Stairway To Heaven - First Performance

The very first public performance of Stairway to Heaven - played in Ulster, Ireland on 05/03/1971. Something of a historic moment in rock music. It sounds as though it came from two different sources, one is better than the other but they are both listenable.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• zeppelin
• stairway
• heaven
• early
• first
• performance
• dublin
• 1971

[TheStephanie362]

if page and hendrix had a guitar battle to see who was better people's heads would explode...

[apollo11bb]

O NO! 666 comments!

[julrob97]

It was actually 3/5/71. You got the numbers reversed.

[3434arc1]

@TheStephanie362 I measure who's better not by who can play a zillion notes per second but by how their music impacts me emotionally in all directions. By that standard Jimmy Page has no equal in my book (though I do like Hendrix) I have always argued that Page is superior. He just has that magical gift of knowing what to play & what not to play, and when. It's fashionable to hop on the 'Hendrix was the best bandwagon', but I guarantee you that tens of millions prefer Page.

[RockThatTele]

@stonethecrow80 i have that pic on a poster i bought at F.y.e. lol.

[MrAlexxluis]

@MrSarahmike ahahahahaha... somebody forgot the kettle in the fire. 

[donnahlogerot]

1 yr after this, a fabulous local band played this at my 1st High School Dance. This 14yr old freshman had her 1st "slowdance" to this song, with a senior. (Ironically, he had Robert Plant's hair.) Quite a magic night for a 14yr old! :-)

[stonethecrow80]

where did you get the pic?

[MrSarahmike]

I think around 8 mins the kettle has boiled.

[MrSarahmike]

Sorry folks, massive Zep fan, but this sounds terrible.

[fairyfellermaster]

@SongHooks1993 Well I've a problem with calling anyone "god" but everything else you said was true. It's been a while & they're still using him as a blueprint for guitar playing.