Led Zeppelin
Immigrant Song/Out On The Tiles
Bath Festival, Shepton Mallet, England, 1970-6-28
Empress Valley, audience recording
Limited unnumbered edition of 200 EVSD 68/69
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Disc 1
01 Immigrant Song
02 Heartbreaker
03 Dazed And Confused
04 Bring It On Home
05 Since I've Been Loving You
06 Organ Solo/Thank You
07 The Boy Next Door (That's The Way)
08 What Is And What Should Never Be
Disc 2
01 Moby Dick
02 How Many More Times (includes Down By The River, The Hunter, Goota Keep Moving, Boogie Woogie, Honey Bee, Sweet Home Chicago, Need Your LOve Tonight, That's Alright, Long Distance Call Blues, Lemon Song)
03 Whole Lotta Love
04 Communication Breakdown
05 Rock Medley (includes Long Tall Sally, Johnny B Goode, Rocky Road Blues, Say Mama, That's Alright)
If this audience recording is a big improvement above the previous abyssal one, it is only a fair recording at its best. Muffled and distorded in places.
Below is the review from BootledZ :
EV doesn't have the weird background noise like the other titles. That is a big improvement and makes it a bit clearer, but it doesn't make a large difference. It's still the same below average quality recording
EV's are the only titles to feature tape before the show. It does not repeat any of the organ solo or Thank You like on the other two titles. It also includes the beginning of the organ solo. Overall, EV adds almost 3 minutes of tape between songs. This may be evidence of a second source tape. The sound quality of this extra time is slightly different
And Here Underground Uprising :
Bath Festival 1970 (Empress Valley EVSD68/69) - 2CD
June 28, 1970 Shepton Mallet - England
DISC ONE: Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Dazed And Confused, Bring It On Home, Since I've Been Loving You, Organ Solo, Thank You, The Boy Next Door (That's The Way) What Is And What Should Never Be
DISC TWO: Moby Dick, How Many More Times, Whole Lotta Love Communication Breakdown, Rock And Roll Medley
This set was issued twice by Empress Valley. The original set, Immigrant Song/Out On The Tiles, is packaged in a single pocket hard cardboard sleeve that lifts the artwork from an official Atlantic Records Japanese 45 single right down to the Atlantic logo. The original set also includes a 50+ page mini replica program from the festival. The reissue, Bath Festival 1970, utilizes the "Empress Valley"-stlye long box format. The insert included in the reissued set is a two sided reprint of the first sets' artwork on a glossy card. The initial shipment of the reissued set also included festival programs leftover from the first release. Both releases contain the same discs and both sets are limited editions of 200 un-numbered sets. The source tape presented here is clear, but distorted, at times unbalanced and lacks the low end frequencies. It is possible that the acoustics of the open air venue might have been a contributing factor to the state of the recording. The mediocre sound is offset by a frenzied and inspired performance. It's rather a pity that the audio couldn't have been just a little bit better for this show. The acoustic track "The Boy Next Door" (That's The Way) is slightly easier on the ear. It's very close to what would be released on Led Zeppelin III. This is also it's debut performance. There's several quick tape swaps just prior to the start of How Many More Times and another one with about 3 minutes left in the track. HMMT features a medley section that includes snippets of Down By The River, The Hunter, Boogie Woogie, Honey Bee, That's Alright, Long Distance Blues, The Lemon Song and more. The audience is not satisfied and are demanding more. Whole Lotta Love is the first encore and Communication Breakdown is the second. Even that is not enough, the crowds are still calling out for more. What follows is a medley of classics, some of which were just played in the HMMT medley! This is perhaps the worst part of the tape with speed issues, even more distortion, volume fluctuations, and more. Recommended even with the lackluster audio and tape issues as this is a brilliant performance and probably ranks in the top 5 Zeppelin shows ever. (Steve Prendergast March 03)
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