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| Nice Starter!; The Symbols (54:22 ,75:18) | ||
| 30 November 1972; City Hall; Newcastle, England. | ||
| Track Listing: Rock And Roll, Over The Hills And Far Away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop/Since I've Been Loving You, Dancing Days, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, The Song Remains The Same/The Rain Song, Dazed And Confused (includes: The Crunge), Stairway To Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Organ Solo/Thank You. | ||
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Recording Quality: In his previous edition, Luis Rey lists this tape as being recorded "very close to the stage", and I could not disagree more strongly! It sounds as if it was recorded from the very back of the venue, and given Led Zeppelin's substandard P.A. for the 1972 U.K. tour, that could well be true. Thankfully, this release was mastered from a very low generation source. If you crank it all of the way up in order to hear the show, the tape hiss doesn't overwhelm the music and it becomes fairly listenable.
Comments: Rather boring show. Being the first show of the tour, there isn't much of interest as the band really hasn't loosened up yet, but the inclusion of The Crunge within Dazed And Confused adds a little excitement. There are some nice touches here and there, but nothing that really demands purchase of this set. The already mentioned recording problems make the softer introductions of The Rain Song and Stairway To Heaven, as well as the acoustic set particularly difficult to hear. Most of Plant's chatter is very faint. The packaging is really nice, with a glossy booklet with some of the more obscure photos from one of the recently released photographic retrospectives. Very well done! Bottom Line: Hard core only. If you just have to have the first show of a tour, go for it! Jeff Barlow (6/11/96) |
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