These shows are from Empress Valley's unprecedented new
release DEMAND
UNPRECEDENTED ... all five nights of Led Zeppelin's awesome
Earl's Court stand.
Thanks to the generosity of Steve P
(http://www.eurosteve.0catch.com/zeppelin/)
I have three of the five
nights offered on three different trees. They are:
May 18, 1975 (No Quarter) - 2 disks
May 24, 1975 - 4 disks and
May 25, 1975 - 4 disks.
Steve's reviews of the shows, and the setlists for the three
shows will be
found under all the small print at the bottom of this email.
This will be an AUDIO ONLY tree. Les from Down Under is offering
the same
shows, in SHN format. Look for his announcement in the very near
future for
the next installment of the SHN trees.
The number of leaf slots was determined by the leaf openings
created by the
branch's stated number of leaves they'd take. It looks like this:
May 18, 1975 - 153
May 24, 1975 - 153
May 25, 1975 - 120
If you want to be a leaf on one or more of these trees, please
send me an
email with your information in a format like this:
In the SUBJECT LINE:
Please send me separate emails for multiple tree signups that
look like this:
LZ TREE 5/18/75 - US (or) NOT US - B&P Y or N
LZ TREE 5/24/75 - US (or) NOT US - B&P Y or N
LZ TREE 5/25/75 - US (or) NOT US - B&P Y or N
So I'll know which tree(s) you want to sign up for, whether
you're domestic
or not and whether you plan to trade or want to do a B&P.
In the MESSAGE BOX:
"From" name - your email address
- state (if in the USA) OR country (if
not USA)
Please note: TWO SPACES, HYPHEN, TWO SPACES
I will use my own case as an example. If I were signing up mine
would look
like this:
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- CA
Because my "FROM" name is The New Guy and it is clearly
recognizable when I
see thenewguy@etc.etc I
don't have to sign up with:
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- CA
because that would be REDUNDANT! Don't be redundant.
If my "FROM" name was JOE BLOW, however, I'd have
signed up as:
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- CA
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case, just put your
yahoo username in the first position...
IMPORTANT: You may receive a signup rejected notice if you don't
follow the
form, giving you a chance to try again after following the
instructions,
depending on my time allowances.
It's really simple to do, it's just complicated explaining it.
Your
cooperation makes it possible for me to do trees.
All right then...
LEAF signups will be open until the 24th of August, or whenever
the slots
fill up, whichever comes first. I will try to do periodic
updates.
The artwork for DUITHORM is on http://www.zeppelinart.com
and Steve has
scans of the booklet cover, the mini program booklet cover and
the tickets
on his website here: http://www.eurosteve.0catch.com/zeppelin/
Don't let the small print keep you from these great shows!
Warmest regards always, etc. etc.
The New Guy
http://www.boootlegs.com
NO QUARTER:
ay 18, 1975
EVSD 99-100
Audio: 7.5+ AUD
Notes: Liner notes state that the original master tapes for this
set were
destroyed by a warehouse fire that took all of the inventory as
well. The
original acetate survived and this was made from the
acetate. Recorded
(according to the liner notes) using a Sony 152 SD tape recorder
and two
Sony microphones. It's cool to see a lost set come back
from the dead and
discarded I suppose and it is kinda nice to have the old
artwork. :) The
sound is a little flat, but more natural than the boosted tape -
that said,
this is an excellent find and nice to have included in the
set. It was
interesting to listen to this set right after the previous set
and hear the
differences in the tapes. It's the same show, but at times
it can be
completely different due to recorder location, master tape
quality,
acoustics, etc. Kashmir is a good example of this - there's
no high end
distortion, the drums are earth shattering and the Mellotron is a
little
higher in the mix on this tape. I can see Empress Valley
releasing this
set in a limited edition special package 3CD set (the added disc
being 12
minutes long and completely unjustified) just to squeeze a few
more bucks
out of the collectors.
May 24, 1975
EVSD 105-108
Audio: 9+ SBD
Notes: Welcome to night number four in London and the first of
the
soundboard source tapes. The tape starts out with the
excellent audience
source and perfectly switches into the board just prior to the
start of
Rock And Roll. The board tape is of excellent quality and
features an
overall good balance of the instruments, with Jimmy being
slightly high in
the mix. While I would be surprised to hear that Empress
Valley didn't
enhance the tape in one way or another, it doesn't suffer at all
and is not
overloaded or unbalanced, IMO. The tape also has a nice
depth to it and is
worlds apart from some of the dull, rather flat sounding '73
board
recordings. My only concerns with board tapes are that the
mistakes as
well as the genius shine through as if a hundred thousand watt
light has
been shown onto them. You also loose part of the experience
of the "live"
show since the audience is generally very low to nonexistent in
the
mix. One last concern is that board tapes also lose some of
the brute
force that the audience tape captures having been fed through the
massive
PA system. The setlist and performances for this string of
concerts
remains about the same. In My Time Of Dying is again the
highlight of the
opening section of the set. Kashmir has the guitar high and
the Mellotron
low in the mix, but Bonzo's drums lack the skull crushing brute
force that
an audience tape could provide. The guys hint at losing
control and again
make a quick correction saving face. I would love to know
what it is about
this song that makes it so hard to keep track of where they are
at within
the song while playing it. It would seem to be the
exception and not the
rule that this song makes it from start to end without error in
one form or
another. Practice, practice, practice! After
Tangerine, there's several
tape switches as we go into Going To California and we finally
rest on the
audience source until just after That's The Way begins. The
acoustic
section is pulled off very well at all of the shows. The
English audience
really appreciate the numbers, especially after Plant gives them
his
Welsch/Celtic stories of inspiration for each song. That's
The Way is the
highlight of the acoustic set for me all week but the audience
probably
shows more enthusiasm for Bron-Yr-Aur-Stomp. Another number
that shines
all week has been Trampled Underfoot. I especially enjoy
the Gallows Pole
lyrics being tacked onto the end. Tonight the track is
frantic with Bonzo
and Jimmy almost launching into the stratosphere. Moby Dick
is sent out to
Jason Bonham who is seven years old and is at the show.
Tonight's version
clocks in at around 27 minutes after you deduct the time spent by
Plant
talking. Dazed And Confused is well over 30 minutes
tonight. Plant starts
it out talking about the New Yardbirds and tells the story of
Bonham making
40 quid a week for Tim Rose and not wanting to leave that to join
Zeppelin. As the band returns to the stage, Bonzo finds an
open mike and
announces that he thinks "football is a load of
bullocks". Whole Lotta
Love has a very vocal Jimmy Page helping with the chorus.
Sex Machine
lyrics are added to the funky section of WLL. The Theramin
section
features a great call and answer from Plant and the
Theramin. Plant throws
in several lines of lyrics prior to Black Dog but I have no idea
what they
are from. Night four is another success. The boys are
in strong
forum. Plant is in good voice. Jimmy's fingers stay
out of the strings
and Jones and Bonzo shine as always. Empress Valley has
done a excellent
job making the show as complete as possible using as many tape
sources
needed to do so. Once again, I can go on and on about the
near perfect
tape transfers. One more to go and this is the most
anticipated one of the
lot....
Track Listing:
DISC 1: Announcement, Rock And Roll, Sick Again, Over The Hills
And Far
Away, In My Time Of Dying, The Song Remains The Same, The Rain
Song, Kashmir.
DISC 2: No Quarter, Tangerine, Going To California, That's The
Way,
Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp.
DISC 3: Trampled Underfoot, Moby Dick, Dazed And Confused.
May 25, 1975
EVSD 109-112
Audio: 9+ SBD
Notes: It's Sunday night and it's the final night in
Blighty. The
introduction by Alan Freeman works the audience into
mass-hysteria. I
can't recall hearing such a roar before on a board tape.
Another fantastic
soundboard tape. Empress Valley has probably boosted the
sound, but it
still sounds great in my headphones. Jimmy has remained in
good shape for
all five shows, in fact, they have all remained in good shape all
week. The only real exception being Robert's voice, but
what can you
do. Plant's voice is a little rough (afterall, he is
singing for the third
night in a row). In My Time Of Dying is again the highlight
within opening
salvo of the setlist. Tonight it includes some You Shook Me
lyrics at the
end. After listening to a week's worth of concerts in about
two days, the
shows are really becoming routine with not much variation between
them. Kasmir is again sans the brute force pounding of the
drums, mind you
they still sound great, but they lack the bottom end 'oomph' that
100,000
watts of PA power can supply. The Mellotron is higher in
the mix than it
has been all week and it overpowers the guitar at times.
Dispite his
slipping voice, Plant gives a valiant wail for the "where
I'll
beeeeeeeeeeeee" lyric. Bonzo keeps the slow pace of
the song and the boys
successfully navigate the journey to the barren wasteland without
incident. No Quarter is not as creative here as it has been
or could have
been. Empress had to switch to an alternate source (video?)
to complete
the end of the song. Jimmy can be heard lightly strumming
what would
evolve into Tea For One in the background whilist Plant goes into
his spiel
before Tangerine. The alternate tape continues into
Tangerine before a
switchover to an audience source is done as Tangerine nears the
end. Empress stumbles a bit with the tape switches here
before getting
back to the main soundboard source, but all is forgiven.
We've had a
tremendous number of seamless switches in this set, so one blip
is
acceptable in my book. The condition of Robert's voice is
appearant in the
acoustic set. He's frequently clearing his throat and his
voice cracks on
some of the higher notes. There sound like what might
be a slight cut in
That's The Way. Listen closely after the audience roar cuts
in to the next
ten or fifteen seconds afterwards. Plant gets in a
reference to Friends
and carries on about Bonzo having the runs during the previous
American
tour during his audience chat just before The Stomp.
Trampled Underfoot
has Jimmy getting stuck a bit in the strings. He also comes
off as a bit
uninspired in his playing in this song. Robert makes my day
and adds the
now standard Gallows Pole lyrics again. Probably the worst
version of
Dazed And Confused all week. Jimmy has gotten into a slump
and can't seem
to get the magic working again. Stairway is sent out to
Plant's daughter,
Carmen who is in the crowd watching Dad sing. Whole Lotta
Love is hurried
along. It contains the compressed funky section, a few
lines of The Crunge
and it's straight into the Theramin. Creativity is missing
throughout. It's almost amazing that they bothered to stray
from the week
long untouched setlist to add Heartbreaker and Communication
Breakdown to
the encores. Communication Breakdown has Plant getting in
some D'yer Maker
references. It's a rushed runthrough and then it's Good
Night. England
will have to wait 4 year to again see the Zeppelin fly.
Track Listing:
DISC 1: Announcement, Rock And Roll, Sick Again, Over The Hills
And Far
Away, In My Time Of Dying, The Song Remains The Same, The Rain
Song, Kashmir.
DISC 2: No Quarter, Tangerine, Going To California, That's The
Way,
Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, Trampled Underfoot.
DISC 3: Moby Dick, Dazed And Confused, Stairway To Heaven.
DISC 4: Whole Lotta Love, Black Dog, Heartbreaker, Communication
Breakdown.