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Earl's Court May 24, 1975
The most famous of the five nights at Earls Court, largely because it has long been available in a near complete soundboard recording. The many releases used a combination of the video soundtrack and a proper soundboard source tape. However this was incomplete, running for only 180 minutes. Several years ago Celebration released the 4CD Odysseus, which should and could have been much better. More soundboard tape was used (in Dazed and Confused and for Moby Dick), but there were still gaps in the acoustic section which should have been filled by the audience source. Recently however even more of the soundboard source tape appeared, and this was used by Watch Tower for their 4CD release To Be A Rock And Not To Roll. The gaps were carefully filled with an excellent audience tape. Unfortunately, like so many of Watch Tower's releases, this was again spoilt by numerous digital 'clicks' and 'ticks'. Empress Valley rush released the 4CD He Must Be Dazed And Confused to counteract this. The sound quality is similar to Watch Tower, perhaps a very small improvement, but the big gain is in the strength of Robert Plant's voice, which is much louder and clearer in this new version. Again the gaps have been filled with an excellent audience tape.
CD1
1. Introduction by Nick Horne (1:34)
2. Rock And Rol (4:09)
3. Sick Again (6:53)
4. Over The Hills And Far Away (8:17)
5. In My Time Of Dying (12:34)
6. The Song Remains The Same (5:40)
7. The Rain Song (9:27)
8. Kashmir (11:16)
CD2
1. No Quarter (24:03)
2. Tangerine (5:10)
3. Going To California (6:06)
4. That's The Way (8:53)
5. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (8:08)
CD3
1. Trampled Underfoot (10:13)
2. Moby Dick (29:27)
3. Dazed And Confused (34:19)
CD4
1. Stairway To Heaven (14:16)
2. Whole Lotta Love (6:38)
3. Black Dog (7:19)
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Earl's Court May 25, 1975
This release is undoubtably the most important and exciting release of an Earls Court concert for a very long time. A virtually complete soundboard source tape has been discovered, and used to dramatic effect. In fact the sound quality rivals the previous night, it is simply superb. Again the gaps have been filled with the audience tape (the end of No Quarter and parts of the acoustic section are missing from the soundboard and have been filled with the audience recording). Thank goodness Empress Valley did not repeate their complete howler as they did for the New York 29th July 1973 soundboard release (Grand Finale), by using the previous night's soundboard to fill the gaps. Therefore this last night, all 222 minutes of it, is destined to become a classic, much sought after by fans. Wishing to capitalize on this Empress Valley subsequently released the last night as a seperate 4CD set called The Zeppelin Express Physical Rocket.
CD1
1. No Quarter (27:18)
2. Tangerine (3:30)
3. Going To California (6:05)
4. Over The Hills And Far Away (8:22)
5. Bron-yr-Aur Stomp (7:46)
6. Trampled Underfoot (10:39)
CD2
1. Intro by Alan 'Fluff' Freeman (2:24)
2. Rock And Roll (3:59)
3. Sick Again (6:17)
4. That's The Way (8:48)
5. In My Time Of Dying (13:15)
6. The Song Remains The Same (5:13)
CD3
1. Moby Dick (22:24)
2. Dazed And Confused (32:56)
3. Stairway To Heaven (13:00)
CD4
1. Whole Lotta Love (7:29)
2. Black Dog (7:46)
3. Heartbreaker (9:49)
4. Communication Breakdown (5:57)
Download mirrors here -
The most famous of the five nights at Earls Court, largely because it has long been available in a near complete soundboard recording. The many releases used a combination of the video soundtrack and a proper soundboard source tape. However this was incomplete, running for only 180 minutes. Several years ago Celebration released the 4CD Odysseus, which should and could have been much better. More soundboard tape was used (in Dazed and Confused and for Moby Dick), but there were still gaps in the acoustic section which should have been filled by the audience source. Recently however even more of the soundboard source tape appeared, and this was used by Watch Tower for their 4CD release To Be A Rock And Not To Roll. The gaps were carefully filled with an excellent audience tape. Unfortunately, like so many of Watch Tower's releases, this was again spoilt by numerous digital 'clicks' and 'ticks'. Empress Valley rush released the 4CD He Must Be Dazed And Confused to counteract this. The sound quality is similar to Watch Tower, perhaps a very small improvement, but the big gain is in the strength of Robert Plant's voice, which is much louder and clearer in this new version. Again the gaps have been filled with an excellent audience tape.
CD1
1. Introduction by Nick Horne (1:34)
2. Rock And Rol (4:09)
3. Sick Again (6:53)
4. Over The Hills And Far Away (8:17)
5. In My Time Of Dying (12:34)
6. The Song Remains The Same (5:40)
7. The Rain Song (9:27)
8. Kashmir (11:16)
CD2
1. No Quarter (24:03)
2. Tangerine (5:10)
3. Going To California (6:06)
4. That's The Way (8:53)
5. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (8:08)
CD3
1. Trampled Underfoot (10:13)
2. Moby Dick (29:27)
3. Dazed And Confused (34:19)
CD4
1. Stairway To Heaven (14:16)
2. Whole Lotta Love (6:38)
3. Black Dog (7:19)
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Earl's Court May 25, 1975
This release is undoubtably the most important and exciting release of an Earls Court concert for a very long time. A virtually complete soundboard source tape has been discovered, and used to dramatic effect. In fact the sound quality rivals the previous night, it is simply superb. Again the gaps have been filled with the audience tape (the end of No Quarter and parts of the acoustic section are missing from the soundboard and have been filled with the audience recording). Thank goodness Empress Valley did not repeate their complete howler as they did for the New York 29th July 1973 soundboard release (Grand Finale), by using the previous night's soundboard to fill the gaps. Therefore this last night, all 222 minutes of it, is destined to become a classic, much sought after by fans. Wishing to capitalize on this Empress Valley subsequently released the last night as a seperate 4CD set called The Zeppelin Express Physical Rocket.
CD1
1. No Quarter (27:18)
2. Tangerine (3:30)
3. Going To California (6:05)
4. Over The Hills And Far Away (8:22)
5. Bron-yr-Aur Stomp (7:46)
6. Trampled Underfoot (10:39)
CD2
1. Intro by Alan 'Fluff' Freeman (2:24)
2. Rock And Roll (3:59)
3. Sick Again (6:17)
4. That's The Way (8:48)
5. In My Time Of Dying (13:15)
6. The Song Remains The Same (5:13)
CD3
1. Moby Dick (22:24)
2. Dazed And Confused (32:56)
3. Stairway To Heaven (13:00)
CD4
1. Whole Lotta Love (7:29)
2. Black Dog (7:46)
3. Heartbreaker (9:49)
4. Communication Breakdown (5:57)
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