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Trampled Underground: The Unofficial Recordings of Led Zeppelin




The Geisha Tape; Memphis Productions (73:47, 47:14, 53:37)
29 September, 1971; Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan
Track Listing: Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Since I've Been Loving You, Black Dog, Dazed And Confused (includes: Pennies From Heaven), Stairway To Heaven, Celebration Day, That's The Way, Going To California, Tangerine, Friends, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love (includes: Boogie, Tossin' And Turnin', Twist And Shout, Fortune Teller, Good Times Bad Times, You Shook Me..), Communication Breakdown, Organ Solo/Thank You, Rock And Roll.

Recording Quality: A mixture of an excellent audience tape and a average audience tape is used to recreate the entire show as completely as possible.

Comments: This release is a knock-off of the Tarantura title Complete Geisha Tape minus the fancy packaging. The original manufacturers blended the different sources fairly effectively. Rather than using the average tape to fill the gaps within the songs from the excellent tape, the source is switched between tracks only, leaving numerous drop outs intact. You are either going to be satisfied with this arrangement or loathe it.


Bottom Line: Given that it is still a three disc release, this one tends to be a bit pricey. If you just have to have the whole show you may be interested, otherwise you probably will end up feeling cheated.

Jeff Barlow (6/15/97)


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