ratster Posted January 23, 2022 Posted January 23, 2022 This supposedly a photo taken at the Kooyong concert which I bought as a print at a swap meet...looks like a colourised B&W photo. Quote
Walesdad Posted January 23, 2022 Posted January 23, 2022 4 hours ago, ratster said: This supposedly a photo taken at the Kooyong concert which I bought as a print at a swap meet...looks like a colourised B&W photo. Great image. Quote
donb8 Posted September 17, 2022 Posted September 17, 2022 I've come to look at this tour as being really overrated. The band never really gels. Jimmy's playing at 30% compared to the level he was playing at the us tour. No wonder the audience looks tame in that footage from Sydney. Quote
JohnOsbourne Posted September 17, 2022 Posted September 17, 2022 1 hour ago, donb8 said: I've come to look at this tour as being really overrated. The band never really gels. Jimmy's playing at 30% compared to the level he was playing at the us tour. No wonder the audience looks tame in that footage from Sydney. Probably. They're definitely transitional shows, much like the Japan shows later that year. Quote
davidh Posted September 19, 2022 Posted September 19, 2022 I didn't look closely at this original post when I first read it, but I thought that there was no way that 80,000 people attended the Subiaco show. Not only would that have meant about 10% of the entire population of the city would have been in the one place, but Perth is one of the most isolated capital cities in the world, so it's not like people would have been traveling from all over to attend. I found a review of it here from the time that gives the much more realistic, but still extremely respectable, figure of 8,000. Quote
Tainted cheese Posted September 22, 2022 Posted September 22, 2022 On 9/17/2022 at 3:44 PM, donb8 said: I've come to look at this tour as being really overrated. The band never really gels. Jimmy's playing at 30% compared to the level he was playing at the us tour. No wonder the audience looks tame in that footage from Sydney. It's not my favorite tour as a whole, but some of the heaviest concerts they played where done there. I love Adelaide 19th and the 2nd to last show in Sydney, great stuff and just hard driving ferocious playing, even Plant's voice was top-notch for many of those shows. Quote
Hally Posted February 13, 2024 Posted February 13, 2024 On 11/21/2020 at 9:36 AM, LedZep123 said: Not very many people know about these shows as well as the Japanese shows that Led Zeppelin did in '71 and '72. But, in my opinion, the Australian shows are actually some of the most important in their career as a band. Why? Well, first off, it gave them an introduction to stadiums, which they played during '73 and '77 in North America, including their famous Atlanta, Tampa and Detroit shows. Heck, they played to some 80,000 people in a 50,000 seat stadium in Perth on the first night. In Sydney, they played to between 30,000 and 40,000 people. Maybe even more!!! Secondly, it proved that the band can actually rock in places that aren't just in America and Europe. Sure they played Japan just a few months before, but they were, to what, 10,000 people. They were the biggest thing to come to Australia since The Beatles in '64. They also set a record attendance for the highest attended show in New Zealand, when they played in Auckland to about 25,000 people. And that is pretty big. I'm from N.Z., and they're not the biggest rockers in the world. And imagine in 1972!!! All in all, these were definently some very important concerts in the band's career. Hear is the complete inteniary with the rounded attendance. 16th February - Perth, Australia - Subiaco Oval - 80,000 19th February - Adelaide, Australia - Memorial Drive Park - 8,000 20th February - Melbourne, Australia - Kooyong Stadium - 14,000 25th February - Auckland, New Zealand - Western Springs Stadium - 25,000 27th February - Sydney, Australia - Sydney Showground - 38,000 29th February - Brisbane, Australia - Brisbane Festival Hall - 6,000 If anyone was here, please share your story. I have to agree. They were. at their peak at this one. "Was overcast, even drizzling rain. Arrived in an overpacked Kombi (very cliche but true) smoking all the way in. No tickets, we grinned and walked passed the ticket guy fast as he frantically grabbed for a ticket from whoever may have had one. I slipped a $5 bill into his pockets for his efforts. Five bucks to see Led Zeppelin seemed more than fair. Just after 2PM and I swear the sun broke through like a spotlight over the stage as they walked on. A mass of people jumped the racecourse fence from the power of the Immigrant Song kicking off as we looked on stunned. A few hours later they finished their umpteenth encore (contrary to set lists) and left the stage to enormous applause. What a show and of course we had never seen anything so dynamic and powerful back in ’72. Simply amazing and one of their best (acknowledged years later by Page and Plant) concerts ever." My comment from JPJ Audio Forum https://jpjaudio.com.au/1972/02/27/led-zeppelin-australian-tour-1972/ Quote
Hally Posted August 2, 2024 Posted August 2, 2024 On 2/14/2024 at 12:05 AM, Hally said: I have to agree. They were. at their peak at this one. "Was overcast, even drizzling rain. Arrived in an overpacked Kombi (very cliche but true) smoking all the way in. No tickets, we grinned and walked passed the ticket guy fast as he frantically grabbed for a ticket from whoever may have had one. I slipped a $5 bill into his pockets for his efforts. Five bucks to see Led Zeppelin seemed more than fair. Just after 2PM and I swear the sun broke through like a spotlight over the stage as they walked on. A mass of people jumped the racecourse fence from the power of the Immigrant Song kicking off as we looked on stunned. A few hours later they finished their umpteenth encore (contrary to set lists) and left the stage to enormous applause. What a show and of course we had never seen anything so dynamic and powerful back in ’72. Simply amazing and one of their best (acknowledged years later by Page and Plant) concerts ever." My comment from JPJ Audio Forum https://jpjaudio.com.au/1972/02/27/led-zeppelin-australian-tour-1972/ The link from the JPL Audio Forum has been deleted since this post. Reading where they were overrated on the Australian tour I suppose maybe for some shows they were but they sure came together for Sydney. Luck maybe but they were tight, all playing at their best. Who stands (and sits) around watching a band playing crap for 3 hours 20 minutes then cheering them off the stage? 38,000 bored fans hoping the last song might be OK? Nah it was a cracker and you had to be there and happy to say I was. Quote
Kevin G Posted February 7 Posted February 7 I was at the Melbourne show... friends and I didn't have tickets but thought we would sit outside the stadium and listen... when we arrived there was a crowd standing around by the train tracks, so we wandered down to investigate... someone yelled RUN NOW!! and we ran towards the gates, while a couple of security guards tried frantically to stop the stampede... we sat on the steps between the seats and watched an unforgettable concert for free... great memories... Quote
Walesdad Posted February 7 Posted February 7 This tour, after many years of not paying it too much attention, is turning into one of my favourites. There are some excellent recordings, certainly Sydney and Adelaide at least, that are a real pleasure to hear. Quote
oscar35 Posted April 14 Posted April 14 The attendance figure for the Led Zeppelin Concert at Subiaco Oval in 1972 was about 5000, With about 4000 outside who could'nt get entry. Quote
Hally Posted June 1 Posted June 1 On 2/7/2025 at 5:47 PM, Kevin G said: I was at the Melbourne show... friends and I didn't have tickets but thought we would sit outside the stadium and listen... when we arrived there was a crowd standing around by the train tracks, so we wandered down to investigate... someone yelled RUN NOW!! and we ran towards the gates, while a couple of security guards tried frantically to stop the stampede... we sat on the steps between the seats and watched an unforgettable concert for free... great memories... Same in Sydney but no security. We didn't have tickets either! Followed the crowd to a side double gate, wide open to let trucks through I guess, and we casually walked through while others handed in tickets. No security which was likely over at the main entrance. Dunno why I was so generous but slipped a $5 note into the the collectors shirt pocket as he fumbled with a handful of tickets then thanking him. Hindsight should've grabbed a couple of stubs but tripping and happy just to get in never thought too.😍 Spoiler Quote
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