*Rare* Led Zeppelin Night Flight Soundcheck

[PrankZabba]

and here i thought they NEVER played this song live. maybe not in concert? i used to have a guide to ZEPPELIN bootlegs book back in the late 80's. pretty sure this song and In The Light was the only 2 songs never played live off PG

[9KPhalak]

Thanks for sharing.

[demonhoopa]

John Paul Jones didn't "write this song". He contributed to it along with Jimmy and Robert.

[A01202644]

@demonhoopa Written 'mainly' by Jones

[demonhoopa]

@A01202644  Source?

[demonhoopa]

@A01202644 Wikepedia supports what you say.

[JM13121]

Thanks for the upload!

[micke67d]

Oushh! Just beuatiful! Amazing how it grows together realizing the amount of hours these guys spent togehter.... :O)

[RisingSon011]

anyone else think this sounds rather like Led Zeppelin doing a Rolling Stones song ?

[esamo31]

wait a minute.. led zeppelin practiced?

[MyWilldo]

@esamo31 ya, for 3 hours everyday

[Mguzio]

3:07, ridiculous drum fill bonham is the man

[moreblack]

that was fun

[thegei]

that little dealy starting at 1:50 kicks ass.

[thegei]

the little dealy starting at 1:55 kicks ass.

[Mightyhumungus]

please let vids go thru stay this guy does bonham good i'm sure Bonham's looking down saying good job

[fireinthemmz]

Fucking awesome

[gandalf3224]

we need a live version of this can someone help me?

[DBZMANIAC13]

@gandalf3224 They never played it live =/

[wjv4me]

Yep, thanks for the correction. 'Twas spring of 1977 at the Chciago Stadium,

and what a party it was! Tickets (found my old stubs were only $9.00/each!

[JimmyPagesSoloLover]

:-O I I I LOVE IT! LOVE IT! 

[ToxiKa666]

LOL!! "wooh... mama well...?"

so cool! xD

[j0mp]

Just keep doing what you do dude ! Great stuff.

[jetbirdzme]

If I could find the 'Beer Meister..from PVille, Chicago Burbs Il".??? I would share this w/ him! He would LOVE it! !!!! Love u Brian wherever the F u R?? ..Again Thanks to mg4150!! U R AMAZING! :)

[jdidnoid]

check out Jeff Buckley's cover of Night Flight. It's a worthy performance.

[xoDD20ox]

zeppppppelin . fucking awesome.

they're the reason i wanna time travel back to the 70's (:

[caesarcerf]

it was recorded in 1971 at the sessions for the fourth album; obviously not used at that time.

[MetallicBill]

This song stands out because it's timeless since DAY ONE! It still sounds freshly recorded. I have a comp CD of outtakes and rough cuts, I found it more annoying then enjoying, it's really not good till Zep gets into the Groove of things.

[Tecumseh1812]

this is a rare treat thanx to the person who posted

[jetbirdzme]

ahaaaa oh well mamma?

[jetbirdzme]

my FAV! ZEP EVER! 1973+

[polerbear1000]

1973 sound check?

[emjr65]

dude thats the shit ! thank you x10!!!!

[DrivenBlack]

what song is it?

[jimmypage196]

@DrivenBlack look at the title idiot

[DrivenBlack]

@jimmypage196 hey nigger.... there is a 80% chance i was high when i wrote that... cut me some slack

[jimmypage196]

@DrivenBlack there wus a 100% chance I was too

[DrivenBlack]

@jimmypage196 haha right on...

[fraserjeremy]

I love this song period.

[mrdiscus66]

Yes JPJ is brilliant and underated but I think In Through the Out Door is the worst Zep album and that is down to Jonesy having more input and Page less.

[thegei]

no way, that's probably my favorite album.

[lidesnowi]

Kewl!

[aripahs]

why is everyone so stunned jonesy wrote this, its just contributing to him being even more underrated.

Hes such an amazing musician, and hes written ALOT of zeppelin songs, this one, actually being his worst in my opinion (still great song.)

[565144]

I agree with you except that in my opinion, jones took zeppelin into a little too much of a "popish" direction, because it seems he prefferred to play the keyboard tot he bass in many songs. A great musician, yes, but as a fellow bass player i somtimes disaprove of what he did to presence and in through the out door.

[aripahs]

he didnt really have much to do with presence and i dont think he tried to be poppy he just wanted to experiment. hes still my favorite from zeppelin.

[RubHerSoul1]

@565144 That was only on the last record. Presence is still a Page controlled lp. No keyboards on that one at all actually. But In through the out Door was still very good. By today's standards it would be a semi-masterpiece by a modern group if they had made it. Besides, Page was so fucked up on smack, that Jones and Plant took over. They were just going with the new sounds of the day back in '79. And his bass playing on those lps is still top notch regardless.

[polerbear1000]

@aripahs why his worst?

[9KPhalak]

@aripahs agree Jones is amazing, but, disagree that this is his worst.

[harolj]

Look at those snarly rock stars! Viva Led Zeppelin.

[carlos86902]

obra maestra!! no lo habia escuchado!

[johndeerebuck]

nice pic

[Rocky54167]

This was cool! i remember i had a couple of songs from this live soundcheck once and one of them was the rover

[mcreminisce]

rare and raw! right on!

[jossyju12]

robert plant has a amazing voice :) i love this song and never heard it live before thanks for posting :D

[j0mp]

Just ... Just.. GREAT MAN! I love U guy's with this rare amazing NEW to an old guy like me...

Thanks.

May U Find More Gold !

[chasindevils]

john paul jones singal handedly wrote sunshine superman by donovan if u guys know what im talking about and recorded many studio versions for sum of the whos songs

[TomCruiseCloneTwo]

jones wrote that?

[chasindevils]

yah Donavan has said allot of his work wouldnt be possible if not for musicians that helped realize his dreams

like john paul jones

[swans1997]

The man has certainly been around hasn't he. Worked with Dusty Springfield, ENO, Butthole Surfers, Nico, Diamanda Galas.He's a longtime favorite musician. Doesn't get as much credit or reknown as Page, or Plant, but he certainly deserves it. The man was always right there, when Page went into one of his impromptu riffs.

[HARFO1]

sweet!!!!

[canterville5]

Esta musica me hace muy feliz! Gracias muchachos por su gran genialidad que nos supieron compartir. Salutes desde la colombina.

[caesarcerf]

morningview4 - you 'believe' wrong. led zeppelin 4 sessions.

[caesarcerf]

this song was written and recorded in 1971 for led zeppelin '4' ("zoso") but held back and put on graffiti.

some of the very best words of any zep song. definitely a little gem.

[MorningView4]

actually it was recorded during the houses sessions i believe.

[caesarcerf]

no john paul jones did NOT write this one.

this is one of the ONLY performances in 1973 when plant can hit ANY of the notes he hit in 72' and before.

[accadaccarocks1293]

This is an amazing song :D

[dustynbones]

I'll miss our Night Flights Love :-(

[wqandted]

I was rocking out to this, I've heard the studio version a million times (I broke the cassette tape from extreme usage), when I realized it was recorded one day before I was born. Pretty cool.

[TrojanxInfection]

I have the whole recording, the whole soundcheck is actually 34 minutes long. I will try to upload in seperate parts.

[manichon21]

thanks for sharing :-)

[27SETTEMBRE1995]

ma xke stanno ttt col cappotto e plant sta mezzo nudo ??

[frets4life17]

where do you get these???

[Jimmy666Saite]

Jimmy meet me in the night^^

[2bullitt]

thanks. that is songs are written.you can hear it develope. cool

[LivingIn1969]

ya man, john paul jones actually wrote this one

[4waynosespray]

Jonesy also wrote the riff for Black Dog.

[fantasticof]

john paul wrote the song "shes a rainbow" for the Stones .. and dozens more for assloads of different artists.... he along with the other members were fucking genious... this songs not rare ints on the "physical graffitti" album

[enlightening]

Sorry, but you are wrong. JPJ dind't wrote "She's a Rainbow", he just arranged the strings of this song. And this versions is really *rare because Zeppelin never played Night Flight live, except from this soundcheck version.

[zeppelinwoman]

He is awesum...& undarated !

[gogogadgetspoon]

No shit! Bassists generally are though...

[commieobama]

ya but not John Entwistle

[gogogadgetspoon]

Ah but seein as I haven't really heard of him then that just gives further evidence of how under-rated they are...I have no idea who he plays with, I'm tmepted to say Pink Floyd but I fear a barrage of abuse if I'm wrong:L

[commieobama]

John Entwistle voted "BASSIST OF THE MILLENIUM". Do a search. cheers

[phase901]

@commieobama  He's a mediocre player at best

[canaryman69]

@phase901 John Entwistle was voted for many decades as the greatest bass player by just about every poll ever taken around the world. Listeners and professional musicians has consistantly rated John Entwistle the greatest. I remember polls going back as far as 1968. If Entwistle was not number 1, he was voted number 2, cheers

[EdBraski0977]

he was with THE WHO

[gogogadgetspoon]

So I hear...He's badass, I looked him up.

[shaggisthrum]

Entwhistle played for the WHO

[gogogadgetspoon]

I KNOW THAT NOW!! :P Jeez...Ask me about old drummers and i'll know, bassists not so much...

[wjv4me]

Adore this song! Thanks for posting it, my favorite Zep album-also like "The Ocean"

so much also. Ah heck-all of their albums are the best!

[rm2551]

How many great tracks come off Physical Graffiti?

Awesome to hear the sound checks and various bootlegs.

I often imagine Cameron Crow making a doco about Zeppelin - much like the "Classic Albums" series, but covering the entire set of works. If I ever have serious money, I will pursue that idea as it would be brilliant to see.

[GrantStoke]

I have always loved this song,on the album version Plants vocals are unbelievable .

Was this a regular in the set after it appeared on Physical Graffitti?

A lot of that stuff came from the 73/74 sessions after Houses of the Holy as they had so much material.

Best band in the world in my humble opinion.

[kevpeace]

@GrantStoke Fucking great song. I had tickets to see them in Detroit, then John Bonham died-what a loss.

[mpopeube]

I think someone hacked the thumbs up! Well done!

[astonbrock]

That is hilarious. Zeppelin fucking around... and, it sounds like, as any musician will attest, they're trying to remember the arrangement, thinking... 'fuck, it's on the LP at home... why didn't I listen to it beforehand...' Awesome.

[CyborgCommander]

This song is so Underrated in My opinion!

[kcg5000]

I think it might have been the booze that killed him...

[anhacus]

He drank a lot. It happened to be just a bad day and a slight miscalculation. My brother did the same thing. Sad, but it happens.

[SanDiegoDeliChick]

This is great!!! and you did a FANTASTIC job on Black Dog!!!! Great video, job well done as always!

[Jackts9999]

Cooooool!

Meet me in the morning...

[brianxeneixe]

tell me where can i get this song please, friend!

[tinrooflighthouse]

No,I will not.

And I'm not your friend I'm your wife.

A man may be a fool and not know it but not if he is married..now rub my feet.

[AllenCollins1]

its off Physical Graffiti :)

[GrosTigre100]

This is funny they stop every 15 seconds. But they're still LED FUCKING ZEPPELIN and they own.

[MetalHeathen85]

Damn right!

[kcg5000]

thats the most "thumbs ups" I have ever seen on youtube

[GrosTigre100]

Yeah I don't even remember actually posting this! But it's still just as true today as it was whenever I wrote that comment.

[dockaiser]

Man I've been waiting for a live version of NF since 20 years. Great. Even though Page is screwing it up a few times or who ever

[MetallicBill]

@dockaiser Plant had to refrain from Squeezing the Lemon from what I read... I know the high notes don't always work for some vocalists live

[xicocamotl]

which coat, you hipster?

[Zigfu]

ha ha, hipster...

[samuelshepard]

i want that goddamn coat....

[gateway1099]

comon meet me in the morn meet me in the middle of the night night night!

[wjv4me]

So cool...always LOVED this song! Great upload. I only saw them once - in 76 at Chicago Ampitheater. So very cool, but schlock accoustics there. Adore them & so very glad they are playing London...FINALLY bringing Jones back too-'bout time!

[mg4150]

Yes, Jones is such an overlooked and underrated musician. He's extremeley talented. One of the better rock basists out there IMHO.

[lagunadeplata]

@wjv4me My God! That is awesome that you saw Led Zeppelin live. To me seeing Led Zeppelin would have been sort of biblical. I saw Plant & Page, in the No Quartar tour---absolutely incredible. When I saw Robert Plant on tour, at the Greek Theatre, in LA a long time ago, when he appeared on stage, he had his back on the audience with his mane up in the air. What what a godly experience.

[sgrant3354]

@wjv4me Led Zeppelin was not active in 76'...

[JahaysusKahrist]

@sgrant3354 bullshit

[sgrant3354]

@JahaysusKahrist they weren't touring!

[JahaysusKahrist]

@sgrant3354 yes you are right, they did not tour that year, but they were active as "Presence" was released in March and the film "The song remains the same" was released I think in June or July. Also Page was reported to have jammed in impromptu fashion with Pat Travers as well as Robin Trower. And Bonham was rumored to be working on a side project with Pete Townsend

[prooflootkoo]

@sgrant3354 But they did play Chicago in 77, it was a while back, maybe he doesn't remember the exact year man.

[ShnourKandy570]

@wjv4me dude i wish i could have seen zeppelin :( they were split up before i was born lol, and yeah JPJ is insane on pretty much every instrument out there haha

[stringtheories25]

AWESOME

[JUD97]

one of my fave songs from that album "we are in the middle of a change in destination, when the train stops all together we will smile"

[mjd775]

.....nice little beauty!! thanks, keep them coming!!

[Powertip]

Simply beautiful to listen too! They were too good

[rskkz]

Thanks for posting this...

[blueemuse]

çok güzeeel

[utkuozdemir]

tabiki

[pekoe]

magic ok magic

[pizzamcoy]

where did you get this????????????????? wow.

[pierre766]

...guitar crossing notes kinda have the sound of "I've got a feeling" (Beatles). So awesome ! What a great live song. I've seen Zep three times and I never heard that one. I would've came in my shorts....swear ...

[mg4150]

Correction, this is from a soundcheck at the Chicago Auditorium Theater on July 6th 1973.

[robstr12]

thanks!

[julieswahn]

awesome. This shows the tedious hours and hours that a top-knotch group like Led Zeppelin put in to create all they have done. I feel like I'm hiding behind a curtain, spying on them, having to pee from excitement. Love em. Thanks for putting this up.

[Les1469]

where do you get all this stuff you have, and how can i get it too

[NJ250]

That's news to me, never know what new info on them you'll learn! Now as for the complete low(er) gen tape of this soundcheck, who has a copy? (I've had  2 hi-gen. (hissy) versions for years! ROCK ON!

[NJ250]

This is from a live soundcheck from '73 The tape also contains "oldies" jams.

[mg4150]

Thanks for the info! That makes sense now, In the recording it sounds like the amber Vistalite kit he used live. He always used a wooden kit in the studio.

[moomoo136]

where do u find all this cool stuff?

[allmightymouse]

my thoughts exactly! you can tell me--i'll never tell! HA! i love this RARE stuff!

[bush555]

I work for them. Yeah janitor for thirty tweleve years and days.