IpMan Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 I still love the ALS they played that night, it is such a glorious mess, a real Spinal Tap meets Motley Crue 1988 moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyGirl Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 (edited) I always thought the show associated with Jimmy sitting down to play was in Chicago? Were there others? (not talking about their acoustic set) Does anybody know why he sat down during this Tempe show? Perhaps wobbly from his smack and booze diet. Edited July 29, 2016 by KellyGirl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutrocker Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 On 7/27/2016 at 9:14 PM, Zonie Grey Ghost said: I'm new to this forum and still figuring out navigation and search functions. I was at the Tempe show. Ever since, until recently, I have told people that any garage band could have blown the band off the stage that night. It stunk, terribly but not totally. I've never heard any audio from that show, but apparently someone has it somewhere. The arena had horrible acoustics and Page looked and played like hell. I don't want to read anything more here about that show so I can sit down and think about it and maybe call the friends that were with me that night. I believe the band started with The Song Remains The Same and it sucked. I also remember after a few songs, a roadie bringing out a chair for Page and he slouched there for a few songs, I think. August in Tempe/Phoenix is about as close to hell on earth as you can get and everyone was sweaty and pissed off, nd that's just the audience. I can call my friends that were there, but after I concentrate with a little memory herb. Maybe replicating the atmosphere will better jog my memory. But, in retroxpect, some of the songs were spot on, acoustic ones I think. I have grown more forgiving now that I'm truing learn some of Page's licks. I feel lucky to have seen them at all. As far I remember none of my friends had audio recording going, but one may have taken some pics. I'll have to call her and find out. The strongest memory of that night was the 240 mile round trip to the show and back, in the back seat of a Pinto with no AC and many miles of concrete highway...in August...in Arizona... Your eyewitness account generally jibes with the incomplete audience recording (which starts with the acoustic set, missing the first seven songs: The Song Remains The Same, The Rover/Sick Again, Nobody's Fault But Mine, Over The Hills, Since I've Been Loving you, No Quarter, Ten Years Gone). You can tell just based on the tape that there was a weird vibe on the night. The audience is pretty rowdy, lots of yelling, a few firecrackers, etc. But no booing...Tempe is defintely a "bad" show but certainly not Zeppelin's "worst" IMO. Let's not forget, a couple of years later Bob Dylan would encounter yea confrontation at the same venue for trying to preach at the audience and shove his Slow Train Coming Christian music down their throats... On 7/28/2016 at 3:44 PM, bluecongo said: If your friend has pics, that would be QUITE a find. Very very few pics from this show in circulation. Yes indeed, any pix or even more eyewitness accounts would be cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Grey Ghost Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 I got in touch with my friend that drove us to the show. She tells of standing in line for four hours to get the last four tickets sold in Tucson. Bless her heart. I'm pretty sure that was in Jan or Feb 77 for an original March date. She remembers roadies had to help Page onto the stage. She's grateful for the chance to have seen them. I'm grateful for her efforts. I see if I can post the scanned image of the ticket she miraculosly uncovered after 39 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutrocker Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 ^^^ That's awesome! Doesn't seeing that $8.50 ticket price seem fucking depressing in 2016? I can't be bothered adjusting for inflation etc but that's probably be a $150-$200 seat nowadays... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xolo1974 Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 5 hours ago, Nutrocker said: ^^^ That's awesome! Doesn't seeing that $8.50 ticket price seem fucking depressing in 2016? I can't be bothered adjusting for inflation etc but that's probably be a $150-$200 seat nowadays... Awesome indeed. I was born in '74. My Dad, whose vinyl collection I turned to when I was 13 (Led Zep 1 in particular completely blowing me the fuck away) had the chance to go see them in Liverpool in '73 (my hometown) and never went. Something to do with being a newlywed, having a mortgage, wanting to start a family, saving up etc. I wonder how much the tickets were....10 pence? Who knows! He regrets it. Even if you inflated it, probably still nowhere near the price you have to pay now to see complete shite ( e.g pop bands like kings of Leon/black keys). Weird I could have had a role in my dad not seeing Zep. Still, he saw Hendrix 3 times. And if my Ma wants to piss me off she reminds me that she saw him 3 times too....but only cos he was on the same bill as cliff Richard. apologies all for my massive digression. But the kids are in bed, it's a Thursday and there's red wine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IpMan Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 7 hours ago, Nutrocker said: ^^^ That's awesome! Doesn't seeing that $8.50 ticket price seem fucking depressing in 2016? I can't be bothered adjusting for inflation etc but that's probably be a $150-$200 seat nowadays... Inflation has little to do with current ticket prices, the fucking Eagles do! Fuck those guys and their 94' Hell Freezes Over money-grab tour. I love the Eagles mind you, but what they pulled in 94' was just evil and ticket prices have reflected such since then. Think about it, in the 80's, that was the height of the concert / theatrical performance (Dio mid 80's tours, Ozzy, Crue, etc...) where holographic dragons and shit would leap out at the audience. Those stage productions were both massive & expensive yet you could see those bands for $15 bucks. Now, we are back to the old days in regard to production, lighting, gear, and band, little else with the exception of a U2, Madonna, Beyonce, or Alice Cooper yet Heart charges $200 per ticket for a friggin oldies show. It must suck to be a touring musician these days, trying to figure out what to do with all that pesky money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatOne Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Woodstock '94 was like that too and renamed to Greedstock. Like $5 bottle water, over $12 for a small crappy microwave pizza and something about special Script Money - Woodstock money to avoid corruption ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Grey Ghost Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 I got in touch with my friend that drove us to the show. She tells of standing in line for four hours to get the last four tickets sold in Tucson. Bless her heart. I'm pretty sure that was in Jan or Feb 77 for an original March date. She remembers roadies had to help Page onto the stage. She's grateful for the chance to have seen them. I'm grateful for her efforts. I see if I can post the scanned image of the ticket she miraculosly uncovered after 39 years. @KellyGirl- I'm pretty sure Page was sitting before they started the acoustic stuff. He not only sat, he slouched. He was to Plant's left, just right of center stage, from the audience view,. He was looking diaganolly to his right. The price of the ticket was good, even for '77. Some "lesser" acts were getting up to $15 by then. Thinking of those prices back then...I paid $4.50 to see Rare Earth in '72, about $4 to see Neil Diamond in "71 free for The Grass Roots at AZ State Fair '71, $3.50 or so for The Guess Who in '72, $5 for REO Speedwagon in '75, $7 for Spirit in '79, I think around $9 for Pink Floyd in '74ish, and on and on. I tried to list all the acts I've seen over the decades; it was a long list. But the few that remain as the best and were all less than $15 are Zepplin in '77, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young in '74, Frank Zappa in about 76ish, Santana in '77ish, Elvis Costello in '78, and the Califfornia World Music Festival in '79 for about $25. btw- I'm trying to post at the end of this thread. Either this tablet is confused or I am. It won't let me post anywhere but here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutrocker Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I just reposted Tempe over at the Traders Den, having found my old discs cleaning the house...and got a reply from the TAPER of the show, who was able to solve a couple of mysteries, regarding the mediocre partial recording of the gig: the original tapes ran slow because they were "old batteries" and it was a "shitty tape deck". He also mentioned that he only had one 90 minute tape that had already been used a few times, which explains that beautiful tape bleed of "Jumping Jack Flash" and "All Right Now" we hear during "Stairway To Heaven". The taper didn't mention why he missed the first set on the recording, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeplz71 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 11 hours ago, Nutrocker said: I just reposted Tempe over at the Traders Den, having found my old discs cleaning the house...and got a reply from the TAPER of the show, who was able to solve a couple of mysteries, regarding the mediocre partial recording of the gig: the original tapes ran slow because they were "old batteries" and it was a "shitty tape deck". He also mentioned that he only had one 90 minute tape that had already been used a few times, which explains that beautiful tape bleed of "Jumping Jack Flash" and "All Right Now" we hear during "Stairway To Heaven". The taper didn't mention why he missed the first set on the recording, though. thanks for the post on TD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutrocker Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 13 hours ago, zeplz71 said: thanks for the post on TD. It was worth it just to hear from the taper of the show. Hell, I even listened to thing last night- it's actually not that that bad of a recording. And I maintain that it is mainly Robert Plant that is the weak link in Tempe with his inability to hit the high notes, though that "Achilles Last Stand" is one of the great rock and roll trainwrecks of all time😆 After a while Jones and Bonham don't even bother waiting for Jimmy to catch up to them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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