Zep Hed Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 (edited) Any guesses? Could it be a lost encore from Texas Pop? Slightly flat soundboard? Check. Plant's voice ripped to shreds? Check. A fitting end to the summer tour? It fits. I think I've compared this to all the known versions of WLL from April to August 69. Doesn't seem to match any. Hmmm. Do we have something here? Edited August 2, 2023 by Zep Hed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeplz71 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 (edited) When it was first posted a year ago, it was labelled as being from the Irvine show, May 1, '69. Edited August 2, 2023 by zeplz71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zep Hed Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 OK I'm with you. And that one has the intro as well. So are we to believe Plant's voice was that different only 5 days after Winterland? And during the intro he says "Thanks for asking us back." They'd never been to Irvine before. Only LA and San Francisco (in California) to that point. I'd question Irvine as the venue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeplz71 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 I take it to mean 'thanks for asking us back' for another encore. Who knows, could be a different date than Irvine, was just going by the original post. As for his voice, it did sometimes change noticeably from night to night even in '69. Consider Danish TV, then Supershow the next night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zep Hed Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 I'll just add "Thanks for asking us back" would also fit Texas. They were in Texas a few weeks prior and it didn't go well. They were pleased the return was a positive experience, and Plant thanked the audience more than once throughout the show. Irvine is a tenuous theory imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 I'm just guessing but Plant's voice and also the sound of Jimmy's guitar and the soloing he is doing remind me of the Winterland and Fillmore West shows of April, 1969. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticks of Fire Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 4/27/69-Fillmore West final encore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtracy64 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 On 8/7/2023 at 12:47 PM, Sticks of Fire said: 4/27/69-Fillmore West final encore This does seem like the most likely source - it's obviously a very early version of the song and the sound quality is somewhat similar to the 2nd half of the Fillmore show. it's a shame so much of the song is missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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