Sunday, June 28, 2026

Led Zeppelin 1969-04-24 Fillmore West,San Francisco,CA (Reels-DAT-CDR)

Led Zeppelin
1969.04.24
San Francisco, California (USA)
Fillmore West
"The Dancing Avocado" - Private Release
Stereo Audience Recording (mics right on stage)

Master Reel > DAT > CDR (HHB850) > WAV (EAC) > SHN > FLAC8 (see notes below)

1. leader / tuneups (01:02)
2. As Long As I Have You (18:16)
3. Killing Floor (08:53)
4. White Summer (10:10)
5. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (07:11) (2 or 3 secs cut at beginning)
6. Pat's Delight (12:13)

Total: (57:45)

Jameskg's Notes:
This is pretty close to the high speed reel master source, with only one CDR gen (if the 
lineage is to be believed). Presence has a DAT of this master he says is a hair longer, but 
he can't get it to cooperate and may try to get another copy from the trader. His probably 
won't have suffered from the track cuts my source did, so it'll be a bit different, if he can 
ever track it back down. For now, here's mine.


Extended Lineage info:
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2 neumann u89s (on stage)
master reel @ 15ips
datx?
hhb 850
eac
cd wave (bad cuts, but seemingly no data lost)
mkwact (SHN)

JAMESKG:
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- SHN to WAV (FOOBAR2000)
- CEP 2.0 to fix splices (mostly ALAIHY, KF - see below)
- WAV to FLAC8 (FLAC FRONTEND) verified, aligned on sectors. No clicks, pops.

This show had some PA problems in a few places (Jones' bass rig, mainly) and the PA had a slight buzz 
all night (only noticeable between songs or very quiet passages). But hey, that's how it went down that 
night, so it's just like being there - except - Plant's mic seems distant - which adds credibility to 
the 2 neumanns on stage thing. They'd have picked up the drums and amps and Roberts voice would have 
been on the house PA, which was probably just forward of the mics (or in line). I kind of like it this 
way - as I can really hear the band!

This is a good source, but the track marks were screwed up. I fixed them all and merged the splits back 
together. A DC surge was corrected at 7:56.50 in ALAIHY.
There is a tape speed up during recording in White summer - I slowed the section back down to match pitch 
the best I could. You can tell where it is, but I recovered 3 or 4 seconds of lost Jimmy no one has probably 
heard since then!
Converted to flac 8 when done. The taper didn't do a perfect job, but the sound is a B+ or an A.

Presence's Notes:
Can't take any credit for this one -- it's all Jameskg's baby. And an incredible sounding one at that. A MUST 
HAVE. This blows away any and all bootleg releases.  

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