Led Zeppelin - 1975-01-20 - chicago (new source)

[zenarcher]

Artist: Led Zeppelin
Date: 1975-01-20
Location: Chicago, IL
Venue: Chicago Stadium
Source: Audience (Source 2)
Lineage: 1st gen cassettes>wav(24/96)>wav(16/44)>flac(level 8)

Tracklist:
Disc 1
01. Rock And Roll 3:49
02. Sick Again 5:44
03. Over The Hills And Far Away 6:40
04. When The Levee Breaks 9:12
05. The Song Remains The Same 5:18
06. The Rain Song 8:47
07. Kashmir(Cut in middle) 8:37
08. Wanton Song 4:25

Disc 2
01. No Quarter 13:14
02. Trampled Underfoot 6:38
03. Moby Dick(Two cuts in middle) 4:36
04. In My Time Of Dying 10:19
05. Stairway To Heaven(Cut in middle) 10:29
06. Whole Lotta Love 0:58
07. Black Dog(Two cuts in middle) 5:42
08. Communication Breakdown 3:00

Notes:
Fair to Very Good audience recording. Almost complete recording missing a big chunk of Moby Dick and Black Dog. The recording starts out muffled but clears up by the end of Over The Hills And Far Away. This is a brand new alternate recording for this show. These cassettes were located by Jonohull through a friend of his who went to all 3 Zeppelin shows in 1975 with the taper of this recording. His friend Kevin was gracious enough to lend the cassettes out to Jonohull who in return passed them along to me for repair and transfering. This is the first time this recording has ever been in circulation and the first time it has been heard by anyone including Kevin in a great many years.

Jonohull's Notes:
One of my friends introduced me to Kevin because he knew he was at some Zeppelin shows, so I helped him get those recordings. Later he told me he had 2 Chicago shows on tape that he was at, and he was next to the taper when it happened. He had copied the master tapes the next day and these are the tapes this show is from. At this point I got excited, and the process started from there!

Kevin's Notes:
What do I remember about the chicago concerts? It was quite a while ago and there was a lot of effort in driving to chicago in freezing weather and then dealing with the large crowd. What I remember is that we didn't have the same seats on any of the nights and we were never very close to the stage, always in the upper balconies somewhere. It was very Magic though. I was a complete zeppelin fan. They were very special to me. I had some live recordings from earlier tours but Physical Graffiti was not out yet and new things undreamed of were emanating from that small stage down there! Almost all of my attention was riveted on Jimmy Page who was just a small figure way down there from where I was sitting. But what was coming out of him was simply unbelievable. I do remember one night we were a little closer, somewhere in the middle of the ground floor. I remember hearing Kashmir for the first time ( I hadn't understood the title when Plant announced the new song). As I said, sheer m
agic. No other music affected me like this. I guess this is all very subjective, and most people back home thought I was out of my tree, but now, look at all the people who are interested!! No one in my environment would have believed it then. I do remember that Plant's voice was substandard, apparently he had been suffering from the flu after hitting the freezing temperatures of Minneapolis coming straight from the much milder winter in England. That was especially true the first night. I wish I could remember more, but all of the Led Zeppelin concerts I saw (9 altogether) had me in a state of transformed excitement ( intoxication) which I can't explain and was totally different from any other concerts I saw ( for example the Who and Pink Floyd- to name two of the best). And, no, I was never using drugs or alcohol when I went to these concerts. Sorry if this has run on too long, but that is as accurate as I can be. That opening riff from Kashmir, which I'd never heard yet and was thus totally unexpected, is my most poignant memory. You see, the music was so overwhelming and had such a transforming effect that I was just stunned and came out of there in a state of total disorientation. I guess that's about the highest compliment you could pay to an artistic event.
I don't remember much about getting the equipment in because I wasn't paying any attention. I didn't want any distraction from the experience. All I remember is that he had a small tape recorder, and it was January with heavy winter jackets you know. I do remember that a security guard detected it while frisking him trying to enter one of the shows. He left and just came back again, this time not being detected. Very persistent fellow.

Bozone Baby's Notes:
This concert was on a Monday after a miserable, dead of winter weekend. It was so cold. There was plenty of snow and ice still on the ground. It was at the old Chicago Stadium, and my seats were in the 1st row of the balcony, just short of center court. Before the show, I could just make out through the backdrop screen that people were seated behind the stage. The announcer came out on stage with the house lights still up to introduce Led Zeppelin. He assured the poor bastards behind the stage that when the lights come up, the screen backdrop would become translucent, eliciting a cheer.
I don't remember if I knew about Robert's flu before the concert, but by his second line in R&R, everybody in the house knew. His voice was a train wreck. He was apologetic several times during the show, even blaming the cold weather. Jimmy was phenomenal, in spite of a broken finger (ring finger of his left hand). Bonzo was monstrous and thunderous - brought to life throughout the show, but most indelibly during WTLB. John Paul was wearing a vest and had gotten his hair cut over his ears and had long sideburns. I wondered if he was actually *trying* to look like somebody's father.
The concert was rough, but still had many highlights. The 5 new songs they played from PG left such an impression, I remembered something about each of them after the show. I read a review in a paper a couple of days later that quoted Robert as saying that the band had a meeting after the first night (in Chicago) and dropped WTLB, among other changes. I had no way of knowing at the time that I had witnessed one of the few live performances of WTLB. Soon after their 3rd night in Chicago on 1/22, I compared notes with a friend who had seen them on that 3rd night. When I told him they played WTLB the 1st night, he couldn't believe he had missed it. In response, he told me they had played HB the 3rd night, and I couldn't believe I had missed *that*. Now that a recording from 1/22 has finally surfaced, we know for certain that HB was not played. It took me over 30 years to find out the prick was just yanking my chain.

Credits:
The taper for recording the show in first place.
Kevin for lending his tapes out for repair and transfer.
Jonohull for locating the tapes in the first place. Without his leg work this release never sees the light of day.
Bozone Baby for his excellent artwork and covers.
Weedwacker for repairing and tape transfers.
Led Zeppelin for all the obvious reasons.


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[timothy5151]

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[jdallenx]

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[expo9600]

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[djbach97]

Zen, You Kick Ass! One Again, An Awesome Post Of A New Zeppelin Source.

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