By: rswelling

rswelling — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:58:12 +0000

Good point, it could be possibly because there are not many decent recordings (either video or audio) of them live early on? That combined with the fact that the only things they officially released were as you noted, post brilliance. I had not heard this one before, and I’ve always been a pretty big John Paul Jones fan, so it was great to hear him and Bonham really clicking, perhaps stealing a bit of the limelight away from Page in the solo section. Most of the bootlegs of early performances I’ve heard have been pretty bad recordings (maybe some of our readers here can recommend some good ones hint hint).

By: bobby

bobby — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:52:21 +0000

Those that don’t give Led Zeppelin credit for being a phenomenal live band are either ill informed or never saw them in their prime. When Zeppelin were fully focused and firing on all cylinders, no band in the world, before or since, even the magnificent Who at their absolute peak, could even compete with them. Many a future rock star saw Zeppelin live between 1968 and 1972, the early years, and to a man, they rave that to this day they have never seen anything to match those early Zeppelin shows. I’m talking about members of Aersomith, Kiss, REM, The Who, and many many more. Most of the so called critics that slag off Zeppelin have usually heard some of the clips of later shows when the drugs detracted from the brilliance of Zep live.

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