Led Zeppelin - "The Beachcombers"
March, 11th, 1975, Long Beach, California, Long Beach Arena
Remastered Audience + Soundboard Recordings, (A Group/Personal Project)
Lineage: "Californication", (EVSD), Silvers > EAC > WAV > Flac > TLH, Decode > WAV > Remaster > Flac (Level.8, Align On SBE'S) (All Tracks Tested With TLH, No Errors Occured)
Label: N/A
Original Tapers: Soundboard: N/A
Audience: Mike "The Mike" Millard
Contrast Clause:
- This particular release has different lineage than the versions posted below:
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=233100
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=270900
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=268391
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=272576
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=304167
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=299629
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=306746
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=327942
This particular release is a fan made remaster of the soundboard recording of the bands performance on March, 11th, 1975, the versions posted below are all different from this one, and are listed below:
- The version found here: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=233100 is a fan made merge + remaster of both known audience recordings of the Long Beach performance, using Mike Millards recording as the main source, the release only consists of the audience recordings, and has no traces of the soundboard recording.
- The version found here: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=270900 is a tape speed corrected and remastered version of the soundboard recording done by DADGAD, the lineage of his release is different from ours, and is a person who did not help to make this version/remaster.
- The version found here: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=268391 is the raw unremastered transfer of the soundboard recording,
- The version found here: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=272576 is a matrix that uses Mike Millards audience recording and the soundboard recording, our version is a merge + remaster of both Mikes tape as a patching source and the soundboard tape.
- The version located here: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=304167 is a bootleg release version of the soundboard tape from The Godfather Records/label.
- The version located here: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=306746 is a 24 bit raw 1st gen transfer of Mike Millards audience recording from Weedwacker67.
- The version located here: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=327942 is a bootleg release from the boot label Empress Valley of Mike Millards audience recording, it doesn't list the generation of the tapes used in it's release.
- This particular release has a different title than the versions posted below:
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=233100
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=270900
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=268391
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=272576
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=304167
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=299629
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=306746
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=327942
- This particular release is from a different label than the versions posted below:
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=233100
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=270900
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=268391
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=272576
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=304167
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=299629
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=306746
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=327942
This is a Group/Personal Project by "Those Guys That Do This To Fill The Deep Yawning Void In Our Failed And Useless Lives", The 7th Son, Joel, Porgie, Mark, Mike, Grendel, and Acapulco Gold.
We hope that everyone who picks this up will enjoy it, and will pass it along, and share with others, or just pass, the choice is yours.
This is not meant to be a "Definitive" edition.
Cheers and thanks go out:
- The taper of the soundboard (Unknown), and the taper of the audience recording (Mike, R.I.P), thank you both for taping and sharing with everyone in the community.
- To the original uploader of the soundboard recording, thank you very much for sharing your silvers, I apologize for forgetting your name, it is not intentional.
- My mate Porgie for listening to the samples of the project, proofing the final project, helping me with the tape speed issues, and for giving me great notes. Always a pleasure working with you mate, I wish you a speedy recovery.
- My mate Mark for taking time out of his day to put together some excellent artwork for the project, most appreciated mate.
- My mate Mike for going on all the coffee runs.
Dedicated to:
Mike "The Mike" Millard...who shared so much with us, and left us too soon, Bruno Gerussi, (who I hope is cleaning up the driftwood that washes up on the shores of heaven), and Snoop...who always represents "The LBC".
Disc One:
1) Introduction * + (Fades In)
2) Rock And Roll +
3) Sick Again + (Suffers From Some Brief Equipment Issues)
4) Over The Hills And Far Away +
5) In My Time Of Dying +
6) The Song Remains The Same +
7) The Rain Song +
8) Kashmir + (Fades Out)
Disc Two:
1) No Quarter + (Fades In, Suffers From Some Brief Equipment Issues)
2) Trampled Underfoot +
3) Moby Dick + (Fades Out)
Disc Three:
1) Dazed And Confused + (Fades In, Includes: "Woodstock")
2) Stairway To Heaven +
3) Whole Lotta Love + (Includes: "The Crunge")
4) Black Dog + (Fades Out)
Legend:
*: Audience Recording
+: Soundboard Recording
* +: Combination Of Both Tape Sources
Notes:
The 1st of a 2 night stint at the Long Beach Arena, another legendary Zeppelin performance of the 1975 tour, mostly due to Mike's audience recording, if Mike had never shared his recording, we would only have the other (much poorer tape source) to have as a guide, and would probably never know how good this show was.
Some collectors argue about which night was a better performance, some say that the 2nd night in Long Beach was better due to the fact that the 1st night was plagued with equipment problems (as Plant would say "Some Buzzing around the keyboard section), and the band missed their marks a couple times during the night's performance (i.e: Plant stumbles with the lyrics of a few songs like "Rock And Roll", and "Sick Again") , but I personally find both shows to be enjoyable, with one not being any better than the other.
Plant makes a very strange comment during the performance, before the band goes into "Kashmir" he says to the audience "This is for the benefit of anyone making a bootleg", the reason why I found this strange is because it almost seems like they know that the show was being taped this night.
The band obviously knew that their shows were bootlegged, and they've made comments about bootleggers before.
A good example of this would be Montreux 71, Plant says to the crowd "We're Making A Bootleg Record Tonight", but he made that comment because their show was being played on a P.A system outside the venue to try and lure people in, that is a moment where anybody could in fact get a tape recorder and record the show, but I found the bootleg comment at this show to be rather odd.
As I said, it almost seemed like they knew it was being taped by Mike, and the other Long Beach taper, it's almost like he's addressing Mike personally, Mike was up in the front row because he used his hollowed out wheelchair trick.
I wonder if they actually did know, but just let it slide for some reason...guess we'll never know.
Our main goal for this project was to try and make the soundboard tape sound as lively and warm as Mike's audience recording, reduce the flatness of the soundboard tape and make it as lively as an audience recording.
Plus we also wanted to correct some major issues with the raw soundboard tape (the tape speed issues, the click found at the end of "Moby Dick", the hotness in the volume, etc, etc).
What we've done to make this project:
- We've corrected the tape speed issues that plagued the raw recording, the whole tape was originally running about 2% fast.
- We've reduced some of the "hotness" in the recording, bringing the volume to a more reasonable level.
- We've fixed the click found near the end of "Moby Dick".
- We've tried to balance the instruments as best we could.
- We've tried to bring out things that we're buried in the raw recording (cheers, comments, clapping, etc)
- We've tried to recreate a better sense of ambience and a feel of the acoustics of the venue as best we can.
In regards to the title:
The title is not only a reference to the area where the gig takes place, but is also a little "tongue in cheek" reference to a Canadian t.v show that starred the late Bruno Gerussi "The Beachcombers".
The show is one of Canada's most infamous and long running sitcoms ever, considered to be one of the best.
It was good, but I don't think it's Canada's best t.v show, these are what I think were the best Canadian t.v shows, in order:
1) Corner Gas
2) Degrassi
3) The Kids In The Hall
4) SCTV
5) Mr.Dressup
6) The Beachcombers
7) The Littlest Hobo
8) Royal Canadian Air Farce
9) Street Legal
10) The Raccoons
Highlights Of This Show Are:
- In My Time Of Dying
- Kashmir
- Trampled Underfoot
- Whole Lotta Love
- Black Dog
We hope everyone here will enjoy what we've done.
Cheers!