Kezar Stadium is a stadium located in the southeastern corner of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. As a result, Grant resolved to hire The Starship for the remainder of the tour, at a cost of $30,000. A few scattered memories: somebody passed a gigantic joint, maybe two feet long, up to Robert Plant. Their dress attire also took on a more flamboyant nature, evidenced in particular by guitarist Jimmy Pages hummingbird jacket and John Paul Jones Spanish matador jacket. To this day this concert ranks, by far, as the most amazing performance by musicians Ive ever seen. AWSOME! There was absolutely no negative vibe or tension anywhere. There was some kind of brawl or altercation between John Bonham and Bill Graham backstage, the producer. Great pictures and interesting account of the scene. That may or may not have actually happened, but I saw it that way and I remember it that way. A must have audience recording and sound board fragment if you can get it. It would be terrific if the label went on to supplement it with its own version of the soundboard segment. That said, Lee Michaels did a good set, eating up an hour or so, and then Roy Harper sang for a while and nobody paid much attention. dancing hippies kezar stadium kpix 112452 led zeppelin psychedelic rock concerts About This Item Description Additional Information KPIX Eyewitness news report from June 2nd 1973 featuring brief, silent scenes of a large crowd enjoying a rock concert by the group Led Zeppelin at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. 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KRON news footage from June 2nd 1973 featuring scenes of fans arriving at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco for a Led Zeppelin concert, including views of security throwing away one man's beer at the entrance. Led Zep's record breaking concert attendance 4th & 5 May 1973 Led Zeppelin had just released their fifth album 'Houses of the Holy',. Anyway, it turned back to the stage and Robert stuck out his hand. Date: 1973; Related Show: Kezar Stadium - May 26, 1973; Subjects: Grateful Dead (Musical group) Jennings, Waylon; New Riders of the Purple Sage; As a result, Grant resolved to hire The Starship for the remainder of the tour, at a cost of $30,000. Contact us at digitize@sfsu.edu. In 1973, Led Zeppelin embarked on their ninth American concert tour. Such a great read! We were among the first couple of thousand people there and were able to stake a claim to a spot about 100 feet from center stage. Subscribe to join the Led Zeppelin YouTube community and check back for new uploads, product announcements, and updates from the bandLed Zeppelin formed in 1968 and went on to become one of the most influential, innovative, and successful groups in modern music, having sold more than 300 million albums worldwide. August 17, 2010 in Photos. A Celebration For Being Who you Are (Godfatherecords G.R. The British rock group Led Zeppelin drew 50,000 rock fans who paid $320,000 at Kezar Stadium last weekend. I am very jealous. Plants vocals and bodily gyrations seemed tired and routine, and drummer John Bonham and bassist John Paul Jones had trouble solidifying their back-up sounds in in the early going. Such a lacklustre performance might have resulted, if Rolling Stone is to be believed, from the bands financial motives in playing to such a large audience; the magazine states that, Zeppelin are back doing what they do best converting heavy metal into dollars. Comments such as theseare perhaps unsurprising,given the negative attitude shown towards the bandby large section of thepress at the time, particularly in the USA. Led Zeppelin Jun 02, 1973 Uploaded by Zimtrim. The sound is amazing and Roberts voice is very powerfulhe screams and gets right up there for perhaps the last time in his careerhis range would be lessened on the following toursThe entire band shines on this showand the entire show is excellent!, The press did not necessarilyagree. Over 600,000 paying ticket-holders were in attendance. The band was tired of lightweight planes that shook up the band in turbulent air, so they leased the Starship, which became a den of iniquity. Influences: Pete Townshend, David Bailey, Gered Mankowitz, Ken Regan. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. 01 opening announcements02 rock and roll03 celebration day04 black dog05 over the hills and far away06 misty mountain hop07 since I've been loving you08 no q. As Argenteum Astrum comments both on hisLed Zeppelin Database andon Zeppelins website, Dazed And Confused is one of the best versions ever with Bonham and Jones going crazy at the end with the complex rhythms. Everything is played with extreme confidence, asserts Anderson, especially Dazed, with the rhythm section playing guessing games with Page. I suspect that he tortured, menacing sounds Page wrings from his guitar with the violin bow are the source of Hodges description of this renditon as, very psychedelic. Tony Gassett, on Underground Uprising, rightlycontends that Page is on top form here. Anyway, Robert Plants a real hippy at heart, so the idea was that at the end of Stairway to Heaven, wed release the doves and theyd fly off into the air as a homage to peace and love. The exterior of the plane was re-sprayed with Led Zeppelin emblazoned down the side of the fuselage. The thirty-seven gig tour was exhausting for the band, three hour shows each night. Still, I knew it was a nice picture. Robert was a country boy. 29 Apr 2023 15:32:26 This tour and others established Led Zeppelin as the boss, and ecstatic packed stadiums proved it. We smoked the first of about ten joints we had that day as the Tubes started their set with The Theme from Rawhide. It was fantastic such a surprise and funny as hell. With the dove and the Newcastle Brown Ale hes drinking, its so British and so Robert. They were! The first show on May 26 featured the Grateful Dead, and the next weekend Led Zeppelin drew 50,000 to the stadium. Led Zeppelin - EXTREMELY RARE - Kezar Stadium 1973 - Rock'n'Roll Kezar Stadium is an outdoor athletics stadium in San Francisco, California, located adjacent to Kezar Pavilion in the southeastern corner of Golden Gate Park. 363. What a great time that was! [2] On May 5 at Tampa Stadium, Florida, they played to 56,800 fans (breaking the record set by The Beatles at Shea Stadium in 1965), and grossed $309,000 (US$1,886,197 in 2021 dollars[3]). I was just 22 and knew a plum job when it landed on my lap. The Doors Stockholm 1968 Pre-FM (No Label), Led Zeppelin Wild West Side (Empress Valley Supreme Disc EVSD-1656/57/58/59/60/61), Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin Was Good And Loud (Empress Valley Supreme Disc EVSD-1665/1666), Led Zeppelin Berdu San Bernardino 1972 (Graf Zeppelin LZSC-62272A/B), Led Zeppelin Barrage Of Riffs (Graf Zeppelin LZSC-715A/B/C/D/E), Led Zeppelin How The East Was Won (Tarantura TCD-220~225 Box A, Admiral Page Edition), Led Zeppelin Celebratory Night For Badgeholding (Graf Zeppelin LZSC 625A/B/C/D/E/F), jazzbo on Bob Dylan USA box Vol. I also remember white doves being released from cages atop the speaker towers on both sides of the stage during the opening bars of Stairway to Heaven. He continued promoting stadium-sized concerts at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco with Led Zeppelin in 1973. 2 (Crystal Cat CC 1139-44), Stuart on Bob Dylan USA box Vol. During the early part of the tour the band had hired a small private Falcon Jet to transport its members from city to city, but these aircraft are comparatively light and susceptible to air turbulence. First i'd like to thank Dan Cuny for sharing his memories and photos. Without them on my side, I cant do my job whether thats for Led Zeppelin or Led Zepagain the tribute band. The song "No Quarter" from the band's recent album release, Houses of the Holy, was played for the first time on this tour. (Godfatherecords G.R. It is interesting to hear live recordings from the tour, how Robert Plant sings some of the songs in a lower pitch than the records, not surprising, he must have been wearing out his voice. There is a foldover, four-panelbooklet with further onstage shots and brief notes, based largely on Lewis book, credited to Paul De Luxe.. The fairly typical set list for the tour was: Encores (variations of the following list): There were some set list substitutions, variations, and order switches during the tour. Top Genres. Its a look of calm, understanding and respect. | Larry Hulst/Michael Ochs. 22. r/ledzeppelin. Thousands in the audience are in view behind him, it is an amazing picture that Plant himself said was his favorite. It was supposedto follow two shows at the Inglewood Forum on 30 and 31 May (the latter, of course, oft-bootlegged as Bonzos Birthday Party), though the first of these shows was rescheduled for the day after the Kezar Stadium eventdue to Jimmy Page injuring a finger. I have a friend who flew a few times on the plane, and it was as wile as described in the book Hammer of the Gods. Heres the story from Wikipedia: It was also during this tour that Led Zeppelin hired for the first time The Starship a former United Airlines Boeing 720B passenger jet. It was never recovered and the identity of the thief or thieves has never been discovered. The first encore is a blistering Communication Breakdown and then the show closes with The Ocean, the third song from the show to feature among Andersons killer versions. The event, and disc three, conclude with an outroduction frompromoter Bill Graham. There was nothing to do but get more stoned. Stephen Davis (1995). ' This is another song on which Gassett maintains that Page is on top form, and another of Andersons killer versions. Disc two then concludes with what gsparaco rates as a very exciting rendition of Moby Dick, with John Bonham demonstrating hisastounding virtuosity on the drums forin excess oftwenty-seven minutes. Well, thank you very much for a great show, he jokes, well see you in five minutes. Rock and Roll finally commenced the proceedings, writes Dave Lewis in Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, The band were a bit sluggish to start with, but didnt take long to warm up. The start of the show made a greater impression on attendee Gary Hodges, contributor to the website Brit Rock By the Bay, who remembers, suddenly Led Zeppelin stormed on, opening with Rock and Roll. The sound was huge and crisp it almost felt warm. Keith Shadwick, author of Led Zeppelin: A Band And Their Music 1968-2000, also detects no sign of sluggishness, calling it a barnstorming version, and it sounds suitably frenzied to my ears. In 2001 a soundboardfragment lasting a little under half-an-hour and including approximately fifteen minutes of the drum solo,appeared on Imperial Kezar (Electric Magic), edited with the audience recording. The best concert Id seen before this had been fantastic The Who on the Whos Next tour, at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium. The dove landed on it, purely by chance this was not a trained bird. 2 (Crystal Cat CC 1139-44). Hodges states that, Jimmy Page played his red Gibson EDS-1275 Double Neck guitar during a monumental version of Stairway to Heaven. Lines and paragraphs break automatically. Kezar Stadium 6/2/73 By ZepFanatic February 5, 2009 in Led Zeppelin Live Start new topic 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 ZepFanatic Members 364 Gender:Male Location:Boston Posted February 5, 2009 Listening to this boot after not hearing it in a WHILE (I have the combo AUD/SBD version).fucking phenomenal. Led Zeppelin performs at Kezar Stadium on June 2, 1973 in San Francisco, California. What could anyone really say, especially with our ears ringing like that? Yes, there are hundreds of versions of this show. The tour took place shortly after the release of Led Zeppelin's chart-topping fifth album, Houses of the Holy. In 1969, Led Zeppelin released its self-titled debut which was produced by Page, as were all the subsequent albums. I can't believe these haven't been "out" thanks so much!! Four songs from the show (Heartbreaker, Whole Lotta Love, Communication Breakdown andThe Ocean) appear onLed Zeppelin:The Butterqueen (Unbelievable) and the complete show features on Vibes Are Real (Continental Sounds), Takka Takka (Tarantura), Persistence Kezar (Holy), Persistence (Cobla),Two Days After (Immigrant), Best Vibes In Frisco (Jelly Roll), Whos Next? DIVA is a project of Academic Technology at San Francisco State University. This is certainly worth havoing though. Rock: 18 sets: Classic Rock: 17 sets: Folk Rock: 17 sets: Blues Rock: [1][6] Their dress attire also took on a more flamboyant nature, evidenced in particular by guitarist Jimmy Page's hummingbird jacket and John Paul Jones' Spanish matador jacket. Recorded At - Kezar Stadium Notes Kezer Stadium, San Francisco, California, June 2nd, 1973 Issued in a tri-fold cardboard sleeve. Kezar Stadium 2 June 1973 Led Zeppelin's live show at the Kezar Stadium in San Francisco signalled the midway point of the band's North American tour, which spanned the Spring and Summer of 1973. Lots of battles and conquests. The only casualties reported were some bad drug trips, a broken leg and a security guard accidentally wounded with his own revolver. Before this, an instrumental section that would later resurface on Achilles Last Stand leads into Plant singing a snippet of Scott MacKenzies 1967 hit San Francisco. It was the same with a picture I took of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr I pressed the button just as Frank is goosing Dean in the ass. News Report: 50,000 See Led Zeppelin in Bay City. 204. But by 1989, the stadium was crumbling and underused for its size, so the city razed it. This is the mystery of the quotient, quotient ! Organizers said the group netted better than $1,000 per minute during the show here.
, [url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/led-zeppelin/1973/kezar-stadium-san-francisco-ca-3bd60800.html][img]https://www.setlist.fm/widgets/setlist-image-v1?id=3bd60800[/img][/url] Home; Image; 1973 - First Leg US Tour Dates Ad. However, Persistence Kezar(Holy) is clearly inferior in terms of sound. It was truly one of the best performances I have ever seen. Tee, posting on the official Led Zeppelinwebsite, argues that, it was excellentthe show itself was just spectacular in every respect. Pete MacDonald adds that, to this day this concert ranks, by far, as the most amazing performance by musicians Ive ever seen, and Matt Roberts calls it a seminal show. Also on the bands site, in addition to his own,Argenteum Astrumenthuses, a really big outdoor festival show and one of the greatest concerts ever! I was overwhelmed, stoned out of my head, and thoroughly awestruck. ' The latter release also has its problems. The Rolling Stones 2017 shows begin to show, Bruce Springsteen Saturday, Everybody Rocks! Copyright 2023 Rockitz Music | Powered by Rockitz Music, The Legendary Gibson SG- A Beatle and a Badfinger Guitar Extraordinaire. Reminds me of the great shots of Sydney '72. you cant go wrong with having both. It was the second large rock concert in a week at Kezar. 539. Prior to its commencement, Led Zeppelin's manager Peter Grant hired PR consultant Danny Goldberg for promotion, and booked large stadium venues. Led Zeppelin Jun 02, 1973 Uploaded by Zimtrim. More than 250 cars were towed away from illegal parking areas around the stadium, police reported. The Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Santana, and Bob Dylan all performed to packed houses there in the '70s. Careful Axeman Eugene on New releases from Blind Faith, Clapton, Kiss, & Judas Priest! Ends with brief, close up shots of Robert Plant and Jimmy Page playing the song 'Rock and Roll' live onstage with the band and of fans dancing (to that and another song). It is the former home of the Oakland Raiders and the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL, and of the San Francisco Dragons of the MLL. After five years of evolving, I think we can do a few things like that now and again.Dazed And Confused is then introduced as, an oldie but gooie that you might remember. It is played in asuperb version, stretching to half-an-hour,which brilliantly highlights the interplay of the musicians.