Led Zeppelin Rare Live When the Levee Breaks / Wanton Song 1975 Best Audio Bloomington Matrix EX

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Led Zeppelin Rare Live When the Levee Breaks/Wanton Song 1975
Best Audio to date Bloomington Matrix Soundboard/Audience Room Tone
more rare/live: • Led Zeppelin Rare Live...
Taken from newly surfaced recordings 2021
Led Zeppelin Tenth North American Tour (January 18, 1975 - March 27, 1975)
JANUARY 18 - MET CENTER, BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota, UNITED STATES (SATURDAY, 8pm)
photo likely by Neal Preston
Page/Plant are sort of walking wounded in early '75, Jones/Bonham are simply tenacious

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@echoluxe2022 2 жыл бұрын

Click the above like button 👍 to snub out the dislikes! more rare/live: kzfaq.info/sun/PLe7ZtMjDexlvXRxvHoVnTMVX5j1avCxY4&si=ca3SzUMETCELnA0Y

@conorgriffin7766 2 жыл бұрын

Have you got any more recordings of this gig with this quality?? The sound is absolutely incredible!!

@echoluxe2022 2 жыл бұрын

It was a bit challenging to get these songs right, I can't imagine doing the entire concert at the moment...thanks for checking it out

@davidteacher7851 Жыл бұрын

Iwanted to click about 3,000 times, but bit wouldn't let me... 😆

@joescott8877 Жыл бұрын

Whoever's gonna dislike this either has no life or loves disco...

@mikefilburn7971 Жыл бұрын

Soooooo good

@unincumberedinvestments7453 5 ай бұрын

Led Zeppelin only played "Levee" a handful of times. They really should have played it far more often. This totally rocks!

@Marctull66 5 ай бұрын

Actually, until now, i thought it had never been played live (and I've been interested in LZ's musuc since 1980 and I own quite a lot of live recordings) ... such a pity, as it's such a strong track. I definitely like it a lot more than In My Time of Dying, which saw Page use slide guitar as well... and the latter was played live very often... ( "In My Time..." is one of the rare Led Zep tracks that I never liked too much and it's the longer piece they recorded....) It took me some time but I finally loved "When The Levee Breaks ", it has such a great pounding rhythm and a great coda ! I know that Jimmy Page said the track was actually built around Bonzo's drum pattern... it must be the drum pattern that's the most sampled in the world, I heard bits of it at least twice in some tracks heard on radio, by the way... Tsk...

@iamgermane 4 ай бұрын

Looks like they kicked off their tour in Bloomington, MN in the middle of winter for some reason. The arena was across the highway from the airport :)

@saleconomos473 Ай бұрын

@@iamgermane Did Plant get sick after this show?

@GBuds_RVremodel Ай бұрын

Written in 1928-9 and released first by Memphis Minnie I think in '30... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jZuGoLmn2NDde6s.htmlsi=5DFeN8OAQrLx2HT5

@GeorgePiazza 29 күн бұрын

@@Marctull66 They didn't have the outboard FX racks one can find at FOH these days (or even in 1990). The studio version of 'Levee' relied heavily on the pounding heavily compressed (and echoed) sound of the drums in the stairwell area of Headley Grange, mic'd mainly from the stairwell railings & run through two 1176 compressors and a Binson Echo Rec - something they couldn't easily recreate live back in the early - mid 1970s. Thus the less than impressive sound here (the performance is another matter entirely).

@bassball67 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think anyone has mentioned John Paul Jones. He deserves a mention, great musician!

@conorgriffin7766 2 жыл бұрын

He likes it that way!!

@garydavenport3321 2 жыл бұрын

Jpj is a musical genius🔥😎🔥😎

@louiscifer1494 Жыл бұрын

One of my life highlights is getting to meet him in June 2000 after his Ft. Lauderdale show (which I saw from 2 feet from the stage and I didn't budge from that spot til the last note!) & he signed my copies of Scream For Help, The Sporting Life, & Zooma!!!⚡♪🜏🤘😈🔱𖤐⸸

@orgoniteyahgoniteaustralia6888 Жыл бұрын

He gets mentioned about 5000 times every zep vid. I think we can stop calling him underrated at this point, since literally every video rates him as a great musician. Which he is. But enough already.

@dannysoule7977 Жыл бұрын

He John Paul Jones was the music buffin

@karlkalasky6066 8 ай бұрын

Now that I am an old man I think I enjoy Led Zeppelin music even more ... And I didn't think that was possible😂

@paullevine1813 8 ай бұрын

Not sure why , it was good back then & it's still good now , The good thing about real timeless music .

@MadScientist267 8 ай бұрын

Talent back then had to be vetted before it could assault ear holes...

@jeffhobbs3948 8 ай бұрын

Same here

@jdcrow6 7 ай бұрын

I grew up loving Led Zeppelin and my dad got me a Blue Light Led Zep. Poster that he made a frame for, but he never really listened to them. Now that he's in his 70's and using KZfaq he finally gave them a listen and loves them. Go figure. I don't know what he thought they were all these years but I'm glad he figured it out on his own before it was too late. People have to discover things on their own, I guess.

@davemarriott 7 ай бұрын

Me too.

@caseyeisenman Жыл бұрын

Robert is underrated on harmonica,

@daveyvane9431 Жыл бұрын

Really? What is his rating?

@djHypnotik3dc Жыл бұрын

Who rated him

@billwalsh388 Жыл бұрын

There was never anyone better.

@billwalsh388 Жыл бұрын

I just did.

@BlueBeeMCMLXI Жыл бұрын

No. He b'ain't. Your comment a trendy signal of personal loss and pain - I hope.

@randyjeffery7898 2 ай бұрын

Imagine being 64 years old and enjoy the music.keep going to parties people

@thecandyman9308 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, never heard a live rendition of Levee. Thanks for posting.

@echoluxe2022 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for listening

@td-12kx53 2 жыл бұрын

Same here!👍

@orgoniteyahgoniteaustralia6888 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I am amazed this is the first time I have heard it live, life long zep fan here too.

@nickna7387 Жыл бұрын

@@orgoniteyahgoniteaustralia6888 it's cause for the studio recording the guitar and drums are slowed down so in terms of difficulty to play this it's even harder than black dog. Not to mention the guitar tuning is still something of a mystery to everyone but page to this day. Rick beato did a great technical video trying to figure it out

@richardcranium2581 9 ай бұрын

@@nickna7387 open F / F. He used vox 12 string tuned all funky for it. There’s a video out about it now.

@scottjackson163 8 ай бұрын

Proud to say that I saw Led Zeppelin at the peak of their ability, May of 1973. Houses of the Holy had just come out. The Led Zeppelin mystique was a real thing, one that was only enhanced by seeing them in concert. They delivered a transcendent experience.

@wingchun-simplekungfu7584 8 ай бұрын

Legend 👍🏻. I never ever got to see them live.

@terryenglish7132 8 ай бұрын

I caught that tour in Baltimore . They were great , tho I still don't like Houses and its Doo Wop . A friend caught them in Philly the nite before or after , and they sucked out loud . Page was so drunk or whatever that he had to sit on the edge of the stage to keep from falling over . Where'd you see them ?

@staggerlee41 8 ай бұрын

You are so incredibly blessed. I am envious! Awesome hearing of your experiences, thanks for sharing!

@scottjackson163 8 ай бұрын

@@terryenglish7132 The 1973 concert that I mentioned was in Tuscaloosa, AL. I actually saw saw Zeppelin twice. The other show was in 1977. Birmingham, AL.

@scottjackson163 8 ай бұрын

@@staggerlee41 Thank you!

@mmeis2389 8 ай бұрын

1971 ft worth tour, 15 yrs old. when the lights went out and everyone lit a joint - I knew what my life would be. It has been filled with the greatest music(s) and one beautiful hippy chick, who i married 45 years ago after the 1980s rolling stones tour. TY for the great life. Memories are priceless. Ty for sharing a little bit of the happiness i experienced.

@davidcarter1738 4 ай бұрын

Don't let the ole man in!

@unqualifiedsuccess3661 5 ай бұрын

As a complete Led Zeppelin fanatic, I totally love this live version of "Levee". So heavy, great bass, amazing drums and Robert's sublime harmonica work

@handlewithcare0007 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely! 😊

@billhorstkamp98 4 ай бұрын

You nailed it

@NegativeRust 3 ай бұрын

Probably goes for the rest of the band but you can tell Robert is enjoying this one 👍

@Terri63 2 ай бұрын

You can't even hear the bass. What are you talking about?

@Terri63 2 ай бұрын

You wanna hear heavy AF bass listen to Mel Schacher.

@douglasbuck711 Ай бұрын

Levee has always been in my top 10 Zep songs . I’m 70 and like it now like I did as a teenager. Only Zep song I learned on guitar.

@wtcwtc9861 8 ай бұрын

I was at this show. This clip gave me chills. It was just a few weeks before Physical Graffiti was released. Hearing The Wanton Song, Trampled Under Foot and Kashmir for the very 1st time in concert was so awesome. Especially Kashmir.

@bernieritters7206 8 ай бұрын

Always a treat to hear Led Zeppelin live, I saw them at Nassau Collesium Feb. 1975 Awesome Concert 🎸🎶🎵🎶☮️❤️

@cmberrian 7 ай бұрын

You guys are so lucky. I always fantasize when I listen to live zep imagining what it was like to hear them at concert volume and not today's average weak, lame ass volume that you can have a conversation over without screaming at the top of your lungs right next to your buddy's ear, I'm talking about the concert volume I at least experienced in the early and mid 80s when the bass would always rattle your lungs and sometimes even make your heart skip a beat..lol. where if you managed to sneak in a tape recorder, the results would be all distorted because the volume completely overloaded your shitty little condenser mic, which would have also happened if you were a time traveller and went back to record a concert on your phone. Whenever I see cell footage of a concert I always think about that, like why is this sound so clear, but you know the volume is terribly low because you can hear all kinds of people talking in their normal voices, not screaming. But yeah, I can't imagine John Bonham's drums at those incredible volumes, or some of Roberts high notes (pre '75). Fuckin...wow. I really can't imagine how incredible that all must have been. The loudest concert I think I ever went to was when my parents brought 11 or 12 year old me to the Who in 1982 at the Carrier dome in Syracuse NY. Oh yeah that was another regular thing -having your ears ring for a day or two after going to a concert. Remember that??? 😊

@benallmark9671 6 ай бұрын

Do remember what month it was ?

@gestet 6 ай бұрын

@@cmberrian "Oh yeah that was another regular thing -having your ears ring for a day or two after going to a concert. Remember that???" Yup 100%! In fact most/many of us have permanent hearing damage (whether one likes to admit this fact or not) due to this if we exposed ourselves to said 100 DB volumes on the regular as yound kids.

@letitbe777 4 ай бұрын

@@bernieritters7206, small world. I saw them at MSG in 1973? I could be off a year, 72. I remember it like it was yesterday….the concert that is! Year, not so sure on

@MasterTapes1960 Жыл бұрын

Led Zeppelin's music will forever be timeless.

@user-gw8wc1hu9z 5 ай бұрын

Это довольно странно, делать заявления по поводу того , что будет вне времени, находясь в реальном времени. Мы не знаем что будет с нами в следующий момент, а вы оперируете такими ( вневременными) категориями.

@Philip_LasVegas 2 ай бұрын

Agreed!

@jaybreen1010 3 жыл бұрын

This is like a dream! Hearing these played live with soundboard clarity at last. It's astounding that Page and Plant are both under the weather with recent flu and a broken finger respectively. If ever anyone finds the Brussels show in a soundboard recording from earlier in the month that would possibly be the holy grail because they started the tour firing on all cylinders. Some have mentioned Bonham and it's true - he was still advancing so much on his instrument and as a musician generally at this point. His chops were insane - his hands and stick heights had become drastically more efficient since the beginning and on this and the '77 tour his feature fills on things like Sick Again and eventually Achilles' Last Stand are absolutely devastating! Like an avalanche or the automatic gunfire of a squadron. And that's not even half of why he's the greatest to have ever played rock music.

@sheatiller2465 3 жыл бұрын

Plant doesn’t have flu here.

@jaybreen1010 3 жыл бұрын

@@sheatiller2465 He'd recently had it and his voice suffered for the whole leg. That's what "recent flu' meant in my comment as opposed to claiming he was actually sick with the flu. You can easily find interviews where he talked about it and other accounts that speak to this aspect of the NA leg of the '75 tour.

@sheatiller2465 3 жыл бұрын

@@jaybreen1010 he hadn’t recently had it at this point though. This was the first show of the whole American tour and the only one of the first leg where he wasn’t sick.

@jaybreen1010 3 жыл бұрын

Dave Lewis' 1997 book Led Zeppelin: The Concert File describes this flu and it resulting in one cancellation in Europe before they came over to America and received some bad reviews for his voice. And you can listen to the 2nd Chicago show and he takes most of the Wanton Song down an octave. They removed it the next night for the rest of the tour. Even on the show this post is from he struggles with his upper register and press reviews were often hard on his voice for this.

@jaybreen1010 3 жыл бұрын

@@sheatiller2465 They'd played warm up shows in Europe in Rotterdam and Brussels and the accounts I've read say he arrived in America having had the flu. But KZfaq history trolls don't care what anyone else has to say, especially about the most trivial of matters - they only want to be right and enforce their beliefs in nonconstructive dialogues. So, for you: "He would soon be sick. These are not the droids you're looking for."

@robertdecker6010 2 жыл бұрын

Bonzo was a human metronome that could play anything from Folk to Jazz to Motown to Metal...the GOAT!

@JamesFolkers Жыл бұрын

He did not play reggae - he hated it

@jeremybagnell5714 Жыл бұрын

His son Jason is just as good.

@chraffis Жыл бұрын

@@jeremybagnell5714 Ummmmm...... no. Good but not nearly as good.

@chraffis Жыл бұрын

@@JamesFolkers He thought it was gay. And boring.😉

@BlueBeeMCMLXI Жыл бұрын

He was human.

@gregmitro8560 Ай бұрын

Wanton Song, a "throwaway" from the fourth side of the best double rock album ever is greater than most bands top songs. Love it. Thank you for this!

@cmcken1 2 жыл бұрын

In my opinion, after all the iterations and line-ups post Zeppelin era, that have filled the drummers seat on this one, there's only one, John Henry Bonham. There's something about his hi-hat pulse that no one gets - his son included. It's a load of bollucks to me ears when anyone else attempts to play his parts. It's not the tone or the volume, or power-house feel... it's John's hi-hat feel. As simple as it sounds, it makes or breaks all of Zep's material. It's all over every damn track. It breathes a heart-beat pulse into every number he plays on. Whether it's Trampled Under Foot, Kashmir, Heartbreaker to Whole Lotta Love... Bonham breathed that pulse that made all their tunes come together. Bonham and Jones were like the glue that held everything from falling apart. This is just wild to hear this. What a fantastic find.

@echoluxe2022 2 жыл бұрын

well noted indeed

@robertmack7116 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve heard Page refer to ‘the most imitated left foot in Rock’, or something of that sort, when referring to Bonham.

@leo3521 2 жыл бұрын

You nailed it.

@Sacksalot 2 жыл бұрын

Had the second best tempo of any drummer ever

@anthonycavallo2328 2 жыл бұрын

Good observation ! The drummer is the most important member of a band ! He's driving the bus ! I've usually had the pleasure of working with great drummers , but when the drummer is weak ,the best musicians will never sound as good as they should ! I have been in that situation briefly ,a few times ! No pocket !!!

@zeplica2004 8 ай бұрын

saw them21 times and to this day they are the best live band i have ever seen and i am 69 years old!!!

@yeti1002 7 ай бұрын

21 xxx 's you saw Zeppelin, dam .

@zeplica2004 7 ай бұрын

15 x's madison square garden 3 x's philly spectrum 3 x's nassau coliseum ny.@@yeti1002

@steveczyz1864 7 ай бұрын

I am so jealous and envious of you 😎

@yeti1002 7 ай бұрын

@@steveczyz1864 me too .. I'm jealous 😭

@benallmark9671 6 ай бұрын

Wow that’s dame awesome !

@robertmarszalek1978 2 ай бұрын

Robert's voice was absolutely outstanding here early in the tour his voice was really strong sounded just as good as most of the album tracks and the whole band was incredibly tight here even with Jimmy's broken finger really surprising and amazing

@spilleradam 3 жыл бұрын

John Bonham was amazing, fantastic Drummer so precise and he’s power.

@jeremybagnell5714 Жыл бұрын

You should check out Led Zeppelin song 4 Sticks. It shows how talented John Bonham .

@chuckp1832 Жыл бұрын

His drum sound was huge as well, the way it should be.

@rodwells15 Ай бұрын

Bonham never had a bad night, when Plant or especially were out of Bonzo was keeping everything together. He was the heart of Zeppelin....he never miss a beat.

@DeanPrescott-lm1rg Жыл бұрын

This makes me happy to be alive! Led Zeppelin forever!

@iamgermane 4 ай бұрын

Ya Met Center in Bloomington, MN 1975. Those seats were white, yellow, green and gold. Torn down in the 1990s and is now a parking lot next to an Ikea.

@ryanotis7289 3 ай бұрын

Where’s that confounded double like button

@barrymorgan5104 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I'm a senior citizen now and I've never heard this live before. Awesome job, thanks

@melissapehrson9767 2 жыл бұрын

This is my first time hearing this particular recording. Absolutely amazing! What a gem! Just posted this on a group I belong to called Rock of ages where I was asked to be an admin on. It's a group on one of the media streams. Check it out you will find music like this and songs and groups you haven't heard in years or hearing for the first time! No cost nothing but a group of people sharing music they love!

@PutItAway101 2 жыл бұрын

Apparently they only tried it live once or twice and decided it couldn't do justice to the drum sound on the record. The other problem is the record keeps building up the intensity by adding more instruments and effects one at a time, can't do that live with just the four guys, so it becomes more a repetitive plod along the same intensity level all the way through, but it's still pretty good though. Just not the ever-building unstoppable path of destruction that is on the record.

@davidmarcum3432 2 жыл бұрын

Same here I'm an old bastard from the 70's.....ZEP, SABBATH, RUSH, YEAH JOURNEY, STYX, ..EARLY CRUE..ETC....ETC

@chrisgellion307 2 жыл бұрын

Same,,,, how did we get this old,,, is what it is I guess

@Fsalas1958 8 ай бұрын

I was at the LA Forum in 1977. So happy to see them perform. 65 year old and blessed to see the great ones perform in their prime.

@johnsenior478 8 ай бұрын

Amazing funk drums and bass on the Wanton Song…no bad tracks on Graffiti ..just a rock band pushing the envelope

@patrickduparc4207 7 ай бұрын

Yes , ils ont fait du RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS AVANT L HEURE 👍

@louise_rose 6 ай бұрын

@@patrickduparc4207 Definitely true, Wanton Song prefigures RHCP and also shows what a funky vibe these guys had. What a killer riff! 😸

@GarthWatkins-th3jt 5 ай бұрын

Bonham stomps it out in the Wanton Song. Savage funk, power and finesse.....just bad ass.

@mickblack2800 3 жыл бұрын

And to think l had to wait only 50yrs to hear a live recording of WTLB! 👊🇦🇺👍

@davewelch377 8 ай бұрын

Not one that sounds this good!!

@RoyPage1970 2 ай бұрын

Bootlegs of this have been around ever since 75 what is all of this nonsense about waiting 50 years I used to have this on a bootleg in the early eighties@@davewelch377

@daveshere Жыл бұрын

When you hear live performances like this , ....it's just so obvious why the band would not continue after the loss of John Bonham.

@tonyharris4766 9 ай бұрын

He was such a force of nature with the drums. His playing was always so appropriate, always with such an intrinsic sense of rhythm, if only we knew how he did it. He was never over-the-top with his playing, and never understated as though he were just sitting in the background waiting for something to happen. His playing was always so appropriate, always with such a strong sense of rhythm. What a loss to the world that he passed away so unfortunately so very much too soon.

@tanapatpeemanee1230 8 ай бұрын

The CORE skeleton of the band ... " The MAIN ACE " ... Bonham

@Mark-lq3sb 8 ай бұрын

The band had been having problems before Bonzo's death. People not showing up for recording sessions and not writing songs and some bickering between them. You can find books and interviews with the band members attesting to this. Bonzo's death was something the rest agreed upon would be the end for Zeppelin and lets be honest, who the hell could replace Bonzo?! At the time his son Jason was too young to step-in for his father, but later we all know Jason did a fantastic job performing with Robert, Jimmy and John Paul. I'm proud to be able to say I attended two Zeppelin shows! *Long Live Led Zeppelin!*

@LoveOneAnotherHeSaid 26 күн бұрын

My cat is not responding. She is swaying to the mighty groove of the world's most cosmic band.

@tomcooper6108 9 ай бұрын

Love the fact that they don't ruin the song by speeding up the tempo. Its still all the feeling as the LP version

@desicoinc.7956 3 жыл бұрын

If you hear Thunder, it's BONZO having a go at it for Eternity...

@leom6165 3 жыл бұрын

Great comment

@thomasmoore3125 Жыл бұрын

@@leom6165 what he said!!!!!!

@davidsimmons9763 3 жыл бұрын

Plant doing an awesome job with that harmonica!!!

@kiljoy3254 2 жыл бұрын

I’m surprised Plant never sings with guitar... like, say, Glen Frey. I understand it wasn’t a Zep thing, but he could easily be a good guitarist. I presume he writes songs with guitar in hand. I have seen him play elec guitar live but was a bit surprised how ‘linear’ he was... nothing like his vocals and harmonica playing

@anthonycavallo2328 2 жыл бұрын

A great harmonica player ! Listen to the rough cut of bring it on Home ! Plant and Bonham are incredible ! I like it better than the studio version !

@mjp96 Жыл бұрын

@@anthonycavallo2328 and that is saying a LOT!!

@JuniorFarquar 10 ай бұрын

My favorite stylist on the harmonica

@jdevine42 3 жыл бұрын

Saw every LZ tour between 1971 and 1979, some multiple times, and I never remember hearing Levee live and its amazing

@josephhavalotti997 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I wasn’t born early enough, I saw Now and Zen,Plant and Page and Jason Bonham , Man I could only wish!!

@jdevine42 2 жыл бұрын

@@josephhavalotti997 The 1971 concert at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island NY was the only religious experience I ever had in my life. I didnt even know ANY of their songs except the AM version of Whole Lotta Love. I was mostly a Beach Boys fan at the time

@gregurosevic5412 2 жыл бұрын

They only played it live a couple of times

@slayer51811 2 жыл бұрын

I heard it's very rare of them to play When the Levee Breaks live

@ctrlshiftqq9846 2 жыл бұрын

They only played it at this show I believe. Btw did you record any of the shows you were at

@kjarvie1 2 ай бұрын

Was at concert aged 17 from Scotland unforgettable after 50 years ❤ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@peteshaw7848 5 ай бұрын

They don't write music like this anymore! Page's grinding guitar work is absolutely eerie, haunting....while the rest of the guys compliment Page perfectly. Page takes an original composition and blows it out into the stratosphere 😎

@lolacademy5126 5 ай бұрын

Agree completely!

@stitchgrimly6167 5 ай бұрын

They didn't write music like this THEN. Levee is from 1927.

@lolacademy5126 5 ай бұрын

@@stitchgrimly6167 Lmao This is nothing like the 1927 version. Can't you see that? 😂

@peteshaw7848 5 ай бұрын

@@stitchgrimly6167 Did you even READ my comment? Can you read and comprehend the English language? Once again for the SLOW people, I wrote *"Page takes an original composition and blows it out into the stratosphere"* Sheeesh! Time-wasters 😏🙄

@peteshaw7848 5 ай бұрын

@@stitchgrimly6167 You think I didn't know that this isn't the original version of this track? It's in my comment, you "genius" 😂

@johnshields6852 8 ай бұрын

I was 15 in 1975 spending many nights drinking and drugging in friends basement blacklights, blacklight posters tripping to Zep, Floyd great music memories.

@jamesmack3314 8 ай бұрын

Indeed I’m right there with you! Crazy times..but such memories! Cough!

@cleatusbarncoat8642 5 ай бұрын

I was there! And I took 2 empty wooden speaker cabinets, put blinking xmas lights in them with an opaque face lens on each for my own stage, light show. Heaven!

@markhicks8864 Жыл бұрын

I was at this concert. 9th row. This was opening night of Zeppelin's American tour. I remember the announcer who introduced the show as the American return of Led Zeppelin. Jimi page had hurt his finger a few days earlier and played a lot of slide guitar that night. On the one hand it was really cool because I saw a bunch of songs that they usually didn't play live. On the other hand, being a guitarist, I wanted to watch Jimi Page up close. Robert Plant sounded really good that night. Bonham and Jones were the same as always; solid.

@medicinelodgeband7432 Жыл бұрын

What show was this Mark ?

@markhicks8864 Жыл бұрын

@@medicinelodgeband7432 Bloomington Minnesota. Met center.

@markhicks8864 Жыл бұрын

It’s no longer there. The land is now part of the mall of America. Also it was about halfway through the show that Robert Plant explained Jimi’s finger injury. He said something like it happened on a train in London. I didn’t really understand the explanation of what happened.

@medicinelodgeband7432 Жыл бұрын

That is so awesome you got to see them during the physical graffiti era. The closest I got was plant and page in Memphis at the pyramid! I can't imagine getting to see them in the seventies in their element !

@davec2107 8 ай бұрын

I was at the forum in Los Angeles for the show from that tour. Plant explained to the crowd That they were chasing around on the train and one of the doors on the train slammed shut on Jimmy's finger.

@debmccorkle4845 8 ай бұрын

Most people nowadays don’t realize this transition phase in rock music and how difficult it was for musicians/artists.. they over came so much to perform.. record deal crooks.. manages who would steal their hard work and dedication for their profits.. they had to tour and write simultaneously.. travel, leave their homes and commit to contracts.. we were transitioning from small venue live music to these huge spaces. Typically huge hollow concrete sporting event locations. This was the beginning.. nothing was perfected yet.. they were the entrepreneurs making something happen.. The sound was often horrible no matter how good you were as artists because you were in an area that could house thousands of ticket sales not deliver sound.. on top of that your performance had to be viewed from a long way off.. no more standing around in front of a drum kit.. laser light shows and flashy costumes with antics designed to visually please the audience in the nosebleed section.. fans were going through a phase of festival seating mania.. it was push your way in the gate.. push your way through the doors.. push your way to the stage.. huge mobs of crazed stoned people could lift you off the ground and smoosh you forward.. getting trampled or suffocated was real.. So, the necessity of raising the stage became imperative to save the show, the musicians, the equipment.. guards and seating grew out of this hysteria.. Vast new challenges.. acoustics, power, volume, and equipment that could deliver music the way it was intended when it was written/recorded. The performances were something like an endurance race… many bands gained fame because they claimed to love their audiences and played for hours.. “jam”… improvise.. rock! Led Zeppelin was the Master of this jam theory.. no one could stand up to Bonham’s four hours of thunder.. no one could challenge them in any arena back then.. they were each perfection.. the loudest and finest musicians often told to turn it down.. which meant exhausting physical challenges for all four of them.. especially the athlete (beyond olympic) Bonham. He never got to ease up play softly.. They were on the leading edge of loud & very deservingly proud. You could hear them outside for a long way off.. strong and perfect for hours! The loudest bands weren’t always the best either.. these guys had it all.. shrouded in a fairytale mystic type of escapism that teens gravitated to. It was genius on Jimmy’s part.. every challenge quickly mastered (weather couldn’t stop them either).. while they rose to the top and stayed.. nothing primitive about them.. they were a new avant garde .. in a time when country rock was selling on billboard top 100.. everyone wanted Led Zeppelin’s music on vinyl and live.. we couldn’t wait for more.. we couldn’t get enough.. tragedy after tragedy struck.. we were honored to have sailed with The Led Zeppelin! It was exquisite! 🤘🏻😎❤️‍🔥💃🏼

@user-it6gu3zg9t 3 ай бұрын

THATS A BEAUTIFUL STATEMENT !

@chraffis Жыл бұрын

Ah, Bloomington, MN 3/27/75. A 31f degree day with 30mph winds in the late afternoon and evening. Grey, blustery day with a great, bluesy evening. Plant had the flu. Page had a broken finger. Probably why he suggested a slide number they had never played live before...

@marcielynn4886 2 ай бұрын

Saw them in Honolulu in the summer of 69. Two hits of peach acid. Best concert ever.

@gerz1987 2 жыл бұрын

I love this song in studio now hearing this live version blows my mind!! Led Zep simply the best band ever 🤘

@jeremybagnell5714 Жыл бұрын

💯

@billhorstkamp98 3 ай бұрын

Yes, indeed

@chrischristie1486 3 ай бұрын

I’ve been into Zep since I got pubes but I’ve never heard a different version of Levee. It’s a magical experience. Thank you the Zep gods for finding this for me. My heart is swelling with the beauty of it ROCK AND ROLL❤️❤️❤️

@GBuds_RVremodel Ай бұрын

Memphis Minnie first recorded her song, then did a duel that's in this link. The photos are from the 1927 flood that spured Minnie to write the song a couple years later. Most British rock originated in the Deltas of Arkansas and Mississippi. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qd2YeMRp29u0Zok.htmlsi=nudM4jo13F3PPxHn

@bernielomax532 4 ай бұрын

Heard Immigrant Song in 1970 at 11 years old and knew I would love this band forever.

@1972340Demon 8 ай бұрын

Wow! I was there and saw their dress rehearsal the night before the tour began, and worked the show as well! Worked at Met Center from 1972-1985. Amazing to hear this after all these years!

@MrRocky27271 8 ай бұрын

I was at this concert also. I remember they were a couple of hours late. I thought it was because of an issue in Chicago regarding their hotel. I don't think they started until around 11pm. The crowd was pretty messed up by that point.

@manuelcesarsalgadolopez2181 8 ай бұрын

Eres muy afortunado!!

@notrocketscience7441 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant....grinding, hard and heavy AF

@juliemanarin4127 8 ай бұрын

Greatest 4 musicians...greatest band to ever grace the planet!

@RoyPage1970 2 ай бұрын

I think this is the one that dogs on Robert plant all the time

@mikeanderson6543 2 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable one of Zeppelins greatest songs. I wish they would have kept it in the set list for as long as they played.

@kennethbutler1343 8 ай бұрын

They did in 1976 at Madison Square Garden....

@francoamerican4632 8 ай бұрын

They didn't play MSG in 1976.

@kennethbutler1343 8 ай бұрын

Maybe 1977? It was June 6th

@rickss69 8 ай бұрын

They did a great job as usual, but that is not their song to claim...just another one in a long list they snitched and never gave proper credit to the original writer.

@tanapatpeemanee1230 8 ай бұрын

As.. actually this song from mississippy around in US like going to California ... ha ha / please check it 😊

@randybyers9492 5 ай бұрын

I am glad to say I was there that night. Ours was the first American audiance to hear songs from Physical Graffiti including Kashmir. What a night! I think this was one of the very few times Zep played Levee in concert. That night, I remember Bonham's bass drum sounded like a cannon! Great show!!!!! Last time I was able to see them.

@grahamfay2473 2 ай бұрын

Robert Plant's harmonica is just awesome. What a band!! Just raw talent makes your heart beat faster and lifts your spirit.

@richardbicknell2140 9 ай бұрын

One of the best bands ever, JPJ always not mentioned. I grew up in Led Zep country, Stourbridge, have met band members, great regular guys not full of self importance

@lossm Жыл бұрын

The best band of all times...

@JJG5150 9 ай бұрын

Along with Van Halen! Absolutely!

@KimBranam Ай бұрын

77 for me. Always and forever Zeppelin ❤

@briancullen9575 8 ай бұрын

It’s a shame Wanton Song didn’t stay in their set lists, that was really good.

@JJG5150 9 ай бұрын

That wanton song guitar part is so cool and it drives the whole song! Page is so amazing!

@chair8540 5 ай бұрын

reading comments is just as good while listrening .so many great fans too.

@kevinkhoy7171 Жыл бұрын

Robert Plant & his Harmonica made the whole song! He was Great on that live Jam! A True "Bluesman"

@markdelcheccolo9191 2 жыл бұрын

I have seen Led Zeppelin In 1973, 1975 and 1977 all at Madison Square Garden in NYC.. So Great 👍

@sawthemin77 2 жыл бұрын

I love all the 77 msg shows .

@jdg62269 Жыл бұрын

I would say, "Unbelievable!". But it's Led Zeppelin at their finest in '75. And Jimmy strummin with 2.5 fingers.😳

@ccnoble4479 8 ай бұрын

Led Zeppelin were studio gods with their heavy multi tracking intricate songs. Never expect them to sound like the Record live , they were a jam band live ..

@TheDiamondsions 7 ай бұрын

Arguably greatest live band ever from 1968 to 1975

@jirihotarek4996 Жыл бұрын

This is so great!! Amazing guitar solo from mr. Page!!! Greatest band ever.

@parkemason8482 8 ай бұрын

Greatest hard rock song ever recorded. God bless the Zep!

@williamhudson4938 8 ай бұрын

How old are you? Great recording, yes. The best, hardly.

@Josh-gi1kt 2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit never heard a live version of when the levee breaks this is absolutely ridiculous favorite band of all time

@jenniferhunt8821 3 ай бұрын

4 men with talents 🎸🥁🎹🎼🎤got together and goes by Led-Zeppelin 💯❤️‍🔥😎👍🥰 Best Rock Ever Rock N Roll Rock On 🤘 🥰😎🤩

@Marshwife 8 ай бұрын

Damn I knew that auditorium looked familiar… Bloomington met center was the best ice in hockey in its day… and a damn fine place for a concert, my graduation, and major tailgating…!!! I missed their last tour, John passed away when, we had back stage passes won from KQRS, such a huge loss ..!! I feel their music to my soul, have since the first notes I heard…

@BrainBrew-hn6dz 7 ай бұрын

Yes, there have been and are many supergroups, but there is only ONE Led Zeppelin…. which is the greatest band EVER, i.m.o. It goes without saying that ‘Ten Years Gone’ is my favorite Led Zep song, besides ‘The Rain Song,’ as that it has a particular resonance with me in having lost my first love, my true love years ago. For me, though, it would be ‘Forty Years Gone.’ Lord, how I’d loved that woman. I was a fool back then, however, and had driven away a remarkable, kind, and affectionate lady who’d checked off every imaginable check box of positivity that you could ever imagine. Although, in having said that, listening to Zep takes me back to those youthful days when I’d run 8 to 10 miles a day, listening to Zeppelin the entire time on my Sony Walkman. On one occasion, I was running during a cool night with fog rising up all around and surrounding me as I’d listened to ‘No Quarter.’ That was such an atmospheric and surreal run for me, with the moody, menacing, and moving music and lyrics being perfectly complimented by the wall of fog which had risen up all around me. The next song which came blasting through my sweaty headphones was the ‘Immigrant Song,’ another song which was perfectly enhanced by the ocean of rolling fog, as well. Long live Led-Zeppelin and those who are their inspired, loyal, and fanatical fans. Thank you for posting this , amazing, animated, and aspiring concert. Mind blown! 🤯

@ericbitzer5247 6 ай бұрын

I too was selfish and broke up with a good woman who checked all the boxes. We were young and immature, both of us.

@michaelthomas8581 2 ай бұрын

I seen Zeppelin in early 70s 72 to be exact. Tuscaloosa Al. Hands Down The Best Classic Rock Band in the World. 😎✝️✌️☮️🎶🎶🎶

@epameinondaszachos8415 5 ай бұрын

What a Song, what a Band and what a Performance !!! Thanks Led Zeppelin for all your fantastic Songs !

@missbrooke1781 5 ай бұрын

I totally love this. Thank you for uploading this! ❤😊

@user-qq6rr3hw8o 8 ай бұрын

What I would not give to go back in time and attend dozens of Zepp shows, just amazing stuff.

@michaelrenkes4463 9 ай бұрын

Un-fricking-believable. This is probably my favorite Zeppelin song.

@thomask2043 8 ай бұрын

"BEST BAND EVER "

@JOEZEPPI1968 2 жыл бұрын

5 dislikes that is 5 people who will never know the love of a woman

@shredwell2326 2 жыл бұрын

funny

@paullevine1813 8 ай бұрын

How true but they seem to love there hand. LOL !!!!

@oraciocarbajal5595 2 жыл бұрын

The POWER of the drums!!!!!!!

@michaelloffredo9913 5 ай бұрын

These guys were musical gold. Power from a higher dimension. All the Zep naysayers over the years were either jealous or souless.

@surfrby8876 Жыл бұрын

They sounded great here ! and We all know JPJ is brilliant and well respected , hey bass and keyboard won’t get the spotlight unless your a singer, , not everyone wants it which is fine , JPJ is a humble genius which we all love

@drumdad67 Жыл бұрын

Great description of JPJ….humble genius!!!! Awesome!!!!!

@luvbasses5487 Жыл бұрын

Definitely a prodigy boy. He grew up under the piano and was on tour with his family from a very young age. Without his tremendous contributions to Zeppelin they surely wouldn’t have gained their famed cruising altitude. No way.

@djmikio 2 ай бұрын

F__king Bonham!!! To this day I've never heard a drummer deliver that kind of swing while being that heavy.

@davietobin 8 ай бұрын

Greatest drummer ever in the greatest band in history.❤

@jamesmack3314 8 ай бұрын

Great but Moon was more talented

@tanapatpeemanee1230 8 ай бұрын

The true BACK BONEs (Skeleton bones ) of the band ... The Great Bonham !

@boweryhester 4 ай бұрын

god how i love this number. like this version: sludgey, full of tension, massively apocalyptic

@GBuds_RVremodel Ай бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qd2YeMRp29u0Zok.htmlsi=nudM4jo13F3PPxHn

@user-gs6hg5lx8s 7 ай бұрын

They broke the mold of the old blues and brought it into a new a new global expression D D

@dja.3004 3 жыл бұрын

Live or studio, this song simply kicks ass & The Wanton Song is good too 🤘

@stephaniebanks3745 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely magnificent, breathtaking, thank you!

@dkelley9661 8 ай бұрын

Very interesting hearing it live. It really exposes the parts that were double tracked. Zep was essentially a trio with a vocalist making it difficult to get a full sound as anyone who’s played in a trio can attest. Bonzo always sounded big to me, which is why I suspect they hired him. John Paul Jones simply doesn’t get enough credit either as he added so much to Zep’s sound, versatility. 🎉

@ronnieswartz4921 2 жыл бұрын

I saw this when I was 15...I remember it like yesterday. Good lord... 💗

@gregbeck8895 Жыл бұрын

No other band can top these 4 blokes as they are the Best Band ever .. Led Zep cannot be replicated. They reinvented the old Delta & Chicago blues genre with the fury of a tsunami !! Their short lived career stabbed the eyes and ears of many with unforgettable music and performances.. They made the right decision to disband after the “journey” of JB into the universe.. RIP Long live the Legacy of a musical shape shifting quartet never to be forgotten whose music is infinite .. & personas became legendary

@daveyvane9431 Жыл бұрын

Wow. I guess you love them very, very much.

@rondarnell949 Жыл бұрын

I read a comment yesterday that I really like. It said "Led Zeppelin were their own genre" not glam, or metal, folk , rock, country, prog, it was just LED ZEPPELIN!

@jayannakelley9051 Жыл бұрын

@@rondarnell949- lol.. I usually comment that or they ‘were a sphere of their own’.. I will love Led Zep till I’m planted…🌟🌹

@frunk6006 10 ай бұрын

Short lived? 11-12 years

@rondarnell949 10 ай бұрын

@@jayannakelley9051 I had 4 older brothers, the oldest was at Woodstock the one below him were burning draftcards on the DC Mall lawn in 71. To say I wasn't born with a silver spoon but a vinyl Zeppelin album wouldn't be stretching the truth too much. LED-ZEPPELIN fucking ROCKS !✌️

@boujogi 2 жыл бұрын

I saw the Brussels concert. I was 15 years old. My first concert ever and it started with Led Zeppelin! I'll never forget it and even though the sound was crap, I enjoyed every damned second of it! Thank to my big brother who took me with him that night! That's when I decided to ask my dad to buy me a guitar but that's another story...

@scatlizard 2 жыл бұрын

This is awesome. How anyone can dislike this is beyond me. I only wish I was old enough to witness it.

@tomd2922 Жыл бұрын

I am 68 years old and I saw this tour live at Nassau Coliseum in NY. I drove there with my best friend in a Barracuda with two super hot Babes. The concert was Amazing . What a blessing 😎

@daveyvane9431 Жыл бұрын

But then you’d be a senior citizen and your pee pee wouldnt work anymore

@kimberlywalker3970 Жыл бұрын

This is so cool. When the Levee Breaks is my favorite song.

@murcules33 8 ай бұрын

Mine too, mind-blowing every time!

@docbobster 8 ай бұрын

I had the great fortune of seeing them 2 nights later in Chicago, where they also played Levee. But this version of Levee sounds amazing.

@JJG5150 9 ай бұрын

This song is spectacular ❤ what they did to it is so creative & musical genius!

@williamnagy3901 8 ай бұрын

It’s a cover

@rebootnut Жыл бұрын

I love the chugginess of this performance!

@jaimep8481 Жыл бұрын

Damn The only thing I ever brag about in this life, is seeing these guys at the Garden when I was 15. '77 Kinda is in my blood.

@BillyinRetroNola 2 жыл бұрын

They only played this live a handful of times on their early 1975 tour. The fans that were there, were lucky to hear that live! This is the best recording I have heard though! Most were recorded in the back of the stadiums!!! 👍👍

@johnwilliams-xj9qx 2 жыл бұрын

First time of hearing this live, their music just gets better with time and I've had 50 years to appreciate it since i saw them live at Wembley Empire Pool.

@JU5TINPDX 3 ай бұрын

11:00 the chorus to “the wanton song” is incredible… the entire first minute of the song is spent with chords that don’t resolve. It’s like teasing the listener, and just when everything feels off balance and about to crash… 11:00 Jimmy plays a descending line of notes that resolves everything beautifully, and restores balance.

@artificialred1995 8 ай бұрын

Power, Mystique and the Hammer Of The Gods! There will never be another. 🤘🏼

@sawthemin77 2 жыл бұрын

Just the Best Band EVER !!!

@RJMStereoUndergroundLTD 2 ай бұрын

Bravo Led Zep...

@edwardlagrossa1246 6 ай бұрын

Saw Led Zeppelin 6 times between June 21-28 1977 at the LA Forum. I was 22 years old and it was the greatest week of my life!

@GregMaizlish 5 ай бұрын

I caught those shows too just having graduated high school.

@siggifreud812 5 ай бұрын

I'll bet there was no weed smoked by you during that week.....😬

@avodiablackheart6131 3 ай бұрын

They could drive a groove into nastiness, outrageous power players of the day!! ahh the days of the heavy r&r grinding musicians, thanx for the memories guys... ♥️

@tridibbiswas3824 3 жыл бұрын

Damn never knew levee was played live

@slayer51811 2 жыл бұрын

It was but very rarely did they play this awesome song live

@pappyodanial 2 жыл бұрын

I like how Bonzo does on the snare what the echoplex did on the track... that's sick

@Mark-lq3sb 8 ай бұрын

When The Levee Breaks got the most radio play during the summer of The Great Flood of 1993 along the Mighty Mississippi and Missouri rivers in St. Louis. At the the time I was working in a flood plain of the Missouri river. Everyday at lunch time that summer a couple of us would drive down to the levee, and everyday it would get closer and closer to the top. One Friday after work we were sitting in a bar enjoying a few cold ones. Sudden live breaking news story on the TV, the levee had breached in the Chesterfield valley where we worked. My buddy yelled out... Beers on me! We're out of work boys...