confounded_bridge Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 (edited) Hi everyone. I've been reading this forum for a long time and i recently created an account. I enjoy all the twelve years of music that Led Zeppelin gave to us, and i am a huge fan of the 1977 tour. I see that the 77 tour gets slammed by some waterheads here and there, without a reason. I decided to rank all the 77 shows, to prove that most of them are good. THE ORDER IS RANDOM. I included only the shows that we have recordings for. BAD/WEIRD SHOWS Tempe Arizona, July 20 1977 Oklahoma city, April 3 1977 (the band is unrehearsed) Chicago, April 6 1977 (the band is unrehearsed) Chicago, April 7 1977 (the band still sounds a little bit rusty) Landover Maryland, May 26 1977 (IMTOD and Kashmir are trainwrecks) MEDIOCRE-GOOD SHOWS Houston TX, May 21 1977 (good performance) Fort worth TX, May 22 1977 (good performance) Landover, May 25 and 28 1977 (mediocre to good) Cleveland, April 27 1977 (good) Chicago, April 9 1977 (good) Cincinatti, April 19 and 20 1977 (good) Atlanta, April 23 1977 (good) Kentucky, April 25 1977 (good) New York, June 7 1977 (good) San Diego, June 19 1977 (brilliant playing from Jimmy, bad playing from Bonzo) Seattle, July 17 1977 (good show, but shitty SIBLY and Jimmy is lost during the OTHAFA solo) Oakland, July 23 1977 (good show, but Jimmy completely destroys the TYG solo) Oakland, July 24 1977 (good) VERY GOOD-LEGENDARY SHOWS Chicago, April 10 1977 (very good, the only bad moment is the first TYG solo, but Jimmy makes up with the second solo) Cleveland, April 28 1977 (excellent show, one of the best TYG, great NQ, kashmir and ALS) Pontiac, April 30 1977 (excellent, Jimmy plays greatly) Birmingham, May 18 1977 (excellent) Landover, May 30 1977 (excellent) Tampa, June 3 1977 (it started excellent and powerful) New York, June 8,10,11,13,14 1977 (excellent) Los Angeles, June 21,22,23,25,26,27 1977 (epic, legendary shows, with the 22nd being my favorite) I'd like to hear your opinions on my list. Edited June 25, 2018 by confounded_bridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZepHead315 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Pretty good list. I'd say you're mostly spot on. Only changes I would make would be: putting Chicago 4/9 in the bad/weird category given how Page was unwell that night. I'd also put Landover 5/28 in that category as well. That might just be my least favorite Zeppelin performance ever. Page is awful and Bonzo's off and the whole thing drags at a snail's pace. I mean a 33 minute drum solo? Ugh! Not to mention the soundboard for that show is dreadful. Dry as a bone and sludgy as hell. I'm inclined to maybe add San Diego 6/19 to that category as well owing to Bonzo's performance, but you are right that the rest of the band is great. Other than that, I'd pretty much agree with this list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul carruthers Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 (edited) I don't know of any really bad ones, per se (I've only heard about Tempe). Beyond that, I seem to love everything from 75-80, so a few off me own head: 6/21, 23, 25; Seattle, Houston, Ft. Worth, the 2 Cleveland gigs. Maybe the whole 6/7, since I have plenty of time to listen to it (love that Nutrocker)... Damn, I forgot the 5/28 Maryland (Kashmir)... 😏 Edited June 25, 2018 by paul carruthers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
confounded_bridge Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 1 minute ago, ZepHead315 said: Pretty good list. I'd say you're mostly spot on. Only changes I would make would be: putting Chicago 4/9 in the bad/weird category given how Page was unwell that night. I'd also put Landover 5/28 in that category as well. That might just be my least favorite Zeppelin performance ever. Page is awful and Bonzo's off and the whole thing drags at a snail's pace. I mean a 33 minute drum solo? Ugh! Not to mention the soundboard for that show is dreadful. Dry as a bone and sludgy as hell. I'm inclined to maybe add San Diego 6/19 to that category as well owing to Bonzo's performance, but you are right that the rest of the band is great. Other than that, I'd pretty much agree with this list. I also thought the same thing about April 9, but i ranked it based on the playing before Jimmy's collapse. And you're right about 5-28. The worst sounding soundboard and bad playing. Maybe i shouldn't put this show in that category, but TYG, kashmir and Achilles are so good to my ears, that made me forget the rest of the concert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZepHead315 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 1 minute ago, confounded_bridge said: I also thought the same thing about April 9, but i ranked it based on the playing before Jimmy's collapse. And you're right about 5-28. The worst sounding soundboard and bad playing. Maybe i shouldn't put this show in that category, but TYG, kashmir and Achilles are so good to my ears, that made me forget the rest of the concert. Personally I've never been big on Kashmir from this show. I've seen some praise for it, but whenever I listen to it, all I can think about is how sluggish the band (Bonzo in particular) is. It sounds like it's being played in slow motion. That being said, I do agree with you in general that 77 gets more hate than it deserves. There's roughly half a dozen shows that are truly bad/awful. The rest range from okay to outstanding. The LA run alone makes this year worthy imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hummingbird69 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Damn Skippy! though, the 6-23-77 show is my Fav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonfan159 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 2 hours ago, paul carruthers said: 6/21, 23, 25; 😏 Yes. I don't think 6/22 is as good overall as people say it is, and the last two shows are kinda blah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonfan159 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 I don't know if I'd even put Landover 5/30 in the excellent category. The best of the run, but still nothing special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IpMan Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 39 minutes ago, gibsonfan159 said: I don't know if I'd even put Landover 5/30 in the excellent category. The best of the run, but still nothing special. I have to disagree with your assessment of 5/30 as well as 6/22, to me they are both excellent shows but to each their own. Also, I know I am in the minority here but I prefer the whole of the NY run with the exception of 6-7 to almost all of the LA run. To me NY is tighter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnOsbourne Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 What exactly is a "waterhead"? I suspect I am one, but it never hurts to check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZ98 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 SIBLY from Seattle sounds pretty good to me (aside from a little too much bass on the remaster.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strombringer101 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 20 hours ago, confounded_bridge said: Hi everyone. I've been reading this forum for a long time and i recently created an account. I enjoy all the twelve years of music that Led Zeppelin gave to us, and i am a huge fan of the 1977 tour. I see that the 77 tour gets slammed by some waterheads here and there, without a reason. I decided to rank all the 77 shows, to prove that most of them are good. THE ORDER IS RANDOM. I included only the shows that we have recordings for. BAD/WEIRD SHOWS Tempe Arizona, July 20 1977 Oklahoma city, April 3 1977 (the band is unrehearsed) Chicago, April 6 1977 (the band is unrehearsed) Chicago, April 7 1977 (the band still sounds a little bit rusty) Landover Maryland, May 26 1977 (IMTOD and Kashmir are trainwrecks) MEDIOCRE-GOOD SHOWS Houston TX, May 21 1977 (good performance) Fort worth TX, May 22 1977 (good performance) Landover, May 25 and 28 1977 (mediocre to good) Cleveland, April 27 1977 (good) Chicago, April 9 1977 (good) Cincinatti, April 19 and 20 1977 (good) Atlanta, April 23 1977 (good) Kentucky, April 25 1977 (good) New York, June 7 1977 (good) San Diego, June 19 1977 (brilliant playing from Jimmy, bad playing from Bonzo) Seattle, July 17 1977 (good show, but shitty SIBLY and Jimmy is lost during the OTHAFA solo) Oakland, July 23 1977 (good show, but Jimmy completely destroys the TYG solo) Oakland, July 24 1977 (good) VERY GOOD-LEGENDARY SHOWS Chicago, April 10 1977 (very good, the only bad moment is the first TYG solo, but Jimmy makes up with the second solo) Cleveland, April 28 1977 (excellent show, one of the best TYG, great NQ, kashmir and ALS) Pontiac, April 30 1977 (excellent, Jimmy plays greatly) Birmingham, May 18 1977 (excellent) Landover, May 30 1977 (excellent) Tampa, June 3 1977 (it started excellent and powerful) New York, June 8,10,11,13,14 1977 (excellent) Los Angeles, June 21,22,23,25,26,27 1977 (epic, legendary shows, with the 22nd being my favorite) I'd like to hear your opinions on my list. Someone invent a damn time machine, I have some Zeppelin concerts to go to!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecongo Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Im a big LA77 fan. Big 77 fan in general ! I wish MSG 77 was better represented sonically. I’ve never been able to get deep into those shows for that reason. my random 77 thoughts 6/7 I’m not a fan of because Jimmy is just too rough. Energetic, but rough. 5/22 I think one of best energetic shows of tour. 5/30 Bonzo sounds asleep 5/26 one of my personal faves very relaxed dynamic show with some nice fluid playing from Jimmy 6/23 my fave Zep show ever Jimmys best night of tour imho 5/21 I think is decent esp end of show 4/27 Jimmy is weak 7/17 ok in some parts when Jimmy wakes up later on and Roberts voice warms up. Strong Bonzo show 6/21 legendary show super energy but again, IMHO Jimmy a little too coked up and frantic in parts, still epic possible best Bonzo performance ever 6/25 solid show Jimmy very inspired in parts Robert very strong but Bonzo has downshifted 7/20 😂😂😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo_fan Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 On 6/25/2018 at 8:14 PM, gibsonfan159 said: Yes. I don't think 6/22 is as good overall as people say it is, and the last two shows are kinda blah. I'd have to disagree with you there. I think 6/22 is the best top-to-bottom show of '77, with 6/21 close behind. If any of the LA shows are overrated, I'd say it's 6/23--it certainly has very epic peaks (NQ, Stairway), but they're interspersed with more mediocre moments, such as maybe the weakest acoustic set of the LA run and the screw-up in Kashmir. I mean, it has a great, playful vibe to it, but I'd take the superior tightness of 6/21 & 6/22 if I had to choose. And I wouldn't call the last two blah--to me, blah would be just totally middle-of-the-road, paint-by-numbers, with nothing notable to recommend it. I would give this 'honour' to 6/7 of all the June '77 shows. 6/26 is great and tight all the way through IMO, highlighted by an excellent NQ (and a unique one, given that Jones goes back to the electric during Page's solo, like on 3/25/75), a great acoustic set, one of the best Noise Solos, one of the best and longest Stairway's, and the great and rare encore of It'll Be Me. 6/27, I'll admit, is the weakest of the LA run, but its NQ & acoustic set alone prevent it from being "blah" IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeron Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 2 hours ago, Bonzo_fan said: I'd have to disagree with you there. I think 6/22 is the best top-to-bottom show of '77, with 6/21 close behind. If any of the LA shows are overrated, I'd say it's 6/23--it certainly has very epic peaks (NQ, Stairway), but they're interspersed with more mediocre moments, such as maybe the weakest acoustic set of the LA run and the screw-up in Kashmir. I mean, it has a great, playful vibe to it, but I'd take the superior tightness of 6/21 & 6/22 if I had to choose. And I wouldn't call the last two blah--to me, blah would be just totally middle-of-the-road, paint-by-numbers, with nothing notable to recommend it. I would give this 'honour' to 6/7 of all the June '77 shows. 6/26 is great and tight all the way through IMO, highlighted by an excellent NQ (and a unique one, given that Jones goes back to the electric during Page's solo, like on 3/25/75), a great acoustic set, one of the best Noise Solos, one of the best and longest Stairway's, and the great and rare encore of It'll Be Me. 6/27, I'll admit, is the weakest of the LA run, but its NQ & acoustic set alone prevent it from being "blah" IMO. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks 6/23 is overrated. I feel as though if Keith Moon hadn't made a cameo and it wasn't a Millard recording people wouldn't give it as much attention as they do. Still has some great moments though.. I share your opinion on 6/26 as well. An overall solid show and I'd much rather hear "It'll Be Me" as an encore than that "Whole Lotta Love"/"Rock And Roll" medley they were doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmtomh Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 On 6/25/2018 at 5:37 PM, confounded_bridge said: Hi everyone. I've been reading this forum for a long time and i recently created an account. I enjoy all the twelve years of music that Led Zeppelin gave to us, and i am a huge fan of the 1977 tour. I see that the 77 tour gets slammed by some waterheads here and there, without a reason. I decided to rank all the 77 shows, to prove that most of them are good. THE ORDER IS RANDOM. I included only the shows that we have recordings for. BAD/WEIRD SHOWS Tempe Arizona, July 20 1977 Oklahoma city, April 3 1977 (the band is unrehearsed) Chicago, April 6 1977 (the band is unrehearsed) Chicago, April 7 1977 (the band still sounds a little bit rusty) Landover Maryland, May 26 1977 (IMTOD and Kashmir are trainwrecks) MEDIOCRE-GOOD SHOWS Houston TX, May 21 1977 (good performance) Fort worth TX, May 22 1977 (good performance) Landover, May 25 and 28 1977 (mediocre to good) Cleveland, April 27 1977 (good) Chicago, April 9 1977 (good) Cincinatti, April 19 and 20 1977 (good) Atlanta, April 23 1977 (good) Kentucky, April 25 1977 (good) New York, June 7 1977 (good) San Diego, June 19 1977 (brilliant playing from Jimmy, bad playing from Bonzo) Seattle, July 17 1977 (good show, but shitty SIBLY and Jimmy is lost during the OTHAFA solo) Oakland, July 23 1977 (good show, but Jimmy completely destroys the TYG solo) Oakland, July 24 1977 (good) VERY GOOD-LEGENDARY SHOWS Chicago, April 10 1977 (very good, the only bad moment is the first TYG solo, but Jimmy makes up with the second solo) Cleveland, April 28 1977 (excellent show, one of the best TYG, great NQ, kashmir and ALS) Pontiac, April 30 1977 (excellent, Jimmy plays greatly) Birmingham, May 18 1977 (excellent) Landover, May 30 1977 (excellent) Tampa, June 3 1977 (it started excellent and powerful) New York, June 8,10,11,13,14 1977 (excellent) Los Angeles, June 21,22,23,25,26,27 1977 (epic, legendary shows, with the 22nd being my favorite) I'd like to hear your opinions on my list. Nice topic - and nice list! Like Zep Head and others, I generally agree with you here. I actually would rank Fort Worth 5-22 in the top category (not legendary, but definitely very good to excellent) - for example I think it's a far better performance than the night before in Houston. Otherwise, though, I think you're spot on (or at least very close) on your rankings, at least for the '77 shows I'm most familiar with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
confounded_bridge Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 On 6/26/2018 at 7:28 PM, SteveZ98 said: SIBLY from Seattle sounds pretty good to me (aside from a little too much bass on the remaster.) Robert's voice is cracking a lot, so much it's cringeworthy. Jimmy's playing is okay, but nothing special. (Of course this is my personal opinion.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
confounded_bridge Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 On 6/26/2018 at 9:49 PM, bluecongo said: Im a big LA77 fan. Big 77 fan in general ! I wish MSG 77 was better represented sonically. I’ve never been able to get deep into those shows for that reason. my random 77 thoughts 6/7 I’m not a fan of because Jimmy is just too rough. Energetic, but rough. 5/22 I think one of best energetic shows of tour. 5/30 Bonzo sounds asleep 5/26 one of my personal faves very relaxed dynamic show with some nice fluid playing from Jimmy 6/23 my fave Zep show ever Jimmys best night of tour imho 5/21 I think is decent esp end of show 4/27 Jimmy is weak 7/17 ok in some parts when Jimmy wakes up later on and Roberts voice warms up. Strong Bonzo show 6/21 legendary show super energy but again, IMHO Jimmy a little too coked up and frantic in parts, still epic possible best Bonzo performance ever 6/25 solid show Jimmy very inspired in parts Robert very strong but Bonzo has downshifted 7/20 😂😂😂😂 Exactly! This show has the second best version of kashmir, (the best version EVER is 6/22), a stellar NQ and great SIBLY and TYG. Bonzo is slower, compared to the first three concerts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
confounded_bridge Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, tmtomh said: Nice topic - and nice list! Like Zep Head and others, I generally agree with you here. I actually would rank Fort Worth 5-22 in the top category (not legendary, but definitely very good to excellent) - for example I think it's a far better performance than the night before in Houston. Otherwise, though, I think you're spot on (or at least very close) on your rankings, at least for the '77 shows I'm most familiar with. Thank you! It was very difficult for me to rank Fort Worth. It is very enjoyable and energetic, but at some parts Houston show is better. For example, Houston SIBLY, Achilles and Stairway are way better. The next night at Fort Worth, Jimmy used a lot of distortion for Achilles and his guitar is kinda out of tune, destroying the intro. This version is a little rough for me. On the other hand, 5/21 No Quarter is very boring (actually it is the only version i don't like.) Certainly, both shows are very enjoyable, each one on its own way. Edited June 27, 2018 by confounded_bridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hummingbird69 Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 (edited) 17 hours ago, Daeron said: I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks 6/23 is overrated. I feel as though if Keith Moon hadn't made a cameo and it wasn't a Millard recording people wouldn't give it as much attention as they do. Still has some great moments though.. I share your opinion on 6/26 as well. An overall solid show and I'd much rather hear "It'll Be Me" as an encore than that "Whole Lotta Love"/"Rock And Roll" medley they were doing. You really think that "I"* feel the 23rd is a highly rated and great show because of Moon's appearance? that's funny. His time on the boot was funny, almost sad really but that's all. It also has nothing to do with being a Millard recording. I think most people know this show from the original For Badge Holders Only boot which is from a different source and "I" still love it. I never listen to the Millard recording for this show because of the all the dropouts. I listen to this show because the performances of NFBM, OTHAFA, SIBLY, NO QUARTER, THE ACOUSTIC SET, (very cool) and TUF, are IMHO hard to beat. Bonham's drum solo is pretty damn good for 77 as is Jimmy's noise solo although I could do without the anthems (always). The bit he does on the toggle switch is magic and the theremin and bow solos are wild. I don't care about the mix up in Kashmir or how slow WSBMS is this show is highly enjoyable and as a person who loves the atmosphere and playing at this gig, I do not feel it's overrated at all. This is coming from someone who has all the shows and has been listening to live Zeppelin since 1983. * "I" in parenthesis represents those who do not feel that the high rating is for the reasons you stated Edited June 27, 2018 by hummingbird69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul carruthers Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) Heh, the old "Badgeholders" debate; has anyone mentioned 6/21 yet? It's usually those 2 shows that always get singled out on the LA run... 😂 Edited June 28, 2018 by paul carruthers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hummingbird69 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 1 hour ago, paul carruthers said: Heh, the old "Badgeholders" debate; has anyone mentioned 6/21 yet? It's usually those 2 shows that always get singled out on the LA run... 😂 6-21 has been mentioned and it's a great show especially TSRTS but for me as a listener, it's really the highlight of the show as it's better than anything else they played that night. 6-23, however, has a lot of Highlights as I mentioned above. For me, those versions are near perfect but it's a matter of taste really. I often wonder how we can all have such different takes on the performances. It's like sometimes I just scratch my head and say how can they think that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 I wrote this about two years ago. On 1/31/2017 at 12:05 AM, Strider said: Boy, there is a lot of nitpicking going on with 1977. First of all, when craigled said 1977 was Led Zeppelin's best tour, I think he was not just talking about the show itself but the totality of the tour, the gigantity of it all. When I think of a rock and roll tour, I think of a band on the road for months at a time hitting all the regions of the country. I think of endless days of speculation and anticipation and media reports coming in as the band marches across the country, the buzz building and building until you think you are going to burst with excitement when the band at last comes to your town. By the mid-70s, after Led Zeppelin and the Stones and Elton John and others laid the groundwork for the modern rock tour, it was common-place for bands to tour for more than 30 or 40 shows in the U.S. But for most of the early years, a Led Zeppelin tour barely lasted a month or more. Even in 1972, while the Stones were blazing around America, when Led Zeppelin toured the Led Zeppelin IV album, they played only 19 shows on that summer tour. No shows in San Francisco, Chicago, Texas, or anywhere in the Deep South. 1973 was their first real bona-fide multi-month cross-country tour of America. 36 shows and this time Led Zeppelin did hit the south and San Francisco and Chicago and many other places they had neglected. That was a great tour. In 1975, they had another boffo tour...but even at 38 shows across three months, it seemed short. Again there were places ignored...no San Francisco/Oakland dates, for instance. Other issues hampered the tour...the band's health and the fact that the majority of the tour took place in the freezing winter, which exacerbated the band's health issues. The 1977 U.S. Tour, on the other hand, felt different right from the beginning. For one thing, it was a spring-summer tour. Warm weather and warm vibes. Like 1973, they hit all the regions of the country, playing places they missed in 1975. 51 total dates scheduled from April to August...of which 44 were played before Karac's tragic passing forced the cancellation of the rest of the dates. The 1977 tour was not only covered by Creem, Circus, and the rock media and daily newspapers of the cities on the tour. It was also covered by the national mainstream press such as Time and Newsweek. The sound system, the staging, the light show and special effects. Everything was a leap above what had come previously. And now let us talk about the concert itself. Everyone mentions Tempe. Ok, Tempe was bad...or that's what one hears from the available tape. But how many "bad" shows were there really on the 1977 tour? I can vouch for the LA Forum run...not a bad show in the bunch. Even the one I missed, the 22nd of June, is top-notch. Best "Over the Hills" solo Jimmy ever played...and maybe the best "No Quarter" of the Forum week. All the New York shows sound like they were good shows...some like the June 7th reach epic heights. So between LA and NY, that's 12 good to great shows right there. Both Cleveland shows, Cincinnati, Pontiac Silverdome, Atlanta, Ft. Worth, Houston, and two of the Largo Center, MD shows (May 28 and 30) all sound like passable good shows to me...the worst of them is still above average. So far we have two Largo shows and Tempe that one could objectively rank as below average. That makes 3 bad shows and 21 above average or better shows. Chicago I have only heard in fragments, so I cannot really vouch for those dates. But let's go ahead and concede that the show where Jimmy collapsed was not a good night for the band. Nor can I make a judgement on all the early dates that have not surfaced in any form. I never received Freezer's Baton Rouge tape. But people that have heard it rave about the show. Tampa was rained out but what they did play sounds like it would have been a killer show. That leaves San Diego and the third leg of the tour. I haven't listened to San Diego or the Oakland shows in years. I recall Bonham being deathly ill during the San Diego show so I cut the band some slack for that night. The Oakland shows I recall not being impressed compared to the Forum shows, but I don't know that I would say they were bad shows...the quality or non-quality of the audience tape may hinder one's judgement of a show. Last but not least, we have the Seattle Kingdome show, which I have previously reconsidered on this Forum and found it to be quite enjoyable, especially via the audience tape. So, let us say the San Diego and one of the Oakland shows were bad. That means that out of a 44 date tour, we only have evidence of 6 "bad" shows: Tempe, San Diego, Oakland, Chicago, and two Largos. 27 shows are good-to-great and we are still waiting on tapes for the rest. That is a pretty good ratio and hardly the disaster people try to make the 1977 tour seem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TangerineDreamer Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 All I know is I saw LZ 3/1/77 in Baton Rouge, La and thought it was absolutely fantastic. Never seen anything like it before or since. C’mon! It’s Led Zeppelin! What’s not to like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TangerineDreamer Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Admittedly a shitshow in a lot of ways TSRTS tour. I was lucky and saw the third show of the tour. And was a 14 y.o. Gobsmacked by one JP. Very lucky to have seen them at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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