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12-30-68
Gonzaga 1968 (no label - matrix is same as title), Gonzaga '68 (Capricorn), Lifetime Guarantee (Empress Valley), Lifetime Guarantee Revisited (Empress Valley), & Yardbirds Fame (Tarantura2000)
Capricorn is missing the beginning 5 seconds of tape, missing another 5 seconds between Dazed and White Summer, and is also missing the last 32 seconds of Pat's Delight.
The no label title is missing the first second of tape, another second from the beginning of White Summer, and is missing the last couple of seconds of Pat's Delight. The tape runs a bit slow. Most of the time it does sound better than Capricorn.
Empress Valley's title is more complete and is better sounding. It's music is noticeably louder and lacks the noisy hiss found in the background of the other titles. Some of the sound difference is surely due to equalization. It's certainly from a lower gen tape and claims to be from the master tape.
Empress Valley's re-release, "Revisited," is a slightly amplified version of their initial release.
Tarantura2000's title is lacking the same content of the ten year old Capricorn title.

1-5-69
Live At the Whisky A Go-Go!!! (Empress Valley & Eelgrass)
Eelgrass is a direct copy of Empress, and shares the same "micro cut/repeats" found in Babe and Lemon Song.

1-9-69
Fresh Garbage (Scorpio), How Many More Years (Empress Valley), Whole Lotta For Your Love (Pirate Records), & Twinight (Immigrant)
(This tape, only containing "Train Kept A Rollin," has been attributed to this date. Robert's comment before the song seem to contradict the date.)
Twinight was the first release of the track. It has a lot of hiss in the background. Pirate's title has louder music and far less background noise, but it's missing the last couple seconds of tape (JP tuning). It is at least one or two tape generations better.
EV's song is not from this show. It is actually a degenerated version of Train from April 25th, 1969.
Scorpio's title is excellent quality and isn't missing any tape.

1-10-69
East/West (Digger Productions), For Your Love (Silver Rarities & Empress Valley), Fresh Garbage (Scorpio), Live Adventure At the Fillmore West (Wendy Records), Syonen Zep (Akashic), Whole Lotta For Your Love (Pirate Records)
Digger is incomplete since much of For Your Love is missing.
SIRA has the traditional cuts, unedited
These other titles are all quite similar. Akashic, Pirate, Wendy, and EV edited some of the cuts (removing stretches). Akashic and Wendy missed some tape on some edits. Wendy and EV repeat almost 10 seconds during How Many More Times. EV follows that repeat with another slight cut/repeat too. Wendy's ending of Babe is actually complete, for the first time, adding about an extra second.
Scorpio sticks to the traditional cuts (not removing tape stretches, etc.) and includes the ending of Babe.
Akashic's and Pirate have identical sound. Their music and background noise are louder than SIRA's, but there is no tape generation difference. Wendy, EV, and Scorpio have been amplified significantly. SIRA runs a fraction slow but isn't too noticeable.

1-11-69
Anybody Got a Les Paul? (Equinox), Birth of the Gods (Balboa), Fresh Garbage (Scorpio), How Many More Years (Empress Valley), Pb+ (Wild Card), Psycho A Gogo! (Led Note), Streets of San Francisco (no label), Syonen Zep Zokango (Akashic), & Whole Lotta For Your Love (Pirate Records)
Balboa was the first release of this show when only four songs were available. Pirate's 3 song version came after the fifth song became available.
Akashic was the first title to release more tape of How Many More Times and provided Communication Breakdown. Wild Card is likely either a clone using the Akashic release or even more likely, a cd produced from the exact same tape that Akashic utilized. "P & C" are behind both releases.
Of the 5 song titles... Equinox and Led Note are both missing much of the introduction. Empress Valley and Scorpio have the most complete How Many More Times, offering an extra second of tape after the big cut.
Akashic, Wild Card, Streets, Empress Valley, and Scorpio all share one strange feature. The tape has a different band's music underneath Led Zeppelin. It is most noticeable between songs. (Possibly, the master tape was either recorded directly over a tape that was previously used to record another band performing at the Fillmore.) These same titles are better sounding than the others and is likely due to a lower generation of tape.
Empress is the most amplified of all, then Wildcard, Akashic, and then Scorpio.

1-12-69
California '69 (Lemon Song), Fresh Garbage (Scorpio), Fourth Night (Empress Valley)
Lemon Song released their title in the late 1990's. More than ten years later, the show finally gets released again - first by Scorpio, then Empress Valley.
The titles differ at a few of the cuts but generally the two newer titles have slightly more tape surrounding those cuts. Scorpio has a brief unexplained problem in the left channel during You Shook Me. Overall, Empress is slightly more complete than the other two titles.
Scorpio has much more background noise/hiss than Lemon Song and it's music is quieter. It is probably from a higher generation tape. Empress Valley's title seems to be the same quality as Lemon Song, although they've chosen to amplify a bit.

1-23-69
Boston After Dark (Empress Valley) & Complete Boston Tea Party (ARMS)
Empress Valley is missing Robert's final "Thank You" and has pasted a few seconds of tape at the end of the tape, from elsewhere in the show. It's tape has been amplified, making the music and background noise louder.
There's no difference in tape generation between the two titles.

1-26-69
Fillmore East (Mud Dogs), Killing Floor (Cobra), Sudden Attack Boston (STTT), & Tight But Loose (Tarantura)
Cobra's introduction is a hair longer than the others.
Tarantura is missing the first dozen seconds and is missing 72 seconds of tape after Pat's Delight.
Shout To the Top's title has been amplified, making the music and background noise louder (a bit too loud).
Cobra and Tarantura have very similar sound.
Mud Dogs' title runs a little fast and is missing the 4 second introduction. It's cuts and sound are similar to Cobra and Tarantura.
There's no difference in tape generation between the titles.

1-31-69
Drive Me Insane (Scorpio), East/West (Digger Productions), New York in the Wind (Empress Valley), & Psychedelic Raw Blues (Immigrant)
Immigrant has strange background sounds throughout, as if the tape copy was dirty or troubled. These problems are not on other titles.
The other titles are quite similar. They are certainly from a better tape generation than Immigrant, and are similar in sound.
Digger is a very excellent title, but lacks an introduction.
EV has introduction. They elected to edit the tape glitch that occurs half way into Dazed. A fairly significant problem introduced only by EV, is a strange sound appearing a couple of times half way through the song.
Scorpio also has an introduction. It even has a few extra seconds after the show that can't be found elsewhere. No problems with this title.

2-1-69
Drive Me Insane (Scorpio), Legendary Fillmore Tapes Vol.1 (Savege Beast Music) & New York in the Wind (Empress Valley)
These titles are very similar. Savege misses a few seconds after the show and seems to run a touch slow. EV and Scorpio have been amplified a little over Savege.

2-2-69
Absolutely Gems (Sanctuary), Canada 2-2-69 (Totanka), & Rockpile Tapes (Badgeholders)
Totanka's I Can't Quit You has 4 extra seconds of music in the area of the tape problem in the beginning. Killing Floor is not present on this title.
Although Sanctuary's Killing Floor has a cut before and after it, it does not seem to be from another known show.
Badgeholder's title has a bad edit in the beginning of Train and a very strange error near the 1:40 mark during I Can't Quit You.
Totanka and Badgeholders are similar in sound while Sanctuary's sound hasn't been amplified as much.

2-14-69
Image Club (Rag Doll), Reflections On My Mind (IQ), Roll Over Beethoven (Empress Valley), We're Unknown (Tarantura2000), & Yellow Zeppelin (Tarantura)
Rag Doll is missing a couple of seconds of tape after How Many More Times and runs a touch faster than the other titles.
Tarantura starts out their title by faking an introduction, taken from tape after You Shook Me. Most of the tape stretches and cuts have been edited on this title. There are a couple of seconds missing from Robert's introduction to HMMT. The last two seconds of HMMT is missing, along with the few seconds of audience cheer. Eight seconds of tape were pasted at the end of the title.
Empress Valley has removed the tape stretches and has amplified their sound a bit.
Tarantura2000 starts out their title by faking an introduction, taken from tape after Babe. It misses the audience cheer after HMMT.
IQ has all the proper content. The brief bit of audience cheer after HMMT is not found elsewhere from the show. Immediately following that, is a brief snippet of Robert that may either be original or take from after Pat's Delight.
These titles are somewhat similar in sound.

3-3-69
BBC (LSD), Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant), Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley, box and jewel versions), Lost BBC Sessions (Led Note), & Winterland (Living Legend)
Living Legend's title is copied from vinyl, has a lot of hiss in the background, and is missing the couple of seconds of tape before the show.
Immigrant is missing the brief intro and the 1st note of the set as it fades in. It has too much background noise. The title is from tape.
Led Note, LSD, and Empress Valley are highly similar and are from tape.

3-15-69 Afternoon Show
Led Zeppelin is a Gas (Empress Valley), Rock of Ages (TDOLZ), & Short Cuts (IQ)
IQ is missing 9 seconds of the introduction. Both IQ and TDOLZ have a small drop in sound for about 15 seconds during Quit. This drop isn't found on Empress Valley, but EV's As Long has a very brief drop that isn't found on the other titles. IQ has a slight cut/repeat after You Shook Me. TDOLZ's Communication Breakdown has an unfortunate cut and repeat just after the first minute.
TDOLZ's music is louder than IQ's and almost has less background noise than IQ. TDOLZ is closer to the master bootleg. EV's music and background noise are both a little louder than TDOLZ's - no gen difference.

3-15-69 Evening Show
Denmark '69 (Deep), Led Zeppelin is a Gas (Empress Valley), & Rock of Ages (TDOLZ)
These tapes are virtually identical. Empress Valley's title has been amplified the most, then TDOLZ.

3-16-69
Hampton Kicks (Elrond), Kicks (Tarantura), Missing Links (TDOLZ), Rock of Ages (TDOLZ), Stockholm (Kaleidoscopic), & Super Session At Tivolis Koncertsal (Empress Valley)
TDOLZ's Missing Links has a digital glitch in the beginning of I Gotta Move. The glitch is not on the other titles. It's sound is very clear and doesn't have any hiss.
Elrond has a big drop on Dazed and Confused that is not found on the other titles. It's sound is similar to Missing Links.
Tarantura runs a little fast and has been amplified, bringing up the background noise with the music. Kaleidoscopic has also been amplified, bringing up the background noise with the music.
TDOLZ's Rock of Ages debuts the audience tape.
Empress Valley uses the soundboard as it's primary source, filling in the gaps with the audience tape. In the mixing process, about fifteen seconds of soundboard is displaced with audience tape. The audience tape is a dirty copy, containing another band's music in the background of the left channel.

3-17-69 Danish TV
Danish TV (Cobra & Flying Disc), Danish TV & Studio Sessions (Watchtower 1st & 2nd editions), & Denmark '69 (Deep)
Cobra & Flying Disc are mostly similar with slight differences in speed and equalization.
Deep's title has a few drops and lots of static.
Watchtower's title is a substantial upgrade from the other titles listed. The vocals and instruments are much clearer and the background noise is much less. It's probably 2 tape generations better than the rest. Watchtower's second edition reissues the same disc but changes the artwork a little.

3-19-69 BBC
Anybody Got a Les Paul? (Equinox), Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley, box and jewel versions), Motor City Daze (Antrabata), Ottawa Sunshine (Elrond), Streets of San Francisco (no label), & Sunshine Woman (Flagge)
Antrabata only contains Sunshine Woman.
Elrond is missing most of the Alexis Korner's commentary and is also missing What Is and What Should Never Be. It isn't as clear as the other titles.
Equinox's tape has been amplified considerably.
There are some subtle differences between tape quality in the longer releases, but overall they're about the same quality.

4-24-69
Black Beauty (Wendy Records), Blues Anytime (Empress Valley), Conquering California (Dinopower Records), Cracker Jack Blues (Jelly Roll), Fillmore West (LSD), Fillmore West '69 (Scorpio), Go West Young Man! (Scorpio), Listen To the Difference (Empress Valley), & Psychedelic Raw Blues (Immigrant)
Scorpio's Fillmore West '69 and Immigrant are both missing 40 seconds of the introduction. Dinopower is missing the entire introduction. Immigrant and Dino both have a 2 second gap early in White Summer that isn't found on the other releases. Scorpio's Fillmore West '69, Immigrant, and Dino are cut near 3 minutes into White Summer, missing 11 seconds of music. A total of 38 seconds have been removed from Immigrant's titles in the area of the speed up during White Summer. Immigrant and Dino are the only titles to have a dropout two minutes into Pat's Delight. Dino has a dropout in As Long As I Have You not found on the other titles. It's also missing the last 7 seconds of tape after Pat's Delight.
LSD and Jelly Roll are both highly similar and complete.
Empress Valley's "Blues Anytime" replaced the tape stretch in White Summer with what seems to be tape from a different show. The tape gap in the beginning of Babe is completed here using the Danish TV show.
Empress Valley's "Listen To the Difference" is entirely from the stated show this time. It's introduction begins with a few seconds not found on prior releases.
Wendy's title is most similar to the second EV release, although they've spliced in a different show in place of the speed problem during White Summer.
Scorpio's Go West title has about fifteen seconds more of the introduction than any other release. There's a cut/glitch in As Long that's not found on the other titles. White Summer's tape stretch has been displaced with tape from another show.
There doesn't seem to be any difference in tape generation between the titles. There are differences in amplification. Immigrant, Empress Valley (both titles), Dinopower, and Wendy are the loudest.

4-25-69
California '69 (Lemon Song), Grande Ball (Missing Link), How Many More Years (Empress Valley)
Missing Link is missing the brief introduction and one second at the cut during As Long As I Have You.
Lemon Song is missing a few seconds after Train.
Empress Valley doesn't have the deficiencies of the other two titles. Their tape has been amplifed some over Lemon Song, but has not been overdone. Missing Link's title is from a higher generation of tape.

4-26-69
Avocado Club (Empress Valley), Graham's Superb Vol 1 (IQ), Lead Set: Psychedelic Ballroom (Tarantura), Psychedelic Explosion (TDOLZ), & Smokestack Lightning (Black Swan)
Black Swan's recording is VERY unbalanced.
TDOLZ is missing most of the tape before the show. It has an extra tape problem in Dazed and Confused, has about 3 seconds of some foreign music before HMMT, misses almost one minute of guitar tune up before White Summer, and has a cut in Babe that eliminates 6 seconds. There are also a couple of extra cuts between songs, missing some of Robert's comments. The title runs a little slow and has too much background noise.
IQ is properly balanced, much more complete than TDOLZ, and far better sounding.
EV and Tarantura are very similar to each other and only lack a split second of tape. Their music and background noise are little louder than IQ - just amplified, probably no gen difference.

4-27-69 audience
Avocado Club (Empress Valley), Graham's Superb Vol 2 (IQ), & Lead Set: Sitting & Thinking (Tarantura)
IQ starts out by missing part of Robert's "Good Evening" from before the show. The cut after Shook is missing 17 seconds of Robert's commentary and instrument tune-up. Communication Breakdown and White Summer/Black Mountain Side are out of sequence. Tarantura is missing 17 seconds of HMMT, near the end of the song. The songs are properly sequenced. The sound level of the music between IQ and Tarantura are very similar. However, Tarantura has too much background noise.
EV isn't missing the piece of tape like the other two titles. However, the usual cuts are there. EV's music and background noise are louder that IQ - just amplified, probably no gen difference.

4-27-69 soundboard
American Beauty (Tarantura), Fillmore West (LSD), San Francisco 27/04/69 Vol. 1&2 (Kaleidoscopic), & Simplistic Atmosphere (Jelly Roll)
All of these titles have similar cuts.
Tarantura is missing Pat's Delight. Kaleidoscopic is missing almost 6.5 minutes of the song.
LSD is the only title that has the songs on the second set in the proper order. Both LSD and JR are cut before Dazed and Confused. The few seconds of tape before this cut on LSD are from after Communication Breakdown.
Jelly Roll is slightly more complete between songs than the other "soundboard only" releases.
Jelly Roll's tape has been slightly amplified. It's music and background noise are slightly louder than LSD's. Tarantura's sound is very poor and has way too much background noise.

4-27-69 soundboard/audience mixes
Avocado Club (Empress Valley), Blue Flame (Bumble Bee), Collage (TDOLZ), Go West Young Man! (Scorpio), Sleeping Beauty (Wendy Records), & Twinight (Immigrant)
These titles fill the soundboard gaps with the audience recording.
Immigrant's title has very poor sound with way too much background noise. The second set begins with Train from Jan 9th. The audience tape is only used for White Summer/Black Mountain Side.
Wendy displaces too much of the soundboard, even during the end of one of the songs. The audience used after You Shook Me is full of "clicking" sounds.
Bumble Bee's introduction starts out with the "metallic" sound and when it finally switches the soundboard for Train, they use a super long overlapping edit (35+ seconds) between the two tapes. They continue to displace and miss the soundboard throughout the title. There are a couple of strange spots where the soundboard quality is oddly poor. They may have been tampering with the eq or overlapping the audience tape.
Scorpio's start to the title is much like Bumble Bee's, using a super long overlapping splice, displacing the soundboard. The other splices usually only displace a brief second or three of the soundboard.

5-25-69
Anybody Got a Les Paul? (Equinox), Red Snapper Deluxe (Balboa), Whole Lotta For Your Love (Pirate Records), & Whole Lotta Love (Tarantura)
Equinox's title is far louder than the other titles but it seems to be due to some digital "enhancements." A good spot to listen for evidence of tampering is in the area of 3:35.
The Balboa starts off with a couple extra seconds of tape but then cuts before going into the song. There is a bumping sound in the beginning that seems to be more prominent on this title than the others. Other than the very minor bumping sound, Balboa has excellent sound.
Tarantura runs little faster than the other versions but is similar in sound to Balboa.
Pirate is missing the first two seconds. It's sound is similar to Balboa but runs a little faster.

5-27-69
Complete Boston Tea Party (ARMS), Legendary Boston Tea Party Tapes Vol,1 (Empress Valley), Masters of Excess (The Symbols), & Pat's Delight (Tecumseh)
Masters of Excess is VERY unbalanced for almost the first half of the recording.
ARMS is balanced properly and has an additional 15-20 seconds of tape after the show.
Tecumseh runs too fast and has a tape stretch in the beginning of You Shook Me that isn't found on the other titles.
Empress Valley is similar to ARMS. It starts off with a split second of extra tape but lacks the last 23 seconds of tape.

5-30-69
Drive Me Insane (Scorpio), Early Days, Latter Days (no label) & Legendary Fillmore Tapes Volume 2 (Savage Beast)
Savage Beast's title runs too fast. Communication Breakdown runs incredibly fast.
Although EDLD runs close to the proper speed, it's Communication Breakdown runs a little fast.
Scorpio's title has an unnecessary glitch in How Many More Time. It is otherwise identical to EDLD.

6-16-69 BBC
BBC (LSD), Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant), Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley, box and jewel versions), Lost BBC Sessions (Led Note), & Secret History of Led Zeppelin (Scorpio)
Immigrant's title isn't quite as good as the others compared. It's missing a few seconds before Communication Breakdown and has tape problems while the song is ending. The last 3 seconds of Something Else are missing too. The interview seems to be amplified a little while the songs are not.
Empress Valley's title debuts thirty seconds of tape before Communication Breakdown that are not found any where else.

6-24-69 BBC
BBC (LSD), Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant), Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley, box and jewel versions), Lost BBC Sessions (Led Note), & Winterland (Living Legend)
Living Legend is from vinyl, is missing tape before the show, and is missing the last 4 seconds of Traveling Riverside Blues.
Immigrant is missing several seconds of tape before the set. There are tape problems during the end of What Is and What Should Never Be. Traveling Riverside Blues has a few glitches. It is from tape and has excellent sound.
LSD is missing Traveling Riverside Blues.
Empress Valley's title is highly similar to Led Note.

6-27-69 BBC Rock Hour
BBC (LSD), BBC Rock Hour (Bumble Bee), BBC Sessions (LSD), BBC Transcription Service (no label), Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant), Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley, box and jewel versions), Rock Hour (Antrabata), & White Summer (Swingin' Pig)
There are two types of releases for this date. The first is almost entirely music. The second is the actual broadcast version that includes interview and commercials/comedy sketch.
LSD's "BBC" (4cd), Swingin' Pig, and Immigrant contain the first type. The music on LSD and Swingin' Pig are much louder than the broadcast versions. Immigrant's music and background noise are not as loud as the broadcast titles. These releases do not have the three glitches in the early part of Dazed and White Summer is complete.
With the exception of Bumble Bee's title, the releases mentioned here for the broadcast version all contain tape glitches in Dazed and are missing 16 seconds of White Summer. Bumble Bee is the first broadcast release not to have these flaws.
The BBC Transcription Service title seems to be a direct copy of Antrabata.
The broadcast versions are all similar in sound and non musical content.

7-6-69, sources 1, 2, & 3
Jazz (no label), Live At the Newport Jazz Festival (Empress Valley), New Port '69 (Black Swan), & Tales From '69 (Tarantura)
Black Swan comes from the first tape source and runs a little fast. It doesn't capture Long Tall Sally.
Jazz, Tarantura, and EV come from the second and have the full show. Jazz has a digital glitch in the introduction, a drop in Dazed, and a digital glitch in You Shook Me. None of those problems are present on Tarantura or EV. All titles are cut after Shook, but Tarantura is missing 29 seconds of tape & Robert talking. Empress has a slight cut/repeat as Robert introduces himself during How Many More Times. Tarantura runs too fast, has less tape after the show, and doesn't seem to be quite as clear as the other two titles. Jazz and EV have similar sound in music and background noise.
Masterport comes from the third tape and has been degenerated with the "metallic" sound. It has the first three songs but Dazed isn't complete.

7-20-69
Cleveland 1969 (TDOLZ) & The Destroyer 1969 (Tarantura)
There are a couple of dropouts on TDOLZ that were edited on Tarantura to remove the silent gap created. Both titles have small drops and dips in sound in various places, mostly the same. They both have hiss in the background. TDOLZ amplified the tape and therefore has louder music and background noise. Tarantura has more lower end frequencies.

7-21-69
Complete Central Park (Sanctuary), Live At Central Park (Empress Valley), Schaefer Music Festival (Rock Calender), Twist (no label), & Woody Woodrocker Show (Tarantura2000)
Schaefer is missing too much of Train and doesn't sound as good as Twist.
Twist does not sound as good as Sanctuary.
Sanctuary sounds great and has a little more tape than the others. It has a brief sound change during the beginning of How Many More Times.
Tarantura2000 doesn't have the sound change during How Many More Times, but is preceded by a cut/repeat instead. They've censored the tape after the show, removing the taper's comments. It's sound hasn't been equalized as high as Sanctuary.
Empress Valley's title seems to be sourced from the same tape copy as Tarantura2000. They both have a couple extra split seconds of tape not found on older titles. They both have a new tape problem just before Sanctuary's problem during HMMT, but don't have the sound change experienced on Sanctuary (It's less annoying than other problem found on Sanctuary's title). EV didn't edit the tape trouble with a cut/repeat like Tarantura2000, but they do cut out the taper's comments after the show. EV's tape isn't amplified as high as Sanctuary.

7-25-69
State Fair (Digger Productions) & Stroll On (TDOLZ)
Digger is missing most of the introduction, a dozen seconds after Dazed, and five seconds after How Many More Times. It does include two second of Robert saying "good night" that are not found on TDOLZ (beginning of HMMT).
Digger runs just a hair faster than it should. TDOLZ's tape has been amplified a fair bit.

8-8-69
Live At Central Park (Empress Valley) & Summer of '69 (Rubber Dubber)
Rubber Dubber is missing several seconds of tape and is over amplified. Empress Valley is complete.

8-17-69
Red Snapper Deluxe (Elrond) & Tales From '69 (Tarantura)
Tarantura created a false introduction and amplified their tape some. There is no difference in tape generation.

8-18-69 First Show
Absolutely Gems (Sanctuary), Complete Rockpile Shows (The Symbols), & Rockpile Tapes (Badgeholders)
These titles are similar in content. The Symbols has an instance of digital interference during Dazed. Badgeholders has the familiar metallic sound, ranging from little to very heavy at times.

8-18-69 Second Show
Absolutely Gems (Sanctuary), Complete Rockpile Shows (The Symbols), & Rockpile Tapes (Badgeholders)
Sanctuary's and Badgeholders' sound may be slightly better than Symbol's. Other than that, the tapes are almost completely identical.

8-31-69 soundboard
Don't Mess With Texas (Oh Boy), Only Way To Fly (Empress Valley), Plays Pure Blues (Whoopy Cat reissue), & Texas International Pop Festival (EV, LSD, & Oh Boy)
The only difference between the Oh Boy titles is the artwork.
The difference between Oh Boy and LSD is LSD's slightly amplified sound.
The Whoppy Cat reissue has the same quality and content as the other single source titles.
Empress Valley's liner notes for "Only Way To Fly" refer to disc two being from "the original mixing desk recording." It is not the original recording, because it includes another "original recording" as well, making it a two source mixture. Almost the entire first minute is not from the board (never been available from board), but from the audience tape. The disc is mostly from the board, but it also includes more of the audience recording to fill actual/true/real gaps. EV's sound is slightly better than previous titles from the board. It may or may not be due to a better generation of tape.
Empress Valley's release titled "Texas International Pop Festival" is a two source mix, using the audience tape to fill gaps in the board.

8-31-69 audience
Only Way To Fly (Empress Valley) & Plays Pure Bob (Tarantura)
Tarantura's title is strictly from the audience.
Empress Valley's liner notes refer to disc one being from "the original reel to reel recording from the photographer's pit (audience)." It is not the original recording, because it includes another "original recording" as well, making it a two source mixture. The soundboard is used to fill in a musical gap in How Many More Times. EV's music and background noise are slightly louder than Tarantura's. It isn't likely due to a difference in tape generation.

10-10-69
Ain't No Fool (Black Dog Rekords, BDR-002 and BDR-003), Good Times Bad Times (Scorpio), L'Olympia (Godfatherecords), Olympia 1969 (no label), Paris Olympia 1969 (Wendy Records), & Paris Par Excellence (Empress Valley)
Wendy, Empress, and the no label titles were released almost simultaneously and are almost identical in content. Wendy, Empress Valley, and Black Dog Rekords have evidence of a slight cut after Quit. EV and Black Dog Rekords have greatly amplified the recording, the "no label" version is slightly less, and Wendy mostly left it alone.
Black Dog Rekords's first release (BDR-002) and Godfatherecord's titles have removed (chopped out) the French emcee and the underlying music. In the process, a few extra seconds were removed too. BDR has significantly amplified the tape.
Scorpio replaced the emcee with music from a different show.

10-12-69
Ballroom Blitz (World Production of Compact Music), Good Times Bad Times (Scorpio), Lyceum (Cobra), Lyceum Preview (Immigrant), Triumphant UK Return (Empress Valley), & UK 10-12-69 (Totanka)
Immigrant's title is from vinyl, has poor sound, and may run a little fast. The four tape stretches and unique background noises near the taper have been completely removed. Audience cheering has been pasted in a couple of places, including after the end of How Many More Times.
Ballroom Blitz is similar to Immigrant's title. It has the same edits but is better sounding. Still, the sound has been amplified too much.
Cobra's version is from an unedited tape and has excellent sound.
Totanka runs a little slow.
Empress Valley's tape is almost identical to Cobra, but has some exceptions. It has 2 cut and repeats during What Is and What Should Never Be. (The second one is barley noticeable.) There's no fade out at the end of the tape. It's music and background noise are a tiny hair louder than Cobra (no tape gen difference).
Scorpio's title is highly similar to Cobra.

10-30-69
Buffalo Sixtynine (New Plastic Records, 1cd), Headliner (Magnificent Disc, 1cd), & When a Glass was Thrown (Tarantura2000)
The two single cd titles have problems with the right channel after Dazed, continuing through White Summer. Both are missing What and Moby. HMMT is cut short on all titles and includes a very long fade out.
NPR's title runs too fast. Mag Disc's title runs at the proper speed, but has a metallic sound throughout the title. It is especially noticeable during How Many More Times. This title could have been copied from NPR and then edited.
Tarantura2000's title offers the two extra songs and has a few extra seconds in the introduction. It's Dazed is cut (missing almost two seconds) and later has a brief spot of static - these problems are not found on the two prior releases of this show. It's White Summer isn't cut and includes two seconds that were missing from the prior releases. This "uncut" area is immediately followed by a micro cut/repeat that isn't found on the earlier titles. Tarantura2000's title runs at the proper speed, doesn't have any metallic sounds within it, and doesn't have channel problems.

11-2-69
Beast of Toronto (Immigrant) & Listen To My Bluebird (IQ)
These titles share the same cuts and sound. IQ has 5 seconds more tape after the show.

11-5-69
Birth of the Gods (Elrond) & Tales From '69 (Tarantura)
Elrond runs slow and is a little muffled in places.
Tarantura runs at the proper speed, has much clearer sound, but has a major tape problem during Heartbreaker. The tape problem shouldn't be their and seems to be a mistake by the person mastering the copy.

11-6-69, sources 1 & 2
Blow Up (Immigrant), End of '69 (Whole Lotta Live), Punk (Tarantura), Room 2/3 (IQ), & Winterland Party (Wendy Records)
Wendy debuts source two on silver disc, without any evidence of not being sourced from Elrond's cdr. Wendy mixes in some extra source one between songs. In the process, they eliminated some of source two after Dazed. "What is…" comes from source one. No metallic sound on this release. (Please see Wendy under the label list for further comments about this title and their other releases.)
Of the other 4 titles, IQ is the best. Blow Up's sound is really inferior and How Many More Times may not completely be from this show. End of '69 is a copy of Tarantura's "Punk" and both are very unbalanced.

11-7-69
Room 2/3 (IQ) & Winter of Our Content (Missing Link)
These two titles are very similar.

1-9-70
Historical Birthday (Shout To the Top), Jimmy's Birthday Party - The Royal Dragon (Tarantura, 2cd), Live At Royal Albert Hall (Empress Valley, 4cd), Royal Albert Hall 1970 (Celebration), Royal Albert Hall (Red Robin), Royal Albert Hall: The Initial Tapes (Godfatherecords), & Strange Tales From the Road (8cd, no label)
All but Empress Valley and Godfather are titles released before the official dvd release of this show.
EV's title is a mess. It's biggest contribution is that it debuts a two minute fragment of Heartbreaker. The first two cds attempt to reconstruct the show. It uses parts of the old familiar boot tape audio, excellent quality tape for the official release, and some mastering not made available anywhere else. The old tape is used mostly between songs and during HMMT. There are flaws not found on EV's other two cds.
EV's last two cds are an edited version of the show and is excellent quality the whole way through. It doesn't seem to have any special mastering. Their priorities seem backwards on this title. How about a full show without tampering?
Godfather seems to be an edited version of EV's cds 3 & 4. They've added a silly edit/effect to the end of the Heartbreaker fragment, moved Bring It On Home, and have amplified the sound a fair amount. The first half of the first disc has some noise in the background (similar to the annoying "metallic" sound) but can only be heard during quite moments.
STTT's title doesn't sound as good as these other two titles. It and Tarantura are missing most of the little time before the show. Tarantura added audience cheer to the beginning of the tape. Communication Breakdown has a small glitch in the beginning and has removed the cut/stretch after the song. At each cut, Tarantura has pasted in extra audience cheer in a effort to conceal the cuts. They also added 9 seconds of audience on the end of the tape.
Tarantura's music and background noise are louder than Red Robin. There's no gen difference, it was just amplified.
Tarantura's 2nd disc is the soundtrack from the video.
Strange Tales' version has a song out of sequence and is missing half a second at the first cut in WLL. It's sound is excellent.
Celebration's title is a mix between the soundboard and the video soundtrack, offering a more complete show.

2-23-70
Fixin To Die (Gold Standard), Tocatte & Fugue (Tarantura), & Valhalla, I'm Coming (Mandala)
Mandala's title runs fast and has more hiss than the other releases. It has a slight drop during the last few notes of Dazed and Confused. It is missing 81 seconds of tape before Since I've Been Loving You and almost 35 seconds of tape after Moby Dick.
Gold Standard does not have the drop in Dazed and Confused. It a slight cut and repeat during HMMT. Tarantura has the drop in Dazed and is missing 81 seconds of tape before Since. It is missing 6 seconds of tape after Moby Dick. It's sound is lower in quality than Gold Standard in some places, but equal in others.

2-28-70
Dancing With Snow Queen (Baby Face), The Nobs (Tarantura), & A Riot Going On (POT)
The Nobs has a small silent gap in How Many More Times and overall the tape is missing about 10 seconds of audience noise.
Snow Queen doesn't have a gap in HMMT.
POT's fade-in is too long and misses the 1st drum beat. It has a couple extra drops not found on the other titles.
The Nobs may possibly be one generation better than Snow Queen. POT's sound isn't quite as good as the others.

3-7-70 audience
All That Jazz (TDOLZ), Charisma (Tarantura), The Dark Tower (Tarantura), Divinity (Atlantic Ocean Records), Feel All Right (Cobla), Intimidator (Empress Valley, 3cd & 2cd), Montreaux 1970 (Live Storm, 1cd), & We're Gonna Groove (Luna & Scorpio, 1cd)
Live Storm, Luna, and Scorpio are incomplete single disc titles (Moby Dick is absent). However, they have the longest version of HMMT ever released on cd from the audience recording.
Cobla's title is from vinyl and runs slow. It's HMMT has 39 seconds less than Scorpio's.
TDOLZ's title is from tape and runs closer to the proper speed. It's HMMT is 1 second shorter than Cobla's. White Summer/Black Mountain Side has a cut nine minutes into the track.
Tarantura's Dark Tower is from tape and has the shortest version of HMMT ever placed on cd. It is 100 seconds less than TDOLZ's.
Divinity may come directly from the master tape. It is far better sounding than the previously mentioned titles. It is the only one to have the songs in the original running order, without extra cuts.
The introduction is a few seconds longer than the other releases. Since the songs are not rearranged, there are that many less cuts. We're Gonna Groove's tape stretch has been removed. Strangely, the last 20 seconds of HMMT seems to come from a different generation of tape. Even though a different gen tape was used, they still didn't use it for the 40 seconds of extra tape found on the single disc releases.
Charisma may also come directly from the master tape. We're Gonna Groove's tape stretch has been removed too. It's HMMT is 1 second shorter than Divinity. The rest of the tape is the same in regards to content and cuts. No evidence points to the chance that this wasn't copied from Divinity. It seems that heavy adjustments were made to the sound on this tape. There aren't any big negative side affects this time. Some of the stage mic feedback has been reduced during White Summer. The sound is louder than Divinity, without much increase in background noise. This is probably due completely to equalization and not to a difference in generation of source tape.
Intimidator (original issue, 3cd) uses the soundboard recording to fill the gaps in the audience tape. It's sound is a little bit louder than Divinity, like Charisma - but without adjustments. The first two cds of this title were reissued under the same name in 2005. The discs are direct copies from the original.

3-7-70 soundboard
Charisma (Tarantura), Intimate… (Equinox), Intimidator (Empress Valley), & Sunshine Woman (Flagge)
Flagge was the first label to feature time from the soundboard (We're Gonna Groove, I Can't Quit You, Dazed and Confused, and White Summer). Equinox also has these songs, but in the proper order.
Charisma was the first to include most of HMMT and some of WLL. The quality is not impressive and has been tweaked hard. There's obvious evidence in the background.
Intimidator is the most complete, combining all 6 tracks. It's sound quality isn't impressive either but has not suffered additionally like Charisma.

3-9-70
High Flyin' Zep (Electric Magic) & Vienna 1970 (MMachine)
EMC's title is all from one source, although incomplete. It has the familiar "metallic" sound in the background, just like most of their recent releases.
MMachine shares some of the same tape found on EMC but also uses a secondary source to complete the show. For the tape shared between these two titles, the quality is about the same (excluding the metallic sound, of course).

3-10-70
Hamburg 1970 (Immigrant), Lili Marleen (Tarantura2000), Mystery European Gig (The Symbols)
Immigrant has two extra cuts and a dropout not found on The Symbols. Both titles have a four minute repeat during Moby Dick.
Tarantura2000's title starts off with an extra bit of tape before the cut before the show. Dazed and Confused is followed by a minor two second repeat. The cut in Moby Dick is edited and does not miss any tape. (There's no four minute repeat on this track.)
Immigrant's title is better sounding than The Symbols. It is likely due to a difference in tape generation. Tarantura2000's title is at least one generation better than Immigrant, maybe even two.

3-11-70
Everybody Everybody (IQ) & Lili Marleen (Tarantura2000)
IQ has several flaws. White Summer is cut, missing one or two seconds. The song is followed by a nineteen second repeat of tape. How Many More Times has two instances of digital static. There is no que stop for Whole Lotta Love. Tarantura2000 doesn't have any of these problems. It's only error is a "micro cut/repeat" in Dazed, near 14:31. Shortly afterwards near 15:17, it sounds like another cut/repeat, but it is not cut.
Tarantura2000's title has louder music and background noise. It may be one generation closer to the master tape - it's overall condition is much improved over IQ.

3-12-70, sources 1 & 2
Loreley (Moonraker Records), & Psychedelic Raw Blues (Immigrant)
Previously, Pot's "Bring It On Home" was the only appearance for source one. Moonraker has released the same material and an additional 49 minutes. Unfortunately, they've degenerated the sound by adding in the metallic sound. Furthermore, Moonraker has included Dazed twice. The first is an uncut one, adding several seconds, in normal sequence. The later is offered as a bonus track - the same song, the same tape source, on the same title. The difference is it is copied from vinyl and the metallic sound has NOT been added.
Immigrant is one of a few older titles that released How Many More Times from this show. It is the only piece of source two made available so far. The audience cheer after the song has been faked.

3-12-70, source 3
Dusseldorf 1970 (Reel Masters) & Dusseldorf 1970 Raw Master (Wardour)
These are from a third source, the longest available for the show. Reel Masters first issued the tape, but degenerated the sound by incorporating the familiar metallic sound. Wardour (a label of Reel Masters) issues the same audio, but without the metallic sound and amplification.

3-21-70
Mudslide (Elrond, Flying Disc, & TDOLZ), Pb (LSD, Tarantura, & Tarantura2000, 2cd), & Pb+ (Wild Card)
All of these titles share the same songs and cuts between them. The only title to be copied from tape is the first disc of the Tarantura2000. It's second disc and all other titles are copied from vinyl.
Elrond attempted to re-arrange the tape to it's correct running order but couldn't properly place the "introduction." The music on this title is a little louder and clearer than the others. This is due to some "enhancements" which left some very strange noises in the background throughout the title.
Flying Disc has a very nice sound but comes from a noisier vinyl than the others.
TDOLZ comes from a very clean vinyl and sounds very good.
LSD's title seems to have been equalized a fair bit. It is louder, without extra hiss, but seems too unbalanced in some places.
Tarantura's original issue is also very good, sounding a little clearer and louder than TDOLZ.
Tarantura2000's tape issue is very good but not very different sounding than the other labels' releases from vinyl. However, it's vinyl issue is not as good as the other vinyl releases.
Wild Card's "Pb+" seems to be distorted on the louder notes. This isn't found on the other titles. It's sound isn't as loud as the others either but is probably just due to less amplification.

3-27-70
D'Ya Feel Alright? (Mud Dogs), Everybody Feel Alright? (Empress Valley), & LA Jive & Rambling Mind (Holy Grail)
The Mud Dog title is strictly the first source. Holy Grail's title is a two source mix, using the Mud Dog source for Bring It On Home, White Summer, and Since I've Been Loving You. Empress Valley uses the second source as it's primary tape, but misses too much of it at the cuts and splices. There are very many micro cut/repeats in this title, most notably a string of them together after White Summer. It's inexcusable. They've included an extra six plus minutes after the show that aren't available elsewhere (from source one). This seems odd after their editing out the taper comments after the show in their last release, "Live At Central Park."

3-29-70
Texas Two Steps (TDOLZ) & Ultimate Mudslide (Elrond)
These tapes are mostly the same. However, Elrond's title is much louder. This is due to heavy duty equalization. It has ruined the recording. You can hear weird digital sounds in the background.

4-5-70
Groovin' You (Empress Valley) & Live At Tear Gassed Palace (Tarantura2000)
Tarantura2000 was the first to release this show and is exclusively from the first tape source. Empress Valley mixes in a second source to add a little tape after songs on the second disc. The second tape is also used to fill in 5 seconds of How Many More Times and about a dozen seconds of Whole Lotta Love.
These titles have similar sound.

4-7-70
American Accents (Baby Face), Fearsome Four Live On Stage (Mandala), Groove (Tarantura), We're Gonna Rock (Blimp), & World Champion Drummer! (Empress Valley)
Fearsome Four runs too fast, absurdly divides White Summer in two - putting it on both discs, and may be missing time from Moby.
Blimp's also runs too fast and has some digital interference in White Summer.
Tarantura also runs a little fast.
Baby Face and Empress Valley run at the correct speed and don't have the problems present on the other titles. Empress is missing the first split second of tape.
All of these titles are similar in sound. No tape generation differences.

4-9-70
Bring It On Home (POT), First Choice (Sugar Cane Records), Makundju (Cobra), & Who's Birthday (Tarantura)
First Choice has many cuts between songs to remove tape stretches and talk. There is a cut in Since I've Been Loving You. The organ solo/Thank You is missing 2 minutes. How Many More Times is missing almost 25 seconds.
The Tarantura is missing the first 3 seconds of the first song & the first second of What Is and What Should Never Be. Surprisingly, the tape stretches following White Summer and What Is are in place, while Cobla removed them.
POT is missing the first 6 seconds of the first song and has an extra cut in How Many More Times. Makundju has an unnecessary cut in Moby Dick, removing about 3 seconds of drumming. It has 15 to 24 seconds more tape after the show than the other titles. All titles are very similar in sound quality.

4-14-70
Just the Crowd and... (Empress Valley), Ottawa Sunshine (Elrond), & Parliament Hill - TMQ Masters Vol 1 (Flying Disc)
There's only one difference between Flying Disc and Elrond. Elrond edited the cut that is approximately one minute into Dazed, removing less than 2 seconds.
Empress Valley has the same content as Flying Disc and has properly sequenced Dazed and Confused.
These titles are similar in sound.

4-17-70
Memphis (Neptune), Memphis 1970 (ZOSO), Memphis Tennessee 1970 (Empress Valley), & Memphis Underground (Magnificent Disc)
ZOSO and Neptune are completely identical.
Magnificent Disc is the farthest thing away from being magnificent. It's sound has been tweaked to the maximum, much like the titles in the last half of Electric Magic's catalog. The taper comments have been removed. The last couple of seconds are actually a double repeat of tape just briefly before. No evidence points that this title wasn't sourced from one of the previous releases.
Empress Valley's title has about two seconds of tape after Heartbreaker and about five before How Many More Times that are not found on the other titles. Other than those few seconds, the content is identical to ZOSO and Neptune. The first six minutes of White Summer have the left channel at half power, then flops over to the right channel. The problem lasts through the end of Since I've Been Loving You. EV's sound has been amplified quite a bit.

4-18-70, sources 1 & 2
Desert Storm (Empress Valley), Live At Phoenix 1970 (Power Archives), Nebula (Tarantura2000), & Phoenix (Electric Magic)
Empress Valley contains the first source. Power Archives and Tarantura2000 contain the second source. Tarantura2000 is missing two songs, and was the last label to issue the show.
EMC's title came out simultaneously with Power Archives and is a mix of both sources. Again, this label has decided to degenerate the audio quality by adding the familiar "metallic" sound. The next thing noticed is listening to part of the introduction twice, from both sources. Source one is used to complete the few missing seconds of Dazed. Later it is used once more, arbitrarily, for the majority of White Summer/Black Mountain Side. Not a clever mix.

4-23-70
Another White Summer (Big Music), BBC (LSD, 4cd), BBC Sessions (LSD, 4cd), Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant), Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley, box and jewel versions), & One More Daze (Dynamite Studios)
Dynamite, LSD, and EV include the most time before and after White Summer than the other releases.
These releases are very similar in sound.

6-28-70
Bath Festival 1970 (Empress Valley), Bath Festival (Empress Valley) Bath 1970 (Le-Mon), & Bath Stop (IQ)
IQ repeats about 2 minutes of tape at the end of disc one. Le-Mon repeats a different 2 minute section. Both titles are missing the first 8 seconds of the organ solo. Le-Mon's title sounds a tiny bit louder and clearer than IQ.
EV's are the only titles to feature tape before the show. It does not repeat any of the organ solo or Thank You like on the other two titles. It also includes the beginning of the organ solo. Overall, EV adds almost 3 minutes of tape between songs. This may be evidence of a second source tape. The sound quality of this extra time is slightly different.
EV doesn't have the weird background noise like the other titles. That is a big improvement and makes it a bit clearer, but it doesn't make a large difference. It's still the same below average quality recording.
(EV reissued their original 2001 title in 2001. In 2005, they redid the same tape mix on new discs.)

7-12-70
Checkpoint Charlie (Immigrant) & Intimate… (Equinox)
Immigrant is missing "That's the Way" and "Communication Breakdown" fragments. The running order is out of sequence (2 songs switched on last disc).
Equinox is more complete and also much better sounding.

8-21-70
Bottle Up & Go (Scorpio), Lights Go Down (TDOLZ), Tulsa Hillbilly (Tarantura), Tulsa Symphony: Ode To Joy (Wendy Records), You Gotta Be Cool (Whole Lotta Live)
Whole Lotta Live is a direct copy of Tarantura. It sounds like Tarantura used two different gens of tape to present this show. With that comes a couple extra cuts. The first disc ends 6.5 minutes into the organ solo and then is restarted on the second disc. Tarantura is missing a few seconds before the show and is missing a minute after WLL.
Scorpio is missing the introduction and most of the tape after the show. Other than that, it is not missing large chunks of tape like the other titles.
TDOLZ has the most complete intro but is missing 2 minutes of Moby Dick. It is also missing 2.5 minutes after WLL and the last 9 seconds of tape after the show.
Wendy is almost completely identical to TDOLZ. It too is missing way too much of the tape. They've also decided to splice in a different show briefly during the tape stretch early in Immigrant Song.
For the most part, Scorpio is better sounding than Tarantura even though Scorpio has some weird background noise in places. TDOLZ is similar in sound to Scorpio, but without any instances of weird background noise.

8-31-70
Just the Crowd and... (Empress Valley), Latest Summer (Jelly Roll), Milwaukee (Akashic), & Milwaukee 1970 (TDOLZ)
TDOLZ, Jelly Roll, and Empress Valley are all very similar. Akashic has added about 30 seconds to it's tape by pasting in audience cheer at the cuts and before the show. It's sound is much louder than the others but is only due to amplifying.

9-2-70, sources 1 & 2
Another Night On Blueberry Hill (Electric Magic), Fortune Teller (Tarantura2000), Get Loose (Holy Grail), Live On Blueberry Hill II (Tarantura & Wendy Records), & Two Days Before (SIRA)
Get Loose is from a different source than the other releases. It is less complete and more distant. The other titles are from the first tape source.
Tarantura and Electric Magic are almost completely identical, but not absolute. Although EMC's first disc is the same length as Tarantura, it is not a direct copy. This isn't to say it couldn't have been sourced from it - it likely was used. The only actual content difference is a tiny cut and repeat at the beginning of EMC's disc two. Their sound is identical. (No metallic sounds added this time.)
SIRA has 2 extra cuts between songs (with repeat - no time missing). It is missing 2 minutes of tape between That's the Way and Bron-Yr-Aur (the first second of Bron-Yr-Aur is missing). It's music and background noise haven't been amplified as much as Tarantura and EMC. There's probably no difference in tape generation.
Tarantura2000's title is pretty similar in content and sound to Tarantura and EMC. It does, however, miss a second of tape during Whole Lotta Love when removing the tape stretch. After the song, it has a few seconds more of tape than the other titles
Wendy is a two source mix. The secondary tape is the one used by Holy Grail, filling in the other source's few small gaps. It's sound is similar Tarantura and EMC.

9-3-70
DX I ~ X (Mad Dogs) & Missing Sailor (Immigrant)
Immigrant is missing a minute of the introduction and a few more seconds between songs. It's sound has been slightly amplified over Mad Dogs. Mad Dogs runs a hair faster than Immigrant.

9-4-70, sources 1-5
Final Statements (Antrabata), Live On Blueberry Hill (Cobra, Cobra Premium Series, Empress Valley 9cd & 4cd & 2cd, Last Stand Disc 4cd, Mud Dogs, Sanctuary, Tarantura 1993 & 1997, Wendy Records' original and remaster, & Tarantura2000 9cd), & Return To Blueberry Hill (Immigrant & the no label blue sleeve)

Foreword
A total of five different sources have surfaced from this very amazing, legendary performance.
Almost all cd titles that have ever released this show with the tracks properly sequenced are represented in this text. The old European and American vinyl titles and cd titles normally/usually copied from vinyl (ceasing by 1994~), resequenced or not, have been excluded.
Two assumptions about vinyl releases are as follows… The TMQ/TMOQ label first released this show, in monotone. The Rubber Dubber label was the second release of the show, using a different tape, in stereo. The true chronological release of these two vinyl titles isn't important for the following analysis. Importance is placed on the identification of unique bootleg tape sources for this concert.
All sources have been highly compared, studied, reviewed, and then compared again with each new release of this show. Properly identifying the separate sources, without error, has been extremely important. It is absolutely key in understanding these many sources. They have some very similar and identical background noises, such as whistling, talking/muttering, replies of "Good Evening," laughing, etc.

Source 1 = Immigrant / (TMQ vinyl)
Source 2 = Tarantura2000 TCD-30 / (Rubber Dubber vinyl)
Source 3 = Mud Dogs
Source 4 = Tarantura2000 TCD-33
Source 5 = Tarantura's 1997 blue sleeve release

Please refer to this TABLE to view sources used on cd titles.

Immigrant and the first two discs of the LSD four disc release use the first tape source, presumably the tape used for the famous TMQ vinyl. LSD has a faked introduction by moving a dozen seconds of tape from after Heartbreaker. Empress Valley's cds 1&2 ("Blimp Records / TMOQ" of the 9cd and 4cd titles) are based on the TMQ tape. It's introduction is source 5. Later parts of the title use sources 3 and 4 too. The title offers more of source one between songs and after the show than any other cd release of this show. The title also has at least two cut/repeats in the Tarantura2000 fashion. It's sound is not near as clear as the others.
Tarantura2000's TCD-30 introduces the second source to cd for the first time, also known as the Rubber Dubber tape. Empress Valley's final cd also releases this tape, but hasn't been cleaned up as anywhere near as well as Tarantura2000.
Mud Dogs and Tarantura2000's TCD-32 are strictly source three. Mud Dogs' is missing the opening one second, misses several seconds before Since I've Been Loving you and Moby Dick, misses 2:13 of Moby Dick, misses several seconds after Whole Lotta Love, and misses a few seconds after the show. It's left channel is much weaker than it's right. Tarantura2000's isn't missing the tape sections noted above and it's channels are both as strong as Mud Dog's right channel. Empress Valley's cds 3&4 ("TMOQ Alternate Source") is based on the Mud Dogs' source. It has no fewer than 23 source changes. During the constant tape switching, a few seconds of the primary source are lost. It's introduction is mostly source 5. Later parts of the title use sources 1 and 4 too. The title also has at least one cut/repeat in the Tarantura2000 fashion.
Source four was finally was released in it's entirety for the first time on Tarantura2000's TCD-33, although the title is not strictly from this source alone. Pieces of this source have been used regularly on many older titles. TCD-33 doesn't have an introduction but does have the most tape available after the show. One or more of the other tapes of this show have been used for several seconds of Immigrant Song and then for one or two split second occasions after Moby Dick. Unfortunately, edits have been made at several places where dropouts would be found in the tape. The fashion of edit used creates a semi-microscopic cut/repeat at each dropout. The split second of blank tape (dropout) is removed, throwing off the timing of the song, then a split second of tape before the drop is repeated. It's a highly annoying result.
Empress Valley's cds 5&6 release source 4 too. They refer to it as the "Cobra" source, since that's presumably the first title to use the tape, however little amount of it. It's introduction is source 5. Later parts of the title use sources 1 and 3 too. The title also has at least two cut/repeats in the Tarantura2000 fashion.
The fifth source was originally issued on Tarantura's 1997 release. Tarantura2000's TCD-34 releases a poorly edited version of it. (Edits were made in the same manner as TCD-33.) TCD-34 runs a tiny amount faster than the other title. Sound quality is similar between the two releases.
Empress Valley's cds 7&8 release source 5 too. They refer to it as the "Antrabata" source, since that's presumably the first title to use the tape, however little amount of it. Source 1 is mixed into the title. The last several seconds of the tape have a strange reverb affect added for no good reason. The title also has at least six cut/repeats in the Tarantura2000 fashion.

Mixes:
Tarantura's 1993 release uses sources 1 & 3 but still doesn't complete Moby Dick. The last two discs of the LSD title is a three source mix. It relies mainly on the third tape source and borrows from the first and fourth tapes to complete. Source four is used for Moby Dick, but it is missing 82 seconds. The Cobra and Cobra Premium Series releases contain the exact same mixture of sources 1, 3, and 4. However, the CPS is not simply a copy of the Cobra. There are trivial differences. Antrabata relies heavily on source three, but uses three other sources for songs too. After using these four sources, Antrabata is the least complete mix available. The no label (possibly Scorpio) title in the blue gatefold sleeve is a copy of Antrabata. Sanctuary uses the fifth source's introduction. It relies heavily on the first source but also uses three and four for songs too. They've made every effort to present full songs and talk between songs. Wendy's two titles differ from each other and are just more of many mixes available. Their constant source changing becomes annoying. Tarantura2000's TCD-31 relies mainly on source 3 and uses source 4 to avoid some of the source 3 problems.
The first 8 cds of Empress Valley are multiple source mixes. Those four versions are each founded on different sources, but the constant source changing leaves the listener with nothing less than 4 mixes of the same show, in the same box. The listener can only guess what tape they're truly hearing during playback. The liner notes are deceiving. Tarantura2000 left plenty of room for improvement, but EV didn't bother to take full advantage. They did include the TMQ source, but that was expected.
Empress Valley's 4cd release reissues the first four cds from the 9cd release and the 2cd release again reissues cds 3&4.
Empress Valley never isolates separate sources in boxes in which they repeat the same show over and over. They're entirely missing the point. It's a bigger crime than their mixing two different shows together and passing it off as a single show.
Between all of these titles, speed and sound quality differ slightly. Some titles have louder music than others, but they also have louder background noise that comes along with amplifying.

9-6-70
Almost Son of Blueberry Hill (Shout To the Top), Box of Tricks (Red Hot & Tarantura2000), Holiday In Waikiki (Gold Standard), In Exotic Honolulu (Akashic), & September VI (Empress Valley)
STTT is missing several seconds from the introduction. All titles are cut after Heartbreaker but Red Hot and Holiday are missing a few seconds of Robert's commentary. Holiday and STTT are both cut during Moby Dick and are missing almost 20 seconds each. All titles are cut during Whole Lotta Love but STTT is missing 4 seconds of music. Red Hot is missing over a minute of tape after Whole Lotta Love.
Akashic, Empress Valley, and Tarantura2000 are pretty much identical in content. Akashic and Tarantura2000 removed the tape stretch after the show. EV's cue stops could have been positioned better. Tarantura2000 has a slight instance of static at the edited cut during Whole Lotta Love. Akashic's sound hasn't been amplified as much as these other two.

9-9-70
Come Back To Boston (Holy), No License, No Festival (SIRA), & Wreckage In Boston: Worse Than G.M. (Tarantura2000)
SIRA is source one and Tarantura2000 is source two. Holy uses source one up through most of Moby Dick and then switches to source two.
For the common source between SIRA and Holy, Holy's is in better condition. It doesn't have the tape problems found in Heartbreaker and Since I've Been Loving You. It's music and background noise are louder due to amplifying. There is a fair chance that it is a better generation due to the fact of the lesser (minor) problems. The second source on Holy runs fast.

9-19-70, afternoon show
American Woman (TDOLZ), Have You Ever Experienced? (Tarantura2000), Praying Silently for Jimi (Empress Valley)
TDOLZ was the first title to issue this show. It switches to a secondary tape source just before the final two songs.
Tarantura2000 and EV rely on the primary tape used by TDOLZ and fills those cuts with the secondary source. The final two songs are also entirely from the second tape source. Both these titles have been amplified, making the music and background noise a little louder.

9-19-70, evening show
Shout That Loud (Electric Magic), Final Daze (no label), Requiem (Empress Valley), & Have You Ever Experienced? (Tarantura2000)
These four titles are completely identical in regard to cuts and content. Their only tiny differences are in speed and sound quality.
The differences in speed are so tiny that they can only be detected by time comparison, not by ear. During the dozen seconds leading up to the cut in Moby Dick, Final Daze and Requiem both have strange sounds growing more and more prevalent. Electric Magic doesn't have that unnatural sound. (Furthermore, Electric Magic did not degenerate their sound by adding the metallic noise.) Requiem's sound is a tiny bit louder than Electric Magic. Final Daze's sound is a tiny bit less loud than Electric Magic.

3-5-71
911117 (Tarantura2000), Black Helmet (Sharaku), & Black Velvet (Empress Valley)
EV was the first to release this show on cd. They have "completed" songs from different shows. EV doesn't bother to tell us that this is a multiple show mix.
Tarantura2000 is strictly from the one concert. The screeching sound (faulty tape recording equipment) that starts during Stairway has been carefully removed from this release.
Sharaku is identical to Tarantura2000.
There's no tape generation difference between these titles. EV has amplified theirs, bringing up the music and background noise.

3-6-71
911117 (Tarantura2000), Black Helmet (Sharaku), Black Velvet (Empress Valley), & Crazed Attack (no label)
Crazed Attack was the first cd issue of this show. Going To California, What Is and What Should Never Be, and Rock & Roll are all largely incomplete. EV has "completed" these songs from different shows. The first few seconds of What Is and What Should Never Be are from the previous night. The remainder of the balance is not from March 5th or 6th. A second source for March 6th is not known. EV doesn't bother to tell us that this is a multiple show mix.
Tarantura2000's title is almost completely identical to Crazed Attack. They are both missing a little tape before and after the show, but these are not necessarily valuable passages. Both are missing about 30 seconds of tape after Moby Dick. EV has these sections and they seem to be genuine.
Sharaku barely differs from Taratura2000. It has a couple extra instances of digital static and includes some non show related audio in the middle of Black Dog, that's apparently cut from the other titles. There's no tape generation difference between these titles. EV has amplified theirs, bringing up the music and background noise.

4-1-71, mono
BBC Archives (Scorpio 4cd) & BBC Sessions (LSD 5cd)
LSD's first two cds of "BBC Sessions" and Scorpio's first two cds ("FM Edit Master") contain the tape in mono. They're both the same musically but Scorpio has a little bit of extra tape.

4-1-71, stereo
BBC (ARM "2nd edition" & LSD 4cd), BBC Archives (Scorpio 4cd), BBC In Concert (FSS), BBC Sessions (LSD 5cd), BBC Zep (Antrabata "2nd edition" & Tarantura), Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley, box and jewel versions), & Stairway To Heaven (Cobra)
Cobra is from a shorter tape, having some time between songs removed.
LSD's two different stereo issues do not contain a complete Dazed and Confused. "BBC" is missing 10 seconds and repeats almost 45 seconds. "BBC Sessions" is cut in the same area but doesn't have the repeat. Still, it misses the same 10 seconds.
The "BBC" title by ARM has discs bearing Antrabata's name (but nowhere else) and are "leftover discs" from the true Antrabata "2nd edition" release. (The packaging differs.) Antrabata's content is virtually identical to FSS. FSS's edit during Whole Lotta Love is better.
Tarantura is missing almost 3 minutes of tape and seems to be from a higher generation tape.
Scorpio's stereo ("Pre FM Master") version is also similar to the better titles of this group (Antrabata and FSS).
FSS, Scorpio, and Empress Valley are ally very similar. EV's title runs a hair slower and is amplified a touch more.
Excluding Tarantura, these stereo titles all sound very good.

5-3-71
Copenhagen 1971 (Cobra), In Concert In Copenhagen (Empress Valley), K, B (Image Quality), Loove! (Tarantura), Previews & Novelties (Equinox), The 2nd European Tour (Whole Lotta Live), & Wonderful Copenhagen (Wendy Records)
The Whole Lotta Live title is a direct copy of Tarantura.
Equinox and Wendy are the only titles not cut 15 minutes into Dazed and Confused. Tarantura is missing 4 seconds of tape at the cut. IQ has a second of silence at the cut but does not seem to be missing any time.
Equinox is the only title that doesn't have a short sentence pasted after Gallows Pole. The sentence is not found anywhere else on these titles. It does seem to be from the same tape source.
All titles are cut after Communication Breakdown, but Tarantura is missing almost 10 seconds of tape and then repeats 5 seconds.
EV has all of the usual cuts, plus two extra. It too is cut during the 15th minute of Dazed and has the short sentence after Gallows Pole. This title does have 8 extra seconds of tape after Black Dog before being cut, but it could possibly be the result of good editing.
Equinox has a few extra seconds of tape after the show than the others. "Previews & Novelties" sounds a tiny bit better than IQ and EV, but Tarantura sounds a tiny bit better than Equinox. Wendy's sound is pretty much identical to Equinox. The sound differences are not likely due to a difference in generation of tape.

7-3-71
Casino Royale (Empress Valley), Short Cuts (Image Quality), & Stepmothers Club (Mad Dogs)
Mad Dogs is missing 4 seconds too many of the beginning of Since I've Been Loving You. It is also missing Dazed.
IQ may be missing a split second too much of the beginning of Since I've Been Loving You. It has a brief cut/repeat after the song. Dazed and Confused is just under six minutes, missing just over five minutes.
EV provides a brief four second introduction and an additional five plus minutes for Dazed and Confused.
Mad Dogs' sound seems a bit better than IQ. EV's music and background noise are louder than IQ.

8-7-71
Casino Royale (Empress Valley) & Peter's PA (Black Dog Rekords)
These two titles are similar in content. EV is missing ten seconds of the introduction, seems to have a slightly more prominent tape problem during Stairway To Heaven (likely due to less editing), and is missing about five seconds of tape after the show.
Black Dog's title has an unnecessary glitch during Immigrant Song. It's brief amount of tape after the show is likely genuine, but it's difficult to determine since it starts with a cut.
EV's title has been amplified quite a bit. It's music and background noise are much louder than Peter's PA.

8-21-71
DX I ~ X (Mad Dogs), Firecrackers Explosion (Empress Valley), 7th American Tour (Whole Lotta Live), Walk Don't Run (Tarantura), & Wild Weekend (TDOLZ)
Whole Lotta Live is a direct copy of the Tarantura. The tape starts out too fast but slows down some before the end of the title.
Mad Dogs and Tarantura are the shortest versions. They're both missing about four minutes of tape. Mostly it's just tape between songs, but Mad Dogs does miss a couple of seconds of Dazed and Confused. Tarantura has a drop during Going To California that's not on the others. Mad Dogs contains two cut/repeats during Whole Lotta Love.
TDOLZ is missing 20 seconds of tape after Going To California and doesn't contain the minute after Rock and Roll.
Empress Valley is a mix of two sources. It's foundation is the first tape source. It uses the second starting after Stairway and ends during the beginning of That's the Way. (This adds in Celebration Day). An extra minute of tape after Rock and Roll is found for the first time here from source one.
EV's sound has been amplified a bit, but other than that, the sound is quite similar between these titles.

8-22-71
Definitive Kingdom (Whole Lotta Live), Firecrackers Explosion II (Empress Valley), Freak Out (TDOLZ), & Walk Don't Run (Mud Dogs, Tarantura, & Wendy Records)
Whole Lotta Live is a direct copy of the Tarantura. Tarantura's Dazed and Whole Lotta Love are cut, missing a total of 5 seconds. Thank You is also cut, with a repeat of about 15 seconds. Altogether, Tarantura is missing over six minutes of tape.
Mud Dog's Thank you has a cut approx 8.5 minutes into the song where the previous two minutes are then repeated.
TDOLZ's intro is 5 seconds longer than Mud and Tarantura, Thank You is uncut, and overall sounds far better.
Wendy's content is the same as TDOLZ's, but with edits at the cuts. Their title runs a little slower, better approximating actual speed.
Empress Valley's title runs slower than TDOLZ and it's equalization is a touch less. The edit at the cut during That's the Way has been edited, but not too well (it loses the timing).
Mostly, these titles are similar in sound.

8-23-71 audience
Ahead & After (Empress Valley) & Hot August Night (TDOLZ)
The titles are mostly alike. Empress is missing about 45 seconds of tape between songs.

8-31-71 audience
Orlando Magic (Empress Valley, 4cd), Orlando Madness (H&Y), & Welcome To Disneyland (Lemon Song)
The titles are almost identical. H&Y is missing an extra second of Dazed and following the song, it has a brief instance of static. Later, it misses about a minute of tape just before Stairway. Lemon Song has a cut/repeat before Moby Dick.
H&Y and EV have louder music and background noise than Lemon Song - no gen difference.

8-31-71 soundboard/audience mix
Orlando Magic (Eelgrass 2cd & Empress Valley 2cd/4cd) & You Really Got Me (Akashic)
EV's 2cd version re-releases the soundboard from the 4cd version title of the same name.
The audience tape is used to fill the gaps in the soundboard.
Eelgrass's title is a straight knock-off of EV.
Akashic is highly similar to EV except the audience tape on the second disc has hints of the metallic sound.

9-3-71
Hard Company (no label), How've Ya Been (TDOLZ), & Mad Screaming Gallery (Lemon Song)
TDOLZ's beginning and ending of the tape are much longer than Lemon Song's.
Mad Screaming Gallery is a little bassier and Dazed is 7 minutes longer due to relooping a section in the middle of the song.
Overall, Hard Co is missing 12 minutes of tape - mostly music. It shares the same cuts found on TDOLZ but is cut further too. Dazed & Confused is missing 2minutes. The end of Going To CA is cut 5 seconds too early and What Is & What Should Never Be starts 4 seconds too late. Moby Dick is missing almost 3 minutes. Whole Lotta Love is missing the last 2 minutes and over 3 minutes of tape after the song while the audience is cheering. There is a cut after Communication Breakdown, removing almost 3 minutes of tape, including the beginning of Rock & Roll.

9-4-71
Hampton From Your Palm (Wendy Records), In a Daze (Keepout), Jennings Farm Blues (Scorpio), Live From the Midnight Sun (TDOLZ), Mapleleaf (Baby Face), & Maple Leaf Gardens (Empress Valley)
Scorpio and Wendy's titles are strictly from the soundboard. Both miss about one minute of tape from between songs, in the same places. Their sound is similar, although Wendy has amplified theirs just a touch.
Keepout's title is incomplete, missing the organ solo and Thank You. It also misses the beginning and ending few seconds from almost each song. TDOLZ and Baby Face are virtually identical in sound and cuts. These three titles are all from the first audience tape.
The Empress Valley title gives priority to the soundboard (debuting another minute of tape from between songs) and then the first audience tape. The second audience tape is used briefly for the first couple seconds of Since, during Dazed, and evidently for the Organ solo too.

9-6-71, sources 1 & 2
Boston Garden Party (Magnificent Disc), Listen! Listen! Listen To Me! (Empress Valley), Listen To Me Boston (Tarantura), & Wreckage In Boston: Calm Down (Tarantura2000)
Tarantura and Magnificent Disc are entirely from the first source and the Tarantura2000 title is strictly from the second source. EV is a mix.
Mag's title has no proof of not being sourced directly from Tarantura. Some edits have been modified, including a 20 second fade on the end of Stairway To Heaven. Mag Disc added their trademark metallic sound. It's not as heavy as their first few titles but it isn't deniable. It's second disc has the same time as Tarantura, but it is not a direct cd copy.
Empress Valley's title is a mix, with source one as it's primary tape. During the first cut in Dazed, it misses thirteen seconds, then it comes back in three seconds sooner than the other titles (source one).

9-9-71
Dead Battery (Flagge), Hampton 1971 (Cannonball), Hampton From Your Palm (Wendy Records), Hampton Kicks (Elrond), In the Wake of Zeppelin (Akashic), Inspired (Antrabata), & Jim's Picks (Tarantura)
For the most part, these titles sound similar and almost have the same content.
Flagge opens with a very long fade in and Moby Dick fades out. Tarantura and Akashic have a small fade in and a small fade out. Flagge, Tarantura, and Akashic are all missing the first second of tape. Elrond has a small fade in but does not fade out. Antrabata and Wendy do not fade and are the only titles not missing the opening second of the tape.
Elrond has two drops not found on the other releases. It and Antrabata have an extra cut in Dazed and Confused and are missing a few seconds of tape after the song.
Cannonball doesn't have fades or an extra cut in Dazed.

9-11-71
Giants of the Sky (TMQ), Live At Leeds 1971 (no label), & Mad Screaming Gallery (Lemon Song)
Leeds contains the first and last portions of the show (runs too fast). Gallery contains the middle section. Together they do not complete the show.
Giants' cover states it is compiled from the two cd titles above plus a "tape-source." The Leeds portion has been speed corrected but is plagued with a dozen or more slight cut/repeats. Additionally, it has glitches between many of the track changes. Neither of these errors are found on the Leeds title. The Gallery portion has slight cut/repeats too, but not as many as the Leeds portion. These are not found on the Gallery title either. The "tape-source" for the seven minutes of Dazed and Confused are from March 17th, 1975 (secondary source). The actual source(s) for the 2.5 minutes of Stairway To Heaven, the 3.5 extra minutes of Whole Lotta Love, and the extra twenty-two seconds after the show are not likely from Rochester either.

9-13-71
Back On the West Coast (Mad Dogs), California Stampede (Magnificent Disc), Going To California (TMQ, 4cd), & Going To California II (Tarantura & TMQ, 2cd)
Mad Dogs has two cuts during Dazed that aren't found on Tarantura. There are a couple other cuts that fall between songs. Only half of Moby is present on Mad.
Mad Dogs' title runs way too fast. Tarantura's music is louder, without any increase in background noise or hiss. It may possibly be a lower gen.
Mag Disc's title has no evidence of not being directly sourced from Tarantura. The content is exactly the same but the title has been speed corrected and the music has been amplified. Their trademark metallic sound is included, though not as heavy as on their first few titles.
TMQ's title also has no evidence of not being directly sourced from Tarantura. The content is exactly the same but the title has been speed corrected. The title seems to be a touch less loud than Tarantura. Their two cd title is just a reissue of the same cds found in the four disc title.

9-14-71
California Expedition (Cashmere) & Going To California (Shout To the Top & TMQ, 4cd & 2cd)
TMQ could possibly be copied and edited from STTT. Their content is identical except for TMQ's edits at cuts and removal of the vinyl noise. TMQ amplified their title significantly.
TMQ's two cd title is just a reissue of the same cds found in the four disc title.
Cashmere's title is highly identical to TMQ but has a cut during Dazed not found on the other titles. Their sound is almost as loud as TMQ.

9-23-71, source 1
Front Row (Tarantura), Fronto Row (Memphis), Live In Japan 1971 (LSD), Storm of Fanatics (Mud Dogs), Tokyo Tapes (Empress Valley, 6cd), & Young Person's Guide To Led Zeppelin Vol, 2 (Empress Valley)
For the most part, these titles sound very similar in content. All are cut in the regular places but usually differ from each other. Not one of these titles has every second of available music.
Tarantura's title was copied by Memphis, but has some of the cue stops in different places.
Mud Dogs is missing four minutes of the introduction and a total of another 45 seconds missing from between songs.
EV's discs 1 and 2 of the Tokyo Tapes and the re-release of the audio within Young Person's Guide contain this source. There is an edit at the beginning of Whole Lotta Love, disrupting the timing and making it sound like a brief cut/repeat.
LSD and EV are the only titles that don't paste audience cheer at the end. Both of these titles are louder than the others. EV's title has been amplified the most, by far.

9-23-71, source 2
Tales of Storms (Aphrodite Studios) & Tokyo Tapes (Empress Valley, 6cd)
Empress Valley's content (discs 3 and 4) is an exact match to Aphrodite. They've amplified their sound a bit, but not too much.

9-23-71, sources 3 & 4
Live In Tokyo 1971: In Concert (TDOLZ) & Reflection From a Dream (TDOLZ original & remaster)
TDOLZ's original Reflection is strictly source three. TDOLZ's remaster Reflection uses source one to complete. (Both titles are identical in sound, but the remaster runs a little faster.)
TDOLZ's In Concert (single disc) is evidently a copy from the vinyl issue by the same title. The beginning of the title through the first minute of Whole Lotta Love represent the fourth source to cd.

9-23-71, source 5
First Attack of the Rising of the Sun (Empress Valley, 4cd), Meet the Led Zeppelin (Wendy Records), & Timeless Rock (Watchtower, 3cd & 4cd)
(These three titles all use a different mixture of three tapes.)
The first 3 cds of EV's title presents the fifth audience source for this show and is very good. It is almost complete both musically and between songs. Most of the introduction, a little tape after Stairway and Celebration Day are borrowed from source 1. Source 3 is used for a few seconds just before Whole Lotta Love. Two separate places in WLL are borrowed from source 1, for a total of one minute.
Watchtower's title is also a 3 source mix. Like EV, musically it probably uses every available second from the fifth source. The introduction on this one is entirely from source four. Dazed has two digital glitches that aren't found on EV or Wendy. The gap after Stairway is filled (also) by source 1. Watchtower shares the same cuts in WLL but elects to use source 3 for the first gap. For the second cut, Watchtower left it alone. Watchtower reissued the title in August 2008. It has the same disc times and content as the original.
Wendy's title starts out with source one's introduction and uses source one again after Stairway. The rest of the title relies mostly on source five, but elects to use source three for Whole Lotta Love.
Watchtower made fewer splices. EV and Wendy have louder music and background noise than Watchtower just a different equalization.

9-23-71, sources 6, 7, & 8
First Attack of the Rising of the Sun (Empress Valley, 4cd), Rock Carnival (Watchtower), Tokyo Tapes (Empress Valley, 6cd)
The final disc of First Attack is from another new source, being the sixth. It is about 30 minutes long, starting from the beginning of the show. The recording is overloaded on the lower frequencies.
Watchtower's Rock Carnival is the seventh source to cd. It's just over an hour long, sampled from a once fuller tape of the show.
Empress Valley's cds 5 and 6 of Tokyo Tapes is source number eight. It's not the whole show but is 126 minutes long.

9-24-71, sources 1-5

Foreword
The following numbering of sources is based on their sequence to the compact disc format.
When TDOLZ's "Light & Shade" was released in 1997, there was only one other source tape available on disc. Their alternative tape was assumed to be one single source. Upon the release of Empress Valley's title in June of 2008, it became evident TDOLZ's title debuted a mix of two new sources instead of just one. Additionally, EV's release reveals the bonus disc from Watchtower's "Timeless Rock" wasn't actually a new source. WT simply released the final remainder of source three - although the relationship was unknown.

9-24-71, source 1
Afternoon Daze (Mud Dogs) & Pretty Woman (Tarantura)
Afternoon Daze is missing some tape before and after the show. It's Dazed and Confused has two cuts not found on Tarantura. The first one repeats 10 seconds and the other misses almost 90 seconds. Mud Dog's Moby Dick is cut and missing 10 seconds. The warm up just prior to Whole Lotta Love is cut by 9 seconds and cut twice more, not missing any time.
There are a few minor differences in between songs found on one title but not the other. Overall, Tarantura is more musically complete and has fewer cuts. Tarantura amplified there tape some.

9-24-71, sources 2 & 3
Balloon Boys' Rock Carnival In Tokyo (Empress Valley), Hard Rock Night (Wendy Records), Light & Shade (TDOLZ original & remaster), Live In Japan 1971 (LSD), & Timeless Rock (Watchtower, 4cd)
TDOLZ debuts two new sources. The first third (first disc) is the second source and the last two thirds (second and third discs) are from a third source. It seems to be equalized too much on the high end.
LSD's title shares the same mix of two tapes as TDOLZ's original issue. LSD's Moby Dick is missing a couple extra seconds at the cut. LSD's sound is much more enjoyable than TDOLZ.
TDOLZ's "remastered" version and Wendy Records' titles have the same "base mix" of tapes as TDOLZ's original issue. They further mix to fill in the small gap in Moby Dick, using source one. Wendy adds about a dozen seconds of source one's intro to start their title. That's the Way has a big digital glitch near the end. TDOLZ's remaster has the same sound as the original issue. Wendy's title has a tiny touch more bass than TDOLZ.
Timeless Rock's bonus disc debuts the first third of source three.
Empress Valley's title is primarily source three. It uses source one for the earliest part of the introduction. They then switch to source two's tape for several seconds, even though source three's introduction is available. A similar pointless splice to source two is made during Dazed from 9:30 to 10:14. Source three is uncut and superior to source two, so why switch? It's completely pointless and random. Overall, EV's offering of source three has better sound than TDOLZ and somewhat similar to the other titles utilizing the source.

9-24-71, sources 4 & 5
Live In Tokyo 1971: In Concert (TDOLZ) & Live In Tokyo 1971: Superstars (TDOLZ)
TDOLZ's "In Concert" and "Superstars" are included together in the 9cd boxset. "In Concert's" last eleven minutes of Whole Lotta Love and Communication Breakdown are the fourth source to cd. "Superstars" is the fifth unique tape source.

9-27-71, sources 1 & 2
Live In Japan 1971 (LSD), Live Peace In Hiroshima 1971 (Wendy Records, original and reissue), Love & Peace in Hiroshima (Bumble Bee), Message of Love (Lemon Song), Peace (Tarantura), Peace of Mind (Mud Dogs), & Zingi (Tarantura2000)
Tarantura and LSD are entirely from the first tape. Mud Dogs is sourced from the second tape.
Lemon Song, Wendy Records, and Bumble Bee rely on both sources to provide a more complete show. Neither Lemon Song or Wendy fully maximize the tapes, so neither achieve the "full" mix. Bumble Bee doesn't make the effort to preserve their primary tape, source one. Too much of it is displaced by source two. They do include an incredibly long introduction, offering an extra 8:45.
LSD has a brief static spot in the beginning of Heartbreaker. It's music and background noise are slightly louder than Tarantura.
Mud Dogs title runs a bit fast.
Lemon Song uses both sources to provide a much more complete show. However, they didn't put much thought into using which tapes where.
Wendy Records' title has the familiar metallic sound in the background. The tapes are amplified and often overloaded. It's mix is different from Lemon Song, but not any smarter. The January 2005 slipcase reissue uses the same cds as the first issue from 2003.
Zingi is a two source mix, relying on the first tape as it's primary source.

9-28-71
Live In Japan 1971 (LSD) & Please Please Me (Tarantura & Wendy Records)
These three titles' contents are virtually identical up through the cut in Stairway To Heaven. Wendy completes the gap by using the famous tape from the following night while missing 15 seconds of the proper night. Liner notes do not indicate the change. After Wendy splices back, the three titles are again identical, through the end of Whole Lotta Love. LSD stops there but Tarantura and Wendy finish the show using a second source with completely identical content.
For the main tape source, LSD and Tarantura have the same sound quality and fast speed. Wendy's title has been speed corrected on both of the 28th's sources. It's encore source has been amplified a little over Tarantura to better match the sound of the main tape. Wendy's sound is identical to the other titles through the end of What Is and What Should Never Be. After that, disc three starts out with a very faint metallic sound - much less noticeable than their debut title. It can really only be heard between songs and during some very quite moments during songs.

9-29-71, source 1 "soundboard"
Cellarful of Noise (Noise Generator), The Complete Geisha Tape (Memphis & Tarantura), It's Been a Long Time (Mud Dogs), Live In Japan 1971 (Last Stand Disc & Rock Solid Records), Live In Osaka (Tarantura, Nighthawk's two issues, and Tarantura2000's 2cd title from 9291971 Box set), Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Mad Dogs)
Memphis is a direct copy of the Tarantura.
All of these titles are from the excellent audience tape commonly called the "soundboard" tape.
Cellarful is from a vinyl source and is missing much of the talk between songs. However, it and Nighthawk contain about 48 seconds more of "Pennies From Heaven" beyond all non-EV releases of this tape. Nighthawk is largely from vinyl - both issues are identical.
Rock Solid Records is very incomplete. It misses much of Pennies, Whole Lotta Love, Thank You, and excludes Rock and Roll. One redeeming feature is that it includes almost 4 seconds of WLL that haven't been offered before.
The Mud Dog title is the same as the last disc of the Mad Dog title. Both of these titles have an extra 16 seconds of Whole Lotta Love over Tarantura.
Tarantura2000's title reissues content from vinyl onto two cds, including the mixed up track order and major lack of completeness.
The first 2 discs of Tarantura have an extra 20 seconds of talk between songs over the Mad Dog.
LSD's release has the extra time found on Tarantura's first 2 discs and has the extra time from the Mad/Mud Dog releases. However, it doesn't have the extra minute of "Pennies From Heaven."
The sound quality is the same on all but the vinyl sourced Cellarful and Nighthawk. The vinyl noise is present. Nighthawk's sound seems flat compared to LSD.

9-29-71, source 2 & 3
929 (H-Bomb Music, 3cd) & Nine Two Nine (TDOLZ, 5cd)
H-Bomb is from the second source tape. TDOLZ's 2cd version from the five cd box set releases the third source.

9-29-71, mixes
9291971 (Tarantura2000, 5cd Box set), Fatally Wanderer (Wendy Records, both versions), Nine Two Nine (TDOLZ, 5cd), & You Were There In Spirits (Empress Valley)
TDOLZ's 3cd version mixes sources two and three.
Empress Valley's title is a mix between the three audience sources. It relies heavily on the "soundboard" source, but it doesn't use all the available tape from that source. It does contain 33 seconds of Pennies that are not found on the non-vinyl sourced 3cd titles. (This is 15 seconds shorter than the vinyl sourced cd titles.) It misses the extra four seconds of Whole Lotta Love, previously found on Rock Solid Records' title.
Wendy's titles are a mix of sources, based on the "soundboard" source. The second release is a little longer, called the "definitive version."
Tarantura2000's 3cd title from the 5cd box set is a mix relying heavily on the "soundboard" tape source. The vinyl source of the "soundboard" is one of the "sources" used in key places where the tape fails (Immigrant Song and Pennies From Heaven). One or both of the other tapes are used too. There are many, many splices in this title. There are at least a dozen instances of splicing away from the "soundboard" tape to other tapes, even though the "soundboard" tape is not even cut in these areas. Each instance of splicing displaces too much of the "sb" tape. A large section of the "sb" tape between Dazed and Stairway is missing entirely - it's not displaced by anything. There are also instances of very bizarre sounds not found on other titles. They are most noticeable after Heartbreaker and Since I've Been Loving You. Tangerine is followed by some brief echoing while Robert is speaking. Overall, it's an extremely sloppy mix with no regard to it's primary tape source. (Not only is it the worst mix for this show, it has to be the absolute worst mix ever released.)

11-11-71
Good Bad or Indifferent (Tarantura2000), Newcastle Brown Ale (Empress Valley), Teddy Bear's Picnic (no label, 1cd), & Transitional Magic (Electric Magic)
Teddy Bear was the first cd release and is far from the complete tape.
Transitional Magic was the next release, offering an extra 35 seconds of That's the Way, all of Dazed and What, and about 30 seconds of Celebration Day. Their title was evidently mastered from a poor cdr copy. It has many minor "clicks and pops" that really add up.
EV's title doesn't offer the extra 35 seconds of That's the Way. It does provide Dazed and What Is. For Celebration Day, the entire song is present.
Tarantura2000 is the first offering of all known tape previous found on the older releases, in excellent condition. It also includes Communication Breakdown.
EV & EM seem to be from the same generation of tape. Tarantura2000's tape is similar to EV's quality. Teddy Bear's Picnic is from a poorer generation.

11-16-71, sources 1 & 2
Over the 12 Foot End (no label, 2cd), Two Penny Upright (Antrabata, 1cd), & Feelin' Groovy (Empress Valley, 4cd)
Twelve Foot is the first source for this show. It runs too fast.
Antrabata is the second source. It is better sounding than 12 Foot, but is much less complete.
Empress Valley's title is a mix between these two sources. The box contains the show twice, but does not separate the sources. Both are meaningless mixtures.

11-16-71, sources 1-3 & possibly 2 more
Feelin' Groovy Definitive Version (Empress Valley, 3cd), Ipswich 1971 (TDOLZ, 2cd)
Both of these titles use the first two sources heavily.
TDOLZ uses a third source for Whole Lotta Love.
Empress Valley uses a different source than any prior release. It is possible that it comes from an unreleased portion of one of the first two sources. (Just as likely, it could be a fourth source.) This title is the only release to include the encores "Weekend" and "Gallows Pole." The last song briefly uses a different source to fill a gap. There are at least two sources for these encores. Do they belong to one of the familiar sources or are they hints of a 4th and 5th source?
Empress Valley could have placed this show on two discs.

11-20-71, sources 1 & 2
Magik (Tarantura) & Electric Magic Show (Apple, Electric Magic, & Mad Dogs)
The "Electric Magic" label is the only title with a full show, accomplished by mixing 2 tapes of the show. It relies the most on the better sounding tape. The poorer sounding tape has been tweaked to the point of creating sound that shouldn't be present. It's not the usual "metallic" sound from this label, but something just as bad, degenerating the sound.
The other three titles are entirely from the first tape source. They are highly "marked" so it's source knows who's doing what with their tape. Tarantura and Apple's titles have the same musical content and are virtually identical in all respects. Mud Dogs musical content is different.
Tarantura and Apple are missing Tangerine and most of Moby Dick. Mad Dogs is missing Whole Lotta Love. Both versions have tape problems throughout the show. Most of them match between titles but there are some that are unique to each label.
Mad Dogs runs too fast and is from a higher generation tape.

11-25-71
Best For Hard 'N' Heavy (Empress Valley), Diploma (Tarantura2000 6cd & 3cd), & Mystical Majesties Request (Electric Magic)
Electric Magic's title is a little shorter than the others. There are a few seconds missing from before the show and 2 minutes missing afterwards. The cut after Tangerine is missing 10 of tape and the cut during WLL is missing 12 seconds. It runs a little too fast and emphasizes the higher frequencies.
EV has a slight balance problem briefly in Dazed and has a large, but brief, sound increase in Stairway. Neither of these problems are on the other titles.
Tarantura2000's "master" version found in the 6cd set mimics the sides of the bootlegger's tapes. The 3cd "edited" version is highly similar, but the tracks are formatted in a more normal fashion. Both versions have all known tape to disc and do not have the faults found in the other titles. The edited version differs only slightly in sound.

12-2-71
Heartbeat (H-Bomb, 1cd) & Rock and Roll Magic (Electric Magic, 3cd)
Heartbeat was the first release of this show. It is fragmentary and runs a little fast. R&R Magic is the virtually the full show, complete where Heartbeat's songs were not.
R&R Magic's music is much louder without too much increase in typical background noise. It's probably from a lower gen. However, Electric Magic has pissed all over this tape just like with their 2-12-75 release. They both have the same terrible metallic sound from tweaking too much.

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