Reggie29 Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Today I celebrate the 38th annivesary of the greatest concert I have and will ever have attended. Now where's that Rovers Return Disc? I posted a previously unedited version on another thread when I first joined, I couldn't find it so perhaps it must have been lost during the site upgrade. Once upon a time Somewhere Over the Rainbow in the land of Oz.......... February 27 1972 2.00pm It was a balmy summer's Sunday afternoon, rain clouds had threatened all morning but thankfully never eventuated. My good mate Muzza and I jumped on the train and headed into the city. We arrived at Central Station and walked the couple of miles to The Sydney Showground, more accustomed to holding Rodeos and such rather than rock concerts. Thousands of people had gathered estimated at somewhere between 26 and 38 thousand. They threw the gates open about 15 minutes before it started. The stage was set back about 50 yards from the boundary fence, the stands were full except for a handful of VIP's sitting on the grassed area. Several fans tried to join them but were tackled by the cops and escorted back to the stands. The band ripped into the Immigrant Song and pandemonium broke out when we charged on to the field and the cops didn't know what had hit them and gave up the chase. As fast as it started it ended when everybody just stopped and sat down all at once just for a few seconds then started going off. We were about 10 yards from them centre stage After a couple of songs Robert said "Hello Sydney, I hope it doesn't rain and we have to stop, if we don't we'll all blow up!" and the throng erupted. One of the many highlights was when they played Bron-yr-aur Stomp the whole crowd clapped along with the chorus in perfect time, a real "you had to be there moment". I left there with a feeling that I was part of something special that day and it only seems like yesterday, even though it will be 38 years ago today that The Mighty Led Zeppelin landed in Oz. Set List 1. Immigrant Song 2. Heartbreaker 3. Black Dog 4. Celebration Day 5. Since I've Been Loving You 6. Stairway to Heaven 7. Going to California 8. That's the Way 9. Tangerine 10. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp 11. Dazed and Confused 12. What Is and What Should Never Be 13. Moby Dick 14. Rock and Roll 15. Whole Lotta Love(inc. Boogie Chillun - Hello Mary Lou - The Rover - Let's Have A Party - Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Going Down Slow - The Shape I'm In) 16. Communication Breakdown 17. Organ Solo/Thank You Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross62 Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Best to you Reg! .Enjoy the memories . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidersandsnakes Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 My elder sis and her then B F went to that gig at the Sydney SG.......they told me that concert changed their lives forever :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie29 Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Now 5 years later it's 43 years ago today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Love this show. You are lucky you got to attend, Reggie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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