Led Zeppelin - 1969-07-06 - Newport, RI (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Newport Jazz Festival
Tarantura Audience recording

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01. Intro
02. Train Kept A Rollin'
03. I Can Quit You
04. Dazed And Confused
05. You Shook Me
06. How Many More Times
07. Communication Breakdown
08. Long Tall Sally

Argenteum Astrum :
JULY 6 - SIXTEENTH ANNUAL NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL, NEWPORT FESTIVAL FIELD, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND (SUNDAY, START AT 1am)
The band headlined the fourth night of the festival. Shared bill with Miles Davis, John Mayall, Savage Rose, Sly & The Family Stone, BB King, Johnny Winter, Herbie Hancock and many others. Rumoured to be professionally recorded/filmed.

Recording Includes: [ supposed to be not recorded: Band Announcements ] The Train Kept A Rollin' [ 2:51 ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby (<< Your Good Thing (Is About To End)..) [ 6:05 ], Dazed And Confused [ 12:29 ], You Shook Me [ 10:33 ], How Many More Times (<< The Hunter, The Lemon Song..) [ 14:51 ], Communication Breakdown [ 4:26 - cut ].
Source: Incomplete very good to excellent 1st audience recording. Almost 55 minutes.
Details: The recording is very bright and has all the instruments in great balance except for Plant's vocals that are lost in the mix very noticeably.

Recording Includes: [ supposed to be not recorded: Band Announcements ] The Train Kept A Rollin' [ 2:46 ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby (<< Your Good Thing (Is About To End)..) [ 6:00 ], Dazed And Confused [ 12:24 ], You Shook Me [ 10:32 ], How Many More Times (<< The Hunter, The Lemon Song..) [ 14:54 ], Communication Breakdown [ 4:55 ] >> Long Tall Sally [ 5:03 ], Band Announcements.
Source: Almost complete good to very good 2nd audience recording. Near 62 minutes.
Details: The tape is clear but the audience is loud in some spots. Plant's vocals are very prominent for most of the recording with Page's guitar pushed to the rear and the rhythm section somewhere in the middle.

Recording Includes: [ supposed to be not recorded: Band Announcements ] The Train Kept A Rollin' [ 2:51 ] >> I Can't Quit You Baby (<< Your Good Thing (Is About To End)..) [ 6:09 ], Dazed And Confused [ 9:18 - cut ].
Source: Incomplete very good 3rd audience recording. 20 minutes.
Details: A bit distorted in lower sequences but still clear tape, with Plant vocals most prominent. It ends abruptly when the taper goes out from the festival field. The tape is still hoarded and only copies available are bootlegs.

Bootleg LP Reference(s) source 1: Live At The Newport Jazz Festival (Led)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 1: New Port '69 (Black Swan)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 2: Jazz (no label), Live At The Newport Jazz Festival (aka Good Times Bad Times) (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), Long Tall Sally (Tarantura), Newport Jazz Festival 7/6/69 (Zeppelin Digital), & Tales From '69 (Tarantura)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 3: Newport Jazz Festival (Masterport)

Bootleg CD Reference(s) source 1 & 2 mixes: Jazz But Rock (Tarantura2000) & Newport Jazz Festival (Graf Zeppelin)

Comments: Led Zeppelin closed out the final night of the festival with this extremely gutsy and intense performance. The audience was rowdy after as the Zeppelin was reported to be not performed and Plant announced: "A lot of people though that we weren't gonna come here today. There was a lot of talk thtat everyone was ill and bad. There was nothing wrong with us at all and we intended on playing. That's what we've come to America for. We were coming in the first place so don't get any hassles about what we were gonna do and what we weren't. We hope you'll enjoy everything we do tonight and have a ball". Robert's voice is so powerful it wreaks havoc on the recorder! The band is definitely on and Jones and Bonham hit some unreal highs throughout the show, as does Jimmy as well. Some great harmonica soloing from Robert as well and two riotous encores cap this great show.