Led Zeppelin – 1971.04.01 – BBC Live In Concert – Paris Theatre – London, UK – SBD 2CDS A (Full Show)

Disc One:
1.) Introduction
2.) Immigrant Song
3.) Heartbreaker
4.) Since I’ve Been Loving You
5.) Black Dog
6.) Dazed & Confused
7.) Stairway to Heaven

Disc Two:
1.) Tuning
2.) Going to California
3.) That’s the Way
4.) What Is And What Should Never Be
5.) Whole Lotta Love
Medley Includes: Boogie Chillun’/Fixin’ to Die Blues/
That’s Alright Mama/For What It’s Worth/
Mess of Blues/Honey Bee/The Lemon Song
6.) Thank You
7.) Communication Breakdown
Medley Includes: Feel So Bad

Notes from the remaster-er
The inspiration for this project originally came from a comment I had seen on the recording and mix of this show. “It’s the wimpiest I’ve ever heard Led Zeppelin,” read the comment. I disagreed, but was able to understand the commenter’s point. Upon further consideration and repeated listens, I did feel that the mix could be more raw and powerful. With this in mind, I decided to work with the excellent stereo mix from the Forever Standard Series bootleg, which featured the rhythm section mostly in the left channel, and the guitars and vocals dominating the right. Through careful equalization and re-balancing the position of the instruments in the mix, including bringing the guitars much further up, I was able to center the sound and make it much more powerful. I also brought out the beautiful instrumentation in the acoustic set, which was previously ridiculously quiet in the mix, compared to the vocals, and even the rest of the concert. I do hope you enjoy my work on this concert; kick back, and blast this LOUD!
– JRK