40 Years Ago Today Led zeppelin Graced The Stage At The Sydney Showgroundl

[Reggie29]

Time to crank up The Rovers Return DVD!

[Strider]

Time to crank up The Rovers Return DVD!

Indeed!

[chillumpuffer]

Yes it was actually a CD set of the Manchester Hard Rock show from 08th December 1972. So being (one of) the most famous watering holes in Manchester it was named so. A very good show as it happens

[Reggie29]

I'm sure someone will have said this before, but The Rovers Return is almost certainly a reference to the pub in Coronation Street...hence Strider's smiley...?

That may be but it is the name of the recording I have of the Sydney show where they first played The Rover as part of the WLL jam.

Quite possibly a double reference.

As for it being a show in Manchester, I don't think so.

[ledzepfilm]

For some even more fun, watch loads of videos from the show!

NBC TV footage (with press party):

Roadie 8mm film:

Amateur 8mm films:

Enjoy the candy

[LedZep342]

Part of The Rover found in the Rock & Roll clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgbTsQTbS_4

[chillumpuffer]

Sorry my answer may have been a bit vague. I do understand that Genuine Masters released a DVD disc of the Sydney gig called "The Rovers Return" in 2004 but Empress Valley also released a recording of the Manchester Hard Rock show in 2001 with the same title and as Coronation Street is set in Manchester - well Salford actually, then one can assume EV were being geographically correct in naming the CD after a pub in a well know TV soap.

[Ross62]

Time to crank up The Rovers Return DVD!

[Strider]

I'm sure someone will have said this before, but The Rovers Return is almost certainly a reference to the pub in Coronation Street...hence Strider's smiley...?

Very perceptive of you Major Major...I figured it would be an English(wo)man that would catch the double-reference. Yes, along with Genuine Masters "The Rovers Return", I was giving a nod to the Coronation Street pub.

[Reggie29]

Ten Leap Years Gone.

[Deborah J]

Hi Reggie!

Are you still listening/watching your DVD? You can only guess what I am listening to tomorrow...

[Hally]

Oh I feel old, 40 years and luckily still here to remember that day well ... ummm ... sorta well ... anyway I clearly remember the first few that jumped the fence being vigorously pursued and one being actually grabbed but quickly let go as the mass stormed over. Another thing that stuck was it being overcast and drizzling rain and I'm not sure if it was just the ACID and the chillums in the back of the Kombi driving in but magically as the sun came out it shone on the stage area first before clearing further? A few snippets like the Cop that actually smiled when Robert Plant said that "even the Police" bit but enough of that ... what a concert it was!