The Nobs February 3, 1975 New York, NY US Madison Square Garden pt 16

February 3, 1975
New York, NY US
Madison Square Garden

Rock and Roll,
Sick Again,
Over the Hills and Far Away,
In My Time of Dying,
The Song Remains the Same,
Rain Song,
Kashmir,
No Quarter,
Trampled Underfoot,
Moby Dick,
Dazed and Confused
Stairway to Heaven,
Whole Lotta Love,
Black Dog,
Communication Breakdown.


Its been a long time since we rock and rolled, bellowed Robert Plant as Led Zeppelin stepped on stage at Madison Square Garden last night, for the first of six shows (three at the Garden, three at Nassau Coliseum), over the next two weeks. Its actually been a year and a half since Led Zeps last appearance. In the meantime, their cult has become so enormous that this is the longest and largest stand and rock group has ever done locally.Whats up for grabs is the title of worlds greatest rock and roll band. There are only two other serious challengers, Rolling Stones and the Who. The Who have not made a major album in three years. In the last five years, the Stones have made four great ones, but only three of their six releases have sold 1,000,000 copies or more. Led Zeppelin have only made five albums with a sixth shortly to be released and all of them have sold more than a million copies. One of them, their fourth, sold over 2,000,000. The Stones may have the rep, but Led Zep have the numbers. (D. Marsh, NY Newsday Feb. 75)

The first tour show in New York and the first 1975 performance of Dazed And Confused, not played live since July 29th, 1973 at the same venue. This show is the first one from North America 1975 at which Dazed And Confused was performed. Page sounds great at this show, playing with confidence - albeit some caution here and there - considering his finger injury was only a few weeks previous; Sick Again, Over The Hills And Far Away, In My Time Of Dying, The Song Remains The Same, The Rain Song each reveal speed of his healing. Songs are generally shorter or abbreviated compared to what they would be in the next month or so, though (Dazed And Confused has only 20 minutes, No Quarter only 14 and Whole Lotta Love barely 1 minute flat). And as the tapers are heard to remark about Robert Plant this is one of those 1975 shows where his vocal sound really doesn't rise above mediocre. If one can tune out Plant's rasp this is a really enjoyable concert, plenty of atmosphere.

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[Conneyfogle]

if you pause at 2:45 you have Robert Page singer guitarist! with 4 arms, now that would be an interesting mix