The Nobs - 07-07-80 - A Staircase To Hell (Part 2)

[RockerForLife74]

The best 1980 show was the Frankfurt, Germany one hands down. For Led Zeppelin's last concert together with Bonham, this was a kinda bad way to go.

[gabigabrielah]

cool

[gabigabrielah]

i have this boot it is in the car now it is ok trampled underfoot is very cool, but who would have thought that

that it would have been the LAST ZEPPELIN SHOW.

and bonzo would be dead in a few months well it kinda sucks for shore

[ZiSt1989]

nevertheless, Bonham´s playing well on that record! Drum work in the background is fantastically done, really, Bonzo did his job!

[rocknrollcody]

It would probably take me about a month to learn the studio version of the solo but this would take me alot longer because you have to know how to mess up just right

[PasMasta]

my guess is that this is exactly what was intended since that is jimmys general performance level and the rest of the show seems to be played well. maybe the rumor of the fat j was created by him or some loony fan, either way, to adress the widespread distaste of the spin he decided to put on his song. maybe he liked/was focused more on the way it looked or felt more than the sound but likely he was all for every aspect of it when he played it imo

[floydfan12345]

this isnt even bad dude, its actually really good

[cluch9]

its hard to imagine, but at this concert i would have been shitting my pants, no matter how much he screwed this song up, he seemed to be able to play achilles last stand fairly ably, see they cheered, its gotta bee the audio or sumhin, because it coulnt have been that bad

[shikamaru412]

What boot is this from? I just got one from 1980 in Germany called Sudden Attack and I dont know if this is it.

ANYWAY, I actually dont think this Stairway is that bad.

[pepperc2900]

no this is not Sudden attack.

[saico73]

i think this is also the longest version

[ZiSt1989]

have a listen to the solo from Vienna city hall 6-26-1980, I assume it is running longer than this solo for one ore two minutes :)

[ZepKnebworth79]

If i take it from the last commenter, this was played on my birthday because my birthday is the day zep played there last show! cool lol

[JimmyPage159]

This was from their last show.

[zeppelinn]

Well... Page might have been out of his mind and did play it sloppy but I think this solo is absolutely unique - he played there phrases he had never played before and I also think in spite of the way he played that it's amazing and I enjoy listening to it!

[Zepman2393]

Are you guys NUTS the 7th solo is one of my favs! A little screwy at times, it is, but its a classic! You guys have to learn to love even the screwy stuff, take it for what it is: greatness. Its not like he was amazingly horrendous. My all time fav is from June 26th though at Vienna, which I uploaded just because I love it so much.

[mapexmadman]

Fuck Me it gets WORSE on the second half!!!! God almighty. It all crashed like a Led Zeppelin...

[JimmyPage360]

are you kidding me page ?!? damn

[mana244]

what g are you talking about the one on the outro?

[Powertip]

Sorry what is wrong with the version of Stairway? Jimmy sounds fine. What are you on about?

[pepperc2900]

did you listen to the whole solo?

[pepperc2900]

yea but its hard to listen to it knowing hw good PAge is

[mana244]

i know he's done he's best from 1966 (i think thats around when he joined the yard birds) till 1977 i dont think the anything past that was really good from pages part but some of it good like the kebworth concert on the dvd 1979

[bamf4k]

@pepperc2900 It's not as good as a lot of other versions, but Jimmy's playing is still at a higher quality here than most other artists. I just wish there was another version of this with a solo this long that was definitely good.

[Aidem124]

still cool regardless