Led Zeppelin - Have You Ever Experienced? (1970) 2004 FLAC+MP3

GENRE: Hard Rock
FORMAT: Lossless (Flac) | Mp3 (CBR Stereo 320kbps) 
SIZE: (407+284+423+448)mb (3% Recovery) | (495+118)mb (3% Recovery)

Bootleg by Tarantura. Recorded live at Madison Square Garden, New York, 1970-9-19, Afternoon & Evening Show

TRACKLIST:

(AFTERNOON SHOW)
Disc 1
01 Immigrant Song
02 Heartbreaker
03Dazed And Confused
04 Bring It On Home
05 That's The Way
06 Bron-Yr-Aur
07 Since I've Been Loving You
08 Thank You

Disc 2
01 About Jimi / What Is And What Should Never Be
02 Moby Dick
03 Whole Lotta Love
04 Communication Breakdown

(EVENING SHOW)
Disc 3
01 Immigrant Song
02 Heartbreaker
03Dazed And Confused
04 Bring It On Home
05 That's The Way
06 Bron-Yr-Aur
07 Since I've Been Loving You
08 Thank You

Disc 4
01What Is And What Should Never Be
02 Moby Dick
03 Whole Lotta Love
04 Out On The Tiles
05 Communication Breakdown/Gallows Pole
06 The Girl Can't Help It
07 Talking About You
08 Twenty Flight Rock
09 How Many More Times

NOTES:

The latest in the obscenely limited edition (75 copies of both the red and white covers) deluxe packaged box sets from Tarantura people.  These two concerts by Zeppelin are their Madison Square Garden debut and the finale of their autumn tour.  The cultural import of these are clearly seen in the rare press conference the previous day as Zeppelin’s ascendancy over the Beatles (as seen on the Zeppelin DVD released last year) occurred around this time.  Further meaning is given with Jimi Hendrix’ death the previous day and which Plant speaks about on stage in both concerts.  The afternoon show was an almost sell out while the evening was a complete sell out. 

Discs 1 & 2 are the first release of the afternoon show in about seven years.  The previous releases include American Woman on TDOLZ and Maui Wauwi on Scorpio.  The tape is good, distant from the stage but quit listenable, probably taped in the blue section at the Garden.  The tape begins in the guitar solo of “Immigrant Song”.  The tapers found a nice location but were kicked out by security during the second verse of “Heartbreaker” (“I didn’t say you could stay here” we clearly hear on the tape).  We pick up again in the “Heartbreaker” solo and have minimal intrusions (except for the guy selling binoculars during the violin bow solo in “Dazed & Confused” — how annoying!)  The tape goes through “Moby Dick” and Plant’s introduction to “Whole Lotta Love”.  The show is completed by a second source that is several notches below the first, being more muffled and distorted.  Overall a nice, professional show from the band.

Discs 3 & 4 features the source for the evening show that surfaced in January.  It caused quite a stir when first released on the Internet and is still considered to be one of the most important tapes to surface since the Physical Graffiti outtakes from 1997.  Previews and rarely played songs highlight the evening show and Zeppelin celebrating the end of a legendary tour.  The tape was made on the floor, close to the stage, and is one of the best to surface from this era. 

Tarantura has done a nice job with this release.  The speed issues that caused concern for both shows have been addressed (the afternoon ran a bit slow, the evening a bit fast) although the criticisms are exaggerated.  The difference is so minimal that it really doesn’t matter and they all sound fine.  Devoid of the heavy handed mastering of previous releases, Have You Ever Experienced? is well worth the asking price.  

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