12-30-68
Alpha & Omega: Sounds of the Underground (Magic Bus), Gonzaga 1968 (no label - matrix is same as title), Gonzaga '68 (Capricorn), Gonzaga University 1968 (no label), Lifetime Guarantee (Empress Valley), Lifetime Guarantee Revisited (Empress Valley), Live At Gonzaga University 1968 (Wendy), & 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 "Gonzaga 1968" 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 "Yardbirds Fame" is lacking the same content of the ten year old Capricorn title.
Magic Bus's title starts out sounding poorer than the other titles but clears up after several seconds at a cut or splice. The sound again goes poor after Dazed briefly before it's cut three seconds too short. The sound goes poor for the last time, and for the longest time, several seconds after the cut in White Summer. The last five seconds of Pat's are missed, and also fades out.
Wendy's title is nowhere near complete, missing just as much tape as the twenty year old releases.
The no label title "Gonzaga University 1968," released in 2017, is nowhere near complete, missing just as much tape as the twenty year old releases. It was released at the same time as Wendy.
Tarantura2000's "It Might Get Loud" is an improvement over their original title, but still misses too much tape. The beginning half second of Train is missed, there's a micro cut/repeat during As Long, five seconds of tape is missing after Dazed, and the last two and half seconds are missing from Pat's. The sound has been amplified and the background sound is disproportionately louder, perhaps from a higher generation of tape than other recent releases.
1-5-69
Live At the Whisky A Go-Go!!! (Empress Valley & Eelgrass)
Empress Valley debuted this show in late 2006. Eelgrass made a direct copy of Empress, and shares the same "micro cut/repeats" found in Babe and Lemon Song. EV reissued the title in 2009, using the same disc as before.
1-9-69
Dancing Avocado Supreme (Graf Zeppelin, 3cd & 5cd), Fillmore West 19690111 (Wendy), Fresh Garbage (Scorpio and Graf Zeppelin), 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 than Immigrant.
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.
Wendy's "19690111" title is also excellent.
Graf's Dancing Avocado 2018 title is excellent as well.
Graf's Fresh Garbage is similar to their original.
Graf's Dancing Avocado 2023 title is identical to their original release of the same name.
1-10-69
East/West (Digger Productions), Fillmore West 1969 Day 2 (no label), For Your Love (Silver Rarities & Empress Valley's original and reissue), Fresh Garbage (Scorpio and Graf Zeppelin), Live Adventure At the Fillmore West (Wendy, original and reissue), 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, although it seems edited/spliced in.
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.
EV's reissue is the same audio as the original, on new cds, but with the same disc times.
Wendy's reissue has the same disc times and audio as the original.
Graf's title is similar to Scorpio but doesn't have the small repeat after Shook or any changes in sound for the end of Babe. It's sound for the first disc is similar to Scorpio but the second disc seems slightly louder.
No label's title is in good form and has many of the cuts slightly edited. It too has a complete end to Babe.
1-11-69
Anybody Got a Les Paul? (Equinox), Birth of the Gods (Balboa), Fillmore West 1969 (Wendy), Fillmore West 19690111 (Wendy), Fresh Garbage (Scorpio and Graf Zeppelin), 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.
As for 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.
Wendy's "19690111" title is edited at the cut during How Many More Times and is missing almost two seconds of tape. It is otherwise similar to latter releases of this show.
Akashic, Wild Card, Streets, Empress Valley, Scorpio, and Wendy 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.
Graf's title is similar to the better titles.
Wendy's "1969" title is edited at the cut during How Many More Times and is missing almost two seconds of tape. Their remastering seems to make the music/instrumentation brighter, but it comes with a price, as usual. The background noise/hiss known to this tape has become an annoying sound, and small details in the background are altered. Jimmy's guitar check just a few seconds before the opening song are a good example.
1-12-69
California '69 (Lemon Song), Fillmore West 1969 Day 4 (no label), Fresh Garbage (Scorpio and Graf Zeppelin), Fourth Night (Empress Valley)
Lemon Song is missing a little tape after three songs.
Scorpio is missing a small part of the already small introduction, but has more tape after three songs than Lemon Song's titles. It has a brief unexplained problem in the left channel during You Shook Me. 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 is slightly only misses a little tape after one song. Empress Valley's title seems to be the same quality as Lemon Song, although they've chosen to amplify quite a bit.
Graf's title is very similar to Lemon Song, missing tape in three places.
No label's title misses the first one and a half seconds of the beginning on the tape while the band is being introduced and two seconds after Babe, but it debuts nine seconds of How Many More Times before Robert introduces the band. It's sound has not been amplified and the background noise has not been suppressed.
1-23-69
Boston After Dark (Empress Valley), Boston Tea Party 1969 (Wendy), Boston Tea Party 1969 1st Night (no label), Complete Boston Tea Party (ARMS), Mad Hatter Tea Party (Tarantura2000), & Sudden Attack Boston (Grand Lodge)
ARM debuted this show. It is musically complete and has the tape after Shook.
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.
Grand Lodge's title debuts a much longer introduction - over thirty seconds extra. The last few seconds of Shook are missing and so is the fifteen seconds of tape that's supposed to follow. The metallic sound can be heard on this title too.
Wendy's title has their familiar metallic sound in the background. The last few seconds of Shook are missing and so is all the tape after the show.
The no label title contains the extra tape for the introduction, though clearly spliced in from a different copy of tape. It's ever so slightly metallic. The tape that follows is as complete as ARM. It's sound is louder than ARM.
Tarantura2000's title features some of their familiar editing where the sound changes at the que stops, effectively making it cut at the track changes. This happens for Quit, As Long, and Shook. The intro is way too short, missing 34 seconds. It's been amplified a lot.
There's no difference in tape generation between the titles.
1-26-69
Boston Tea Party 1969 (Wendy), Fillmore East (Mud Dogs), Killing Floor (Cobra & no label), Sudden Attack Boston (STTT and Grand Lodge), & Tight But Loose (Tarantura)
Cobra's introduction is a hair longer than almost all of 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.
Grand Lodge's content is almost identical to Cobra, with just a half second of the introduction missing. It's music and background noise are louder than Cobra.
Wendy's has cut out almost 50 seconds of White Summer. None of the other titles are cut there.
There's no difference in tape generation between the titles.
No label's title provides all the content of Cobra and debuts a second before White Summer. It's sound has been equalized a little differently from Cobra, being toned down a little.
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), Complete Rock Pile Tapes (TCOLZ), Rockpile February 1969 (Graf Zeppelin), & Rockpile Tapes (Badgeholders)
Totanka is missing Killing Floor but it still has 4 seconds of Quit not found on any other title. It's been amplified quite a bit.
Sanctuary is missing four seconds of Quit. Although it's Killing Floor has a cut before and after it, it does not seem to be from another known show. It does not seem to be amplified.
Badgeholder's title is missing four seconds of Quit. It 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. It's been amplified a lot.
TCOLZ is missing four seconds of Quit. It is similar in content to Sanctuary.
Graf's title is similar in content to TCOLZ, misses 4 seconds of Quit, and has been amplified a lot.
2-14-69
Image Club (Rag Doll), Miami Image Club (Wendy), Reflections On My Mind (IQ), Roll Over Beethoven (Empress Valley), Thee Image Club (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.
EV's Thee Image Club is a reissue of the audio from their first release of this show.
These titles are somewhat similar in sound.
Wendy's title has removed the stretches and amplified the sound some.
3-3-69
BBC (LSD), BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions (Empress Valley), Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant), Complete BBC Sessions (Empress Valley), Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Lost BBC Sessions (Led Note), Real Complete BBC Sessions: 1969 (Tarantura2000), Sunday Radio (Merry Melody), Traveling Riverside Blues (Pageboys), & 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.
Pageboys is missing the last couple of seconds of Dazed (reverberation). It is from tape.
Led Note, LSD, and Empress Valley's CBBCRS are highly similar and are from tape.
EV's reissue of CBBCRS comes six months after their original and uses the same discs.
Tarantura2000's title is amplified a bit and the beginning of Dazed is really overblown.
EV's "Complete BBC Sessions" reissues the audio from CBBCRS.
Merry Melody's title is missing a little non musical tape and is very poor sounding.
EV's "BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions" reuses the same discs as their previous reissue.
3-14-69 soundboard
Denmark Deluxe (Moonchild), Final Rendez-Vous (Godfatherecords), First Time I Met the Blues (Tarantura2000), Hampton Kicks (Elrond), Kicks (Tarantura), Missing Links (TDOLZ), Only Way To Fly (Masterpiece Premium), Stockholm (Kaleidoscopic), Super Session At Tivolis Koncertsal (Empress Valley), & Valkyrie's Vigil: Plays Gothic Blues (Tarantura2000)
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. It misses the last three seconds of the last track.
Tarantura2000's title doesn't contain some of the problems found on the others. It's sound has been amplified. (The last half of the title isn't from this show. It is from April 25th 1969, but is not noted.)
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.
Godfather's title (soundboard) includes the DJ before and after the show. It starts out with two extra guitar notes not found on the other titles. The last second of HMMT is missed due to the DJ.
Masterpiece's title is similar in content and sound to most of the soundboard titles.
The no label title is highly similar to the other soundboard releases, and misses those first two guitar notes too.
Tarantura2000 has rearranged the tracks to their original show sequence instead of the broadcast sequence. It has been highly amplified.
Moonchild's title offers three versions of the show on their title. The first is called the "pre-fm remaster." It, like most of these titles misses the first two seconds of guitar warm up before the show. The last half second of HMMT gets missed too. It's been amplified a lot. The next version is the "original pre-fm master." It's basically the same as the previous, but there's a cut at the track change for Dazed and the last full second of HMMT is missed. It's not amplified as much as the previous. The final version is the full radio broadcast. It begins and ends with a DJ. It does not miss the first two seconds of the introduction. It has a lot of glitches during Quit, and some more throughout the title. I Gotta Move contains a cut after the first minute, removing a split second. The last two seconds of HMMT is missed. It has also been amplified quite a bit.
3-14-69 audience
Rock of Ages (TDOLZ) & Stockholm 1969 (no label)
TDOLZ's Rock of Ages debuted the audience tape, but it runs very slow.
The no label title has the same content as TDOLZ, but runs at the proper speed. It's been amplified only a touch louder than TDOLZ.
3-15-69 Afternoon Show
Denmark 15th March 1969 (no label), Denmark 1969 (Wendy), Led Zeppelin is a Gas (Empress Valley), Led Zeppelin is a Gas Revisited (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.
IQ's tape seems to be a higher generation than the other titles. EV's music and background noise are both a little louder than TDOLZ.
EV's "Revisited" title reissues the audio from the original release.
The no label title is complete and doesn't have any extra dropouts during the music. There are some minor sound fluctuations after the show. It's sound is most similar to TDOLZ.
Wendy's title is similar to no label.
3-15-69 Evening Show
Denmark '69 (Deep), Denmark 15th March 1969 (no label), Denmark 1969 (Wendy), Jimmy Page Blues Band (Tarantura2000), Led Zeppelin is a Gas (Empress Valley), Led Zeppelin is a Gas Revisited (Empress Valley), & Rock of Ages (TDOLZ)
These titles are virtually identical. Tarantura2000's title title has been amplified the most, then EV and the no label title and Wendy, then TDOLZ. EV and no label run a little faster than the others.
EV's "Revisited" title reissues the audio from the original release.
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.
3-18-69 Supershow
Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant), Riverside Blues (Swingin' Pig), & Shenandoah (Aulica)
This Dazed and Confused track was originally released on the Supershow vhs. The audio starts before the video, leaving the first three bass notes without video. The audio on the official dvd release begins with the video and therefore misses the first three bass notes.
Aulica has the last half of the first bass note and the other titles miss it. The other titles are a bit louder than Aulica.
3-19-69 BBC
Anybody Got a Les Paul? (Equinox), BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions (Empress Valley), Complete BBC Sessions (Empress Valley), Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Motor City Daze (Antrabata), Ottawa Sunshine (Elrond), Real Complete BBC Sessions: 1969 (Tarantura2000), 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.
Empress Valley's CBBCRS is complete and in good form.
EV's reissue of CBBCRS comes six months after their original and uses the same discs.
Tarantura2000's title doesn't attribute What Is and What Should Never Be to this date, but it's included here for now. That track and the others have been amplified a bit.
EV's "Complete BBC Sessions" reissues the audio from CBBCRS.
There are some subtle differences between tape quality in the longer releases, but overall they're about the same quality.
EV's "BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions" reuses the same discs as their previous reissue.
3-22-69
Blighty (Tarantura2000), Decree of Love (Wendy), Moon Landing (Empress Valley), & Newcastle 1969 Plus (Graf Zeppelin)
These titles are almost identical.
4-24-69
Black Beauty (Wendy), Blues Anytime (Empress Valley), Bunch of Skinny Brits (Tarantura2000), Conquering California (Dinopower Records), Cracker Jack Blues (Jelly Roll), Dancing Avocado (Godfatherecords), Dancing Avocado Supreme (Graf Zeppelin, 3cd & 5cd), Fillmore West (LSD), Fillmore West '69 (Scorpio), Fillmore West 4.24.69 (no label), 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 is missing about fifteen seconds.
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 of the above releases. 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.
Godfather's title has the longest introduction, offering another 13 seconds of tape. The tape stretch in White Summer has evidently been displaced with tape from another show.
The no label title is pretty similar to Godfather and some of the others by splicing in a different show for White Summer.
Tarantura2000's title is a two show mix, splicing during White Summer. It has the full introduction like Godfather.
Graf's 2018 title is another two show mix for White Summer. It's similar to many of the other titles.
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 louder than most, but Tarantura2000 is quite loud.
Graf's 2023 title is another two show mix for White Summer. It's similar to many of the other titles.
4-25-69
California '69 (Lemon Song), Good Old Led Zeppelin: Train Kept A Rollin' (Tarantura2000), Grande Ball (Missing Link), How Many More Years (Empress Valley), Valkyrie's Vigil: Plays Gothic Blues (Tarantura2000), & Winterland Ballroom 1969 Day 1 (no label)
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 found on Lemon Song and Missing Link. Their tape has been amplified some over Lemon Song, but has not been overdone.
Tarantura2000 released this show originally in the "Good Old" box and then released three months later in the "Valkyrie" box. The first release doesn't have the deficiencies found on Lemon Song and Missing Link. It's sound is less amplified than EV. Their second release is a downgrade, missing the opening second of the introduction and placing a micro cut/repeat in the beginning of Train. This time the sound has been amplified a little more. There are no liner notes on the box identifying this show.
Missing Link's title is from a higher generation of tape.
The no label title is highly similar to EV, lacking any problems.
4-26-69
Avocado Club (Empress Valley), Good Old Led Zeppelin: You Shook Me (Tarantura2000), Graham's Superb Vol 1 (IQ), Lead Set: Psychedelic Ballroom (Tarantura), Live At Winterland Ballroom (Empress Valley), Psychedelic Explosion (TDOLZ), Smokestack Lightning (Black Swan), & Winterland Ballroom 1969 Day 2 (no label)
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. (EV does have a glitch during the end of Killing Floor that's not found on other titles.) Their music and background noise are little louder than IQ - just amplified, probably no gen difference.
Tarantura2000's title is similar to EV, except for the unexplained splice during the first minute Pat's Delight. The extra dozen seconds are surely from some other night. The title's background sound seems a little suppressed.
EV's Live At Winterland Ballroom is a reissue Avocado Club's first two discs.
The no label title is missing three minutes of non-music tape. It's been amplified some.
4-27-69 audience
Avocado Club (Empress Valley), Avocado Power (Empress Valley), Dancing Avocado Supreme (Graf Zeppelin, 5cd), Fillmore West 1969 Final (no label), 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's Club 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.
The no label title splices out to a different generation of tape for forty seconds after Quit for some unknown reason. There's a really bad brief noise halfway during As Long that's certainly not on the other audience releases of this show. About a dozen seconds are missing after HMMT. It's sound is similar to EV Club.
EV's Power title is missing almost fifty seconds of tape.
Graf's 5cd title feature the isolated audience tape on it's last two discs. Ten seconds of tape have been removed from after HMMT. It's otherwise similar to EV's audience title.
4-27-69 soundboard
American Beauty (Tarantura), Avocado Power (Empress Valley), Fillmore West (LSD), Fillmore West 1969 Final (no label), Fillmore West 1969 Off Reels (Idol Mind Productions), San Francisco 27/04/69 Vol. 1&2 (Kaleidoscopic), & Simplistic Atmosphere (Jelly Roll)
Most 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. IMP's title buries an extra second of the opening in the fade in. It's cut in Lemon Song misses a second. The cut after Babe misses 15 seconds. Ten seconds after the show are missing.
Jelly Roll is slightly more complete between songs than the other "soundboard only" releases.
The no label release's first disc ends by leading into Communication Breakdown for a couple dozen seconds, although the doesn't appear again until the end of the second disc. It's missing 11 seconds of tape after Dazed.
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. IMP's sound has been amplified a lot. The no label title's sound is similar to Jelly Roll.
EV's title misses the last ten seconds of tape after the show. It's otherwise in good form.
4-27-69 soundboard/audience mixes
Avocado Club (Empress Valley), Avocado Power (Empress Valley), Blue Flame (Bumble Bee), Collage (TDOLZ), Dancing Avocado Supreme (Graf Zeppelin, 3cd & 5cd), Fillmore West 1969 Final (no label), Go West Young Man! (Scorpio), Live At Fillmore West (Empress Valley), Sixty Nine Special (Empress Valley), Sleeping Beauty (Wendy 2007 & 2021), & 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's 2007 title 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.
TDOLZ's title seems to use the audience for each gap. Some tape is missing after Dazed.
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.
EV's Club is a regular mix based on the board.
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.
EV's Live At Fillmore West is a reissue Avocado Club's mixed version.
The no label title is similar to most mixes, not making an effort to preserve all available soundboard and often displacing it with the filler tape. Some of the audience tape sounds a bit metallic.
Graf's 2018 title is a mixed based on the soundboard. Unlike most titles, much effort seems to have been used to preserve the soundboard.
EV's "Sixty Nine Special" is a stereo matrix, simultaneously playing the soundboard and audience tape.
Wendy's 2021 title has been remastered, but suppresses some of the music and a lot of the background sounds in the soundboard and audience tapes. The drumming at the end of As Long As I Have You is a good example, as it's a very different sound than what was actually played. Some parts of the soundboard are displaced due to splicing.
EV's Power is a billed as a "merge," but it's just a normal mix based on the soundboard. It's misses a little bit of the primary tape, the soundboard, at some of the splices. That tape really shouldn't be missing since the splices are quick/distinct transitions. The last ten seconds of tape after the show are absent.
Graf's 2023 title is similar to their 2018 title.
5-25-69
Anybody Got a Les Paul? (Equinox), Decree of Love (Wendy), Miami Image Club (Wendy), Newcastle 1969 Plus (Graf Zeppelin), 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.
Wendy's Decree title runs at the proper speed and doesn't have any of the other minor problems.
Graf's title is pretty much identical to Wendy.
Wendy's Miami title runs faster than their prior title.
5-27-69
Complete Boston Tea Party (ARMS), Golden Age of Pirates (Wendy), Legendary Boston Tea Party Tapes Vol,1 (Empress Valley), Masters of Excess (The Symbols), Pat's Delight (Tecumseh), & Praise Ye the Lord (Tarantura2000)
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.
Tarantura2000 starts off with the extra split second of tape but ends without any tape after the show. Something has been done to suppress the background noise, most notably between songs, which makes the sound strange. Heavily amplified.
Wendy is similar to Tarantura2000 in content, but has the familiar metallic sound that's so common to Wendy's catalog.
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), BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions (Empress Valley), Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant), Complete BBC Sessions (Empress Valley), Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Lost BBC Sessions (Led Note), Real Complete BBC Sessions: 1969 (Tarantura2000), & 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 CBBCRS debuts thirty seconds of tape before Communication Breakdown that are not on any of the older titles.
EV's reissue of CBBCRS comes six months after their original and uses the same discs.
Tarantura2000's title has the extra thirty seconds found on EV, plus it has another nine seconds preceding them. It's amplified a bit more than EV.
EV's "Complete BBC Sessions" reissues the audio from CBBCRS.
EV's "BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions" reuses the same discs as their previous reissue.
6-19-69
Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant) & Hideaway (Nienerwald)
Nienerwald's title has all three tracks, taken from the video. Immigrant only has the non-rehearsal track of Communication Breakdown, in similar quality.
6-20-69
Blighty (Tarantura2000), Decree of Love (Wendy), & Newcastle 1969 Plus (Graf Zeppelin)
These titles are similar in audio content and tape generation, but Tarantura2000's sound is very poor. It has been highly altered to suppress sound. The results are poor.
6-24-69 BBC
BBC (LSD), BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions (Empress Valley), Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant), Complete BBC Sessions (Empress Valley), Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Lost BBC Sessions (Led Note), Real Complete BBC Sessions: 1969 (Tarantura2000), Sunday Radio (Merry Melody), Traveling Riverside Blues (Pageboys), & 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.
Pageboys is missing the tape between songs and is also missing the end of Whole Lotta Love. It is from tape.
LSD is missing Traveling Riverside Blues.
Empress Valley's CBBCRS is highly similar to Led Note.
EV's reissue of CBBCRS comes six months after their original and uses the same discs.
Tarantura2000's title has removed one of the Chris Grant comments for some reason, and has done something very odd with the sound during the end of What, the beginning of Travelling, and the end of Travelling too. Very strange. The show is followed by a one minute interview between Chris and Jimmy.
EV's "Complete BBC Sessions" reissues the audio from CBBCRS.
Merry Melody's title is missing the last 9 seconds of Whole Lotta Love, the last 2 seconds of What, and is missing a little non musical tape in two other places. It is very poor sounding.
EV's "BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions" reuses the same discs as their previous reissue.
6-27-69 BBC Rock Hour
BBC (LSD), BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions (Empress Valley), BBC/Wavelength: Best of the Rock Hour (Empress Valley), BBC Rock Hour (Bumble Bee), BBC Sessions (LSD), BBC Transcription Service (no label), Best of the Rock Hour (Empress Valley), Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant), Complete BBC Sessions (Empress Valley), Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Led One-Hour Radio Special (Boleskine), Real Complete BBC Sessions: 1969 (Tarantura2000), 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 these are much louder than the broadcast versions. 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 regular broadcast versions are all similar in sound and non musical content.
Empress Valley's CBBCRS is complete and in good form.
EV's reissue of CBBCRS comes six months after their original and uses the same discs.
Boleskine's title is a relatively recent rebroadcast of the original, minus the sketch, with an extra introduction and exit by another DJ. It's highly amplified.
Tarantura2000 tweaked the sound in bad ways on this title. The efforts to suppress the background noise have made it so unnatural that it stands out much worse in comparison to the original sound. It's not just the background being damaged, as it affects the music as well to varying degrees. It's really bad just twenty-five seconds into Quit, essentially creating glitches. It's at it's worst during the entirety of White Summer. And if that's not bad enough, there's a distinct "ping" sound in the right channel near 1:07 in Communication Breakdown, and another one during Dazed near 9:17. There are likely others too. Don't expect a replacement disc. These are not unintentional flaws, it's the way T2K wanted collectors to hear it. This isn't uncommon for this label.
EV's "Complete BBC Sessions" reissues the audio from CBBCRS.
EV's "BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions" reuses the same discs as their previous reissue.
EV's simultaneous release of "BBC/Wavelength: Best of the Rock Hour" and "Best of the Rock Hour" use the same discs for this show, which is the American broadcast. It removes most of Alan Black, the long interview, and the commercials. All of Robert's talk after the show has been removed. It's sound is similar to other releases.
7-5-69
Atlanta International Pop Festival 1969 (Graf Zeppelin), Atlanta Pop Festival 1969 (no label), Fuckin' Spirit (Melvin Records), & Rocks In Atlanta (Empress Valley)
EV includes the opening tape stretch while the others have removed it. EV, Graf, and no label kept the other stretches at the cuts. Melvin has edited the cut after White Summer. EV runs a tiny bit slower than the other titles and hasn't been amplified. Melvin has been amplified quite a bit.
7-6-69, sources 1, 2, & 3
Battle of LZ & JBG (Empress Valley), Jazz (no label), Jazz But Rock (Tarantura2000), Live At the Newport Jazz Festival (Empress Valley), New Port '69 (Black Swan), Newport Jazz Festival 1969 (Graf Zeppelin 2009 & 2016), & Tales From '69 (Tarantura)
Black Swan comes from the first tape source and runs fast. It's missing a few seconds of the introduction and at after Shook. It doesn't capture all of Communication Breakdown or any of Long Tall Sally.
EV's "Battle" is strictly from source. While it does run the proper speed and contains the few missing non-musical seconds, it's sound is horrible. EV has done something to the sound that's hard to explain, but the issue is easy to hear upon listening to the entire show. It's particularly bad and noticeable after the first and fifteenth minutes of HMMT.
Tarantura2000's title is a two source mix, relying on source one as it's foundation and source two for the gaps. Source two is used for the introduction, the completion of Communication Breakdown, and Long Tall Sally. Sound suppression starts during the introduction. It becomes very heavy during source one and continues throughout the remainder of the source tape. The tampering is constantly evident and is most noticeable between tracks during clapping and quite moments (sounding metallic).
Graf's 2009 title (one disc) is also a two source mix, using the first two sources. It's primary tape is the first source. It's sound is typical quality.
Graf's 2016 title (two discs) repeats the 2009 title for it's first disc. It's second disc is strictly source two and doesn't have any errors.
Jazz, Tarantura, and EV's "Newport Jazz" come from the second source 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. Most 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 debuts the third tape and has been degenerated some with the "metallic" sound. It only has the first three songs but Dazed isn't complete.
7-20-69
Cleveland 1969 (TDOLZ), Destroyer 1969 (Tarantura & Wendy), Moon Landing (Empress Valley), Musicarnival (Graf Zeppelin), & Musicarnival 1969 (no label)
TDOLZ has some dropouts during White Summer, the right channel missing for three minutes, and some more drops during Shook. Tarantura edited the drops but didn't correct for the right channel. Wendy edited out the drops, corrected the right channel during White Summer, and even has an extra half second of music before Shook's first cut. TDOLZ has been amplified a little more than the others.
Graf's title is very similar to Wendy, but is missing a half second at the cut during Shook.
No label's title misses the half second of Shook at the first cut. It's sound is similar to Wendy.
EV's title misses the half second of Shook at the first cut. It's sound is similar to Wendy.
7-21-69
Complete Central Park (Sanctuary), Live At Central Park (Empress Valley), Schaefer Music Festival (Rock Calender & Graf Zeppelin), Twist (no label), & Woody Woodrocker Show (Tarantura2000)
Rock Calender 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 RC and Twist. 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 the 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.
Graf Zeppelin's title is the most complete version yet. It has the extra tape found on EV and T2K, yet it is not censored after the show. It has all known tape. The sound is similar to Sanctuary.
7-25-69
I've Got You Under My Skin (Tarantura2000, original and reissue), Love Letter From Canada 1969 (Wendy), Midwest Rock Festival (Graf Zeppelin 2009 & 2021 issues), Midwest Rock Festival 1969 (no label), 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. The title runs just a hair faster than it should.
TDOLZ misses Robert saying "say good night" at the beginning of How Many More Times. Their tape has been amplified a fair bit.
Graf's 2009 title is similar in content to TDOLZ, but still misses "say" from the beginning of How Many More Times. It's sound is similar to TDOLZ.
Tarantura2000 has all of the known tape and has similar sound to Graf and TDOLZ.
Tarantuar2000's reissue uses the same disc as the original.
Graf's 2021 2cd title offers a new version and a reissue of their original. The new version contains all known tape. The sound is similar to the original, and to T2K.
No label's title contains all known tape and is extremely similar to Graf's 2021 new version.
Wendy's title is similar in content and sound as no label.
8-8-69
Get High Be Free (Tarantura2000, original and reissue), Legendary Guitar Amp Tapes (Graf Zeppelin), Live At Central Park (Empress Valley), Summer of '69 (Rubber Dubber), & Wrath of the Gods (Wendy)
Rubber Dubber is missing several seconds of tape and is over amplified. Empress Valley and Tarantura2000 are complete. EV isn't amplified as much as the other two.
Tarantuar2000's reissue uses the same disc as the original.
Wendy's release is the least complete version available. It misses a little of the introduction, misses six seconds of the excited audience and Robert talking after Dazed, removes seven seconds of Shook at the cut, inserts a cut after Shook and then repeats four seconds, and then cuts out four seconds early while Robert is speaking after the show.
Graf's title has the same content as EV and Tarantura2000. It's not as heavily equalized as T2k.
8-17-69
Legendary Guitar Amp Tapes (Graf Zeppelin), Miami Image Club (Wendy), Red Snapper Deluxe (Balboa), & Tales From '69 (Tarantura)
Wendy has ten extra seconds of tape after Quit than the other titles and runs a touch faster. Tarantura created a false introduction and amplified their tape some. There seems to be no difference in tape generation between these titles, just a difference in equalization.
Graf's title similar in content to Wendy, but is equalized a little differently.
8-18-69 First Show
Absolutely Gems (Sanctuary), Complete Rock Pile Tapes (TCOLZ), 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, sources 1 & 2
Absolutely Gems (Sanctuary), Complete Rock Pile Tapes (TCOLZ), Complete Rockpile Shows (The Symbols), Hideaway (Nienerwald), & Rockpile Tapes (Badgeholders)
TCOLZ's third and fourth discs and the other titles are from the first source and are almost completely identical. The Symbol's title doesn't sound as good as the others. Nienerwald, Sanctuary, and Badgeholders have amplified their sound quite a bit.
TCOLZ's fifth disc debuts the second source.
8-31-69 soundboard and mixes
Don't Mess With Texas (Oh Boy), Ladies and Gentlemen (Empress Valley), Only Way To Fly (Empress Valley, 2cd), Plays Pure Blues (Whoopy Cat reissue), Plays Pure Bob (Tarantura2000), Sixty Nine Special (Empress Valley), Texas Blues (Godfatherecords), & Texas International Pop Festival (EV original and reissue, LSD, Oh Boy, TCOLZ, no label three issues, & Wendy)
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 first 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 first audience tape to fill gaps in the board.
Godfather's title is another mix, using the soundboard as the primary tape and the first audience tape as the filler. How Many More Times and Communication Breakdown have sections of digital clicks.
TCOLZ's fourth disc is strictly from the soundboard. It's virtually identical to Oh Boy and LSD.
EV's second disc of Ladies and Gentlemen reissues the audio from their dvd-a release.
The 2017 no label title releases the soundboard. Unlike the others, it has a minor cut after HMMT and misses a second. It's otherwise pretty similar to the other sb only releases.
The 2018 no label release identifies itself as a "matrix," simultaneously mixing the soundboard and an audience tape. When the soundboard is unavailable, just the audience tape is heard.
Tarantura2000's second disc of the title features the soundboard with audience mixed in to complete the introduction, Dazed, and How Many More Times. Too much of the soundboard tape is lost at the long overlapping splices. It's been amplified a bit.
The 2019 no label release is a reissue from their 2018 title.
EV's "Sixty Nine Special" appears to be a direct copy of the 2018 no label release. It's a stereo matrix simultaneously mixing the soundboard and an audience tape.
Empress Valley's 2021 release titled "Texas International Pop Festival" is a reissue, using the same discs from 2006.
Wendy's title is based on the soundboard and filled with audience tapes. It's equalized differently and is one of their "multiband remasters."
8-31-69 audience source 1
Ladies and Gentlemen (Empress Valley), Only Way To Fly (Empress Valley, 2cd), Plays Pure Bob (Tarantura & Tarantura2000), & Texas International Pop Festival (TCOLZ, 4cd)
Tarantura, Tarantura2000's first disc, and TCOLZ's disc one are strictly from the first audience source and are highly similar.
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 of the first audience source, 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.
EV's first disc of Ladies and Gentlemen reissues the audio from their original release.
8-31-69 audience source 2
Led Zeppelin Eyes Big Crowd (Tarantura2000), & Texas International Pop Festival (TCOLZ, 4cd)
Tarantura2000's title debuts the second audience source. It unfortunately has several micro cut/repeats throughout.
TCOLZ's disc two is from the second audience source. It does not have the micro cut/repeats found in Tarantura2000. However, TCOLZ has a different situation around three of them. There's a little squeak that can be hear from one channel to the next. It's very silent, but it can't be denied. Still, it's much better than the annoying micro cut/repeats. TCOLZ's sound is similar to Tarantura2000's, but not as amplified.
TCOLZ's disc three is also source two, but it's missing eighteen minutes and it's sound is very degenerated.
10-10-69, emcee/deejay included
Ain't No Fool (Black Dog Rekords, BDR-003), L'Olympia (Godfatherecords), Olympia 1969 (no label), One Night Stand In Paris (TCOLZ, 2cd), Paris Olympia 1969 (Wendy), & 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.
TCOLZ's second disc is pretty much identical to the other emcee versions. It's not over-amplified.
10-10-69, emcee/deejay excluded
Ain't No Fool (Black Dog Rekords, BDR-002), Good Times Bad Times (Scorpio), Heavy Blues (Empress Valley), L'Olympia (Godfatherecords), Olympia 1969 (no label original and reissue), One Night Stand In Paris (TCOLZ, 2cd), & Valkyrie's Vigil: In the Act of Invoking the Spirit (Tarantura2000)
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.
TCOLZ's first disc does not contain any emcee commentary. It's the pre-broadcast tape.
"Olympia 1969" and Tarantura2000 are also from the pre-broadcast tape and don't contain emcee commentary. The no label "Olympia 1969" was reissued using the same content as their original release from twenty months earlier.
EV's title contains all the usual material but adds in Moby Dick from the official release. It's amplified quite a bit over TCOLZ.
10-12-69
At the Lyceum Theatre London 1969 (Wendy), Ballroom Blitz (World Production of Compact Music), Good Times Bad Times (Scorpio), Live At the Lyceum In London (Graf Zeppelin), 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.
Totanka runs a little slow.
Cobra's version does not remove the stretches, has a small fade out at the end of the show, and has excellent sound.
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 does not remove the stretches, does not fade out at the end of the show, and has excellent sound similar to Cobra.
Graf's title is highly similar to Scorpio in content and sound.
10-17-69
At Carnegie Hall 1969 (Wendy), Black Beauty (Graf Zeppelin, 2cd), Carnegie Hall 1969 (EV & no label), Empire State of Mind (EV, 2cd), Plays Black Beauty (Tarantura2000), & Starting Show of North American Tour Autumn 1969 (Wisteria)
Most of these titles are all similar in content and have small differences in sound due to equalization. Graf, EV's Empire, and Tarantura2000 all offer a "mastered" second disc, which both have been amplified a little louder than the rest. EV's Empire and Tarantura2000's "mastered" versions have removed the tape stretches. EV's Empire "flat transfer version" is likely a reissue of the audio from their original issue. Tarantura2000's "raw un-remastered" version has removed the stretches like their remastered version.
Wisteria has removed 14" of the introduction, removed the tape stretches, and has placed a tick/glitch at three track changes, similar to most of their titles.
10-30-69
Buffalo Sixtynine (New Plastic Records, 1cd), Headliner (Magnificent Disc, 1cd), & When a Glass was Thrown (Tarantura2000, original & reissue)
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 has a micro cut/repeat that isn't found on the earlier titles. It's HMMT has a ridiculously long fade out. Tarantura2000's title runs at the proper speed, doesn't have any metallic sounds within it, and doesn't have channel problems.
Tarantura2000's reissue uses original discs left over from the first release.
Graf's title is the most complete version of this show. It doesn't have the problems introduced by Tarantura2000. It has a half second more of White Summer and a dozen seconds more of HMMT, without a fade. It's been amplified a tiny amount over Tarantura2000's.
11-2-69
Back In Toronto (Graf Zeppelin), Beast of Toronto (Immigrant), Draw Like Heavy Magnet (Graf Zeppelin), Good Time Jimmy's Got the Blues (Tarantura2000), Listen To My Bluebird (IQ), Love Letter From Canada 1969 (Wendy), O'Keefe Centre 1969 Late Show (no label), & Tront Cowgirls (Empress Valley)
Immigrant, IQ, and Graf's Magnet are all based on the original shorter tape. They mostly share the same cuts and sound. IQ has a little more content after Moby than the others.
A longer version of this source was released in January 2022. It offers about seventeen minutes more tape. It's musical contributions are another eighty seconds of Dazed, seven minutes of Moby Dick, C'Mon Everybody, and Something Else.
Graf's "Back In Toronto," EV, no label, Wendy, and Tarantura2000 are all from the longer version of this source. They are similar in content and sound, but have minor differences in equalization. The sound seems at least a little cleaner than the shorter tape.
11-5-69
Birth of the Gods (Elrond), Centralien (Wendy), Good Time Jimmy's Got the Blues (Tarantura2000), Miami Image Club (Wendy), Soars On Buffalo 1969 (Graf Zeppelin), & 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 there and seems to be a mistake by the person mastering the copy. They've pasted in an extra second after HMMT, from after Dazed.
Wendy's Centralian runs at the proper speed and clearer than Balboa too. It has a little tape before the show unlike the older titles, debuts a few extra seconds after Heartbreaker, and debuts a half second of the first note of Dazed.
Wendy's Miami is almost identical to their Centralien.
Graf's title is almost identical to Wendy.
Tarantura2000's title is mostly similar in content to Wendy and Graf, but they've resequenced Heartbreaker (without mentioning in liner notes) and have amplified the sound quite a bit. T2k later issued a replacement disc to correct the sequencing mistake (TCD-227RE / TCE-8987).
No label's title begins with almost two seconds of tape before the show that's not found elsewhere. It seems to have a cut and small repeat at the beginning of Heartbreaker. It's slightly less amplified than Graf and Wendy.
11-6-69, source 1
Blow Up (Immigrant), End of '69 (Whole Lotta Live), Final Winterland (TCOLZ), Punk (Tarantura), Room 2/3 (IQ), & Winterland 1969 1st Night (no label)
Blow Up's sound is really inferior and it's 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 and seem to run a little slow. IQ is better sounding than these others. These four titles all have a tape problem that starts after Dazed and lasts for most of the remainder of the show, and are all missing about three minutes of Moby Dick.
TCOLZ doesn't have the long tape problem, has all of Moby, and is better sounding than the other titles. It may be one generation closer to the master.
No label's 4cd title features the first source on cds3&4, although the liner notes state it's source two. It is the first mix to cd based on source one. Good effort was made to preserve the main source at splices.
11-6-69, source 2
Final Winterland (TCOLZ), Good Old Led Zeppelin: Something Else (Tarantura2000), Stand Up Sit Down Up There Settle Down: Winter of Our Content Day 1 (Tarantura2000), Winterland 1969 1st Night (no label), & Winterland Party (Wendy)
Wendy debuts source two on silver disc. The second source is the foundation of this title, but no effort was made to use as much of it as possible. "What Is…" comes from source one. Some extra source one is mixed in between songs. No metallic sound on this release. (Please see Wendy under the label list for further comments about this title and their other releases.)
TCOLZ is strictly source two.
Tarantura2000's "Good Old" title is also a two source mix, relying on source two as the primary tape. Source one is used in a few spots between songs and also for "What Is…" Not all of source two was used.
Tarantura2000's "Stand Up" title is a mix based on source two, and this time they make full use of that tape. It's sound level is similar to TCOLZ.
No label's 4cd title features the second source on cds1&2, although the liner notes state it's source two. Good effort was made to preserve the main source at splices.
11-7-69, source 1
Final Winterland (TCOLZ), Good Old Led Zeppelin: Heartbreaker (Tarantura2000), Return To San Francisco (Graf Zeppelin), Room 2/3 (IQ), Winter of Our Content (Missing Link)
These titles are very similar, with the exception being IQ's beginning of White Summer. It contains some digital problems.
TCOLZ isn't as amplified as much as the others and is slightly more complete.
Graf's title is highly similar to TCOLZ and has been amplified some.
11-7-69, source 2
Final Winterland 1969 2nd Night (no label), Rare Magic (Empress Valley), Return To San Francisco (Graf Zeppelin), Stand Up Sit Down Up There Settle Down: Winter of Our Content Day 2 (Tarantura2000), & Winter In Winterland 1969 (Wisteria)
These five titles are based on source two, at least use source one to fill Moby Dick, and they all have similar sound.
No label's title is the most complete offering of source two.
Wisteria is missing a bit of the introduction and has cuts at most of the track changes on the first disc and one on the second disc.
Graf's title fills White Summer, but misses about five seconds of source two.
Tarantura200's title fills White Summer's gap with source one, displacing about five seconds of source two. They decide to fake some of the tape before Babe, patching in tape from after the song and presumably from elsewhere of the tape, while cutting out a drum beat from the natural tape in the process.
12-6-69
Centralian (Wendy, 2cd), Chatenay-Malabry 1969 (no label, 4cd), Final Rendez-Vous (Godfatherecords), Les Rendez-vous de Paris (Empress Valley, 2cd), LZ Au Gala De L'Ecole (Graf Zeppelin, 4cd original and reissue), No Cancellation! (Akashic), Seconds After Catching Fire (Tarantura2000), & This is Jimmy (Boleskine)
All of these titles are highly similar in content. Some adjust for the brief dip in Communication Breakdown. Almost all amplify the sound and share some degrees of the "metallic" sound in the background.
EV and Wendy are pretty similar in sound, with EV's being amplified a little more. Neither of these sound as good as the two four cd titles.
Chatenay-Malabry calls their discs 3 and 4 the "original master," but there's little difference between it and their first two cds. The first two discs are the "remaster" and are amplified a little louder than the "original master." The "original master" is the least loud set of all the releases. It has the same sounds in the background as the rest.
Graf's title labels their discs as remasters one and two. The second remaster is amplified a little more than the first.
Godfather's title isn't amplified as much as the others. The louder clapping after songs has been suppressed.
Akashic, Boleskine, and Taratura2000 are all highly amplified, have the same background sound as the other, and don't offer anything not previously found on the other titles.
Graf's 2021 title is a reissue, using the same discs from 2013.
1-8-70
A Day Before the Hoochie Coochie Man's B'Day (Tarantura2000), Bristol Stomp (no label), Out of the Bristol Tale (TCOLZ), Out of the Bristol Tale Revisited (no label), & Shin Bristol 1970 (Wendy)
Stomp has several problems. It misses the first four seconds of We're Gonna Groove, has troubles during Dazed, is cut in the beginning of Since, has a tape glitch during How Many More Times, and runs too fast.
TCOLZ and Tarantura2000 don't have the same issues as Stomp and may possibly be from a lower generation tape.
Wendy's title has the metallic sound in the background and has been amplified some.
No label's "Revisited" title is seems to be identical in sound in content as TCOLZ, but has better cue stop placement.
1-9-70, titles released before the official video
Historical Birthday (Shout To the Top), Jimmy's Birthday Party - The Royal Dragon (Tarantura, 2cd), Royal Albert Hall 1970 (Celebration), Royal Albert Hall (Red Robin), & Strange Tales From the Road (8cd, no label)
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 more music than the other single disc titles.
1-9-70, titles released after the official video
Blue Bird (Empress Valley), Historical Royal Albert Hall 1970 (Wendy), Jimmy's Birthday Party (Empress Valley titles, 4cd & 2cd), Let's Get Together (Moonchild), Live At Royal Albert Hall (Empress Valley, 4cd), Royal Albert Hall 1970 (Wendy & 2015 no label), & Royal Albert Hall: The Initial Tapes (Godfatherecords)
EV's "Live At Royal Albert Hall" title's biggest contribution is that it debuts an almost four 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 audience tape not made available anywhere else. The old pro tape is used mostly between songs and during HMMT. For some reason, they only used the first two minutes of Heartbreaker instead of the four minutes they debuted on the last two cds in the title. There are other, lesser, flaws here not found on EV's other two cds as well. 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.
EV's "Jimmy's Birthday Party" reissues "Live At Royal Albert Hall," using the same discs, but different packaging and name.
EV's December 2011 jewel case reissue uses the same audio and disc times as the original. The matrix line is different and so is the color of the discs.
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.
Wendy's title is a mix similar to EV's first two cds, but is more complete since they use all of Heartbreaker. It pieces together bits of new and old tape pro tape along with an audience tape. Some of those pieces are much better sounding here than found on EV.
The no label title from 2015 has five discs. The first two discs are from the newer multitrack recording and, other than track sequence, is highly similar to EV. It does include Robert introducing HMMT before the song starts. The next two discs seem to be an attempt to offer a full show, mixing the multitrack, old track, and some audience tape. However, no attempt was made to offer a complete HMMT or LTS, so it lacks several minutes of music. The fifth disc is the old AM broadcast. The track sequences on these three offerings differ some from other titles' sequence.
Moonchild's title is highly similar to the no label title's cds three and four. The sound quality and content, and lack of content, are the same. The track sequence is a little different on the last disc.
EV's 2cd Jimmy's Birthday Party reissues the audio from the last two discs of the four cd original.
EV's Blue Bird is not another reissue. It is a new mix of sources, and brings in about fifty seconds of the organ solo and Thank You from the official dvd release. They also thought it would be appropriate to mix in songs from the Bath Festival.
Wendy's "Historical" title is an audio reissue of their original title.
2-23-70
Fixin To Die (Gold Standard), Toccata & Fugue (Tarantura & no label), & 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.
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.
Gold Standard does not have the drop in Dazed and Confused. It a slight cut and repeat after White Summer and during HMMT. The title is not missing any tape.
No label's title isn't missing any tape, doesn't have any cut/repeats, and doesn't have the big static spot during Moby that's found on the older titles.
2-28-70
Copenhagen 1970 (no label), Dancing With Snow Queen (Baby Face), The Nobs (Tarantura & Empress Valley), The Nobs Volume One (Wendy), & A Riot Going On (POT)
Tarantura has a small silent gap in How Many More Times (everyone else edits/removes the gap) and overall the tape is missing about 10 seconds of audience cheer.
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. It's sound isn't quite as good as the others.
Snow Queen and Wendy are almost identical in content and sound. They run a touch faster than the other two titles.
Empress Valley's title doesn't fade into Dazed, and offers a split second more tape than Babyface. Thank You has a defect, a digital glitch not found on other titles. Another half second of extra tape is made after HMMT. Almost four minutes of tape are missing after Bring It On Home. It's sound has been amplified a bit.
The no label title is as incomplete as EV. It's sound has been amplified a bit too.
3-7-70 soundboard
Charisma (Tarantura2000), Feel All Right (Eat a Peach, 4cd), Great Beast 666: Great Beast 666 (Empress Valley, 3cd), Great Beast 666: Bonus Disc (Empress Valley, 1cd), I Left My Heart In Montreux 1970 (Wendy), In Rock (Tarantura2000, 3cd), Intimate... (Equinox), Intimidator (Empress Valley, original 3cd and reissue 3cd), & Sunshine Woman (Flagge)
Foreword
There were four AM radio tracks initially offered from the soundboard and were in poor quality: We're Gonna Groove, I Can't Quit You, Dazed and Confused, and White Summer (incomplete). Shortly thereafter, two more tracks became available from the soundboard, in excellent quality: most of How Many More Times and half of Whole Lotta Love. Ten years later, the final half of Whole Lotta Love became available in excellent quality. Five years after that, more excellent quality tape from the soundboard became available: Moby Dick, an extra minute of How Many More Times, the beginning 9 seconds of Whole Lotta Love (and the rest of the song presented uncut), and Communication Breakdown. That same month, a secondary source was made available for two of the AM radio tracks, containing a slightly less compete version of I Can't Quit You and a complete White Summer. So, there's a total of eight different tracks available from the board. Half of those are poor quality and the others are excellent.
Flagge was the first label to feature time from the soundboard (four tracks). Equinox also has the same four songs, but in the proper order.
Charisma was the first title to include the soundboard from HMMT and WLL. The quality was not impressive and had been tweaked hard. There's obvious evidence in the background. It did not contain any other soundboard tracks.
Empress Valley's third disc of Intimidator (original) strictly contained soundboard tracks. It was the most complete offering of the first six songs. It's sound quality wasn't impressive either for the first four tracks, but has not suffered additionally like Charisma. The 2012 3cd reissues' third disc uses a new disc but keeps the same disc times. It's a clone of the third disc from the original title. The 2016 7cd box set titled Great Beast 666 contained the subtitle "Intimidator," which was a 3cd title reissuing the same discs used in 2012. Again, it's disc three contains those first six soundboard songs.
Wendy's title debuted the last half (2:20) of Whole Lotta Love. (This is a mixed source title).
EV's 2016 release "Great Beast 666" was offered as 7cd and 4cd box sets. Both contain a 3cd subtitle of the same name plus a "Bonus Disc." (These portions of the boxes share the same cds.) Disc three "Great Beast 666" contains only the excellent quality soundboard material (Moby, HMMT, WLL, & CB).
Peach's third disc contains the old four AM radio tracks and debuts a second AM source for Quit (slightly incomplete) and a complete White Summer. The four older tracks are the same poor quality but the second source is a bit cleaner.
Peach's fourth disc contains the last four excellent sounding soundboard tracks, and fills the opening of HMMT with the audience.
Tarantura2000's first two discs of "In Rock" is meant to present the audience tape and fill with the soundboard. Overlooking a few minor issues, there's a big issue during HMMT, as it misses almost two minutes of the audience tape. It's displaced by the soundboard. It's been highly amplified.
Tarantura2000's third disc of "In Rock" is meant to present the last four tracks from the soundboard. However, they unnecessarily displaced 19 seconds of the soundboard before Moby with 10 seconds of audience before Moby. During the end of Moby, they again unnecessarily splice to audience for the last 14 seconds of the song and for another 10 seconds after the song. The soundboard is not cut in these places, so it's really pointless. Another slight cut happens at the track change for HMMT. It's highly amplified.
3-7-70 audience/soundboard mixes
Feel All Right (Eat a Peach, 4cd), Great Beast 666: Intimidator (Empress Valley, 3cd), Great Beast 666: Bonus Disc (Empress Valley, 1cd), I Left My Heart In Montreux 1970 (Wendy), Intimidator (Empress Valley, both 3cd & both 2cd reissues), & Jesus - Live In Montreux (Empress Valley)
Empress Valley's Intimidator (original issue, 3cd) uses the soundboard recording to fill the gaps in the audience tape. Like all the other double cd releases, it does not use all of the available HMMT. EV is missing 39 seconds of the audience tape on HMMT. 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. The title was reissued again in 2010 using the discs from the 2005 release. The title was reissued as a 3cd title in 2012 with new cds (although the year 2009 was printed on the discs). The disc times remain the same.
Wendy's title uses the audience recording as it's foundation and uses some of the soundboard to fill gaps. They're missing the same 39 seconds of audience tape for HMMT as EV. Where it splices to the soundboard, it misses some time. In the end, it debuts an extra 2:20 (remaining half) of Whole Lotta Love.
EV's 2016 release "Great Beast 666" 7cd box set contained the subtitle "Intimidator," which was a 3cd title reissuing the same discs used in 2012. For the subtitle "Great Beast 666," disc one is a clone of the first disc from the original Intimidator. Disc two is the second half of the show and is completed by starting the soundboard where the audience tape stops, this time adding in the latest soundboard material. Actually, the soundboard starts during HMMT 39 seconds too early, just like in the original release. The "Bonus Disc" is meant to be an alternative to cd2, using the newer soundboard tracks in place of the audience tape whenever possible. A few seconds of the sb are missed at splices.
Peach's first two cds is a mix relying on the audience tape and then switching to the excellent soundboard. During HMMT, it splices to the soundboard sixty seconds too early.
EV's Jesus title is uses the audience source until the soundboard is available for the last four tracks. That switch is the only splice.
3-7-70 audience
All That Jazz (TDOLZ), Charisma (Tarantura), The Dark Tower (Tarantura), Divinity (Atlantic Ocean Records), Feel All Right (Cobla), 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.
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), Hamburg 1970 First Night (no label), 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.)
The no label title's cuts, content, and sound quality are almost identical to Tara2000.
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), Hamburg 1970 2nd Night (no label), & 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.
The no label title is without flaws. No micro cut/repeats, no static, and the three cuts are not missing any tape.
Tarantura2000 and the no label title have been amplified equally and are louder than IQ. They may be one generation closer to the master tape and their overall condition is much improved over IQ.
3-12-70, sources 1 & 2
Life (no label), Loreley (Moonraker Records), & Psychedelic Raw Blues (Immigrant)
Previously, Pot's "Bring It On Home" was the only appearance for source one and seems to be from vinyl. 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.
Life is also from the vinyl source one and is in better condition than POT.
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 (no label & 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.
The no label title is a mix based on source three, but uses both of the other sources to complete.
3-21-70, soundboard
Mudslide (Elrond, Flying Disc, & TDOLZ), Pb (Graf Zeppelin, LSD, Sugar Mama, Tarantura, Tarantura2000 2cd, Wendy, & "no label"), & Pb+ (Wild Card)
All of these titles share the same songs and cuts between them, regardless of track sequence.
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.
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 some of the older titles. This is due to some bad "enhancements" which left some very strange noises in the background throughout the title.
Tarantura2000's first disc of the title claims to be copied from tape. It's second disc is copied from vinyl. Their 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.
Wendy's title is identical in content as the others, sharing the usual track sequence. It's sound hasn't been amplified much.
Sugar Mama's title has the same content as the other, but the tracks have been resequenced to mimic the original playing order. It's sound is identical to TDOLZ.
The 2015 no label Pb is similar quality to the other titles and has it's tracks in the non-chronological order.
Graf's Pb title is on 3cds. The first part of disc one is a remastered LP version. The first half of disc two is the chronological sequence, that's not as clean as Sugar Mama (as far as vinyl noise) but is otherwise similar sounding. The second half of disc two is the "raw" LP version.
3-21-70, audience
Pb (Graf Zeppelin , Sugar Mama, & Wendy) & Perfect Blues Live (Tarantura2000)
Sugar Mama and Wendy debuted the audience tape at the same time. Wendy's tape problem in We're Gonna Grove is in worse shape than Sugar Mama's. Wendy has at least three micro cut/repeats throughout the title. They're not found on Sugar Mama. The two titles are similar in sound, but have slightly different speeds.
Tarantura2000's release is similar in content to Sugar Mama, but includes an unlistenable two second section during Dazed that's been removed from the other titles. They've amplified the sound heavily.
Graf's second half of the first disc contains the audience source in similar quality to Sugar Mama.
3-21-70, mix
Pb (Graf Zeppelin)
Graf's third disc is the only title offering a mix. It's based on the soundboard.
3-27-70
D'Ya Feel Alright? (Mad Dogs), Everybody Feel Alright? (Empress Valley & Graf Zeppelin), First Time At the Forum (TCOLZ, 4cd), For the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (Taratura2000), & LA Jive & Rambling Mind (Holy Grail)
Mad Dogs and the first half of TCOLZ's 4cd title are strictly the first source. Mad Dog is missing lots of tape between songs and after the show. The sound quality is quite similar between the two titles.
TCOLZ's second half is strictly from the second source. For some reason, it seems they've spliced the bulk of Moby from a different copy of the tape. Strange sounds can be heard at the first minute mark. A split second vocals during HMMT is "lost" during an edit.
Holy Grail and Empress Valley are two source mixes, using source two as their foundation - Bring It On Home, White Summer, and Since I've Been Loving You are borrowed from the first source. Holy's title misses only a few seconds of tape at cuts and the title runs too fast. EV 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."
Tarantura2000's title is another mix, using source two as it's foundation. There are unnecessary cuts at some of the track changes.
Graf's title is a mix based on the second source, splicing in the familiar locations.
The mixes are fairly similar in sound quality.
3-28-70
Texas Two Steps (TDOLZ & Graf Zeppelin)
TDOLZ has some very minor static in places throughout the title and a strange, but brief, sound several minutes into White Summer. Graf is clean and is otherwise similar in sound and content.
3-29-70
Texas Two Steps (TDOLZ & Graf Zeppelin) & Ultimate Mudslide (Elrond)
TDOLZ has the two songs in good form.
Elrond's title has been heavily equalized and amplified, ruining the recording. There are weird digital sounds in the background.
Graf's title is similar to TDOLZ, but has been amplified some.
4-5-70, sources 1 & 2
Baltimore 1970 (no label, 4cd), Groovin' You (Empress Valley, original and reissue), & 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.
The no label title provides two, two source mixes of the show. The last two discs are based on source one, but the splicing displaces too much of it. The first two discs are based on source two and has no shortage of splicing. These two, two source mixes are mostly useless. Collectors do not need two versions of the show which only offer part of each taper's audio.
Tarantura2000 and EV have similar sound. The no label title is a touch less amplified.
EV's 2021 title reissues the original, and appears to use the same discs.
4-8-70
American Accents (Baby Face), Fearsome Four Live On Stage (Mandala), Groove (Tarantura), Raleigh 1970 (no label), Up Beat (Empress Valley), We're Gonna Rock (Blimp), & World Champion Drummer! (Empress Valley, original and reissue)
Fearsome Four runs too fast, absurdly divides White Summer in two - splitting it onto 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, Empress Valley, and the no label title all 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.
EV's reissue of WCD reuses the original discs.
EV's Up Beat reissues the audio from their prior release on new discs.
All of these titles are similar in sound. No tape generation differences.
4-9-70, source 1
Bring It On Home (POT), First Choice (Sugar Cane Records), Makundju (Cobra), Tampa 1970 (no label), & Who's Birthday (Tarantura & Grexit)
These titles are strictly from source one.
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 older titles.
The no label title is has all the familiar tape and is the most complete offering of the show yet.
Grexit's title is a straight copy of the no label title issued six months earlier.
All titles are very similar in sound quality.
4-9-70, source 2
Makundju (Graf Zeppelin, 3cd)
Graf's third disc is the only title offering the source two tape.
4-9-70, mixes
Dazed and Confused In Tampa 1970 (Wisteria), Getting Loose (Empress Valley), & Makundju (Graf Zeppelin, 3cd)
These titles are all based on source one.
EV oddly misses about 15 seconds of source one after White Summer, but only misses minimal tape at other splices. Wisteria simply misses way too much tape before the show, after White Summer, and after the show. Futhermore, they've inserted small cuts at most track changes. Graf's first two discs have the same mix as the other two titles, but only misses minimal tape at splices.
4-12-70
Ottawa 1970 (Graf Zeppelin) & Was Good and Loud (Empress Valley)
Graf debuted the first source which only contains part of Bring It On Home. EV debuted source two which contains the whole show. Atlantic records allowed a radio employee to broadcast the show with the condition that each song was marked with announcements.
4-14-70
Just the Crowd and... (Empress Valley), Ottawa 1970 (Graf Zeppelin), 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. It has a super quick fade at the end of Dazed and Thank You.
Graf's sequence and content are correct, without any fades. It runs a hair faster than EV.
These titles are pretty similar in sound.
4-17-70
Memphis (Neptune), Memphis 1970 (ZOSO & no label), Memphis Tennessee 1970 (Empress Valley), Memphis Underground (Magnificent Disc), War Cry (Wendy)
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 two seconds of tape after Heartbreaker, five more seconds before How Many More Times, and eight seconds after What Is that are not found on the other titles. EV's sound has been amplified quite a bit.
The no label title has the extra tape found on EV. It has a significant drop in sound for over a minute during Heartbreaker, a brief sound change during White Summer, and another sudden shift in sound at the track change for Thank You. It's been amplified quite a bit.
Wendy's title has most of the extra tape found on EV. It has two digital clicks/errors during Whole Lotta Love. It's sound is fairly similar to ZOSO.
4-18-70, sources 1 & 2
Desert Storm (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Live At Phoenix 1970 (Power Archives), Nebula (Tarantura2000), & Phoenix (Electric Magic)
Empress Valley is strictly the first source. Their reissue uses the same cds as the original release.
Power Archives and Tarantura2000 contain the second source. Tarantura2000 was the last label to issue the show and is missing two songs.
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/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions (Empress Valley), BBC Sessions (LSD, 4cd), Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant), Complete BBC Sessions (Empress Valley), Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley, original and reissue), One More Daze (Dynamite Studios), Real Complete BBC Sessions: Bonus Material (Tarantura2000)
Empress Valley's CBBCRS is complete and in good form.
EV's reissue of CBBCRS comes six months after their original and uses the same discs.
EV's "Complete BBC Sessions" reissues the audio from CBBCRS.
Dynamite, LSD, EV, and T2K include the most time before and after White Summer than the other releases. Immigrant's title misses a little after the song.
These releases are very similar in sound.
EV's "BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions" reuses the same discs as their previous reissue.
6-28-70
Bath 1970 (Le-Mon), Bath Festival (Empress Valley), Bath Festival 1970 (Empress Valley, original and reissues; Wendy), Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music '70 (no label), Bath of the Blues (Tarantura2000), Bath Stop (IQ), Blue Bird (Empress Valley), Boy Next Door (2010 & 2015 no label titles), & In Yokel Mode (Boleskine House Records)
IQ and Le-Mon are strictly from source one, are the cd earliest releases of this show, and are poorer quality than all subsequent releases. 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, but both have some awful background noise in places.
EV's first release of this show was in 2001 and was quickly followed with a reissue, reusing the same cds. Source one is the foundation and a second source is introduced to fill gaps. It doesn't have the two minute repeats and the poor background noise problems. Two unnecessary splices are made - one during the end of Since and the other during the second minute of Whole Lotta Love. It's source one is in improved quality over IQ and Le-Mon.
EV's 2005 reissue and the third and fourth cds of their 2010 reissue use the same tape from 2001. These reissues use new discs.
EV's cds one and two from their 2010 title offer an upgraded version of source one. This makes the introduction available, a little more tape/music at cuts, and a lot more tape after Moby and after the show. Sadly, there are two cuts during the beginning of Thank You. Prior releases of this are uncut. The second cut removes a second of tape during a distant air horn blast.
Wendy and 2010's "The Boy Next Door" are two source mixes, using the latest upgraded tape as the foundation and using source two to fill the gaps. Both titles are cut during the beginning of Thank You. Wendy has a pair of cuts, with the later displacing the air horn with an edit of some kind. Boy just has one cut in this area and splices out to the next higher generation of this tape for two seconds. Both titles have good sound, but Wendy's sound may be found to be less preferable.
Boleskine uses the latest upgraded tape as it's foundation and then uses the other source just to fill the gap in the start of the organ solo. It too is cut during the beginning of Thank You, and has edits lasting several seconds. The air horn is removed here too. It's sound is fairly similar to the other recent releases.
The 2015 no label title "Boy Next Door" reissues the audio found on the 2010 issue.
The 2018 no label title "Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music '70" reissues the audio found on their original title and adds in two bonus tracks from an LP source.
EV's 2019 "Bath Festival" title is a reissue, reusing discs from their 2010 release "Bath Festival 1970."
Tarantura2000's "Bath of the Blues" consists of two subtitles containing the show, "Raw Transfer" and "Final Mixdown." Both are identical mixes bases on the first source. Unlike most mixes from this label, no tape is missing at the splices and the sound is not over done.
EV's Blue Bird only offers five tracks from the show.
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.
8-15-70
New Haven 1970 (no label) & Rare Short Party (Image Quality)
IQ released this show about twenty years before the no label title. It is strictly source one.
No label's title is a two source mix, based on source one. It uses the second source for about thirty seconds before Dazed and completes the last twenty seconds of Since I've Been Loving You. It has the same source content as found on IQ and it's very highly similar in sound, but a tiny bit less amplified.
8-21-70
Bottle It Up and Go (Graf Zeppelin), Bottle Up and Go (Scorpio), Lights Go Down (TDOLZ), Tulsa Hillbilly (Tarantura), Tulsa Symphony: Ode To Joy (Wendy), 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. The sound doesn't seem quite as good here as on the other releases.
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. A few seconds are missed during Moby. Scorpio's sound suffers some during the whistling next to the microphone.
TDOLZ has a 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.
Graf's title is largely complete and has about six extra seconds of more tape during Moby than the others. It's cut twice after Whole Lotta Love and misses over a minute. The last several seconds after the show are missing too. It's sound is similar most to TDOLZ, which is close to Scorpio too.
8-31-70
Just the Crowd and... (Empress Valley), Latest Summer (Jelly Roll), Milwaukee (Akashic), Milwaukee 1970 (TDOLZ), & Pushes Pulsing Artistry (Graf Zeppelin)
TDOLZ, Jelly Roll, EV, and Graf are all extremely similar in content and close in sound. 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), I Got To Find My Baby (Graf Zeppelin), Live On Blueberry Hill II (Tarantura & Wendy), Return To Blueberry Hill (Graf Zeppelin), Two Days Before (SIRA), Youth Gone Wild (Empress Valley)
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.
Graf's title is a two source mix, highly similar to Wendy's mix.
EV's title is another two source mix.
Graf's title features the last four tracks from this show as a bonus to "complete" the primary show on the title.
9-3-70
DX I ~ X (Mad Dogs), Missing Sailor (Immigrant), I Got To Find My Baby (Graf Zeppelin), & Take My Breath Away (Wendy)
Immigrant is missing a minute of the introduction, several seconds between songs, and the last thirteen seconds of Communication Breakdown. It's sound has been slightly amplified over Mad Dogs.
Mad Dogs is missing just two seconds from between songs but misses the last thirteen seconds of Communication Breakdown. It has five second fades in the beginning and end of the title. It runs a hair faster than Immigrant.
Wendy's first two seconds are metallic and a micro cut/repeat after That's. It's missing a few seconds of tape at cuts and also misses the last thirteen seconds of Communication Breakdown.
Graf's title is more complete than all prior titles. It's sound is most similar to Mad Dogs.
9-4-70, sources 1-5
Blueberry Hill (Moonchild), Final Statements (Antrabata), Live On Blueberry Hill (Cobra, Cobra Premium Series, Eat A Peach, Empress Valley 9cd & 4 reissues, Graf Zeppelin 3cd, Last Stand Disc 4cd, Mud Dogs, no label [2015 & 2017], Sanctuary, Tarantura 1993 & 1997, Wendy original and remaster, Tarantura2000 9cd, & Wendy 9cd), Live On Blueberry Hill Another Master (no label), Live On Blueberry Hill: Stereo Matrix (Empress Valley, 2cd & 6cd), Live On Blueberry Hill: Monaural Master (Empress Valley), Live On Blueberry Hill: Stereo Master (Empress Valley), Live On Blueberry Hill Slumpymatrix (Magic Pyramid), Return To Blueberry Hill (Immigrant & the no label blue sleeve), Ultimate Blueberry Hill (Moonchild), & Youth Gone Wild (Empress Valley)
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 label first released this show. The Rubber Dubber label was the second release of the show, using a different tape, in stereo. 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 has been extremely important. It is absolutely key in understanding these many sources. They often 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.
Source 1 (TMQ): Immigrant and the first two discs of the LSD four disc release use the first tape source exclusively, presumably the tape used for the famous TMQ vinyl. LSD has a faked introduction by moving a dozen seconds of tape from after Heartbreaker. Immigrant does not contain that dozen seconds in either location.
Tarantura2000's TCD-31 claims to be TMQ, but it does not contain any of that tape.
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. Source 3 is used briefly after Dazed and Bron-Yr-Aur. 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.
Wendy's cds 1&2 of their 9cd title are strictly the TMQ source. Like LSD, they've faked an introduction by moving tape from after Heartbreaker to the beginning of the title. A little tape is missing after Dazed. For an unknown reason they've cut a few seconds after That's during RP talking. After Bron-Yr-Aur, a splice to a different copy of the same source is made until the next song starts. A similar splice is made during Moby that lasts for almost six minutes. After Moby, RP's "swamp music" comment is excluded and a "Thank You" is inserted for no reason. More tape is missed after Whole Lotta Love, Communication Breakdown, and after the show. While this title is exclusively from the TMQ tape, it's done by splicing in from a diff copy of it. (EV's title is often uncut in these areas.)
Source 2 (Rubber Dubber): 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.
Wendy's cd 9 of their 9cd title releases this source. It is almost completely identical to EV, including the many micro cut/repeats in Whole Lotta Love.
Graf Zeppelin's third disc has the source in good form. The final track on the disc is an unmentioned and unnecessary bonus track of Bron-Y-Aur and is a mix of source three and Rubber Dubber.
Source 3: Mud Dogs debuted source three. It and Tarantura2000's TCD-32 are strictly from this source. 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.
Wendy's cds 3&4 of their 9cd title are based on this third source. It misses way too much of this primary source. A few seconds of Since are missed, almost twenty seconds of the organ solo are missed, and misses over two and a half minutes of Moby Dick. A few seconds of tape are lost in other places too, between songs. After Thank You, a splice is made to the fourth source briefly before the disc ends. The next disc begins by repeating part of the previous disc, but they've removed their source four addition. After What Is and Should Never Be, there is a cut with a ten second repeat. No effort was made to preserve this source.
Graf Zeppelin's first two cds are based on source three, but use source four and five too, maybe the others as well.
Source 4: This source was finally 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.) 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 no label title from 2015 is strictly source four. It is not littered with micro cut/repeats or any splicing. No tricks or gimmicks, just an honest release. It's sound is otherwise similar to T2k.
Wendy's cds 5&6 of their 9cd title are based on source four. It's sound has been degenerated, and is especially bad during quieter sections. The intro is source five. It splices to source three during Bron-Yr-Aur. For some unknown reason, they inserted a cut and nine second repeat after Since. The splice after Moby is to source five, displacing a dozen seconds of the primary tape.
Source 5: The fifth source debuted 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.
Wendy's cds 7&8 of their 9cd title are strictly from source 5. It has a super tiny digital glitch in Since and a micro cut/repeat during Whole Lotta Love. It's otherwise a good title.
Insignificant 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 endless stream of reissues: The first reissue came two months after the box set, using the first four cds from the box. The 2cd reissue was offered two years after the box, using cds 3&4 from the box. Their second 4cd reissue arrived in 2010, reissuing the audio from the first four cds of the box. Their next reissue used audio from the first two cds of the box on "Youth Gone Wild" in August 2013. The reissue after that was a 4cd box, reissuing the 2010 reissue. Their next reissue of the first four cds of their original box was in 2019. It housed a "Monaural Master (evsd-530/531)," the "Stereo Master (evsd-532/533)," and accompanied with a new mix, the "Stereo Matrix." The matrix was also simultaneously released as a 2cd title. It's basically those same four cds mixed together, playing at the same time, and could have other sources mixed in too.
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.
Eat a Peach's title offers another mix. It also offers at least one "micro cut/repeat" and some light clicking noises in the early part of Communication Breakdown.
Moonchild's "Blueberry Hill" title is based on source four. It uses source five for the introduction and the remaining gaps are filled with source three. It's background sound during the quieter sections ranges from normal to very poor sounding.
The no label title from 2017 is based on the exact same audio used by Moonchild last month, but sped up the slightest bit.
The other no label title from 2017, "Another Master," should have been titled "Another Mix." It's based on source three, but no effort was made to use all of the source. The available tape for the organ solo and Moby Dick were not even used. It's a mix of at least four of the five sources.
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.
Moonchild's "Ultimate Blueberry Hill" title is the same "Stereo Matrix" as found on EV's 2019 title, having the same cd times as well.
Magic Pyramid's title is a matrix, based on the earlier sources.
9-6-70
Aloha From Hawaii (Wendy), Almost Son of Blueberry Hill (Shout To the Top), Box of Tricks (Red Hot & Tarantura2000), Holiday In Waikiki (Gold Standard & Graf Zeppelin), Honolulu 1970 (no label), In Exotic Honolulu (Akashic), September VI (Empress Valley), & Two Daze After (Boleskine House Records)
Foreword
These titles come one of two ways for Moby. They're either cut and missing tape near the six minute mark, or they're cut near the ten minute mark with tape missing. Gold Standard and STTT are the only titles cut near the six minute mark of Moby. All other titles are cut near the ten minute mark of Moby, and typically have a micro cut/repeat about twenty seconds into Immigrant Song.
Gold Standard is missing a little tape while RP is talking after Heartbreaker. It is missing about 19" of Moby at the cut near the six minute mark.
STTT is missing several seconds from the introduction, misses 15" during Moby at the cut near the six minute mark, misses four seconds after Whole Lotta Love, and misses a couple seconds after the show.
Akashic is cut near the ten minute mark in Moby and misses about three seconds. The tape strech after the show has been removed. The title has been amplified a bit.
Red Hot is missing a little tape at the cut after Heartbreaker, misses about ten seconds at the cut in Moby near the ten minute mark, and misses over a minute of tape after WLL. It's sound has been amplified a bit.
EV is cut near the ten minute mark in Moby and misses about three seconds. Their cue stops could have been positioned better. The title has been amplified a little more than Akashic.
Tarantura2000 is cut near the ten minute mark in Moby and misses about three seconds. The cut in Moby and WLL both have static for some reason. The tape strech after the show has been removed. It's sound is similar to EV.
No label's title is cut near the ten minute mark in Moby and misses about three seconds. It's cuts are easy to identfy. It has similar sound to EV.
Wendy is cut near the ten minute mark in Moby and misses about three seconds. It repeats some tape at the cut during Whole Lotta Love. It's sound is similar to no label.
Boleskine is cut near the ten minute mark in Moby and misses about three seconds. It's sound has been amplified a bit.
Graf is cut near the ten minute mark in Moby, but they've spliced in tape, perhaps from an older version of the tape as found on GS or STTT.
9-9-70
At the Boston Garden (Wendy), Come Back To Boston (Holy), Complete Boston Garden 1970 (Graf Zeppelin), No License No Festival (SIRA), Some Other Guyz (Tarantura2000), & Wreckage In Boston: Worse Than G.M. (Tarantura2000)
SIRA is source one. Tarantura2000's Wreckage and Wendy are 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.
Tarantura2000's Wreckage and Wendy are strictly source two and are highly similar in content and sound.
Graf's title is based on source two and fills with source one. The last two tracks are offered again after the show on disc two, but this time with source one as the primary tape.
Tarantura2000's Guyz title contains the show twice. The "Stereo Master" is based on part of source one and uses source two when plenty of source one is available. The "Monoural Master" (sic) is based on source two and uses the other source to fill. Both titles have been amplified a small amount.
9-19-70, afternoon show
American Woman (TDOLZ), Have You Ever Experienced? (Tarantura2000), Madison Square Garden 1970 (no label), Madison Square Garden 1970 Revisited (no label), Praying Silently for Jimi (Empress Valley, 2cd original and both 4cd reissues), & Storming the Big Apple (Eat A Peach)
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.
EV reissued their title 2cd in a 4cd sleeved release, with the first two cds being from this afternoon show and the last two cds being from the evening show. It reuses the audio content from the original release, but on new discs. EV reissued the 4cd title again in 2016.
Both of the no label titles are based on the first source and fills with the second source. A lot of source one gets displaced during splicing. Their "Revisited" title reissues the audio from the original.
Peach's title is similar in sound and content to the no label title. Too much source one is missed.
9-19-70, evening show
Final Daze (no label), Have You Ever Experienced? (Tarantura2000), Madison Square Garden 1970 (no label), Madison Square Garden 1970 Revisited (no label), One More For the Road (Boogie Mama), Praying Silently for Jimi (Empress Valley's 4cd reissues), Requiem (Empress Valley), Shout That Loud (Electric Magic), & Storming the Big Apple (Eat A Peach)
These 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.
EV reissued their Requiem title in a 4cd sleeved release titled "Praying Silently For Jimi" with the first two cds being from the afternoon show and the last two cds being from the evening show. It reuses the audio content from the original release, but on new discs. EV reissued the 4cd title again in 2016.
Boogie Mama is highly similar to the others.
Both of the no label titles are highly similar to the others. Their "Revisited" title reissues the audio from the original.
Peach's title is highly similar to the others.
3-5-71
911117 (Tarantura2000), Back To the Clubs Belfast 1971 (Wendy, original and reissue), Black Helmet (Sharaku), Black Velvet (Empress Valley), & How the North Was Won: Ireland (Empress Valley)
EV was the first to release this show on cd, on "Black Velvet." 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.
Wendy is identical to Tarantura2000.
There's no tape generation difference between these titles. EV has amplified theirs, bringing up the music and background noise.
Wendy reissued their title in January 2017.
EV's "Ireland" from the How the North Was Won box is very similar to their original release, mixing shows without mention. They've removed the screeching sound from Stairway this time. The end of the second disc contains five of the tracks without mixing in other shows. A third disc is included (“cd1 re-edit”) that doesn't have the screeching during Going To California, and maybe some other minor differences.
3-6-71
911117 (Tarantura2000), Black Helmet (Sharaku), Black Velvet (Empress Valley), Crazed Attack (no label), Heavyweight Champion (Empress Valley), & Performance of Kells (Wendy)
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 on the master tape.
Empress Valley has "completed" the incomplete 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. They have amplified their title, bringing up the music and background noise.
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.
EV's Heavyweight Champion is even worse than their first. It reissues all of the audio from Black Velvet, except for part of Rock and Roll that was actually from the sixth. The first part, from an unknown show, is still present and is still not mentioned in the liner notes.
Wendy's title is mostly the same familiar tape, but has some other tape too. Since contains a fifteen second splice to a different show (the prior night) and is not mentioned in the liner notes. Black debuts an extra ten seconds at it's cut. Another splice is made after Moby to an unmentioned show or an alternate tape. The first tape stretch in WLL seems to be edited. It has more tape after the show than the other titles, just under one minute. It's sound has been amplified just a little more than T2K.
EV's "Ireland" from the How the North Was Won box seems to be an audio clone of Wendy. The splicing out to the prior night during Since is not mentioned.
4-1-71, mono
BBC 1971 (Moonchild), BBC Archives (Scorpio, 4cd), BBC In Concert JRK Remaster (Empress Valley), BBC Sessions (LSD, 5cd), BBC Sessions 1971 (no label, 6cd), Real Complete BBC Sessions: 1971 (Tarantura2000), & Stairway To Heaven (Cobra, 2cd)
LSD's first two cds of "BBC Sessions" and Scorpio's first two cds ("FM Edit Master") contain the tape in mono. The 2016 no label's cds 1-2 ("Japanese Pre-FM") and cds 5-6 ("German FM") are also the mono tapes. Moonchild's title is also mono and almost identical to LSD's mono. LSD, Cobra, and the no label's cds 1-2 are similar in content, having much of the talk removed between songs. The no label, LSD, and Moonchild titles are missing the "Tea At Night" medley during Whole Lotta Love (Cobra is likely missing it too), shortening the song by one minute. The no label titles' cds 5-6 are even shorter, missing more tape between songs and the one minute from WLL. Scorpio's introduction is slightly different from it's stereo version and has about a 17" cut/repeat after Dazed. It's not missing tape between songs and cannot be considered an "edit" for broadcast.
Scorpio and the no label releases are fairly similar in sound quality.
Tarantura2000's title is plagued with problems, most likely due to being highly amplified while trying to suppress the background noise. The music gets overblown and causes loud static and glitches during Dazed and other places. There's splicing to different quality of tapes as well, and gets super poor sounding after What. It is easily the worst release of the mono tape.
EV's JRK Remaster is similar in content and sound to many of the others.
4-1-71, stereo
BBC (ARM "2nd edition" & LSD 4cd), BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions (Empress Valley), BBC Archives (Scorpio 4cd), BBC In Concert (FSS), BBC Sessions (LSD 5cd), BBC Sessions 1971 (no label, 6cd), BBC Zep (Antrabata "2nd edition" & Tarantura), Complete BBC Sessions (Empress Valley), Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Real Complete BBC Sessions: BBC Zep (Tarantura2000), & Valkyrie's Vigil: Never Was an Angel in Heaven (Tarantura2000)
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 between songs, misses a minute of WLL, 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). It has a minor glitch during That's.
Empress Valley's CBBCRS is complete and in good form.
EV's reissue of CBBCRS comes six months after their original and uses the same discs.
Tarantura2000's Angel title is very similar to Scorpio, but without the glitch.
The no label's cds 3-4 contain the stereo version. It is very complete and virtually identical to Scorpio, but runs about 1% slower. It too has the minor glitch in That's the Way.
Tarantura2000's BBC Zep isn't anywhere near as good as their prior release. It's been over amplified and causes static during Dazed and in other places. There's a brief sound change after the first minute in Heartbreaker, even though no other title does this. Since I've Been Loving You has a very strange sound in the left channel near the forty-five second mark. There's just too many unnecessary problems with this title.
EV's "Complete BBC Sessions" reissues the audio from CBBCRS.
FSS, Scorpio, Empress Valley, and Tarantura2000's Angel are all very similar. EV's title runs a hair slower and is amplified a touch more.
EV's "BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions" reuses the same discs as their previous reissue.
Excluding Tarantura, these stereo titles all sound very good.
5-3-71
Bringer of War (Empress Valley), Copenhagen 1971 (Cobra & no label), How the North Was Won: Denmark (Empress Valley), In Concert In Copenhagen (Empress Valley), K B (Image Quality), Loove! (Tarantura), Previews & Novelties (Equinox), The 2nd European Tour (Whole Lotta Live), Stick Out! (no label), Storm and the Fury (Empress Valley), & Wonderful Copenhagen (Wendy)
The Whole Lotta Live title is a direct copy of Tarantura.
Equinox, Wendy, and Stick Out 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's In Concert 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.
Stick Out has the usual cuts/drops, with some being edited. It has the full RP comment after Gallows that is sometimes fully or partially missing. The sound is the typical excellent quality.
EV's Bringer of War is a reissue of In Concert and has the same cd times.
No label's Copenhagen 1971 title is almost identical in content and sound to Stick Out. They've edited the cuts a little.
EV's Storm title is very similar to their prior title. It includes a third disc that repeats the first disc, but with the cut in Dazed edited. Both discs one and three have the small cut/repeat after Black. It's sound is similar to Stick Out.
EV's "Denmark" from the How the North Was Won box contains this show and is highly similar to their prior release of "Storm and the Fury." The only difference between the two titles seems to be that this newer one is slightly faster.
5-4-71
Kif Man Kiford Tapes (Empress Valley), How the North Was Won: Denmark (Empress Valley), Live In Odense 1971 (Graf Zeppelin and "replacement discs"), Odense 1971 (no label, Empress Valley, & Moonchild), Odense 1971 Master Cassette (no label), Odense Master (Empress Valley), Sigils (Tarantura2000), & Walpurgisnacht (Wendy)
Graf, no label, Wendy, and EV's "Odense 1971" were among the initial releases of this show in September 2022 and are all highly similar. Graf was the only title that didn't have the digital tick about halfway through Dazed. EV's "Kif Man" was the last of the initial releases and has truly horrible sound.
In October 2022, a supposedly better version of the tape was offered. Graf provided replacement discs and no label released their "Master Cassette" title. EV's released "Odense Master" as a four cd with an original and remaster versions. Graf's replacement discs (black and white picture discs with "Raw Tape Transfer" written on them) and the other label's second round of releases not only sound identical to each other, they sound like their first round of releases. Any differences between these titles would be minor.
Moonchild's title was released in November and it likely from the "master," like the October titles of other labels. Moonchild placed Black Dog on their title twice, back to back. It's sound is otherwise similar to the other titles.
EV's "Denmark" from the How the North Was Won box reissues the audio from their prior title, "Odense Master." The discs are new but the cd times are the same.
Tarantura2000's Sigils title has the show twice, one labeled "Raw Transfer" (Chaos Magic) and the other "Remastered Transfer" (Zoetic Grimoire of Zos). Both titles have the glitch midway in Dazed. The remastered title has placed two extra cuts after Whole Lotta Love and before Communcation Breakdown. It has been amplifed some over the "raw transfer."
7-5-71
Casino Royale (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Milan 1971 (no label), Montreux Casino Fire (Wendy), 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.
EV's paper sleeve reissue uses discs from the original issue.
Wendy's title is pretty similar in content and sound to EV.
Mad Dogs' sound seems a bit better than IQ. EV's music and background noise are louder than IQ and Wendy.
Milan 1971 is a two source mix. It begins with source one for Since, missing the first four seconds, then continues source one through Black Dog. Then, the title switches to a new source for Dazed and debuts Whole Lotta Love.
8-7-71
Casino (Tarantura2000), Casino Royale (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Crystal Ball (Empress Valley), Montreux Casino 1971 (Graf Zeppelin), Montreux Casino Fire (Wendy), & Peter's PA (Black Dog Rekords)
BDR is missing some of the introduction, tape before Since I've Been Loving You, and the first dozen seconds of the song. It also contains a small handful of "micro cut/repeats" during the middle of Whole Lotta Love. There's a glitch during Immigrant Song. A few seconds of tape after the show have been faked. It's sound is not as good as it should be. The distortion can be heard easily during the quite portions of the tape.
EV's Casino is missing some of the introduction, tape before Since I've Been Loving You, and the first dozen seconds of the song. It also contains a small handful of "micro cut/repeats" during the middle of Whole Lotta Love. It's sound has been amplified quite a bit. It's music and background noise are much louder than BDR.
EV's 2009 reissue of Casino uses discs from the original issue.
Graf Zep, Tarantura2000, and Wendy's titles are more complete, lacking the many problems the other two titles share. Their sound is clearer than BDR and not amplified like EV's Casino.
EV's Crystal Ball 4cd box contains the show twice, but falsely claims it contains source two. The first two cds are noted as "source #1" and is a huge improvement of their Casino title, being as good as GZ, T2K, and Wendy. The last two cds are noted as being "source #2" but is strictly source one. While there are splices with sound changes, it always remains source one. Part of the tape has been cleaned up in at least one spot, but it's an overall downgrade from the honest versions of source one. The cuts/splices detract from the sound and tape has been cut out between songs in two places.
8-19-71
Death of Sleeping Beauty (Empress Valley), New Source Collection 1971 (Graf Zeppelin), & Wild West Side: Vancouver (Empress Valley, original and reissue)
EV's Death debuted Gallows Pole and Graf offered Gallows along with 3 other partial tracks. The sound seems pretty similar for the one song they share.
EV's Wild West Side offers nintey-four minutes of the show.
EV reissued the two discs from their WWS box bearing the same title.
8-21-71, source 1
7th American Tour (Whole Lotta Live), DX I ~ X (Mad Dogs), L.A. Forum 1971 (no label), 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 at least 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 two minutes after Rock and Roll.
The no label title is strictly source one. It's more complete than the other source one titles, but it's missing a note from Jimmy after What, has a micro cut/repeat after Weekend, and has less than half of the tape immediately following Rock and Roll than it should.
The sound is quite similar between these titles.
8-21-71, mixes
Firecracker Explosions (Empress Valley, original 2cd and both 4cd reissues), L.A. Forum 1971 1st Night (no label), New Source Collection 1971 (Graf Zeppelin), Walk Don't Run: Stairway To L.A. (Tarantura2000), & Wild West Side: Los Angeles (Empress Valley)
Empress Valley's Firecracker title is a mix of the first 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). About 75 seconds of tape after Rock and Roll is found for the first time here from source one. EV's two four cd reissues release the same audio content.
Tarantura2000's title is a mix of the first two sources with source one as it's primary source. It doesn't have the extra tape from source one after Rock and Roll, or from source two.
EV's Firecracker sound has been amplified a bit, but other than that, the sound is quite similar between these titles.
No labels 2022 title "1st Night" is a three source mix. It debuts the twenty-five minutes of source 3 as it's primary, then uses the five and a half minutes of source 2, then fills with source 1. There's a splice after Rock and Roll from source 1 to source 1. It seems it may be borrowing from EV to fill the gap in the prior no label title of this show.
Graf's title features only the source three songs, with Black Dog completed with source one. It's almost identical to no label's title, but has been amplified a little more.
EV's Wild West Side is pretty much the same exact content as no label's "1st Night" that's based on source three. It's been amplified a little.
8-22-71
Definitive Kingdom (Whole Lotta Live), Firecracker Explosions II (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Firecracker Explosions (Empress Valley, both 4cd reissues), Freak Out (TDOLZ), L.A. Forum 1971 (no label), Walk Don't Run (Mud Dogs, Tarantura, Tarantura2000, & Wendy), & Wild West Side: Los Angeles (Empress Valley)
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.
EV's "Firecracker Explosions" 2cd title from 2004 runs slower than TDOLZ and it's amplified a touch less. The edit at the cut during That's the Way has been edited, but not too well (it loses the timing).
EV's four cd title "Firecracker Explosions" from 2009 releases the same audio content as the original. Their 2010 reissue "Firecracker Explosions II" uses the same cds as the original release. Their 2016 4cd is a reissue of the 2009 title.
Tarantura2000's title is very similar to Empress Valley's. It has a few micro cut/repeats not found on other titles, and it has the same poor edit like EV during That's the Way.
The no label title misses four minutes of tape between songs yet debuts two and a half minutes of tape (mainly after Celebration and after the show).
Mostly, these titles are similar in sound.
EV's Wild West Side seem to be an audio reissue of their original release of the show.
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
Florida Sunshine (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
Disneyland After Dark (Magic Pyramid), Florida Magik Vol.1 (Empress Valley), Florida Sunshine (Empress Valley original and reissues), Magic Kingdom (Wendy), Orlando 1971 (no label), Orlando Magic (Eelgrass), & You Really Got Me (Akashic)
EV's 4cd Sunshine title releases a 2cd soundboard and fills the gaps with the audience tape. The last two tracks of the soundboard, the organ solo and Thank You, are from the following night, but not mentioned in the liner notes. (Upon the release of the audience tape of the following night, the mistake was discovered.)
EV's 2cd Sunshine title was released at the same time as the 4cd title, offering the same soundboard discs as found on the bigger title.
Eelgrass's title is a straight knock-off of EV's first title.
EV's jewel case reissue of Sunshine in May 2009 is identical to their original.
EV's jewel case reissue of Sunshine in October 2017 has new discs but the cd times and audio are the same as the original.
Akashic is highly similar to EV except the audience tape on the second disc has hints of the metallic sound. It also includes the two soundboard tracks from the following night.
Wendy is also similar to EV. It also includes the two soundboard tracks from the following night.
The no label title is highly similar mix to the others. It also includes the two soundboard tracks from the following night.
Magic Pyramid's title is highly similar to EV in content, but has added a minor fade on the end of Whole Lotta Love. They've equalized the sound and amplified it a little. It also includes the two soundboard tracks from the following night.
EV's Magik title isn't a reissue this time. Instead, it appears to be a copy of Magic Pyramid's title, as it has far more in common with them than their own prior titles.
9-1-71 soundboard
Disneyland After Dark (Magic Pyramid), Florida Magik Vol.1 (Empress Valley), Florida Sunshine (Empress Valley original and reissues), Magic Kingdom (Wendy), Orlando 1971 (no label), Orlando Magic (Eelgrass), & You Really Got Me (Akashic)
These titles all offer the two soundboard tracks of the organ solo and Thank You and are highly similar in content and sound. They were originally assumed to be the final two tracks of the prior night's show. Upon the release of the audience tape for this show, the error was discovered. EV's Magik title is the only one released after the discovery of the audience tape, and they've properly notated the two tracks. They also include a soundboard/audience matrix of the two tracks.
9-1-71 audience
Florida Magik Vol.2 (Empress Valley), Hollywood 1971 (no label), & Hollywood Sportatorium 1971 (Graf Zeppelin)
Graf's title is two discs, offering the show with different equalizations. The single disc no label title and EV are similar in content and differ slightly in sound from Graf.
9-3-71, sources 1 & 2
Death of Sleeping Beauty (Empress Valley), Hard Company (no label), How've Ya Been (TDOLZ), It's Been a Long Time (Graf Zeppelin, 4cd issues & 2cd), Mad Screaming Gallery (Lemon Song), Madison Square Garden 1971 (Wendy & Neverland), & New Source Collection 1971 (Graf Zeppelin)
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 2 minutes. 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.
Wendy's title debuts a second source and uses the first source to fill the gaps. The last few seconds of Moby is displaced by a long overlap into source one.
Graf Zeppelin's "It's Been a Long Time" was issued a 4cd title in 2012 and released it again in 2016 as a second edition - their content is identical. Alongside the 2016 quad disc title, they released a 2cd "remastered" version of the first half of the four cd set. It's just amplified more than the original. Graf's first two cds use source one as the primary tape and fill with the second tape. Each of their splices out come too early and displace source one with the secondary source. Graf's last two cds use source two as the primary tape and the first source to fill the gaps. The splicing here is proper.
Neverland's first two cds use source one as the primary tape and fill with the second tape. The splicing here is proper. Neverland's last two cds use source two as the primary tape and the first source to fill the gaps. The title ends when source two ends during Moby Dick. The splicing here is proper.
EV's title is strictly from the first source. It misses about ten seconds of the introduction, misses another second of Dazed, and repeats 80 seconds of Moby. It's sound is otherwise fairly similar to TDOLZ.
Graf's "New Source Collection 1971" offers a fragment of source two containing the first four songs.
9-4-71, soundboard
Hampton From Your Palm (Wendy), High Heeled Sneakers (Godfatherecords), Jennings Farm Blues (Scorpio), Madison Square Garden 1971 (Neverland), Maple Leaf Gardens (Empress Valley original and reissue & Graf Zeppelin), Maple Leaf Gold (Empress Valley), & Mid Summer Nights Dream (Wendy)
Scorpio is the oldest release of this show and misses about a minute of tape from between songs.
Wendy's Hampton title is similar in content to Scorpio and has been amplified just a touch.
Neverland misses tape in the same spots as the older titles, then a little more after Celebration Day. It also has a few instances of static during the early part of Stairway. They then decide to remove over thirteen minutes of Moby Dick.
EV's title is a mix that gives priority to the soundboard, then the audience sources. The soundboard section is not interrupted by splicing to the audience tapes. It debuts another minute of soundboard tape from between songs, having fewer cuts and more tape than all previous older titles
EV's reissue by the same name uses the same discs as before.
Godfather's title is similar in content to the older titles, missing about a minute of tape from between songs. It's sound has been tampered, suppressing some sounds. It's treatment makes some of the drumming during Moby echo in a horrible fashion.
EV's Maple Leaf Gold is a reissue of the audio from the original release.
Wendy's Midsummer title contains the soundboard on the first disc. However, it begins and ends with the BBC 1971 show, but of course never mentions it in the liner notes. Once the Toronto show actually starts, it misses just as much tape as the absurdly short Neverland title. Tape is missed before Stairway, has three instances of static early on during Stairway, and misses tape after the song. It's cut after Celebration Day and misses 35 seconds. There's a cut after That's, that misses about six seconds. After Going To California, they've inserted three cuts that miss a combined total of twenty seconds. The tape is cut after What and misses another few seconds. Moby is just a fragment here. It's misses most of the song, which is twelve and a half minutes longer. Immediately after missing over twenty seconds after Moby, Wendy has pasted in a few seconds of audience cheer from BBC. Aside from all the missed tape, the sound has been poorly tweaked, sounding worst between the songs.
Graf's title contains the soundboard on the last disc of the title. It misses way too much of the soundboard surrounding the songs.
9-4-71, sources 1 & 2
In a Daze (Keepout), Live From the Midnight Sun (TDOLZ), Mapleleaf (Baby Face), Maple Leaf Gardens (Empress Valley original and reissue & Graf Zeppelin), Maple Leaf Gold (Empress Valley), & Midsummer Nights Dream (Wendy)
Keepout's title is from the first audience source and is incomplete. It misses the organ solo and Thank You. It also misses the beginning and ending few seconds from almost each song.
TDOLZ and Baby Face are from the first source and are virtually identical in sound and cuts.
EV's title is a mix that gives priority to the soundboard, then the first audience tape, then the second audience source. Much of source one is displaced by the soundboard. The second audience tape is used briefly for the first couple seconds of Since and during Dazed. It debuts 39 seconds of the Organ solo from source one before cutting out.
EV's reissue uses the same discs as before.
EV's Maple Leaf Gold is a reissue of the audio from the original release.
Wendy's title is strictly from the first source. Much of the little amount of tape that exists between songs has been removed by Wendy, leaving almost no transition from one song to the next. The end of What Is and What Should Never Be has also been removed. The sound has been tampered with some and sounds a little strange in places.
Graf's first two cds contain a mix based on the first source. It adds in source two briefly in the beginning of Since and then again for over a minute in the latter part of Dazed. When cutting back in at the big cut in Moby, Graf debuts thirty new seconds of the song. The thirty-nine seconds of the organ solo that debuted on EV are included here too. It's sound has been amplified a bit.
Graf's third disc debuts the remaining bulk of the second source.
9-7-71, sources 1 & 2
Boston Garden Party (Magnificent Disc), I Got a Feeling (Graf Zeppelin), Listen! Listen! Listen To Me! (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Listen To Me Boston (Tarantura), & Wreckage In Boston: Calm Down (Tarantura2000)
Tarantura, Magnificent Disc, and Graf Zeppelin (abstractly) are entirely from the first source. Tarantura2000 and Graf Zeppelin (abstractly) are 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).
Graf Zeppelin's title has both sources on it's title, but arranged in a way to present the full show using the first source, then follows the show with second source. The only mixed track is the introduction on the first disc. It's designed to easily parse the two sources. It would have been a little easier if the introduction had been split into two tracks at the splice. For the first source, the first six seconds of the introduction are missing. For Dazed, they debut six seconds before the first cut, but then miss 7 seconds when cutting back in to the song. This source's cuts are clear and not concealed. It's sound has been amplified some and equalized a little differently than Tarantura.
Graf's second source is highly similar in content and sound to Tarantura2000.
EV's 2021 title reissues the original, and appears to use the same discs.
9-9-71, version 1
Hampton Roads Coliseum 1971 (Scorpio) & One More Daze (Dynamite Studios)
Dynamite released this partial recording in the early days of the cd format. Scorpio released these six tracks as a bonus, subsequent to the more complete version of the show on the same title. The content and quality are identical between these two titles. (What's unique about the recording is the bass being in the left channel and everything else being in the other.)
9-9-71, version 2
Dead Battery (Flagge), Hampton 1971 (Cannonball & no label), Hampton From Your Palm (Wendy), Hampton Kicks (Elrond), Hampton Roads Coliseum 1971 (Scorpio), Head Over Heels (Empress Valley, original and reissue), High Heeled Sneakers (Godfatherecords), In the Wake of Zeppelin (Akashic), Inspired (Antrabata), Jim's Picks (Tarantura), Sonic Boom (Empress Valley, box & bonus), & Wet & Wild (Empress Valley)
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, Akashic, and Scorpio are all missing the first second of tape (Robert sings "Sing and"). 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. Elrond, Antrabata, and Scorpio are missing a few seconds of tape after Dazed. Tarantura and Flagge have faked a comment after Dazed by copying the spoken word "nice" from after Black Dog.
Cannonball doesn't have fades or an extra cut in Dazed.
Godfather has the least complete version of Immigrant Song. There are digital clicks and major problems during What. The sound has been poorly altered, giving it a high pitch sound - incredibly annoying.
Empress Valley's HOH title misses the first two words like many of the other releases.
The no label title places a cut and eight second repeat after Celebration Day, and places another cut after Going To California. No fading.
Empress Valley's pair of Sonic Boom 4cd titles each feature a "stereo" version on the first two discs and then a mono version for the last two discs. The stereo version has the bass guitar in the left channel and everything else in the right. The mono version is like the 2cd titles that have been out for years. The difference between the box set "contemporary" versions and the non-box "bonus" versions is amplification and equalization. The bonus versions are more raw.
As for the audio content, the four versions match. Not only do they have all known material, it debuts about three seconds more of Dazed in the area of the cuts. They also debut the same MAJOR PROBLEM on each. It's easy to hear on the mono versions, but a little tougher on the stereo versions due to the separation of sound. At least a dozen micro cut/repeats have been inserted into Immigrant Song. The first one is just two seconds into the title and the rest begin around the 1:41 mark. The song is littered with them. Black Dog has at least two of these cut/repeats as well, near 0:11 and 2:27. Normally, this type of mutilation is created when processing tape having small silent gaps in it. The processing removes the silence and then repeats a split second of tape from before the silence occurs. The bigger the silence, the more the cut/repeat stands out. It completely ruins the rhythm of the song and produces a completely unpleasant artificial result - one that certainly wasn't heard at the show and doesn't exist on the master tape. Now, since there aren't gaps in the tape, why are these cut/repeats added to the title? The most noticeable cut/repeats are mentioned above. But there are likely many others too. They're sometimes hard to catch.
EV reissued Head Over Heeles (sic) three months after Sonic Boom. It reuses the original discs.
EV's Wet title is pretty similar to their HOH title. It does not contain the extra few seconds that appeared on their Sonic Boom titles.
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), Berkeley Daze 1st Night (Godfatherecords), Berkeley First Night (no label), California Stampede (Magnificent Disc), Going To California (TMQ 4cd original and reissue, Graf Zeppelin, & Wendy), Going To California 1 (Moonchild), & 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.
TMQ reissued the four cd title a year later, using the same discs.
TMQ released a two cd title "Going To California II" that is just a reissue of the same cds found in the four disc title.
Berkeley First Night is more similar to TMQ than the other titles. It has the correct speed, has fixed the common cut/repeat after Black Dog, and doesn't have any extra cuts or problems. The sound has been equalized a little differently from TMQ.
Godfather's title is very similar to TMQ and the no label versions.
Moonchild's title is very similar to TMQ, no label, and Godfather. It's sound has been tweaked a little to reduce some of the tape noise, which creates a little bit of a metallic effect.
Graf Zeppelin's title more closely represents the master tape, having no fades at cuts, no unnatural sounds created to tweaking/hiding the tape noise that is present, and is as complete as any release.
Wendy's title has extra cuts, missing tape between songs, misses over three minutes of Moby Dick, and is a little metallic.
9-14-71
Berkeley Daze 2nd Night (Godfatherecords), California Expedition (Cashmere), Going To California (Shout To the Top, TMQ 4cd original and reissue & 2cd, no label, Graf Zeppelin, & Wendy), & Going To California 2 (Moonchild)
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.
TMQ reissued the four cd title a year later, using the same discs.
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.
Godfather uses the previous night to fill the first cut in Dazed. The rest of the title is similar in content to TMQ.
The no label release from May 2015 is highly similar in content to STTT and TMQ. The sound seems to suffer slightly from their choice in equalization.
Moonchild's title is identical to Godfather, right down to the same disc times.
Graf's title doesn't conceal the cuts, doesn't have the errors found on some other titles, and doesn't remove the gaps at cuts during Dazed, as found on TMQ that throw off the timing.
Wendy's title mixes in another show for the cut in Heartbreaker. A second of Since is missed in the beginning. It's sound is par.
EV's title seems to be a copy of the Godfather or Moonchild titles, but without the splicing in of the prior night. EV's title is not amplified as much as Graf.
9-23-71, source #?
Peace of Mind (Mud Dogs)
Moby Dick is from a source not matching the following 9 sources. It is incorrectly attributed to Hiroshima on the liner notes.
9-23-71, source 1
D. J. of Legend (Empress Valley), 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, the re-release of that same audio within Young Person's Guide, and the D.J. of Legend all contain this source. (D.J. appears to have used the same discs as Tokyo Tapes.) 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), How the East Was Won: Susquehanna (Tarantura2000), Meet the Led Zeppelin (Wendy), Rock Carnival (Empress Valley, 5cd), & Timeless Rock (Watchtower, 3cd & 4cd)
(These labels all use a different mixture of three tapes.)
The first three cds of EV's "First Attack" 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.
EV's cds 3 and 4 of "Rock Carnival" (2016 5cd box) reissue the audio from the first three cds of "First Attack," consolidated to two discs. They didn't bother removing the big overlap found between cds 2 and 3 of the original title, so it's that audio repeated back to back in the middle of disc 4 on the new double disc reissue.
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 it 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.
Tarantura2000's title is a five source mix, based on source 5. It begins with the liner notes call an "uncirculated source," but it is actually the known s11. It quickly switches to s1 during the intro, then when it finally starts s5, it debuts a couple of seconds of that source. There's an unnecessary splice after Moby, displacing twenty seconds of s5. (The recording concludes with s7, which is part of the missing s7 that can't be found on Tarantura2000's Susquehanna (s7) from this same box set.) This title is equalized a little differently from EV.
9-23-71, source 6
First Attack of the Rising of the Sun (Empress Valley, 4cd)
The final disc of First Attack debuts a new source, being the sixth.
9-23-71, source 7
D.J. of Legend (Empress Valley), Flying Rock Carnival 1971 Complete (no label, 3cd), How the East Was Won: Flying Rock Carnival (Tarantura2000), Rock Carnival (Watchtower, 1cd & Empress Valley, 2cd & 5cd & Moonchild), Rock Carnival Legend (Beat & Beat, 2cd), & Taking Off (Magic Pyramid)
Watchtower's Rock Carnival debuted the seventh source to cd. It's just over an hour long, and is assumed to be sampled from a fuller tape of the show.
No label's Flying Rock Carnival debuts what is believed to be the remainder of source seven. It's very close to being the complete show. It mixes in sources one, three, and five to complete the gaps. It's often cut between the source 7 songs, but that tape is unique, and for now is assumed to be source 7 too. It could have easily been placed on two cds.
Beat & Beat's title is similar in content to "Flying Rock Carnival 1971 Complete." It's biggest difference is that uses source one for Celebration Day instead of source seven. When it switches away from and back to source seven, it often misses several seconds of source seven. Sources one, three, and five are used to complete source seven. It's sound hasn't been amplified as much as FRC's.
Empress Valley's "Rock Carnival" 2cd title is the same exact mix and sound quality as "Flying Rock Carnival 1971 Complete" but has been placed on two cds.
EV's cds 1 and 2 of "Rock Carnival" (2016 5cd box) reissue the audio from the their original title bearing the same name.
Moonchild's title is a copy of EV, with the same cd times and metadata.
Magic Pyramid's title is based on source 7, but it's very incomplete. Instead of using all of the available s7 tracks, it use only the s7 tracks found on the single disc Watchtower release and only five minutes of s7 found on the more complete titles (for the first part of Whole Lotta Love). The rest of the time, it's based on source five, then source one.
EV's Mugen title is based on the source seven tracks as found on the single disc Watchtower title, not the more complete version offered on EV's previous title "Rock Carnival." Celebration Day through the end of the show is based on source one and fills with source two. Moby Dick uses two sources simultaneously a few times (and previously very briefly after Celebration Day). The title doesn't offer any source in it's entirety.
EV's DJ 2022 title is not a reissue of their 2009 title. It is different from their recent Mugen title, but is still based on the source seven tracks as found on the single disc Watchtower title, not the more complete version offered on EV's previous title "Rock Carnival." The intro is source eleven. Celebration Day through the end of the show is based on source five but uses source one for Bron and That's like Mugen.
Tarantura2000's title is strictly from source 7 and debuts about 25 seconds of this source for Whole Lotta Love, and another 13 seconds of non music tape. Oddly, it's missing the last 17 seconds after the show. This title is equalized a little differently from EV.
9-23-71, source 8
Tokyo Tapes (Empress Valley, 6cd)
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.
9-23-71, source 9
Calm & the Storm (no label, 1cd)
This is the ninth source to cd.
9-23-71, source 10
923 (no label, 2cd)
This is the tenth source to cd.
9-23-71, source 11
Stage In Tokyo 1971 (no label, 2cd)
This is the eleventh source to cd. It's primary source is number eleven, and uses source three for Black Dog, most of Whole Lotta Love, and Communication Breakdown. Source two is used briefly in the middle of Whole Lotta Love.
9-24-71, sources 1-8
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/debuted the final remainder of source three - although the relationship was unknown. Lastly, Scorpio's 4th disc debuts a new fragment for source two.
9-24-71, source 1
924 (no label), 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 during the song, but are not missing any time.
Tarantura doesn't have the cuts in Dazed, Moby, and WLL. It is missing several seconds after Going To California and is missing too much tape after WLL. Their sound has been amplified some and seems a little overblown in places.
924 is pretty similar in content to Tarantura, but has a lot more tape after WLL. Their sound has been amplified a little more than Tarantura, but doesn't seem overblown.
9-24-71, sources 2 & 3
Afternoon Daze (Moonchild), Balloon Boys' Rock Carnival In Tokyo (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Hard Rock Night (Wendy original and reissue), Light & Shade (TDOLZ original & remaster), Live In Japan 1971 (LSD), Super Stars (Graf Zeppelin), Timeless Rock (Watchtower, 4cd), & Your Time is Gonna Come (Scorpio, 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 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. Wendy's 2015 title reissues the audio found on the original title, using new discs with slightly different running times.
Watchtower's bonus disc (cd4) debuts the first third of source three, seemingly without a cut in Dazed.
Empress Valley's title is primarily source three. It uses source one for the earliest part of the introduction. They switch to source two's tape for several seconds, even though source three's introduction is available. Dazed splices out to source two near 9:30, even though the song doesn't seem to be cut when referencing Watchtower. (Source two's clapping/cheer can be clearly heard at 9:30 briefly. All the tape from that point through the next sound change, at 10:14, matches Watchtower's "uncut" Dazed, and continues to match.) The splice during Moby displaces several seconds of source three. Overall, EV's offering of source three has better sound than TDOLZ and somewhat similar to the other titles utilizing the source. Their reissue version uses the same cds again.
Scorpio's first three cds are similar to EV's title, mixing three sources. A small part of source one is used during the introduction. There might be a splice in Dazed spanning from 9:32 to 10:08. The sound changes here are much more discrete than on EV, and continue to match Watchtower. The splice during Moby displaces some of source three.
Scorpio's fourth disc is strictly source two and debuts a four minute fragment of Whole Lotta Love.
Graf Zep's cds 4-6 contain source three as its foundation and is filled with sources one and two. It's situation with Dazed is similar to Scorpio.
Moonchild's title uses source two up through Dazed, then uses a little source three to finish the first disc. From there, the last two discs are based on source six and fills gaps with source three, almost exactly like Graf's cds two and three. Moonchild's source six does not sound as clear as Graf's.
Tarantura2000's title is mix based on source three, and is very similar in content to Scorpio and Graf.
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.
9-24-71, sources 6-8
Afternoon Daze (Moonchild) & Super Stars (Graf Zeppelin)
Graf's cds 1-3 debut source 6 as its foundation. It begins with source one briefly for the introduction and then relies on source three whenever source six is unavailable - except for Black Dog. That track sounds much more distant than the other new material, so it seems it could be a seventh source. There are 18 splices in this title. It very badly detracts from the main source.
Graf's last track on cd 6 is Since I've Been Loving You and it's not listed on the liner notes. This is also from a new source.
Moonchild's title uses source two up through Dazed, then uses a little source three to finish the first disc. From there, the last two discs are based on source six and fills gaps with source three, almost exactly like Graf's cds two and three. Moonchild's source six does not sound as clear as Graf's.
9-27-71, sources 1, 2, 3, & 4
How the East Was Won: Black Rain (Tarantura2000), Live In Japan 1971 (LSD & Empress Valley), Live Peace In Hiroshima 1971 (Wendy, original and two reissues), Love & Peace (Empress Valley, both issues), Love & Peace in Hiroshima (Bumble Bee), Message of Love (Lemon Song), Peace (Tarantura), Peace of Mind (Mud Dogs), Tour 1971 Love & Peace (Empress Valley), & Zingi (Tarantura2000)
Tarantura and LSD are entirely from the first tape. Mud Dogs is sourced from the second tape.
Lemon Song, Wendy, 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. It's unclear which source this previously unavailable segment is sourced.
LSD has a brief static spot in the beginning of Heartbreaker. It's music and background noise are slightly louder than Tarantura.
Mud Dogs' Moby is from an unknown source for Tokyo, 9/23/1971. The 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 original 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.
Wendy 2010 "reissue" is actually a different mix than the original title bearing this name. It was also spread across three cds. This mix is highly similar to Bumble Bee, having the extra long introduction from and unknown source or unfamiliar part of a usual source. There are a couple other segments between songs from this same unfamiliar tape.
Zingi is a two source mix, relying on the first tape as it's primary source.
Empress Valley's title Live In Japan 1971 (AKA "Love and Peace") debuts a third source as it's foundation and uses the other two sources to complete the show. The tape before and after the show are not from these first three sources… The first part of the introduction is from the same tape that debuted on Bumble Bee. Source two sounds much better here than on Mud Dogs.
EV's Love & Peace title from 2016 reissues the discs from their original Live In Japan 1971 from 2013.
Moonchild's title appears to be edited from a copy of EV's Love and Peace. The most noticeable difference from EV is the editing just before Moby begins. Otherwise, it's identical to EV.
Tarantura2000's Black Rain title is mix based on source three, and is very similar in content to EV and Moonchild. It's liner notes are misleading for Dazed and the last disc.
EV's title Tour 1971 (AKA "Peace and Love") box contains the show twice. The first is titled "Peace and Love Hiroshima Source 1" which is a 2cd title that's strictly from source one, but chops out music from three songs, totaling over 90 seconds, mostly from Dazed. The second is "Peace and Love" which is a 4cd title that is based on source three, and is a near reissue of their title "Live In Japan 1971." It's been adjusted from the original and is not quite as good, having some sound fluctuations and at least one micro cut/repeat. A fourth disc is included, meant to be a substitute for the first disc. It alters Robert's vocal for a split second in the beginning of Immigrant Song - useless.
EV's title Tour 1971 (AKA "Peace and Love") box also debuts source four on the end of the "Peace and Love" subtitle, offering only Tangerine.
EV's Love & Peace box title from 2023 reissues the discs from their Tour 1971 title from earlier in the year.
9-28-71, soundboard (featuring Dazed, Stairway, and Down By the Riverside)
Live In Japan (Empress Valley, 6cd box)
EV's December 2014 title Live In Japan has this show on it's first three cds. While it's based on source one and two, it debuts almost three and a half minutes from the soundboard. A complete Dazed is offered for the first time, and is done so by splicing in 78 seconds from the soundboard, and is a bit muffled. A complete Stairway is offered for the first time too, and is done so by splicing in over two minutes from the soundboard. A very rough minute of soundboard is used during Riverside and Opry.
EV's July 2016 Rock Carnival 5cd box debuts Black Dog from the soundboard, on the fifth disc. Their Black Dog title offers the same disc.
Eelgrass's title features this as an unmentioned last track, equalized a little differently than EV.
EV released Evolution and Stargazer simultaneously, both which reissue Black Dog.
The no label release is a straight copy of Eelgrass.
EV's "Live In Osaka 928" is a 4cd+1dvd box that reissues the "Live In Japan 1971" Black Dog disc.
EV's title from the Complete Osaka Tapes 8cd box IS the no label pocket sleeve title that was released one year prior. It does not mention EV's name and is a direct copy of Eelgrass.
9-28-71, soundboard
Assassin (Empress Valley), Complete Osaka Tapes: Live In Osaka 1st Day (Empress Valley), God Save the Queen (Empress Valley, 5cd), Jiraiya (Empress Valley), Live In Osaka 928 (Empress Valley, 3cd and 4cd), Mugen K Satsu: LZ Stereo Project (Empress Valley), Osaka Festival Hall Stereo Project (Empress Valley), Please Please Me (Empress Valley, 6cd original and promo), & Please Please Me Complete 928 (Eelgrass)
EV simultaneously released the 118 minute soundboard on three titles in February 2020 (two box sets and one triple disc title: Please Please Me, God Save the Queen, and Live In Osaka 928). All three titles contain a three cd mix using all of the soundboard and is completed with audience tape. The two box sets also contain a double cd set that's strictly soundboard.
EV released "Live In Osaka 928" as a 4cd+1dvd box fifteen months later than their first title bearing this name that was housed in a gatefold. It reissues the 3cd soundboard mix using the same discs as the original.
Eelgrass offered a poor copy of EV's 6cd title a month after EV's release. On all six discs, just before every track change, Eelgrass has inserted a cut. On the 3cd set that mixes the soundboard with the audience tape, Eelgrass briefly spliced in some random LZ audio during Dazed and Confused (at 11:50). This is the second title in a row Eelgrass has inserted cuts at track changes.
EV's Assassin title has the same content and sound quality as their prior releases of the 2cd soundboard, but it runs a little slower.
EV's title from the Complete Osaka Tapes 8cd box seems to be an audio copy of their previous mixes based on the soundboard, but has removed the overlapping tape between discs. It's the same content and sound.
EV's Mugen box title contains "LZ Stereo Project" that is based on the soundboard and filled with audience tapes. The effects applied to the soundboard have not improved the audio, and sounds weird/strange in places.
EV's Please Please Me Promo box set from 2023 reissues their 2020 box of the same name, having a 3cd soundboard mix and a 2cd isolated soundboard.
EV's Jiraiya is a 3cd release that mixes soundboard tapes from the two Osaka shows, so it is incomplete.
EV's Osaka Festival Hall Stereo Project is a reissue of the LZ Stereo Project subtitle of the Mugen box title.
9-28-71, audience sources 1-3
928 (no label), 928 Complete Edition (no label), Bachelor Boys' First Stand In Osaka (Empress Valley, original and reissue), C'Mon Everybody (Tarantura2000), Come On Everybody (Mud Dogs), How the East Was Won: Please Please Me (Tarantura2000), Live In Japan (Empress Valley, 6cd box), Live In Japan 1971 (LSD), New Source Collection 1971 (Graf Zeppelin), Osaka 1971 1st Night (no label), & Please Please Me (Tarantura & Wendy)
LSD's title is entirely from the first tape source. It ends after Mary Lou in Whole Lotta Love.
Mud Dogs, Tarantura, and EV's Bachelor Boys' begin with source one and then use the second source for the songs that follow Whole Lotta Love. Up until source two starts, these three titles are almost identical in content. Bachelor Boys' has been speed corrected.
Wendy uses source one, source two, and the famous tape from the following night to "complete" the show. They complete the gap in Stairway by using the famous tape from the 29th, but they choose to displace 15 seconds of the proper night. Liner notes do not indicate the change. After Wendy splices back, the title is again similar in content like the other titles, through the end of Whole Lotta Love. However, their disc three starts out with a very faint metallic sound - though much less noticeable than on their debut title. It can really only be heard between songs and during some very quite moments during songs. Wendy's title has been speed corrected on both of the 28th's sources.
Empress Valley's reissue of Bachelor Boys' uses the exact same cds as the original release.
EV's Live in Japan reuses their Bachelor audio and splices in the soundboard debut for about three and a half minutes to offer a complete Dazed and Stairway for the first time, and completes Down By the Riverside. The splicing usually displaces source one for a several seconds each time.
The no label title "928" debuts a new source, number three.
The no label title "Osaka 1971 1st Night" is a three source mix based on source one, fills with s3, and then finishes off Sneakers and Communication with source two.
The no label title "928 Complete Edition" is a three source mix based on source three. It gets filled with source one, then source two. Too much of source three is displaced.
Tarantura2000's C'Mon Everybody title is based on source one, but no effort was made to use all of the available tape. Unnecessary splicing to source four displaces a lot of music and more from source one. Source two is used during the last two songs.
Tarantura2000's Please Please Me title from the HTEWW 6cd box is based on source one until it runs out, then source three, then source two. The introduction is also source three. Because priority is given to source three over source two, source two can't be used in it's full form.
Graf's title is strictly source two (C'Mon Everybody, High Heel Sneakers, and Communication Breakdown) and the liner notes claim it to be the full source. It's sound is fairly similar to the better titles featuring these tracks.
9-29-71, actual soundboard
Immigrant Song, Friends, & Stairway To Heaven (Empress Valley, 1cd per song), Complete Osaka Tapes: How the East Was Won (Empress Valley), Geisha (Empress Valley), How the East Was Won/Geisha/OhShow (Empress Valley, 2cd, 2cd, & 5cd boxes; Eelgrass 2cd, & no label), Jiraiya (Empress Valley), & Please Please Me (Empress Valley, 6cd original and promo, & 1cd)
EV debuted three single song cd titles "Immigrant Song," "Friends," & "Stairway To Heaven" from the actual soundboard, one at a time for maximum profits. They later simultaneously issued 77 minutes more of the soundboard on three different box sets of "How the East Was Won." The material easily fits on a single disc, but they decided to spread it across two cds. Furthermore, Stairway and Friends are excluded.
Eelgrass' title is not a straight copy of EV. They've added in Stairway and Friends on the second disc. Unfortunately, there's an inexcusable small cut at each track change.
EV's Please Please Me box set contained a single disc subtitle of the same name containing covers of Beatles tracks. This disc debuts the Twist and Shout soundboard fragment from Whole Lotta Love.
The no label title is a straight copy of Eelgrass, so it has cuts at each track change and does not contain the Twist and Shout fragment.
EV's How the East Was Won subtitle from the Complete Osaka Tapes 8cd box IS the no label pocket sleeve title that was released one year prior. It does not mention EV's name and is a direct copy of Eelgrass. It therefore has cuts at each track change and does not contain the Twist and Shout soundboard fragment.
EV's Geisha title is their latest re-release of the soundboard, but it is incomplete since they've excluded the Whole Lotta love fragment of Twist and Shout. Additionally, there are cuts at each track change, similar to what Eelgrass first provided, but not as bad.
EV reissued the Please Please Me single disc as a standalone title that was offered in their earlier 6cd box. It contains the Twist and Shout soundboard fragment from Whole Lotta Love.
EV's Please Please Me Promo box set from 2023 reissues the single disc title of Beatles covers.
EV's Jiraiya is a 3cd release that mixes soundboard tapes from the two Osaka shows, so it is incomplete. Furthermore, they've shortened Friends by removing Robert's repeated first verse.
9-29-71, actual soundboard mix
929: Hagure Gumo Edit (Empress Valley), 929: Sanda You Edit (Empress Valley), Complete Osaka Tapes: Live In Osaka 2nd Day (Empress Valley), Kutabare Moonchild (Moonchild), Live In Osaka Ledsox Merge (Magic Pyramid), & Ookini Winston (Moonchild)
Moonchild's Kutabare is a mix based on the actual soundboard tracks, filled with source one audience tape (aka "soundboard"), and then relies on any other audience to fill.
EV's Hagure has the same exact disc times as Moonchild's Kutabare, and is the same content.
EV's Sanda is the same mix as the previously mentioned titles, but adds in another seven minutes of audience tapes. Their source one audience tape (aka "soundboard") is metallic sounding.
Moonchild's Ookini has the same exact disc times as EV's Sanda, and is the same content.
Magic Pyramid's title is based on most of the actual soundboard. It does not use the soundboard for Twist and Shout. Instead of using the well known source 1 "soundboard" for all of the songs not available from the actual soundboard, for Black Dog they've chosen to use the soundboard from the previous night. The 929 source 1 "soundboard" is used for the other gaps in the actual soundboard, along with other tapes. Besides the odd choice of mixing nights, they've altered Robert's voice in the beginning of Immigrant Song, making it really weird.
EV's title from the Complete Osaka Tapes 8cd box copies the first two cds of Moonchild's Kutabare, and makes a new disc for the third, utilizing the soundboard fragment for Twist and Shout. This is the first full show mix to use that fragment.
Live Legend Archives' title is similar to Magic Pyramid in that neither use the Twist and Shout soundboard fragment and they both give preference to the previous night's soundboard for Black Dog instead of using the "audience soundboard" from the proper night. This title is based on the actual soundboard, then the audience source 1 "soundboard," then other audience tapes to fill gaps. There's a ton of splicing and many instances of overlapping sources, which sometimes sounds a bit weird.
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 (Boleskine House Records, Last Stand Disc, Rock Solid Records, & no label 2015 & 2016 & 2019), Live In Osaka (Tarantura, Nighthawk's two issues, and Tarantura2000's 2cd title from 9291971 Box set), Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Mad Dogs), & Unprocessed 929 (no label)
Foreword
There seems to be two different versions of this tape. One is offered missing at least a dozen seconds too many of Pennies from Dazed, misses over two minutes starting during Good Times Bad Times from Whole Lotta Love, only has the first five minutes of Thank You, and excludes Rock and Roll. The other version is doesn't miss those items, and may be a mix of different generations of tape.
All of these titles are strictly from the excellent audience tape commonly called the "soundboard" tape.
Memphis is a direct copy of the Tarantura.
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 other releases that do not mix this tape with others (Unprocessed 929 excluded). 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.
The 2015 no label release of "Live In Japan 1971" is a double disc set copied from vinyl and is of course far from the complete show. The 2016 no label release is essentially the same thing as the prior year release.
Unprocessed 929 is a triple disc set that's an incomplete offering of the show. A lot of tape is missing between songs. The bulk of the tape available for Pennies is included. Almost three minutes is missing from WLL. About a dozen seconds of tape after WLL are present that are not found on other releases. About another dozen seconds of tape after CB are present that are not found on other releases too. Only the first five minutes of Thank You is included and Rock and Roll is absent. The sound is otherwise excellent. It doesn't seem to be sourced from a vinyl copy, but may be a cleaned up "reissue" of a vinyl title.
The Mud Dog title is the same as the last disc of the Mad Dog title.
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" and WLL's first cut is missing three seconds.
Boleskine House Records is a double disc set copied from vinyl and is of course far from the complete show.
The 2019 no label release of "Live In Japan 1971" is a 6cd title. The last three discs are strictly from this source. It is missing at least a dozen seconds too much from Pennies, is missing over two minutes at the cut during Good Times, only has the first five minutes of Thank You, and is missing Rock and Roll. (THEN, it's followed by three "bonus" tracks, which are the organ solo, a complete Thank You, and Rock and Roll.) At the other usual cuts, this title often has at least a couple of split seconds more tape than any other release. At some cuts, it even has a few to several more seconds of audio than most titles. The background noise seems a little louder than most titles, with the foreground sounding a little more distant.
The sound quality is the same on almost all titles but the vinyl sourced titles. The vinyl noise is usually present.
9-29-71, sources 2 & 3
929 (H-Bomb Music 3cd), 929: Bull Shit Master (Empress Valley), 929 Alternates (no label, 6cd), Mugen K Satsu: Bull Shit Master (Empress Valley), & Nine Two Nine (TDOLZ, 5cd)
H-Bomb, the first three cds of "929 Alternates," and EV's "929 Bullshit Master" are strictly from the second source tape. H-Bomb runs too fast. Alternates and EV are speed corrected. EV's title debuts just over a minute of tape between songs on the last disc. It's amplified a little bit over Alternates.
TDOLZ's 2cd version from the five cd box set releases the third source.
EV's Mugen box title contains a reissue of "Bull Shit Master."
9-29-71, sources 4 & 5
929: Mr. T-Tack Master (Empress Valley), 929 Alternates (no label, 6cd), How the East Was Won: Barbarians and the Geisha (Tarantura2000), Live In the Fairy Tale (Taratura2000), Mugen K Satsu: Mr. T-Tack Master (Empress Valley), & Smoke Get In Your Eyes (Scorpio)
Scorpio debuts a very small amount of non-musical portions of source four between some songs in their mixed source title.
929 Alternates' cds four, five, and six debut the release of the bulk of source four, without mixing in other sources. (Upon the release EV's Mr. T, it's revealed 929 Alternates is missing the last few minutes of Dazed, the last half of What Is and Should Never Be, and a half minute after Communcation Breakdown.)<)
EV's "Mr. T-Tack Master" from the 12cd 929 box is a mix based on source four. The intro begins with source four, then switches to source two. Source two is used too long, and displaces 18 seconds of Immigrant Song. The end of Dazed is complete on this title. Source two is used again after Going To California through the splice in What. There's a micro cut/repeat at the beginning of the third disc. It's sound has been amplified a fair amount over 929 Alternates.
Tarantura2000's Fairy Tale title debuts the fifth source. It splices away to other sources during Heartbreaker and late in Dazed. There are six unnecessary cuts at track changes on this title, done in typical Taratura2000 fashion.
Tarantura2000's Barbarians title is a mix based on source five and completed by source four. Source three is also used.
EV's Mugen box title contains a reissue of "Mr. T-Tack Master."
9-29-71, mixes
929 (no label, original and reissue), 9291971 (Tarantura2000, 5cd Box set), Arigatou Osaka (Moonchild, original and reissue), Fatally Wanderer (Wendy, both versions), How the East Was Won (aka Oh Show): Live In Japan (Empress Valley, 5cd box), Live In Japan (Empress Valley, 6cd box), Live In Japan 1971 (Empress Valley's original and reissue, Tarantura2000, Wendy 6cd, and no label), Nine Two Nine (TDOLZ, 5cd), Regalia 929 (Wendy), Smoke Get In Your Eyes (Scorpio), & You Were There In Spirits (Empress Valley, both issues)
TDOLZ's 3cd version mixes sources two and three.
Empress Valley's "Spirits" title is a mix between the three audience sources. Their reissue reuses the same discs as the original release.
EV's December 2010 "Live In Japan 1971" title is very similar in content to their "Spirits" release. The audience tapes used for it's gaps isn't always the same as in their original title. The music and background noise is slightly louder than found on "Spirits." Their reissue of the title uses the same audio and cd times.
Wendy's "Fatally Wanderer" 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. Thirty seconds of WLL are missing from the "sb" source, being displaced unnecessarily by another source. 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.)
Scorpio uses the third source as it's foundation and uses the second source for the missing songs. Some new pieces of source two can be found between songs. A fourth source is used between some of the songs and after the show too, but it's not used for the music. Source one, aka the "soundboard" is not used here.
Tarantura2000's "Live In Japan 1971" is based on the "soundboard" source and uses other audience tapes to fill gaps. For Dazed's Pennies, they elected not to splice to the remaining 12-15" of "older sb" originally found in this area on Noise Generator and Nighthawk, and just spliced out to a different source. This time they didn't displace 30" of WLL from the "sb." It's better than their prior attempt but there's just a lot of splicing.
Wendy's Regalia is a mix using the "soundboard" as it's foundation, doing a slightly better job than their two prior attempts.
EV's December 2014 "Live In Japan" issues this title again. It's a mix of the first three sources and possibly a fraction of the fourth. Besides just being another heavily spliced version of this show, it's plagued by many "micro cut/repeats" that are too often found on the more recent digitally edited releases. Dazed and Whole Lotta Love are the tracks most affected. This problem wasn't on any of the many prior versions of this show from EV.
The January 2016 no label release "929" is a triple cd title based on the familiar "soundboard." Like most similar mixed source titles for the past dozen years, it uses more of the clearer tape before being cut during Pennies. After that, it splices out to source two instead of the remaining 12-15" of "older sb" originally found in this area on Noise Generator and Nighthawk. The splice for the first cut during WLL misses 30" too much of the "sb."
The September 2016 no label release "929" reissues their title of the same name from earlier in the year.
Wendy's "Live In Japan 1971" is a 6cd set. It's first three cds are a mix based on the soundboard. Not all of the soundboard was preserved. It has more than just faint metallic sounds that can be heard through all quieter passages. Lots of splicing. The last three cds of the set are a mix of audience tapes, the exact mix used by Scorpio in 2009. The cd running times and the timing of the splices are virtually identical.
Moonchild's original title is a mix based on the soundboard. No effort was made to preserve time from the soundboard. Six months later, they reissued it using the same discs.
EV "How the East Was Won (aka Oh Show)" 5cd box reissues their reissue from March 2013, which reissued their original title from December 2010. The last three discs of this title in the box are subtitled "Live In Japan" and are dated 2013.
The 2019 no label release of "Live In Japan 1971" is a 6cd title. The first three discs are a mix based on this source. This mix is based on the lesser complete version of the "soundboard" audience tape - just like almost all of the other titles offering mixes based on this source.
11-11-71
Geordie Schooner (Wendy), Good Bad or Indifferent (Tarantura2000), Newcastle 1971 (no label), 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.
Wendy is almost completely identical to T2K. It's tape seems better in the area just before the cut during That's.
The no label title Newcastle 1971 is similar to Wendy and T2K but with one exception - That's the Way ends at the first cut like the two very oldest titles offering this show (Teddy Bear & EV).
EV & EM seem to be from the same generation of tape. Tarantura2000, Wendy, and the no label 2cd are 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, maybe 4
Feelin' Groovy Definitive Version (Empress Valley, 3cd), Ipswich 1971 (TDOLZ & no label), Parade de Cirque (Wendy), & Over the Twelve Foot End (Graf Zeppelin)
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 includes the encores "Weekend" and "Gallows Pole." The last song briefly uses the Copenhagen source to fill a cut/gap (not cited on liner notes). 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.
The no label title is a mix mostly comprised of sources one and two, but includes tape found only on EV as well. It offers some more tape from source one not found on the other titles. It does include Weekend and Gallows, borrowing tape for a cut in Gallows from Copenhagen (not cited on liner notes). They've placed the show on two cds.
Graf Zeppelin's title is a mix highly similar to the no label title with the following few exceptions. There's has a splice in Going To California, does not splice during Celebration Day, and does not splice in Copenhagen during Gallows Pole. The sound is similar to the no label title.
Wendy's title mix is very similar to the no label title and Graf.
11-20-71
Electric Magic (Graf Zeppelin, 3cd), Electric Magic Show (Apple, Electric Magic, & Mad Dogs), Electric Magic Wembley Empire Pool (Empress Valley, 3cd), Empire Strikes Back (Tarantura2000, 3cd), & Magik (Tarantura)
Foreword
The early releases of the source one tape were created differently, each with different musical content to "mark" them. Tarantura, Mad Dogs, and Apple all have the following in common that are missing: the introduction, Immigrant Song, most of Whole Lotta Love. Furthermore, they'll miss other content that the other will posses. These are the "older versions," having many similar characteristics.
Electric Magic label later debuted (2001) the common and uncommon missing pieces, but was still using the typical older version of source one.
Tarantura2000 released a new version of source one and EV later released it too. Graf Zeppelin also released the newer version.
Tarantura and Apple's titles have the same musical content and are virtually identical in all respects. They are missing Tangerine, most of Moby Dick, and the items mentioned in the Foreword. Mad Dogs musical content is different. It is missing Whole Lotta Love and the items mentioned in the Foreword. These titles 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.
The Electric Magic label is the first title to offer all the known songs to disc. It's Dancing Days is actually from 12/23/72 (not referenced in the liner notes). The many, many splices in this title are splicing from source one to a different generation of a source one tape.
Tarantura2000's title (December 2009) is a newer version than previously available. It too has all the known songs to disc, and it has a little extra tape between some songs. The sound isn't improved any, being most similar to the original Tarantura and Apple.
EV's content is almost exactly like Tarantura2000's and has the background noise suppressed, making the sound seem a little peculiar in places.
Graf's title does not have the cuts with repeating tape after some songs like the other newer versions (T2K and EV). It offers another twenty seconds of tape after Dazed too. There are two or three instances where Graf has either spliced to a lesser quality generation of tape or has a sound fluctuation where it's not necessary. Their title isn't amplified as much as T2K and EV, and has not suppressed any background noise, so it is more natural sounding.
11-25-71
Best For Hard 'N' Heavy (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Diploma (Tarantura2000 6cd & 3cd), Leicester 1971 (no label), Mystical Majesties Request (Electric Magic), & University of Leicester 1971 (Wendy)
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 (original) has a slight balance problem briefly in Dazed and has a large, but brief, sound increase in Stairway.
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, but has some micro cut/repeats during Dazed that are not of the "master."
Wendy's title has some extra cuts and sound changes not found on other titles. It also has some issues found on older titles, but not found on Tarantura2000. Their title has been amplified some.
EV's 2015 issue of this show bears the same name and disc times for the first two discs, while the third disc only differs by a second. For the most part, it seems to be reissuing the audio from the original, but there may be more static problems here on Dazed. The typical brief static in the middle of Stairway was present on the original (and other titles) but it is not present on the "reissue."
The no label title has, for some strange reason, rearranged the medleys in Whole Lotta Love.
12-2-71
Heartbeat (H-Bomb, 1cd), Rock and Roll Magic (Electric Magic, 3cd), & Starkers (Graf Zeppelin, 1cd)
Heartbeat was the first release of this show, using a fragmented tape. It runs a little fast, has a channel problem during Heartbreaker, and misses too much of Dazed.
Graf's title uses the fragmentary tape too. It runs at the proper speed, doesn't have the channel problem during heartbreaker, and has 26 seconds more of Dazed. It's sound is otherwise similar to H-Bomb.
R&R Magic is the pretty much the full show and is often complete where the fragmentary tape is not. It'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.