SpookyE Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I would like to know what your favorite version of Dazed And Confused is from each year that it was performed. So for example: your favorite from '69, '70, and so on.......... Not really going to include '68 because there is only one known recorded live version of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyPhantom Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 (edited) I happen to really like the O2 version. The steps down really make it sound monstrous (can't wait to hear how it will sound on the official release). Though some may disagree because of a supposed "train wreck" solo which in my opinion, is an utterly bull sh*t complaint. Edited September 12, 2012 by FunkyPhantom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aen27 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I love both How the West Was Won version and SRTS version, so it is a tie between them both. I also loved the part that Jimmy used in his Outrider show. It is on the Raving Arizona DVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magerogue Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 HTWWW is the best for me. And for all that matters I think that Dazed and Confused's best period was 1970. The Royal Albert Hall show was very good and Dazed is a highlight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led Zep Girl Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 This one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Dounim Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 3/21/75. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I also loved the part that Jimmy used in his Outrider show. It is on the Raving Arizona DVD. I've not heard of this. This is a bootleg DVD is it not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 This one! I think I agree. When this was recorded they had such a raw sound that this may be the best officially released version. And since the officials have better quality than boots in just may be the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul carruthers Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 The Song Remains The Same is my favorite version. Also, I'm a big fan of the Danish TV performance from 1969. http://youtu.be/wqdgWh3d9oQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpookyE Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 Okay so here are mine: 8/31/69 Dallas,Texas 9/4/70 Los Angeles, California 8/31/71 Orlando, Florida 6/25/72 Los Angeles, California 3/16/73 Vienna, Austria 3/21/75 Seattle, Washington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 1969: Either Jan. 10, 1969 San Francisco or the 1969 Super Show(even though the video is edited, it still smokes...love Jimmy's tone with the Dragon Tele and WEM amp combo). 1970: Jan. 9, 1970 RAH 1971:Sept. 29, 1971 Osaka, Japan 1972: June 25, 1972: LA Forum 1973: March 24, 1973 Offenburg 1975: March 12, 1975 Long Beach Arena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tea for Tanja Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 1969: Either Jan. 10, 1969 San Francisco or the 1969 Super Show(even though the video is edited, it still smokes...love Jimmy's tone with the Dragon Tele and WEM amp combo). 1970: Jan. 9, 1970 RAH 1971:Sept. 29, 1971 Osaka, Japan 1972: June 25, 1972: LA Forum 1973: March 24, 1973 Offenburg 1975: March 12, 1975 Long Beach Arena is the tele plus the wem the equipment he used during the fist bbc show.this total tube sound and the variing of sounds is so mindblowing.did he use any toneblender etc ? someone gave me a great link for the research of jimmys equipment but this special show with the best white summer version was not mentioned. i had a radioversion of this show but the guitarsound was fat and not flat as the official bbc-session release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 (edited) is the tele plus the wem the equipment he used during the fist bbc show.this total tube sound and the variing of sounds is so mindblowing.did he use any toneblender etc ? someone gave me a great link for the research of jimmys equipment but this special show with the best white summer version was not mentioned. i had a radioversion of this show but the guitarsound was fat and not flat as the official bbc-session release. Hi Tea for Tanja, The first BBC session was recorded on March 3, 1969, while the Supershow appearance was March 25, 1969. Everything I have seen and read says that Jimmy made his switch from the Telecaster to the Les Paul after Joe offered him the Les Paul at the April San Francisco shows. Which seems to prove that Jimmy definitely used the Tele on the first BBC session. The question I can't answer definitively is what amp he used for that first BBC session. It's not a given he used WEM's, as he also used Rickenbacker amps with his Tele on the early tours. Whatever he used, I love it. I know Jimmy's primary lasting image is him with the Les Paul slung low with the row of Marshall's behind him, but the geek in me has a special place in my heart for the early concerts PRECISELY because of the fuzz and buzz of Jimmy's Dragon Tele and Rickenbacker/WEM amps. He got sounds and tones and sustain out of a Tele that I had never heard anyone else get before. I wish he would have stuck with the combo a little longer. There's something about those early "Dazed and Confused"s that hit me unlike the Les Paul versions. Oh, and I am already on record here about my absolute passion for those "As Long As I Have You" medleys in 1968-69. Here's a bonus question: did Jimmy switch to Marshall's at precisely the same time he started using the Les Paul? Or did he play the Les Paul a few times thru the WEM's before moving to Marshall's? Edited September 24, 2012 by Strider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpookyE Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 1969: Either Jan. 10, 1969 San Francisco or the 1969 Super Show(even though the video is edited, it still smokes...love Jimmy's tone with the Dragon Tele and WEM amp combo). 1970: Jan. 9, 1970 RAH 1971:Sept. 29, 1971 Osaka, Japan 1972: June 25, 1972: LA Forum 1973: March 24, 1973 Offenburg 1975: March 12, 1975 Long Beach Arena How could I have overlooked Osaka, tough choice I think I might have to change my opinion on Orlando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 How could I have overlooked Osaka, tough choice I think I might have to change my opinion on Orlando Actually there are so many great ones from 1971, it's easy to overlook many of them. What finally swung my pick towards 9-29 Osaka was the absolute stellar violin bow segment...haunting, eerie and musically melodic; and the melencholy "Pennies from Heaven" dropped in unexpectedly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpookyE Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 I just love seeing for myself how this 5 or 6 minute song evolved through out the years into a 30 minute plus epic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTM Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Recently I have been enjoying listening (a lot) to the 10 12 07 o2 version. On the Four Eyes DVD boot. The 5.1 option sounds best to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy's Dragon Suit Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 March 7, 1970 May 24, 1975 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyn Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Much too involved to sit here and listen to each Dazed to pick out my favorite, but I really like the ones from Danish TV and Royal Albert Hall. My favorite part of Dazed is the San Francisco part from TSRTS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Sombreo Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 The Tampa Stadium show, May 5th 1973. There is not an audio version of this or any Zep song that does any justice. The bass was just vibrating the stadium and when they were playing the 1st part of the song it just took everyone by surprise..oh, and then Jimmys bow solo was just everywhere. How The West Was Won is probably the closest version to what I heard except they added the "San Fran part into the song. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Knebs Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 9-29 Osaka is gonna be the one isn't it the vinyl on the SRTS double LP never gets old, nit picking on the guitar tone- seems squashed which drys out the sweetness and growl. Best part of Page's live tone was the on-demand snarl and grit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy A Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 For me, it's gotta be Hamburg 73 - the absolute live pinnacle. That whole string of Euro shows were outstanding. Actually, really enjoying some of the 75 shows - MSG Feb 12th, Baton Rouge Feb 28th for example - again. Another all time fave is Berkeley Sept 14 71. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Masson Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 I really have fun listening to Dazed from Texas Pop in '69 these days ... I usually tend to prefer the shorter, early versions of the song, where they also play it a little faster than they later would, which to me really makes it more eerie and psychedelic - when it's not too stretched out, the song will just seem like a more pointed statement. But the Texas Pop version in fact is somewhat in between here, about 15 minutes long. Jimmy had recently acquired the Les Paul and it sounds aggressive, evil, ominous ... and the band is fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HousesOfTheHoly45 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Song Remains The Same Has My Favourite Version Of Dazed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzinj Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Actually there are so many great ones from 1971, it's easy to overlook many of them. What finally swung my pick towards 9-29 Osaka was the absolute stellar violin bow segment...haunting, eerie and musically melodic; and the melencholy "Pennies from Heaven" dropped in unexpectedly. Just checked out the bow segment. you're spot on. Sounds like a horror movie soundtrack - or a haunted house. Yikes!! Love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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