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Stadhalle

Audience

From Underground Uprising:
Achilles Last Stand is not present on this release and appears not to have been performed at this show. Plant is in very good voice at this show. Plant's vocal adornments during Kashmir and Stairway to Heaven resemble those from the '77 tour. The firecracker incident during White Summer cuts that song down to two and half minutes. Page did take a wrong turn during White Summer and was attempting to find his way back when the firecracker struck. The announcer... [edit] ...asks the audience to bring to the stage the perpetrator so they can have a word with him. I'm sure the road crew wanted to sit him down over tea and discuss proper audience etiquette. Someone should check the obituaries in the Vienna newspaper archives to see if any bodies were found outside the hall (listed as Wiener Stadthalle on the back cover). After the announcement, the band returns with a vengeance. Page does lose his grip during Rock & Roll's guitar solo, but he delivers an inspired and lengthy (6 minutes) solo during Stairway to Heaven. After a light-hearted guitar introduction, the band launches into the most inextricable version of Whole Lotta Love ever. Boogie Woogie holds the line. Too bad. Those punk-heads at the time could have learned a thing or two about sonic anarchy from the true masters. (Brian Ingham)

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