 are two of my fav versions. I also love Oct 2 version, warts and all. I grew up with the Oct 2 show tho (since high school in the 80s) so there's some bias from nostalgia there.

I've always loved this version. Page was struggling for the first half of this night, but I think that struggling benefited the song. His playing here is softer and more careful, and that vulnerability/gentleness perfectly matches the mood of the arrangement as well as what the song is all about. And Robert really shines on this one. There are certainly stronger, more assured versions on other nights in 75 but this one is tops for me.

Been listening to 2/7 while getting some work done, and I think I see your point. Plant sounds atrocious for the first half and "ok" at best for the rest. I do like how he sounds on NQ and Dazed tho. Page is killing it but not quite as fluid as the next night in Philly. But he still sounds amazing to my ears. I think this is easily one of his best nights in 75. In terms of comparing to Long Beach or Montreal, I would have to listen more. I have a feeling it would change song to song, as is typical for 75 (for me). Meaning I'd like some songs better than others from various shows. I def love this NQ, that's for sure. Not as much as the one from Montreal, but close. And 2/7 def has one of the best OTHAFA solos I've heard from 75.

Bad Muthaf---ers 😛 (Leicester boot)

Yeah I had the Southern Death Cult and Death Cult records as well. The first Cult album sounds like almost a different band! And yeah, Sonic Temple is a snooze fest. When we saw them in 89, he had the Morrison hat, shades, leather pants and quite possible the snakeskin boots. The poses he did were comical. I need to look that shit up on YouTube now haha. Thanks! I have never been much of a forum joiner. I don't even like social media. But after lurking on this site for a number of months, and then reading about different members discussing/ranking 75 No Quarter, it inspired me to jump in. I took a loooooong break from Zep. Basically stopped listening in the mid 90s. Then got back into listening again this year. So that's why I have that username. My fav 75 NQ is 5-18-75. What's yours?

Yeah, I'm the same way with certain musicians - gotta be in the right mood. Listening to the Sammy vid you threw up earlier today btw ... very cool! Have you heard that cover he did of Big Wheel? I first heard it while watching Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (the movie) and was hooked after that. I like it better than the original version. Sinatra I can listen to anytime as well. Since covid hit, my listening preferences have steered towards chill and nostalgic lol. Which for me, means 80s and 70s stuff. I've always thought you could draw a direct line from Sinatra to Elvis to Plant. Those 3 guys were - and are - real singers in the sense that their voice was only a small part of the equation. Their presence, self-awareness, and understanding of the energy that's created between a crowd and a performer is pretty unique. Plant wrote up a little piece about Elvis for Rolling Stone a number of years back talking about exactly this. I forget exactly what he wrote, but he used the perfect words to describe what I'm fumbling at here.

A Pavement fan! What do you think of Malkmus solo stuff? I like it a lot better, myself. I was just talking about Malkmus today to the girl who cuts my hair. We were talking about regional accents and how even in Northern Cali, there are def regional accents. She agreed but wanted an example. I told her to look up any Malkmus interview on YouTube 😂 That dude is the epitome of NorCal. I've met so many people who talk like him, and sometimes I talk like that myself.

Ipswitch and Manchester get all the love for that tour, what with Robert being in great voice both nights and Ipswitch being the best recorded. But I really love the Leicester show. It builds slowly and really opens up during and after the acoustic set. It just has a great vibe to it, and the band is absolutely killing it. Jimmy tears it up on Dazed and CB, even more than usual for 71 (to my ears anyway). But you really can't go wrong with any of those shows. I like them better than both Japan and US tour.

You are a kinder, more patient soul than myself, haha. Maybe if I wasn't listening so intensely and just had it on for chill background music that would turn my opinion around. That's interesting you'd say that about 2/7. In fairness, I'm new to that show and have not listened to it all the way through except for 6 songs. Mainly NQ while I was ranking (about a dozen listens), the 3 opening songs, STH and some of Dazed. But what I've heard, I've really liked! NQ in particular. As far as the other shows being stronger, I'll take your word on it. This weekend when I'm doing my treadmill stuff (where the majority of my listening happens lol), I'll try and give the whole show a good listen. But if he gets too chatty, I'm out 😛

Nope, they didn't make the cut for me. I've had the 3/21 show for decades, and it's never really clicked for me for some reason. They sound a bit off, like they're trying too hard or something. Or a bit like that Star Trek alternate universe episode where everyone is sinister lol. I do like 3/17 version but like the other 15 better. Same for 3/12. That's the thing about NQ in 75 ... they're really all pretty good for the most part. I think it's a highlight of that tour. Jimmy def has some pep in his step on 3/12, but I don't like the JPJ solo. It bores me to tears. So, that's why that one didn't make the cut for me. They're all fine versions, I just ranked them based on personal preference and how often I actually listen. Couldn't find shrugging dude emoji or I'd insert it here haha.

I actually liked the Cult back then .. 😂 I went to go see them with a buddy in 89. They were playing at the Cow Palace near SF. Ian was SUCH a cheeseball lol. It was really entertaining, but they def weren't a band I could take seriously after seeing them live. Also, Kingdom Come opened for them, very appropriate. We were pretty close to the stage and heckled them relentlessly between songs (KC, not the Cult). The singer was noticeably distracted. Looking back, it was kind of a dick thing to do but at the same time they sorta deserved it. The Cult did a record in 84 called Dreamtime which sounds honest and inspired to my ears. I still listen to that one once in a blue moon. They got progressively more calculated and fake as time went on, but the optimist in me likes to think there was some real inspiration in their early days.

Just curious if there are any fellow Beefheart fans out there?

Love this version. "Then She Did .." from this same show is magical. My fav version of it, even more than the album version. Perry is on another level here.

This is great, thanks for posting. Haven't listened to these guys in forever. Watching this put a smile on my face .. embryonic Jane's ...

Totally agree that they were the closest to come to the power and spirit of Led Zep even though I was too young to see LZ when they were around. Jane's was the first modern band I got obsessed with, the only one really, back in 89. I got to see them in 1990 in SF. Primus and Pixies opened for them, how cool is that? But yeah seeing them in 86 in LA ... that must have been something else. I played the 86 demo tapes a LOT in the late 80s and early 90s. While the sound was rougher and much less evolved than what you hear from them in 90, or even the "live" album from 87, it also felt more primal. Like, absolutely zero filter.

Damn, that's pretty cool. Would have LOVED to see those guys in 86

whoops sorry, posted to wrong thread^^