Led Zeppelin - "The European Championships" Zurich June 29th 1980 flac

Led Zeppelin - "The European Championships" Zurich June 29th 1980 flac







Led Zeppelin:

"The European Championships"

June 29th, 1980 The Hallenstadion Zurich, Switzerland

Matrix (SB and AUD source blended into one stream)



A Bluecongo Matrix Production

SB Source: Conquer Europe EVSD

Aud Source: Master Cassette>DAT>CD-R

Audio edited using Pro Tools>Wav>CD Wave>Flac Level 8 Verified

Size: 804mb



Lineage:

All tracks: SBD/AUD sources > Pro Tools > WAV > CD Wave > FLAC (level 8 verified)

d2t03: SBD/AUD sources > Pro Tools > WAV > CD Wave > FLAC (level 8 verified) > xACT > WAV > Audacity > WAV > xACT > FLAC (level 8 verified)

d1t09-d2t06: [as above] > shntool SBE fix > FLAC (level 8 verified)



Track Listing:



disk 1:

1. Train Kept a Rollin

2. Nobody's Fault but Mine

3. Black Dog

4. In the Evening

5. Rain Song

6. Hot Dog

7. All my Love

8. Trampled Underfoot

9. Since I've Been Loving You



disk 2:

1. Achilles Last Stand

2. White Summer/Black Mountainside

3. Kashmir

4. Stairway to Heaven

5. Rock n Roll

6. Heartbreaker



Bluecongo's Comments:

I made this mix very "wet & nasty". I really wanted to capture the energy of the

crowd and the band reacting to it. This new version I believe will cast a new

light on the 1980 tour. I did my best to include as much in between song banter

as possible. The Aud taper often paused his recorder in between songs to save tape

apparently. The warts of the Aud & SB recordings have been left in. Drop outs,

crackles, etc. Kashmir switches from SB to Aud source midway through the song.



Comments:

One of the best shows from the 1980 tour, this show has a great version

of Heartbreaker and The Train Kept a Rollin'. Jimmy flashes between inspired playing

and getting his fingers caught in the strings. The rest of the group play well and

seem to be having fun, although they totally botch Kashmir. That caused Plant to

commented it: "If anybody's bootlegging that, you'll have to scratch that number

cause wasn't completely correct - somehow we got through it." Robert's voice is

in great shape.