Christopher Lees Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Back around 1990 I caught a live version of Communication Breakdown being played on the Zep set. Pro quality sound, must have been a BBC bootleg. They went into It's Your Thing (do what you wanna do - I can't tell you, who to sock it to...) with excellent wah pedal work. It was kind of funky sounding. Really great. I can't find it anywhere on YouTube. Does anyone know for sure what show this was from and what the deal is with not being able to find it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeplz71 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 It's from BBC Playhouse Theater 6/27/69 but unfortunately that jam of It's Your Thing was cut from the official release. You can hear it on bootlegs or earlier radio broadcasts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zep Hed Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Yup tough to find the officially released BBC stuff on YouTube etc. Copyright and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Only Way To Fly Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 18 hours ago, Christopher Lees said: They went into It's Your Thing (do what you wanna do - I can't tell you, who to sock it to...) with excellent wah pedal work. It's really a great groove and I wish they would have expanded it a bit longer. Page does use that same section in other live songs I've heard but Plant never reprises the lyrics. Shame really because he kills it just like For What It's Worth from the same era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 It's Your Thing was released on Feb 16, 1969. It hit Number one on the US R&B Chart and Number 2 on the US Chart. Those were the days when radio was not so segmented. Zeppelin had started building a funk breakdown into Communication Breakdown that spring. You can hear a bit of it in the March Danish TV broadcast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef free Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 I guess ol "Led Wallet" didn't want to cough up the $ to include it! Huge error to lose this part... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1975NQ Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 On 6/23/2021 at 7:39 PM, The Only Way To Fly said: It's really a great groove and I wish they would have expanded it a bit longer. Page does use that same section in other live songs I've heard but Plant never reprises the lyrics. Shame really because he kills it just like For What It's Worth from the same era. Yes! My fav version of the song. I caught it on the radio back in the late 80s and taped the whole thing. I'm sure it's out there in streaming land though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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