Led Zeppelin - Los Angeles 1973

[LedZepfilm]

@ledzeppelin This is May 31st 1973.

[zofo666]

I actually think Page,s tone from 68-73 was fantastic,just enough compression and sustain (no quarter srts solo etc),i think he then used those marshall majors which were boosted to 200w,like ritchie,s,BUT he played them under performing,hence too clean and very "clanky".Also up to 73 they were playing all the time and were on their game,after this,tax breaks etc,personal habits and strains took over and they never really got back to their peak live due to ilnneses and unfortunate events!

[NateageIV]

would have been nice to see the rest of the dazed and confused solo:D

[Ozzybeans]

Throwing in my two cents for Jimmy's tone and Robert's voice:

In 1975, Jimmy used a different Les Paul for a lot of songs, including No Quarter, Dazed and Confused, and Kashmir. It's his number 2, the gift from Joe Walsh. That could have something to do with it. It also seems he didn't turn his volume pot all the way up most of the time.

[Ozzybeans]

As for Robert, he did a lot of screaming in the early days which caused polyps to form in his throat in the autumn of 1972. He struggled with it through the Japan and UK tours, and got it operated on in mid-1973, sometime before the American tour.

[percypage74]

@Ozzybeans He started developing problems as early as mid 71. Listen closely to bootlegs of shows after Aug 21 and you will hear occasional cracks that were never there before. What is your source for him having an operation in mid73?? The general consensus is that he had an operation following the end of the 73 tours, sometime before 1975. Hell, just listening to the difference in his voice, between the Song Remains the Same movie and the Earls Court footage on the DvD is impossible to miss

[hadjicrack]

@Ozzybeans yeah i realised that to. because from 68-69 jimmys tone was fuzzy. 1970 tone was heavy. the 1971 tone was a little bit heavier than the 70's tone. the 1972 tone was like a combo everything before and the 1973, 1975-1980's tone was cleaner

[AllysWorld05]

@Ozzybeans

What you're saying about Page using his number 2 Les Paul in 1975 is true, however it wasn't a present from Joe Walsh, that was his number 1. Page bought the number 2 in 1973.

[Matthew9444]

they should have dropped over the hills in 72

ie never played it

[ccaig]

@Matthew9444 why would they drop it ?

[NateageIV]

you guys notice jimmys amp qualitys fall after 73 ostly after this year his amp sounded sloppy and drugy like whitch he was but hes still great

[brandontylerkaiser]

because he used phaser and a drive pedal

[NateageIV]

i like his quality through 69 to 73 but some 77 stuff was good but i got dispointed that happen the drugie sound and not this quaity sound like it is here

[LedZeppelinisgod100]

YES! but his tone from 72....oh my god...so...so..SO damn good. The reason why his tone went south was not really because of drugs. That was the reason that his note accuracy was bad, and also caused a lot of sloppy playing. His tone was bad in 73 because he used this weird treble booster that made it really squeaky, and in 75, his tubes were old, and he wasn't setting his amps too high on volume. Then from 77 on, he was using a MXR Phase 90, which is not true bypass, which made his tone crappy.

[NateageIV]

73 and back was amzing tone then after yucky:P but he still rocks

[LedZeppelinisgod100]

i love his tone up to then too. "rocks" is an understatement. :D

[TheSHEERHEARTATTACK]

after '75 his voice is bad the reason why is for the car accident in greece and his throat got injured

[LedZeppelinisgod100]

@TheSHEERHEARTATTACK i wasnt talking about Plant...but yeah. and i thought only his legs were injured. there were rumors of some secret operation on Plants vocal chords during the 70s tho.

[Sold07]

@LedZeppelinisgod100 He was using the MXR Phase 90 in 75. And personally I think his 73 and 75 tone sounds better than the 72 tone.

[LedZeppelinisgod100]

@Sold07 ohh right, i forgot about 75. :P the 73 tone was pretty cool, but i liked the midrange crunch he got from the two plexi's running at around 5-6 on volume. (treble: 10, mid: 2, bass: 0, presence: 7). and the 75 tone was sort of a digression from what sort of tone Page normally plays with, it was cleaner, and he got a really funky (and extremely cool) middle position switch tone.

[Vladymir1916]

His amp sound from 75 tour was really poor, I don't know really why, I don't think so it's because phaser. At 77 tour was better but no so good as at early tours...

[funkadelicgrunge]

it wasnt just smoking weed they played huge arenas almost every night for like 2 or 3 hours plants voice would get tired and wore out give him a break.

[NateageIV]

ha 75 77 plants voice fell horribly

[MISSEDHERSIR]

the performances got better in 75-77 plants voice that is.

[NateageIV]

he smoked to much weed it destoryed him

[brandontylerkaiser]

why the fuck does everyone blame weed for this shit look it up why his voice sucks then leave a comment

[duckyduckmanduck]

over the hills and very very far away

[goo83]

as great as the band played in '73, it's ashame Plant's voice wasn't up to par. listen to him on Over the Hills and Far Away. he can't even hit the notes. tisk.