43 years ago, Led Zeppelin played in Hampton Hampton Kicks (House of Elrond) Hampton, Virginia, September 2 1971.Sounboard recording. Regular track listing for the era, incomplete show. This is a nearly-excellent recording: the higher frequencies are a little indistinct; Immigrant Song cuts in; theres a small dropout in Since, another one in Dazed and a cut in the improvised section, joined to the finale of this piece, leaving the second vocal theme out. The recording ends with Moby Dick, the coda is cut. Occasionally, when theres a crescendo or a loud note is played or sung, distortion occurs as cracks. Theres very little hiss and the balance is pretty good. The guitar and the drums sound a bit diluted for the type of recording -audience sources from other shows of this tour display the sonic brutality of the era. Perhaps it is brutality that is missing overall from this show, the pacing is not as frenzied and the playing not as overwhelming as in other performances, but it has a great deal of intensity, which adds richness to the already varied and exciting nature of this period. It has its moments of humor too, Plant is constantly yelling: far out!, in a funny ! voice and accent ,and in the guitar and vocals exchanges during Dazed, Page plays a line of Over Under Sideways Down, to which Plant bursts in laughter. (Rosina Diaz Scali Apr 99) Inspired (ARM 020971 Antrabata Reference Master) Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia, September 2, 1971 CD 1: (49:28) Immigrant Song (first 30 seconds cut), Heartbreaker, Since Ive Been Loving You, Black Dog, Dazed & Confused (cut during the guitar section, entire last vocal section cut) CD 2: (46:50) Stairway to Heaven, Celebration Day, Thats the Way, Going to California, What Is & What Should Never Be, Moby Dick (last 30-40 seconds cut) The recording is taken from a near excellent soundboard source. The original recording was in stereo with the bass guitar entirely in one channel and the whole band properly mixed in the other. It had been previously released in that format on One More Daze (Dynamite Studio). For this release, Antrabata took the properly mixed channel and output it to both channels; thus eliminating the bass guitar channel entirely. Bass guitar enthusiasts aside, this mono release is much easier on the ears. This release is also longer than One More Daze. Dazed & Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Going to California, What Is & What Should Never Be and Moby Dick werent in circulation prior to this release. Plus, Immigrant Song is 40 seconds longer. Sound quality in the mixed channel is similar in both releases. But the Antrabata release is a little less distorted. The bass guitar is still a little heavy in places. But the rest of the band can be heard just as well. (Brian Ingham Nov 96) Jims Picks (2CD, Tarantura, HAMP-1,2), 9/9/71 Hampton Source tape is identical to One More Daze (CD) and Inspired (2CD). On One More Daze, vocal and guitar is settled on the right channel, while very strongly enhanced bass sound settled on the left. As the result, the audio is far from comfortable and so irritating that we could not concentrate on the music. But on Inspired, the tape is not only more complete, but also remixed and the audio is very natural. This Tarantura stuff is very similar to Antrabatas Inspired and song list is exactly the same. But IMHO, sound quality is a little but more excellent and clearer than Antrabata. (Susumu Omi, Oct 96) Dead Battery (Flagge, no matrix number) Disc 1: Immigrant Song (fades in), Heartbreaker, Since Ive Been Loving You, Black Dog, Dazed & Confused Disc 2: Stairway to Heaven, Celebration Day, Thats The Way, Going To California, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick (fade out) September 9, 1971 at Hampton, Virginia. This concert was previously released as One More Daze (Dynamite Studio), Inspired (Antrabata), Hampton Kicks (Elrond), and Jims Picks (Tarantura). The last title is considered the best. This release on Flagge is a straight knock off of the Tarantura title. Jims Picks is printed on the actual discs. The tape source is an excellent, almost complete mono soundboard recording (one of the few outside of 1973), let down only by some high-end distortion on Moby Dick. The performance itself is outstanding. Every song is played excellently. Dazed & Confused is a particular highlight, where Page gets into a great funky interlude with the first couple of notes from Over Under Sideways Down (with Plant laughing in reply). Stairway To Heaven, Celebration Day, and the acoustic set are all very impressive. This title comes in a double slimline jewel case (with a very tasteful design) with a cardboard slipcover of the famous Hindenburg disaster on the cover. Very recommended if you can find it. (Gerard Sparaco Jan 02) It was the first day of High School in Norton, Mass. and my Mom wrote me a note to the principle to let me out early to attend a Led Zeppelin Concert. The principle, Mr Yelle, was spitting mad. Well needless to say he had to let me go and by myself I caught the train from Mansfield to Boston to catch the early show. Unfortunatly the first show was cancelled I believe and heard due to lack of ticket sales!! Hard to imagine!! So I bought a single 8th row seat for the second show. After a long anticipated wait the Garden went dark and shadows of men walked on the stage. Then suddenly out of the darkness the bellowing voice of Robert Plant, AH AH AHHHHHH AH, AH AH AHHHHHH AH, Then Pages guitar DON DONA DON DA, DON DONA DON DA, the lights came on and it was the first time I had heard the Immigrant Song. Unbelieveable!!! From that point on it was magical. Hard to believe that such a Great Rock Band at their Greatest time with Zeppelin III just being released that tickets were so readily available. From that point on it was history. To end the story by the time I got out of the concert there were no more trains out of Boston at Midnight so I had to call me Dad to come and pick me up at South Station. It was a night I will never forget and Thank You Mom and Dad, where ever you are for giving me the freedom and opportunity to experience life and history. Gary Foss. An amazing show in front of another out of control crowd! DJ J. J. Jackson again introduced the band: They havent been here since last November, so can we have a big hand for Led Zeppelin. Roberts voice is simply amazing, hitting some of the highest screams and wails ever to really pack an emotional wallop to Since Ive Been Loving You. He sings higher and stronger than on some of the album versions! Jimmy plays some great guitar and Jones and Bonham are unstoppable! A great medley and a totally fast, thrashing Communication Breakdown close the show. As always in Boston, the audience was rowdy and Plant tried to stopped them: Can you move back and clear the ailses for a while, so we can get a good thing going.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 07:44:31 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015