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I was happy with it, but you know what? We couldn't stop what was happening. Recorded At - Kezar Stadium Notes Kezer Stadium, San Francisco, California, June 2nd, 1973 Issued in a tri-fold cardboard sleeve. !GREAT TO SEE THE PICS AND HEAR THE STORIES!! Probably one of those gigs where all of the photos taken are great. Rock: 18 sets: Classic Rock: 17 sets: Folk Rock: 17 sets: Blues Rock: But you never know if youve shot an iconic photo at the time. Neal Preston's best photograph: Robert Plant catches a dove, s far as I know, Im the only person ever to be, a picture I took of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. There are huge gaps in my memory from that day (not surprisingly), but I do remember that there was about a two or two and a half hour delay before Led Zeppelin took the stage. Promoted by Bill Graham, it was their only concert with support with Roy Harper and Lee Michaels and The Tubes opening. (Godfatherecords G.R. ' This is another song on which Gassett maintains that Page is on top form, and another of Andersons killer versions. Disc two then concludes with what gsparaco rates as a very exciting rendition of Moby Dick, with John Bonham demonstrating hisastounding virtuosity on the drums forin excess oftwenty-seven minutes. I was such a huge Zeppelin fan (and still am), that the Stones could have played that day and I would still have been comparatively indifferent. Led Zeppelin Setlist at Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA, USA Edit setlist Tour: North American Tour 1973 Tour statistics Add setlist Setlist Rock and Roll Celebration Day Black Dog (With Bring It On Home intro) Over the Hills and Far Away Misty Mountain Hop Since I've Been Loving You No Quarter The Song Remains the Same The Rain Song (TDOLZ), and The Grateful Lead (Tarantura). Rock photographer James Fortune was there at Kezar to capture the band, including taking the famous Robert Plant shot where a dove has just landed on his hand. In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson wins the FINAL honorable mentions round! In a more recent interview, Page recalled: We arrived in America and we did 53,000 at Atlanta and then 55,000 at the following concert in Tampa, Florida it was quite clear that if people were going to come along to see us in those kind of numbers we werent going to have problems doing concerts that would fulfil the demand. Mary Kezar (Wendy wecd-68/69/70) Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA - June 2nd, 1973. . Me, my brother, Paul, and a couple of friends left home at about 9:30 that morning and walked over to Kezar. We really wanted to take the live performances as far as they could go. Led Zeppelin Jun 02, 1973 Uploaded by Zimtrim. The band was tired of lightweight planes that shook up the band in turbulent air, so they leased the Starship, which became a den of iniquity. Thank you for sharing this with us. Wow! [2] On May 5 at Tampa Stadium, Florida, they played to 56,800 fans (breaking the record set by The Beatles at Shea Stadium in 1965), and grossed $309,000 (US$1,886,197 in 2021 dollars[3]). Lots of battles and conquests. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. New Submission. There were two cages behind the amps on stage, each containing six white doves. I worked on the color shots ,hope you see the difference? As I stated in my review of Godfathers The American Return, the two songs complement each other effectively, for, as Jimmy Page stated in an interview with Guitar World in 1993,The Song Remains The Samewas originally going to be an instrumental an overture that led into The Rain Song. Before The Song RemainsThe Same Plant makes scathing references to the press, referencing a paper thats published on the west coast that always seems tocriticize poor old English groups, andironically dedicating the song, to the musical papers that think we should remain a blues band. The Rain Song is beautifully executed here, andit constitutes a splendid conclusion to the first disc, marred only bywhat seems to bean equipment problem which results in a few seconds of loud and horrible noise near the end. Top Genres. The tour took place shortly after the release of Led Zeppelin's chart-topping fifth album, Houses of the Holy. A Celebration For Being Who You Are comes in Godfathers customary tri-fold sleeve, which features photographs from the show, including two of Plant holding one of the white doves released during the bands set. They were! It was a beautiful, warm morning and as people filled the stadium, the Zeppelin-anticipation was already electrifying the crowd, that rare and wonderful I-cant-believe-Im-actually-here-look beaming on everybodys face. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. KRON news footage from June 2nd 1973 featuring scenes of fans arriving at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco for a Led Zeppelin concert, including views of security throwing away one man's beer at the entrance. "These are the seasons of emotion And like the wind, they rise and fall ..This is the wonder of devotion - I see the torch We all must hold. Date: 1973; Related Show: Kezar Stadium - May 26, 1973; Subjects: Grateful Dead (Musical group) Jennings, Waylon; New Riders of the Purple Sage; Add setlist, 8 activities (last edit by Ranchotexicali, 2 Oct 2022, 18:12 Etc/UTC). Grateful Dead, Waylon Jennings, New Riders of the Purple Sage - May 26, Kezar Stadium. A flash. love these pics def shows the execution of real rock. I didn't even know where I was going. DIVA is a project of Academic Technology at San Francisco State University. . It could have been a lot nicer without it. Returning tothe subject of the press he then says, Right, anyway, that was one of those things that we keep getting criticized for doing [laughs]. As well as being an excellent performance in its own right, the song acts as an effective prelude to a ten-minute No Quarter, which,as Lewis puts it, was developing into a showpiece all of its own. With Jones, as Hodges puts it, playing moody electric piano, the songcomes across assplendidly mysterious and dramaticin this performance. Reminds me of the great shots of Sydney '72. It is the former home of the Oakland Raiders and the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL, and of the San Francisco Dragons of the MLL. My brother and my friends walked with me back to my place, and I remember all of us hanging out, being mostly quiet, in a state something akin to suspended animation. Love the pic with a dove. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks. KRON-TV & CBS News film news reports from the show. That stage is their nation state, their Vatican City. This is certainly worth havoing though. 'With the dove and the Newcastle Brown Ale, it's so British and so Robert' the Led Zeppelin singer at Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, 1973. Tour: As Argenteum Astrum comments both on hisLed Zeppelin Database andon Zeppelins website, Dazed And Confused is one of the best versions ever with Bonham and Jones going crazy at the end with the complex rhythms. Everything is played with extreme confidence, asserts Anderson, especially Dazed, with the rhythm section playing guessing games with Page. I suspect that he tortured, menacing sounds Page wrings from his guitar with the violin bow are the source of Hodges description of this renditon as, very psychedelic. Tony Gassett, on Underground Uprising, rightlycontends that Page is on top form here. Excellent bloody pictures. But Zeppelin in full flight was an incredibly intense experience."[16]. The stadium's name is a homophone of "KEY-czar". Led Zeppelin plus supporting acts to be announced - June 2, Kezar Stadium. I remember standing there absolutely mesmerized by just how fucking amazingly good they were. Prior to its commencement, Led Zeppelin's manager Peter Grant hired PR consultant Danny Goldberg for promotion, and booked large stadium venues. 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Likewise the soundboard recording does not soundharsh as the previous two titles.Godfathers A Celebration For Being Who You Are presents the audience tape with the soundboard onlybeing utilized to fill gaps where appropriate, including the Bill Graham outroduction, which the taper did not capture. For the next three hours three hours of the loudest, most kick-ass, awe-inspiring concert ever the whole crowd was on its feet. It was phenomenal though the audience reaction was just so with us, yknow. The previous mark for a single concert in the U.S. was believed to have been the $301,000 paid by 55,000 at the fames Beatles Shea Stadium, N.Y. concert, also in 1965. . 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Plant intoning I believe in the spirit during the SF interlude in Dazed is pure magic. Hundreds of others heard the music for free from rooftops in the surrounding neighborhood. The show appeared on LP as Persistence (Roon Dog) and there has since been a plethora of CD releases. In 1969, Led Zeppelin released its self-titled debut which was produced by Page, as were all the subsequent albums. This massive outdoor show, played in front of 50,000 people, was intended to be the final concert of the first part of Led Zeppelins 1973 American Tour, leading onto a break of just over a month before the itinerary resumed in Chicago on 6 July. Led Zeppelin - The Vibes are Real ( 2 CD SET ) ( Kezar Stadium San Francisco, June 2nd, 1973 ) Related products Elvis Presley - I'll Remember You ( Live at Las Vegas Hilton , February 3rd , 1973 , Midnight Show ) Stairway To Heaven follows, providing anotherindisputablehighlight of the show. Join. Wendys issue,Mary Kezar,a three-CD set featuring thecomplete audience recording supplemented by the hour-long soundboard excerpt, was reviewed by gsparaco in April 2010. Among performers from that event and others were Led Zeppelin, The Doobie Brothers, Jefferson Starship, Tower of Power, . Led Zeppelin's 1973 North American Tour was the ninth concert tour of North America by the English rock band. Led Zeppelin's show in San Francisco was supposed to be the huge finale to the long first leg of their most important tour. KRON-TV & CBS News film news reports from the show. It was like swinging on liana from one city to the other I was just totally and completely spaced out.[13]. He grew up around animals and has the look of someone who understands nature. Led Zeppelin were at their best. Dan Cuny, a contributor to that site, adds that, throughout their set, I was mesmerized by the showmanship of the band. 1 mo. He continued promoting stadium-sized concerts at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco with Led Zeppelin in 1973. 3 CDr, Unofficial Release. After performing a show at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco on June 2, Led Zeppelin encountered bad turbulence on a flight back to Los Angeles. 2 (Crystal Cat CC 1139-44). Lines and paragraphs break automatically. And you cant do that if youre running around the stage all night, or at least we couldnt back then." Those photos are top notch. Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin is published by Reel Art Press on 9 October. The sound is amazing and Roberts voice is very powerfulhe screams and gets right up there for perhaps the last time in his careerhis range would be lessened on the following toursThe entire band shines on this showand the entire show is excellent!, The press did not necessarilyagree. (I read somewhere a few years ago that theyd been stuck in a plane on the tarmac at LAX and had hauled ass to the stadium straight from the airport.) You guys choose all the albums in this list, I'm glad you voted til the end. A Celebration For Being Who you Are (Godfatherecords G.R. Join. Its an excellent sounding recording of a show from an outdoor venue. Godfather releases the best version to date of this energetic show that I never get tired of hearing. I also remember white doves being released from cages atop the speaker towers on both sides of the stage during the opening bars of Stairway to Heaven. Well we can surely disagree but just off the top of my head these US '73 shows blow away the MSG run: 5/31/73 LA Forum, the infamous "Bonzo's Birthday Party" show. There was some kind of brawl or altercation between John Bonham and Bill Graham backstage, the producer. Kezar Stadium is a stadium located in the southeastern corner of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. Wendy has recently reissued Mary Kezar in new packaging, featuring the same photograph as the newGodfather release on the front cover. It was supposedto follow two shows at the Inglewood Forum on 30 and 31 May (the latter, of course, oft-bootlegged as Bonzos Birthday Party), though the first of these shows was rescheduled for the day after the Kezar Stadium eventdue to Jimmy Page injuring a finger. The British rock group Led Zeppelin drew 50,000 rock fans who paid $320,000 at Kezar Stadium last weekend. [4][5] In total, this tour grossed over $4,000,000 (US$24,416,792 in 2021 dollars[3]).[1]. I was overwhelmed, stoned out of my head, and thoroughly awestruck. Great release one of the more impressive Godfather releases. Well, thank you very much for a great show, he jokes, well see you in five minutes. Rock and Roll finally commenced the proceedings, writes Dave Lewis in Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, The band were a bit sluggish to start with, but didnt take long to warm up. The start of the show made a greater impression on attendee Gary Hodges, contributor to the website Brit Rock By the Bay, who remembers, suddenly Led Zeppelin stormed on, opening with Rock and Roll. The sound was huge and crisp it almost felt warm. Keith Shadwick, author of Led Zeppelin: A Band And Their Music 1968-2000, also detects no sign of sluggishness, calling it a barnstorming version, and it sounds suitably frenzied to my ears. ago. 6/3/73 LA Forum, the "Three Days After" show. That said, Lee Michaels did a good set, eating up an hour or so, and then Roy Harper sang for a while and nobody paid much attention. We smoked the first of about ten joints we had that day as the Tubes started their set with The Theme from Rawhide. It was fantastic such a surprise and funny as hell. The song "No Quarter" from the band's recent album release, Houses of the Holy, was played for the first time on this tour. It would be terrific if the label went on to supplement it with its own version of the soundboard segment. I can't believe these haven't been "out" thanks so much!! . Really fast. Upon us all, upon us all, a little rain must fall Just a little rain, oh, yeah". By Somebody else wrote here about how cool the people were that day and I agree. That may or may not have actually happened, but I saw it that way and I remember it that way. 1973 - First Leg US Tour Dates Ad. The latter song was pruned back after the European dates earlier in the year, the band largely dispensing with the lengthy medleys and including just The Crunge and John Lee Hookers Boogie Chillen during most shows ofthe American Tour. Brit Rock by the Bay currently features exclusive photos and memories of a 1973 performance by Led Zeppelin at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco: Excellent feature! Anyway, Robert Plants a real hippy at heart, so the idea was that at the end of Stairway to Heaven, wed release the doves and theyd fly off into the air as a homage to peace and love. Great pictures - thx for finding and sharing. First i'd like to thank Dan Cuny for sharing his memories and photos. Of the Wendy release,gsparaco goes on to point out that, the audience tape sounds as good as the other releasesWendy did slow the tape down a bit to be closer to the actual pitch. They could base themselves in large cities and travel to and from concerts within flying distance. 1973 San Francisco / United States / Kezar Stadium June 3, 1973 Los Angeles / United States / The Forum July 6, 1973 Chicago / United States / Chicago Stadium July 7, 1973 . The sound isnt amplified, the speed/pitch seems to be corrected and splice between audience and soundboard are done in a truly perfect way, not missing any note from actual show! Godfather states that work has been done on the tape to eliminate fluctuations in sound and to reduce wind problems, an obvious potential hazard with an outdoor concert. This decision emanated from the labels desire to maintain the same atmosphere throughout the show. 8mm Film w/synch audio 43,563 views Jul 11, 2019 John Waters 1.27K subscribers Led Zeppelin June 2, 1973 Kezar Stadium San. Of course, he might just have been thinking: How the fuck did you end up on my hand? But I think theres more to it than that. 0:00 / 1:29:45 Led Zeppelin - Live in Tempe, AZ (July 20th, 1977) Led Zeppelin Boots 40.9K subscribers Subscribe 7.9K views 1 year ago As requested by TAFCIA, here is what some consider to. 109. The tremendous momentum is maintained with a crunchingCelebration Day and a thunderous Black Dog which here, as elsewhere on the tour,gains a few bars of Bring It On Home as an introduction. Rock and Roll, Celebration Day, (Bring It On Home intro) Black Dog, Over the Hills and Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, No Quarter, The Song Remains the Same, Rain Song, Dazed and Confused (incl. Watch on YouTube Kezar Stadium - June 2, 1973 8mm footage of Led Zeppelin performing at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco, 1973. Hodges states that, Jimmy Page played his red Gibson EDS-1275 Double Neck guitar during a monumental version of Stairway to Heaven. As far as I know, Im the only person ever to be Led Zeppelins tour photographer. So much happened in such a short time. It looks like they could have been taken yesterday. Amazing pictures! Bumping this up on the 40th anniversary of this historic concert. A must have audience recording and sound board fragment if you can get it. Kezar Stadium 1973. Photograph: Neal Preston My best shot Photography Fantastic pictures and story! But when the cages opened, the birds flew out and one did a low pass over the audience, then must have taken too deep a breath of the San Francisco air remember, this was 1973 and there was a high chance of being dosed by some deadhead. Kezar Stadium's concert list along with photos, videos, and setlists of their past concerts & performances. Led Zeppelin - EXTREMELY RARE - Kezar Stadium 1973 - Rock'n'Roll I am very jealous. The dove landed on it, purely by chance this was not a trained bird. This was a case of being in the right place at the right time with the right lens. A repeat of that sentence opens disc two, though now we hear Plant go on to say, itreally blew it, it really blew it. Decoration on "The Plant" warehouse at 25th Street and Potrero Avenue - 1986, Northwest from Potrero Del Sol park - 1991, Bougainvillea and trumpet plant at 1413 San Bruno Avenue - 2006, East on 16th Street from Shotwell Street - 1983. Kezar Stadium 2 June 1973 Led Zeppelin's live show at the Kezar Stadium in San Francisco signalled the midway point of the band's North American tour, which spanned the Spring and Summer of 1973. 297/298), Jethro Tull Nothing is Easy (The Swingin Pig TSP-CD- 013), The Rolling Stones Salut Les Gones (Empress Valley EVSD 1623/1624), Bob Dylan Oslo 2019 (Crystal Cat CC 1110-11). Led Zeppelin - Live in San Francisco 1973 (Rare Film Series) Led Zeppelin 3.01M subscribers 1.5M views 14 years ago Rare 8mm footage of Led Zeppelin performing at Kezar Stadium in. Last one I saw sold on eBay was for (approx) $500 USD. There is a foldover, four-panelbooklet with further onstage shots and brief notes, based largely on Lewis book, credited to Paul De Luxe.. There was nothing to do but get more stoned. A few scattered memories: somebody passed a gigantic joint, maybe two feet long, up to Robert Plant. The first encore is a blistering Communication Breakdown and then the show closes with The Ocean, the third song from the show to feature among Andersons killer versions. The event, and disc three, conclude with an outroduction frompromoter Bill Graham. The band smashed records for attendance, beating the Beatles June 2 at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco, if what I read is correct. We had no idea what it even was. Led Zeppelin is the band that has become most associated with the Starship. After performing at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco on June 2,[10] they encountered bad turbulence on a flight back to Los Angeles. 01 opening announcements02 rock and roll03 celebration day04 black dog05 over the hills and far away06 misty mountain hop07 since I've been loving you08 no q. Still, I knew it was a nice picture. Kezar Stadium was one of the last of the shows that Plant sang in his high register, in the following years it declined from abuse. [url=https://www.setlist.fm/edit?setlist=3bd60800&step=song]Edit this setlist[/url] | [url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/led-zeppelin-13d6b509.html]More Led Zeppelin setlists[/url], Setlist History: Led Zeppelin's First North American Performance. I remember being completely stunned when Jimmy Page brought out his violin bow during Dazed and Confused. Jimmy Lester training to fight Tito Marshall, Jimmy Lester and Carl Moore interviewed before fight, Ferd Hernandez & Jimmy Lester (Pre-Fight), Jimmy Lester on upcoming fight with Ralph McCoy, Curtis Cokes and Jimmy Lester on upcoming fight, Interviews with Jimmy Lester and Florentino Fernandez. The cut/edit a littlebefore twenty-two minutes in Dazed And Confused (which seems to excise no actual music) is still noticeable but a little less jarring. Tour statistics Why don't you . Heck I went to what remains of Kezar when I last visited SF to see if any of the good vibes were still there. 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Led Zeppelin's memorable American tour in 1973 would gross an estimated $4 million, and broke several attendance records including Atlanta, Tampa and San Francisco. Anyway, it turned back to the stage and Robert stuck out his hand. The only casualties reported were some bad drug trips, a broken leg and a security guard accidentally wounded with his own revolver. It marked the beginning of a 12-year reign, during which the group was widely considered to be the biggest and most innovative rock band in the world. What a tremondous show. So excited to get the poster of one of them with the new TBL issue. During the early part of the tour the band had hired a small private Falcon Jet to transport its members from city to city, but these aircraft are comparatively light and susceptible to air turbulence. The tape does have small cuts in No Quarter, DazedAnd Confused and a far more substantial one in Moby Dick, which excises the majority of the number. It is interesting to hear live recordings from the tour, how Robert Plant sings some of the songs in a lower pitch than the records, not surprising, he must have been wearing out his voice. Led Zeppelin during their record breaking US tour. The dove landed on Roberts hand. Led Zeppelin 's 1973 North American Tour was the ninth concert tour of North America by the English rock band. [1] The resulting tour broke box office records across North America. (For further detailed and specific comparison of the various releases, see the Title Comparisonssection of the BootLedZ website.). Maharana's palace. The British rock group Led Zeppelin drew 50,000 rock fans who paid $320,000 at Kezar Stadium last weekend. Perhaps the biggest music event in Bay Area history was held at Kezar. Kezar Stadium is an outdoor athletics stadium in San Francisco, California, located adjacent to Kezar Pavilion in the southeastern corner of Golden Gate Park. Rehearsals took place at Old Street Film Studios in London. AWSOME! Or maybe it really was that way., After the concert I was unable to speak coherently for a long time. Search . We were among the first couple of thousand people there and were able to stake a claim to a spot about 100 feet from center stage. Lines and paragraphs break automatically. The Kezarconcertwas a daytime show and Led Zeppelin were supported by Roy Harper, The Tubes and Lee Michaels. Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically. The Rolling Stones 2017 shows begin to show, Bruce Springsteen Saturday, Everybody Rocks! As gsparaco (who considers the sound quality excellent)points out in his review of the Wendy release, the taper was very close to the stage and is able to capture every little detail emanating from the stage that afternoon. All audience-sourced releases derive from the same tape; most are broadly similar and are rated as excellent by Argenteum Astrumon Led Zeppelin Database. . Plants vocals and bodily gyrations seemed tired and routine, and drummer John Bonham and bassist John Paul Jones had trouble solidifying their back-up sounds in in the early going. Such a lacklustre performance might have resulted, if Rolling Stone is to be believed, from the bands financial motives in playing to such a large audience; the magazine states that, Zeppelin are back doing what they do best converting heavy metal into dollars. Comments such as theseare perhaps unsurprising,given the negative attitude shown towards the bandby large section of thepress at the time, particularly in the USA. you cant go wrong with having both.