Led Zeppelin - 1971-09-29 - Osaka, Japan (SBD)

Led Zeppelin

1971-09-29

Festival Hall

Osaka, Japan

Venue: Festival Hall

Soundboard (Stage) Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Immigrant Song

02. Heartbreaker

03. Since I've Been Loving You

04. Black Dog

05. Dazed And Confused

06. Stairway To Heaven

CD 2:

01. Celebration Day

02. That's The Way

03. Going To California

04. Tangerine

05. Friends

06. Plant Singing

07. What Is And What Should Never Be

CD 3:

01. Moby Dick

02. Whole Lotta Love

03. Communication Breakdown

04. Organ Solo

05. Thank You

Led Zeppelin - 1971-09-29 - Osaka, Japan (SBD)  

1971 - From December 1970 to March 1971, Led Zeppelin spent time at Basing Street Studios and later, Headley Grange, working on their 4th studio album. During these sessions, the band decided that the album would have no title! After the adverse reviews their 3rd album had received, despite going to #1 on the charts in the US and UK, Led Zep decided that their 4th album should be almost anonymous. In place of a title, each band member would pick a symbol that would appear on the record’s inner sleeve. “We decided that on the fourth album, we would deliberately play down the group name, and there wouldn't be any information whatsoever on the outer jacket", Jimmy Page explained. "Names, titles and things like that do not mean a thing.” The record company strongly opposed the decision, but the band, using their considerable clout, held fast. Clearly the band knew what they were doing. The 4th Led Zep album – unofficially known by any and all of the following names: Led Zeppelin IV, Untitled, Zoso, and Runes - would be their biggest yet. Since its release on November 8, 1971, the disc has shipped over 23 million units in the United States alone, making it the third-best-selling album ever in the US. The album featured such classics as Black Dog, Rock & Roll, When The Levee Breaks, Going To California,and of course, the one and only, Stairway to Heaven. This soundboard recording captures Led Zep on September 29, 1971, 1971, 4 dozen years ago today, in in Osaka just before the release of Led Zep IV.  Listening to Plant introduce Sta airway as the new one from our upcoming album, long before it became the tune most classic rock sations rank as the greatest of all time, really puts things in proper historical context!