rtyper Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 What is your favorite Version of Stairway to Heaven?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Action Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 LA Forum, 6/23/77. Nothing else is even close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59LesPaul Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Any of the ones I don't have to listen to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy page66 Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Any of the ones I don't have to listen to Lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EzyEric Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 I would do a search on this forum or go the 5-10 pages deep to find this same thread with many replies. (There are ones for most all the major songs) Here is one of them: http://forums.ledzeppelin.com//index.php?showtopic=6470 But I'm all for bringing these questions up again since i wasnt around for the originals. 05-24-75 Earls Court And: 06-23-77 03-21-75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59LesPaul Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killing Floor Blues Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 I'll take almost anything from 71 or 72. Jimmy's playing seems more fluid and Robert sings the entire song better in earlier versions IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Jimmy plays best on some of the Earls Courts shows, but Robert's vocals aren't quite there. Overall, where everything is coming together you need to go back to 71or 72. Probably the 72 versions are better as Jimmy's solos became more improvisational and developed on this song. I particularly like the one from L.A. on 6/25. It was the Long Beach version however, that made it on HTWWW. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIPPIN Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Osaka 1971 and Berkely 1971 - you have to hear the bass and Rhodes to get the magic (and Bonham's early drum fills at the end to keep them on their toes!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reswati Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 LA Forum, 6/23/77. Nothing else is even close. This is EXACTLY the same one I was thinking of....the heavy drum fills are just amazing, the entire tension building up in the solo.....even Robert's raw 77 voice. By far the most thrilling version I have ever heard (This is actually also the first bootleg I ever heard by Zep....must be youth sentiment by now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tophat Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Stairway To Heaven? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeppelin_2008 Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 From the one's I've seen on the TSRTS film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red eyes Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 LA Forum, 6/23/77. Nothing else is even close. i just listened to that version. i was like best performance of any song ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZepFanatic Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Even though the show overall is spotty, the Seattle '77 one has one of the best solos ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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