Inspired by the fact that NQ75 had so many January 73 Dazed versions on his list I aim to listen to Southampton 73 until the end of Dazed at least. SIBLY on now. I’ve had mixed feelings about this gig. Plant still learning his new range and Page not necessarily his tightest but the vibes at the end of the show are great and Bonzo’s been good so far during this listen. Gonna pay attention during TSRTS and Dazed, naturally. edit: Dazed wasn’t bad but actually OK. However, as I remembered the not yet ready San Francisco interlude is a bit like a fart in your face during you know what. Actually distracts from the whole thing if you are not careful (talking about listening here) Bonzo still aces it.

Damn. Some exercise. I reckon I’ve heard 4-5 from your list. Can agree that Vienna and Seattle are pretty damn strong.

The Kashmir train is about to crash, haha.

Nice, give some feedback then if it is your cuppa or not. edit: Pass It On from the evening show blows me away with its groove too. Much better than what they eventually canned in the studio (Straight Ahead)

Haha, same show as Paul there above.

The ascend of a lead zeppelin. Heavy stuff!

Damn... this sounds quite awesome when blasted properly with some added bass.

Been a lot lately… MSG 7.6.77, Providence 73, Toronto 71 for instance but now 28.4.1977 and the original Destroyer from Cleveland.

Cheers, I think Zep boots has a good matrix version on their channel too. Have been using that a lot doing research and when my own CD collection is not an option. (downloading stuff is a bit iffy as at the moment I only have my work laptop)

^ On the date! Also reminded me of 18.9. Anyway, this MSG concert has been growing on me for a long time... First when I heard it I was like damn Plant is off but part of that was that I expected him to do certain things and hit certain notes and he was singing around his issues avoiding stuff. Now, if you just take it as it is it ain't too bad a rock and roll vocal delivery and the playing is good as is this old bootleg. I think I haven't heard the new matrix versions but how much is there to gain? Funny cover... from EC I guess.

I chose between RAH 70 and 73 Vienna Fireworks. Vienna won. Poor JPJ with his bad tummy.

Mr. Bonham! FFS! The SBD version of Friends is a true gem!

Finishing soon on the Vancouver 20th March encores and then for comparison will give a go on the Dazed from this one before putting on my jim-jams:

Listening to 20.3.75 Vancouver for the second time in row. Have heard this one before but now I realize it has a great uptempo jam section. Nornally I have felt the slower tempo ones are my favourites but at least this one works very well. Anyway, all these get blurry after a while but I have listened to 21. & 27.3. recently and I have a feeling this one tops them.

This Vancouver/ Seattle run 1975 is quite epic. Hard to judge which one I like the best. The vibe on this one is relaxed and humorous. It has never hurt that the quality of these recordings is amazing.

Sorry, cannot help as haven't done comparisons. This one sounds good for an audience recording. Check bootledz for comments... Comparing this to 11.8. one always wonders what the fuck happened!? Contrary to Plant's comments they were ready to kill it but they dropped the ball, especially on the second Knebworth show that should have actually been the best of all the four shows. Edit: Despite the Moonchild cover saying it is a Winston, I doubt it 99,99%.

A good find, Tanya that is.

Don't know the next one but managed to get tickets to Rammstein 28.5.2023 on the Helsinki Olympic stadium. They are playing two concerts and 80 000 tickets sold out in two three hours. Hell, this could be the next one. Missed them in Tallin this summer as Pearl Jam was on in Vienna at the same time but of course Pearl Jam got cancelled. I attend gigs rarely as I have so many hobbies taking up my time.

Pre ordered. Will be interesting to compare to this:

OT: hear my train a comin’ could be my all time Hendrix live favourite. The Berkeley 1st show version being the best (found on Blues and on good quality bootlegs) edit: pre ordered the LA 69 show. Let us see what they’ve done with that as I’ve had the show for 20 years or so. In general Hendrix family ”bootleg releases” have been quite truthful to the source. Oakland is a great example, ace!

Do you guys know Kingston Wall? https://youtu.be/gYMtk3lalzY btw. how does one insert a youtube video here?

Comes a little late BUT the Hendrix family release did a disservice to the 10/11 2nd show by taking the slightly out of tune organ down in the mix. Bloody amazing the whole gig as is the afternoon show Are You Experienced jam with the flute. No one then and after (in rock) could step up and do an impromptu jam like that and deliver the goods. Been more than 10 years since I gave the bootlegs a proper listen. Funny how I still started to remember the licks etc.