1971 & 1975 - Radio Broadcasts

i'm not an audiophile but i'll try and compare to similar recordings. both cds need volume pumping up (from my normal 20 up to 30 on my amp), little audience noise, gaps between tracks.cd 1 excellent musically and is decent sound quality - bass and drums a little muddy but overall more enjoyable to me than the tinny official recording of the olympia concert on the zeppelin one reissue. I do think it's in mono - there is no separation during the dazed and confused solo for example. BUT BEWARE...during the intro to track 6 it all goes pear shaped - plant announces "this one's for new york" ( supposed to be in orlando) then 3 or 4 bars in the sound drops of a cliff ( hand held mic stuff) which continues until the end of the cd - unlistenable. the final track, supposedly "you really got me" is a 2 second guitar riff which is probably not even that song.CD 2 IS FANTASTIC - much better and brighter sound quality although there is some "cymbal wash", but much better than the page /plant new orleans radio cd for example. the music is stunning with live versions of sick again, in my time of dying and kashmir not available on official release. a crying shame the cd doesn't include the next song of the concert, trampled underfoot.conclusion - HUGELY ENJOYABLE - i got multiple goosebumps throughout the 75 concert at the time when zeppelin were at their peak and an absolute MUST BUY FOR ANY SERIOUS ZEPPELIN FAN. if you regard cd 1 as a bonus disc with 6 good quality early live recordings then this is AN UNMISSABLE PACKAGE.

Between 1970 & '75, LZ were probably the biggest rock band in the world in terms of record sales and concert attendance figures so this release looked a good opportunity to bookend that period. Unfortunately, it fails to achieve that end. The 1st CD is, as other reviewers have pointed out not Orlando. It's probably not a radio broadcast either. Sound quality drops sharply half way through and it's doubtful either LZ or a radio station would permit broadcasting something of inferior sound quality. 75 is better in terms of sound quality, but the editing is bad with gaps between songs and abrupt cut-offs. Finally, the packaging is reminiscent of bootlegs from the late 80s that simply listed song titles and nothing else. With more attention to detail this could have been a good edition to LZ live releases, as it is, it doesn't achieve that. There are better quality bootlegs out there than this.

The other reviews sum up what product you get here. Both discs are bootleg quality only: no mixing, no production and the editing leaves a lot to be desired. The 1971 disc is Ok up to and including 'Stairway', then the sound goes very dull for the remainder of the disc, making me think the tape recorder has been put into a bag and indicates that it is a bootleg not a radio transmission. The second disc is probably a 3.5 score and shows how good Zeppelin was although it does not have the production skills of an official release. It is still a bootleg with not proper mixing as Mr Bonham's cymbols are tinny and annoying. If it was a radio broadcast, the sound would've gone through the bands mixing desk: Peter Grant would've insisted on this. It is worth the money and in the absence of Jimmy Page releasing 'proper' releases, this will have to do.

Says that it is a classic radio station broadcast from Orlando 1971 the only thing that you get is a very early live version of stairway that's the way sounds like a very poor bootleg recording and also going to California does disc 2 you get a pause between each track but it's a lot better recording given 3 but really should be about 2.5

I agree cd2 is better than cd1, cd1 is good in the middle, in my opinion The Song Remains The Same, and How The West Was Won are both better live albums for quality . Can't agree that their best track is Rain Song, they have made loads of good tracks mainly in their first 6 studio albums up to the great Physical Graffiti. But if I had to pick 1 track it would be Stairway To Heaven.

Brtter off with the bootlegs of these two shows. One for the collection

Good reminder of my youth!