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!