right-there Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 I once counted the compact discs I'd traded when that was the primary method of sharing Recordings Of Indeterminate Origin, or as others called 'em as we heard 'em, bootlegs. The number came to 3,000, half of them Zep sets. That was a lot of plastic to tote around, so I decided if I could get two or three sets on one disc, that would save my back. I started authoring DVDs compiling sets from the same tour, or venue, or whatever else came to mind as unifying an enjoyable bundle of live Led Zeppelin. Merge the CD-sourced audio with images of Led Zeppelin, you have a show supported with slides for your PC or TV. A series of DVDs followed, quite a few traded, but many remaining for convenient personal use in my collection. And then I moved house, and knowing that was coming, I ripped my Zep DVDs and transferred the resulting folders to hard drives for storage. A lot easier on my back! So, long story short, in this age of streaming I can offer a range of 'virtual DVDs', the folders that used to be the data 'in' a polycarbonate DVD's contents. You can download them as folders containing a VIDEO-TS folder inside, that, when dropped onto the Play window of the VLC media playback app, will display in that window in the same manner as a DVD plays on your TV screen. And is navigable in the same way, by placing a cursor on a play button, clicking, and... the material plays. Also, once you have any given virtual-DVD folder downloaded, if you're still into physical DVDs, you can burn one using the VIDEO-TS folder inside. Win-win. I can provide a list of all the sets I have on DVD, some standalone, one disc equals one show, usually because it delivers full motion video along with the audio; and other DVDs with less space-hungry slideshows to accompany the music. Knebworth August 4 1979 is an example of the former, TransAmerican Zepress, 1977, the latter. Most of you will know the Knebworth show, but TransAmerican Zepress? It compiles five full-length concerts from Zep's 1977 USA tour, the shows from April 27 1977 (Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, Ohio), May 21 1977 (The Summit, Houston, Texas), May 26 1977 (Capitol Centre, Landover, Maryland), June 7 1977 (Madison Square Garden, New York, New York), July 17 1977 (Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California). Complete shows played beginning to end. The second 'half' of the DVD gets interesting. I've pulled every performance of each song from the shows, and placed each song 'side by side' for sequential playing to offer compare and contrast to the listener. Obviously the recording quality is not the same for every show, but what you can hear is whether the band was 'on' show to show and song to song by comparing performances of each song in a single sitting. That's if this sort of forensic listening appeals to you, of course. Other DVDs of mine line up shows from touring years, East or West Coast USA, shows from the same venue from different eras, and so on. There's a whole range of 'new' ways provided to hear Zep other than the standard show format. Using the shows you are familiar with, but bringing them to your ears in a fresh manner. Full disclosure - all the audio is [tisdu] because that's what I do. Michael Setlists of some compilation virtual DVDs: Baker’s Dozen January 5 1969 August 31 1969 September 4 1970 April 1 1971 September 29 1971 June 25 1972 January 22 1973 March 24 1973 March 19 1975 May 24 1975 May 26 1977 July 23 1979 July 7 1980 11 Years Gone April 26 1969 Montreux March 7 1970 Leicester November 25 1971 Los Angeles June 25/27 1972 Vienna March 16 1973 MSG July 28 1973 New York February 12 1975 Los Angeles March 27 1975 Seattle July 17 1977 Copenhagen July 24 1979 Zurich June 29 1980 Zep Outtakes Antrabata Box 1, 7, 9, 10, 11 Lost Monitor Mixes Led Zep III Outtakes Physically Present Zoso Outtakes That's the Way Through the Out Door Live in ’75 February 12, 16 March 4, 14, 24, 25, 27 ’75 Alive January 12 January 31 February 13 March 17 March 19 March 27 May 25 Led Zeppelin Plays Texas International Pop Festival 1969 Dallas, March 28 1970 Fort Worth, August 23 1971 Dallas, May 18 1973 Fort Worth, May 19 1973 Dallas, March 4 1975 Dallas, March 5 1975 The Summit, Houston, May 21 1977 East Coast USA May 28 1969 July 6 1969 August 15 1970 August 31 1971 June 9 1972 May 14 1973 June 28 1973 February 12 1975 February 28 1975 June 7 1977 West Coast USA January 5 1969 January 11 1969 April 27 1969 September 4 1970 September 14 1971 June 25 1972 May 31 1973 June 2 1973 March 11 1975 March 14 1975 July 7 1977 Transamerica Zepress 1977 April 27 1977 May 21 1977 May 26 1977 June 7 1977 July 17 1977 plus song grouping playbacks Japan 1971 September 23 Budokan Hall, Tokyo September 24 Tokyo September 27 Hiroshima September 28 Osaka September 29 Osaka Japan 1972 October 2, 1972 Budokan Hall, Tokyo - October 2, 1972 Budokan Hall, Tokyo-ALTERNATE SOURCE October 3, 1972 Budokan Hall, Tokyo October 4, 1972 Festival Hall, Osaka October 5, 1972 Kokaido, Nagoya October 9, 1972 Festival Hall, Osaka October 10, 1972 Festival Hall, Kyoto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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