1-5-69
Live At the Whisky A Go-Go!!! (Empress Valley & Eelgrass)
Empress Valley debuted this show in late 2006. Eelgrass made a direct copy of Empress, and shares the same "micro cut/repeats" found in Babe and Lemon Song. EV reissued the title in 2009, using the same disc as before.
1-9-69
Dancing Avocado Supreme (Graf Zeppelin, 3cd & 5cd), Fillmore West 19690111 (Wendy), Fresh Garbage (Scorpio and Graf Zeppelin), How Many More Years (Empress Valley), Whole Lotta For Your Love (Pirate Records), & Twinight (Immigrant)
(This tape, only containing "Train Kept A Rollin," has been attributed to this date. Robert's comment before the song seem to contradict the date.)
Twinight was the first release of the track. It has a lot of hiss in the background. Pirate's title has louder music and far less background noise, but it's missing the last couple seconds of tape (JP tuning). It is at least one or two tape generations better than Immigrant.
EV's song is not from this show. It is actually a degenerated version of Train from April 25th, 1969.
Scorpio's title is excellent quality and isn't missing any tape.
Wendy's "19690111" title is also excellent.
Graf's Dancing Avocado 2018 title is excellent as well.
Graf's Fresh Garbage is similar to their original.
Graf's Dancing Avocado 2023 title is identical to their original release of the same name.
1-10-69
East/West (Digger Productions), Fillmore West 1969 Day 2 (no label), For Your Love (Silver Rarities & Empress Valley's original and reissue), Fresh Garbage (Scorpio and Graf Zeppelin), Live Adventure At the Fillmore West (Wendy, original and reissue), Syonen Zep (Akashic), Whole Lotta For Your Love (Pirate Records)
Digger is incomplete since much of For Your Love is missing.
SIRA has the traditional cuts, unedited
These other titles are all quite similar. Akashic, Pirate, Wendy, and EV edited some of the cuts (removing stretches). Akashic and Wendy missed some tape on some edits. Wendy and EV repeat almost 10 seconds during How Many More Times. EV follows that repeat with another slight cut/repeat too. Wendy's ending of Babe is actually complete, for the first time, adding about an extra second.
Scorpio sticks to the traditional cuts (not removing tape stretches, etc.) and includes the ending of Babe, although it seems edited/spliced in.
Akashic's and Pirate have identical sound. Their music and background noise are louder than SIRA's, but there is no tape generation difference. Wendy, EV, and Scorpio have been amplified significantly. SIRA runs a fraction slow but isn't too noticeable.
EV's reissue is the same audio as the original, on new cds, but with the same disc times.
Wendy's reissue has the same disc times and audio as the original.
Graf's title is similar to Scorpio but doesn't have the small repeat after Shook or any changes in sound for the end of Babe. It's sound for the first disc is similar to Scorpio but the second disc seems slightly louder.
No label's title is in good form and has many of the cuts slightly edited. It too has a complete end to Babe.
1-11-69
Anybody Got a Les Paul? (Equinox), Birth of the Gods (Balboa), Fillmore West 1969 (Wendy), Fillmore West 19690111 (Wendy), Fresh Garbage (Scorpio and Graf Zeppelin), How Many More Years (Empress Valley), Pb+ (Wild Card), Psycho A Gogo! (Led Note), Streets of San Francisco (no label), Syonen Zep Zokango (Akashic), & Whole Lotta For Your Love (Pirate Records)
Balboa was the first release of this show when only four songs were available. Pirate's 3 song version came after the fifth song became available.
Akashic was the first title to release more tape of How Many More Times and provided Communication Breakdown. Wild Card is likely either a clone using the Akashic release or even more likely, a cd produced from the exact same tape that Akashic utilized. "P & C" are behind both releases.
As for the 5 song titles... Equinox and Led Note are both missing much of the introduction. Empress Valley and Scorpio have the most complete How Many More Times, offering an extra second of tape after the big cut.
Wendy's "19690111" title is edited at the cut during How Many More Times and is missing almost two seconds of tape. It is otherwise similar to latter releases of this show.
Akashic, Wild Card, Streets, Empress Valley, Scorpio, and Wendy all share one strange feature. The tape has a different band's music underneath Led Zeppelin. It is most noticeable between songs. (Possibly, the master tape was either recorded directly over a tape that was previously used to record another band performing at the Fillmore.) These same titles are better sounding than the others and is likely due to a lower generation of tape.
Empress is the most amplified of all, then Wildcard, Akashic, and then Scorpio.
Graf's title is similar to the better titles.
Wendy's "1969" title is edited at the cut during How Many More Times and is missing almost two seconds of tape. Their remastering seems to make the music/instrumentation brighter, but it comes with a price, as usual. The background noise/hiss known to this tape has become an annoying sound, and small details in the background are altered. Jimmy's guitar check just a few seconds before the opening song are a good example.
1-12-69
California '69 (Lemon Song), Fillmore West 1969 Day 4 (no label), Fresh Garbage (Scorpio and Graf Zeppelin), Fourth Night (Empress Valley)
Lemon Song is missing a little tape after three songs.
Scorpio is missing a small part of the already small introduction, but has more tape after three songs than Lemon Song's titles. It has a brief unexplained problem in the left channel during You Shook Me. Scorpio has much more background noise/hiss than Lemon Song and it's music is quieter. It is probably from a higher generation tape.
Empress is slightly only misses a little tape after one song. Empress Valley's title seems to be the same quality as Lemon Song, although they've chosen to amplify quite a bit.
Graf's title is very similar to Lemon Song, missing tape in three places.
No label's title misses the first one and a half seconds of the beginning on the tape while the band is being introduced and two seconds after Babe, but it debuts nine seconds of How Many More Times before Robert introduces the band. It's sound has not been amplified and the background noise has not been suppressed.
1-23-69
Boston After Dark (Empress Valley), Boston Tea Party 1969 (Wendy), Boston Tea Party 1969 1st Night (no label), Complete Boston Tea Party (ARMS), Mad Hatter Tea Party (Tarantura2000), & Sudden Attack Boston (Grand Lodge)
ARM debuted this show. It is musically complete and has the tape after Shook.
Empress Valley is missing Robert's final "Thank You" and has pasted a few seconds of tape at the end of the tape, from elsewhere in the show. It's tape has been amplified, making the music and background noise louder.
Grand Lodge's title debuts a much longer introduction - over thirty seconds extra. The last few seconds of Shook are missing and so is the fifteen seconds of tape that's supposed to follow. The metallic sound can be heard on this title too.
Wendy's title has their familiar metallic sound in the background. The last few seconds of Shook are missing and so is all the tape after the show.
The no label title contains the extra tape for the introduction, though clearly spliced in from a different copy of tape. It's ever so slightly metallic. The tape that follows is as complete as ARM. It's sound is louder than ARM.
Tarantura2000's title features some of their familiar editing where the sound changes at the que stops, effectively making it cut at the track changes. This happens for Quit, As Long, and Shook. The intro is way too short, missing 34 seconds. It's been amplified a lot.
There's no difference in tape generation between the titles.
1-26-69
Boston Tea Party 1969 (Wendy), Fillmore East (Mud Dogs), Killing Floor (Cobra & no label), Sudden Attack Boston (STTT and Grand Lodge), & Tight But Loose (Tarantura)
Cobra's introduction is a hair longer than almost all of the others.
Tarantura is missing the first dozen seconds and is missing 72 seconds of tape after Pat's Delight.
Shout To the Top's title has been amplified, making the music and background noise louder (a bit too loud).
Cobra and Tarantura have very similar sound.
Mud Dogs' title runs a little fast and is missing the 4 second introduction. It's cuts and sound are similar to Cobra and Tarantura.
Grand Lodge's content is almost identical to Cobra, with just a half second of the introduction missing. It's music and background noise are louder than Cobra.
Wendy's has cut out almost 50 seconds of White Summer. None of the other titles are cut there.
There's no difference in tape generation between the titles.
No label's title provides all the content of Cobra and debuts a second before White Summer. It's sound has been equalized a little differently from Cobra, being toned down a little.
1-31-69
Drive Me Insane (Scorpio), East/West (Digger Productions), New York in the Wind (Empress Valley), & Psychedelic Raw Blues (Immigrant)
Immigrant has strange background sounds throughout, as if the tape copy was dirty or troubled. These problems are not on other titles.
The other titles are quite similar. They are certainly from a better tape generation than Immigrant, and are similar in sound.
Digger is a very excellent title, but lacks an introduction.
EV has introduction. They elected to edit the tape glitch that occurs half way into Dazed. A fairly significant problem introduced only by EV, is a strange sound appearing a couple of times half way through the song.
Scorpio also has an introduction. It even has a few extra seconds after the show that can't be found elsewhere. No problems with this title.
2-1-69
Drive Me Insane (Scorpio), Legendary Fillmore Tapes Vol.1 (Savege Beast Music) & New York in the Wind (Empress Valley)
These titles are very similar. Savege misses a few seconds after the show and seems to run a touch slow. EV and Scorpio have been amplified a little over Savege.
2-2-69
Absolutely Gems (Sanctuary), Canada 2-2-69 (Totanka), Complete Rock Pile Tapes (TCOLZ), Rockpile February 1969 (Graf Zeppelin), & Rockpile Tapes (Badgeholders)
Totanka is missing Killing Floor but it still has 4 seconds of Quit not found on any other title. It's been amplified quite a bit.
Sanctuary is missing four seconds of Quit. Although it's Killing Floor has a cut before and after it, it does not seem to be from another known show. It does not seem to be amplified.
Badgeholder's title is missing four seconds of Quit. It has a bad edit in the beginning of Train and a very strange error near the 1:40 mark during I Can't Quit You. It's been amplified a lot.
TCOLZ is missing four seconds of Quit. It is similar in content to Sanctuary.
Graf's title is similar in content to TCOLZ, misses 4 seconds of Quit, and has been amplified a lot.
2-14-69
Image Club (Rag Doll), Miami Image Club (Wendy), Reflections On My Mind (IQ), Roll Over Beethoven (Empress Valley), Thee Image Club (Empress Valley), We're Unknown (Tarantura2000), & Yellow Zeppelin (Tarantura)
Rag Doll is missing a couple of seconds of tape after How Many More Times and runs a touch faster than the other titles.
Tarantura starts out their title by faking an introduction, taken from tape after You Shook Me. Most of the tape stretches and cuts have been edited on this title. There are a couple of seconds missing from Robert's introduction to HMMT. The last two seconds of HMMT is missing, along with the few seconds of audience cheer. Eight seconds of tape were pasted at the end of the title.
Empress Valley has removed the tape stretches and has amplified their sound a bit.
Tarantura2000 starts out their title by faking an introduction, taken from tape after Babe. It misses the audience cheer after HMMT.
IQ has all the proper content. The brief bit of audience cheer after HMMT is not found elsewhere from the show. Immediately following that, is a brief snippet of Robert that may either be original or take from after Pat's Delight.
EV's Thee Image Club is a reissue of the audio from their first release of this show.
These titles are somewhat similar in sound.
Wendy's title has removed the stretches and amplified the sound some.
3-3-69
BBC (LSD), BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions (Empress Valley), Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant), Complete BBC Sessions (Empress Valley), Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Lost BBC Sessions (Led Note), Real Complete BBC Sessions: 1969 (Tarantura2000), Sunday Radio (Merry Melody), Traveling Riverside Blues (Pageboys), & Winterland (Living Legend)
Living Legend's title is copied from vinyl, has a lot of hiss in the background, and is missing the couple of seconds of tape before the show.
Immigrant is missing the brief intro and the 1st note of the set as it fades in. It has too much background noise. The title is from tape.
Pageboys is missing the last couple of seconds of Dazed (reverberation). It is from tape.
Led Note, LSD, and Empress Valley's CBBCRS are highly similar and are from tape.
EV's reissue of CBBCRS comes six months after their original and uses the same discs.
Tarantura2000's title is amplified a bit and the beginning of Dazed is really overblown.
EV's "Complete BBC Sessions" reissues the audio from CBBCRS.
Merry Melody's title is missing a little non musical tape and is very poor sounding.
EV's "BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions" reuses the same discs as their previous reissue.
3-14-69 soundboard
Denmark Deluxe (Moonchild), Final Rendez-Vous (Godfatherecords), First Time I Met the Blues (Tarantura2000), Hampton Kicks (Elrond), Kicks (Tarantura), Missing Links (TDOLZ), Only Way To Fly (Masterpiece Premium), Stockholm (Kaleidoscopic), Super Session At Tivolis Koncertsal (Empress Valley), & Valkyrie's Vigil: Plays Gothic Blues (Tarantura2000)
TDOLZ's Missing Links has a digital glitch in the beginning of I Gotta Move. The glitch is not on the other titles. It's sound is very clear and doesn't have any hiss.
Elrond has a big drop on Dazed and Confused that is not found on the other titles. It's sound is similar to Missing Links.
Tarantura runs a little fast and has been amplified, bringing up the background noise with the music. Kaleidoscopic has also been amplified, bringing up the background noise with the music. It misses the last three seconds of the last track.
Tarantura2000's title doesn't contain some of the problems found on the others. It's sound has been amplified. (The last half of the title isn't from this show. It is from April 25th 1969, but is not noted.)
Empress Valley uses the soundboard as it's primary source, filling in the gaps with the audience tape. In the mixing process, about fifteen seconds of soundboard is displaced with audience tape. The audience tape is a dirty copy, containing another band's music in the background of the left channel.
Godfather's title (soundboard) includes the DJ before and after the show. It starts out with two extra guitar notes not found on the other titles. The last second of HMMT is missed due to the DJ.
Masterpiece's title is similar in content and sound to most of the soundboard titles.
The no label title is highly similar to the other soundboard releases, and misses those first two guitar notes too.
Tarantura2000 has rearranged the tracks to their original show sequence instead of the broadcast sequence. It has been highly amplified.
Moonchild's title offers three versions of the show on their title. The first is called the "pre-fm remaster." It, like most of these titles misses the first two seconds of guitar warm up before the show. The last half second of HMMT gets missed too. It's been amplified a lot. The next version is the "original pre-fm master." It's basically the same as the previous, but there's a cut at the track change for Dazed and the last full second of HMMT is missed. It's not amplified as much as the previous. The final version is the full radio broadcast. It begins and ends with a DJ. It does not miss the first two seconds of the introduction. It has a lot of glitches during Quit, and some more throughout the title. I Gotta Move contains a cut after the first minute, removing a split second. The last two seconds of HMMT is missed. It has also been amplified quite a bit.
3-14-69 audience
Rock of Ages (TDOLZ) & Stockholm 1969 (no label)
TDOLZ's Rock of Ages debuted the audience tape, but it runs very slow.
The no label title has the same content as TDOLZ, but runs at the proper speed. It's been amplified only a touch louder than TDOLZ.
3-15-69 Afternoon Show
Denmark 15th March 1969 (no label), Denmark 1969 (Wendy), Led Zeppelin is a Gas (Empress Valley), Led Zeppelin is a Gas Revisited (Empress Valley), Rock of Ages (TDOLZ), & Short Cuts (IQ)
IQ is missing 9 seconds of the introduction. Both IQ and TDOLZ have a small drop in sound for about 15 seconds during Quit. This drop isn't found on Empress Valley, but EV's As Long has a very brief drop that isn't found on the other titles. IQ has a slight cut/repeat after You Shook Me. TDOLZ's Communication Breakdown has an unfortunate cut and repeat just after the first minute.
IQ's tape seems to be a higher generation than the other titles. EV's music and background noise are both a little louder than TDOLZ.
EV's "Revisited" title reissues the audio from the original release.
The no label title is complete and doesn't have any extra dropouts during the music. There are some minor sound fluctuations after the show. It's sound is most similar to TDOLZ.
Wendy's title is similar to no label.
3-15-69 Evening Show
Denmark '69 (Deep), Denmark 15th March 1969 (no label), Denmark 1969 (Wendy), Jimmy Page Blues Band (Tarantura2000), Led Zeppelin is a Gas (Empress Valley), Led Zeppelin is a Gas Revisited (Empress Valley), & Rock of Ages (TDOLZ)
These titles are virtually identical. Tarantura2000's title title has been amplified the most, then EV and the no label title and Wendy, then TDOLZ. EV and no label run a little faster than the others.
EV's "Revisited" title reissues the audio from the original release.
3-17-69 Danish TV
Danish TV (Cobra & Flying Disc), Danish TV & Studio Sessions (Watchtower 1st & 2nd editions), & Denmark '69 (Deep)
Cobra & Flying Disc are mostly similar with slight differences in speed and equalization.
Deep's title has a few drops and lots of static.
Watchtower's title is a substantial upgrade from the other titles listed. The vocals and instruments are much clearer and the background noise is much less. It's probably 2 tape generations better than the rest. Watchtower's second edition reissues the same disc but changes the artwork a little.
3-18-69 Supershow
Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant), Riverside Blues (Swingin' Pig), & Shenandoah (Aulica)
This Dazed and Confused track was originally released on the Supershow vhs. The audio starts before the video, leaving the first three bass notes without video. The audio on the official dvd release begins with the video and therefore misses the first three bass notes.
Aulica has the last half of the first bass note and the other titles miss it. The other titles are a bit louder than Aulica.
3-19-69 BBC
Anybody Got a Les Paul? (Equinox), BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions (Empress Valley), Complete BBC Sessions (Empress Valley), Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Motor City Daze (Antrabata), Ottawa Sunshine (Elrond), Real Complete BBC Sessions: 1969 (Tarantura2000), Streets of San Francisco (no label), & Sunshine Woman (Flagge)
Antrabata only contains Sunshine Woman.
Elrond is missing most of the Alexis Korner's commentary and is also missing What Is and What Should Never Be. It isn't as clear as the other titles.
Equinox's tape has been amplified considerably.
Empress Valley's CBBCRS is complete and in good form.
EV's reissue of CBBCRS comes six months after their original and uses the same discs.
Tarantura2000's title doesn't attribute What Is and What Should Never Be to this date, but it's included here for now. That track and the others have been amplified a bit.
EV's "Complete BBC Sessions" reissues the audio from CBBCRS.
There are some subtle differences between tape quality in the longer releases, but overall they're about the same quality.
EV's "BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions" reuses the same discs as their previous reissue.
3-22-69
Blighty (Tarantura2000), Decree of Love (Wendy), Moon Landing (Empress Valley), & Newcastle 1969 Plus (Graf Zeppelin)
These titles are almost identical.
4-24-69
Black Beauty (Wendy), Blues Anytime (Empress Valley), Bunch of Skinny Brits (Tarantura2000), Conquering California (Dinopower Records), Cracker Jack Blues (Jelly Roll), Dancing Avocado (Godfatherecords), Dancing Avocado Supreme (Graf Zeppelin, 3cd & 5cd), Fillmore West (LSD), Fillmore West '69 (Scorpio), Fillmore West 4.24.69 (no label), Go West Young Man! (Scorpio), Listen To the Difference (Empress Valley), & Psychedelic Raw Blues (Immigrant)
Scorpio's Fillmore West '69 and Immigrant are both missing 40 seconds of the introduction. Dinopower is missing the entire introduction. Immigrant and Dino both have a 2 second gap early in White Summer that isn't found on the other releases. Scorpio's Fillmore West '69, Immigrant, and Dino are cut near 3 minutes into White Summer, missing 11 seconds of music. A total of 38 seconds have been removed from Immigrant's titles in the area of the speed up during White Summer. Immigrant and Dino are the only titles to have a dropout two minutes into Pat's Delight. Dino has a dropout in As Long As I Have You not found on the other titles. It's also missing the last 7 seconds of tape after Pat's Delight.
LSD and Jelly Roll are both highly similar and complete.
Empress Valley's "Blues Anytime" replaced the tape stretch in White Summer with what seems to be tape from a different show. The tape gap in the beginning of Babe is completed here using the Danish TV show.
Empress Valley's "Listen To the Difference" is entirely from the stated show this time. It's introduction is missing about fifteen seconds.
Wendy's title is most similar to the second EV release, although they've spliced in a different show in place of the speed problem during White Summer.
Scorpio's Go West title has about fifteen seconds more of the introduction than any of the above releases. There's a cut/glitch in As Long that's not found on the other titles. White Summer's tape stretch has been displaced with tape from another show.
Godfather's title has the longest introduction, offering another 13 seconds of tape. The tape stretch in White Summer has evidently been displaced with tape from another show.
The no label title is pretty similar to Godfather and some of the others by splicing in a different show for White Summer.
Tarantura2000's title is a two show mix, splicing during White Summer. It has the full introduction like Godfather.
Graf's 2018 title is another two show mix for White Summer. It's similar to many of the other titles.
There doesn't seem to be any difference in tape generation between the titles. There are differences in amplification. Immigrant, Empress Valley (both titles), Dinopower, and Wendy are the louder than most, but Tarantura2000 is quite loud.
Graf's 2023 title is another two show mix for White Summer. It's similar to many of the other titles.
4-25-69
California '69 (Lemon Song), Good Old Led Zeppelin: Train Kept A Rollin' (Tarantura2000), Grande Ball (Missing Link), How Many More Years (Empress Valley), Valkyrie's Vigil: Plays Gothic Blues (Tarantura2000), & Winterland Ballroom 1969 Day 1 (no label)
Missing Link is missing the brief introduction and one second at the cut during As Long As I Have You.
Lemon Song is missing a few seconds after Train.
Empress Valley doesn't have the deficiencies found on Lemon Song and Missing Link. Their tape has been amplified some over Lemon Song, but has not been overdone.
Tarantura2000 released this show originally in the "Good Old" box and then released three months later in the "Valkyrie" box. The first release doesn't have the deficiencies found on Lemon Song and Missing Link. It's sound is less amplified than EV. Their second release is a downgrade, missing the opening second of the introduction and placing a micro cut/repeat in the beginning of Train. This time the sound has been amplified a little more. There are no liner notes on the box identifying this show.
Missing Link's title is from a higher generation of tape.
The no label title is highly similar to EV, lacking any problems.
4-26-69
Avocado Club (Empress Valley), Good Old Led Zeppelin: You Shook Me (Tarantura2000), Graham's Superb Vol 1 (IQ), Lead Set: Psychedelic Ballroom (Tarantura), Live At Winterland Ballroom (Empress Valley), Psychedelic Explosion (TDOLZ), Smokestack Lightning (Black Swan), & Winterland Ballroom 1969 Day 2 (no label)
Black Swan's recording is VERY unbalanced.
TDOLZ is missing most of the tape before the show. It has an extra tape problem in Dazed and Confused, has about 3 seconds of some foreign music before HMMT, misses almost one minute of guitar tune up before White Summer, and has a cut in Babe that eliminates 6 seconds. There are also a couple of extra cuts between songs, missing some of Robert's comments. The title runs a little slow and has too much background noise.
IQ is properly balanced, much more complete than TDOLZ, and far better sounding.
EV and Tarantura are very similar to each other and only lack a split second of tape. (EV does have a glitch during the end of Killing Floor that's not found on other titles.) Their music and background noise are little louder than IQ - just amplified, probably no gen difference.
Tarantura2000's title is similar to EV, except for the unexplained splice during the first minute Pat's Delight. The extra dozen seconds are surely from some other night. The title's background sound seems a little suppressed.
EV's Live At Winterland Ballroom is a reissue Avocado Club's first two discs.
The no label title is missing three minutes of non-music tape. It's been amplified some.
4-27-69 audience
Avocado Club (Empress Valley), Avocado Power (Empress Valley), Dancing Avocado Supreme (Graf Zeppelin, 5cd), Fillmore West 1969 Final (no label), Graham's Superb Vol 2 (IQ), & Lead Set: Sitting & Thinking (Tarantura)
IQ starts out by missing part of Robert's "Good Evening" from before the show. The cut after Shook is missing 17 seconds of Robert's commentary and instrument tune-up. Communication Breakdown and White Summer/Black Mountain Side are out of sequence. Tarantura is missing 17 seconds of HMMT, near the end of the song. The songs are properly sequenced. The sound level of the music between IQ and Tarantura are very similar. However, Tarantura has too much background noise.
EV's Club isn't missing the piece of tape like the other two titles. However, the usual cuts are there. EV's music and background noise are louder that IQ - just amplified, probably no gen difference.
The no label title splices out to a different generation of tape for forty seconds after Quit for some unknown reason. There's a really bad brief noise halfway during As Long that's certainly not on the other audience releases of this show. About a dozen seconds are missing after HMMT. It's sound is similar to EV Club.
EV's Power title is missing almost fifty seconds of tape.
Graf's 5cd title feature the isolated audience tape on it's last two discs. Ten seconds of tape have been removed from after HMMT. It's otherwise similar to EV's audience title.
4-27-69 soundboard
American Beauty (Tarantura), Avocado Power (Empress Valley), Fillmore West (LSD), Fillmore West 1969 Final (no label), Fillmore West 1969 Off Reels (Idol Mind Productions), San Francisco 27/04/69 Vol. 1&2 (Kaleidoscopic), & Simplistic Atmosphere (Jelly Roll)
Most of these titles have similar cuts.
Tarantura is missing Pat's Delight. Kaleidoscopic is missing almost 6.5 minutes of the song.
LSD is the only title that has the songs on the second set in the proper order. Both LSD and JR are cut before Dazed and Confused. The few seconds of tape before this cut on LSD are from after Communication Breakdown. IMP's title buries an extra second of the opening in the fade in. It's cut in Lemon Song misses a second. The cut after Babe misses 15 seconds. Ten seconds after the show are missing.
Jelly Roll is slightly more complete between songs than the other "soundboard only" releases.
The no label release's first disc ends by leading into Communication Breakdown for a couple dozen seconds, although the doesn't appear again until the end of the second disc. It's missing 11 seconds of tape after Dazed.
Jelly Roll's tape has been slightly amplified. It's music and background noise are slightly louder than LSD's. Tarantura's sound is very poor and has way too much background noise. IMP's sound has been amplified a lot. The no label title's sound is similar to Jelly Roll.
EV's title misses the last ten seconds of tape after the show. It's otherwise in good form.
4-27-69 soundboard/audience mixes
Avocado Club (Empress Valley), Avocado Power (Empress Valley), Blue Flame (Bumble Bee), Collage (TDOLZ), Dancing Avocado Supreme (Graf Zeppelin, 3cd & 5cd), Fillmore West 1969 Final (no label), Go West Young Man! (Scorpio), Live At Fillmore West (Empress Valley), Sixty Nine Special (Empress Valley), Sleeping Beauty (Wendy 2007 & 2021), & Twinight (Immigrant)
These titles fill the soundboard gaps with the audience recording.
Immigrant's title has very poor sound with way too much background noise. The second set begins with Train from Jan 9th. The audience tape is only used for White Summer/Black Mountain Side.
Wendy's 2007 title displaces too much of the soundboard, even during the end of one of the songs. The audience used after You Shook Me is full of "clicking" sounds.
TDOLZ's title seems to use the audience for each gap. Some tape is missing after Dazed.
Bumble Bee's introduction starts out with the "metallic" sound and when it finally switches the soundboard for Train, they use a super long overlapping edit (35+ seconds) between the two tapes. They continue to displace and miss the soundboard throughout the title. There are a couple of strange spots where the soundboard quality is oddly poor. They may have been tampering with the eq or overlapping the audience tape.
EV's Club is a regular mix based on the board.
Scorpio's start to the title is much like Bumble Bee's, using a super long overlapping splice, displacing the soundboard. The other splices usually only displace a brief second or three of the soundboard.
EV's Live At Fillmore West is a reissue Avocado Club's mixed version.
The no label title is similar to most mixes, not making an effort to preserve all available soundboard and often displacing it with the filler tape. Some of the audience tape sounds a bit metallic.
Graf's 2018 title is a mixed based on the soundboard. Unlike most titles, much effort seems to have been used to preserve the soundboard.
EV's "Sixty Nine Special" is a stereo matrix, simultaneously playing the soundboard and audience tape.
Wendy's 2021 title has been remastered, but suppresses some of the music and a lot of the background sounds in the soundboard and audience tapes. The drumming at the end of As Long As I Have You is a good example, as it's a very different sound than what was actually played. Some parts of the soundboard are displaced due to splicing.
EV's Power is a billed as a "merge," but it's just a normal mix based on the soundboard. It's misses a little bit of the primary tape, the soundboard, at some of the splices. That tape really shouldn't be missing since the splices are quick/distinct transitions. The last ten seconds of tape after the show are absent.
Graf's 2023 title is similar to their 2018 title.
5-25-69
Anybody Got a Les Paul? (Equinox), Decree of Love (Wendy), Miami Image Club (Wendy), Newcastle 1969 Plus (Graf Zeppelin), Red Snapper Deluxe (Balboa), Whole Lotta For Your Love (Pirate Records), & Whole Lotta Love (Tarantura)
Equinox's title is far louder than the other titles but it seems to be due to some digital "enhancements." A good spot to listen for evidence of tampering is in the area of 3:35.
The Balboa starts off with a couple extra seconds of tape but then cuts before going into the song. There is a bumping sound in the beginning that seems to be more prominent on this title than the others. Other than the very minor bumping sound, Balboa has excellent sound.
Tarantura runs little faster than the other versions but is similar in sound to Balboa.
Pirate is missing the first two seconds. It's sound is similar to Balboa but runs a little faster.
Wendy's Decree title runs at the proper speed and doesn't have any of the other minor problems.
Graf's title is pretty much identical to Wendy.
Wendy's Miami title runs faster than their prior title.
5-27-69
Complete Boston Tea Party (ARMS), Golden Age of Pirates (Wendy), Legendary Boston Tea Party Tapes Vol,1 (Empress Valley), Masters of Excess (The Symbols), Pat's Delight (Tecumseh), & Praise Ye the Lord (Tarantura2000)
Masters of Excess is VERY unbalanced for almost the first half of the recording.
ARMS is balanced properly and has an additional 15-20 seconds of tape after the show.
Tecumseh runs too fast and has a tape stretch in the beginning of You Shook Me that isn't found on the other titles.
Empress Valley is similar to ARMS. It starts off with a split second of extra tape but lacks the last 23 seconds of tape.
Tarantura2000 starts off with the extra split second of tape but ends without any tape after the show. Something has been done to suppress the background noise, most notably between songs, which makes the sound strange. Heavily amplified.
Wendy is similar to Tarantura2000 in content, but has the familiar metallic sound that's so common to Wendy's catalog.
5-30-69
Drive Me Insane (Scorpio), Early Days, Latter Days (no label) & Legendary Fillmore Tapes Volume 2 (Savage Beast)
Savage Beast's title runs too fast. Communication Breakdown runs incredibly fast.
Although EDLD runs close to the proper speed, it's Communication Breakdown runs a little fast.
Scorpio's title has an unnecessary glitch in How Many More Time. It is otherwise identical to EDLD.
6-16-69 BBC
BBC (LSD), BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions (Empress Valley), Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant), Complete BBC Sessions (Empress Valley), Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Lost BBC Sessions (Led Note), Real Complete BBC Sessions: 1969 (Tarantura2000), & Secret History of Led Zeppelin (Scorpio)
Immigrant's title isn't quite as good as the others compared. It's missing a few seconds before Communication Breakdown and has tape problems while the song is ending. The last 3 seconds of Something Else are missing too. The interview seems to be amplified a little while the songs are not.
Empress Valley's CBBCRS debuts thirty seconds of tape before Communication Breakdown that are not on any of the older titles.
EV's reissue of CBBCRS comes six months after their original and uses the same discs.
Tarantura2000's title has the extra thirty seconds found on EV, plus it has another nine seconds preceding them. It's amplified a bit more than EV.
EV's "Complete BBC Sessions" reissues the audio from CBBCRS.
EV's "BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions" reuses the same discs as their previous reissue.
6-19-69
Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant) & Hideaway (Nienerwald)
Nienerwald's title has all three tracks, taken from the video. Immigrant only has the non-rehearsal track of Communication Breakdown, in similar quality.
6-20-69
Blighty (Tarantura2000), Decree of Love (Wendy), & Newcastle 1969 Plus (Graf Zeppelin)
These titles are similar in audio content and tape generation, but Tarantura2000's sound is very poor. It has been highly altered to suppress sound. The results are poor.
6-24-69 BBC
BBC (LSD), BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions (Empress Valley), Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant), Complete BBC Sessions (Empress Valley), Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Lost BBC Sessions (Led Note), Real Complete BBC Sessions: 1969 (Tarantura2000), Sunday Radio (Merry Melody), Traveling Riverside Blues (Pageboys), & Winterland (Living Legend)
Living Legend is from vinyl, is missing tape before the show, and is missing the last 4 seconds of Traveling Riverside Blues.
Immigrant is missing several seconds of tape before the set. There are tape problems during the end of What Is and What Should Never Be. Traveling Riverside Blues has a few glitches. It is from tape and has excellent sound.
Pageboys is missing the tape between songs and is also missing the end of Whole Lotta Love. It is from tape.
LSD is missing Traveling Riverside Blues.
Empress Valley's CBBCRS is highly similar to Led Note.
EV's reissue of CBBCRS comes six months after their original and uses the same discs.
Tarantura2000's title has removed one of the Chris Grant comments for some reason, and has done something very odd with the sound during the end of What, the beginning of Travelling, and the end of Travelling too. Very strange. The show is followed by a one minute interview between Chris and Jimmy.
EV's "Complete BBC Sessions" reissues the audio from CBBCRS.
Merry Melody's title is missing the last 9 seconds of Whole Lotta Love, the last 2 seconds of What, and is missing a little non musical tape in two other places. It is very poor sounding.
EV's "BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions" reuses the same discs as their previous reissue.
6-27-69 BBC Rock Hour
BBC (LSD), BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions (Empress Valley), BBC/Wavelength: Best of the Rock Hour (Empress Valley), BBC Rock Hour (Bumble Bee), BBC Sessions (LSD), BBC Transcription Service (no label), Best of the Rock Hour (Empress Valley), Complete '69 BBC Classics (Immigrant), Complete BBC Sessions (Empress Valley), Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Led One-Hour Radio Special (Boleskine), Real Complete BBC Sessions: 1969 (Tarantura2000), Rock Hour (Antrabata), & White Summer (Swingin' Pig)
There are two types of releases for this date. The first is almost entirely music. The second is the actual broadcast version that includes interview and commercials/comedy sketch.
LSD's "BBC" (4cd), Swingin' Pig, and Immigrant contain the first type. The music on these are much louder than the broadcast versions. These releases do not have the three glitches in the early part of Dazed and White Summer is complete.
With the exception of Bumble Bee's title, the releases mentioned here for the broadcast version all contain tape glitches in Dazed and are missing 16 seconds of White Summer. Bumble Bee is the first broadcast release not to have these flaws.
The BBC Transcription Service title seems to be a direct copy of Antrabata.
The regular broadcast versions are all similar in sound and non musical content.
Empress Valley's CBBCRS is complete and in good form.
EV's reissue of CBBCRS comes six months after their original and uses the same discs.
Boleskine's title is a relatively recent rebroadcast of the original, minus the sketch, with an extra introduction and exit by another DJ. It's highly amplified.
Tarantura2000 tweaked the sound in bad ways on this title. The efforts to suppress the background noise have made it so unnatural that it stands out much worse in comparison to the original sound. It's not just the background being damaged, as it affects the music as well to varying degrees. It's really bad just twenty-five seconds into Quit, essentially creating glitches. It's at it's worst during the entirety of White Summer. And if that's not bad enough, there's a distinct "ping" sound in the right channel near 1:07 in Communication Breakdown, and another one during Dazed near 9:17. There are likely others too. Don't expect a replacement disc. These are not unintentional flaws, it's the way T2K wanted collectors to hear it. This isn't uncommon for this label.
EV's "Complete BBC Sessions" reissues the audio from CBBCRS.
EV's "BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions" reuses the same discs as their previous reissue.
EV's simultaneous release of "BBC/Wavelength: Best of the Rock Hour" and "Best of the Rock Hour" use the same discs for this show, which is the American broadcast. It removes most of Alan Black, the long interview, and the commercials. All of Robert's talk after the show has been removed. It's sound is similar to other releases.
7-5-69
Atlanta International Pop Festival 1969 (Graf Zeppelin), Atlanta Pop Festival 1969 (no label), Fuckin' Spirit (Melvin Records), & Rocks In Atlanta (Empress Valley)
EV includes the opening tape stretch while the others have removed it. EV, Graf, and no label kept the other stretches at the cuts. Melvin has edited the cut after White Summer. EV runs a tiny bit slower than the other titles and hasn't been amplified. Melvin has been amplified quite a bit.
7-6-69, sources 1, 2, & 3
Battle of LZ & JBG (Empress Valley), Jazz (no label), Jazz But Rock (Tarantura2000), Live At the Newport Jazz Festival (Empress Valley), New Port '69 (Black Swan), Newport Jazz Festival 1969 (Graf Zeppelin 2009 & 2016), & Tales From '69 (Tarantura)
Black Swan comes from the first tape source and runs fast. It's missing a few seconds of the introduction and at after Shook. It doesn't capture all of Communication Breakdown or any of Long Tall Sally.
EV's "Battle" is strictly from source. While it does run the proper speed and contains the few missing non-musical seconds, it's sound is horrible. EV has done something to the sound that's hard to explain, but the issue is easy to hear upon listening to the entire show. It's particularly bad and noticeable after the first and fifteenth minutes of HMMT.
Tarantura2000's title is a two source mix, relying on source one as it's foundation and source two for the gaps. Source two is used for the introduction, the completion of Communication Breakdown, and Long Tall Sally. Sound suppression starts during the introduction. It becomes very heavy during source one and continues throughout the remainder of the source tape. The tampering is constantly evident and is most noticeable between tracks during clapping and quite moments (sounding metallic).
Graf's 2009 title (one disc) is also a two source mix, using the first two sources. It's primary tape is the first source. It's sound is typical quality.
Graf's 2016 title (two discs) repeats the 2009 title for it's first disc. It's second disc is strictly source two and doesn't have any errors.
Jazz, Tarantura, and EV's "Newport Jazz" come from the second source and have the full show. Jazz has a digital glitch in the introduction, a drop in Dazed, and a digital glitch in You Shook Me. None of those problems are present on Tarantura or EV. Most titles are cut after Shook, but Tarantura is missing 29 seconds of tape & Robert talking. Empress has a slight cut/repeat as Robert introduces himself during How Many More Times. Tarantura runs too fast, has less tape after the show, and doesn't seem to be quite as clear as the other two titles. Jazz and EV have similar sound in music and background noise.
Masterport debuts the third tape and has been degenerated some with the "metallic" sound. It only has the first three songs but Dazed isn't complete.
7-20-69
Cleveland 1969 (TDOLZ), Destroyer 1969 (Tarantura & Wendy), Moon Landing (Empress Valley), Musicarnival (Graf Zeppelin), & Musicarnival 1969 (no label)
TDOLZ has some dropouts during White Summer, the right channel missing for three minutes, and some more drops during Shook. Tarantura edited the drops but didn't correct for the right channel. Wendy edited out the drops, corrected the right channel during White Summer, and even has an extra half second of music before Shook's first cut. TDOLZ has been amplified a little more than the others.
Graf's title is very similar to Wendy, but is missing a half second at the cut during Shook.
No label's title misses the half second of Shook at the first cut. It's sound is similar to Wendy.
EV's title misses the half second of Shook at the first cut. It's sound is similar to Wendy.
7-21-69
Complete Central Park (Sanctuary), Live At Central Park (Empress Valley), Schaefer Music Festival (Rock Calender & Graf Zeppelin), Twist (no label), & Woody Woodrocker Show (Tarantura2000)
Rock Calender is missing too much of Train and doesn't sound as good as Twist. Twist does not sound as good as Sanctuary. Sanctuary sounds great and has a little more tape than RC and Twist. It has a brief sound change during the beginning of How Many More Times.
Tarantura2000 doesn't have the sound change during How Many More Times, but is preceded by a cut/repeat instead. They've censored the tape after the show, removing the taper's comments. It's sound hasn't been equalized as high as Sanctuary.
Empress Valley's title seems to be sourced from the same tape copy as Tarantura2000. They both have a couple extra split seconds of tape not found on older titles. They both have a new tape problem just before Sanctuary's problem during HMMT, but don't have the sound change experienced on Sanctuary (It's less annoying than the problem found on Sanctuary's title). EV didn't edit the tape trouble with a cut/repeat like Tarantura2000, but they do cut out the taper's comments after the show. EV's tape isn't amplified as high as Sanctuary.
Graf Zeppelin's title is the most complete version yet. It has the extra tape found on EV and T2K, yet it is not censored after the show. It has all known tape. The sound is similar to Sanctuary.
7-25-69
I've Got You Under My Skin (Tarantura2000, original and reissue), Love Letter From Canada 1969 (Wendy), Midwest Rock Festival (Graf Zeppelin 2009 & 2021 issues), Midwest Rock Festival 1969 (no label), State Fair (Digger Productions), & Stroll On (TDOLZ)
Digger is missing most of the introduction, a dozen seconds after Dazed, and five seconds after How Many More Times. The title runs just a hair faster than it should.
TDOLZ misses Robert saying "say good night" at the beginning of How Many More Times. Their tape has been amplified a fair bit.
Graf's 2009 title is similar in content to TDOLZ, but still misses "say" from the beginning of How Many More Times. It's sound is similar to TDOLZ.
Tarantura2000 has all of the known tape and has similar sound to Graf and TDOLZ.
Tarantuar2000's reissue uses the same disc as the original.
Graf's 2021 2cd title offers a new version and a reissue of their original. The new version contains all known tape. The sound is similar to the original, and to T2K.
No label's title contains all known tape and is extremely similar to Graf's 2021 new version.
Wendy's title is similar in content and sound as no label.
8-8-69
Get High Be Free (Tarantura2000, original and reissue), Legendary Guitar Amp Tapes (Graf Zeppelin), Live At Central Park (Empress Valley), Summer of '69 (Rubber Dubber), & Wrath of the Gods (Wendy)
Rubber Dubber is missing several seconds of tape and is over amplified. Empress Valley and Tarantura2000 are complete. EV isn't amplified as much as the other two.
Tarantuar2000's reissue uses the same disc as the original.
Wendy's release is the least complete version available. It misses a little of the introduction, misses six seconds of the excited audience and Robert talking after Dazed, removes seven seconds of Shook at the cut, inserts a cut after Shook and then repeats four seconds, and then cuts out four seconds early while Robert is speaking after the show.
Graf's title has the same content as EV and Tarantura2000. It's not as heavily equalized as T2k.
8-17-69
Legendary Guitar Amp Tapes (Graf Zeppelin), Miami Image Club (Wendy), Red Snapper Deluxe (Balboa), & Tales From '69 (Tarantura)
Wendy has ten extra seconds of tape after Quit than the other titles and runs a touch faster. Tarantura created a false introduction and amplified their tape some. There seems to be no difference in tape generation between these titles, just a difference in equalization.
Graf's title similar in content to Wendy, but is equalized a little differently.
8-18-69 First Show
Absolutely Gems (Sanctuary), Complete Rock Pile Tapes (TCOLZ), Complete Rockpile Shows (The Symbols), & Rockpile Tapes (Badgeholders)
These titles are similar in content. The Symbols has an instance of digital interference during Dazed. Badgeholders has the familiar metallic sound, ranging from little to very heavy at times.
8-18-69 Second Show, sources 1 & 2
Absolutely Gems (Sanctuary), Complete Rock Pile Tapes (TCOLZ), Complete Rockpile Shows (The Symbols), Hideaway (Nienerwald), & Rockpile Tapes (Badgeholders)
TCOLZ's third and fourth discs and the other titles are from the first source and are almost completely identical. The Symbol's title doesn't sound as good as the others. Nienerwald, Sanctuary, and Badgeholders have amplified their sound quite a bit.
TCOLZ's fifth disc debuts the second source.
8-31-69 soundboard and mixes
Don't Mess With Texas (Oh Boy), Ladies and Gentlemen (Empress Valley), Only Way To Fly (Empress Valley, 2cd), Plays Pure Blues (Whoopy Cat reissue), Plays Pure Bob (Tarantura2000), Sixty Nine Special (Empress Valley), Texas Blues (Godfatherecords), & Texas International Pop Festival (EV original and reissue, LSD, Oh Boy, TCOLZ, no label three issues, & Wendy)
The only difference between the Oh Boy titles is the artwork.
The difference between Oh Boy and LSD is LSD's slightly amplified sound.
The Whoppy Cat reissue has the same quality and content as the other single source titles.
Empress Valley's liner notes for "Only Way To Fly" refer to disc two being from "the original mixing desk recording." It is not the original recording, because it includes another "original recording" as well, making it a two source mixture. Almost the entire first minute is not from the board (never been available from board), but from the first audience tape. The disc is mostly from the "board," but it also includes more of the audience recording to fill actual/true/real gaps. EV's sound is slightly better than previous titles from the board. It may or may not be due to a better generation of tape.
Empress Valley's release titled "Texas International Pop Festival" is a two source mix, using the first audience tape to fill gaps in the board.
Godfather's title is another mix, using the soundboard as the primary tape and the first audience tape as the filler. How Many More Times and Communication Breakdown have sections of digital clicks.
TCOLZ's fourth disc is strictly from the soundboard. It's virtually identical to Oh Boy and LSD.
EV's second disc of Ladies and Gentlemen reissues the audio from their dvd-a release.
The 2017 no label title releases the soundboard. Unlike the others, it has a minor cut after HMMT and misses a second. It's otherwise pretty similar to the other sb only releases.
The 2018 no label release identifies itself as a "matrix," simultaneously mixing the soundboard and an audience tape. When the soundboard is unavailable, just the audience tape is heard.
Tarantura2000's second disc of the title features the soundboard with audience mixed in to complete the introduction, Dazed, and How Many More Times. Too much of the soundboard tape is lost at the long overlapping splices. It's been amplified a bit.
The 2019 no label release is a reissue from their 2018 title.
EV's "Sixty Nine Special" appears to be a direct copy of the 2018 no label release. It's a stereo matrix simultaneously mixing the soundboard and an audience tape.
Empress Valley's 2021 release titled "Texas International Pop Festival" is a reissue, using the same discs from 2006.
Wendy's title is based on the soundboard and filled with audience tapes. It's equalized differently and is one of their "multiband remasters."
8-31-69 audience source 1
Ladies and Gentlemen (Empress Valley), Only Way To Fly (Empress Valley, 2cd), Plays Pure Bob (Tarantura & Tarantura2000), & Texas International Pop Festival (TCOLZ, 4cd)
Tarantura, Tarantura2000's first disc, and TCOLZ's disc one are strictly from the first audience source and are highly similar.
Empress Valley's liner notes refer to disc one being from "the original reel to reel recording from the photographer's pit (audience)." It is not the original recording of the first audience source, because it includes another "original recording" as well, making it a two source mixture. The soundboard is used to fill in a musical gap in How Many More Times. EV's music and background noise are slightly louder than Tarantura's. It isn't likely due to a difference in tape generation.
EV's first disc of Ladies and Gentlemen reissues the audio from their original release.
8-31-69 audience source 2
Led Zeppelin Eyes Big Crowd (Tarantura2000), & Texas International Pop Festival (TCOLZ, 4cd)
Tarantura2000's title debuts the second audience source. It unfortunately has several micro cut/repeats throughout.
TCOLZ's disc two is from the second audience source. It does not have the micro cut/repeats found in Tarantura2000. However, TCOLZ has a different situation around three of them. There's a little squeak that can be hear from one channel to the next. It's very silent, but it can't be denied. Still, it's much better than the annoying micro cut/repeats. TCOLZ's sound is similar to Tarantura2000's, but not as amplified.
TCOLZ's disc three is also source two, but it's missing eighteen minutes and it's sound is very degenerated.
10-10-69, emcee/deejay included
Ain't No Fool (Black Dog Rekords, BDR-003), L'Olympia (Godfatherecords), Olympia 1969 (no label), One Night Stand In Paris (TCOLZ, 2cd), Paris Olympia 1969 (Wendy), & Paris Par Excellence (Empress Valley)
Wendy, Empress, and the no label titles were released almost simultaneously and are almost identical in content. Wendy, Empress Valley, and Black Dog Rekords have evidence of a slight cut after Quit. EV and Black Dog Rekords have greatly amplified the recording, the "no label" version is slightly less, and Wendy mostly left it alone.
TCOLZ's second disc is pretty much identical to the other emcee versions. It's not over-amplified.
10-10-69, emcee/deejay excluded
Ain't No Fool (Black Dog Rekords, BDR-002), Good Times Bad Times (Scorpio), Heavy Blues (Empress Valley), L'Olympia (Godfatherecords), Olympia 1969 (no label original and reissue), One Night Stand In Paris (TCOLZ, 2cd), & Valkyrie's Vigil: In the Act of Invoking the Spirit (Tarantura2000)
Black Dog Rekords's first release (BDR-002) and Godfatherecord's titles have removed (chopped out) the French emcee and the underlying music. In the process, a few extra seconds were removed too. BDR has significantly amplified the tape.
Scorpio replaced the emcee with music from a different show.
TCOLZ's first disc does not contain any emcee commentary. It's the pre-broadcast tape.
"Olympia 1969" and Tarantura2000 are also from the pre-broadcast tape and don't contain emcee commentary. The no label "Olympia 1969" was reissued using the same content as their original release from twenty months earlier.
EV's title contains all the usual material but adds in Moby Dick from the official release. It's amplified quite a bit over TCOLZ.
10-12-69
At the Lyceum Theatre London 1969 (Wendy), Ballroom Blitz (World Production of Compact Music), Good Times Bad Times (Scorpio), Live At the Lyceum In London (Graf Zeppelin), Lyceum (Cobra), Lyceum Preview (Immigrant), Triumphant UK Return (Empress Valley), & UK 10-12-69 (Totanka)
Immigrant's title is from vinyl, has poor sound, and may run a little fast. The four tape stretches and unique background noises near the taper have been completely removed. Audience cheering has been pasted in a couple of places, including after the end of How Many More Times.
Ballroom Blitz is similar to Immigrant's title. It has the same edits but is better sounding. Still, the sound has been amplified too much.
Totanka runs a little slow.
Cobra's version does not remove the stretches, has a small fade out at the end of the show, and has excellent sound.
Empress Valley's tape is almost identical to Cobra, but has some exceptions. It has 2 cut and repeats during What Is and What Should Never Be. (The second one is barley noticeable.) There's no fade out at the end of the tape. It's music and background noise are a tiny hair louder than Cobra (no tape gen difference).
Scorpio's title does not remove the stretches, does not fade out at the end of the show, and has excellent sound similar to Cobra.
Graf's title is highly similar to Scorpio in content and sound.
10-17-69
At Carnegie Hall 1969 (Wendy), Black Beauty (Graf Zeppelin, 2cd), Carnegie Hall 1969 (EV & no label), Empire State of Mind (EV, 2cd), Plays Black Beauty (Tarantura2000), & Starting Show of North American Tour Autumn 1969 (Wisteria)
Most of these titles are all similar in content and have small differences in sound due to equalization. Graf, EV's Empire, and Tarantura2000 all offer a "mastered" second disc, which both have been amplified a little louder than the rest. EV's Empire and Tarantura2000's "mastered" versions have removed the tape stretches. EV's Empire "flat transfer version" is likely a reissue of the audio from their original issue. Tarantura2000's "raw un-remastered" version has removed the stretches like their remastered version.
Wisteria has removed 14" of the introduction, removed the tape stretches, and has placed a tick/glitch at three track changes, similar to most of their titles.
10-30-69
Buffalo Sixtynine (New Plastic Records, 1cd), Headliner (Magnificent Disc, 1cd), & When a Glass was Thrown (Tarantura2000, original & reissue)
The two single cd titles have problems with the right channel after Dazed, continuing through White Summer. Both are missing What and Moby. HMMT is cut short on all titles and includes a very long fade out.
NPR's title runs too fast. Mag Disc's title runs at the proper speed, but has a metallic sound throughout the title. It is especially noticeable during How Many More Times. This title could have been copied from NPR and then edited.
Tarantura2000's title offers the two extra songs and has a few extra seconds in the introduction. It's Dazed is cut (missing almost two seconds) and later has a brief spot of static - these problems are not found on the two prior releases of this show. It's White Summer has a micro cut/repeat that isn't found on the earlier titles. It's HMMT has a ridiculously long fade out. Tarantura2000's title runs at the proper speed, doesn't have any metallic sounds within it, and doesn't have channel problems.
Tarantura2000's reissue uses original discs left over from the first release.
Graf's title is the most complete version of this show. It doesn't have the problems introduced by Tarantura2000. It has a half second more of White Summer and a dozen seconds more of HMMT, without a fade. It's been amplified a tiny amount over Tarantura2000's.
11-2-69
Back In Toronto (Graf Zeppelin), Beast of Toronto (Immigrant), Draw Like Heavy Magnet (Graf Zeppelin), Good Time Jimmy's Got the Blues (Tarantura2000), Listen To My Bluebird (IQ), Love Letter From Canada 1969 (Wendy), O'Keefe Centre 1969 Late Show (no label), & Tront Cowgirls (Empress Valley)
Immigrant, IQ, and Graf's Magnet are all based on the original shorter tape. They mostly share the same cuts and sound. IQ has a little more content after Moby than the others.
A longer version of this source was released in January 2022. It offers about seventeen minutes more tape. It's musical contributions are another eighty seconds of Dazed, seven minutes of Moby Dick, C'Mon Everybody, and Something Else.
Graf's "Back In Toronto," EV, no label, Wendy, and Tarantura2000 are all from the longer version of this source. They are similar in content and sound, but have minor differences in equalization. The sound seems at least a little cleaner than the shorter tape.
11-5-69
Birth of the Gods (Elrond), Centralien (Wendy), Good Time Jimmy's Got the Blues (Tarantura2000), Miami Image Club (Wendy), Soars On Buffalo 1969 (Graf Zeppelin), & Tales From '69 (Tarantura)
Elrond runs slow and is a little muffled in places.
Tarantura runs at the proper speed, has much clearer sound, but has a major tape problem during Heartbreaker. The tape problem shouldn't be there and seems to be a mistake by the person mastering the copy. They've pasted in an extra second after HMMT, from after Dazed.
Wendy's Centralian runs at the proper speed and clearer than Balboa too. It has a little tape before the show unlike the older titles, debuts a few extra seconds after Heartbreaker, and debuts a half second of the first note of Dazed.
Wendy's Miami is almost identical to their Centralien.
Graf's title is almost identical to Wendy.
Tarantura2000's title is mostly similar in content to Wendy and Graf, but they've resequenced Heartbreaker (without mentioning in liner notes) and have amplified the sound quite a bit. T2k later issued a replacement disc to correct the sequencing mistake (TCD-227RE / TCE-8987).
No label's title begins with almost two seconds of tape before the show that's not found elsewhere. It seems to have a cut and small repeat at the beginning of Heartbreaker. It's slightly less amplified than Graf and Wendy.
11-6-69, source 1
Blow Up (Immigrant), End of '69 (Whole Lotta Live), Final Winterland (TCOLZ), Punk (Tarantura), Room 2/3 (IQ), & Winterland 1969 1st Night (no label)
Blow Up's sound is really inferior and it's How Many More Times may not completely be from this show. End of '69 is a copy of Tarantura's "Punk" and both are very unbalanced and seem to run a little slow. IQ is better sounding than these others. These four titles all have a tape problem that starts after Dazed and lasts for most of the remainder of the show, and are all missing about three minutes of Moby Dick.
TCOLZ doesn't have the long tape problem, has all of Moby, and is better sounding than the other titles. It may be one generation closer to the master.
No label's 4cd title features the first source on cds3&4, although the liner notes state it's source two. It is the first mix to cd based on source one. Good effort was made to preserve the main source at splices.
11-6-69, source 2
Final Winterland (TCOLZ), Good Old Led Zeppelin: Something Else (Tarantura2000), Stand Up Sit Down Up There Settle Down: Winter of Our Content Day 1 (Tarantura2000), Winterland 1969 1st Night (no label), & Winterland Party (Wendy)
Wendy debuts source two on silver disc. The second source is the foundation of this title, but no effort was made to use as much of it as possible. "What Is…" comes from source one. Some extra source one is mixed in between songs. No metallic sound on this release. (Please see Wendy under the label list for further comments about this title and their other releases.)
TCOLZ is strictly source two.
Tarantura2000's "Good Old" title is also a two source mix, relying on source two as the primary tape. Source one is used in a few spots between songs and also for "What Is…" Not all of source two was used.
Tarantura2000's "Stand Up" title is a mix based on source two, and this time they make full use of that tape. It's sound level is similar to TCOLZ.
No label's 4cd title features the second source on cds1&2, although the liner notes state it's source two. Good effort was made to preserve the main source at splices.
11-7-69, source 1
Final Winterland (TCOLZ), Good Old Led Zeppelin: Heartbreaker (Tarantura2000), Return To San Francisco (Graf Zeppelin), Room 2/3 (IQ), Winter of Our Content (Missing Link)
These titles are very similar, with the exception being IQ's beginning of White Summer. It contains some digital problems.
TCOLZ isn't as amplified as much as the others and is slightly more complete.
Graf's title is highly similar to TCOLZ and has been amplified some.
11-7-69, source 2
Final Winterland 1969 2nd Night (no label), Rare Magic (Empress Valley), Return To San Francisco (Graf Zeppelin), Stand Up Sit Down Up There Settle Down: Winter of Our Content Day 2 (Tarantura2000), & Winter In Winterland 1969 (Wisteria)
These five titles are based on source two, at least use source one to fill Moby Dick, and they all have similar sound.
No label's title is a very seems to be complete offering of what's available from source two.
EV's title is pretty much identical in content and sound to no label.
Wisteria is missing a bit of the introduction and has cuts at most of the track changes on the first disc and one on the second disc.
Graf's title fills White Summer, but misses about five seconds of source two.
Tarantura200's title fills White Summer's gap with source one, displacing about five seconds of source two. They decide to fake some of the tape before Babe, patching in tape from after the song and presumably from elsewhere of the tape, while cutting out a drum beat from the natural tape in the process.
12-6-69
Centralian (Wendy, 2cd), Chatenay-Malabry 1969 (no label, 4cd), Final Rendez-Vous (Godfatherecords), Les Rendez-vous de Paris (Empress Valley, 2cd), LZ Au Gala De L'Ecole (Graf Zeppelin, 4cd original and reissue), No Cancellation! (Akashic), Seconds After Catching Fire (Tarantura2000), & This is Jimmy (Boleskine)
All of these titles are highly similar in content. Some adjust for the brief dip in Communication Breakdown. Almost all amplify the sound and share some degrees of the "metallic" sound in the background.
EV and Wendy are pretty similar in sound, with EV's being amplified a little more. Neither of these sound as good as the two four cd titles.
Chatenay-Malabry calls their discs 3 and 4 the "original master," but there's little difference between it and their first two cds. The first two discs are the "remaster" and are amplified a little louder than the "original master." The "original master" is the least loud set of all the releases. It has the same sounds in the background as the rest.
Graf's title labels their discs as remasters one and two. The second remaster is amplified a little more than the first.
Godfather's title isn't amplified as much as the others. The louder clapping after songs has been suppressed.
Akashic, Boleskine, and Taratura2000 are all highly amplified, have the same background sound as the other, and don't offer anything not previously found on the other titles.
Graf's 2021 title is a reissue, using the same discs from 2013.