I attended the 23th July 1979 show and would like to shed som more light. True is that the electronic equipment, including the lasers, seemingly blowed out fuses in places all over the block. The show was delayed well over two hours resulting the one (1) bar to be emptied before the gig, and eventually many people simply left the building. At last the doors suddenly opened and the band started to blast away, but I estimate about one third of the ticketholders were in fact gone by then. You could move around quite freely in the theatre looking for a better seat! True is also that the night belonged to Bonzo, what an incredible performance that was. Because of the very late start we missed the last ferry back to Sweden; I then lived in the neighbouring city Malmö. The biggest Swedish newspaper at the time, Expressen, was not impressed mainly due to that delay and the terrible sound at the beginning of the concert (no time for soundcheck). The headline read "Worst Zeppelin disaster since Hindenburg"... The few reviews of the 24th July show were in general far more favorable, off course. But - the 23th was my one and only Zep gig and I cherish the moment to this day. // Lars Pedersen, Stockholm, Sweden
Mr. Pedersen what an honor to read your comment, it adds so much depth to the story it certainly explains a lot of the musical vibes for some band members on the 23rd. This is GOLD. Thank you very much for tuning in ! Were was the bar located at? What an unfair headline for the 23rd! It seems their rig was quite demanding for European settings. Knebworth had some electrical issues too. A two hour delay does sound like a terrible thing to bare.
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories Thank you so much! It is very gratyfing to be able to contribute a little. Keep up the fantastic work you are doing for us Zep heads all over the world!
The first show was delayed because they have to hire the diesel but not two hours. When I left because of the volume it was still sunshine in the street. Last song I remember was Kashmir, then maybe couple more. The theater aprox 1000 chairs was not left by any exept for me and my girlfriend! It was so loud that the hole building was shaken. Didn´t stop until we came out to the street. I also saw LZ 1973 at KB- hallen in the same town. 5000 onboard. When the gig was over we applauded for more the 20 minutes. Just a few left. One of best I´ve ever heard or seen. Still have both tickets! Mint.
Great call out. These two shows still leave me perplexed to this day as to how he could sound so fluid and in control of his playing only to really take dive in August and sorry, but was a complete mess in 1980. I guess I will never know if he really has some sort of physical or mental disabilities that left him a shell of the player he once was.
Absolutely. And i think while he was great in 1975, he was a bit nervous of Sustaining momentum. That affected his chops in 75 i think, consistency i mean. But here he was back at 1973, confident and HAVING FUN! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
I was there on July 24th. I remember it was so massive, so incredibly powerful and I was thinking - it is just three guys playing and one singing - and it sounds like this. I have never seen or heard anything like it since, very impressive and enjoyable! I still have the yellow poster form the shows. So thank you for this video, it brings up great memories!
You have the yellow Falkoner poster? Oh man so good, i like the simplicity of that design, really speaks to the point, no filler. Denmark is a beautiful country from what i saw on Google Earth! Thank you very much for watching!
Dude you totally get it! I owned the "Copenhagen Warms Ups Second Night" as a teenager and we all knew this was Zeppelins finest performance since 73! Great video!
Bring it on! Love both Copenhagen gigs especially the 24th which has been a fav of mine since I was a kid in the mid 80’s. Page is playing so well. Cheers
@@adamwatson6916 I really like his 75 tone, yeah I know but hear me out. It really showcases the actual “tone” of his LP. That out of phase tone really stood out in 75. But think he was over confident. You’re right that clean exposes and doesn’t match his raunchy playing. 77 was actually fuzzier but soundboards don’t capture it. I agree his Denmark tone was great but also think it was the stage as well. Prob a wooden stage
Excellent video JCM. Your attention to detail yet again is impeccable. I like Zep in 1979, there's the usual poise and power but perhaps an element of not taking themselves as seriously, they're at their best when it could all fall apart. I tend to agree about the inclusion of Presence tracks...Nobody's Fault rocked in 1977 and 1979. Achilles was just perfect for the stage, a late career highlight. Going back to the Led Zep DVD of 2003, the Knebworth show is the one I came to love the most. Sick Again...Kashmir...pure power. The bass drum sounds like a cannon! Long live Led Zeppelin.
I appreciate your kind words. Definitely this video had a lot of emotions for me, this period of the band i am fixated on, so many things they could've done to take care of the business and themselves. Like you, whenever i revisit the 2003 DVD i go straight to Knebworth, the sound just takes you into the 80s and Beyond looking at these guys reign like the kings they were. Thank you very much for watching!
Also, JCM, I want to thank you for your videos on Led Zeppelin, their history and even including the Yardbirds era in them. These videos are amazing and you do a wonderful job and I think we all appreciate it.
Maybe you can do one focusing on the life of one member each time. For ideas. Maybe also dig more in the English music of the 60s that gave way for a band like Zeppelin to be able to form and become so big. The British Invasion music and hippie stuff from the Hendrix era. And any more stories in depth of the forming of Zeppelin and the first concerts as the New Yardbirds. You already did this but, it was rather fast and I thought you could go more in depth as the story of how the Yardbirds ended as Led Zeppelin. That was such an excellent story
Oh, and this one guy did a video the other day of Zeppelin at the Boston Tea Party in 69. They were little known and billed as the Yardbirds. the name change did not get to the printers. They performed a couple nights there. And this one kid hitchhiked to Boston to see the show from like NY or NJ. not sure. Anyway the last night the band riled up then crowd so much they had to come out for 4 encores. And the kid grew up into Steven Tyler. He talked about a little in his introduction of Led Zeppelin to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.
Oh Jeremy you are SO lucky to have never heard these....wish i could go back to my first time listening. Hope you play them loud and enjoy two historic shows in Copenhagen! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Zep the 24th is still in my opinion the best concert i ever been on. It is little bit sad that no one has ever reached that level. And it is 45 years ago.
Your films are a breath of fresh air amongst the ill winds of 90 percent of the documentaries I've seen which seek to find fault and spread petty gossip about the artists they are reviewing. Bravo Maestro!
Much like the CWs, this is one of my favourite docs that you produced. Love your unfettered enthusiasm...much like the lads on those two dates in July 79. Greatly appreciated, JCM. 👍👍👍
I very much appreciate your kind words. A lot of emotions went into making this one, i have a soft spot for this time period. Led Zeppelin in 1979 was looking into the future while trying to get themselves back in action. Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Thank you for another jem Jose. I always liked the Whole Lotta Love Knebworth version and thought that they just prepared it for the festival or improvised it, I did not realize that they had a full concert practice behind it. The No Quarter excerpt here also sounded very impressive. For anyone that has not yet heard JCM's solo rendition of MSG No Quarter solo it is a must btw.
M.T! Thank you very much for watching! I was surprised to find the Whole Lotta Love riff as well but i can understand that Robert didn't expect his buddies to TRY IT again on such a MASSIVE show hahahahha, imagine Plant thinking, oh no guys, that was for a low key matter, what's wrong? What do i sing here? He only had ONE show to practice before August 4th. And Thank you so much on your feedback from my No Quarter collab with George Fludas, i was scared before recording that....it's a TRICKY solo to say the least!
Thanks Jose! Even though Jimmy and Bonzo, at this point, were heavily in their addictions, they still sounded good. The whole band sounded good, especially JPJ, with is new equipment. Cheers, from Florida, USA.
I was specially amazed by Bonham. Some say he was not in great physical condition but man, was he earning his money with just INSANELY powerful chops. He just kept getting better in using his technique! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
The second warm-up show was some of Page's best playing since 1973, especially with regard to being fluid. I hope a soundboard of this comes out eventually.
It shows. Such a great job. BTW: Got to see Led Zeppelin at the Forum in LA in March of 1975 and June of 1977. As a young drummer, I was all about Bonzo. Still am...
Was there on the 23. with my blue ticket, still got it - it was a monday in the summer holidays. Came over by train from the really westernmost part of Jutland, where something like this never happend, apart from the John and Yoko visit in Thy in 1970. We were two class mates, me and Esben, 16 and 17 years old, who met in Copenhagen and went to see the LZ movie 'The Songs Remains The Same' in the afternoon before the concert, and I was frankly quite bored, would rather have been out in the sunshine instead. Sat on row 7, number 24, everybody had to sit in the chairs, and we were surrounded by long haired older guys, who clearly were much more in love with LZ than I were. I only remember the drumming, the drumming, lot's of it, Ians voice and som green laser ligth forming a pyramid over the stage, when Jimmys(?) guitar were played like a fiddle. Later in life I learned to like and love the music of Led Zeppelin. I still do and what a great treat to see the video. Thanks JCM 🙂
@@alanosterman7130 oh dear we have an angry man here. I’ll explain it in simple terms. All the reviews of these warm up concerts which were published just before Knebworth were terrible. They were based on the first concert which suffered from a number of technical problems . They never even attended the second concert featured here yet felt able to criticise it despite not actually witnessing it. This misleading perception continues in many peoples mind to this day. However anyone who has heard any recordings from this gig is pleasantly surprised at how good it is. In short the music press lied. There. Simple. Now go and have a lie down before you take a heart attack.
@@arnesaknussemm2427 I'm so touched that you are so concerned about my welfare. After listening to Led Zeppelin for over 50 years, I would of had a heart attack way before now. Zeppelin is medicinal.
My pleasure! What did Jimmy have for lunch that day i ask? Maybe Robert talked to him with a serious look in his face! haha Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Awesome episode! I always learn something from your stuff (as well as always enjoying it) also as a budding guitarist, I love the 'f minor over d' descriptions etc. Thank you :)
I made a video about the bootlegs I have from these two nights back in 2022 not sure if you seen that one. I think my first bootleg I got was the second night. These two shows are forgotten about yet they are really good. Loved the deep dive and I will have to play my bootlegs again. I felt that maybe there was not as much pressure on them at these tow gigs as they seem to flow compared to Knebworth. They are some of my favorite recordings. Great job once again really enjoyed this Jose !!!! Cheers-VK
Nice Vance, i need to check that one out, maybe i missed it being consumed by the digital world hehe. There was definitely not so much pressure away from home. I wish they did a European low key tour instead you know? Or maybe, try out South American markets, Australia, something different as opposed to Knebworth! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Much appreciated! The channel's growing and the community of subscribers keep it dynamic. Hope you enjoy the new videos coming up weekly! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
I have owned a boot of the night of the 24th since, I believe, the late 80's. I have too many Zep boots. This has always been one of my favorite shows to blast in my cars over the years. Remains so, and I'm 60. This was a lot of fun to watch.
Thanks for this. I must confess to having overlooked these shows over the years. You have helped me see that that is an omission I must remedy. I'll find a good recording of the second night. Thanks
Great vid JCM, in true Zeppelin style, they didn't do themselves any favours on the 23rd, it feels to me like Page wasnt ready, battling his demons, a few things going wrong on the technical side and then the nerves and frustration on top of his cocktail of booze and substances threw him right off script to make for one of Page's worst nights ever.....But he came back with a vengeance on the 24th.... thankfully!! I might add his guitar sound was more like the '75 sound I love so much...just something I noticed hearing this again after many years.....
Page on the 23rd yeah, not his finest moment. I'm sure what Jimmy faced were nerves...when he sits down his playing is better. The 24th...i'm sure Plant talked to him hahahahah. Revisiting these boots is a fascinating listen, like you i rediscover stuff my mind needs to refresh.
Top 10 agreed. If i ever manage to make my mind on such a list, Copenhagen July 24th is there for sure. Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
You delivered the goods once again my friend, another stellar episode. You absolutely nailed the pronunciation of Caithness 👍 ( coming from a Scotsman).... whilst I was too young to see Zep, sadly Knebworth was just too far away for me at the time, my first concert was in 1979. Rush on the tour of the Hemisphere's at the Glasgow Apollo, still my no. 1 gig to this day....
You went to see Rush in 1979....WOW DAVID, what a tour to witness. La Villa Strangiato is my favorite song by them to be honest. Glad i didn't mess up Caithness hehe. Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
I own the Copenhagen warm-ups (2nd night) on an old vinyl (3 album) bootleg. Really fantastic sound quality....it was my first bootleg too (bought it around 1980 or 81). I still enjoy listening to it to this day. I think it's a great show frankly. This particular boot turned me ONTO the world of boots and LIVE shows..........I haven't looked back since and never will. However, it set me on the path of boot-addiction....which I guess there are worse things to be addicted too......right?
Boot addiction is real, you're talking to a guy who had an entire box with all their 1973 shows lol. It's a good addiction for sure. Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Back in 1981 I got the Copenhagen Warm-Ups/The Second Night 3xLP on the Geiko-Sukuri label and decades later I got the LSD & EVSD versions of both nights. I have always loved these AUD recordings and I think the performances are better than Knebworth in some ways... I have all those Knebworth recordings and there is SDB of them as well as video. So I enjoyed the information on them in this video. Thank you for that.
This was better than Knebworth. I got an angry fanboy who commented this video saying how i dared to say this....and i was like, dude Jimmy just nailed it on Show #2, back to 1973 levels. This didn't happen at Knebworth, case closed haha.
The new Hipgnosis documentary, Squaring The Circle is absolutely worth a watch.....goes deep into the processes of creating artwork for Houses Of The Holy, Presence and In Through The Out Door.
Sensational work, as usual. Thank you for shining light into another dark corner of the Zeppelin story. Now I must go and find that second night bootleg.
Danish Pageboys Get It On! indeed remember the day me and my buddy picked up this bootleg. What a great day. To young to see the Zeps but living through boots like this sure did fill the whole. Nice video great upload.
I love the fact that you put JPJ's name first in the credits since he has never been given the credit he deserves for his contributions in Zeppelin, by either Jimmy or Robert.
Hey JCM - been watching all of your stuff on Zep. You do a great job! It seems that we are in agreement that Presence is an incredibly underrated album. People mainly dump on it because of "the lack of variety" i.e no acoustic stuff. But Plant always stated that their albums were "a statement of where they were at that time." Specifically, I totally agree with you that Presence is a fantastic album - sophisticated, mature and well-written diamond-hard rock.
Caramanico thanks so much man. Presence...what an album. I seriously question people who bash the album...i mean it's like, did you listen to what Bonham and Jones played on it!!!! Presence is like Jordan's second three-peat, it was a cerebral game without relying on flashy stuff ONLY!
The 24th is a top 10 Zep gig. Everything is working here, and they are playing what I think is their best setlist since 73'. We would not see Page this fluid again until 85' with the Firm.
Yeah, and it definitely sounded incredible. I just wish THEY SHOT THIS on video you know? Even an 8mm bit, SOMETHING hehe. Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
I was 12, desperately wanted to go but my extremely conservative Christian parents forbade any concerts. I had decided I'd go no matter what the next time they came around and obviously that didn't happen :(
I have both of these shows, but my versions are over 20 years old, and the computers have upgraded the sound. I pulled up the 24th show, and forgotten how good that show was. I will go back and listen to the 23 as well. Thanks for the video on these shows JCM DUANE
Duane, i'm always happy to read Zepp fans revisiting the boots thus why i did a 7 minute summary of each show so we still can go back and experience the full show! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Incredible research JCM. Amazing how you find out these facts. I've always been amazed these two gigs took place. They were so secret nobody knew they were taking place until a week or so before the events. 1979 was a massive time for music change for many bands not just Zeppelin. The Who were trying to recover after Moon's demise. I attended The Who Roar in Show at Wembley just after Knebworth, to be honest they struggled to follow AC/DC. Townshend like Page was well past his prime. At least Zeppelin still had Bonham to carry the show. But the writing was on the wall for both bands. At Reading Rock the same month the Police, Peter Gabriel and the Scorpions headlined. Motorhead, Whitesnake, Gillan, Iron Maiden were emerging giving Rock a heavier vibe. When I heard the Copenhagen warm up bootlegs years after Knebworth, I realised Jimmy could only raise to the occasion one in every three shows. Maybe due to his toxic behaviour in his leisure time who knows. I doubt he practised much. As you mentioned during the doc, he relied so much on muscle memory, hoping it would just fall in place. What you are hearing in 1979, is a band on the decline, Jones and Bonham are carrying the music, Roberts not really giving it a 100%. Hot Dog was awful why it was included has never been explained, I think it was just packing. They tried to thin down their set list in 1980 but never really got the list right. Page / Plant achieved that better a decade or so later. Love these documentaries your knowledge is second to none. Thank you so much.
I, too, enjoy exploring the tension and release possibilities of D minor.... John Bonham is a force of nature. As much as I don't care for rhe 23rd show, Bonzo makes it worth hearing again and again. The second night was a tour de force, and the Copenhagen Warmups-the Second Night boot is one of my all time favorite Zeppelin shows.
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories You’re welcome man your videos are awesome, they’ve really got me back into Zeppelin. Yeah puns are a time honoured winner - best served with a hint of self-deprecation.
I was on the first of these two shows, Crazy loud in my opinion. And the electrcal power wasn´t enough so they had to hire a dieselpower generator and therefore they had to have a backdoor open because of the cables! The smokes and the laser blew away. Well well.... Both shows- soundboards are somewhere on the net. I´ve heard them. They played extremly well but that couldn´t be heard in the theater because of the volume. In fact these two are superior to all other tapes on the net!!!
Always like seeing the 24th of july appear anywhere in history as its my birthday I was born exactly 20 years to the day after led Zeppelins last gig in north America if i remember correctly (when their last gig there was)
Yeah, if i could ask them a question, i would definitely talk about Denmark. I'm thinking, maybe staying at the hotel upstairs helped? You know to cool down and walk the next night relaxed! Or maybe...all the clubs were closed lol.
I was there. And it is true. The concerts in 1979, Falkoner Teatret were fantastic. The Knebworth is a bit dull compared to Copenhagen. On a funny note, Zep blew the electricity in parts of Frederiksberg, where Falkoner Teatret is situated. So the concert was delayed.
Thanks JCM I think I read that Zep and Grateful Dead are the most bootlegged bands in history?! Amazing..since Zep officially didn’t allow recording of their shows?! I’m always hoping that we get an official release of some more of Zep’s live shows!
I tell you, i am the first to buy an official release of Denmark along with hopefully, never seen photographs of the event!! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
watched it/listened to it/watched it and will continue to do so Jah Knows how many more times. oh btw JCM i reckon your use of & pronunciation of English is top banana. you mentioned "Caithness" & it was spot on. about 1 in a million of your spoken English words isn't quite as per a native English or Scottish fella but i have always resisted being a pedant/churl & hence remained silent. Jah Bless you sir.
Thanks so much, glad i nailed the pronunciation hehe. I was worried there. Not being a native speaker makes narrating always a serious task i take to heart, but growing with a second language since i was a kid definitely opened doors. Glad it helped me build a UA-cam Community like this one. Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Great! Falkoner Teatret is and was indeed a common place for rock koncerts mainly for a seated audience. It is actually situated in Frederiksberg, not Copenhagen (which is the neighbouring county).
Thanks for reminding me of what excellent shows (2nd night especially) they were. I had a cassette bootleg of poor quality (I still have it around here somewhere) and could tell that they were on point. The reviewers were not good; any TRUE Viking would have taken notice of these shows. Danke, otra vez, JCM!
Oh man i haven't seen this super chat!!!!!!!!! Thank you so very much for your generosity. These shows are really something else right? It's a pleasure to provide these concert retrospectives. More shows coming up for sure!
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories It's Led Zeppelin. I can never get tired of them. When I was a teenager, I always said I will be listening to them in my rocking chair when I get old. I'm getting closer to that reality, and I believe that was a very accurate prediction LOL! Thanks for your superb work as always.
My brother and I in 1995 drove from Pittsburgh to Cleveland, and we hopped on a plane one way from Cleveland to LAX, then rented a mustang and drove to San Lois Obispo The next day at the Freedmont theater we had the pleasure of seeing Yes in all its glory. We had the fortunate chance to attend the pre show warm-up and met Jon Anderson. I still have the pictures. If you look up Yes 1995 Freedmont during that video, I am sitting in the crowd! My flash of fame!
I know tickets went on sale for Knebworth later in 1979, but I remember seeing a Melody Maker (?) announcing the Knebworth gig in Jan. of 1979 (?). The front page headline was "Zeppelin Shock Gig" or something like that. I wanted to fly over for the Knebworth gig, but a low cost airline, I think it was Laker Airline, went out of business, so I couldn't afford to go!
Oh man that sucks you couldn't go. So the SHOCKING GIG headline was actually on August 4th on Melody Maker to announce the shocking news of a new studio album coming up! Gotta love those titles right? Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Nice Bee Gees quote JCM! I love the Bee Gees now but in 1979 I hated them and my younger sister loved them. She'd be blasting the Bee Gees from her room and I'd be blasting Zeppelin, Sabbath, Purple. Now I realize that the Bee Gees were amazing!
You are the sole subscriber to comment on THIS reference and THANK YOU for noticing. I was checking at the Top hits from 1979 for inspiration and i remembered this track from the Bee Gees. I like many songs by them so i thought it was fitting from a human experience side of things. Life changes meaning as we go by! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
The second night was clearly far superior. Peter Grant has a writing credit on "I'm Gonna Crawl"? What could he possibly have contributed? You're a beast, Jose. THe number of videos you drop is staggering for the quality and length. And your twisted sense of humor...well what can I say?
Heheh, glad you like my sense of humor. That's vintage SNL growing as a kid i guess? So you say Peter Grant has a writing credit on that song? That's news to me, where did you see it? On a specific vinyl pressing? As always Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Absolutely love the Denmark 1979 shows. There was something about them, the Led Zeppelin that came back from the tragedy of 1977 was different. More mature, more subdued, more humbled. Gone were the tales of questionable excesses. I think they were trying to leave the boorish reputation in the past.
Mature and humbled, yes, 100%. How they came back was incredible. And people still bash In Through the Out Door, i say look at the backstory and it's a really powerful album. Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Eric you are 100% right. Now it's a tough sell at first for some people that an audience recording beats a pro shot show hehe. But yeah, it's true! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Overall, the first Knebworth show was excellent. I think the band was nervous during the opening numbers, but everything after is about on par with the July 24th, 1979 show.
The Falconer Salen could be fitted with chairs elevated row by row (as seen in the photos) or it could simply be a flat floor. Then the tickets would be an one-prize only. As I remember the choice of configuration was wrong at the Slade concert in '77 where the audience smashed a lot of the chairs by jumping at the chair backs.
Yes!! You address a very important aspect of the theater i probably didn't know how to explain. I wish i could see a video of this system in operation! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Since when is savaging by the critics and ignoring any performance brilliance new? Since 68 the band has had the press kicking them. And it never changed. They loved when they could find something to hang Zeppelin with. That is why it is no surprise that the critics and press in general ignored the next night's performance. And held no sympathy for the tragedy the band experienced. It also gave them an excuse to trash Knebworth. Now I've seen some videos from that performance and thought they were very good. Especially Kashmir. But, unless someone watches it without influence by the critics it can be marred for them. That first night was not just a band coming back from personal tragedy but, that very tragedy ended up creating fissures in the band. Since 1968 when Jimmy Page at the last minute saved Robert Plant's floundering career (he would turn 20 in a few weeks and he promised Maureen, pregnant with their first kid and no money and unmarried, that if he did not score then he'd quit his dream of singing and go back to working on fixing the roads). Page turned up in the nick of time like a fairy godmother to grant his wish. Ever since then Robert looked up to Jimmy and admired him a lot. He was a mentor and hero to Robert. Until the death of his son and Jimmy and JPJ being AWOL from Kerac's funeral. Only Bonham turned up. That also destroyed Plant and the desire to continue in the band and the business. Stripper or no stripper there were a lot of hard feelings in the band. Plus Plant and JPJ had to do the album, In Through the Out Door, practically alone since Page was too strung out to do much and Bonham was in full fledged Alcoholism. Neither was able to do much and did not show up for over half the album. I think after that first night some airing out of greivances was done and some words were traded. And apologies. and they went out there like the team they were and functioning on all levels
Such a great analysis of a (ahem) swan song. 20:14 yes I hear it too… Is this the first time Zep had done such a figure? Amazing to think about them being inspired by their own protegés. Wonder if Geddy & Alex know about this...!
As a fan of Strangiato i had an instant connection to the song. It would be nice for Mr. Lee and Lifeson to hear this bit as it seems to be a Denmark only performance of such dynamics. They were really tight! Thank You very much for watching.
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories Lifeson did this type of 8th-note arpeggio palm-muted pattern at least once an album in Rush’s peak prog days. Xanadu (1977), Strangiato (1978), Jacob’s Ladder (1980), probably another I’m forgetting… If you don’t mind I’ll quote that piece of your vid on IG and tag the Rush boys… 😀🤞🏼
Hmmm but even if he did...still doesnt make him forget the whole thing. I say this as someone who experienced this in the middle of Achilles on a tribute band lol. Now even ir he used a Strat for this one makes no sense. He could have played it an octave lower just when he broke his String on Stairway on Earl's Court 1975. Thank you very much for watching
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories I’m a guitarist, too, it sounds like he breaks his B string which is what whole solo depends on. I’d hate to break a string during Achilles solo thx again love your videos
Nice! So you know! If the B String broke why does everything else sounded off is strange. What could have happened was the whole bridge detuning but them that would be a nut problem and a nut job for the guitar tech hehe.
The problems with providing sufficient electrical power were typical for the seventies. Apparently much of the equipment was designed for US utility (60 Hz) and without conversion from 50 Hz to 60 Hz the transformers could not maintain their proper output.
I saw sept 71...73.75.77 2x each all msg nyc..listenin thru yrs on net..79 was the cap on live zep 4 me....80 the 20 or so shows .as much i luv page ( my fav saw 16× ) i no listen anymore 2 hard to...kneb cop..great .
I was at Knebworth and they were uneven. Sometimes sounding under rehearsed and nervous and at other times the best fucking band in the world. Copenhagen was much more consistent.
Nerves are a complicated energy if not well handled, i don't blame them. They were the best band of the 70s and they made a lot of people a lot of money!
24/7 was amazingly good, even Page. Why never promoted before ? Knebworth 1 (for me as an 18 year) was a huge disappointment ... Great research & video, as ever.
I think one reason could be, maybe , just maybe, the fact there was pro shot for Knebworth that probably cost a lot of money thus Denmark just fell into obscurity. I say this because as a musician, sometimes i remember past shows on video over a great sounding audience recording in my personal archive! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Not sure why, but I don;t think I've ever heard the whole of either of those shows, but hearing the selections from the 2nd night makes me wonder if that was Jimmy's last great show. He really did sounds like 1973.
I attended the 23th July 1979 show and would like to shed som more light. True is that the electronic equipment, including the lasers, seemingly blowed out fuses in places all over the block. The show was delayed well over two hours resulting the one (1) bar to be emptied before the gig, and eventually many people simply left the building. At last the doors suddenly opened and the band started to blast away, but I estimate about one third of the ticketholders were in fact gone by then. You could move around quite freely in the theatre looking for a better seat! True is also that the night belonged to Bonzo, what an incredible performance that was. Because of the very late start we missed the last ferry back to Sweden; I then lived in the neighbouring city Malmö. The biggest Swedish newspaper at the time, Expressen, was not impressed mainly due to that delay and the terrible sound at the beginning of the concert (no time for soundcheck). The headline read "Worst Zeppelin disaster since Hindenburg"... The few reviews of the 24th July show were in general far more favorable, off course. But - the 23th was my one and only Zep gig and I cherish the moment to this day.
// Lars Pedersen, Stockholm, Sweden
Mr. Pedersen what an honor to read your comment, it adds so much depth to the story it certainly explains a lot of the musical vibes for some band members on the 23rd. This is GOLD. Thank you very much for tuning in ! Were was the bar located at? What an unfair headline for the 23rd! It seems their rig was quite demanding for European settings. Knebworth had some electrical issues too. A two hour delay does sound like a terrible thing to bare.
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories Thank you so much! It is very gratyfing to be able to contribute a little. Keep up the fantastic work you are doing for us Zep heads all over the world!
The first show was delayed because they have to hire the diesel but not two hours. When I left because
of the volume it was still sunshine in the street. Last song I remember was Kashmir, then maybe couple more.
The theater aprox 1000 chairs was not left by any exept for me and my girlfriend! It was so loud that the hole
building was shaken. Didn´t stop until we came out to the street.
I also saw LZ 1973 at KB- hallen in the same town. 5000 onboard. When the gig was over we applauded for more
the 20 minutes. Just a few left. One of best I´ve ever heard or seen. Still have both tickets! Mint.
❤
Some of Jimmy's best playing in years and evoked memories of his 1973 self.
He was great in 1975 to
Great call out. These two shows still leave me perplexed to this day as to how he could sound so fluid and in control of his playing only to really take dive in August and sorry, but was a complete mess in 1980. I guess I will never know if he really has some sort of physical or mental disabilities that left him a shell of the player he once was.
Absolutely. And i think while he was great in 1975, he was a bit nervous of Sustaining momentum. That affected his chops in 75 i think, consistency i mean. But here he was back at 1973, confident and HAVING FUN! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
I was there on July 24th. I remember it was so massive, so incredibly powerful and I was thinking - it is just three guys playing and one singing - and it sounds like this. I have never seen or heard anything like it since, very impressive and enjoyable! I still have the yellow poster form the shows. So thank you for this video, it brings up great memories!
You have the yellow Falkoner poster? Oh man so good, i like the simplicity of that design, really speaks to the point, no filler. Denmark is a beautiful country from what i saw on Google Earth! Thank you very much for watching!
Dude you totally get it! I owned the "Copenhagen Warms Ups Second Night" as a teenager and we all knew this was Zeppelins finest performance since 73! Great video!
Bring it on! Love both Copenhagen gigs especially the 24th which has been a fav of mine since I was a kid in the mid 80’s. Page is playing so well. Cheers
Agreed..really love “Misty Mountain Hop” on this show..much more frenetic tempo then even on the 73 tour..much more of a punk feel.
Yeah he almost pulled it off at the first Kneb gig. Maybe it was nerves
@@adamwatson6916 I really like his 75 tone, yeah I know but hear me out. It really showcases the actual “tone” of his LP. That out of phase tone really stood out in 75. But think he was over confident. You’re right that clean exposes and doesn’t match his raunchy playing. 77 was actually fuzzier but soundboards don’t capture it. I agree his Denmark tone was great but also think it was the stage as well. Prob a wooden stage
I am with on that Tiles !!!!
Excellent video JCM. Your attention to detail yet again is impeccable. I like Zep in 1979, there's the usual poise and power but perhaps an element of not taking themselves as seriously, they're at their best when it could all fall apart.
I tend to agree about the inclusion of Presence tracks...Nobody's Fault rocked in 1977 and 1979. Achilles was just perfect for the stage, a late career highlight. Going back to the Led Zep DVD of 2003, the Knebworth show is the one I came to love the most. Sick Again...Kashmir...pure power. The bass drum sounds like a cannon!
Long live Led Zeppelin.
I appreciate your kind words. Definitely this video had a lot of emotions for me, this period of the band i am fixated on, so many things they could've done to take care of the business and themselves. Like you, whenever i revisit the 2003 DVD i go straight to Knebworth, the sound just takes you into the 80s and Beyond looking at these guys reign like the kings they were. Thank you very much for watching!
Also, JCM, I want to thank you for your videos on Led Zeppelin, their history and even including the Yardbirds era in them. These videos are amazing and you do a wonderful job and I think we all appreciate it.
Maybe you can do one focusing on the life of one member each time. For ideas.
Maybe also dig more in the English music of the 60s that gave way for a band like Zeppelin to be able to form and become so big. The British Invasion music and hippie stuff from the Hendrix era.
And any more stories in depth of the forming of Zeppelin and the first concerts as the New Yardbirds. You already did this but, it was rather fast and I thought you could go more in depth as the story of how the Yardbirds ended as Led Zeppelin. That was such an excellent story
Oh, and this one guy did a video the other day of Zeppelin at the Boston Tea Party in 69. They were little known and billed as the Yardbirds. the name change did not get to the printers. They performed a couple nights there. And this one kid hitchhiked to Boston to see the show from like NY or NJ. not sure. Anyway the last night the band riled up then crowd so much they had to come out for 4 encores. And the kid grew up into Steven Tyler. He talked about a little in his introduction of Led Zeppelin to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.
Thank you very much Diane for watching! Stay tuned for more!
I love Jimmy’s solo on I’m gonna crawl,one of his best. I wish they put wearing and tearing on instead of hotdog too.
Oh man yeah, Wearing and Tearing with Jimmy's playing on July 24th wow....SMOKING!
You are a musician telling the audience how a musician plays it. I Love it!
I have heard of these shows, but now I will definitely check them out. JCM, another outstanding episode. Thank you! ❤
Oh Jeremy you are SO lucky to have never heard these....wish i could go back to my first time listening. Hope you play them loud and enjoy two historic shows in Copenhagen! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
I need to listen to them. Especially after those great LA 1977 shows@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories
Zep the 24th is still in my opinion the best concert i ever been on. It is little bit sad that no one has ever reached that level. And it is 45 years ago.
I hope it's officially released! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Your films are a breath of fresh air amongst the ill winds of 90 percent of the documentaries I've seen which seek to find fault and spread petty gossip about the artists they are reviewing. Bravo Maestro!
Much like the CWs, this is one of my favourite docs that you produced. Love your unfettered enthusiasm...much like the lads on those two dates in July 79. Greatly appreciated, JCM. 👍👍👍
I very much appreciate your kind words. A lot of emotions went into making this one, i have a soft spot for this time period. Led Zeppelin in 1979 was looking into the future while trying to get themselves back in action. Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Thank you for another jem Jose. I always liked the Whole Lotta Love Knebworth version and thought that they just prepared it for the festival or improvised it, I did not realize that they had a full concert practice behind it. The No Quarter excerpt here also sounded very impressive. For anyone that has not yet heard JCM's solo rendition of MSG No Quarter solo it is a must btw.
M.T! Thank you very much for watching! I was surprised to find the Whole Lotta Love riff as well but i can understand that Robert didn't expect his buddies to TRY IT again on such a MASSIVE show hahahahha, imagine Plant thinking, oh no guys, that was for a low key matter, what's wrong? What do i sing here? He only had ONE show to practice before August 4th. And Thank you so much on your feedback from my No Quarter collab with George Fludas, i was scared before recording that....it's a TRICKY solo to say the least!
Thanks Jose! Even though Jimmy and Bonzo, at this point, were heavily in their addictions, they still sounded good. The whole band sounded good, especially JPJ, with is new equipment. Cheers, from Florida, USA.
I was specially amazed by Bonham. Some say he was not in great physical condition but man, was he earning his money with just INSANELY powerful chops. He just kept getting better in using his technique! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories Yes sir! Bonham did sound better and better!
Thank you for assisting in my quest for Zep history and knowledge. Your videos are always very informative and detailed. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
My pleasure Jill! These shows in Copenhagen have a special kind of magic. The second night truly a swan song for Jimmy.
The second warm-up show was some of Page's best playing since 1973, especially with regard to being fluid.
I hope a soundboard of this comes out eventually.
If there's a soundboard from this...they are sitting on Money! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
ANOTHER great job on this documentary, JCM. Loved it.
Wow, thank you! This time period resonates with me a lot for some reason, lots of love put into this one!
It shows. Such a great job. BTW: Got to see Led Zeppelin at the Forum in LA in March of 1975 and June of 1977. As a young drummer, I was all about Bonzo. Still am...
Was there on the 23. with my blue ticket, still got it - it was a monday in the summer holidays. Came over by train from the really westernmost part of Jutland, where something like this never happend, apart from the John and Yoko visit in Thy in 1970. We were two class mates, me and Esben, 16 and 17 years old, who met in Copenhagen and went to see the LZ movie 'The Songs Remains The Same' in the afternoon before the concert, and I was frankly quite bored, would rather have been out in the sunshine instead.
Sat on row 7, number 24, everybody had to sit in the chairs, and we were surrounded by long haired older guys, who clearly were much more in love with LZ than I were. I only remember the drumming, the drumming, lot's of it, Ians voice and som green laser ligth forming a pyramid over the stage, when Jimmys(?) guitar were played like a fiddle. Later in life I learned to like and love the music of Led Zeppelin. I still do and what a great treat to see the video. Thanks JCM 🙂
An utterly fantastic concert. Looks like we were lied to by the media……..again.
What the hell are you talking about ?
Pick your own media.
Make your own mind up.
Maintain your own objectivity.
@@alanosterman7130 oh dear we have an angry man here. I’ll explain it in simple terms. All the reviews of these warm up concerts which were published just before Knebworth were terrible. They were based on the first concert which suffered from a number of technical problems . They never even attended the second concert featured here yet felt able to criticise it despite not actually witnessing it. This misleading perception continues in many peoples mind to this day. However anyone who has heard any recordings from this gig is pleasantly surprised at how good it is. In short the music press lied. There. Simple. Now go and have a lie down before you take a heart attack.
@@arnesaknussemm2427 I'm so touched that you are so concerned about my welfare. After listening to Led Zeppelin for over 50 years, I would of had a heart attack way before now.
Zeppelin is medicinal.
@@alanosterman7130 good for you Alan. I have a few years in you as well as actually seeing them play. Give yourself a medal and go and lie down.
@@arnesaknussemm2427 I thought you were in the center of the earth.
Thank you for making this video…it’s awesome to know this
It's my pleasure, Thank YOU very much for watching!
the 24th - mind blowing!! yet and yet again, thanks a million Jose!
My pleasure! What did Jimmy have for lunch that day i ask? Maybe Robert talked to him with a serious look in his face! haha Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Awesome episode! I always learn something from your stuff (as well as always enjoying it) also as a budding guitarist, I love the 'f minor over d' descriptions etc. Thank you :)
I made a video about the bootlegs I have from these two nights back in 2022 not sure if you seen that one. I think my first bootleg I got was the second night. These two shows are forgotten about yet they are really good. Loved the deep dive and I will have to play my bootlegs again. I felt that maybe there was not as much pressure on them at these tow gigs as they seem to flow compared to Knebworth. They are some of my favorite recordings. Great job once again really enjoyed this Jose !!!! Cheers-VK
Nice Vance, i need to check that one out, maybe i missed it being consumed by the digital world hehe. There was definitely not so much pressure away from home. I wish they did a European low key tour instead you know? Or maybe, try out South American markets, Australia, something different as opposed to Knebworth! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
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Fantastic work on these videos! I’m shocked more people haven’t found this channel yet.
Much appreciated! The channel's growing and the community of subscribers keep it dynamic. Hope you enjoy the new videos coming up weekly! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
I have owned a boot of the night of the 24th since, I believe, the late 80's. I have too many Zep boots. This has always been one of my favorite shows to blast in my cars over the years. Remains so, and I'm 60. This was a lot of fun to watch.
Thanks for this. I must confess to having overlooked these shows over the years. You have helped me see that that is an omission I must remedy. I'll find a good recording of the second night. Thanks
Great vid JCM, in true Zeppelin style, they didn't do themselves any favours on the 23rd, it feels to me like Page wasnt ready, battling his demons, a few things going wrong on the technical side and then the nerves and frustration on top of his cocktail of booze and substances threw him right off script to make for one of Page's worst nights ever.....But he came back with a vengeance on the 24th.... thankfully!!
I might add his guitar sound was more like the '75 sound I love so much...just something I noticed hearing this again after many years.....
Page on the 23rd yeah, not his finest moment. I'm sure what Jimmy faced were nerves...when he sits down his playing is better. The 24th...i'm sure Plant talked to him hahahahah. Revisiting these boots is a fascinating listen, like you i rediscover stuff my mind needs to refresh.
Great to see the Copenhagen warm-ups get some attention. The second night is definitely in my top 10 boots.
Top 10 agreed. If i ever manage to make my mind on such a list, Copenhagen July 24th is there for sure. Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
You delivered the goods once again my friend, another stellar episode. You absolutely nailed the pronunciation of Caithness 👍 ( coming from a Scotsman).... whilst I was too young to see Zep, sadly Knebworth was just too far away for me at the time, my first concert was in 1979. Rush on the tour of the Hemisphere's at the Glasgow Apollo, still my no. 1 gig to this day....
You went to see Rush in 1979....WOW DAVID, what a tour to witness. La Villa Strangiato is my favorite song by them to be honest. Glad i didn't mess up Caithness hehe. Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Thank you yet again, JCM!
My pleasure! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Wow thank you
Thank you for watching, stay tuned for more!
This was soooooo well done. One of your BEST. Very, VERY impressive.
Brilliant and I loved you found the Phillips harbour reference and yes you pronounced Caithness correctly 😃
Glad i pronounced it correctly. I was worried hehe. Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Great episode again with so much attention to details+thank you.
I own the Copenhagen warm-ups (2nd night) on an old vinyl (3 album) bootleg. Really fantastic sound quality....it was my first bootleg too (bought it around 1980 or 81). I still enjoy listening to it to this day. I think it's a great show frankly. This particular boot turned me ONTO the world of boots and LIVE shows..........I haven't looked back since and never will. However, it set me on the path of boot-addiction....which I guess there are worse things to be addicted too......right?
Boot addiction is real, you're talking to a guy who had an entire box with all their 1973 shows lol. It's a good addiction for sure. Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Back in 1981 I got the Copenhagen Warm-Ups/The Second Night 3xLP on the Geiko-Sukuri label and decades later I got the LSD & EVSD versions of both nights. I have always loved these AUD recordings and I think the performances are better than Knebworth in some ways... I have all those Knebworth recordings and there is SDB of them as well as video. So I enjoyed the information on them in this video. Thank you for that.
This was better than Knebworth. I got an angry fanboy who commented this video saying how i dared to say this....and i was like, dude Jimmy just nailed it on Show #2, back to 1973 levels. This didn't happen at Knebworth, case closed haha.
Absolutely riveting!!!! Thank you, and God bless.
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You did another great, passionate and well balanced job JCM
Always grateful for your feedback Paul! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
I need to find July 24th on vinyl. Another great job JCM!!! I am in the middle of watching the making of HOTH.
The new Hipgnosis documentary, Squaring The Circle is absolutely worth a watch.....goes deep into the processes of creating artwork for Houses Of The Holy, Presence and In Through The Out Door.
It's a fantastic documentary! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Sensational work, as usual. Thank you for shining light into another dark corner of the Zeppelin story. Now I must go and find that second night bootleg.
This is just great Jose! ❤🎉
Danish Pageboys Get It On! indeed remember the day me and my buddy picked up this bootleg. What a great day. To young to see the Zeps but living through boots like this sure did fill the whole. Nice video great upload.
I love the fact that you put JPJ's name first in the credits since he has never been given the credit he deserves for his contributions in Zeppelin, by either Jimmy or Robert.
Hey JCM - been watching all of your stuff on Zep. You do a great job! It seems that we are in agreement that Presence is an incredibly underrated album. People mainly dump on it because of "the lack of variety" i.e no acoustic stuff. But Plant always stated that their albums were "a statement of where they were at that time." Specifically, I totally agree with you that Presence is a fantastic album - sophisticated, mature and well-written diamond-hard rock.
Caramanico thanks so much man. Presence...what an album. I seriously question people who bash the album...i mean it's like, did you listen to what Bonham and Jones played on it!!!! Presence is like Jordan's second three-peat, it was a cerebral game without relying on flashy stuff ONLY!
The 24th is a top 10 Zep gig. Everything is working here, and they are playing what I think is their best setlist since 73'. We would not see Page this fluid again until 85' with the Firm.
I really like The Firm's tour of 1986, Page was great. Stuff like the ending on Spirit of Love is wonderful. Thank you very much for watching!
JCM - Thank you for this!
Thank you very much for watching Chris! Stay tuned for more!
Awesome ‼️ These shows brought in the ShowCo rig in that small venue.... Would of been amazing to see it.. 👍🏼
Yeah, and it definitely sounded incredible. I just wish THEY SHOT THIS on video you know? Even an 8mm bit, SOMETHING hehe. Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Fantastic work as Always
JC your parting words (partially cribbed from the Bee Gees) were beautiful.
Looking forward to the next one.
Denmark has had MANY GIANTS! All great in their own right! Truly Prestige!
Cheers to that! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
I was at that last American concert in Oakland, July 24th, 1977…🥲
I was 12, desperately wanted to go but my extremely conservative Christian parents forbade any concerts. I had decided I'd go no matter what the next time they came around and obviously that didn't happen :(
@@davidlynds9483 -I was only 15, but I jumped in a car and drove 100 miles each way just to see them!
Oakland second day was a great show too, maybe i will talk about that one !
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories-That would be awesome!
I have both of these shows, but my versions are over 20 years old, and the computers have upgraded the sound. I pulled up the 24th show, and forgotten how good that show was. I will go back and listen to the 23 as well. Thanks for the video on these shows JCM
DUANE
Fans properly remastering the shows have improved the sound, rather
Duane, i'm always happy to read Zepp fans revisiting the boots thus why i did a 7 minute summary of each show so we still can go back and experience the full show! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Incredible research JCM. Amazing how you find out these facts. I've always been amazed these two gigs took place. They were so secret nobody knew they were taking place until a week or so before the events. 1979 was a massive time for music change for many bands not just Zeppelin. The Who were trying to recover after Moon's demise. I attended The Who Roar in Show at Wembley just after Knebworth, to be honest they struggled to follow AC/DC. Townshend like Page was well past his prime. At least Zeppelin still had Bonham to carry the show. But the writing was on the wall for both bands. At Reading Rock the same month the Police, Peter Gabriel and the Scorpions headlined. Motorhead, Whitesnake, Gillan, Iron Maiden were emerging giving Rock a heavier vibe. When I heard the Copenhagen warm up bootlegs years after Knebworth, I realised Jimmy could only raise to the occasion one in every three shows. Maybe due to his toxic behaviour in his leisure time who knows. I doubt he practised much. As you mentioned during the doc, he relied so much on muscle memory, hoping it would just fall in place. What you are hearing in 1979, is a band on the decline, Jones and Bonham are carrying the music, Roberts not really giving it a 100%. Hot Dog was awful why it was included has never been explained, I think it was just packing. They tried to thin down their set list in 1980 but never really got the list right. Page / Plant achieved that better a decade or so later. Love these documentaries your knowledge is second to none. Thank you so much.
Thank you as always!
Always a pleasure to make these! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Thank you JCM
Manythnx JCM✌️
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I, too, enjoy exploring the tension and release possibilities of D minor.... John Bonham is a force of nature. As much as I don't care for rhe 23rd show, Bonzo makes it worth hearing again and again. The second night was a tour de force, and the Copenhagen Warmups-the Second Night boot is one of my all time favorite Zeppelin shows.
Second night is amazing. I guess the vibes in Scandinavia were always positive. No bad blood up there! Thanks for watching!
Always look forward to Saturday with Jose 😊
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Zeppelin Studies, beautifully said
Thank you very much! Studies they are indeed!
Copenhagen is an amazing show - got a nice old vinyl bootleg of it (Pageboys)!
Oh nice you've got the Danish Melancholy boot, great sounding archive there you got! Thank you very much for watching!
Bravo Man!
Thank you very much for watching Joel! Stay tuned for more!
Wow the second show sounds absolutely killer thanks for the heads up.
…Definitely ‘Now and Den(mark) for the title yeah 😉.
Hehe glad you liked the title, i'm a sucker for PUNS! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories You’re welcome man your videos are awesome, they’ve really got me back into Zeppelin. Yeah puns are a time honoured winner - best served with a hint of self-deprecation.
I was on the first of these two shows, Crazy loud in my opinion. And the electrcal power wasn´t enough so
they had to hire a dieselpower generator and therefore they had to have a backdoor open because of the cables!
The smokes and the laser blew away. Well well....
Both shows- soundboards are somewhere on the net. I´ve heard them. They played extremly well but that
couldn´t be heard in the theater because of the volume. In fact these two are superior to all other tapes
on the net!!!
Always like seeing the 24th of july appear anywhere in history as its my birthday
I was born exactly 20 years to the day after led Zeppelins last gig in north America if i remember correctly (when their last gig there was)
In my personal opinion, the song Kashmir at Knebworth 79 was the greatest music I ever heard!
Kashmir was the Highlight of evening in Ft. Worth in 1977. For me, Kashmir is LZ's statement song.
1977-1980 versions definitely took the 1975 on stage energy into legendary performances!
OMG there is no doubt that the 2nd night they were so much tighter as a band. Like night and day compared to the 1st night.
Yeah, if i could ask them a question, i would definitely talk about Denmark. I'm thinking, maybe staying at the hotel upstairs helped? You know to cool down and walk the next night relaxed! Or maybe...all the clubs were closed lol.
I was there. And it is true. The concerts in 1979, Falkoner Teatret were fantastic.
The Knebworth is a bit dull compared to Copenhagen.
On a funny note, Zep blew the electricity in parts of Frederiksberg, where Falkoner Teatret is situated.
So the concert was delayed.
Thanks JCM
I think I read that Zep and Grateful Dead are the most bootlegged bands in history?!
Amazing..since Zep officially didn’t allow recording of their shows?! I’m always hoping that we get an official release of some more of Zep’s live shows!
I tell you, i am the first to buy an official release of Denmark along with hopefully, never seen photographs of the event!! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
watched it/listened to it/watched it and will continue to do so Jah Knows how many more times. oh btw JCM i reckon your use of & pronunciation of English is top banana. you mentioned "Caithness" & it was spot on. about 1 in a million of your spoken English words isn't quite as per a native English or Scottish fella but i have always resisted being a pedant/churl & hence remained silent. Jah Bless you sir.
Thanks so much, glad i nailed the pronunciation hehe. I was worried there. Not being a native speaker makes narrating always a serious task i take to heart, but growing with a second language since i was a kid definitely opened doors. Glad it helped me build a UA-cam Community like this one. Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
By hook or by crook, Anglo became Planet Earth’s Lingua Franca hah 😂
& I’ll keep any helpful pedantry/churl strictly *entre nous*
Great! Falkoner Teatret is and was indeed a common place for rock koncerts mainly for a seated audience. It is actually situated in Frederiksberg, not Copenhagen (which is the neighbouring county).
So great with the various Danish ads. I am laughing hard at how we spoke 40+ years ago! Sound like 100 😂s
Thanks for reminding me of what excellent shows (2nd night especially) they were. I had a cassette bootleg of poor quality (I still have it around here somewhere) and could tell that they were on point. The reviewers were not good; any TRUE Viking would have taken notice of these shows. Danke, otra vez, JCM!
Oh man i haven't seen this super chat!!!!!!!!! Thank you so very much for your generosity. These shows are really something else right? It's a pleasure to provide these concert retrospectives. More shows coming up for sure!
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories It's Led Zeppelin. I can never get tired of them. When I was a teenager, I always said I will be listening to them in my rocking chair when I get old. I'm getting closer to that reality, and I believe that was a very accurate prediction LOL! Thanks for your superb work as always.
Thank You !!
love this
My brother and I in 1995 drove from Pittsburgh to Cleveland, and we hopped on a plane one way from Cleveland to LAX, then rented a mustang and drove to San Lois Obispo The next day at the Freedmont theater we had the pleasure of seeing Yes in all its glory. We had the fortunate chance to attend the pre show warm-up and met Jon Anderson. I still have the pictures. If you look up Yes 1995 Freedmont during that video, I am sitting in the crowd! My flash of fame!
Too bad there's no soundboard. After hearing this, it begs the question, what happened at Knebworth?
Nerves and / or drugs. Even the sound system wasn’t set up properly until 3 songs in. Last time I saw them and the worst show ever.
I'll do a deep dive on Knebworth! After doing Denmark, i just need to hehe.
I know tickets went on sale for Knebworth later in 1979, but I remember seeing a Melody Maker (?) announcing the Knebworth gig in Jan. of 1979 (?). The front page headline was "Zeppelin Shock Gig" or something like that.
I wanted to fly over for the Knebworth gig, but a low cost airline, I think it was Laker Airline, went out of business, so I couldn't afford to go!
Oh man that sucks you couldn't go. So the SHOCKING GIG headline was actually on August 4th on Melody Maker to announce the shocking news of a new studio album coming up! Gotta love those titles right? Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Both The Beatles AND Zeppelin had a famous "cornfield" photo shoot. Both at the tail end of their careers
Bingo, that's quite a catch, i had to google it! www.pinterest.com/pin/50735933291649526/
Nice Bee Gees quote JCM! I love the Bee Gees now but in 1979 I hated them and my younger sister loved them. She'd be blasting the Bee Gees from her room and I'd be blasting Zeppelin, Sabbath, Purple. Now I realize that the Bee Gees were amazing!
You are the sole subscriber to comment on THIS reference and THANK YOU for noticing. I was checking at the Top hits from 1979 for inspiration and i remembered this track from the Bee Gees. I like many songs by them so i thought it was fitting from a human experience side of things. Life changes meaning as we go by! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Bee Gees rule
The second night was clearly far superior.
Peter Grant has a writing credit on "I'm Gonna Crawl"? What could he possibly have contributed?
You're a beast, Jose. THe number of videos you drop is staggering for the quality and length. And your twisted sense of humor...well what can I say?
Heheh, glad you like my sense of humor. That's vintage SNL growing as a kid i guess? So you say Peter Grant has a writing credit on that song? That's news to me, where did you see it? On a specific vinyl pressing? As always Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Absolutely love the Denmark 1979 shows. There was something about them, the Led Zeppelin that came back from the tragedy of 1977 was different. More mature, more subdued, more humbled. Gone were the tales of questionable excesses. I think they were trying to leave the boorish reputation in the past.
Do you know where it is possible to get a recording of them?
@@xXAnonymasterXx Look up Dario's Remastered Led Zeppelin concerts, he has both July 23rd and July 24th uploaded
@@ryaneijkholt4220 thanks my man! Appreciate it!
Mature and humbled, yes, 100%. How they came back was incredible. And people still bash In Through the Out Door, i say look at the backstory and it's a really powerful album. Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Tengo ' The Warm up.The Second night ', tres discos...y suena MUY BIEN. Muchas gracias a todos.
Discazos que merecen estar por encima de Knebworth!!! Muchas gracias por sintonizar este episodio!
I still have cassette somewhere!
The Copahengen shows were better than the Knebworth shows. I told this to a friend of mine years ago.
Eric you are 100% right. Now it's a tough sell at first for some people that an audience recording beats a pro shot show hehe. But yeah, it's true! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Overall, the first Knebworth show was excellent. I think the band was nervous during the opening numbers, but everything after is about on par with the July 24th, 1979 show.
The Falconer Salen could be fitted with chairs elevated row by row (as seen in the photos) or it could simply be a flat floor. Then the tickets would be an one-prize only. As I remember the choice of configuration was wrong at the Slade concert in '77 where the audience smashed a lot of the chairs by jumping at the chair backs.
Yes!! You address a very important aspect of the theater i probably didn't know how to explain. I wish i could see a video of this system in operation! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
Since when is savaging by the critics and ignoring any performance brilliance new? Since 68 the band has had the press kicking them. And it never changed. They loved when they could find something to hang Zeppelin with.
That is why it is no surprise that the critics and press in general ignored the next night's performance.
And held no sympathy for the tragedy the band experienced.
It also gave them an excuse to trash Knebworth. Now I've seen some videos from that performance and thought they were very good. Especially Kashmir. But, unless someone watches it without influence by the critics it can be marred for them.
That first night was not just a band coming back from personal tragedy but, that very tragedy ended up creating fissures in the band.
Since 1968 when Jimmy Page at the last minute saved Robert Plant's floundering career (he would turn 20 in a few weeks and he promised Maureen, pregnant with their first kid and no money and unmarried, that if he did not score then he'd quit his dream of singing and go back to working on fixing the roads). Page turned up in the nick of time like a fairy godmother to grant his wish. Ever since then Robert looked up to Jimmy and admired him a lot. He was a mentor and hero to Robert. Until the death of his son and Jimmy and JPJ being AWOL from Kerac's funeral. Only Bonham turned up. That also destroyed Plant and the desire to continue in the band and the business.
Stripper or no stripper there were a lot of hard feelings in the band.
Plus Plant and JPJ had to do the album, In Through the Out Door, practically alone since Page was too strung out to do much and Bonham was in full fledged Alcoholism. Neither was able to do much and did not show up for over half the album.
I think after that first night some airing out of greivances was done and some words were traded. And apologies. and they went out there like the team they were and functioning on all levels
Everybody talks about Bonhams drinking, but he always seemed SO ON.
Such a great analysis of a (ahem) swan song. 20:14 yes I hear it too… Is this the first time Zep had done such a figure? Amazing to think about them being inspired by their own protegés. Wonder if Geddy & Alex know about this...!
As a fan of Strangiato i had an instant connection to the song. It would be nice for Mr. Lee and Lifeson to hear this bit as it seems to be a Denmark only performance of such dynamics. They were really tight! Thank You very much for watching.
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories Lifeson did this type of 8th-note arpeggio palm-muted pattern at least once an album in Rush’s peak prog days. Xanadu (1977), Strangiato (1978), Jacob’s Ladder (1980), probably another I’m forgetting… If you don’t mind I’ll quote that piece of your vid on IG and tag the Rush boys… 😀🤞🏼
That'd be awesome man! Hope they watch it :)
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories What's your IG handle?
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories Posted, with links to this video! 🙂
Great video. Jimmy broke a string right before Misty Mountain Hop on 23rd, that’s why it’s a train wreck.
Hmmm but even if he did...still doesnt make him forget the whole thing. I say this as someone who experienced this in the middle of Achilles on a tribute band lol. Now even ir he used a Strat for this one makes no sense. He could have played it an octave lower just when he broke his String on Stairway on Earl's Court 1975. Thank you very much for watching
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories I’m a guitarist, too, it sounds like he breaks his B string which is what whole solo depends on. I’d hate to break a string during Achilles solo thx again love your videos
Nice! So you know! If the B String broke why does everything else sounded off is strange. What could have happened was the whole bridge detuning but them that would be a nut problem and a nut job for the guitar tech hehe.
The problems with providing sufficient electrical power were typical for the seventies. Apparently much of the equipment was designed for US utility (60 Hz) and without conversion from 50 Hz to 60 Hz the transformers could not maintain their proper output.
This is a GOLD comment! Thank you for sharing this info!
I saw sept 71...73.75.77 2x each all msg nyc..listenin thru yrs on net..79 was the cap on live zep 4 me....80 the 20 or so shows .as much i luv page ( my fav saw 16× ) i no listen anymore 2 hard to...kneb cop..great .
We know, dude. Lol
Now U KNO AGAIN .."DUDE"
I was at Knebworth and they were uneven. Sometimes sounding under rehearsed and nervous and at other times the best fucking band in the world. Copenhagen was much more consistent.
Nerves are a complicated energy if not well handled, i don't blame them. They were the best band of the 70s and they made a lot of people a lot of money!
I heard a gif from Germany back in 79..it was ruff but they redeemed themselves at knebworth
Melancholy Danish pageboys get it on. I was blessed . got to remaster vinyl to cassette with 12 band eq. 16 years old.
They did All my Love in 1980. But im sure you know that.
24/7 was amazingly good, even Page. Why never promoted before ? Knebworth 1 (for me as an 18 year) was a huge disappointment ... Great research & video, as ever.
I think one reason could be, maybe , just maybe, the fact there was pro shot for Knebworth that probably cost a lot of money thus Denmark just fell into obscurity. I say this because as a musician, sometimes i remember past shows on video over a great sounding audience recording in my personal archive! Thank you very much for watching! Stay tuned for more!
I wonder how many pages there would be if you transcribed this whole series of videos into book form.
Not sure why, but I don;t think I've ever heard the whole of either of those shows, but hearing the selections from the 2nd night makes me wonder if that was Jimmy's last great show. He really did sounds like 1973.