Wolfgang Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Did anyone get a chance to see a show on this tour? I was at the Tampa Fla show where the show got rained out after three songs The band sounded Amazing! The three songs they played were, The Song Remains The Same, Sick Again and Nobodys Fault But Mine. Thanks for any reviews of the full set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillian Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Did anyone get a chance to see a show on this tour? I was at the Tampa Fla show where the show got rained out after three songs The band sounded Amazing! The three songs they played were, The Song Remains The Same, Sick Again and Nobodys Fault But Mine. Thanks for any reviews of the full set. I saw them in San Diego when I was fourteen, I am ancient now as my children say 30 years later, however, I remember distinctly that they played Nobody's Fault, Stairway, Kashmir (with a great laser show), Moby Dick, No Quarter, Dazed and Confused, Song Remains The Same, an acoustic set and they played for 3 and half hours, no opening band and it was the best ever! I haven't gone to a concert since then that has left such a lasting impression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocean Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 was at all these shows FRONT ROW!!! ok....1977 was a very different time than now...music and concerts were so different....I'm 48 now....and have seen more than 1000 shows in my lifetime...I still have most all of my ticket stubs....I really have seen almost everyone...most of 'em 5 to 100 times.with that said.... I waited 2 1/2 weeks in line...I was the very first person in line to buy tickets in the DC/MD area. Infact tickets were scheduled to go on sale at 10:00am Sat morning....and at 4:00am Sat...the police came and escorted the first 10 of us into the cap center and sold us our tickets...tickets were $9.50 with a .50 service charge...so the very first $10.00 concert tickets. We were allowed to buy 10 tics for each of the 3 nights....I bought 10 front row center seats 3 nights in a row.... holy shit!!!!!!!!!!! The police then escorted me and my nine other friends...who bought the whole first 7 rows center out!, out to our cars because they were afraid we would be mugged.......honest absolute true story.......then I simply traded when they added a fourth night for another front row seat...I still have 3 of my four stubs...........THE SHOWS...............first let me say...I was, am probably still am, one of the biggest Zep heads ever....they were everything to me since 1969 when ZepI came out....was never then same again.....waiting in line over night each year to buy the albums as they were released....back to the shows... Upon the first show I didn't want to be wasted or drunk because I wanted to remember everything....they were late coming out...when the house lights went out....you have NEVER heard such a roar from a crowd...this wasn't a Beatles hysterical roar...this was pure blissful love screaming to our favorite muscians on the planet, who were literally 3 feet from my face....front row and I never got down off my chair....we stood on our chairs all 4 hours....singing every lyric.....it was insane...from the first notes of TSRTS....it was a dream come true this 18 year old!! Things were so different as I said...we didn't know what they were gonna play...there was no internet to look up setlists....in fact there was no MTV and we never even got a glimpse of our heros other than Circus Mag, Rolling Stone, Crawdaddy.....we were totally enamored by their presense...it was so exciting....all 20,000 of us KNEW this was history...... 4 nights...yes 4 nights...by the 4th night we were dissappointed in our heros to be honest...they played the same songs each night...and Robert even said pretty much the same thing between songs.....or so it seemed as it was happening....listening to the boots now, we all know there were a couple differences...like Dancin Days..etc.....Jimmy was wasted...I mean wasted...on the 3rd night...after STH he held his double neck above his head and 2 roadies caught it just in time.....he needed to be carried off the stage..... Another big event was some asshole shouting a bottle rocket on stage which caught Plant's shirt on fire, or at least smoldering.....and he ripped his shirt off, basically cursed the guy out...threatened to shut down and played shirtless for a while.......also you've never seen such a cloud of pot smoke....you could cut it with a knife...... All that said almost 30 years ago.....still the BEST SHOWS I HAVE EVER SEEN....no one has ever come close.....the Who with Kieth Moon was close....but they were NO LED ZEPPELIN.... hope you enjoyed reading...I enjoyed remembering. Damn I'll never forget it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickZepp Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 From listening to the boots I have this was a very bad tour. Very few bright moments for the group. Jimmy was really deep into his drugs at this time and it showed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef free Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Saw 'em July 24th 1977, last American show, not great. Very late, Bonham and Grant had been in a fight with the guards and it was nearly a repeat of their Milan riot. Page skipped the solo in ALS which really pissed me off ! Gotterdamerung!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattmc1973 Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Overall not a great tour, due to Jimmy's condition, but there were some good shows. The LA Forum boots by Mike Millard really stand out, both due to their sound quality, and the quality of the playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levee Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Having an extended collection of bootlegs and actually being there are completely different things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zep77 Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Did anyone get a chance to see a show on this tour? I was at the Tampa Fla show where the show got rained out after three songs The band sounded Amazing! The three songs they played were, The Song Remains The Same, Sick Again and Nobodys Fault But Mine. Thanks for any reviews of the full set. Saw the Houston show...Still can't believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal light Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Did anyone get a chance to see a show on this tour? Yes, 3 times, Los Angeles, Inglewood Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang Posted November 22, 2007 Author Share Posted November 22, 2007 Yes, 3 times, Los Angeles, Inglewood Forum. and what were your thoughts about the performence, and Jimmy Pages guitar playing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led Zeppelin Fan00 Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Thursday, May 19, 1977, Baton Rouge. Got to LSU Assembly Center at 2:00 P.M. (I was a junior in high school at the time.) My friends went to party - I sat against the glass doors. My ticket was for the floor and there was no way I was going to forfeit a chance to be close to the stage... By 6:30, I was pressed against the doors, and people were pounding against the building. They let us in under heavy security, and I made it to the stage (separated by steel barricades). By 8:45 P.M., they had still not appeared, and by this time with all the pushing and shoving I was about 6 feet back from the stage. Turns out that the cavalcade was tied up in a serious Interstate traffic accident. But then Pagey's opening TSRTS note pierced the place around 9, and until about 12:30 A.M. they were relentless. Percy's greeting after Sick Again was 'Baton Rouge! --- Red Stick!!!' Later in the show during Going to California in the acoustic set, Plant had to ask the audience to stop hurling those phosphorescent night sticks around and onto the stage... He said something like, "It's rather hard to stand on a hill in a mountain of dreams with those green things flying at you"... My highlight was 'Ten Years Gone', my fave song at the time, and Jimmy's Danelectro playing was superb. Being a hardcore Zep fan from before then, I thought his playing was spot-on that night... I also remember Robert sitting atop a big Marshall stack and jumping down right after Jimmy's Black Mountain Side segued into Kasmir!!! The last song was Achilles Last Stand... I was deafened for the next day or so. The experience is forever burned into my soul! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo4880 Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 I was but 5 years old when the 77 tour happened. Although I've heard every recording of the 77 tour that circulates I honestly would trade them all just to be able to go back in time and see a 77 show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeye Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 I saw Zep on April 30, 1977 - Pontiac Silverdome. I have some words and images on my website here: Pontiac Silverdome Concert Was a moment that I will never forget! Bruce the Buckeye http://www.ledzeppelin.ws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal light Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 and what were your thoughts about the performence, and Jimmy Pages guitar playing? I was very impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rover Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Friday, April 1, 1977 ~~ Dallas, Tx. Led Zeppelin's 1977 Hammer of The Gods Tour I was personally at three of the concerts in 1977. Dallas, Ft. Worth, and Houston I drove down to the DCCC, the Dallas County Convention Center Arena (formerly called the Dallas Memorial Auditorium) arriving around 3pm the day of the show, April 1, 1977. I parked right in front of the arena. Where so many times I have exited after concerts to find customers automoblies parked. Some fat county security guard told me I could not park there, or I would get towed. I ignored her. Some guys were unloading some boxes from a delivery truck into the arena. I know now what was in those boxes... The official Black 1977 Tour T-shirt, with "Led Zeppelin" and the Swan Song Logo all in white. As I looked at the marquee nearby. It said in black block letters: LED ZEPPELIN SOLD OUT One of the letter in the sold out portion of the marquee had been attached improperly, and was hanging at an angle. So, I reached up, with some effort, and adjusted it. So the picture of the marquee taken by Neal Preston, that you see in the Official 1977 Tour Program, looks great..... because of me.... It was just a few months earlier that I had waited in line at the DCCC, the ONLY place that tickets were going on sale for the Dallas show. No "pre-sale", and no over-the-phone sales . . . Just one location for the inital days sale . . . It started out OK. There were probably 70 people already in line when I got there around 4pm. I figured, even if all 700 people ahead of me bought 4 tickets.... that was only 280 seats, so I was bound to get in the first 10 rows.... But..... by midnight..... there were hundreds of people in line.... but that "line" was now approaching the ticket office entrance from "two" sides.... There were no tickets handed out to those waiting in line.... no "lists".... It was a cold Texas night by anyone's standards. It was January, and it fell below freezing that night...down into the 20's I believe... Thenks to some Jack that I drank, I made it through the night... It helped to numb the pain of the cold. I didn't overindulge though, as I had some serious business to take care of the next day. By dawn, the next day, there were thousands of people in line. Tickets weren't scheduled to go on sale until 9 or 10am. By 7am, the "lines" had vanished, and now now had a situation. People were just crowded 20 deep around the tickect office doors. There was such a crush at the doors that, you could completely go limp, and you would not move or budge an inch.... So, the Dallas S.W.A.T. team was called out, and one of the guys came in from the ticket office, and stood at the inner door entrance, and let kids come in one at a time. Ther was probably around 25 kids inside the ticket office at any one time.... Funny thing is, even after getting in one of the four lines inside the ticket office, people were still pushing against each other very tightly, as if they were gong to cut in line..... Due to the paniced situtation....TicketBastard allowed one of the first people in line to purchase --100-- tickets, well of the stated limit of four per person....So, by the time I got to the window, about the 70th person I'd say.... the closest I could get to the stage was 20 rows back.... I had expected much better after being in line all night. If I had known Ticketbastard was going to sell the first guy in line 100 tickets, I would have simply waited for him to come out of the ticket office and killed him and offered to buy a couple of seats from him....[Turns out this guy was from Oklahoma, where Zeppelin were scheduled to play on the tour anyway -- greedy fucking bastard!! -- He even had the nerve to park his motorhome right in front of the arena box office drive.] So, there I was, 2 months later, back at the scene of the ticket sale madness, but all was calm. I parked where that guy had parked his motorhome. This was my 1972 Rally Sport 350 Camero, with Personalized Texas license plates that read "ZOSO". I walked across the street to the hotel, and ordered a steak dinner. When I came back to the arena.... My Camero had been towed. I was no dumbass though.... I had my ticket to the show with me!!! I then phone my pals who were coming later to bring some extra cash for me, so we could get my car from the pound after the show... Looks like my car would not be one of the ones that everyone would see as they left the concert... Part 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom kid Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 The '77 tour is probably my favourite tour, I don't agree with the majority of the people who say it was a bad tour. All the boots I own from it (which are quite a few) are all very listenable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solar Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 The '77 tour is probably my favourite tour, I don't agree with the majority of the people who say it was a bad tour. All the boots I own from it (which are quite a few) are all very listenable. Listenable, yes. The quality of many shows is excellent. Performances are lacking precision and intensity much of the time, if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Friday, April 1, 1977 ~~ Dallas, Tx. Led Zeppelin's 1977 Hammer of The Gods Tour I was personally at three of the concerts in 1977. Dallas, Ft. Worth, and Houston Great post, Rover! You may recall the original dates were postponed on February 24th on account of Robert's tonsilitis? This was just three days before the Fort Worth gig was originally supposed to happen. Anyway, according to a Showco employee's tour itinerary they actually rehearsed in Dallas for three days (March 29-30-31) before performing April 1st. Do you recall any mention of this in the local papers or radio stations? Something like "Led Zeppelin is in town!" ? It may well have been just a lighting and stage equipment check. I do know they didn't stay after the concert, they flew to New Orleans in the Starship. Thanks also for clarification of that venue's name. I'd been there not to long ago and wondered when it may have been "incorporated" into the newer convention layout. It is still the original building they played in '73 & '75 of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang Posted November 26, 2007 Author Share Posted November 26, 2007 The '77 tour is probably my favourite tour, I don't agree with the majority of the people who say it was a bad tour. All the boots I own from it (which are quite a few) are all very listenable. From the 3 songs I heard, the band sounded great, and were on top of their game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rover Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Great post, Rover! You may recall the original dates were postponed on February 24th on account of Robert's tonsilitis? This was just three days before the Fort Worth gig was originally supposed to happen. Anyway, according to a Showco employee's tour itinerary they actually rehearsed in Dallas for three days (March 29-30-31) before performing April 1st. Do you recall any mention of this in the local papers or radio stations? Something like "Led Zeppelin is in town!" ? It may well have been just a lighting and stage equipment check. I do know they didn't stay after the concert, they flew to New Orleans in the Starship. Thanks also for clarification of that venue's name. I'd been there not to long ago and wondered when it may have been "incorporated" into the newer convention layout. It is still the original building they played in '73 & '75 of course. I do remember the gig being postponed. When my buddy told me, I thought he was telling me a very bad joke! I heard that Robert got his tonsilitis somewhere in New Orleans..... I didn't have tickets for the FT. Worth show.... but by the time the re-scheduled April 22nd show came around....I got in with a scapled ticket .... So out of money was I after going to see Zeppelin in Houston... that I did not get to go and see Pink Floyd when they came to Ft. Worth for their "Animals" Tour! My other HS friends were such moronic nerds that they did not go to see PF... maybe I could have tagged along, if someone else had gone !!! But, for Zeppelin, I sacrificed all, and went to the Houston and the Ft. Worth shows alone. I was in college down in Austin, and so I was not in Dallas March 29-31. Rehearsals or not.... the first Zeppelin show was a little shaky....but...it was -- Led Zeppelin.... so it still Rocked !!! The roadies that were in place for the tour to being in Ft. Worth at the end of Feb., were not sent back home. The roadies stayed, I was told at the Sterling Hotel, across the Trinity River in Dallas for another month. I'm sure the Bartender got to know them well !!! I sat by Jimmy's Guitar Roadie at a bar at the now defunct Mother Blues Club in Oak Lawn (Dallas). He told me that he spoke with Jimmy a few days before, and Jimmy had asked him "Was it was warm enough to wear his Bermunda shorts".... Jimmy was getting ready to fly into town soon. I know that Zeppelin also flew to New Orleans in the Starship after their March 4, 1975 Dallas show. The original hall is still there. Seats about 10,000. So, when Zeppelin added a second Dallas show in 1975... it was for their adoring fans, and certainly not 'for the money', as Zeppelin could easily have added another date at a lager venue elsewhere. Reunion Arena in Dallas (about 18,000) was not competed until a couple of years later, in 1980. April 1, 1977 ... the last time Led Zeppelin ever played in Dallas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooney1975 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 ^ How were the video cameras at the Houston show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rover Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 ^ How were the video cameras at the Houston show? What video cameras at the Summitt ? ? ? ? They're weren't none ! ! ! No videos on any screens either.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvalle Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 I saw them in Tempe Arizona... they started about an hour late and only played for about 90 minutes. It was great while it lasted but Jimmy was drinking JD out of the bottle and was really wasted.... but, as a 16 year old it was still an event that I have never forgotten.... Tickets were only $10 !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realstu Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Did anyone get a chance to see a show on this tour? I was at the Tampa Fla show where the show got rained out after three songs The band sounded Amazing! The three songs they played were, The Song Remains The Same, Sick Again and Nobodys Fault But Mine. Thanks for any reviews of the full set. I saw Led Zeppelin for 3 nights out of their 6-night stint at Madison Square Garden, NYC, in June, 1977. I was completely blown away by these shows, and especially the acoustic mini-set (I can still remember the actual performances of The Battle of Evermore and Black Country Woman, and get chills when I think about it- wish I was still there!!!). The shows were definitely not carbon copies- there were a good number of variations. I remember being so completely psyched for these concerts. I had first seen Led Zeppelin in Feb, 1975 at the Nassau Colisseum in Long Island, NY, on the Physical Graffitti tour, and before the 1977 "movie tour" started, I was one of a very few who got to see them in person at the New York premiere of "The Songs Remains The Same" at the Cinema II theater (I slept out for tickets right across from Bloomingdales!). By the way, during that same short time of 1977, I attended an astounding number of other fantastic concerts in New York, including Genesis (Seconds Out tour), Pink Floyd (Animals tour), Emerson Lake and Palmer (Works tour, with 70 piece orchestra and choir), Supertramp (Even in the Quietest Moments tour), Jethro Tull (Songs from the Wood tour), Yes (in the round), and I'm sure more, but I can't remember. To me, it marked a last pinnacle (and unfortunately, the beginning of a slow decline to the end) of the classic rock era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 If Jimmy had been in better shape, this tour might have been their best...GREAT setlist....Bonzo was at his peak....JPJ was really showing how talented he was esp. with No Q (some people complain at how long it was...I personally loved those classical music snippets he threw in during his solo)....Percy was at his all-time funniest ....Jimmy was great certain nights and others ...still there's something I love about this tour!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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