Led Zeppelin - 1973-07-06 - Chicago, IL (SBD/FLAC) "Sweet Dreams"

(Soundboard FLAC)

Chicago, Illinois

"Sweet Dreams" (Empress Valley Supreme Discs EVSD 347/348/349)

Lineage:
Not given in original torrent

CD1:
01 - Rock n Roll
02 - Celebration Day
03 - Bringing On Home Introduction Black Dog
04 - Over The Hills And Far Away
05 - Misty Mountain Hop
06 - Since I've Been Loving You
07 - No Quarter
08 - The Song Remains The Same
09 - The Rain Song

CD2:
01 - Dazed And Confused (includes San Fransisco)
02 - Stairway To Heaven
03 - Moby Dick

Disc 3:
01 - Heartbreaker
02 - Whole Lotta Love (includes Boogie Woogie)
03 - Communication Breakdown

Comments:
This recording captures the first of two nights in the cavernous Chicago Stadium, relatively late in their 1973 tour. For reasons outlined below, this is not exactly considered a high point of the tour, but it's one of relatively few soundboards (New Orleans is the only other one that comes to mind, though I'm sure there are more) to have circulated in its entirety over the last twenty years. The sound on this is relatively dull and flat, but the EVSD release represents an upgrade over prior versions of the show. This set also contains a new (at the time) audience source of the same show, but that is not included in this torrent.

Led Zeppelin fans know this tour inside and out, so it's probably not worth commenting on the performance other than to say it's consistent with the rest of the tour in terms of setlist, and probably a notch lower than many other dates in terms of performance.