Led Zeppelin/UK 1970 & more

Almost 10 years have passed since the upper version of the Led Zeppelin 1970 Bass Festival sound source appeared. Although it was a very important stage in their history, the live sound source had been forced to listen to audience recordings of poor sound quality for a long time. Due to its valuable content, it was released not only on CD, but also as an acetate before that, making it even more of a live sound source. Among them, acetate was even described as having a “chillingly bad sound” in an overseas research book. Still, the reason why many maniacs were struggling with the rough, distorted, and poor sound quality was simply because it was a historic day in ZEP’s live career. That was Bass Festival’s “recorder 1”, which was included in items such as the acetate “KNOCK ONESELF OUT VOL.1&2” or the CD “BATH 1970”. On the other hand, “Recorder 2” is not only a valuable audience recording that could only be heard on the precious Krishna label’s “BATH 1970” mega-rare LP, but above all, it has the great advantage of having a sound quality that is much easier to listen to than “Recorder 1”. there was. However, since “BATH 1970” was a digest compilation that compiled the entire festival into one LP, it was a pain that ZEP only contained two songs. Still, since I was able to listen to the live premiere of “The Boy Next Door”, also known as “That’s The Way”, in much better sound quality than “Recorder 1”, I wondered if there was a longer version of this song…a maniac’s unfulfilled dream. That’s what it used to be. In 2010, 40 years had passed since the release of this LP, and suddenly a long version of “Recorder 2” appeared. The sound quality was better than the previous LP, and since it contained almost the entire show, enthusiasts all over the world were excited. With such an amazing excavated sound source, and the fact that it was an upper version sound source of Bass Festival, it was natural that in 2010 there were many competing items. Among these, “THE BOY NEXT DOOR: BATH FESTIVAL 1970” was rated as the “best” by enthusiasts and specialized magazines. The pitch of the vintage audience that was finally excavated was precisely adjusted, and the missing parts were filled in with “recorder 1” for smooth editing, and the overall finish was praised by enthusiasts as the “best version.” Naturally, this title sold out immediately in 2010. Therefore, this time, the second re-release will be realized. There is no need to make any changes to the main part of the live performance, and this time it has not changed since 2010. However, this time, two additional songs that were included in the previous Mega Rare LP “BATH 1970” are included as bonus tracks. A CD containing these two songs appeared in the previous re-release, but this time they will also be included. However, since they are originally from the same “recorder 2,” those two songs would fall into the category of “different mastering.” When compared in this way, the 2010 version, which is the original sound source, overwhelmingly wins in terms of condition, but the texture of the two songs that have a vintage feel that was contained in 1970 is also delicious. In particular, “The Boy Next Door” is distorted, perhaps because the privately pressed vinyl could not capture the original sound, but rather conveys the feeling of a vintage item realistically. Instead of that coarsely distorted “recorder 1”, the upper version of “recorder 2” conveyed the unique ZEP performance of that day. Even though they were performing at the festival, the first song was their new song “Immigrant Song,” which had not yet been released or even finished recording. As this opening tells us, up until the middle of this day’s live show, ZEP’s attitude of practicing creative attacks on stage stands out, and the same goes for “The Boy Next Door”, which we mentioned at the beginning. Even “Since I’ve Been Loving You”, which had been played on stage and solidified its arrangement since before the Bass Festival, had not yet been released. Furthermore, since we live in an era where Plant’s scream voice is commonplace, his presence is strong as he cuts into the performance of the other three with his own voice. “How Many More Times” reached its peak. From the middle of the performance, Plant is amazing at adapting passages of various songs to suit the development. Starting with two Neil Young songs, “Mr. Soul” and “Down By The River”, phrases from various famous songs such as “Sweet Home Chicago” and “Need Your Love Tonight” came out of Plant’s brain. Then, it grappled with the other three in a four-way formation. This is the 1970 ZEP. By the way, the stage where three songs, “Immigrant Song” in addition to “How Many ~” and “Whole Lotta Love” coexist, is rare in ZEP’s live history, so it has high historical value in that respect. And the best part is the special finale, which was not included in either “How Many ~” or “Whole Lotta Love” and ended by playing the rock ‘n’ roll medley “Only”. Once again, Plant’s screaming voice led the way in this spectacular performance. Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, UK 28th June 1970 Disc 1(65:53) 1. Intro 2. Immigrant Song 3. Heartbreaker 4. Dazed And Confused 5. Bring It On Home 6. Since I’ve Been Loving You 7. Organ Solo 8. Thank You 9. The Boy Next Door(That’s The Way) 10. What Is And What Should Never Be Disc 2(76:48) 1. Moby Dick 2. How Many More Times 3. Whole Lotta Love 4. Communication Breakdown 5. Rock Medley incl. Long Tall Sally/Say Mama/Johnny B. Goode/That’s Alright Mama/ Bye Bye Johnny Bonus Tracks Taken from the original compilation LP “Bath 70″(Krishna Records) 6. Heartbreaker 7. The Boy Next Door (That’s The Way)