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Led Zeppelin - Hot August Night (1971)

Track listing:
  1. Dazed and Confused 18:42
  2. Stairway to Heaven 10:05
  3. Celebration Day 4:13
  4. That's The Way 7:26
  5. What is & What Should Never Be 4:51
  6. Moby Dick 14:58
  7. Whole Lotta Love 24:36
  8. Communication Breakdown 0:57

Notes

Tarrant County Convention Center
Fort Worth, TX

A recent find, a previously uncirculated audience recording of Fort Worth, Texas on August 31 1971. This 2 CD set has the middle section of the show, starting at the Dazed And Confused violin bow solo, and ending a few seconds into Communication Breakdown. The end of Moby Dick is cut and there is a possible drop out in the Whole Lotta Love medley. The sound is superb, bright, mostly well balanced and only lacking in bass occasionally. The guitar/keyboard detail in Stairway is fully exposed; shame the guitar solo is a little cluttered with too many undeveloped ideas fighting for space. Celebration Day is fast with a manic solo and Page also lets rip in the Whole Lotta love medley section. Good Page/Jones interplay in That's The Way and What Is And What Should Never Be is a brilliant version. Definitely one to seek out.

TDOLZ