Name: Alexandra Palace Second Night
Date: 1972, December 23
Location: London, England
Setlist:
CD1
101 - Rock And Roll
102 - Over The Hills And Far Away
103 - Black Dog
104 - Misty Mountain Hop
105 - Since I've Been Loving You
106 - Dancing Days
107 - Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp
108 - The Song Remains The Same
109 - The Rain Song
CD2
201 - Dazed And Confused
202 - Stairway To Heaven
203 - Whole Lotta Love
204 - Heartbreaker
As an eighteen year old having just left school and trying to make my way in the Big Smoke this was a most magical Christmas night. I can't remember the freezing conditions or the sound problems just the amazing experience of seeing live for the first and only time (until the reunion tour of 2009?) the Masters of the Rock Universe. I was mesmerised
by the amazing riffs and solos by Jimmy, the thundering beat and rhythm of Bonzo & JP, and the soaring vocals of the Plant man! Oh what a night! Over thirty years on and no other gig has quite measured up!
Well it is all a bit of a distant blur now but what a great concert. I seem to remember that they were very late coming on and as a thankyou Peter Grant announced the giving away of free Zepp posters. Can't remember if you had to send off for them but still have mine on the wall of the den! Sadly cut into the 4 picture frames so that I could get them on the wall of my small bedroom at the age of 16. Wish I had not cut them up now. Some guy caught a Bonham drum stick and was brutally robbed of it on the way home to the train station. Sad not everybody who went were nice guys! Followed Zepp forever and went on to see them at Earls Court and Knebworth. Best band in the World - looking forward to O2! So glad I got tickets.
God I can remember getting up at the crack of dawn and queing from around 4am outside a record store in the centre of London for the tickets. The concert itself was great and can remember also standing outside the Ally Pally in the snow and freezing cold waiting to get in and get a good place as it was a feree for all sitting/standing gig....memories !!!
I was at one of the Ally Pally gigs too - I remember the big wooden floor bouncing as everyone stamped in time to Bron-y-Aur Stomp! Was it this night that they stopped part way in to Stairway and asked people to sit down so that others could see, than restarted?
i do remember being blown away as a 15 year old at an occasion like that.....
This is the final show of 1972 and the audience is so cool and restrained that it is annoying! The show itself is very good though, and the playing is wonderful and aggressive. "Good evening! A merry 23rd of December! Tonight we've got Father Christmas himself with us - John Bonham! Tin Pan Alley's answer to Father Christmas!" Plant joking. He seems to be having slight problems in the beginning but settles down and delivers a good show. There are some great solos from Jimmy, especially in Since I've Been Loving You, where he is just playing pure, inspired blues from the soul. A restless audience stops Stairway To Heaven a minute plus into the song. After Plant's seating instructions, they start the song again: "Listen, I gotta tell you something before you all start shrieking about. First, it is the 23rd December and it is supposed to be the season of goodwill. So, if you all sit down, there's people at the back who prefer to sit, 'cos really it's one of the hardest numbers to do without a monkey house going crazy!" Moby Dick was calling by the member of the audience, which inclinated Plant to answer: "He doesn't do Moby Dick anymore. He's writing a new one. It's called The Titanic." An excellent storming version of Heartbreaker was dedicated by Plant to Roy Harper, group's friend and fellowship musician. A really enjoyable show and one I like as much as the previous night but again the sound problems caused that only a half or so fans could heard Led Zeppelin in their best.
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