I recently posted a bunch of Led Zeppelin BBC albums. But I'm still going through a Zep kick, so here's some more.
As I've mentioned previously, the number of truly excellent sounding Led Zeppelin concert recordings is relatively small, in my opinion. It certainly is small in comparison to the huge interest and sheer number of bootlegs. There are a handful of recorded shows that tower above the rest, and this is one of them. Outside of the BBC stuff I posted, this has to be the best sounding concert of theirs from 1969, and their performance is pretty great as well.
The show is almost two hours long. It contains all the usual suspects you'd expect from a 1969 concert by them, such as "Communication Breakdown" and "Dazed and Confused." But it contains some interesting rare choices as well. It starts with probably the best sounding recording of the Yardbirds song "Train Kept A-Rollin'." It also has "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" and "The Lemon Song" (actually the blues song "Killing Floor"), which were on Zeppelin albums, but few excellent sounding live versions survive. "Sittin' and Thinkin'" is a Buddy Guy song that they literally played only this one time. (I've included it on one of the Zeppelin stray tracks albums I made.) Plus, there's "Pat's Delight" which is a drum solo showcase for John Bonham, similar to "Moby Dick."
But probably the crown jewel of this show, and one of the best things they ever did live in my opinion, is their cover of "As Long as I Have You." This was a minor hit by Garnett Mimms in 1964, but Led Zeppelin totally transformed it, and supersized it into a long medley. I've included an edited version of this very performance on one of my stray tracks albums, which is 10 minutes long. But this concert contains the full 18-minute-long medley, and it's worth hearing it that way.
This album is an hour and 51 minutes long.
UPDATE: On December 12, 2025, I updated the mp3 download file. Commenter Mar Gras pointed out the vocals and guitars on "Communication Breakdown," the guitars on "Dazed and Confused," and the vocals on "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" were all out of balance. So I ran those songs through the MVSEP program and fixed the balances on all those things.
01 The Train Kept A-Rollin' (Led Zeppelin)
02 I Can't Quit You Baby (Led Zeppelin)
03 talk (Led Zeppelin)
04 As Long as I Have You - Fresh Garbage - Bag's Groove - I'm a Man - No Money Down - As Long as I Have You (Led Zeppelin)
05 You Shook Me (Led Zeppelin)
06 How Many More Times - The Hunter - Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush - How Many More Times (Led Zeppelin)
07 Communication Breakdown (Led Zeppelin)
08 The Lemon Song [Killing Floor] (Led Zeppelin)
09 Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (Led Zeppelin)
10 talk (Led Zeppelin)
11 Sittin' and Thinkin' (Led Zeppelin)
12 Pat's Delight [Instrumental] (Led Zeppelin)
13 talk (Led Zeppelin)
11 Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin)
https://pixeldrain.com/u/E6RsjnS9
alternate:
https://bestfile.io/0cjOc7Yhi68nQAR/file
The album cover art is pretty weird at first glance. Why the avocado with eyes?! That's because this is a cropped version of the concert poster for the series of Fillmore West shows that this concert comes from. I made a few changes to get the rectangular poster art to fit into a square space. Most bootlegs use the same artwork, which is why one of the most popular ones is known as the "Dancing Avocado." Let's just say that rock concert posters were weird and interesting back then. ;)
Obrigado!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your work. I'm a bit picky when it comes to sound quality and i didn't have much hope for a listenable LZ 69 live set (fans aren't always reliable because they often proud to name their best shows when these are horrible audience recordings). Anyway the setlist is really different from what we're used to so it's priceless, very jammy and bluesy.
ReplyDeleteHowever, i've noticed Plant's vocals being well burried underneath it all in the song "Communication Breakdown". No real harm because we have tons or recordings of this one song from 1969 in their BBC set but since you usually don't mind leveling up the vocals when it can be done i thought i should mention it.
You're right, I just checked, and the vocals for that one are very low. I should be able to fix it. Is it just that one song? If you could check for the rest of the concert, I'd appreciate it.
DeleteI've been through it several times in the past few mounths and yes to my knowledge this is the only song where the vocals are swallowed like this, you really can't help but notice it, the rest of the show runs smoothly enough to my ears.. You know what, i'll give it a listen when today or tomorrow whenever i can and fill you my report
DeleteHere am i. So yeah "Communication Breakdown" is the main flaw, it's better midway but the first half is a big mess, you can't hear Plant at all and the guitar seems swallowed too.
DeleteOther than that here's what i noticed :
- Killing Floor (Lemon Song) : i'm sure you can't do anything about it, it must be in the recording itself but near 1'40 there's a cut, Plant and the band are slowly getting in and suddenly we're in a middle of a big Paget solo. Not what you asked i know.
-Babe I'm Gonna Leave You : Plant's vocals aren't heard so well at some points but the whole song is a bit rough compared to the others. I guess there isn't much to do here as well, that's the recording.
-Dazed And Confused : Opposite problem, Page's guitar is too quiet all through it, to the point where it kills my enjoyement. If it could be called back in it could make a big difference. There was a bit of that in Sittin' And Thinkin' too but here it's more problematic.
Thanks for the feedback. I just fixed all the things you mentioned, except for the "Killing Floor" problem, which I can't easily fix. If you hear anything else out of whack on any other albums I've posted, please let me know. I almost never get this kind of useful feedback.
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