Led Zeppelin - 1985-07-13 - Philadelphia, PA (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

Live Aid
John.F.Kenedy Stadium, Philadelphia

Lineage: FM Broadcast

Robert Plant: Vocals
Jimmy Page: Guitar
John Paul Jones: Bass Guitar/Keyboard
Paul Martinez: Bass Guitar
Tony Thompson/Phil Collins: Drums

01.Stage Introduction (Phil Collins)
02.Rock And Roll
03.Whole Lotta Love
04.Stairway To Heaven
05.Stage Outro
06.BBC Intermission
07.Back Stage Interview With Led Zeppelin and Phil Collins (MTV Source)

A very enjoyable show definitely.All tracks are sourced from the BBC Radio 1 broadcast of the event Except for track 7 which is the MTV Interview by JJ Jackson and is a lower quality than the rest. There is some distortion on the drum intro to Rock And Roll only for about 5 seconds, mainly due to link up problems.Recorded on an Hitachi SR 4010 Radio Reciever with Hitachi D-35s Tape Deck. The audio quality is crystal clear.

On 13 July 1985, Page, Plant and Jones reunited for the Live Aid concert at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, playing a short set featuring drummers Tony Thompson and Phil Collins and bassist Paul Martinez. Collins had contributed to Plant's first two solo albums while Martinez was a member of Plant's group Band of Joy. The performance was marred by the lack of rehearsal with the two drummers, Page's struggles with an out-of-tune guitar, poorly functioning monitors, and by Plant's hoarse voice.Page described the performance as "pretty shambolic", while Plant characterised it as an "atrocity". The hype for performance was billed as a Led Zeppelin reunion by many reproters ,radio DJ's and TV. Introduced on stage as Robert Plant,Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones by Phil Collins, interviewed after as Led Zeppelin. This should have been for Philadelphia what Queen were for London, sadly it wasn't, only 90 minutes rehearsal or something (Jimmy Page(without Phil Collins. They faced criticism when it was revealed they refused permission for their performance to be included on the DVD, which will raise money for Sudan.The members have issued a statement saying the reason was because it had been a "sub-standard" performance.