Led Zeppelin - Monsters of Rock

Hey,

Just downloaded and listened to this one! Excellent quality for 1973 soundboards.

Artist: Led Zeppelin
Date: 1973.07.17
Title: Monsters Of Rock
Label: Tarantura (T3CD-9-1/T3CD-9-2/T3CD-9-3)
Venue: Seattle Center Coliseum
Location: Seattle, Washington, USA
Source: Soundboard

Lineage: Original Silver CD > EAC > WAV > FLAC

Note: Disc 1/2 From July 17, 1973, Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, Washington.
Disc 3 From July 13, 1973, Cobo Hall, Detriot Michigan.

Disc 1
01. Rock And Roll
02. Celebration Day
03. Bring It On Home Intro/Black Dog
04. Over The Hills And Far Away
05. Misty Mountain Hop
06. Since I've Been Loving You
07. No Quarter
08. The Song Remains The Same
09. The Rain Song

Disc 2
01. Dazed And Confused (incl. San Francisco)
02. Stairway To Heaven

Disc 3
01. Moby Dick
02. Heartbreaker
03. Whole Lotta Love (incl. Let That Boy Boogie)
04. Dancing Days (fade out)

Led Zeppelin - February 14, 1975 - Uniondale, NY

Today I woke up and checked out my favorite bootleg sites and was excited to see a new Led Zeppelin soundboard. February 14, 1975 - Uniondale, NY. It took minutes to download the three cd's. I just finished listening to it - very clear sound, great mix. The show is pretty much the same as their other 1975 shows from the American tour. I have other shows just before and after this one.

I only got into Led Zeppelin in the early 2000's. Of course I had Zeppelin 4 and was familiar with much of their music. But there are moments when a band's music suddenly makes sense!

So I bought their box set, Page & Plant and even most of Robert Plant's solo cd's. There are tons of Led Zeppelin soundboards out there - more than for any other band that I listen to. You just don't need to compromise on rough sounding audience recordings with so much quality out there.

A bit on bootlegs.. Bootlegs are cd's not found in the music store. They can be studio outtakes, home demos or shows. The most popular studio outtakes are those of The Beatles and Led Zeppelin. Beatlegs and Zeppelin Boots! My favorite home demos are those of Pete Townshend - he wrote all of the parts for the band. Tommy Demos, Lifehouse & Quadrophenia Demos and Who Are You Demos are my favorites.

And then there are the concerts.. Most bootlegs are in this category. They're much better than officially released shows as they're unedited. You hear everything - the chat in between the songs, the jokes, the crowd and raw music.

Some bands, like Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, haven't released much live material. Especially Pink Floyd. Their late 60's and early 70's shows are classics. From Dark Side Of The Moon, they obviously got more control of their shows and not so many soundboards exist compared to the period before it. Fine by me - I love Cymbaline and Green Is The Colour!

I just love Who shows. Even their more recent stuff - 1996 Quadrophenia, 2000 Who's Next and especially the recent 2006-2007 Endless Wire tours.

There are great bootleg sites out there. My links page lists the best ones. Some of the collectors I've met online have been really kind to me - sending me stuff when I was new to collecting and trading their silver discs for a generous selection of my bootlegs (something I'll always do!).

Enjoy the music!

From Classic Rock To World Music!

Hi and welcome!

I love music. It all started with The Beatles and The Who as a teenager. It expanded to classic rock (though my childhood friends remember me only listening to music written by Pete Townshend!). Paul McCartney and Paul Simon are also favorites. And of course Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd and so much more..

On our 2005 honeymoon, we bought a few Caribbean style cd's - Soca and Steel Drums. My wife got me into Cuban music. Of course we have lots of reggae - Bob Marley and reggae collections.

In 2007, we went on a 10 month backpacking trip to South America and Jamaica. We bought Bossa Nova, Tango, Bolivian music and lots more. We spent a month in Buenos Aires at Hostel Sol and had an incredible time. The best part of Hostel Sol (besides the people) was the free Tango lessons! Our Tango instructor Rolando sold us on Piazzolla and all things Tango.

Bossa Nova has a special place in our collection. We went to the Notorious Club in Buenos Aires and saw two Bossa Nova shows that we'll never forget. So soothing..

Latin Jazz is another favorite. My favorite music label is Putumayo - they're the best thing that happened to music in a long time.

Andean/Bolivian music was the best part of Bolivia (besides the crazy bus rides). We were lucky enough to be there on a few Bolivian holidays that summer. I bought my first Bolivian cd's in Tupiza and more in places like Sucre and Santa Cruz.

We live in Israel and I love Israeli music. Yehudit Ravitz, Nurit Galron and David Broza are my three favorites. Israel 70's music has a relaxing vibe to it - far from the image of Israel and the Middle East.

In 2008, we went to Jordan. As soon as we got to Amman, we ventured to the music stores and bought some incredible Arab music. Arab instrumental music may seem strange and different to those of us who grew up in the West, but a few good listens and you're hooked! Whatever differences we have with them, they have a rich culture.

Culture is what's its all about!

The idea of this blog is to write about my/our music collection. I'm not going to write about what I don't like - there're enough negative blogs out there. I don't collect mp3's or pirated music. I'm not against mp3's but its not the same as lossless music. I'm not a preacher and don't feel bad for the music industry's problems, but pirated music just doesn't do it for me.

Enjoy the music!