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  1. Rave Reviews for Led Zeppelin Concert
    By CHRIS LEHOURITES – 4 hours ago

    LONDON (AP) — On the morning after Led Zeppelin's long-awaited reunion concert, the music reviewers were already calling for more.

    Playing a full set for the first time in nearly three decades, the authors of "Stairway to Heaven" and "Whole Lotta Love" rocked the O2 Arena on Monday for more than two hours, leaving fans from around the world gasping in delight.

    "With a synergy like this going on, it would be an act of cosmic perversity to stop now," Pete Paphides of The Times of London wrote.

    The band's three surviving members — singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist-keyboardist John Paul Jones — were joined at the sold-out benefit show by the late John Bonham's son Jason on drums.

    The 16-song set mixed the classics with the thumping "Kashmir" and the hard-rocking "Dazed and Confused," which Plant introduced by saying, "There are certain songs that have to be there, and this is one of them."

    Plant's high-pitched screeches and moans also filled the arena, while Page used a cello bow during the solo in "Dazed and Confused" and picked on his double-necked guitar to ring out the famous notes to "Stairway."

    Although a full tour remains a mystery — Plant is reportedly due to tour with bluegrass star Alison Krauss — the band surely proved that it still had what it takes to keep an audience interested.

    "Page dispensed power chords like an aged Thor lobbing down thunderbolts for kicks," Paphides wrote about "Black Dog," the band's third song of the night.

    Other media also hailed the show as a success.

    "They sound awesomely tight," Alexis Petridis wrote in Tuesday's The Guardian. David Cheal of The Daily Telegraph said the band's "familiar old sinew and swagger were still there."

    The Independent was a little less effusive in its praise, but Andy Gill did write that the call-and-response routine between Plant and Page during "Black Dog" was "one of the night's more engaging moments."

    Gill also singled out Bonham, who was sitting in for his father. John Bonham died in 1980 after choking on his own vomit, leading to the band's breakup a few months later.

    "Jason Bonham makes a more than merely able replacement for his father on drums: indeed, there's a stronger funk element to his playing which kicks the songs along with more elan," Gill wrote.

    In the Evening Standard, John Aizlewood gave the concert five stars.

    "Two hours and 10 minutes after they began `Good Times Bad Times,' ... they had assuaged the doubts and delivered a show of breathtaking power and spine-tingling excitement," Aizlewood wrote.

    The New York Times reviewer Ben Ratliff said Plant "was authoritative; he was dignified."

    "As for Mr. Page, his guitar solos weren't as frenetic and articulated as they used to be, but that only drove home the point that they were always secondary to the riffs, which on Monday were enormous, nasty, glorious," Ratliff wrote.

    Kim Murphy of the Los Angeles Times said the band "played the first sets with easygoing confidence. Their good humor built into triumphant intensity as the night wore on."

    Daily Star writer James Cabooter may have written what all Zep fans have been thinking since the concert was announced months ago.

    "Led Zep were pure class," he wrote. "Now bring on the full reunion tour."
  2. Fantastic that they've done this. Let's hope it's not their last concert, they're fantastic.
  3. The torrent for the full show is on Dime at the moment so mp3s should be available soon.
  4. Disc 1 http://rapidshare.com/files/76037997/LZ_1.rar
    Disc 2 http://rapidshare.com/files/76040352/LZ_2.rar

    Info:


    Led Zeppelin
    O2 Arena, London, England
    December 10, 2007

    DPA 4061 -> Microtracker 24/48, downsampled to 16/44 for CD use

    Recorded from section 407, row J

    This is not the best recording I have ever made. Not even close. Section 407 is all the way up in line with the ending of the floor. Fortunately I managed to move down from the second to last row which was considerably higher up than row J

    Since this show is what it is I assume most can live without perfection for awhile. I'm sure better sources will turn up but this is listenable and will give you a great feel for the show.

    d1t01 Intro
    d1t02 Good Times Bad Times
    d1t03 Ramble On
    d1t04 Black Dog
    d1t05 In My Time Of Dying
    d1t06 For Your Life
    d1t07 Trampled Under Foot
    d1t08 Nobody's Fault But Mine
    d1t09 No Quarter
    d2t01 Since I've Been Loving You
    d2t02 Dazed And Confused
    d2t03 Stairway To Heaven
    d2t04 The Song Remains The Same
    d2t05 Misty Mountain Hop
    d2t06 Kashmir
    d2t07 crowd
    d2t08 Whole Lotta Love
    d2t09 crowd
    d2t10 Rock And Roll

    I left the crowd in there to give the full experience.

    There is a small problem about a minute into the first song. Not sure what happened. It's on the master.

    I have downsampled and converted using adobe audition 1.5. No other changes have been made to the master. Please do not upload any remasters of this recording. Thank you.

    Enjoy, it was a fantastic show and a fantastic experience being there. Hope you can all at least experience a part of that.

    Finally, since this is my first torrent of any kind please be patient if anything goes wrong.

    Dedicated to butterking for never giving up on me despite having to listen to several years worth of reasons not to do this.
  5. Excellent stuff Yogi

    Brilliant upload, thanks
  7. Maybe not release ready perfect but certainly good enough to tide us over until they do release this in some way - shape - form.

    Glad to see that there are other Led Zeppelin fans here. LOVE them!

    While The Edge might be the reason I began playing guitar John Bonham is the reason I began playing drums, at the age of 11. (Not that Jimmy Page isn't a guitar God and influence, as well as Larry being an influence on my drumming)
  8. See also this topic HERE. We should maybe try and keep to one topic. Which one?!
  9. Originally posted by djrlewisSee also this topic HERE. We should maybe try and keep to one topic. Which one?!


    The one you linked to is better. You can download the show in that one
  11. Slightly or maybe completely off topic, but if you're bored and wanna have fun then check the usual taping/torrent/trading sites and read the Led Zep discussions there. Hilarious.
  12. the one's on the official Led Zep site are bad enough........
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