Led Zeppelin on Tour

You...saw...Fairport Convention? Okay, that is so not fair.

 

Nice one, man! I have 270+ of their live shows.. I'm missing a few of the very obscure, fragmented ones... Plus I have most of the DVD/VCDs of the stuff currently circulating..

I still get chills every time I listen/watch it all... I can't imagine how exhilarating it must've been actually being there back then..

It's a pity people don't get to hear all the non-released stuff, as it's where the magic happens... Something from Japan 1971 or Europe 1973.. mmm :H

 

downhill after '73, are you high buddy? I have the bootlegs from 73'-79' and they produced some of the most amazing shows then. Especially when Physical Graffiti and Presence came out.

 

I think he means the actual musicianship went downhill after 1973.. It's pretty true too.. After they had attained super-stardom after the 1973 US tour, they did seem to lose some of their hunger and maybe could be accused of resting on their laurels somewhat sometimes.. Who knows.

If you compared a show, say, from '71 or '72 to a typical '77 show it's pretty obvious that Jimmy and Robert had changed a lot. Robert had lost a lot of his range and Jimmy... Well, the smack wasn't doing him any favours..

Bonzo and Jonsey were always in the pocket though!

This is just over-analyzing for the sake of it though.. I love every period of Zeppelin, and every tour had it's share of breathtaking shows!

Which bootlegs do you have from the '73-'79 period out of curiosity?

 

Sure, they had some great shows after '73, but most of their live stuff was a dramatic change from the early years.

Their studio stuff was still great, though!

 

Deezee u sawsome amazin bands u r so lucky im actually hurting under my bra im so jealous

 

1/10/69 San Francisco, CA
3/16/69 Copenhagen, Denmark (In The Garden Of Sweden)
3/16/69 Copenhagen, Denmark
4/24/69 San Francisco, CA (The Dancing Avocado)

4/9/70 Los Angeles, CA (Live On Blueberry Hill)
9/19/70 New York, NY (One More For The Road: 2005 Edition)

1/14/73 Liverpool, England (Days Of Heaven)
1/15/73 Stoke, England
1/15/73 Stoke, England (Voodoo In The Gardens)
1/17/73 Oxford, England
3/16/73 Vienna, Austria (Danke! Vienna)
5/13/73 Mobile, AL
5/14/73 New Orleans, LA
5/18/73 Dallas, TX
5/19/73 Fort Worth, TX
5/26/73 Salt Lake City, Utah (Dazed And Confused in Salt Lake City)
6/2/73 San Francisco, CA (Persistance)
6/2/73 San Francisco, CA (The Vibes Are Real)
7/10/73 Milwaukee, WI
7/28/73 New York City, NY (The Effect Is Shattering)
7/29/73 New York City, NY (Electric Magic)
7/29/73 New York City, NY (Grand Finale)

2/16/75 St. Louis, MI (St. Louis Blues)
3/14/75 San Diego, CA
3/21/75 Seattle, WA (The Hammer Of The Gods (LSD))
3/24/75 Los Angeles, CA (Deep Throat I)
3/25/75 Los Angeles, CA (Deep Throat II)
5/18/75 Earls Court
5/25/75 Earls Court (When We Were Kings)

4/28/77 Cleveland, OH (The Destroyer)
6/19/77 San Diego, CA (Mystery Train)
6/21/77 Inglewood, CA (Listen To This, Eddie)

5/26/79 Landover, MD (Bringing Down The House)
8/4/79 Knebworth, England (Welcome Tohe 1979 Knebworth Festival)

 

Nice little stash there.

Some 'must have' shows that I don't see there, that i'd recommend would be:

1969.04.27 San Francisco, Fillmore West
1969.08.31 Dallas
1970.03.07 Montreux, Switzerland
1971.08.31 Orlando
1971.09.29 Osaka, Japan
1973.03.24 Offenburg, Germany
1973.05.31 Inglewood, LA Forum
1973.07.17 Seattle
1975.02.12 New York City, Madison Square Garden
1975.03.11 Long Beach
1977.06.23 Inglewood, LA Forum
1977.06.27 Inglewood, LA Forum
1979.07.23/24 Copenhagen, Denmark

 

This is my all-time favorite zeppelin show. IMO the best audience recording of the early 70s.

 

Not just from zep, but there's been so many good Montreux shows. I've always wanted to go to the jazz fest there.