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I Can Get No Satisfaction*

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Date: 6ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Tennishalle, Stockholm, Sweden
Label: TDOLZ Vol. 036, 3 CD *
Sound: M -Aud 4
complete concert

Tracks: RockīnīRoll, Over the Hills and far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Iīve been loving you, Dancing Days, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, the Song remains the Same, The Rain Song, Dazed & Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker, The Ocean

 

 

A15

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Date: 11ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Ahoyhalle, Rotterdam, Niederlande
Label: TDOLZ Vol.062, 3 CD
Sound: Mono  - Aud  5
nicht so gut wie die folgenden Konzerte, eher vergleichbar mit den UK Konzerten
Tracks: RockīnīRoll, Over the Hills and far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Iīve been loving you, Dancing Days, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, the Song remains the Same, The Rain Song, Dazed & Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker, What is & what should never be 
 

 

Nuremberg 1973

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Date: 14ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Messehalle, Nürnberg, Germany
Label: no label remastered from 3rd gen tapes, 2 CD
Sound: M -Aud 5-6
this concert was used by Luis Rey explain the
Structure & Evolution of Dazed & Confused - see below
Tracks: RockīnīRoll, Over the Hills and far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Iīve been loving you, Dancing Days, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, the Song remains the same, the Rain Song, Dazed & Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love Medley incl I canīt quit you / Lemon Song, Heartbreaker

Dazed & Confused construction taken from Luis Reyīs well known book : 

No.1 Bass Intro + wahwah interludes
No.2 Main Vocal theme
No. 3 Fast Instrumental - Oriental Riffs
No. 4 San Francisco
No. 5 Violin bow episode echo slapping of the guitar; interlude with Plantīs instrumental voice; Gustac Holstīs "Mars The Bringer of War" - return of the acoustic section
No. 6 Fast guitar Solo and battle with Robert Plant
No. 7 slower tempo solo and "funky" moods
No. 8 violent breaks and call and response interlude
No. 9 faster Solo in crescendos and occasional break-up tempo
No. 10  New arrangement of "Mars, Bringer of War" slow and fast versions and final frenzy
No. 11 Return to the main theme
No. 12 Cod. Final instrumental and vocal battle inside syncopated rythms, drum solo and final explosion
 

 

A Soundboard Platter

Date: 16th March 1973, Vienna, Disc 1
Date: 19th March 1973, Berlin, Disc 2
Date: 27th Jan. 1973, Dundee, Disc 2
Date: 21st March 1973, Hamburg, Disc 3
Date: 22nd March 1973, Essen, Disc 4
Label: Scorpio # LZ07005 , 4 CD
Sound: All Soundboard 9 / 10
Disc 1 (Vienna): 1. Dazed And Confused (cuts in), 2. Stairway To Heaven, 3. Whole Lotta Love Medly (cuts in), 4. Heartbreaker
Disc 2 (Berlin): 1. Whole Lotta Love (cuts in); (Dundee): 2. Whole Lotta Love (cuts in), 3. Heartbreaker, 4. Communication Breakdown
Disc 3 (Hamburg): 1. Dazed and Confused (cuts in), 2. Stairway To Heaven (cuts out), 3. Whole Lotta Love Medley (cuts in)
Disc 4 (Essen): 1.Dazed and Confused (cuts in), 2.Whole Lotta Love (cuts in)
 

 

Vienna 1973

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Date: 16ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Stadthalle Wien, Östereich
Label: TDOLZ Vol.048, 2 CD
Sound: Aud  7/8
2 different  AUD are used to complete the show

Tracks: RockīnīRoll, Over the Hills and far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Iīve been loving you, Dancing days, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, the Song remains the Same, The Rain Song, Dazed & Confused,  Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker 

Konzert : Für Luis Rey die beste Version von Dazed & Confused. Nun soweit will ich nicht gehen. Für mich aber mit den Hamburg und Offenbach Konzerten absolut gleichwertig. Überhaupt kann man sagen das die Europa Tour die 73ér UK und USA Tour weit hinter sich lässt, Ist die UK Tour noch ganz ok . Ist die USA Tour für mich absolut zu vergessen. Generell kann man schon sagen das Led Zeppelin nach der 71er Japan Tour nicht mehr die selben waren. Die 73er Europa Tour bildet da wohl die Ausnahme. Kauft von der Tour was Ihr kriegen könnt. Ein absolutes MUSS ist ja wohl klar !!!!!
 

 

Danke Vienna (Winston Remaster)

Date: March 16,  1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Stadthalle Wien, Östereich
Label: Fan Release, 2 CD-R
Sound: Aud  7/8
2 different AUD sources & 1 SBD source are used
most complete and enjoyable Version of this famous concert
Disc 1:  RockīnīRoll, Over the Hills and far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Iīve been loving you, Dancing Days, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, the Song remains the Same 
Disc 2:  Dazed & Confused,  Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker 
 

 

Stairway To Heaven Vol. 4

Date: 16ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Stadthalle Wien, Östereich
Label: Banana # BAN-050-D, 1 CD
Sound: Stereo Soundboard 9/10
PHANTASTIC Soundboard
Sadly far from complete
Tracks: 1.Stairway to Heaven, 2.San Francisco, 3.Dazed and Confused, 4.Whole Lotta Love, 5.You're so sqaure (Baby I don't care), 6.Let's have a Party, 7. I canīt quit you Baby, 8.The Lemon Song, 9.Whole Lotta Love, 10. Heartbreaker,  11.Bouree,  12.The 59th Street Bridge Song, 13.Heartbreaker
 

 

A Very Nice Night

Date: 16ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Stadthalle Wien, Östereich
Label: Cyanine # VY-011, 2 CD
Sound: AUD / Soundboard 9/10
GREAT Release, compiled from different sources
to give most complete Show in best Sound
Total Running Time: 131.48 Min
"Cyanine"  is an Amateur Label to provide most complete Shows in best Soundquality - Shows from this Label are highly recommended and always worth getting - an other great release from that Label is "Back In Dear Albion" Earls Court 17/18 May 1975. Thanks Julian for getting me into it :-)
Disc 1:  RockīnīRoll, Over the Hills and far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Iīve been loving you, Dancing Days, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, the Song remains the Same, The Rain Song
Disc 2:  Dazed & Confused,  Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker 
 

 

Vienna 3/16/1973

Date: 16ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Stadthalle Wien, Östereich
Label: Zeppelin Digital, FBO-Tree, 2 CD
Sound: St. Aud  8/9
MASTER > DAT > CD-R
Disc 1:  RockīnīRoll, Over the Hills and far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Iīve been loving you, Dancing days, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, the Song remains the Same, The Rain Song 
Disc 2:  Dazed & Confused,  Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker 
 

 

Olympiahalle 1973

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Date: 17ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Olympiahalle, München, Germany
Label: Immigrant # IM 022-023, 2CD
Sound St -Aud 6 / 7
phantastisches Konzert :-)
Tracks: RockīnīRoll, Over the Hills and far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Iīve been loving you, Dancing days, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, the Song remains the Same, The Rain Song, Dazed & Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love Medley (incl. I cant quit you),  Heartbreaker
 

 

Sturm Und Drang

Date: 17ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Olympiahalle, München, Germany
Label: Led Note # none, 2CD
Sound St -Aud 8
uuuuuhhh what an upgrade of this killershow and itīs more complete
INMHO A MUST HAVE !!!
Tracks: RockīnīRoll, Over the Hills and far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Iīve been loving you, Dancing Days, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, the Song remains the Same, The Rain Song, Dazed & Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love Medley, Heartbreaker
 

 

Pure Percy

Date: 17ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Olympiahalle, München, Germany
Label: Flagge # none, 2 CD
Sound similar to the Led Note release
Disc 1:  RockīnīRoll, Over the Hills and far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Iīve been loving you, Dancing Days, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, the Song remains the Same, The Rain Song
Disc 2:  Dazed & Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love Medley, Heartbreaker
 

 

Munich 3/17/1973

Date: 17ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Olympiahalle, München, Germany
Label: Zeppelin Digital, FBO-Tree, 3 CD
Sound: St. Aud  8/9
MASTER > DAT > CD-R
Disc 1:  RockīnīRoll, Over the Hills and far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Iīve been loving you, Dancing Days, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp
Disc 2:  The Song remains the Same, The Rain Song, Dazed & Confused
Disc 3:  Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love Medley, Heartbreaker
 

 

Conquer The Fatherland

Date: 17ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Olympiahalle, München, Germany
Label:  FBO-Tree, 2 CD
Sound: St. 
Alternate Audience Source from  Master Cassettes
Disc 1:  1. Rock and Roll,  2. Over The Hills And Far Away, 3. Black Dog, 4. Misty Mountain Hop, 5. Since I've Been Loving You, 6. Dancing Days, 7. Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, 8. The Song Remains The Same, 9. The Rain Song, 10. Dazed and Confused (fades out)
Disc 2:  1. Dazed and Confused (fades in), 2. Stairway To Heaven, 3. Whole Lotta Love,4. Heartbreaker
 

 

The 4th Reich

Date: 17ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Olympiahalle, München, Germany
Date: 19ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany
Label: Evermore Music, 4 CD
Sound:  nothing Special here,  no improvement
 

 

Berlin 19ter März 1973

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Date: 19ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany
Label: no label from unknown gen tapes, 2CD
Sound: Aud 6/7
Hinweis : was soll ich sagen, siehe oben siehe unten, vorallem HÖREN HÖREN HÖREN
therefore thats everything unknown about the labe and the tape gen itīs excellent sound!
Tracks: RockīnīRoll, Over the Hills and far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Iīve been loving you, Dancing days, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, the Song remains the Same, The Rain Song, Dazed & Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love Medley,
 

 

Majestic Holies

Date: 19ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany
Label: Immigrant # M,015-016, 2CD
Sound: Aud 7
sound is good but the 3rd gen treed on FBO is a little betternd
Disc 1:  RockīnīRoll, Over the Hills and far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Iīve been loving you, Dancing days, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, the Song remains the Same, The Rain Song
Disc 2:  Dazed & Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love Medley
 

 

Letīs Have A Party

Date: 19 March 1973, 3rd European Tour
Venue: Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany
Label: ARMS # 15PR, 1 CD
Sound:  Soundboard  8 /0
Track: Whole Lotta Love Medley incomplete incl.
Everybody needs somebody to Love, Boogie Woogie, Baby I donīt care, Letīs have a Party, I canīt quit You, Lemon Song
 

 

Berlin March 19, 1973

Date: 19 March 1973, 3rd European Tour
Venue: Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany
Label: none / FBO-Tree, 2 CD
Sound: Aud  7.5
3rd gen Tape > CD-R
best sound of the AUD Tape so far
Disc 1:  RockīnīRoll, Over the Hills and far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Iīve been loving you, Dancing days, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, the Song remains the Same, The Rain Song
Disc 2:  Dazed & Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love Medley,
 

 

1st April ( A Paris Affair)*

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Date: 21ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Musikhalle, Hamburg, Deutschland
Label: Oh Boy # 1-9011, 1 CD*
 Sound: Stereo - Soundboard  9/10
phantastische Soundboard Aufnahme, STEREO
schade das es nur dieses Fragment gibt
Tracks: Dazed & Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love Medley everything with minor cuts *grrr*
Note : WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW :-))) a MUST HAVE *g*
 

 

Legendary Night in Hamburg (Winston Remaster)

Date: 21ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Musikhalle, Hamburg, Deutschland
Label: Fan Release (Winston Remaster), 2 CD-R
Sound: AUD Mono 5 & Stereo - Soundboard  9/10
AUD - Unknown Gen Analog - 2CDR3 - EAC - Remaster 
SBD - 1st Gen Analog - DAT2 - Remaster
CD 1 AUD  1. Black Dog, 2. Misty Mountain Hop, 3. Since I've Been Loving You, 
4. Dancing Days, 5. Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, 6. The Song Remains the Same, 9. The Rain Song (cut)
CD 2 AUD / SBD (mostly SBD): 1. Dazed And Confused, 2. Stairway To Heaven (end Cut), 3. Whole Lotta Love (Medley), 4. The Ocean
 

 

The Machine

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21ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Musikhalle, Hamburg, Deutschland
from unknown gen tapes, 2 CD
Sound St. -Aud 6-7
incomplete concert
WOOOOOW :-)))
Tracks: RockīnīRoll, Over the Hills and far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Iīve been loving you, Dancing Days, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, the Song remains the same,  the Rain Song,  Dazed & Confused,  Whole Lotta Love Medley,  the Ocean
Hinweis: das komplette Audience Tape aber leider nicht das komplette Konzert, man muss schon das Soundboard zur Komplettierung hinzuziehen. Konzert: Wenn mich einer nach der 73ér Tour fragt fallen mir immer nur 3 Konzerte ein, Hamburg, Offenburg  und Wien !!!  Für die 3 Konzerte lasse ich den kompletten Rest der 73ér Tour links liegen. Keine Frage ! Was hier abgeht ist nicht in Worte zufassen. Will ich auch garnicht erst versuchen. Ich zitiere Luis Rey aus seinem Buch "Led Zeppelin Live " : " No doubt this is the best instrumental Zeppelin in History"  NOCH FRAGEN ???!!!! Sicher mögen sie den einen oder anderen Song mal besser gespielt haben, aber nie ein ganzes Konzert ( ab 1972) auf so einem hohen Level. OK Whole Lotta Love von Offenburg  ist nochmal besser aber das Konzert als ganzes sicher nicht. ( Ich spreche hier von wirklich minimalen Unterschieden die nur der "Fachmann" hört), Eines der wichtigsten Led Zep Bootlegs / Konzerten überhaupt !!!! A MUST HAVE :-)
 

 

Suspended Animation

21ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Musikhalle, Hamburg, Deutschland
Label: IQ # IQ 075/076, 2 CD
Sound:  not rated yet
Disc 1:   RockīnīRoll, Over the Hills and far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Iīve been loving you, Dancing Days, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, the Song remains the same,  the Rain Song
Disc 2:   Dazed & Confused,  Whole Lotta Love Medley,  the Ocean
 

 

Essen 1973

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Date: 22ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Grugahalle, Essen, Ruhrpott, Deutschland
Label: Savage Beast Music # SBM73 1-2, 2CD
Sound: M -Aud 7
incomplete
Tracks: Rock & Roll, Over the Hills & far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Ive been loving You, Dancing Days, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, The Song remains the same, the Rain Song, Dazed & Confused,  Stairway to Heaven,
 

 

Essential Led

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Date: 22ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Grugahalle , Essen, Deutschland
Label: Flying Disc # CD6-807, 1 CD 
Sound: Mono - Soundboard  8
natürlch ein MUSS :-)
Tracks: Dazed & Confused (incomplete) Whole Lotta Love Medley (incomplete)
Hinweis : man könnte weinen  - phantastisches Konzert und phantastische Aufnahme leider ereilt uns hier das selbe Schicksal wie in Hamburg
 

 

ESSENce of Led

Date: 22ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Grugahalle , Essen, Deutschland
Label: FBO  -  Tree,  2 CD
Sound: Mono Audience / Soundboard  7/8
Note: a combination of the 2 above recordings 
to make the concert mostly complete
Tracks: RockīnīRoll, Over the Hills and far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Iīve been loving You, Dancing Days, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, The Song remains the same, the rain Song, Dazed & Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love Medley 
 

 

Itīs been Very Nice 

(Winston Remasters)
Date: 22ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Grugahalle , Essen, Deutschland
Label: Fan-Release,  3 CD-R
Sound: Audience / Soundboard  7/8
Source 1 AUD Source - TDK SA C90 first generation cassette
Lineage: 1st Gen Cassette>DAT>CDR
Source 2 AUD Source - 1st Gen Uher 1/4-track reel 
Lineage: 1st gen Uher 1/4-track reel>PCM 
Taped by: Enno Janssen
Source 3 SBD
Lineage: 1stgenCass>DAT2 , Transfered by:Winston Remasters
Bonus Tracks SBD/AUD *used all available SBD for this show with AUD to make complete tracks* (can be used as alternates to CD 3): 

1.Dazed and Confused SBD-AUD,   2.Whole Lotta Love SBD-AUD

Disc 1 (59.02) AUD:  1.Rock And Roll, 2.Over The Hills And Far Away, 3.Black Dog, 4.Misty Mountain Hop, 5.Since I've Been Loving You, 6.Dancing Days, 7.Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, 8.The Song Remains The Same(small cut), 9.The Rain Song
Disc 2 (43.47) AUD:  1..Dazed And Confused, 2.Stairway To Heaven
Disc 3 (42.00): AUD - SBD:  1.Whole Lotta Love includes (medley) - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love - Turn On Your Lovelight Boogie Chillun' - Baby I Don't Care - Let's Have A Party - I can't Quit You - The Lemon Song (SBD from 17.24 to 17.39), 2.Heartbreaker
 

 

Custard Pie*

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Date: 24ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour click for full image - thx to the unknown angry guy who has send me the stub - i hope you have calmed down :-)

click for full image - thx to the unknown angry guy who has send me the stub - i hope you have calmed down :-)

Venue: Ortenau-Halle, Offenburg, Deutschland
Label: Cobra Standard # Vol. 001, 2 CD*
Sound: St -Aud 8
Note: Bonus Track "Kasimir" Earls Court 17th
often mentioned as Offenbach but that is wrong
Tracks: Rock & Roll, Over the Hills & far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Ive been loving You, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, The Song remains the same, the Rain Song, Dazed & Confused,  Stairway to Heaven,  Whole Lotta Love (Medley),  Heartbreaker /// Kasimir :-)
Konzert : In seiner Gesamtheit eines der absolut besten 73er Konzerte, mit der für mich besten Version aller Zeiten von Whole Lotta Love. Ohne Zweifel ein absolutes MUSS diese CD !!! 2. Februar 1999 gerade habe ich Hamburg vom 21ten März  1973 auf meiner Homepage aktualisiert und irgendwie wird mir klar daß dieses Konzert hier mein persönlicher Swansong ist. Das letzte der wirklich glorreichen (überirdischen) Led Zeppelin Konzerte. So gut wie hier waren sie danach nie mehr. 
 

 

NOT WARM, ITīS HOT

Date: 24ter März 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Ortenau-Halle, Offenburg, Deutschland
Label: TDOLZ # VOL.97, 3 CD
Sound: St. AUD / 8
a little bit clearer than the above
seems to be an other source
Tracks: Rock & Roll, Over the Hills & far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Ive been loving You, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, The Song remains the same, the Rain Song, Dazed & Confused,  Stairway to Heaven,  Whole Lotta Love (Medley),  Heartbreaker
 

 

Cold Sweat

Date:  March 24th, 1973, 3rd Europa Tour
Venue: Ortenau-Halle, Offenburg, Deutschland
Label: Live Remains - LR04031/2, 2 CD
Sound: St. AUD / 8
seems to be same source  as Custard Pie
for me the best Concert from 1973
Disc 1:  Rock and Roll, Over The Hills And Far Away, Out On The Tiles / Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, The Song Remains The Same, The Rain Song
Disc 2:  Dazed and Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker, 
 

 

Sharing The Custard Pie

Date:  March 24th, 1973, 3rd Europa Tour
Venue: Ortenau-Halle, Offenburg, Deutschland
Label: Fan-Release, 2 CD-R
Sound: Stereo AUD / 8
claims to be from 2nd gen. Tape
for me the best Concert from 1973
Disc 1:  Rock and Roll, Over The Hills And Far Away, Out On The Tiles / Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, The Song Remains The Same, The Rain Song
Disc 2:  Dazed and Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker, 
 

 

a little bit warm (Eddie Edwards)

Date:  March 24th, 1973, 3rd Europa Tour
Venue: Ortenau-Halle, Offenburg, Deutschland
Label: Fan-Release, 2 CD-R
Sound: Stereo Mono AUD / 8
Eddie Edwards Remaster, best Version of that show
for me the best Concert from 1973
Disc 1:  Rock and Roll, Over The Hills And Far Away, Out On The Tiles / Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, The Song Remains The Same, The Rain Song
Disc 2:  Dazed and Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker, 
Eddie's Notes:

This is a combination of two audience recordings:
Source 1, Unknown gen -> DAT -> CD-R 
Source 2, 3rd gen -> DAT -> CD-R

Source 1 has better sound and was used where possible. Source 2 was used for a part of Dazed and in various places between songs.

Source 1 is the better known recording, the one described by Luis Rey as "three-dimensional". The sound is nice but the recording suffers from instability in one channel, resulting in a panning effect that is quite off-putting in places. The version I have used is of unknown generation. I have come across numerous copies of this source that claim to be 2nd, 3rd gen etc., but they have sounded inferior.

There is, for example, a version available in trading circles as "2nd gen -> DAT -> CDR" on which the channel problems have been eliminated by, for the most part, throwing away the unstable channel and producing
a mono version consisting of the stable channel only. Not only does this lose the impressive stereo of the recording, but it also has a detrimental effect on the overall sound quality as, for some reason, the channel with the dropouts has a warmer sound with more bottom end. I was looking forward to hearing the recent Live Remains "Cold Sweat" release as I had read some good reviews but, on listening to it, I was disappointed to find that it appeared to have been made from this "mono" version. It seems to be a commonly held opinion that this release is an improvement over previous releases such as Cobla's "Custard Pie", but I can't agree. Not for the first time, I have to conclude that people are far too quick to proclaim any new release as an upgrade without actually bothering to compare it to earlier versions.

I did consider using more of source 2 for the parts of the show that are worst affected by the channel dropouts, such as Rain Song and Dazed, but the sound is clearly inferior on source 2. It was a difficult decision, and one that had put me off tackling this show on a number of previous occasions, but my preference in the end was to use all available material from source 1. The channel dropouts are an annoyance but, in my opinion, it was much better to live with them than to get rid of them but also lose so much that is good about this recording. Those who find the channel dropouts unacceptable are welcome to disagree and to prefer other versions of the show, such as Cold Sweat.
 

 

Lyon Lions

Date: 26 March 1973, 3rd  European Tour
Venue: Lyon, France
Label: 1 CD-R fron unknown gen. Tape-Source
Sound:  AUD /1/2 maybe the worst recording ever
Tracks:  Dazed & Confused, I canīt quit You
Whole Lotta Love , Heartbreaker
 

 

Parc Des Expositions

Date:  March 27th, 1973, 3rd Europa Tour
Venue: Parc Des Expositions, Nancy, France
Label: Fan-Release (dadgad), 2 CD-R
Recently surfaced low gen from the taper
Sound: AUD, 6-7 (a little distant)
Disc 1:  Rock And Roll (cuts in), Over The Hills And Far Away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You,  The Song Remains The Same, The Rain Song (some small cuts), Dazed And Confused incl. San Francisco
Disc 2:  Stairway To Heaven (final section cut), Whole Lotta Love incl.  Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, Boogie Chillun',  (You're So Square)Baby I Don't Care,  Let's Have A Party,  I Can't Quit You
 

 

Vive La France

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Date: 1st  April 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Palais de Sports, Paris, France
Label: TDOLZ Vol.028, 2CD
 Sound: M -Aud 5
ganz gutes AUD
Tracks: Rock & Roll, Over the Hills & far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Ive been loving You, Dancing Days, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, The Song remains the same, the Rain Song, Dazed & Confused, Moby Dick, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love (Medley) 
 

 

Vive Le Zeppelin

Date: 2nd  April 1973, 3te Europa Tour
Venue: Palais de Sports, Paris, France
Label: Empress Valley # EVSD 75/76, 2CD
Sound: Aud 6/7
A good fairly well balanced tape. A longer tape is reviewed in the Lewis Pallett book Led Zeppelin : The Concert File which has a more complete Whole Lotta Love Medley and Heartbreaker. It is a pity that this was not used to make this release as complete as possible.
Disc 1: : Rock & Roll, Over the Hills & far away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Ive been loving You, Dancing Days, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp, The Song remains the same, the Rain Song
Disc 2: Dazed & Confused,  Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love (Medley) 
 

 

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