Enregistrement Audience version Mono. La version présentée provient des cassettes originales de Stan Gutoski, qui malheureusement a loupé le début du concert. Nouveau transfert effectué par Weedwacker en 2008. Toutes les infos ci-après. Rock on !

 

Artist: Led Zeppelin
Date: Monday, March 17, 1975
Location: Seattle, Washington
Venue: Seattle Center Coliseum
Source: Audience
Lineage: Stan Gutoski’s master reels x 3 @ full-track mono @ 3 3/4 ips >
Bill Bratton’s 1st gen reels x 3 @ full-track mono @ 3 3/4 ips > wav (24/96) > wav (16/44) > FLAC
Taped By: Stan Gutoski in association with JEMS

Equipment: Tandberg Model 11 R2R deck, Sony mic
Transfered By: weedwacker

Tracklist:
Disc 1
01. The Song Remains The Same 6:51
02. The Rain Song 9:48
03. Kashmir 10:02
04. No Quarter 26:46
05. Trampled Underfoot 8:34
06. Moby Dick 23:43

Disc 2
01. Dazed And Confused 34:04
02. Stairway To Heaven 15:31
03. Whole Lotta Love 10:21
04. Black Dog 6:39

Runtime 152:19

Recording Notes:
An excellent but incomplete mono recording. Unfortunately Stan wasn’t able to document the first half hour of the set due to getting into a car accident on the way to the show but what he did capture is of excellent sound quality with almost no audience noise. Of the two Zeppelin shows Stan taped in 1975 this is the better of the two recordings.

Transfer Notes:
After a series of back and forth conversations with Bill Bratton regarding both Zeppelin shows Stan taped in 1975 show we decided it was time to do a proper hi-res transfer from the best possible source that could be located for both shows. Bill provided weedwacker with his 1st gen reels he dubbed in the late 70’s using Stan’s masters and the original Tandberg reel-to-reel deck. Bill dubbed these reels using the master tapes from a second stereo Tandberg deck, back to Stan’s original mono source deck. Bill also reached out to his friends in JEMS, of which Stan is a member, for access to their reels to determine which source tapes were better 33 years later. Members of JEMS graciously provided their first gen reels of both shows (Stan’s masters have been missing or no longer exist for over 15 years now)-so either of these sets can be considered the closest verifiable analog copies to the masters done for the sole purpose as backups.

Also of note there may not be any true analog to digital transfers directly from Stan’s masters for 3/17/75 and 3/21/75 Seattle. Any master > DAT copies most likely originate from the DAT backups made of the JEMS’ 1st gen reels in the early ’90s at 32khz. Hi-res 24 bit/ 96000kHz transfers were done from both sets of reels which are very similar and excellent sounding with some minor differences. After some comparisons it was determined Bill’s set of reels is in the better condition of the two sets having more clarity and less boom to them than the JEMS copies. What you have here is the lowest gen copy of this recording still in existance in the best possible sound quality for this excellent albeit incomplete audience recording.

JEMS Notes:
Bill Bratton and Stan became allies sometime after the 1977 Kingdome show. It was Stan who introduced me to Bill and for that I will always be grateful.

Between 1972 and 1988, Stan personally recorded several hundred shows by a wide range of artists and if there was a tapers hall of fame, he would be a first-ballot inductee. Since the formation of JEMS, Stan has done fewer recordings (though he is known to video the occasional show to this day) but his masters remain a cornerstone of the JEMS archive.

Here’s one piece of trivia I bet most Led Zeppelin collectors don’t know: Stan and Mike Millard actually knew each other and traded tapes. In fact, on a trip to Disneyland with his family, Stan invited Mike over to his hotel where they swapped taping stories, Millard showed him some of his gear, etc. The two taping legends were friends.– Butterking for JEMS

Credits:
Stan Gutoski for taping this show in the first place.

The members of JEMS for all the assistance they provided from materials to
information used here.

Bill Bratton for providing the reels used here and for all his input on the project.

Led Zeppelin for the obvious reasons.