Led Zeppelin: Classic Or Dud?

No! I am talking about the version of "That's The Way" that is on the CD issue of "How the West Was Won", which contains different takes/live versions of the tracks included on the DVD of "How the West Was Won"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_the_West_Was_Won_(Led_Zeppelin_album)

The DVD and I guess likely the CD had new overdubs and other clean ups added, iirc.

Page is clearly playing the central acoustic 12-string rhythm part, but there is another (very clear and quite pretty) picked electric guitar lead running through the whole song, essentially subbing in for the mandolin part (which *is* played by Jones) on other versions.

it might even be a pedal steel, I can't tell

this version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn_CVa3go2k

It does sound like there's a mandolin in the background at certain spots. Maybe Page just mixed the mandolin super-low and was like, eh let's pretty this up with another guitar part and overdubbed it.

filmed/DVD version (from Earl's Court iirc) does not appear to be online.

shakey I don't think there's film called How The West Was One, the DVD with compiled shows/parts of shows is called Led Zeppelin

anyway yeah "That's The Way" on the DVD is from Earl's Court '75, a couple years after the L.A. Forum show

ah right. sorry, my bad. they were released simultaneously iirc

xp One Won

yeah they were

OK, just listened to that and yeah, to my ears there are three things going on: acoustic, electric and mandolin. Hmmm ...

JPJ had one of those 3 necked things that had like a 6-string, 12-string & mandolin iirc. heading to image search...

https://www.looperman.com/media/blog/images/00048-andy-manson-john-paul-jones-triple-neck-guitar-live.jpg

...so I'm guessing he's just hopping up & down different necks for different parts of the song.

haha omg never seen that

But ... but ... he's only got two hands!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qoWcIl53ac

hey dawg i heard you liked etc etc etc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=369&v=NSUvCr0U7eY&feature=emb_logo

!

https://youtu.be/NSUvCr0U7eY

eh fuck anyway

!

one more time ugh

https://youtu.be/NSUvCr0U7eY?t=4

one more time ugh

https://youtu.be/NSUvCr0U7eY?t=4🕸

Wow, awesome!

It seems like something will be motion and color corrected, etc too

Looks great to me

https://i.imgur.com/ZowbOUv.jpg

awesome

I guess jet lag didn’t affect their performances , they all sound at the height of their powers

wow
amazing find
what a fucking band
actually hope they don't correct it, love the weird red glow

Reddddddddddd Shifffffffffffffft, displaced now in time and relativity;
Reddddddddddd Shifffffffffffffft, all moving away from we.

and yeah the japanese gigs are arguably their apex as a live band - i think there was a soundboard from one of those gigs surfaced recently? not that i care, i like audience tapes better anyway and the ones from japan tend towards the excellent

Loooord this is crazy. Page on fire as they say.

What is that song Page is quoting for a few seconds during Heartbreaker around 4:42 on that video. Sounds like Moondance?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APNI2CC0k6A

Ahhh, thanks.

FYI, this is (finally) over: https://variety.com/2020/music/news/led-zeppelin-stairway-to-heaven-copyright-lawsuit-1203527581/

jfc FINALLY

OTM. There are worthwhile things you could take them to task for; this was dumb shit.

The performance of a new lute song composed by John Paul Jones which was due to take place on June 1 has been cancelled https://t.co/M0AtquwJW1

— Led Zeppelin News (@ledzepnews) March 29, 2020

nooooooooooooooooooo!

“This is tomorrow”

hahaha

FEE FI FO FUM...

This is just...woooow. Sorry if already posted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbiuCoXD8L8

I saw Page & Plant a couple times in the 90s, and they were so fucking good.

Pretty cool. That’s jason on drums right ?

yes it is. thanks for posting this. "in my time of dying" is unbelievable

That was included on the deluxe CD/DVD edition of Celebration Day.

"for your life" \m/

love, baby. i just can't stop talking about love

m-m-m-m-monkey on my back back back back

they choose the path where no one goes

That was included on the deluxe CD/DVD edition of Celebration Day.

― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, June 1, 2020 6:37 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Ah I had no idea. Bought the blu ray but this wasn't on it. I'm surprised they let such a rough document - I would imagine by Page's standards anyway - appear on the official release.

https://youtu.be/lGNljiG0Kwc
The famous LA 6-21-77
Bonham’s best imho.