Led Zeppelin - Royal Albert Hall, London, Britain, 1-9-1970 vs Led Zeppelin Sounthampton University 1-22-1973 | ALBUMS THAT SHOULD EXIST

 

Led Zeppelin - Royal Albert Hall, London 1970 - Albums That Should Exist

This concert is an hour and 19 minutes long.

01 talk (Led Zeppelin)
02 We're Gonna Groove [Edit] (Led Zeppelin)
03 I Can't Quit You Baby [Edit] (Led Zeppelin)
04 talk (Led Zeppelin)
05 Dazed and Confused - Cocaine Blues - Judy, Judy, Judy - Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin)
06 talk (Led Zeppelin)
07 Heartbreaker [Edit] (Led Zeppelin)
08 talk (Led Zeppelin)
09 Since I've Been Loving You (Led Zeppelin)
10 talk (Led Zeppelin)
11 White Summer - Black Mountain Side [Instrumental] (Led Zeppelin)
12 Organ Solo [Instrumental] (Led Zeppelin)
13 Thank You (Led Zeppelin)
14 What Is and What Should Never Be (Led Zeppelin)
15 talk (Led Zeppelin)
16 Moby Dick [Instrumental] (Led Zeppelin)
17 talk (Led Zeppelin)
18 How Many More Times (Led Zeppelin)
19 Boogie Chillun - Further on Down the Line - Bottle Up and Go (Led Zeppelin)
20 The Lemon Song (Led Zeppelin)
21 That's Alright Mama (Led Zeppelin)
22 How Many More Times [Reprise] (Led Zeppelin)
23 talk (Led Zeppelin)
24 Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin)
25 Communication Breakdown (Led Zeppelin)
26 talk (Led Zeppelin)
27 C'mon Everybody (Led Zeppelin)
28 Something Else (Led Zeppelin)
29 talk (Led Zeppelin)
30 Bring It On Home (Led Zeppelin)
31 talk (Led Zeppelin)
32 Long Tall Sally - Move On Down the Line - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Long Tall Sally (Led Zeppelin)
33 talk (Led Zeppelin)

So here’s a debate! 

      For years it was thought the largely best Led Zeppelin Bootleg EVER was the legendary “rare” Southampton University gig of 1973 often featured and spoken of in hushed tones as the 'long lost legendary' etc etc. Until it surfaced again some years ago. Now I went banging on about it when finally getting my hands on a fine quality download some time ago and was often on record as saying variously you only needed “one Led Zepp bootleg and this was it" to it actually being "better than the official release of Mothership" (it isn’t really but its awful close, quality leaves out a bit to Mothership but the actual singular performance is just Led Zeppelin in their absolute prime at the Southampton gig. There is a rumour and shared view that post 72 Plant's voice is shot well not on the Southampton gig - it wasn’t! 

       Now someone who is all over this is Paul at Albums That Should Exist who posted a new version treated by him of the University of Southampton gig the other week (see below) now he has just posted and done some work on the equally legendary Royal Albert Hall performance of 1970 and it is (as is always the case) worth reading Paul’s notes on this evening’s set (not least the bands awareness that John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck all were reported to have tickets for this concert so they best be on their absolute best form!) and boy were they ever!? Despite the existing RAH performance having some clear flaws at least in my early versions some drop outs and missing tracks even,  Paul has done himself and the rest of us proud here by finding matching clips to drop back in and tweaks to the existing quality so that this one now takes over the mantel of Best Led Zeppelin bootleg of all time in my humble opinion. 

Down load both and see what you think!

They are both really worth having and if you had to have but two such ROIO’s these two would make it to the top of my list all day long!

Enjoy! Why, I nearly kissed the dog! Black or otherwise!

This concert is two hours and 28 minutes long.

01 talk (Led Zeppelin)
02 Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin)
03 Over the Hills and Far Away (Led Zeppelin)
04 talk (Led Zeppelin)
05 Black Dog (Led Zeppelin)
06 Misty Mountain Hop (Led Zeppelin)
07 Since I've Been Loving You (Led Zeppelin)
08 talk (Led Zeppelin)
09 Dancing Days (Led Zeppelin)
10 talk (Led Zeppelin)
11 The Song Remains the Same (Led Zeppelin)
12 The Rain Song (Led Zeppelin)
13 talk (Led Zeppelin)
14 Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin)
15 Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)
16 talk (Led Zeppelin)
17 Whole Lotta Love - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love - Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin)
18 Boogie Chillun’ - [You're So Square] Baby I Don't Care (Led Zeppelin)
19 Let's Have a Party (Led Zeppelin)
20 I Can't Quit You Babe - Whole Lotta Love [Reprise] (Led Zeppelin)
21 talk (Led Zeppelin)
22 Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin)
23 talk (Led Zeppelin)
24 Organ Solo [Instrumental] (Led Zeppelin)
25 Thank You (Led Zeppelin)
26 talk (Led Zeppelin)
27 How Many More Times - The Hunter - How Many More Times (Led Zeppelin)
28 Communication Breakdown (Led Zeppelin)

Led Zeppelin - Southampton University 1973 - Albums That Should Exist