Robin Trower: 1973-08-06 Denver, CO (FLAC_SB/FM_1 CD)

This is one of the best Robin Trower recordings I've ever heard.  The sound is superb and the performance is even better.  His guitar playing can be heard up front where is should be and not hidden at the same level as the other instruments.  I've had this show for a good while and never really listened to it until yesterday.  What a great guitarist and performance!

DETAILS:
Band: Robin Trower
Location: Denver, Colorado
Venue: Ebbets Field
Date: August 6th, 1973
Label: none
Title: Ebbets Field, Denver, CO 8-6-73
CD's: 1
Format: FLAC
Source: SB/FM
Artwork: Yes
Size: 321 MB

SETLIST:
01. The Fool And Me
02. Twice Removed From Yesterday
03. Lady Love
04. Daydream
05. Another Day Another Night (aka - Day Of The Eagle)
06. I Can't Wait Much Longer
07. Man of the World
08. Sinner's Song
09. Little Bit of Sympathy
10. I Can't Stand It

BAND MEMBERS:
Robin Trower - Guitar
James Dewar - Bass, Vocals
Reg Isidore - Drums

Hotfile Link:
https://hotfile.com/dl/252727215/079a985/

FileFactory Mirror Link:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/54lcffegizid/

This show has some historical value too for Trower fans.  Rather than type what someone else has already typed (isn't that called plagiarism); I'm copying & pasting the comments from the text file included when I got this show a few years back.

ORIGINAL NOTES:
"This is a very early FM Broadcast of Robin when he was playing 2 sets a night.  This broadcast includes two songs from the yet to be released classic Bridge of Sighs.  In fact, the arrangement, lyrics and the name of Day of the Eagle is different.  Robin introduces the song as "Another Day Another Night" which were lyrics in the album version.  Little Bit of Sympathy  was the other song included in this set which had not been released.

Excellent quality for a 73 Trower show. This is  the complete version sent to me by (an) Easytree member "clifford"  Please give thanks to Cliff for providing the complete source.  In addition, this source is in my opinion slightly better then the source I originally posted.  Updated Artwork included."

Enjoy the show...

Bootradr

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Rush: 1978-12-02 Detroit, MI (FLAC_SB_2 CD)

Here is another excellent Rush show from their Hemispheres Tour in 1978.  This one is also a sopundboard recording and the full show too.  It sounds excellent.  It borders on superb, and after listening to it again later today, I may come back and upgrade it to superb here.  I don't know the full story on this show and the previously uploaded 197811-20 Tucson show less than two weeks earlier, but they sound a lot alike.  I don't mean they are the same show because they are not.  But the quality and soundboard recording has the same or very similar mixes.  I'm guessing here, but I wonder if someone from the Rush camp got hold of these and made them available many years ago.  Who knows, but a lot of shows from this time period of Rush concerts sound this way and I don't think it's a coincidence either.

DETAILS:
Band: Rush
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Venue: Cobo Hall
Date: December 2nd, 1978
Format: FLAC
CD's: 2
Source: SB
Label: Digital Rush Experience
Title: The Buenas Nochas! Motor City
Artwork: Yes
Size:792 MB

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. introduction
102. Anthem
103. A Passage To Bangkok
104. By-Tor And The Snow Dog
105. Xanadu
106. Something For Nothing
107. The Trees
108. Cygnus X-1
109. Hemispheres
110. Closer To The Heart

CD 2:
201. Circumstances
202. A Farewell To Kings
203. La Villa Strangiato
204. 2112
205. Working Man
206. Bastille Day
207. In The Mood
208. Neil Pert (drum solo)

FileFactory Links:
Part 1 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/2vbume80x3ph/
Part 2 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/7fanu9i1es1p/

There are no interruptions due to crowds crushing people or making the stage start to collapse in this show as in the 1978 Tucson, Arizona show.  At least if there were any, nobody said anything about it.  The band, as always, plays a superb show and they do so impeccably too.

I don't really have a lot more to say about the show because it's been a long time since I've listened to it.  But once I get a few things done today, I'm planning on cranking it up and listening again later.  In fact, I may upload a 1974 Rush show a little later if I have time and I'd like to listen to it again first too because it's been too many years since I have.  We'll see how much time I have to do what I want to do today :-)

Enjoy the show...

Bootradr

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Rush: 1979-12-02 Detroit, MI (FLAC_SB_2 CD)

Here is another excellent Rush show from their Hemispheres Tour in 1978.  This one is also a sopundboard recording and the full show too.  It sounds excellent.  It borders on superb, and after listening to it again later today, I may come back and upgrade it to superb here.  I don't know the full story on this show and the previously uploaded 1978-11-20 Tucson show less than two weeks earlier, but they sound a lot alike.  I don't mean they are the same show because they are not.  But the quality and soundboard recording has the same or very similar mixes.  I'm guessing here, but I wonder if someone from the Rush camp got hold of these two shows and made them available many years ago.  Who knows, but I don't think it's a coincidence either.

DETAILS:
Band: Rush
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Venue: Cobo Arena
Date: December 2nd, 1978
Label: Digital Reproductions
Title: Buenas Nochas! Motor City
CD's: 2
Format: FLAC
Source: SB
Artwork: Yes
Size:792 MB

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. intro music
102. Anthem
103. A Passage To Bangkok
104. By-Tor And The Snow Dog
105. Xanadu
106. Something For Nothing
107. The Trees
108. Cygnus X-1
109. Hemispheres
110. Closer To The Heart

CD 2:
201. Circumstances
202. A Farewell To Kings
203. La Villa Strangiato
204. 2112
205. Working Man
206.Bastille Day
207. In The Mood
208.  Neil Pert (drum solo)

LINKS:
(1) 1979-12-01 Detroit, MI (SB)
(2) 1979-12-01 Detroit, MI (SB)

There are no interruptions due to crowds crushing people or making the stage start to collapse in this show.  At least if there were any, nobody said anything about it.  The band, as always, plays a superb show and they do so impeccably too.

I don't really have a lot more to say about the show because it's been a long time since I've listened to it.  But once I get a few things done today, I'm planning on cranking it up and listening again later.  In fact, I may upload a 1974 Rush show a little later if I have time and I'd like to listen to it again first too because it's been too many years since I have.  We'll see how much time I have to do what I want to do today :-)

Enjoy the show...

Bootradr

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Rush: 1978-11-20 Tucson, AZ (FLAC_SB_2 CD)

This is an incredible and superb sounding Rush show from 1978.  The band is flawless and their songs remind me of a Zeppelin style in that they aren't the 4 - 8 minute radio friendly versions.  That's one good thing about live music.  There are no time limits as to how long a song can be!

The crowd, thankfully not heard except between songs, is very excited at this first Rush show Tucson ever had.  They're obviously rowdy too as Geddy Lee has to take time between a couple of songs and tell them the people up front are getting crushed and will die as well as the stage is close to collapsing from them pushing forward.  He tells the crowd they'll have to stop playing if people don't take three steps back.  I guess they do because the concert goes on and continues through the normal end of it.

DETAILS:
Band: Rush
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Venue: Tucson Convention Center Arena
Date: November 20th, 1978
Label: Digital Reproductions
Title: A Desert Passage (Platinum Edition)
CD's: 2
Format: FLAC
Source: SB
Artwork: Yes
Size: 913 MB

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. intro music
102. Anthem
103. A Passage To Bangkok
104. By-Tor And The Snow Dog
105. Xanadu
106. announcement (back up or we'll stop playing)
107. Something For Nothing
108. The Trees
109. Cygnus X-1
110. Hemispheres
111. Closer To The Heart

CD 2:
201. Circumstances
202. A Farewell To Kings
203. La Villa Strangiato
204. 2112
205. Working Man
206.Bastille Day
207. In The Mood
208.  Neil Pert (drum solo)

BONUS TRACKS:
209. Something For Nothing
210. Cygnus X-1

LINKS:
(1) 1978-11-20 Tucson, AZ (SB)
(2) 1978-11-20 Tucson, AZ (SB)
(3) 1978-11-20 Tucson, AZ (SB)

At this time, nobody seems to know which show the last two bonus tracks are from.  They're reportedly not from this era of Rush concerts but the original Frankfurt, Germany 1979 claim also isn't correct and they are not from that show either.

Back when I first heard of Rush, in 1976, I did not like them.  And as the radio stations have done for too many decades (and still do), all I was hearing were the same "radio friendly" songs over and over again.  But in the mid 1990's, I met a friend that was a huge Rush fan and he let me borrow many of their earlier CD's.  I was blown away as I listened to songs I'd really never heard.  And as the next year passed, I'd already bought every Rush CD up to that period (199X) and had started finding live shows at the local CD Warehouse that were bootlegs.  And the rest is history.  Rush won me over fast once I heard what else they had to offer besides the standard FM radio play songs.  These guys are three of the most talented musicians out there and this is still true even today.  Very few bands can play a song the same way they did almost 40 years ago and still have the same sound too.  I've seen them twice, once in 1996 and once in 2004 (the 2004 show I've uploaded here), and they were as good as I expected and then some both times.  I'd love to see a show today, but with ticket prices as high as they are and me not going without getting the best recording I can (which means higher priced tickets too), I just haven't had the money to do so lately.

Rush has a huge fan base and they sell out shows to this day.  But I do plan to try and see them (and record them of course) the next time they come to town.  Who knows how much longer they'll be touring?  Hopefully, it'll be for a long time though!

Enjoy the show...

Bootradr

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Stevie Ray Vaughn: 1985-03-01 Dallas, TX (FLAC_SB/Studio_2 CD)

This is a superb studio soundboard of SRV doing some sessions and/or outtakes at Dallas Sound Labs studio in 1985.  It's pretty interesting listening to songs played differently and the talk between tracks on a few of them.

LINEAGE:
Dallas Sound Labs SB > ? > DAT SV3700 > CardDeluxe > Adobe Audition > FLAC > TLC (for testing for SBE's & any lossiness/no lossiness or SBE's found and for for verification of original ffp & md5 files)

DETAILS:
Artist: Stevie Ray Vaughn And Double Trouble
Location: Dallas, Texas
Venue: Dallas Sound Labs (studio)
Date: March 1st, 1985
Label: none
Title: none
CD's: 2
Source: SB/Studio
Artwork: No
Size: 619 MB

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Say What
102. Life Without You
103. Give Me Back My Wig
104. May I Have A Talk With You
105. I'm Leaving You (Commit A Crime)
106. Boilermaker
107. Chitlins Con Carne
108. Hug & Squeeze You
109. Telephone Song
110. Hendrix Shuffle
111. Hangnails And Boogers
112. Life Without You
113. The Sky Is Crying
114. Boot Hill

CD 2:
201. Come On (Part III)
202. Come On (Part III) (instrumental)
203. Rude Mood
204. Life Without You (intro)
205. Life Without You

LINKS:
Part 1 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/8aseed810kz/
Part 2 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/5ab27eizl1ah/

I have left the file set "as is" in this upload because it was done right.  The songs are all titled, the file fingerprint was created, and so was the md5 checksum file.  The info file has relevant information and the original sharer fixed any sector boundary errors (SBE's) before they shared this recording.  I double checked the SBE's and there were none found thus indicating it was done correctly.  I also checked to make sure there were no lossiness properties in the audio files and they came back with 100% CDDA probability (meaning they were never converted to a lossy format such as an mp3).  All original files tested with no errors in Trader's Little Helper (TLH) too.

I always enjoy hearing studio jams and outtakes from artists.  Whether it be a new or never released song, or many times just the chat and variations in the songs compared to their original releases, it is interesting to hear these sessions as they played out.

Stevie Ray Vaughn was a very talented artist and played from the soul with his blues jams.  I hate to hear people compare him to Jimi Hendrix because they were two different people and had two different styles.  Many people throughout the years have said SRV was just copying Hendrix, but that isn't the case at all.  He admired and loved Hendrix's  music, so like any other normal person, he played some of the songs he liked.  And he did it very well.  But he did it with his own style and was not a Hendrix cover band!

SRV's music, and especially the earlier era to me, has always been very enjoyable because he was so very talented.  He was an awesome blues guitarist that played and sang what he felt.  And he felt the same way many people do and that's why his music was loved by so many people even after his death in a helicopter crash on August 27th, 1990.  But his music lives on through collectors and fans like us and it will continue to do so for a long, long time!

Until next upload...

Bootradr

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Judas Priest: 1983-12-17 Dortmund, Germany (Pro Shot DVD)

This is a superb low generation Super VHS (SVHS) transfer of a video of Judas Priest in Germany at the end of 1983.  It is not the full concert unfortunately.  But it is seven songs out of the concert and the video and audio are the best known in existence for this specific show.  I believe this may have been one of the RockPop German TV program concerts, but I do not see any credits or information given that supports this theory either.

I went ahead and did some searching for any artwork created for this DVD and found this was a 1983 RockPop concert.  This may be the full show because Def Leppard, Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot, Krokus, Iron Maiden, Scorpions, MSG, and Judas Priest all played at this event.  I do not know if it was all in the same day or not?  But either way, with this many bands playing no band would have a full show they played due to time constraints due to so many bands playing.

LINEAGE:
Pro shot RockPop program > Camarad 1st Gen SVHS > Mick E. Gee Ultimate Edition 5.1 (2008) > DVD Decrypter > VOB files > you

SHOW DETAILS:
Artist: Judas Priest
Date: December 17th, 1983
Location: Dortmund, Germany
Venue: Westfallenhalle
Event: RockPop 1983

DVD ATTRIBUTES:
Menus: Yes
Chapters: Yes
Artwork: Yes
DVD Length: 37 minutes, 48 seconds
DVD Size: 2.64 GB

VIDEO ATTRIBUTES:
Format: NTSC
Resolution: 720 x 480
Aspect: 4:3
Frame Rate: 29.97 fps
Bitrate: 9200 kbps
Codec: MPEG-2

AUDIO ATTRIBUTES:
Sample Rate: 48 kHz
Bitrate: 448 kbps
Codec: AC3 (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Channels: 6
Streams: 2  (2-channel & 5.1 channel Dolby Digital)

SETLIST:
01. Riding On The Wind
02. Breaking The Law
03. Freewheel Burning
04. You Got Another Thing Comin'
05. Living After Midnight
06. Victim Of Changes
07. Hell Bent For Leather

Hotfile Links:
Part 1 - https://hotfile.com/dl/252192096/2393145/
Part 2 - https://hotfile.com/dl/252193133/e1d758b/
Part 3 - https://hotfile.com/dl/252191380/d42a3b6/
Part 4 - https://hotfile.com/dl/252192822/199ffca/
Part 5 - https://hotfile.com/dl/252192631/dc457e0/
Part 6 - https://hotfile.com/dl/252192704/75bfb93/
Part 7 - https://hotfile.com/dl/252187092/ef57459/

FileFactory Mirror Links:
Part 1 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/3i8kt90lne0l/
Part 2 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/62qcum88crot/
Part 3 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/1j9cwaffvg3x/
Part 4 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/3sql8rbf75y1/
Part 5 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/6m5yyrhzh5uj/
Part 6 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/mfpq2vczi19/
Part 7 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/4k62exn8xmcj/

This definitive version was shared on 2012-12-22 by "Lawless".  Thanks to "Lawless" for sharing this excellent upgraded version and making it available to others (like me) to share with others (like you) too.

Enjoy the show...

Bootradr

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Judas Priest: 1984-05-05 Long Beach, CA (FLAC_SB/Pre-FM Master_2 CD)

This is a superb sounding 1984 Judas Priest show.  This version came from the master pre-FM tapes for the ABC Rock Network broadcast that was aired at a later date and it is the complete concert without any radio station ID's or DJ talk.  This is as good as it gets, and it is superb!

LINEAGE:
Pre-FM Master > ? > shared on Dime > TLC (for testing for SBE's & any lossiness, no lossiness found & fixed SBE's on CD 2, creating ffp and md5 files, and for verification of files)

Artist: Judas Priest
Location: Long Beach, California
Venue: Long Beach Arena
Date: May 5th, 1984
Label: Priest's Boot
Title: Defenders Of Long Beach
CD's: 2
Source: SB/Pre-FM Master
Artwork: Yes
Size: 859 MB

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Love Bites
102. Jawbreaker
103. Grinder
104. Metal Gods
105. Breaking The Law
106. Sinner
107. Desert Plains
108. Some Heads Are Gonna Roll
109. The Sentinel

CD 2:
201. Rock Hard Ride Free
202. Night Comes Down
203. The Jellion/Electric Eye
204. Heavy Duty/Defenders Of The Faith
205. Freewheel Burning
206. Victim Of Changes
207. The Green Manalishi
208. Living After Midnight
209. Hell Bent For Leather
210. You Got Another Thing Comin'

LINKS:
Links REMOVED due to new official release of this show!

The band was touring on their new LP "Defenders of the Faith" and they covered songs from all eras of their playing up through 1984.  Even the audience cheering, normally removed before encores on radio broadcasts, is there and it is as if you were actually at the full show time-wise.  If you're a Priest fan, you will love this show.

Until next upload...

Bootradr

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Boston: 1977-03-19 Long Beach, CA (FLAC_SB/Pre-FM_1 CD)

Here is another superb quality Boston show that comes from a pre-FM source (it wasn't recorded off-air by someone at home).  This is reportedly the full show and it was broadcast later (1977-10-16 most likely) in the year by the radio program King Biscuit Flower Hour.  A lot of artwork has the wrong date on it.  Many versions show October 16, 1977.  But the chances are better that this was the date it was broadcast because it definitely wasn't the concert date.

LINEAGE:
Soundboard > ? > CD-R(x) > EAC > WAV > FLAC > me > TLH (creations and verification of ffp & md5 files and check for SBE's) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: Boston
Date: March 19th, 1977
Location: Long Beach, California
Venue: Long Beach Arena
Source: SB/Pre-FM
Format: FLAC
CD's: 1
Artwork: Yes (a few titles & may be incorrect and is low resolution too)
Label: unknown
Title: Alive
Size: 459 MB

SETLIST:
01. Rock And Roll Band
02. Shattered Dreams (Help Me)
03. More Than A Feeling
04. Something About You
05. A Man I'll Never Be
06. Smokin'
07. Tom Scholz (guitar solo/blues jam)
08. Peace Of Mind
09. Foreplay/Longtime
10. Television Politician

LINK:
1977-03-19 Long Beach, CA (SB/Pre-FM)

This show and the 1976-09-27 Cleveland, Ohio show I just uploaded are two of (if not the two) best sounding unreleased shows in circulation.  They are superb in quality.

On a side note, as I was searching for artwork for this specific upload, I came across an exciting fact.  Boston is releasing a new album on 2013-12-03 (in the USA anyhow).  It is not a "greatest hits" type reissue either and has all new, unreleased tracks.  According to the official Boston website, it has tracks with Brad Delp, Tommy DeCarlo, Kimberley Dahme, David Victor, and Tom Scholz on vocals.  And according to Boston's Tom Scholz, "...They have all been meticulously recorded to analogue tape on the same machines and equipment used for Boston's hits for the past 35 years."  The album was reportedly made over 10 years ago and is now officially being released.  If you are a Boston fan, buy it!  I always believe in supporting the artists we like by buying their officially released music.  I'll be buying it for sure!

I hope you enjoy this superb Long Beach 1977 show too...

Bootradr

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Boston: 1976-09-27 Cleveland, OH (FLAC_SB/Pre-FM_1CD)

This is a superb sounding pre-FM show of Boston aired by WMMS FM at a later date.  The quality is superb and the band is too.  This was my first Boston show I ever got even though this upload is not from my silver CD.  It is from another collector's silver CD and was ripped with EAC. 

NOTE: In the info file I created, I accidentally used the date of 1979-09-27 instead of 1976-09-27.  Since it's already uploaded and waiting for your download, I'm leaving it as is.

LINEAGE:
Silver CD > EAC > WAV > FLAC (Level 8) > me > TLH (creations and verification of ffp & md5 files and check for SBE's...none found) > you

DETAILS:
Artist: Boston
Date: September 27th, 1976
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Venue: Agora Ballroom
Source: SB/Pre-FM
Format: FLAC
CD's: 1
Artwork: Yes
Label: Super Sonic
Title: More Than A Feeling
Size: 378 MB

SETLIST:
01. Rock And Roll Band
02. Help Me
03. Peace Of Mind
04. Something About You
05. A Man I'll Never Be
06. Smokin'
07. Foreplay
08. Longtime
09. Don't Be Afraid
10. More Than A Feeling
11. Television Politician

LINK:
1976-09-27 Cleveland, OH (SB/Pre-FM)

I hope you enjoy this superb show...

Bootradr

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Journey: 1981-06-13 Angels Camp, CA (FLAC_AUD_1 CD)

This is a historic and awesome Journey show and it sounds excellent too!  Not only did Journey debut many of their 1981 "Escape" album songs a month before its release (July 15th) in this show, it was also the debut of their newest member Jonathan Cain.  He was a huge factor and contributor towards what made the name "Journey" a household name.  Initial reports I first heard in the 1990's were that this was Cain's fourth appearance with the band.  But some research I've been doing indicates this was actually his first time playing a live show with the band.  Whatever the story is, it was a time in the band's career I'm not sure any of them knew was going to be life changing.

LINEAGE:
1990's CD-R trade > EAC (Secure) > WAV > Media Creator Pro 2010 (to name tracks) > FLAC 6 > TLH (for encoding as FLAC 6, testing for SBE's & none found, creating ffp and md5 files, and for verification of files)

Artist: Journey
Location: Angels Camp, California
Venue: Calaveras County Fairgrounds
Event: Mountain Aire '81
Date: June 13th, 1981
Label: none
Title: Mountain Aire '81
CD's: 1
Source: AUD
Artwork: Yes (created circa 1999 by "Digital_Journey")
Size: 379 MB

SETLIST:
01. Stone In Love
02. Keep On Runnin'
03. Who's Crying Now
04. Lay It Down
05. Dead Or Alive
06. Lights
07. Stay Awhile
08. Too Late (with Jon Cain's keyboard intro)
09. Dixie Highway
10. Lovin' You Is Easy
11. La Do Da
12. The Party's Over (Hopelessly In Love)
13. Wheel In The Sky
14. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'
15. Anyway You Want It

Hotfile Link:
https://hotfile.com/dl/250915481/b2e3871/

FileFactory Mirror Link:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/5ui0c23m18sr/

I've got 22 photos taken by a girl who was at this show.  She's sent them to my friend Troy ("Digital_Journey") in 1999 and he brought them by to do some high resolution scans.  The 600 dpi (possibly 1200 dpi) high resolution scans are currently lost.  He doesn't know what he did with his digital copies and I am in the same boat and cannot find mine.  However, I still have my 300 dpi high resolution scans and I'll throw a few in this upload.

This concert is such an awesome mix of different Journey eras up through 1981's still unreleased Escape LP.  It starts out with a number of still unheard Escape tracks and then it travels backwards into Infinity, Captured, Evolution, and Departure tracks.  It also contains songs you don't hear in too many Journey shows.  The band is really pumped up and jamming and there are rarities not heard too often like "The Party's Over (Hopelessly In Love)" and "Dixie Highway" which were rarely played except on their 1980 tour and maybe a time or two more.  "Dixie Highway" has never been officially released.  What a great mix of songs and a great show in the superb time in rock 'n' roll music!

This is the best lossless copy of the show I have and I hope you enjoy it...

Bootradr

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THESE DOWNLOADS ARE FOR FREE ONLY!  NEVER BUY OR SELL ANY LEGALLY RECORDED BUT ILLEGAL TO SELL SHOWS LIKE THIS ONE.  THIS IS FOR FANS AND FUTURE FANS WHO WANT TO HEAR THE ARTIST'S MUSIC RAW & LIVE BUT NOT OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE OR RELEASED.

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Journey: 1979-07-24 Atlanta, GA (FLAC_AUD_2 CD)

This is a show I haven't listened to in over a decade.  It's a good-to-great Journey recording done by a super happy Journey fan.  I got this one in a CD-R trade back in the 1990's and ripped it with EAC after listening to it last night.  The sound or quality changes a few times throughout the show.  I think this is due to the taper's adjustments.  But I like the way it gets better during "Winds of March" (and before it too) which is one of my favorite Journey songs.

LINEAGE:
CD-R trade > EAC (Secure) > WAV > FLAC 6 > TLC (for encoding as FLAC 6, testing for SBE's & any lossiness & none found, creating ffp and md5 files, and for verification of files)

Artist: Journey
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Venue: Foxx Theatre
Date: July 24th, 1979
Label: none
Title: Atlanta 1979
CD's: 2
Source: AUD
Artwork: No
Size: 453 MB

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Majestic (opening music) > La Do Da > Next (no track separators)
102. Feeling That Way
103. Anytime
104. Lights
105. Lady Luck
106. Too Late > Kohoutek (no track separator)
107. Winds Of March
108. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'
109. Do You Recall
110. Daydream
111. Just The Same Way
112. When You're Alone (It Ain't Easy)
113. Lovin' You Is Easy

CD 2:
201. Wheel In The Sky
202. Wheel In The Sky (extra part continuing) > She Makes Me (Feel Alright)
203. Patiently > Opened The Door (no track separator)

Hotfile Links:
Part 1 - https://hotfile.com/dl/250370303/e813e57/
Part 2 - https://hotfile.com/dl/250370626/086abda/

FileFactory Links:
Part 1 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/3wek8ns75jwp/
Part 2 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/2pdbxqur2r6j/

Dime Torrent - http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=468217
NOTE: I created a torrent and posted it on Dime.  If your a Dime member, you'll know what to do.  If not, sign up for a free account and READ THE RULES.  Go to http://www.dimeadozen.org for their home page.  And remember to keep your sharing ratio at 0.25% or higher so as to not get banned.  It's a much faster download almost always!  Now, back to the original blog post.

Journey's performance is spectacular in this show.  Perry's voice is perfect and Schon's guitar playing is amazing.  There are a lot of additional parts to many songs in this show too.  The taper is practically ecstatic also.  And while we don't want to hear the tapers as we listen to shows, it's a little amusing in this show and does not ruin the recording.  Most of the guy's happiness is heard at the beginning of songs and at the end.  He doesn't ramble on through the songs.  And the crowd goes unheard most of the time except between songs.  Had the taper kept quiet, this would have been a great recording as far as crowd noise goes.

I'd meant to split the tracks where the CD's have two songs as one track but it slipped my mind until I got far into creating this post.  And since I used EAC to rip the CD-R's, and it's been a while since I'd used EAC, I didn't want to go changing things up until I remember the program better.

This, to me at least, is a very enjoyable show.  And the setlist is a little different too.  It sounds like the complete show but there are less songs from the earlier era of Journey (pre-Perry) like "On A Saturday Nite".  I've not looked to see what was dropped or added in comparison to other 1979 Journey shows I have.  This is one of those shows that starts off sounding "not as good", but as your ears adjust and the sound does get better, it is very easy to listen to and crank up loud too.

One thing I better mention is there are small pops, cuts, and other noticeable error sounding items during the track changes.  It doesn't ruin the show at all or blow speakers or anything like that.  It's on my master CD-R's I got in the trade and I believe it came from whoever I traded with burning the CD-R's at too high of a speed or the taper manually trying to mark tracks on the tape as he was recording.  I've got a buddy who also has a copyI made for him back in the 1990's of this show, and while it may take me a year or more to actually (or possibly) get the CD-R's from him to check, I do plan on checking eventually and seeing if his copy has the same "ticks".  They're not SBE's and I couldn't remove them (as of this time anyhow).  The taper seems to at times stop the tape (I believe in the encore where the crowd is going) a few times and start it back up too.  But he doesn't do it during any songs.  I may be over analyzing things here.  But it beats under analyzing them I feel.

If you're a Journey fan, unless all you listen to is pristine recordings only, I can just about guarantee you'll enjoy this show.

TWO SMALL REQUESTS:
(1) If anyone has an upgrade to this show, please contact me!

(2) If anyone has a lossless quality version of the 1980-08-02 Flint, Michigan show at Atwood Arena (my mp3 copy is titled "The Peak Of The Dixie Highway"), please, please contact me or share it!  This is a great show and audience recording I've been looking for in a lossless format for years now and I'd be very grateful if I could get a copy that isn't lossy :-)

I hope you enjoy this Journey show...

Bootradr

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THESE DOWNLOADS ARE FOR FREE ONLY!  NEVER BUY OR SELL ANY LEGALLY RECORDED BUT ILLEGAL TO SELL SHOWS LIKE THIS ONE.  THIS IS FOR FANS AND FUTURE FANS WHO WANT TO HEAR THE ARTIST'S MUSIC RAW & LIVE BUT NOT OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE OR RELEASED.

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Led Zeppelin: 1972-10-10 Kyoto, Japan (FLAC_AUD Source 2 & 1 Mix_2 CD)

This is a great recording of Zeppelin's last night in Tokyo on their Japan tour of 1972.  The primary source used, and one I jammed out on yesterday, is the source 2 recording.  Source 1 is used to fill in four gaps in source 2's recording according BootLed.com.  The site also states that audio from 1972-10-02 (the first night's Tokyo show) is used to fill in 20 seconds of "Stairway To Heaven" that is missing on source 2.  Out of the 6 versions I've compared it to from multiple sources and labels of this show, I believe this one sounds best.

LINEAGE:
Wendy's Silves > EAC > WAV > FLAC > TLC (for Bootradr's info & md5 files)

Artist: Led Zeppelin
Location: Kyoto, Japan
Venue: Festival Hall
Date: October 10th,, 1972
Label: Wendy
Title: The Old Capitol
CD's: 2
Source: AUD (Sources 2 & 1)
Artwork: Yes
Size: 553 MB

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. intro
102. Rock And Roll
103. Black Dog
104. Misty Mountain Hop
105. Since I've Been Loving You
106. The Song Remains The Same
107. The Rain Song
108. Dazed And Confused

CD 2:
201. Stairway To Heaven
202. Over The Hills And Far Away
203. Whole Lotta Love
204. Immigrant Song

Hotfile Links:
Part 1 - https://hotfile.com/dl/250086619/0aad005/
Part 2 - https://hotfile.com/dl/250086596/965fc38/

FileFactory Links:
Part 1 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/5etfi6dz1x57/
Part 2 - http://www.filefactory.com/file/6v9rwqsn9njn/

This show is significantly shorter and a l,of of songs played in the first five nights of the Japan 1972 tour are not there.  I read there is speculation that Led Zeppelin was ready to wrap uo this last show and head back to the UK so they more or less shortened it.  "Dancing Days", "Heartbreaker", "Communication Breakdown", etc songs were not played in this show.

I'm leaving the original file set intact and I'm not naming the tracks this time due to time constraints today.  One thing I did notice is the original text file has the wrong city (it has Osaka) listed in it.  But if I change that, I'll have to redo the other files and I'd might as well do everything I like to do (track naming, etc) too.  I'm adding my own "Bootradr's info" and "Bootradr's checksum" files to the upload, so if you check the original file set's md5 checksum file in TLH, it will probably show two errors (they aren't errors, it just doesn't recognize the two files I added because they weren't included in the original file set creation done by someone else).  To wrap the paragraph up and reemphisise it, I'm just adding my two files.  I realize many people don't understand the reasons for the md5, ffp, sst, or whatever files in these much more complete downloads.  I just don't want anyone thinking there are errors in the upload because there aren't any.  Check my "Bootradr's checksum"md5 file if you want to see "no errors found" in TLH :-)

I hope you enjoy this show from 41 years ago today...

Bootradr

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THESE DOWNLOADS ARE FOR FREE ONLY!  NEVER BUY OR SELL ANY LEGALLY RECORDED BUT ILLEGAL TO SELL SHOWS LIKE THIS ONE.  THIS IS FOR FANS AND FUTURE FANS WHO WANT TO HEAR THE ARTIST'S MUSIC RAW & LIVE BUT NOT OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE OR RELEASED.

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Boston: 1979-03-08 Wichita, KS (FLAC_AUD Master_2 CD)

This is an excellent sounding audience recording from the master tape of Boston in Wichita, Kansas in March of 1979.  A special "thank you" goes to Bozo D. Klown for sharing his master recording from this show he recorded himself!

LINEAGE:
Master cheap (according to taper) Panasonic cassette recorder with built in microphone > ScotchBrand Low-Noise/Low-Bias C-120 master cassette > Sound Forge 8 (for light EQ work) > TLH > shared > Media Creator 2010 Pro (to name tracks) > TLH (to fix CD 2 SBE's, create new ffp file, and a new md5 file and verify) > you!

NOTE: The SBE errors may or may not have been on CD 2 originally.  They may have been caused a while back when I used Media Creator 2010 Pro to name the tracks.  Either way, they're fixed so there is no pops if you burn to CD-R).

Artist: Boston
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Venue: Henry Lewitt Arena (Wichita State University)
Date: March 8th, 1979
Label: Bozo D. Klown
Title: Don't Look Back
CD's: 2
Source: AUD (Master)
Artwork: Yes (high resolution created by Bozo D. Klown)
Size: 656 MB

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Rock And Roll Band
102. Shattered Images (Help Me)
103. Peace Of Mind
104. Feelin' Satisfied
105. Don't Look Back
106. The Journey
107. More Than A Feeling
108. A Man I'll Never Be

CD 2:
201. Smokin'
202. Tom Scholz (guitar solo)
203. Something About You
204. Party
205. Television Politician
206. Don't Be Afraid

LINKS:
(1) 1979-03-08 Kansas City, KS (AUD Master)
(2) 1979-03-08 Kansas City, KS (AUD Master)

I left "BDK's" ffp text files in their respective folders even though I had to create new ones due my naming of the songs/tracks.  I'm not really sure if this will be useful to anyone or not, but just in case, they're there.

I'm listening to this show right now and that "cheap" Panasonic with a built in microphone that was used did a great job of capturing this show!  The taper did a great job too.  There is a deep, clean bass and the instruments and vocals (or highs) all sound very well balanced.  I wish they still made "cheap" recorders that did this good of a job today!  This is a very enjoyable recording and show and it has the full sound you'd hope to get out of a Boston show from almost 35 years ago...

Bootradr

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THESE DOWNLOADS ARE FOR FREE ONLY!  NEVER BUY OR SELL ANY LEGALLY RECORDED BUT ILLEGAL TO SELL SHOWS LIKE THIS ONE.  THIS IS FOR FANS AND FUTURE FANS WHO WANT TO HEAR THE ARTIST'S MUSIC RAW & LIVE BUT NOT OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE OR RELEASED.

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Led Zeppelin: 1972-10-09 Osaka, Japan (FLAC_AUD Source 1 Master_2 CD)

This is an excellent sounding recording from the master tape of Zeppelin's second from last night in Japan on their Japan tour of 1972.  This show was 41 years ago tonight from the time of this posting.

LINEAGE:
Source 1 Analog Master > DAT clone > 2 CD-R's >  > KRW transfer > EAC > TLH to convert to FLAC 8 > shared on Dime > Media Creator 2010 Pro (to name tracks) > TLH to check for SBE's...none found..., create new ffp file, and md5 file and verify > you

Artist: Led Zeppelin
Location: Osaka, Japan
Venue: Festival Hall
Date: October 9th,, 1972
Label: none
Title: none
CD's: 2
Source: AUD (Source 1 Master)
Artwork: No
Size: 932 MB

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. Rock And Roll
102. Black Dog
103. Over The Hills And Far Away
104. Misty Mountain Hop
105. Since I've Been Loving You
106. Dancing Days
107. The Song Remains The Same
108. The Rain Song
109. Dazed And Confused

CD 2:
201. Stairway To Heaven
202. Moby Dick
203. Whole Lotta Love
204. Stand By Me
205. Immigrant Song

LINKS:
Part 1 - 1972-10-09 Osaka Source 1 Master
Part 2 - 1972-10-09 Osaka Source 1 Master
Part 3 - 1972-10-09 Osaka Source 1 Master

The reason I picked this source to upload is because it is from the master source and hasn't been EQ'ed to death by the various labels and I believe it has the best sound.  I compared it to 6 different versions of source 1 that I have and the unaltered version sounds better.

This is Zeppelin's 5th night playing in Japan on the 1972 tour and their first night back after their break (having played on four night's between 10/2 and 10/5) on this 1972 Japan tour.  They spent a few days in Hong Kong and then returned this night to play with just one more night (tomorrow) left before finishing their Japan 1972 concerts.

I'm listening to this show (again) as I prepare this post and it is very clean sounding and enjoyable.  The bootlegger did a great job of capturing the show and it is very well balanced (one reason it sounds better than the EQ'ed versions I'm sure).

I like to try and make my uploads as complete as possible.  That's why I went ahead and named the tracks rather than just upload the KRW version the way it was created in EAC (no song titles).  I believe having an actual song title to look at helps people, especially those not burning the music to discs, know which song they want to pick or listen to and/or know what song is next.

One thing of interest in this show is the location of the song "Moby Dick".  John Bonham's drum solo is usually in an earlier placement in Led Zeppelin's concerts, but since they played it on this night, they added it near the end instead of before songs like "Stairway to Heaven".  It's not out of place as far as this concert goes.  It just looks like it is when compared to most other Zeppelin shows they played it in through the years.

I was looking for a ticket scan to add for some artwork and came across one with no English written date (or a very confusing one).  If you don't already know this, Zeppelin played Osaka in 1972 on October 4th and October 9th which is this show.  But this ticket, even in comparison with other Tokyo 1972 tickets, looks like it would have been for 1972-10-01.  And that makes no sense because they played nowhere on that date.  Who knows?  Maybe Japanese tickets showed the date the ticket was purchased or maybe what I'm looking at isn't even the date?  Since I cannot read Japanese, as you'll hear Plant sing in "Over The Hills and Far Away", "I really don't know"!  Either way, the image below is suppose to be from one of the two Osaka shows!

I hope you enjoy this show from 41 years ago today...

Bootradr

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THESE DOWNLOADS ARE FOR FREE ONLY!  NEVER BUY OR SELL ANY LEGALLY RECORDED BUT ILLEGAL TO SELL SHOWS LIKE THIS ONE.  THIS IS FOR FANS AND FUTURE FANS WHO WANT TO HEAR THE ARTIST'S MUSIC RAW & LIVE BUT NOT OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE OR RELEASED.

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Led Zeppelin: 1969-01-05 Los Angeles, CA (DVD-A_2 & 5.1 Channel Audio_1 DVD)

PREFACE: I GOT THE 3.26 GB, 48 KHZ/24 BIT LOSSLESS VERSION OF THIS SHOW AFTER MAKING THIS POST AND WILL UPDATE & UPLOAD IT SOON.  THE VERSION UPLOADED CURRENTLY (IN THIS POST) HAD REASON TO BE SUSPICIOUS LOOKING IN FILE SIZE AND THAT IS BECAUSE IT IS LOSSY.  ONCE I UPLOAD THE LOSSLESS COPY, YOU'LL KNOW BECAUSE YOU WON'T BE READING THIS.

This is an audio DVD (DVD-A) of a very, very early Zeppelin show as they were starting their career.  Led Zeppelin I hadn't even been released yet.  It was released 7 days after this show in fact according to RambleOnZep's great site.

It's been summarized in the original sharer's text file (left intact in this upload) that there were probably no more than 100 people at the venue on this last night in Los Angeles (for a short time anyhow).  This is Zeppelin at around 3 to 4 months into being known as Led Zeppelin and no longer their short-lived, contract fulfilling name The New Yardbirds.  And it's a great piece of history as well as a great sounding recording and show too!

I have to admit, I'm a little confused by the higher sample rate and bitrate properties of 48 kHz/24 bit and 96 kHz/24 bit audio and the actual file size of this upload (366 MB).  I'd expect this to have a lot larger file set size, but I've only built one DVD-A myself so far and it was three Zeppelin shows and right around 1 GB.  You can see on the back EVSD artwork below the following information on audio attributes:

(1) PPCM DVD Audio @ 96 kHz/24 bit in (A) 5.1 Channel Surround & (B) 2 Channel Stereo/Mono audio.
(2) Dolby Digital Audio @ 48 kHz/24 bit in (A) 5.1 Channel Surround & (B) 2 Channel Stereo/Mono audio.

The math doesn't add up to me.  I'm wondering if DVD Decrypter, used to process the original EVSD silver DVD transfer, may not have re-encoded the audio?  I'm really not sure and will check a little more on another PC before posting this.  But either way, it is in 5.1 and 2 channel audio streams and sounds better than other versions I know of or have heard (just as good as the FLAC CD version with the same title).  It sounds excellent in fact and much, much cleaner than many of the earlier versions I've run across over the years.

After more research, and after reading a thread on R-O about this DVD-A, it appears up-sampling was done on the 48 kHz/24 bit audio to get the 96 kHz/24 bit reported audio.  And that audio is reportedly in the AUDIO_TS folder which I do not have in my file set.  There reportedly is a 24 bit audio version and I hope to be able to get it sometime soon.  So, I'm still a little confused about this upload I'm sharing here.  The statistics on what I find on my copy are all below, and if this winds up being over sampled or lossy, I'll just upload the CD version of the show when I know more.  This DVD-A I'm uploading still sounds great and it's small enough in file size to where you can't go wrong by giving it a listen for yourself too.

I left the original uploaders files all in the upload and added them to the EXTRAS folder.  It contains their DVD Decrypter text file, information text file, md5 checksum file, and the 200 dpi artwork scans.

LINEAGE:
EVSD original silver > DVD+R > DVD Decrypter > TLH > you

SHOW DETAILS:
Date: January 5th, 1969
Location: Los Angeles, California
Venue: Whisky A Go-Go
Label: EVSD
Title: Live At Whisky A Go-Go!!!

DVD ATTRIBUTES:
Menus: Yes
Chapters: Yes
Artwork: Yes
Source: AUD
DVD Size: 366 MB
DVD Length: 53 minutes, 10 seconds

VIDEO:
Format: NTSC
Resolution: 720 x 480
Aspect: 4:3
Frame Rate: 29.97 fps
Bitrate: 9448 kbps
Codec: MPEG-2
Note: No actual concert video is on the DVD-A.  It is composed of photos from the show as the music plays.

AUDIO:
Sample Rate: 48 kHz (I see no 96 kHz properties)
Bitrate: 448 kbps
Codec: AC3 (Dolby Digital 2 Channel & 5.1 Channel)
Channels: 6 (2 Ch. & 5.1 Ch.)
Streams: 2

SETLIST:
01. As Long As I Have You
02. I Can't Quit You Baby
03. Train Kept A Rollin'
04. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
05. Dazed And Confused
06. Killing Floor
07. For Your Love

LINK:
1969-01-05 Los Angeles, LA (DVD-A)

If anyone has a verified 96 kHz/24 bit and/or 48 kHz/24 bit version of this show, please contact me via bootradr@yahoo.com or in the message area if you'd be willing to share your verified source!  Thanks in advance to anyone who may be able to help...

Bootsdr

SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL

THESE DOWNLOADS ARE FOR FREE ONLY!  NEVER BUY OR SELL ANY LEGALLY RECORDED BUT ILLEGAL TO SELL SHOWS LIKE THIS ONE.  THIS IS FOR FANS AND FUTURE FANS WHO WANT TO HEAR THE ARTIST'S MUSIC RAW & LIVE BUT NOT OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE OR RELEASED.

ALWAYS REMEMBER TO SUPPORT THE ARTISTS BY BUYING THEIR OFFICIALLY RELEASED MATERIAL & MERCHANDISE TOO.

KEEP IT FREE, KEEP IT AVAILABLE, AND MOST OF ALL; KEEP IT LEGAL!!!

Led Zeppelin: 1972-10-02 Tokyo, Japan (FLAC_AUD Source 1 & 3 Masters Mix_2 CD)

This is an excellent recording of Zeppelin's first night in Tokyo on their Japan tour of 1972.  The primary source used, and one I jammed out on yesterday, is the source 1 recording.  Source 3 is used to fill in gaps between songs and is not used on any of the music.  This is a superb, flawless mix and one of the best sounding and played shows on this leg of the tour.  Plant has a few "remembering lyrics" issues on a song or two, but the band pulls it off without any problem.

LINEAGE:
Source 1: Master > DAT(x) > 2cdr(x)
Source 3: Master > DAT(0) > 2cdr(0)

Artist: Led Zeppelin
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Venue: Budokan Hall
Date: October 2nd,, 1972
Label: none
Title: none
CD's: 2
Source: AUD (Source 1 & 3 Masters)
Artwork: No
Size: 705 MB

SETLIST:
CD 1:
101. intro
102. Rock And Roll
103. Over The Hills And Far Away
104. Black Dog
105. Misty Mountain Hop
106. Since I've Been Loving You
107. Dancing Days
108. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
109. The Song Remains The Same
110. The Rain Song

CD 2:
201. Dazed And Confused
202. Stairway To Heaven
203. Whole Lotta Love
204. Heartbreaker
205. Immigrant Song
206. Communication Breakdown
207. ending announcements

LINKS:
Part 1 - 1972-10-02 Tokyo Source 1 & 3 Masters Mix
Part 2 - 1972-10-02 Tokyo Source 1 & 3 Masters Mix

The reason I picked this source to upload is because it seems to have "a" best sound.  Notice that I didn't say "the" best sound because there are other recordings of this show that are just as good.  But this one stood out and won the comparison contest!  I was primarily comparing it to EVSD's "Led Zeppelin Is My Brother" which has a little more bass in it.  I like bass, but this mix from the masters has a cleaner sound I believe and the bass is still there.  They are both around the same quality-wise, but the two sources mix has extra clarity and is more complete due to the source 3 segments.  And as I already stated, all music is from source 1 and some of the filler parts  added from source 3 are just on non-music sections of the show and they make it more complete.  The sound quality is pretty equal throughout the whole show too!

Led Zeppelin had just finished recording "Houses of the Holy" prior to these Japan 1972 shows and Plant refers to the new album coming out as they introduce songs for the first time.  They had not been released yet, so this is the first live performances with the songs from "Houses of the Holy".  That's probably part of the reason Plant gets stumped a few times singing the wrong verse in the wrong place (and having to repeat it in at least one song).

This whole Japan 1972 tour is very unique to me because you can hear the transitioning of the earlier Zeppelin songs in concerts merging with the 1973 (the year "The Song Remains The Same" video was shot at Madison Square Gardens...but it wasn't released until 1976) tour songs.  Some songs get added, some get dropped, and some reappear in other Japan 1972 shows too.  These Japanese shows sound like a merge from the past into the next, more well known by the "common listener" stage of Zeppelin's music as seen in the video release I mentioned.

I didn't get a chance to upload this show on it's 41st anniversary (2013-10-02), so while Led Zeppelin is on their break right now (act like it's 41 years ago) and as they enjoy some time in Japan, they won't return to the stage until they return to Osaka for a second show on October 9th.  And then they will finish off the tour the next night in Kyoto, Japan.  Two more great shows left on this tour and soon to be here for your listening pleasure too.

I really enjoyed cranking this show up yesterday and having it sound so good as I did things around the house (besides sitting on the couch and listening to it).  I've been listening to various labels, versions, and sources of this show off and on since it first surfaced many moons ago.  But yesterday, it was almost like listening to a new show I hadn't ever heard because it was such a clean, well done transfer and better than my earlier recordings of 1972-10-02.  And by the way, this was a "weedwacker" transfer of the tapes.  He is known for doing superb tape transfers and work on Led Zeppelin shows within trading and sharing circles.  Thanks goes to him for sharing his work.  This is one worth having and enjoying for numerous reasons!

I'm leaving "weedwacker's" file set intact and I'm adding one ticket image from this show as well as my own "Bootradr's info" and "Bootradr's checksum" files to the upload.  There are no SBE's and the songs are named in this upload too (I like it when I don't have to do this).

I hope you enjoy this show from 41 years, 5 days ago today...

Bootradr

SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL

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