Led Zeppelin: 1970-09-19 New York, NY (FLAC_AUD 1st Gen Remaster_2nd Show_2 CD)

There was a recent request for the second, evening show Led Zeppelin played in Madison Square Garden on September 19, 1970.  So here is one of the best sounding copies I believe.

It had been a while since I had last listened to this show and I forgot just how incredible the band's performance was on this night.  Not only did they play some unique songs in this show, they played them with high energy.  Page plays some superb guitar as he making up the solos live as he's playing them.  And some songs have extended parts to them that are even longer than the band's usual extended way of playing them.  It's shows like this that really showcase Led Zeppelin's live talent!

I have made the mistake of confusing information and mixing it up between the two shows at Madison Square Garden (MSG) on this day in the past.  Here are a few facts I am updating today, 2015-09-18, to kelp sort any information I may still need to correct in my various posts of the shows on this date.

1. There was an afternoon concert and an evening concert on 1970-09-19
2. There were at least two sources that recorded the 1st show in the afternoon.  Source 1 is an Eddie Edwards recording and the Source 2 recording is from and unknown taper.  Source 1 is the better sounding taping but source 2 is not bad at all either.
3. There is only one source known to exist for the second show and it was recorded by "Darth9neo".

LINEAGE:
Master cassette > open reel > SoundForge > CD > ProTools > FLAC  > me > TLH > WAV (for CDDA testing and then I deleted WAV files) > TLH (to align sector boundaries on CD 2 and to create and verify md5 & ffp files) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Date: September 19th, 1970
Location: New York, NY
Venue: Madison Square Garden
Source: AUD (Source 2 1st Gen)
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Artwork: Yes
Label: Darth9neo/Presence Remaster
Title: One More For The Road - 2005 Edition
Size: 806 MB

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. intro
102. Immigrant Song
103. Heartbreaker
104. Dazed And Confused
105. Bring It On Home
106. That's The Way
107. Bron-Yr-Aur
108. Since I've Been Loving You
109. JPJ (organ solo intro)
110. Thank You

CD 2:
201. What Is What Should Never Be
202. Moby Dick
203. Whole Lotta Love
204. Out On The Tiles
205. Communication Breakdown > Gallows Pole
206. rock medley
     - The Girl Can't Help It
     - Talking Bout You
     - Twenty Flight Rock
207. How Many More Times

LINKS:
(1) 1970-09-19 MSG Source 2
(2) 1970-09-19 MSG Source 2

Here is what "Darth9neo" had to say about recording this show and editing it back in 2005.  I'm just doing a copy & paste of his text from the text file.

Darth9neo wrote:
"I taped this show on a borrowed Bell and Howell cassette recorder, and transferred it the next day to open reel tape. For its time, and the technology used, it is a very good sounding tape. I was in the first 10 rows -- that is, from about the middle of "Immigrant Song." When that song started, I was in the 83rd row.

A few technical details in the spirit of full disclosure: 1) When I made the cassette-to-reel transfer, I had the daft idea of trying to simulate the spatial effects I heard at the concert during some of Page's solos, and during the Page/Plant call and response sections. I know -- hey, I was 16, and this wasn't for general consumption. In the intervening years I had tried various times to restore the tape to mono, but those attempts always resulted in a dulling of the highs, and I was never able to find an EQ that I liked. When I transferred the open reel tape to my hard drive, circa 1999, I did what I could to mitigate the panning, or at least see to it that it wasn't as abrupt as it is on the original reel. What you're hearing, believe me, is an improvement. 2) I also made two edits for the sake of flow. The first is during the guitar solo in Heartbreaker. In 1972, some moron at a party erased a few seconds of the solo. I joined what was left. Similarly, there was a cassette side change during the drum solo in Moby Dick.

Most of you who have heard this recording at all first heard it about a year ago when it turned up on STG, by way of Badloser. I wasn't exactly hoarding it: I had passed out lots of copies, both on cassette over the years, and on CD once I made the transfer. It just never found its way into Zep trading circles, I guess, until I did a trade with Badloser, who immediately identified it not only as a show that wasn't out there, but as an unusual one as well. He upped it to STG, and the rest is, so to speak, history.

At that time, however, Presence noted some audio anomalies -- SBE's, pops, etc. It also had some speed problems, which were corrected in the Eddie Edwards remastered version that has been around for some time.

A few weeks ago, Presence suggested that I make a new transfer, and although I'm not able to do that at the moment, I did find a source that was two CD generations earlier than the one used for the original upload. Since one of those generations was a copy made by a third party on a machine that routinely caused pops and other problems, I sent a copy to Presence, who agreed that it was a superior source. He did some subsequent work on the recording, which he'll detail.

lf you have a problem with audience recordings -- what can I say. This is a fantastic show, with some killer performances, including a SIBLY that, to me, has something that no soundboard has been able to capture. Enjoy!"

"Presence", from Royal Orleans, took the tape he was supplied and did some work with it.  It appears the master cassette has still never had a digital transfer as of 2005,

Presence wrote:
As Darth9neo stated, earlier this year we discussed doing a new transfer of his open reel source. While that did not come to pass, we subsequently learned that the discs used for the initial release were at least two CD generations away from the shelf masters and that during these generations is when the index boundary errors and other clicks were introduced. While I managed to do a pretty good job cleaning those up for my initial "Presence version" it was difficult to do and left several repair artifacts that could just not be cleaned up. After that release Eddie Edwards pointed out that the pitch needed correction, thus "Born To Please" came about.

The shelf master discs are largely free and clear from the clicks and pops found before. There were about three sector boundary errors, but these were generated by splitting tracks in SoundForge and thus are easily restored. For this release I also used parametric equalizing to lower the 250Hz frequency, the hollow reverb of the auditorium, ever so slightly, just enough to allow the other instruments to come through. I then applied a pitch correction of +1.5%, but not to the entire source. Some sections of the tape were at the correct pitch, but most was not. I also cleaned up the source a bit by trying to remove some of the crackle. All in all, it turned out very nice and I hope everyone enjoys it as it is arguably one of the best shows Led Zeppelin ever turned out.

Earlier this year the taper and I discussed doing a new transfer of his open reel source. While that did not come to pass, we subsequently learned that the discs used for the initial release were at least two CD generations away from the shelf masters and that during these generations is when the index boundary errors and other clicks were introduced. While I managed to do a pretty good job cleaning those up for my initial "Presence version" it was difficult to do and left several repair artifacts that could just not be cleaned up. After that release Eddie Edwards pointed out that the pitch needed correction, thus "Born To Please" came about.

The shelf master discs are largely free and clear from the clicks and pops found before. There were about three sector boundary errors, but these were generated by splitting tracks in SoundForge and thus are easily restored. For this release I also used parametric equalizing to lower the 250Hz frequency, the hollow reverb of the auditorium, ever so slightly, just enough to allow the other instruments to come through. I then applied a pitch correction of +1.5%, but not to the entire source. Some sections of the tape were at the correct pitch, but most was not. I also cleaned up the source a bit by trying to remove some of the crackle. All in all, it turned out very nice and I hope everyone enjoys it as it is arguably one of the best shows Led Zeppelin ever turned out.

There really isn't much more I can add to this other than it is a very enjoyable show.  I'm listening to the show mix right now as I make this post for the Source 2 recording.  I may upload both the early and late shows from Tarantura's Source 1 & 2 mix release today too?  It's a 4 CD copy of the Source 1 & 2 mix recordings of both shows on this September 1970 day.

Anyhow, I hope you enjoy this Source 3 version of the show...

Bootradr
 

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