Led Zeppelin - 1972.10.09 - Live @ Festival Hall in Osaka, Japan [Let~Me~Get~Back~To~1972] Aud G+

Artist: Led Zeppelin
Date: 1972.10.09
Title: Let Me Get Back To 1972
Label: H-Bomb (HB-95R01/02/03)
Venue: Festival Hall
Location: Osaka, Japan
Source: Audience

Lineage: Original Silver CD > EAC > WAV > FLAC

Disc 1 - 46:39
Disc 2 - 55:08
Disc 3 - 40:19


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Disc 1
01. Rock And Roll
02. Black Dog
03. Over The Hills And Far Away
04. Misty Mountain Hop
05. Since I've Been Loving You
06. Dancing Days
07. The Song Remains The Same
08. The Rain Song

Disc 2
01. Dazed And Confused (incl. The Crunge)
02. Stairway To Heaven
03. Moby Dick

Disc 3
01. Whole Lotta Love (Medley)
02. Stand By Me
03. Immigrant Song

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Bandlineup:
Jimmy Page: Guitar
Robert Plant: Lead Vocals
John Paul Jones: Bass, Keyboards
John Bonham: Drums

AND Stand By Me ENCORE!!!!!! How cool is that!!!

Review:
An experimental set during the second Japanese tour, this show is very loud, fast, and exciting. "We've just come back from Hong Kong. We went to Hong Kong for a few days and we're well knackered!" told Plant. His voice is still in good shape and the band is an amazing instrumental machine that grooves. The band still looking for the title for The Song Remains The Same and tonight Plant introduced: "We can't find a name for it. We'll call it ... The Campaign." Dazed And Confused has some song references in the middle and is very long and excellent. Moby Dick was performed only once during that show and the percussionist was announced as John "Samurai" Bonham! The Whole Lotta Love medley has almost no blues, only fast rockabilly songs, and the group really flies! The encores are great, especially Stand By Me, which sounds wonderful with Robert's voice.

The Following is taken from "Underground Uprising":

Let Me Get Back to 1972 (HB-95R01/02/03 H-Bomb Music)
Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan, October 9, 1972

CD 1:(46:41) Rock & Roll (unbalanced in the beginning), Black Dog, Over the Hills and Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, Dancing Days, The Song Remains the Same, The Rain Song
CD 2: (55:10) Dazed & Confused (includes Be On My Side, The Crunge), Stairway to Heaven, Moby Dick
CD 3: (40:21) Whole Lotta Love (includes Everybody Needs Somebody to Love, We Say Yeah (contains a gradual tape speed up for 50 seconds before), Leave My Woman Alone, All Shook Up, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Heartbreak Hotel, Naturally, Won't You Wear My Ring Around Your Neck, Going Down Slow) (unbalanced in the beginning), Stand By Me, Immigrant Song

This is a very good, clear audience recording. Page's guitar is fairly prominent in this recording, but it doesn't overwhelm the other instruments. Plant's vocals sound very distant during Rock & Roll (possibly PA problems). They improve before Black Dog, but never match the volume of the guitar throughout this recording. If Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp was part of the original recording, it's not on this release. This could have fit on 2 discs. (Brian Ingham Aug 96)