@tomcardello thanx ffor info!!! i bought a soundboard rec< of one of the cleve shows they played 3 nites! and unfortunatly i must have got the bad nite because psge was sloppy as hell and plant on the acoustic songs not so good! glad you were at the great one tho!! at least i have other boots that are amazing!!
Bonham is at his best during the string of LA shows from 77. Those versions of ALS are superior to this one, not saying that this one is poor by any means. But if you listen to the series of recordings from June, particular, June 23, that's probably the best drumming to ALS Bonham ever did! PERIOD!
la fuerza del rock tranciende por el tiempo y se volvio universal ya nunca mas estaremos desamparados nuestros dioses del rock nunca nos dejaran por que su legado es muy grande y esta en nuestras mentes
6:25-6:35 is the best for page. I was at this concert but don't remember much of it. because I was a stupid 17 year old at the time and was too stoned. I do remember shooting a bottle rocket from our upper deck seats down into a stage left speaker . More stupidity as a result of drugs. Glad I lived through it and cleaned up. I appreciate and enjoy the music more now- thanks to youtube!
Your point is what? Page kicks it on this song. If you can do better, please post a video of yourself playing the guitar part so we can all judge you. I'm sure you will receive mounds of constructive criticism.
I`ve seen some very good tribute bands to LZ. I would love to see Jimmy & John Paul Jones recruit some of these singers & drummers & do a tour. Plant `s not into it so why not ?
who cares!! i was so fucked up back then listening to Zeppelin...ha! a concert never goes the way we all want to hear the song played anyway..still...i still love cranking them up on teh stereo..heh heh
no, it fell out of a tune a little on Achilles because of the into song into achilles. if you have complete bootlegs, he goes on for like 20 minutes with violin and just making crazy noises with diff effects. it usually threw it guitar out of tune a bit
well dude... the best way is to buy cd and rip it. if you dont want to spend money and make plant richer then download the video to flv file and then use another aplication to get mp3. google it.
I've got the four lp box set. it is in a black box. I've heard two different nights from cleveland. two different destroyters. one has stairway and one does not. both have achilles and the star spangled banner.
Bootlegs are hard to get a hold of sometimes,trading,and hard sleuthing can find some stuff.I have the Led Zeppelin Mudslide LP 1970 Bootleg which has great sound quality,Bonhams drums are amazing on this recording.Also have a Zeppelin Earls Court LP on Idle Mind Productions from the UK, May 24th,1975 performance.Found at a local record shop, is stuff out there to find if you look hard enough for it.I met a guy in Seattle who has a origional 1969 audio reel of Zeppelin's concert at Greenlake.
I got this bootleg early 80's as a boxed 4 album set. At the time I was told it was recorded straight from the mixing desk thats why sound quality was good . Is this correct I still have it but don't play it much try keep in good nick. Saw them Knebworth 1st show have bootleg from that too but quality nowhere near as good as this !!
Yeah thats true, I have the two CD copy it sounds really clean. You hear everything from all the effects added to Plant's voice to Jonesy's "gallop" during the verses. You've been doing the right thing though. What you have is actually a really hard to find collector's item of sorts . Don't know how much its worth, but I know people would pay a very pretty penny for it.
I agree. Check out "Song Remains the Same" from the Inglewood Forum 1977 show. It's on the Zeppelin DVD but buried as a background video in the "Credits" section. It's an audience recording and video blended, but the drums are the best ever. The whole show is called "listen to this eddie"
If you want to hear another Achilles Last Stand where Bonham goes nuts (possibly even funkier than this one) search for " Nobs Mighty Arms "(without quotes).
the best AChilles last stand is in the LISTEN TO THIS EDDIE bootleg. taken place in the LA Forum in 1977. its so loud and heavy as hell. the drums are out of this world GODLY.
I've been wrestling with this. There are so many great performances of Achilles. But, of the versions I've unearthed, they played it best when they played it for the very last time livee -- and this was in 1980 at the band's second-to-last concert. Just search "Achilles" with "Germany"; you'll find it posted in two parts (part 1 and part 2). I was blown away -- especially by the shared bends between bass and guitar toward the end. ...phenomenal.
Oh man, I remember saving up my lawn cutting money to go out an buy DESTROYER when I was 11 years old. This is my Fav. tune from it. Raw, crunchy and balls out. Brings back great memories. 25 years later, all Zep bootleg vinyl are on display in my music room in my house.
Nothing Harder Heavier or better!! You can't call Zeppelin heavy metal because what they did wasn't boring like metal...this has so much more dynamics...more like Wagner(classical) plus it's way harder... I think they should have their own category in music because no one does what they do or even comes close simple as that!! Thanks for posting this version!!
OH...My...GOD...I never thought I'd say this...but this is even better than the original version, I don't give a shit how fucked up Jimmy is on this...the drums are infuckincredible!!
This is awesome stuff, thank you. I spend so much of my time looking for led Zeppelin bootlegs. There was an orginal vinyl copy of The Destroyer on ebay last week that went for about £260. I wish i wasn't poor :(
I'm glad you enjoy it man! Yeah I spend a lot of time as well looking for them they're hard to come by, and, like you mentioned, when you come by them they aren't cheap. Don't worry about it man, I dont have much money either haha.
omg!!! my uncle owned a suite room at the richfield colusium where this concert was. he got a pick from Page and a drumstick from bonzo after the show
Bonzo really was key in all versions of ALS. His powerful drumming did the trick. Oh, and BTW, if u guys think this version is good, check out achilles from 5/21/77, at the summit. jaw opening drumming right there, and make sure u get the soundboard. (the dragon snake)
Personally I dont like the Knebworth version that much, its good but I just never liked it I dont know why. I think I like this version the best because I think that this is performed to 110% full capacity and a ton of energy. Bonzos drumming is also amazing and interesting to listen to.
the knebworth one just seemed a bit to perfect, well from the first night anyway, the second was an atrosity (page broke a string, plant forgot lyrics), this version is a very true statment of how led zeppelin were at the time
Too perfect? Led Zeppelin was the hardest working band. Plant suffering form flu.'s, Page insomnia, Bonzo anxiety, and JPJ trying to his best to keep the band going. They're PERFECTIONISTS, it shows in their catalogue. Led Zeppelin's preformance at the O2 areana last year proved this. They as much work as a band would for a tour! If you don't want PERFECT, I suggest a band other than Led Zeppelin. Hell, if you don't want PERFECT look around at today's musicians. LED ZEPPELIN I know the way baby
Ok, have a go at me because I said Led Zep were perfect, perfectly normal to do that? What i was trying to say is that knebworth version from the 4th somtimes gets boring as it is very "by the book". I like to hear bootlegs like this as there seems to be a lot more of the bouncing about between studio versions and whatthe members were improvising on stage at the time. Please dont hassle me anymore for unapparent reasons, I am a very busy session guitarist Oh and btw modern bands and music sucks
Ok, have a go at me because I said Led Zep were perfect, perfectly normal to do that? What i was trying to say is that knebworth version from the 4th somtimes gets boring as it is very "by the book". I like to hear bootlegs like this as there seems to be a lot more of the bouncing about between studio versions and whatthe members were improvising on stage at the time. Please dont hassle me anymore for unapparent reasons, I am a very busy session guitarist Oh and btw modern bands and music sucks
yeah i know ticket prices have got out of hand over the years. its too bad. but i sure hope they tour and come to your town so you and your friends get a chance to see them. you take it easy youngster, and thanks again for this posting. peace.
well my friend i sure hope they tour and you get the chance to see them live. when my friends and i were 17 the upcoming zeppelin shows at the forum in july that year was absolutley the most important thing in the world to us. we all were working part time jobs after school to get the money together for tickets, gas and ha ha party supplies. if i remember correctly the tickets were only 9.50 a pop, hard to believe these days. nice to see you younger folks enjoying zeppelin.
9.50...wow. I saw Robert Plant and Alison Krauss tickets for over 200 each.. Zeppelins tickets will be well over 500 easily Im sure. Probably nearly 1000 or higher. Thats why Im saving up for a long time haha. But man I would give anything I have to be able to see them back when you did.
where is all that ch ch ch coming from? it aint distortion or anything and it isnt anyone on stage so wot is it? i think someone is tapping along near the mic or something
Perhaps I'm not sure. It could have been stage affects or it could have been someone messing with the recording equipment. I couldn't tell you, sorry.
i remember when i saw them back in 77 they were about half way thru the song remains the same when page dropped his pick and just rocked the rest of the song. at 17 i thought that was the coolest thing id ever seen. got to be hard to do on a 12 string given the dexterity required to play that song the way he did. always loved to watch page play and strut around the stage. zeppelin, 4 truly great musicians. be nice if they gave us one more tour.
Man...you're one of the lucky ones who got to see em. Im not even 20 so I couldn't imagine seeing them in the 70s. I've been saving up in case they actually did go on the tour. If they come anywhere within an 8 hour drive of where I live I'll be there and I'll have the money this time, not like with the 02 lol.
i remember a interview years ago where page said they never used the same tunings on the tunes in concert except for rock and roll, always keeping things fresh and different for themselves and all of us. i always loved pages use of the wah- wah pedal.i read that he usually plays it wide open. zeppelin always put on a great show. something different every night. not sure if you have more of these posts, i will find them if you do. thanks again man.
I didnt know that. I always thought the difference in the tuning sound was just a result of the different tone of the Gibsons and stuff Jimmy used on stage, thanks for the info man! And yeah, they were always amazing live.
to squeezemylemonbabe, nice post my friend thanks a million. i used to have this bootleg plus 5 more i bought at middle earth music in good old downey ca. lost the damn cds when i moved a couple of years ago. and yes this is led zeppelin. i just wonder how many of these soundboard recordings ended up in sound engineers private stashes. once again thanks for the post.
He used alot of Wah-Wah in Knebworth I thought also..I think this sounds like something Page would play, the guitar solo and improvisation to me sounds like something he would do.
this is either very bad sound quality or thats not zeppelin,bonzos drumming is off and he was always mega accurate.never knew page did herion,when'd he get off it??
He stopped using heroin around '85. I'm pretty sure this is Zeppelin...that is certainly Robert Plant singing, and Bonzos drums don't seem off to me... alot of times Zeppelin did the echoing thing with Plants voice, so I think this is Zeppelin..but yeah it is bad sound quality.
This is a very dry soundboard recording. Any boot collector worth his salt would prefer a great audience recording but you get what you can when you can.
yea 1977 was very back and forth.. it had many bad shows.. but at the same time some of the best shows of there careers where performed in that year.. like all madison square garden, La, and alot of Maryland wre fantastic shows!!
My first Zep bootleg. Probably the best live version of Sick Again ive ever heard. Also good are Achilles(this one), Trampled Underfoot, In my time of Dying
Destroyer was your first? I think it's one of their best. Have you heard Live on Blueberry Hill? That one is great they do Bron-Yr-Aur on it, or Jimmy does. Magnificent! And yes those songs on Destroyer are great. They sounded great on this one compared to how they started getting tired and old around the latter 70s, compared to the early 70s.
The next night in Cleveland, was a better performance. Yes, I have Blueberry Hill. It also has "Out on the Tiles", my favorite Zep tune, by the way. There are good shows from the 77 tour. I think drugs did affect Jimmys playing. It is rumoured he was pretty high on the Destroyer show. Destroyer was a good show for Plant.
AM I THE ONLY 16 THAT LOVES THIS????????????????
0adireita 1 year ago
@tomcardello thanx ffor info!!! i bought a soundboard rec< of one of the cleve shows they played 3 nites! and unfortunatly i must have got the bad nite because psge was sloppy as hell and plant on the acoustic songs not so good! glad you were at the great one tho!! at least i have other boots that are amazing!!
MegaZephead 1 year ago
@tomcardello im from cleve you are one lucky guy i was too young !!!!!!!! if you can post more comments would love to here them THANKS
MegaZephead 1 year ago
Bonham is at his best during the string of LA shows from 77. Those versions of ALS are superior to this one, not saying that this one is poor by any means. But if you listen to the series of recordings from June, particular, June 23, that's probably the best drumming to ALS Bonham ever did! PERIOD!
cutis1000 1 year ago
robert at the end
TheSpockman 1 year ago
la fuerza del rock tranciende por el tiempo y se volvio universal ya nunca mas estaremos desamparados nuestros dioses del rock nunca nos dejaran por que su legado es muy grande y esta en nuestras mentes
tntnuclear 1 year ago
super fast tempo..absolutely amazing. Bonham has never sounded better.
jerrywitaj 1 year ago
all I can say is wow.
jerrywitaj 1 year ago
smokin sound
mjkwyo 1 year ago
Ah this was the first bootleg I ever acquired. Memories, memories. . .
LuvJoAnnaG 1 year ago
fuk Ya ! Zepplin is God
damogg43 2 years ago
this a rehersal dumbasses
mjw9363 2 years ago
@mjw9363 its a concert from 77 april 27th in Richfield Coleseum, so in fact you are the dumbass
DavidVIIIcool 1 year ago
6:25-6:35 is the best for page. I was at this concert but don't remember much of it. because I was a stupid 17 year old at the time and was too stoned. I do remember shooting a bottle rocket from our upper deck seats down into a stage left speaker . More stupidity as a result of drugs. Glad I lived through it and cleaned up. I appreciate and enjoy the music more now- thanks to youtube!
jojojosmart 2 years ago
Blessed are the Greeks. They represent the Westward spread of Anunnaki influence. Thus are the ways of the heavens.
bootleggersouth 2 years ago
they are so much greater live with this song,studio version is to slow,this one rules!
boxee2 2 years ago 4
see--Achilles Last Stand FIXED and UNFIXED
ScrapGoldBass 2 years ago
Your point is what? Page kicks it on this song. If you can do better, please post a video of yourself playing the guitar part so we can all judge you. I'm sure you will receive mounds of constructive criticism.
Hammer of the gods . . .
jaysfca 2 years ago
for the last time those were two different performances
Achilles32094 2 years ago
OUTSTANDING!~
mjkwyo 2 years ago
I`ve seen some very good tribute bands to LZ. I would love to see Jimmy & John Paul Jones recruit some of these singers & drummers & do a tour. Plant `s not into it so why not ?
LordGandor3 2 years ago
Cause Plant is to Zeppelin like corn is to the cob.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 2 years ago 2
@SqueezeMyLemonBabe Very True. Without Robert Plant, you cant have Led Zeppelin. I wouldn't accept it unless Robert Himself recruited someone.
JustinPierce1226 1 year ago
Hardcore Phaser.
BrianJLeong 2 years ago 12
wow this is the best performance of this song in 77 i ever heard!
brandontylerkaiser 2 years ago
page - the best guitarist (one of them lol)
bonham - def was the best drummer ever.
plant - vocals are outrageous!
jethrotheguy 2 years ago 2
dont forget jonsey.... man he made this song possible
brandontylerkaiser 2 years ago 3
jones is great to lol
jethrotheguy 2 years ago
good job XD lol
brandontylerkaiser 2 years ago
how right you are
darthdrummer89 2 years ago
ta rrre zarpadisimo loco!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
brianxeneixe 2 years ago
for me, my fav album Presence.
santyrush 2 years ago
what live bass playing! JPJ!!!
mloaks 2 years ago
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lol Page can write Stairway to Heaven but he can't keep his guitar in tune for one song lol... but then again it IS Achilles Last Stand....
Axlegos 3 years ago
who cares!! i was so fucked up back then listening to Zeppelin...ha! a concert never goes the way we all want to hear the song played anyway..still...i still love cranking them up on teh stereo..heh heh
custardpie40 3 years ago 3
no, it fell out of a tune a little on Achilles because of the into song into achilles. if you have complete bootlegs, he goes on for like 20 minutes with violin and just making crazy noises with diff effects. it usually threw it guitar out of tune a bit
livezeppelin 2 years ago
this is very very good awesome............these guys are fantastic musicians fucking great
JFguitar22 3 years ago
that musta blown their fricken heads off...
funnyguise 3 years ago
Hmm, that was a bit cryptic. This is my equal fav Zep track and this is is the best version I've ever heard. Squeeze, you are wonderful! Thank you.
mysterons1 3 years ago 2
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Proof that God exists
mysterons1 3 years ago 3
anyone know how i can get the mp3?
dudeomac26 3 years ago
well dude... the best way is to buy cd and rip it. if you dont want to spend money and make plant richer then download the video to flv file and then use another aplication to get mp3. google it.
fahmp7 3 years ago
.................................
zeplynrulz 3 years ago
I've got the four lp box set. it is in a black box. I've heard two different nights from cleveland. two different destroyters. one has stairway and one does not. both have achilles and the star spangled banner.
zeprulesagain 3 years ago 3
YOU STOLE MY NAME!!!!!!!!!!!
zeplynrulz 3 years ago
this is a board tape.
awesome!!!!
wattsun 3 years ago
damn rp is gone
tomitstube 3 years ago
the drums on this from the LA Forum in inglewood, california on 6/21/1977 from Listen to this Eddie are WAAAAYYYYY better
CallMeTheHunter 3 years ago 5
Bootlegs are hard to get a hold of sometimes,trading,and hard sleuthing can find some stuff.I have the Led Zeppelin Mudslide LP 1970 Bootleg which has great sound quality,Bonhams drums are amazing on this recording.Also have a Zeppelin Earls Court LP on Idle Mind Productions from the UK, May 24th,1975 performance.Found at a local record shop, is stuff out there to find if you look hard enough for it.I met a guy in Seattle who has a origional 1969 audio reel of Zeppelin's concert at Greenlake.
topofthepopsguy 3 years ago
Freaking crazy how good these guys are.
briemkiki827 3 years ago 7
Bonham, King of the Shuffel, and Triplets, hard Hitting
beagleman123456789 3 years ago 3
greatest drummer ever.hands down
mebloke69 3 years ago 12
I got this bootleg early 80's as a boxed 4 album set. At the time I was told it was recorded straight from the mixing desk thats why sound quality was good . Is this correct I still have it but don't play it much try keep in good nick. Saw them Knebworth 1st show have bootleg from that too but quality nowhere near as good as this !!
gordinistanopolis 3 years ago
Yeah thats true, I have the two CD copy it sounds really clean. You hear everything from all the effects added to Plant's voice to Jonesy's "gallop" during the verses. You've been doing the right thing though. What you have is actually a really hard to find collector's item of sorts . Don't know how much its worth, but I know people would pay a very pretty penny for it.
Fezz050 3 years ago
how do u get this stuff???
amelor07 3 years ago
oh my god this is fucking awesome, thanks for the upload
drognen 3 years ago
Welcome to the greatest drummer who ever lived
bayamrob 3 years ago 3
I agree. Check out "Song Remains the Same" from the Inglewood Forum 1977 show. It's on the Zeppelin DVD but buried as a background video in the "Credits" section. It's an audience recording and video blended, but the drums are the best ever. The whole show is called "listen to this eddie"
countyhilltown 3 years ago 2
that is the greatest show ever. where can i hear the whole CD online?
CallMeTheHunter 3 years ago
Yeahh!,pure fucking rock.
Darknesssk8 3 years ago
drums are good but listen to the 6 nights at the LA Forum in 1977.. in particular songs like TSRTS and Since I've Been Loving You...simply amazing
JeevesNic 3 years ago 3
So true!
countyhilltown 3 years ago
MEGA!
jackcoffey 3 years ago
This recording is fantastic!
If you want to hear another Achilles Last Stand where Bonham goes nuts (possibly even funkier than this one) search for " Nobs Mighty Arms "(without quotes).
It's from LA 1977.
Thanks Squeeze!
abz48 3 years ago
No problem man! Thanks for the info I'll check it out!
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 3 years ago
i just got this boot today. its amazing!
fry530 3 years ago
Yeah its great!!
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 3 years ago
the best AChilles last stand is in the LISTEN TO THIS EDDIE bootleg. taken place in the LA Forum in 1977. its so loud and heavy as hell. the drums are out of this world GODLY.
AirJGFoLife69 3 years ago
is jimmy useing a peddle it's sounds like he is? but this song is amazing though
SilversteinFan101 3 years ago
Ya i think hes using a phaser in the intro and then a wah wah pedal
DxRox22 3 years ago
ehh id say the best achilles is when they were playing in seattle 77
joshuaa12345 3 years ago
i disagree. page was out of tune. the best is either Knebworth or the Europe tour in 1980.
fry530 3 years ago
naa i should have sed the best in 77 , lol my bad
joshuaa12345 3 years ago
ok.
fry530 3 years ago
I've been wrestling with this. There are so many great performances of Achilles. But, of the versions I've unearthed, they played it best when they played it for the very last time livee -- and this was in 1980 at the band's second-to-last concert. Just search "Achilles" with "Germany"; you'll find it posted in two parts (part 1 and part 2). I was blown away -- especially by the shared bends between bass and guitar toward the end. ...phenomenal.
bws1971 3 years ago
i have that boot. i agree, its amazing.
fry530 3 years ago
I remember this LP box set bootleg from the late 70's. I just sold it.
angsdad 3 years ago
I prefrer june 23 and 27 for Achilles Last Stand :)
CraterAE 3 years ago
i prefer the 6/21/77 LA Forum recording (Listen to this Eddie).
fhqwgads2005 3 years ago
Yeah that's a good bootleg, haven't heard all of it yet, though.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 3 years ago
Nice man!!!!! I have a lot recordings from this concert I just haven't got them up yet. Man I cant imagine the power of Zeppelin live!
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 3 years ago
You know you can easily get a umber of versions of boots from this show eh ;)
Zboots 3 years ago
would like to know how. I want one !!!!!
markdatater 3 years ago
such a powerfull version
candrein 3 years ago
DUDE!
This really rocks! Totally new one to me! The beat has my feet!
sugarpuddin88 4 years ago
Glad you enjoy it man!
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 3 years ago
Squeeze - I just had the idea to play this song to accompany a live video of the Northern Lights!
I absolutely love this version you have posted! Awesome!
Many many thanks!
sugarpuddin88 3 years ago
i love this song!!but Knebworth august4th 1979 version,was the best!!!
poussyledzep 4 years ago
poussyledzep - hard to imagine that just one year later he would be dead
Like a shooting star burning out just when it reaches the top
sugarpuddin88 4 years ago
John Bonham is on fire here, love this version!
John Paul Jones sounds like he's playing a rubber band though hehe :D
uberpirox 4 years ago
Haha true the bass on this song always seems to be 'twangy' and rubber bandish. But yeah Bonzo was great! Glad you enjoy!!!
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
I think he's using a pick.
PorkChops250 4 years ago
Yeah he used a pick when he played certain songs, Achilles being one of them.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
also he used his Alembic 8string for achilles last
nytjd911 4 years ago
also he used his Alembic 8string for achilles last
nytjd911 4 years ago
Oh man, I remember saving up my lawn cutting money to go out an buy DESTROYER when I was 11 years old. This is my Fav. tune from it. Raw, crunchy and balls out. Brings back great memories. 25 years later, all Zep bootleg vinyl are on display in my music room in my house.
zappatull 4 years ago 3
Nice man! Glad you enjoy it!
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
what is your address ? ;)
humboldtmyche 4 years ago 3
This was Jimmy's favorite song!!
currentlynameless 4 years ago 3
Amazing, Wow. Thankyou so much man!!
currentlynameless 4 years ago
You're welcome man! Glad you enjoy it!
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
Nothing Harder Heavier or better!! You can't call Zeppelin heavy metal because what they did wasn't boring like metal...this has so much more dynamics...more like Wagner(classical) plus it's way harder... I think they should have their own category in music because no one does what they do or even comes close simple as that!! Thanks for posting this version!!
vettezeppelin 4 years ago
Yeah true its amazing and its not like metal. Its so much more complex and interesting. Haha, glad you enjoy it man
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
OH...My...GOD...I never thought I'd say this...but this is even better than the original version, I don't give a shit how fucked up Jimmy is on this...the drums are infuckincredible!!
mike584 4 years ago 2
Hell yeah man! Right on glad you enjoy it!!
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
This is awesome stuff, thank you. I spend so much of my time looking for led Zeppelin bootlegs. There was an orginal vinyl copy of The Destroyer on ebay last week that went for about £260. I wish i wasn't poor :(
PhysicalKashmir 4 years ago
I'm glad you enjoy it man! Yeah I spend a lot of time as well looking for them they're hard to come by, and, like you mentioned, when you come by them they aren't cheap. Don't worry about it man, I dont have much money either haha.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
awesome
GordonRoyal 4 years ago
Glad you enjoy!
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
thanks for uploading it buddy
i like it very very much
GordonRoyal 4 years ago
omg!!! my uncle owned a suite room at the richfield colusium where this concert was. he got a pick from Page and a drumstick from bonzo after the show
goosu94 4 years ago
Man you're uncle is a lucky man! I would have loved to meet Bonzo or Page. Thats awesome man!
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
I always hear people saying 1977 was bad for Zeppelin, but I don't really think so. My favorite Stairway to Heaven is the 1977 Seattle version.
Bonzo makes this song.
JimmyPage159 4 years ago 2
Yeah he really does hes amazing.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
Bonzo really was key in all versions of ALS. His powerful drumming did the trick. Oh, and BTW, if u guys think this version is good, check out achilles from 5/21/77, at the summit. jaw opening drumming right there, and make sure u get the soundboard. (the dragon snake)
Zepman2393 4 years ago 3
Thanks man, I'll look for it
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
me too
mana244 4 years ago
drums are amazing in this version
page wasn't particularly at his best at this point though...too much heroin
puzzler11 4 years ago
Na i think i like the version in knebworth 1979 better, but this is still really cool
johnnymonny11 4 years ago
Personally I dont like the Knebworth version that much, its good but I just never liked it I dont know why. I think I like this version the best because I think that this is performed to 110% full capacity and a ton of energy. Bonzos drumming is also amazing and interesting to listen to.
Regardless of our views, Im glad you enjoy it.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
yeah of course. i enjoy any led zeppelin performance, there an amazing band
johnnymonny11 4 years ago 2
Only the best, haha.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
yes they are the best lol
johnnymonny11 4 years ago 2
the drumming is fantastic, i'll give you that sir
riversideblues7 4 years ago 2
the knebworth one just seemed a bit to perfect, well from the first night anyway, the second was an atrosity (page broke a string, plant forgot lyrics), this version is a very true statment of how led zeppelin were at the time
alexledzepguy 4 years ago
Too perfect? Led Zeppelin was the hardest working band. Plant suffering form flu.'s, Page insomnia, Bonzo anxiety, and JPJ trying to his best to keep the band going. They're PERFECTIONISTS, it shows in their catalogue. Led Zeppelin's preformance at the O2 areana last year proved this. They as much work as a band would for a tour! If you don't want PERFECT, I suggest a band other than Led Zeppelin. Hell, if you don't want PERFECT look around at today's musicians. LED ZEPPELIN I know the way baby
amore101 4 years ago
Ok, have a go at me because I said Led Zep were perfect, perfectly normal to do that? What i was trying to say is that knebworth version from the 4th somtimes gets boring as it is very "by the book". I like to hear bootlegs like this as there seems to be a lot more of the bouncing about between studio versions and whatthe members were improvising on stage at the time. Please dont hassle me anymore for unapparent reasons, I am a very busy session guitarist Oh and btw modern bands and music sucks
alexledzepguy 4 years ago
Ok, have a go at me because I said Led Zep were perfect, perfectly normal to do that? What i was trying to say is that knebworth version from the 4th somtimes gets boring as it is very "by the book". I like to hear bootlegs like this as there seems to be a lot more of the bouncing about between studio versions and whatthe members were improvising on stage at the time. Please dont hassle me anymore for unapparent reasons, I am a very busy session guitarist Oh and btw modern bands and music sucks
alexledzepguy 4 years ago
You should hear the Achilles from Munich 1980. Check it out Squeeze, thats their best.
fry530 3 years ago
I'll check it out man! Thanks for the heads up!
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 3 years ago
SOOOO much better than the album version.
48rulesall 4 years ago
Yeah I think its my favorite version of the song.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
yeah i know ticket prices have got out of hand over the years. its too bad. but i sure hope they tour and come to your town so you and your friends get a chance to see them. you take it easy youngster, and thanks again for this posting. peace.
mrevans60 4 years ago
well my friend i sure hope they tour and you get the chance to see them live. when my friends and i were 17 the upcoming zeppelin shows at the forum in july that year was absolutley the most important thing in the world to us. we all were working part time jobs after school to get the money together for tickets, gas and ha ha party supplies. if i remember correctly the tickets were only 9.50 a pop, hard to believe these days. nice to see you younger folks enjoying zeppelin.
mrevans60 4 years ago
9.50...wow. I saw Robert Plant and Alison Krauss tickets for over 200 each.. Zeppelins tickets will be well over 500 easily Im sure. Probably nearly 1000 or higher. Thats why Im saving up for a long time haha. But man I would give anything I have to be able to see them back when you did.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
Me too....especially 'cause of Bonzo's death.
48rulesall 4 years ago
where is all that ch ch ch coming from? it aint distortion or anything and it isnt anyone on stage so wot is it? i think someone is tapping along near the mic or something
roylett 4 years ago
Perhaps I'm not sure. It could have been stage affects or it could have been someone messing with the recording equipment. I couldn't tell you, sorry.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
i remember when i saw them back in 77 they were about half way thru the song remains the same when page dropped his pick and just rocked the rest of the song. at 17 i thought that was the coolest thing id ever seen. got to be hard to do on a 12 string given the dexterity required to play that song the way he did. always loved to watch page play and strut around the stage. zeppelin, 4 truly great musicians. be nice if they gave us one more tour.
mrevans60 4 years ago
Man...you're one of the lucky ones who got to see em. Im not even 20 so I couldn't imagine seeing them in the 70s. I've been saving up in case they actually did go on the tour. If they come anywhere within an 8 hour drive of where I live I'll be there and I'll have the money this time, not like with the 02 lol.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
i remember a interview years ago where page said they never used the same tunings on the tunes in concert except for rock and roll, always keeping things fresh and different for themselves and all of us. i always loved pages use of the wah- wah pedal.i read that he usually plays it wide open. zeppelin always put on a great show. something different every night. not sure if you have more of these posts, i will find them if you do. thanks again man.
mrevans60 4 years ago
I didnt know that. I always thought the difference in the tuning sound was just a result of the different tone of the Gibsons and stuff Jimmy used on stage, thanks for the info man! And yeah, they were always amazing live.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
to squeezemylemonbabe, nice post my friend thanks a million. i used to have this bootleg plus 5 more i bought at middle earth music in good old downey ca. lost the damn cds when i moved a couple of years ago. and yes this is led zeppelin. i just wonder how many of these soundboard recordings ended up in sound engineers private stashes. once again thanks for the post.
mrevans60 4 years ago
No problem man, I'm glad you enjoy it!
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
the sound here sounds so very un-page...
I wonder what made him use such a heavy wah.
imstillalive 4 years ago
He used alot of Wah-Wah in Knebworth I thought also..I think this sounds like something Page would play, the guitar solo and improvisation to me sounds like something he would do.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
i agree that the playing STYLE is very page,just the SOUND is something i havnt seen from him yet.well,you learn something new every day!
imstillalive 4 years ago
It is a soundboard recording.
Maakari 4 years ago
this is either very bad sound quality or thats not zeppelin,bonzos drumming is off and he was always mega accurate.never knew page did herion,when'd he get off it??
nillllllll 4 years ago
He stopped using heroin around '85. I'm pretty sure this is Zeppelin...that is certainly Robert Plant singing, and Bonzos drums don't seem off to me... alot of times Zeppelin did the echoing thing with Plants voice, so I think this is Zeppelin..but yeah it is bad sound quality.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
This is a very dry soundboard recording. Any boot collector worth his salt would prefer a great audience recording but you get what you can when you can.
This is Zeppelin.
Zboots 3 years ago
I guess so haha.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 3 years ago
cleveland rocks!!!!!
harlan1988 4 years ago
Yes it does
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
the drums are fantastic on this boot!! thank you
spinecraft 4 years ago
You are very welcome
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
I douibt this is Zep.......unless the wer all coming off methedone that night. Easily the worst Achilles ever heard.
lkoury 4 years ago
This is them. Just a hard song to play live. This is definitely Plant.
UC7media 4 years ago
i dont think anyone could replicate plants voice to that accuracy, and i cant see how you can say it is the worst one you have heard, explain?
frozenfish 4 years ago
I think it would be the greatest version I've heard live. And yes, that is Zeppelin.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
cleveland, ohio
glacierfish 4 years ago
yea 1977 was very back and forth.. it had many bad shows.. but at the same time some of the best shows of there careers where performed in that year.. like all madison square garden, La, and alot of Maryland wre fantastic shows!!
slipdrum80 4 years ago
Wasn't that the year Jimmy started using heroin?
gnrledzep4eva 4 years ago
yes that is when he was VERY active on it ... i think he started earlier though but in 1977 the addiction got stronger
slipdrum80 4 years ago
What day is this from
Jerrytheband 4 years ago
It was April 27th I believe, 1977.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
GO BONHAM MAN
bonzoboom85 4 years ago
i think jimmy's solo at knebworth was better. but could just be the audio....
also, is somebody making sounds with their mouth?
fhqwgads2005 4 years ago
Who knows, maybe. I never noticed but then again, I never tried listening for it lol =].
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
My first Zep bootleg. Probably the best live version of Sick Again ive ever heard. Also good are Achilles(this one), Trampled Underfoot, In my time of Dying
Robertoroboto 4 years ago
Destroyer was your first? I think it's one of their best. Have you heard Live on Blueberry Hill? That one is great they do Bron-Yr-Aur on it, or Jimmy does. Magnificent! And yes those songs on Destroyer are great. They sounded great on this one compared to how they started getting tired and old around the latter 70s, compared to the early 70s.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 4 years ago
The next night in Cleveland, was a better performance. Yes, I have Blueberry Hill. It also has "Out on the Tiles", my favorite Zep tune, by the way. There are good shows from the 77 tour. I think drugs did affect Jimmys playing. It is rumoured he was pretty high on the Destroyer show. Destroyer was a good show for Plant.
Robertoroboto 4 years ago
Check out "Listen To This Eddie", that's probably one of the better 77 tour shows. Bonzo was on fire that night too.
moreblack 4 years ago