Led Zeppelin Live in Arizona 1970 Full Concert

Описание: Led Zeppelin
1970-04-18
Arizona Coliseum
Phoenix, AZ

Intro
We're Gonna Grove
Dazed And Confused
Heartbreaker
Bring It On Home
White Summer
Organ Solo
Thank You
Moby Dick
Whole Lotta Love

This is the last time We're Gonna Groove is played as the intro song. Dazed And Confused is fantastic followed by excellent renditions of Heartbreaker, Bring It On Home where he tells the crowd "Let me get me breath back", and White Summer/Black Mountain Side - the last time it is palyed until the 1977 tour. The boys are in great shape and are playing a superb concert with the crowd lapping up the outstanding performance. At this show Plant collapsed onstage for the first time, what caused the cancellation of the final date.

This 2CD set by Empress Valley Supreme Disc comes in a luxury glossy gatefold thick card slipcase with paper sleeves. It is accompanied by the now standard sheet of documentary in Japanese and English. Coloured in what is usually described as British Racing Green, the front and back covers depict a black and white picture from the show but with a brownish tinge giving it an aged feel. Inside left is a photo of the reel to reel master tape and its cover, "Lafayette" Magnetic Recording Tape with inscription of Led Zeppelin live, Cactus - Quicksilver Concert as well as Jethro Tull!! The right inside cover is a picture of Plant from the waist up smoking a cigarette with a collage of Led Zeppelin albums in the background, including in the lower right corner a "Bootleg" album with what looks like the top of the heads of Plant and Page and below the heading "LED ZEPPELIN", transcribed "Pacific Coliseum Friday March 21 at 8.00 pm".
The sound is very similar to the Bath Shepton Mallett release. It is overloaded in places and distorted but the energy is there. The crowd is wild. It starts with the introduction, "Now, Dayline proudly presents an evening with Led Zeppelin". This is the last time "We're Gonna Groove" is played as the intro song. D & C is fantastic followed by excellent renditions of Heartbreaker, BIOH, where he tells the crowd "Let me get me breath back", and White Summer/Black Mountain Side - the last time it is palyed until the '77 tour? The second disc continues with overall sound improvement. The boys are in great shape and are playing a superb concert with the crowd lapping up the outstanding performance. If the sound quality was anything better than average this would have been a spectacular release. Unlike the pre-release rhetoric, Plant does not lose his voice either. It's evident that he seems to have a heavy cold or flu but starts and ends the show hitting all the notes. His voice does not break down at all. Towards the end of WLL, which seems to be the standard format without the medley, Plant sings out ....."Baby, baby, baby - sometimes I don't feel so good". This may be the point where he decides to call it a day. At the end the crowd go frantic for more. They go even wilder when Jimmy Page returns alone on stage and announces, "Hey, can I just say something. You've really been a fantastic audience tonight but there's been something happening tonight which I don't know whether you know but Robert's been very ill tonight and as he came off he's just collapsed...and we've just called for a doctor and everything. We'd really like to do more. Bob is.....(muffled).... it''s impossible. But thanks for being a great audience". This appears on first reflection to be the complete tape but with a slight cut-in at the start of "We're Gonna Groove" and "White Summer". This may also be a shortened show due to Plant's deteriorating condition. The last US show of the Spring 1970 tour. It's a great find and puts Empress Valley in my books at the top of the Bootleggers hall of fame. Is any other producer providing their quality and range? OK they are sometimes overpriced and lay down more discs than are needed but this is another historical document and one that should be in everyone's collection. If someone holds a better version - let him or her come forward.
by LiborioFrik

My first concert, a life altering experience,I had good seats, 16 rows back from the stage. Amazing show, the sound was massive, more prescense than any other concert I've seen but one, you felt every note! Roberts voice only strong for the first 2 songs but he put so much energy into his performance, he really sang the blues, gave it all he had. Page, Jones, and Bonham, were excellent, very tight! Bonham could only be described as thunderous, 20 minute Moby Dick!

The only drawback was they couldn't do the usual encores, so the show lasted a little over an hour and a half! I was hoping someone might have a picture of this show, they had more gear on stage than any other show I've seen them pictured during this time period, stacks of WEM cabinets, huge PA.