3-5-71
911117 (Tarantura2000), Back To the Clubs Belfast 1971 (Wendy, original and reissue), Black Helmet (Sharaku), Black Velvet (Empress Valley), & How the North Was Won: Ireland (Empress Valley)
EV was the first to release this show on cd, on "Black Velvet." They have "completed" songs from different shows. EV doesn't bother to tell us that this is a multiple show mix.
Tarantura2000 is strictly from the one concert. The screeching sound (faulty tape recording equipment) that starts during Stairway has been carefully removed from this release.
Sharaku is identical to Tarantura2000.
Wendy is identical to Tarantura2000.
There's no tape generation difference between these titles. EV has amplified theirs, bringing up the music and background noise.
Wendy reissued their title in January 2017.
EV's "Ireland" from the How the North Was Won box is very similar to their original release, mixing shows without mention. They've removed the screeching sound from Stairway this time. The end of the second disc contains five of the tracks without mixing in other shows. A third disc is included (“cd1 re-edit”) that doesn't have the screeching during Going To California, and maybe some other minor differences.
3-6-71
911117 (Tarantura2000), Black Helmet (Sharaku), Black Velvet (Empress Valley), Crazed Attack (no label), Heavyweight Champion (Empress Valley), & Performance of Kells (Wendy)
Crazed Attack was the first cd issue of this show. Going To California, What Is and What Should Never Be, and Rock & Roll are all largely incomplete on the master tape.
Empress Valley has "completed" the incomplete songs from different shows. The first few seconds of What Is and What Should Never Be are from the previous night. The remainder of the balance is not from March 5th or 6th. A second source for March 6th is not known. EV doesn't bother to tell us that this is a multiple show mix. They have amplified their title, bringing up the music and background noise.
Tarantura2000's title is almost completely identical to Crazed Attack. They are both missing a little tape before and after the show, but these are not necessarily valuable passages. Both are missing about 30 seconds of tape after Moby Dick. EV has these sections and they seem to be genuine.
Sharaku barely differs from Taratura2000. It has a couple extra instances of digital static and includes some non show related audio in the middle of Black Dog, that's apparently cut from the other titles.
EV's Heavyweight Champion is even worse than their first. It reissues all of the audio from Black Velvet, except for part of Rock and Roll that was actually from the sixth. The first part, from an unknown show, is still present and is still not mentioned in the liner notes.
Wendy's title is mostly the same familiar tape, but has some other tape too. Since contains a fifteen second splice to a different show (the prior night) and is not mentioned in the liner notes. Black debuts an extra ten seconds at it's cut. Another splice is made after Moby to an unmentioned show or an alternate tape. The first tape stretch in WLL seems to be edited. It has more tape after the show than the other titles, just under one minute. It's sound has been amplified just a little more than T2K.
EV's "Ireland" from the How the North Was Won box seems to be an audio clone of Wendy. The splicing out to the prior night during Since is not mentioned.
4-1-71, mono
BBC 1971 (Moonchild), BBC Archives (Scorpio, 4cd), BBC In Concert JRK Remaster (Empress Valley), BBC Sessions (LSD, 5cd), BBC Sessions 1971 (no label, 6cd), Real Complete BBC Sessions: 1971 (Tarantura2000), & Stairway To Heaven (Cobra, 2cd)
LSD's first two cds of "BBC Sessions" and Scorpio's first two cds ("FM Edit Master") contain the tape in mono. The 2016 no label's cds 1-2 ("Japanese Pre-FM") and cds 5-6 ("German FM") are also the mono tapes. Moonchild's title is also mono and almost identical to LSD's mono. LSD, Cobra, and the no label's cds 1-2 are similar in content, having much of the talk removed between songs. The no label, LSD, and Moonchild titles are missing the "Tea At Night" medley during Whole Lotta Love (Cobra is likely missing it too), shortening the song by one minute. The no label titles' cds 5-6 are even shorter, missing more tape between songs and the one minute from WLL. Scorpio's introduction is slightly different from it's stereo version and has about a 17" cut/repeat after Dazed. It's not missing tape between songs and cannot be considered an "edit" for broadcast.
Scorpio and the no label releases are fairly similar in sound quality.
Tarantura2000's title is plagued with problems, most likely due to being highly amplified while trying to suppress the background noise. The music gets overblown and causes loud static and glitches during Dazed and other places. There's splicing to different quality of tapes as well, and gets super poor sounding after What. It is easily the worst release of the mono tape.
EV's JRK Remaster is similar in content and sound to many of the others.
4-1-71, stereo
BBC (ARM "2nd edition" & LSD 4cd), BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions (Empress Valley), BBC Archives (Scorpio 4cd), BBC In Concert (FSS), BBC Sessions (LSD 5cd), BBC Sessions 1971 (no label, 6cd), BBC Zep (Antrabata "2nd edition" & Tarantura), Complete BBC Sessions (Empress Valley), Complete British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sessions (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Real Complete BBC Sessions: BBC Zep (Tarantura2000), & Valkyrie's Vigil: Never Was an Angel in Heaven (Tarantura2000)
LSD's two different stereo issues do not contain a complete Dazed and Confused. "BBC" is missing 10 seconds and repeats almost 45 seconds. "BBC Sessions" is cut in the same area but doesn't have the repeat. Still, it misses the same 10 seconds.
The "BBC" title by ARM has discs bearing Antrabata's name (but nowhere else) and are "leftover discs" from the true Antrabata "2nd edition" release. (The packaging differs.) Antrabata's content is virtually identical to FSS. FSS's edit during Whole Lotta Love is better.
Tarantura is missing almost 3 minutes of tape between songs, misses a minute of WLL, and seems to be from a higher generation tape.
Scorpio's stereo ("Pre FM Master") version is also similar to the better titles of this group (Antrabata and FSS). It has a minor glitch during That's.
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 Angel title is very similar to Scorpio, but without the glitch.
The no label's cds 3-4 contain the stereo version. It is very complete and virtually identical to Scorpio, but runs about 1% slower. It too has the minor glitch in That's the Way.
Tarantura2000's BBC Zep isn't anywhere near as good as their prior release. It's been over amplified and causes static during Dazed and in other places. There's a brief sound change after the first minute in Heartbreaker, even though no other title does this. Since I've Been Loving You has a very strange sound in the left channel near the forty-five second mark. There's just too many unnecessary problems with this title.
EV's "Complete BBC Sessions" reissues the audio from CBBCRS.
FSS, Scorpio, Empress Valley, and Tarantura2000's Angel are all very similar. EV's title runs a hair slower and is amplified a touch more.
EV's "BBC/Wavelength: Complete BBC Radio Sessions" reuses the same discs as their previous reissue.
Excluding Tarantura, these stereo titles all sound very good.
5-3-71
Bringer of War (Empress Valley), Copenhagen 1971 (Cobra & no label), How the North Was Won: Denmark (Empress Valley), In Concert In Copenhagen (Empress Valley), K B (Image Quality), Loove! (Tarantura), Previews & Novelties (Equinox), The 2nd European Tour (Whole Lotta Live), Stick Out! (no label), Storm and the Fury (Empress Valley), & Wonderful Copenhagen (Wendy)
The Whole Lotta Live title is a direct copy of Tarantura.
Equinox, Wendy, and Stick Out are the only titles not cut 15 minutes into Dazed and Confused. Tarantura is missing 4 seconds of tape at the cut. IQ has a second of silence at the cut but does not seem to be missing any time.
Equinox is the only title that doesn't have a short sentence pasted after Gallows Pole. The sentence is not found anywhere else on these titles. It does seem to be from the same tape source.
All titles are cut after Communication Breakdown, but Tarantura is missing almost 10 seconds of tape and then repeats 5 seconds.
EV's In Concert has all of the usual cuts, plus two extra. It too is cut during the 15th minute of Dazed and has the short sentence after Gallows Pole. This title does have 8 extra seconds of tape after Black Dog before being cut, but it could possibly be the result of good editing.
Equinox has a few extra seconds of tape after the show than the others. "Previews & Novelties" sounds a tiny bit better than IQ and EV, but Tarantura sounds a tiny bit better than Equinox. Wendy's sound is pretty much identical to Equinox. The sound differences are not likely due to a difference in generation of tape.
Stick Out has the usual cuts/drops, with some being edited. It has the full RP comment after Gallows that is sometimes fully or partially missing. The sound is the typical excellent quality.
EV's Bringer of War is a reissue of In Concert and has the same cd times.
No label's Copenhagen 1971 title is almost identical in content and sound to Stick Out. They've edited the cuts a little.
EV's Storm title is very similar to their prior title. It includes a third disc that repeats the first disc, but with the cut in Dazed edited. Both discs one and three have the small cut/repeat after Black. It's sound is similar to Stick Out.
EV's "Denmark" from the How the North Was Won box contains this show and is highly similar to their prior release of "Storm and the Fury." The only difference between the two titles seems to be that this newer one is slightly faster.
5-4-71
Kif Man Kiford Tapes (Empress Valley), How the North Was Won: Denmark (Empress Valley), Live In Odense 1971 (Graf Zeppelin and "replacement discs"), Odense 1971 (no label, Empress Valley, & Moonchild), Odense 1971 Master Cassette (no label), Odense Master (Empress Valley), Sigils (Tarantura2000), & Walpurgisnacht (Wendy)
Graf, no label, Wendy, and EV's "Odense 1971" were among the initial releases of this show in September 2022 and are all highly similar. Graf was the only title that didn't have the digital tick about halfway through Dazed. EV's "Kif Man" was the last of the initial releases and has truly horrible sound.
In October 2022, a supposedly better version of the tape was offered. Graf provided replacement discs and no label released their "Master Cassette" title. EV's released "Odense Master" as a four cd with an original and remaster versions. Graf's replacement discs (black and white picture discs with "Raw Tape Transfer" written on them) and the other label's second round of releases not only sound identical to each other, they sound like their first round of releases. Any differences between these titles would be minor.
Moonchild's title was released in November and it likely from the "master," like the October titles of other labels. Moonchild placed Black Dog on their title twice, back to back. It's sound is otherwise similar to the other titles.
EV's "Denmark" from the How the North Was Won box reissues the audio from their prior title, "Odense Master." The discs are new but the cd times are the same.
Tarantura2000's Sigils title has the show twice, one labeled "Raw Transfer" (Chaos Magic) and the other "Remastered Transfer" (Zoetic Grimoire of Zos). Both titles have the glitch midway in Dazed. The remastered title has placed two extra cuts after Whole Lotta Love and before Communcation Breakdown. It has been amplifed some over the "raw transfer."
7-5-71
Casino Royale (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Milan 1971 (no label), Montreux Casino Fire (Wendy), Short Cuts (Image Quality), & Stepmothers Club (Mad Dogs)
Mad Dogs is missing 4 seconds too many of the beginning of Since I've Been Loving You. It is also missing Dazed.
IQ may be missing a split second too much of the beginning of Since I've Been Loving You. It has a brief cut/repeat after the song. Dazed and Confused is just under six minutes, missing just over five minutes.
EV provides a brief four second introduction and an additional five plus minutes for Dazed and Confused.
EV's paper sleeve reissue uses discs from the original issue.
Wendy's title is pretty similar in content and sound to EV.
Mad Dogs' sound seems a bit better than IQ. EV's music and background noise are louder than IQ and Wendy.
Milan 1971 is a two source mix. It begins with source one for Since, missing the first four seconds, then continues source one through Black Dog. Then, the title switches to a new source for Dazed and debuts Whole Lotta Love.
8-7-71
Casino (Tarantura2000), Casino Royale (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Crystal Ball (Empress Valley), Montreux Casino 1971 (Graf Zeppelin), Montreux Casino Fire (Wendy), & Peter's PA (Black Dog Rekords)
BDR is missing some of the introduction, tape before Since I've Been Loving You, and the first dozen seconds of the song. It also contains a small handful of "micro cut/repeats" during the middle of Whole Lotta Love. There's a glitch during Immigrant Song. A few seconds of tape after the show have been faked. It's sound is not as good as it should be. The distortion can be heard easily during the quite portions of the tape.
EV's Casino is missing some of the introduction, tape before Since I've Been Loving You, and the first dozen seconds of the song. It also contains a small handful of "micro cut/repeats" during the middle of Whole Lotta Love. It's sound has been amplified quite a bit. It's music and background noise are much louder than BDR.
EV's 2009 reissue of Casino uses discs from the original issue.
Graf Zep, Tarantura2000, and Wendy's titles are more complete, lacking the many problems the other two titles share. Their sound is clearer than BDR and not amplified like EV's Casino.
EV's Crystal Ball 4cd box contains the show twice, but falsely claims it contains source two. The first two cds are noted as "source #1" and is a huge improvement of their Casino title, being as good as GZ, T2K, and Wendy. The last two cds are noted as being "source #2" but is strictly source one. While there are splices with sound changes, it always remains source one. Part of the tape has been cleaned up in at least one spot, but it's an overall downgrade from the honest versions of source one. The cuts/splices detract from the sound and tape has been cut out between songs in two places.
8-19-71, source 1
Death of Sleeping Beauty (Empress Valley), Live from Vancouver '71 (Graf Zeppelin), New Source Collection 1971 (Graf Zeppelin), & Wild West Side: Vancouver (Empress Valley, original and reissue)
EV's Death debuted Gallows Pole. Graf's New Source Collection 1971 offered Gallows along partial tracks of Stairway, Whole Lotta Love, and Rock and Roll. The sound seems pretty similar for the one song they share. Graf's Live from Vancouver '71 title reissued the four partial tracks.
EV's Wild West Side offers ninety-four minutes of the show, beginning with Since and ending after the show.
EV reissued the two discs from their WWS box bearing the same title.
8-19-71, source 2
Live from Vancouver '71 (Graf Zeppelin)
Graf's title is the only one to feature an isolated source two. It begins with the introduction and ends immediately after Gallows Pole.
8-19-71, mixes
Wild West Side Complete (Empress Valley) & Plenty of Action (Wendy)
EV's Wild West Side Complete offers two versions, A and B. Version A is based on source two and fills with source one. Version B is based on source one and fills with source two. A bit of source one is missed.
Wendy's title is based on source one and fills with source two. It does a better job of preserving source one than EV's version B.
8-21-71, source 1
7th American Tour (Whole Lotta Live), DX I ~ X (Mad Dogs), L.A. Forum 1971 (no label), Walk Don't Run (Tarantura), & Wild Weekend (TDOLZ)
Whole Lotta Live is a direct copy of the Tarantura. The tape starts out too fast but slows down some before the end of the title.
Mad Dogs and Tarantura are the shortest versions. They're both missing at least four minutes of tape. Mostly it's just tape between songs, but Mad Dogs does miss a couple of seconds of Dazed and Confused. Tarantura has a drop during Going To California that's not on the others. Mad Dogs contains two cut/repeats during Whole Lotta Love.
TDOLZ is missing 20 seconds of tape after Going To California and doesn't contain the two minutes after Rock and Roll.
The no label title is strictly source one. It's more complete than the other source one titles, but it's missing a note from Jimmy after What, has a micro cut/repeat after Weekend, and has less than half of the tape immediately following Rock and Roll than it should.
The sound is quite similar between these titles.
8-21-71, mixes
Firecracker Explosions (Empress Valley, original 2cd and both 4cd reissues), L.A. Forum 1971 1st Night (no label), New Source Collection 1971 (Graf Zeppelin), Walk Don't Run: Stairway To L.A. (Tarantura2000), & Wild West Side: Los Angeles (Empress Valley)
Empress Valley's Firecracker title is a mix of the first two sources. It's foundation is the first tape source. It uses the second starting after Stairway and ends during the beginning of That's the Way. (This adds in Celebration Day). About 75 seconds of tape after Rock and Roll is found for the first time here from source one. EV's two four cd reissues release the same audio content.
Tarantura2000's title is a mix of the first two sources with source one as it's primary source. It doesn't have the extra tape from source one after Rock and Roll, or from source two.
EV's Firecracker sound has been amplified a bit, but other than that, the sound is quite similar between these titles.
No labels 2022 title "1st Night" is a three source mix. It debuts the twenty-five minutes of source 3 as it's primary, then uses the five and a half minutes of source 2, then fills with source 1. There's a splice after Rock and Roll from source 1 to source 1. It seems it may be borrowing from EV to fill the gap in the prior no label title of this show.
Graf's title features only the source three songs, with Black Dog completed with source one. It's almost identical to no label's title, but has been amplified a little more.
EV's Wild West Side is pretty much the same exact content as no label's "1st Night" that's based on source three. It's been amplified a little.
8-22-71
Definitive Kingdom (Whole Lotta Live), Firecracker Explosions II (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Firecracker Explosions (Empress Valley, both 4cd reissues), Freak Out (TDOLZ), L.A. Forum 1971 (no label), Walk Don't Run (Mud Dogs, Tarantura, Tarantura2000, & Wendy), & Wild West Side: Los Angeles (Empress Valley)
Whole Lotta Live is a direct copy of the Tarantura. Tarantura's Dazed and Whole Lotta Love are cut, missing a total of 5 seconds. Thank You is also cut, with a repeat of about 15 seconds. Altogether, Tarantura is missing over six minutes of tape.
Mud Dog's Thank you has a cut approx 8.5 minutes into the song where the previous two minutes are then repeated.
TDOLZ's intro is 5 seconds longer than Mud and Tarantura, Thank You is uncut, and overall sounds far better.
Wendy's content is the same as TDOLZ's, but with edits at the cuts. Their title runs a little slower, better approximating actual speed.
EV's "Firecracker Explosions" 2cd title from 2004 runs slower than TDOLZ and it's amplified a touch less. The edit at the cut during That's the Way has been edited, but not too well (it loses the timing).
EV's four cd title "Firecracker Explosions" from 2009 releases the same audio content as the original. Their 2010 reissue "Firecracker Explosions II" uses the same cds as the original release. Their 2016 4cd is a reissue of the 2009 title.
Tarantura2000's title is very similar to Empress Valley's. It has a few micro cut/repeats not found on other titles, and it has the same poor edit like EV during That's the Way.
The no label title misses four minutes of tape between songs yet debuts two and a half minutes of tape (mainly after Celebration and after the show).
Mostly, these titles are similar in sound.
EV's Wild West Side seem to be an audio reissue of their original release of the show.
8-23-71 audience
Ahead & After (Empress Valley) & Hot August Night (TDOLZ)
The titles are mostly alike. Empress is missing about 45 seconds of tape between songs.
8-31-71 audience
Florida Sunshine (Empress Valley, 4cd), Orlando Madness (H&Y), & Welcome To Disneyland (Lemon Song)
The titles are almost identical. H&Y is missing an extra second of Dazed and following the song, it has a brief instance of static. Later, it misses about a minute of tape just before Stairway. Lemon Song has a cut/repeat before Moby Dick.
H&Y and EV have louder music and background noise than Lemon Song - no gen difference.
8-31-71 soundboard/audience mix
Disneyland After Dark (Magic Pyramid), Florida Magik Vol.1 (Empress Valley), Florida Sunshine (Empress Valley original and reissues), Magic Kingdom (Wendy), Orlando 1971 (no label), Orlando Magic (Eelgrass), & You Really Got Me (Akashic)
EV's 4cd Sunshine title releases a 2cd soundboard and fills the gaps with the audience tape. The last two tracks of the soundboard, the organ solo and Thank You, are from the following night, but not mentioned in the liner notes. (Upon the release of the audience tape of the following night, the mistake was discovered.)
EV's 2cd Sunshine title was released at the same time as the 4cd title, offering the same soundboard discs as found on the bigger title.
Eelgrass's title is a straight knock-off of EV's first title.
EV's jewel case reissue of Sunshine in May 2009 is identical to their original.
EV's jewel case reissue of Sunshine in October 2017 has new discs but the cd times and audio are the same as the original.
Akashic is highly similar to EV except the audience tape on the second disc has hints of the metallic sound. It also includes the two soundboard tracks from the following night.
Wendy is also similar to EV. It also includes the two soundboard tracks from the following night.
The no label title is highly similar mix to the others. It also includes the two soundboard tracks from the following night.
Magic Pyramid's title is highly similar to EV in content, but has added a minor fade on the end of Whole Lotta Love. They've equalized the sound and amplified it a little. It also includes the two soundboard tracks from the following night.
EV's Magik title isn't a reissue this time. Instead, it appears to be a copy of Magic Pyramid's title, as it has far more in common with them than their own prior titles.
9-1-71 soundboard
Disneyland After Dark (Magic Pyramid), Florida Magik Vol.1 (Empress Valley), Florida Sunshine (Empress Valley original and reissues), Magic Kingdom (Wendy), Orlando 1971 (no label), Orlando Magic (Eelgrass), & You Really Got Me (Akashic)
These titles all offer the two soundboard tracks of the organ solo and Thank You and are highly similar in content and sound. They were originally assumed to be the final two tracks of the prior night's show. Upon the release of the audience tape for this show, the error was discovered. EV's Magik title is the only one released after the discovery of the audience tape, and they've properly notated the two tracks. They also include a soundboard/audience matrix of the two tracks.
9-1-71 audience
Florida Magik Vol.2 (Empress Valley), Hollywood 1971 (no label), & Hollywood Sportatorium 1971 (Graf Zeppelin)
Graf's title is two discs, offering the show with different equalizations. The single disc no label title and EV are similar in content and differ slightly in sound from Graf.
9-3-71, sources 1 & 2
Death of Sleeping Beauty (Empress Valley), Hard Company (no label), How've Ya Been (TDOLZ), It's Been a Long Time (Graf Zeppelin, 4cd issues & 2cd), Mad Screaming Gallery (Lemon Song), Madison Square Garden 1971 (Wendy & Neverland), & New Source Collection 1971 (Graf Zeppelin)
TDOLZ's beginning and ending of the tape are much longer than Lemon Song's.
Mad Screaming Gallery is a little bassier and Dazed is 7 minutes longer due to relooping a section in the middle of the song.
Overall, Hard Co is missing 12 minutes of tape - mostly music. It shares the same cuts found on TDOLZ but is cut further too. Dazed & Confused is missing 2 minutes. The end of Going To CA is cut 5 seconds too early and What Is & What Should Never Be starts 4 seconds too late. Moby Dick is missing almost 3 minutes. Whole Lotta Love is missing the last 2 minutes and over 3 minutes of tape after the song while the audience is cheering. There is a cut after Communication Breakdown, removing almost 3 minutes of tape, including the beginning of Rock & Roll.
Wendy's title debuts a second source and uses the first source to fill the gaps. The last few seconds of Moby is displaced by a long overlap into source one.
Graf Zeppelin's "It's Been a Long Time" was issued a 4cd title in 2012 and released it again in 2016 as a second edition - their content is identical. Alongside the 2016 quad disc title, they released a 2cd "remastered" version of the first half of the four cd set. It's just amplified more than the original. Graf's first two cds use source one as the primary tape and fill with the second tape. Each of their splices out come too early and displace source one with the secondary source. Graf's last two cds use source two as the primary tape and the first source to fill the gaps. The splicing here is proper.
Neverland's first two cds use source one as the primary tape and fill with the second tape. The splicing here is proper. Neverland's last two cds use source two as the primary tape and the first source to fill the gaps. The title ends when source two ends during Moby Dick. The splicing here is proper.
EV's title is strictly from the first source. It misses about ten seconds of the introduction, misses another second of Dazed, and repeats 80 seconds of Moby. It's sound is otherwise fairly similar to TDOLZ.
Graf's "New Source Collection 1971" offers a fragment of source two containing the first four songs.
9-4-71, soundboard
Hampton From Your Palm (Wendy), High Heeled Sneakers (Godfatherecords), Jennings Farm Blues (Scorpio), Madison Square Garden 1971 (Neverland), Maple Leaf Gardens (Empress Valley original and reissue & Graf Zeppelin), Maple Leaf Gold (Empress Valley), & Mid Summer Nights Dream (Wendy)
Scorpio is the oldest release of this show and misses about a minute of tape from between songs.
Wendy's Hampton title is similar in content to Scorpio and has been amplified just a touch.
Neverland misses tape in the same spots as the older titles, then a little more after Celebration Day. It also has a few instances of static during the early part of Stairway. They then decide to remove over thirteen minutes of Moby Dick.
EV's title is a mix that gives priority to the soundboard, then the audience sources. The soundboard section is not interrupted by splicing to the audience tapes. It debuts another minute of soundboard tape from between songs, having fewer cuts and more tape than all previous older titles
EV's reissue by the same name uses the same discs as before.
Godfather's title is similar in content to the older titles, missing about a minute of tape from between songs. It's sound has been tampered, suppressing some sounds. It's treatment makes some of the drumming during Moby echo in a horrible fashion.
EV's Maple Leaf Gold is a reissue of the audio from the original release.
Wendy's Midsummer title contains the soundboard on the first disc. However, it begins and ends with the BBC 1971 show, but of course never mentions it in the liner notes. Once the Toronto show actually starts, it misses just as much tape as the absurdly short Neverland title. Tape is missed before Stairway, has three instances of static early on during Stairway, and misses tape after the song. It's cut after Celebration Day and misses 35 seconds. There's a cut after That's, that misses about six seconds. After Going To California, they've inserted three cuts that miss a combined total of twenty seconds. The tape is cut after What and misses another few seconds. Moby is just a fragment here. It's misses most of the song, which is twelve and a half minutes longer. Immediately after missing over twenty seconds after Moby, Wendy has pasted in a few seconds of audience cheer from BBC. Aside from all the missed tape, the sound has been poorly tweaked, sounding worst between the songs.
Graf's title contains the soundboard on the last disc of the title. It misses way too much of the soundboard surrounding the songs.
9-4-71, sources 1 & 2
In a Daze (Keepout), Live From the Midnight Sun (TDOLZ), Mapleleaf (Baby Face), Maple Leaf Gardens (Empress Valley original and reissue & Graf Zeppelin), Maple Leaf Gold (Empress Valley), & Midsummer Nights Dream (Wendy)
Keepout's title is from the first audience source and is incomplete. It misses the organ solo and Thank You. It also misses the beginning and ending few seconds from almost each song.
TDOLZ and Baby Face are from the first source and are virtually identical in sound and cuts.
EV's title is a mix that gives priority to the soundboard, then the first audience tape, then the second audience source. Much of source one is displaced by the soundboard. The second audience tape is used briefly for the first couple seconds of Since and during Dazed. It debuts 39 seconds of the Organ solo from source one before cutting out.
EV's reissue uses the same discs as before.
EV's Maple Leaf Gold is a reissue of the audio from the original release.
Wendy's title is strictly from the first source. Much of the little amount of tape that exists between songs has been removed by Wendy, leaving almost no transition from one song to the next. The end of What Is and What Should Never Be has also been removed. The sound has been tampered with some and sounds a little strange in places.
Graf's first two cds contain a mix based on the first source. It adds in source two briefly in the beginning of Since and then again for over a minute in the latter part of Dazed. When cutting back in at the big cut in Moby, Graf debuts thirty new seconds of the song. The thirty-nine seconds of the organ solo that debuted on EV are included here too. It's sound has been amplified a bit.
Graf's third disc debuts the remaining bulk of the second source.
9-7-71, sources 1 & 2
Boston Garden Party (Magnificent Disc), I Got a Feeling (Graf Zeppelin), Listen! Listen! Listen To Me! (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Listen To Me Boston (Tarantura), & Wreckage In Boston: Calm Down (Tarantura2000)
Tarantura, Magnificent Disc, and Graf Zeppelin (abstractly) are entirely from the first source. Tarantura2000 and Graf Zeppelin (abstractly) are strictly from the second source. EV is a mix.
Mag's title has no proof of not being sourced directly from Tarantura. Some edits have been modified, including a 20 second fade on the end of Stairway To Heaven. Mag Disc added their trademark metallic sound. It's not as heavy as their first few titles but it isn't deniable. It's second disc has the same time as Tarantura, but it is not a direct cd copy.
Empress Valley's title is a mix, with source one as it's primary tape. During the first cut in Dazed, it misses thirteen seconds, then it comes back in three seconds sooner than the other titles (source one).
Graf Zeppelin's title has both sources on it's title, but arranged in a way to present the full show using the first source, then follows the show with second source. The only mixed track is the introduction on the first disc. It's designed to easily parse the two sources. It would have been a little easier if the introduction had been split into two tracks at the splice. For the first source, the first six seconds of the introduction are missing. For Dazed, they debut six seconds before the first cut, but then miss 7 seconds when cutting back in to the song. This source's cuts are clear and not concealed. It's sound has been amplified some and equalized a little differently than Tarantura.
Graf's second source is highly similar in content and sound to Tarantura2000.
EV's 2021 title reissues the original, and appears to use the same discs.
9-9-71, version 1
Hampton Roads Coliseum 1971 (Scorpio) & One More Daze (Dynamite Studios)
Dynamite released this partial recording in the early days of the cd format. Scorpio released these six tracks as a bonus, subsequent to the more complete version of the show on the same title. The content and quality are identical between these two titles. (What's unique about the recording is the bass being in the left channel and everything else being in the other.)
9-9-71, version 2
Dead Battery (Flagge), Hampton 1971 (Cannonball & no label), GOAT Hampton 1971 (Wendy), Hampton From Your Palm (Wendy), Hampton Kicks (Elrond), Hampton Roads Coliseum 1971 (Scorpio), Head Over Heels (Empress Valley, original and reissue), High Heeled Sneakers (Godfatherecords), In the Wake of Zeppelin (Akashic), Inspired (Antrabata), Jim's Picks (Tarantura), Sonic Boom (Empress Valley, box & bonus), & Wet & Wild (Empress Valley)
For the most part, these titles sound similar and almost have the same content.
Flagge opens with a very long fade in and Moby Dick fades out. Tarantura and Akashic have a small fade in and a small fade out. Flagge, Tarantura, Akashic, and Scorpio are all missing the first second of tape (Robert sings "Sing and"). Elrond has a small fade in but does not fade out. Antrabata and Wendy's Palm do not fade and are the only titles not missing the opening second of the tape.
Elrond has two drops not found on the other releases. Elrond, Antrabata, and Scorpio are missing a few seconds of tape after Dazed. Tarantura and Flagge have faked a comment after Dazed by copying the spoken word "nice" from after Black Dog.
Cannonball doesn't have fades or an extra cut in Dazed.
Godfather has the least complete version of Immigrant Song. There are digital clicks and major problems during What. The sound has been poorly altered, giving it a high pitch sound - incredibly annoying.
Empress Valley's HOH title misses the first two words like many of the other releases.
The no label title places a cut and eight second repeat after Celebration Day, and places another cut after Going To California. No fading.
Empress Valley's pair of Sonic Boom 4cd titles each feature a "stereo" version on the first two discs and then a mono version for the last two discs. The stereo version has the bass guitar in the left channel and everything else in the right. The mono version is like the 2cd titles that have been out for years. The difference between the box set "contemporary" versions and the non-box "bonus" versions is amplification and equalization. The bonus versions are more raw.
As for the audio content, the four versions match. Not only do they have all known material, it debuts about three seconds more of Dazed in the area of the cuts. They also debut the same MAJOR PROBLEM on each. It's easy to hear on the mono versions, but a little tougher on the stereo versions due to the separation of sound. At least a dozen micro cut/repeats have been inserted into Immigrant Song. The first one is just two seconds into the title and the rest begin around the 1:41 mark. The song is littered with them. Black Dog has at least two of these cut/repeats as well, near 0:11 and 2:27. Normally, this type of mutilation is created when processing tape having small silent gaps in it. The processing removes the silence and then repeats a split second of tape from before the silence occurs. The bigger the silence, the more the cut/repeat stands out. It completely ruins the rhythm of the song and produces a completely unpleasant artificial result - one that certainly wasn't heard at the show and doesn't exist on the master tape. Now, since there aren't gaps in the tape, why are these cut/repeats added to the title? The most noticeable cut/repeats are mentioned above. But there are likely many others too. They're sometimes hard to catch.
EV reissued Head Over Heeles (sic) three months after Sonic Boom. It reuses the original discs.
EV's Wet title is pretty similar to their HOH title. It does not contain the extra few seconds that appeared on their Sonic Boom titles.
Wendy's GOAT title is an uncredited three show mix that adds in an extra singer during Dazed. This is their third title in a row to add in extra noises/vocalizations. The Immigrant Song has been "completed" by the 929 soundboard, and Moby has been "completed" by a different soundboard.
9-11-71
Giants of the Sky (TMQ), Live At Leeds 1971 (no label), & Mad Screaming Gallery (Lemon Song)
Leeds contains the first and last portions of the show (runs too fast). Gallery contains the middle section. Together they do not complete the show.
Giants' cover states it is compiled from the two cd titles above plus a "tape-source." The Leeds portion has been speed corrected but is plagued with a dozen or more slight cut/repeats. Additionally, it has glitches between many of the track changes. Neither of these errors are found on the Leeds title. The Gallery portion has slight cut/repeats too, but not as many as the Leeds portion. These are not found on the Gallery title either. The "tape-source" for the seven minutes of Dazed and Confused are from March 17th, 1975 (secondary source). The actual source(s) for the 2.5 minutes of Stairway To Heaven, the 3.5 extra minutes of Whole Lotta Love, and the extra twenty-two seconds after the show are not likely from Rochester either.
9-13-71
Back On the West Coast (Mad Dogs), Berkeley Daze 1st Night (Godfatherecords), Berkeley First Night (no label), California Stampede (Magnificent Disc), Going To California (TMQ 4cd original and reissue, Graf Zeppelin, & Wendy), Going To California 1 (Moonchild), & Going To California II (Tarantura & TMQ, 2cd)
Mad Dogs has two cuts during Dazed that aren't found on Tarantura. There are a couple other cuts that fall between songs. Only half of Moby is present on Mad.
Mad Dogs' title runs way too fast. Tarantura's music is louder, without any increase in background noise or hiss. It may possibly be a lower gen.
Mag Disc's title has no evidence of not being directly sourced from Tarantura. The content is exactly the same but the title has been speed corrected and the music has been amplified. Their trademark metallic sound is included, though not as heavy as on their first few titles.
TMQ's title also has no evidence of not being directly sourced from Tarantura. The content is exactly the same but the title has been speed corrected. The title seems to be a touch less loud than Tarantura.
TMQ reissued the four cd title a year later, using the same discs.
TMQ released a two cd title "Going To California II" that is just a reissue of the same cds found in the four disc title.
Berkeley First Night is more similar to TMQ than the other titles. It has the correct speed, has fixed the common cut/repeat after Black Dog, and doesn't have any extra cuts or problems. The sound has been equalized a little differently from TMQ.
Godfather's title is very similar to TMQ and the no label versions.
Moonchild's title is very similar to TMQ, no label, and Godfather. It's sound has been tweaked a little to reduce some of the tape noise, which creates a little bit of a metallic effect.
Graf Zeppelin's title more closely represents the master tape, having no fades at cuts, no unnatural sounds created to tweaking/hiding the tape noise that is present, and is as complete as any release.
Wendy's title has extra cuts, missing tape between songs, misses over three minutes of Moby Dick, and is a little metallic.
9-14-71
Berkeley Daze 2nd Night (Godfatherecords), California Expedition (Cashmere), Going To California (Shout To the Top, TMQ 4cd original and reissue & 2cd, no label, Graf Zeppelin, & Wendy), & Going To California 2 (Moonchild)
TMQ could possibly be copied and edited from STTT. Their content is identical except for TMQ's edits at cuts and removal of the vinyl noise. TMQ amplified their title significantly.
TMQ's two cd title is just a reissue of the same cds found in the four disc title.
TMQ reissued the four cd title a year later, using the same discs.
Cashmere's title is highly identical to TMQ but has a cut during Dazed not found on the other titles. Their sound is almost as loud as TMQ.
Godfather uses the previous night to fill the first cut in Dazed. The rest of the title is similar in content to TMQ.
The no label release from May 2015 is highly similar in content to STTT and TMQ. The sound seems to suffer slightly from their choice in equalization.
Moonchild's title is identical to Godfather, right down to the same disc times.
Graf's title doesn't conceal the cuts, doesn't have the errors found on some other titles, and doesn't remove the gaps at cuts during Dazed, as found on TMQ that throw off the timing.
Wendy's title mixes in another show for the cut in Heartbreaker. A second of Since is missed in the beginning. It's sound is par.
EV's title seems to be a copy of the Godfather or Moonchild titles, but without the splicing in of the prior night. EV's title is not amplified as much as Graf.
9-23-71, source #?
Peace of Mind (Mud Dogs)
Moby Dick is from a source not matching the following 9 sources. It is incorrectly attributed to Hiroshima on the liner notes.
9-23-71, source 1
D. J. of Legend (Empress Valley), Front Row (Tarantura), Fronto Row (Memphis), Live In Japan 1971 (LSD), Storm of Fanatics (Mud Dogs), Tokyo Tapes (Empress Valley, 6cd), & Young Person's Guide To Led Zeppelin Vol, 2 (Empress Valley)
For the most part, these titles sound very similar in content. All are cut in the regular places but usually differ from each other. Not one of these titles has every second of available music.
Tarantura's title was copied by Memphis, but has some of the cue stops in different places.
Mud Dogs is missing four minutes of the introduction and a total of another 45 seconds missing from between songs.
EV's discs 1 and 2 of the Tokyo Tapes, the re-release of that same audio within Young Person's Guide, and the D.J. of Legend all contain this source. (D.J. appears to have used the same discs as Tokyo Tapes.) There is an edit at the beginning of Whole Lotta Love, disrupting the timing and making it sound like a brief cut/repeat.
LSD and EV are the only titles that don't paste audience cheer at the end. Both of these titles are louder than the others. EV's title has been amplified the most, by far.
9-23-71, source 2
Tales of Storms (Aphrodite Studios) & Tokyo Tapes (Empress Valley, 6cd)
Empress Valley's content (discs 3 and 4) is an exact match to Aphrodite. They've amplified their sound a bit, but not too much.
9-23-71, sources 3 & 4
Live In Tokyo 1971: In Concert (TDOLZ) & Reflection From a Dream (TDOLZ original & remaster)
TDOLZ's original Reflection is strictly source three. TDOLZ's remaster Reflection uses source one to complete. (Both titles are identical in sound, but the remaster runs a little faster.)
TDOLZ's In Concert (single disc) is evidently a copy from the vinyl issue by the same title. The beginning of the title through the first minute of Whole Lotta Love represent the fourth source to cd.
9-23-71, source 5
First Attack of the Rising of the Sun (Empress Valley, 4cd), How the East Was Won: Susquehanna (Tarantura2000), Meet the Led Zeppelin (Wendy), Rock Carnival (Empress Valley, 5cd), & Timeless Rock (Watchtower, 3cd & 4cd)
(These labels all use a different mixture of three tapes.)
The first three cds of EV's "First Attack" presents the fifth audience source for this show and is very good. It is almost complete both musically and between songs. Most of the introduction, a little tape after Stairway and Celebration Day are borrowed from source 1. Source 3 is used for a few seconds just before Whole Lotta Love. Two separate places in WLL are borrowed from source 1, for a total of one minute.
EV's cds 3 and 4 of "Rock Carnival" (2016 5cd box) reissue the audio from the first three cds of "First Attack," consolidated to two discs. They didn't bother removing the big overlap found between cds 2 and 3 of the original title, so it's that audio repeated back to back in the middle of disc 4 on the new double disc reissue.
Watchtower's title is also a 3 source mix. Like EV, musically it probably uses every available second from the fifth source. The introduction on this one is entirely from source four. Dazed has two digital glitches that aren't found on EV or Wendy. The gap after Stairway is filled (also) by source 1. Watchtower shares the same cuts in WLL but elects to use source 3 for the first gap. For the second cut, Watchtower left it alone. Watchtower reissued the title in August 2008. It has the same disc times and content as the original.
Wendy's title starts out with source one's introduction and uses it again after Stairway. The rest of the title relies mostly on source five, but elects to use source three for Whole Lotta Love.
Watchtower made fewer splices. EV and Wendy have louder music and background noise than Watchtower just a different equalization.
Tarantura2000's title is a five source mix, based on source 5. It begins with the liner notes call an "uncirculated source," but it is actually the known s11. It quickly switches to s1 during the intro, then when it finally starts s5, it debuts a couple of seconds of that source. There's an unnecessary splice after Moby, displacing twenty seconds of s5. (The recording concludes with s7, which is part of the missing s7 that can't be found on Tarantura2000's Susquehanna (s7) from this same box set.) This title is equalized a little differently from EV.
9-23-71, source 6
First Attack of the Rising of the Sun (Empress Valley, 4cd)
The final disc of First Attack debuts a new source, being the sixth.
9-23-71, source 7
D.J. of Legend (Empress Valley), Flying Rock Carnival 1971 Complete (no label, 3cd), How the East Was Won: Flying Rock Carnival (Tarantura2000), Rock Carnival (Watchtower, 1cd & Empress Valley, 2cd & 5cd & Moonchild), Rock Carnival Legend (Beat & Beat, 2cd), & Taking Off (Magic Pyramid)
Watchtower's Rock Carnival debuted the seventh source to cd. It's just over an hour long, and is assumed to be sampled from a fuller tape of the show.
No label's Flying Rock Carnival debuts what is believed to be the remainder of source seven. It's very close to being the complete show. It mixes in sources one, three, and five to complete the gaps. It's often cut between the source 7 songs, but that tape is unique, and for now is assumed to be source 7 too. It could have easily been placed on two cds.
Beat & Beat's title is similar in content to "Flying Rock Carnival 1971 Complete." It's biggest difference is that uses source one for Celebration Day instead of source seven. When it switches away from and back to source seven, it often misses several seconds of source seven. Sources one, three, and five are used to complete source seven. It's sound hasn't been amplified as much as FRC's.
Empress Valley's "Rock Carnival" 2cd title is the same exact mix and sound quality as "Flying Rock Carnival 1971 Complete" but has been placed on two cds.
EV's cds 1 and 2 of "Rock Carnival" (2016 5cd box) reissue the audio from the their original title bearing the same name.
Moonchild's title is a copy of EV, with the same cd times and metadata.
Magic Pyramid's title is based on source 7, but it's very incomplete. Instead of using all of the available s7 tracks, it use only the s7 tracks found on the single disc Watchtower release and only five minutes of s7 found on the more complete titles (for the first part of Whole Lotta Love). The rest of the time, it's based on source five, then source one.
EV's Mugen title is based on the source seven tracks as found on the single disc Watchtower title, not the more complete version offered on EV's previous title "Rock Carnival." Celebration Day through the end of the show is based on source one and fills with source two. Moby Dick uses two sources simultaneously a few times (and previously very briefly after Celebration Day). The title doesn't offer any source in it's entirety.
EV's DJ 2022 title is not a reissue of their 2009 title. It is different from their recent Mugen title, but is still based on the source seven tracks as found on the single disc Watchtower title, not the more complete version offered on EV's previous title "Rock Carnival." The intro is source eleven. Celebration Day through the end of the show is based on source five but uses source one for Bron and That's like Mugen.
Tarantura2000's title is strictly from source 7 and debuts about 25 seconds of this source for Whole Lotta Love, and another 13 seconds of non music tape. Oddly, it's missing the last 17 seconds after the show. This title is equalized a little differently from EV.
9-23-71, source 8
Tokyo Tapes (Empress Valley, 6cd)
Empress Valley's cds 5 and 6 of Tokyo Tapes is source number eight. It's not the whole show but is 126 minutes long.
9-23-71, source 9
Calm & the Storm (no label, 1cd)
This is the ninth source to cd.
9-23-71, source 10
923 (no label, 2cd)
This is the tenth source to cd.
9-23-71, source 11
Stage In Tokyo 1971 (no label, 2cd)
This is the eleventh source to cd. It's primary source is number eleven, and uses source three for Black Dog, most of Whole Lotta Love, and Communication Breakdown. Source two is used briefly in the middle of Whole Lotta Love.
9-24-71, sources 1-8
Foreword
The following numbering of sources is based on their sequence to the compact disc format.
When TDOLZ's "Light & Shade" was released in 1997, there was only one other source tape available on disc. Their alternative tape was assumed to be one single source. Upon the release of Empress Valley's title in June of 2008, it became evident TDOLZ's title debuted a mix of two new sources instead of just one. Additionally, EV's release reveals the bonus disc from Watchtower's "Timeless Rock" wasn't actually a new source. WT simply released/debuted the final remainder of source three - although the relationship was unknown. Lastly, Scorpio's 4th disc debuts a new fragment for source two.
9-24-71, source 1
924 (no label), Afternoon Daze (Mud Dogs), & Pretty Woman (Tarantura)
Afternoon Daze is missing some tape before and after the show. It's Dazed and Confused has two cuts not found on Tarantura. The first one repeats 10 seconds and the other misses almost 90 seconds. Mud Dog's Moby Dick is cut and missing 10 seconds. The warm up just prior to Whole Lotta Love is cut by 9 seconds and cut twice more during the song, but are not missing any time.
Tarantura doesn't have the cuts in Dazed, Moby, and WLL. It is missing several seconds after Going To California and is missing too much tape after WLL. Their sound has been amplified some and seems a little overblown in places.
924 is pretty similar in content to Tarantura, but has a lot more tape after WLL. Their sound has been amplified a little more than Tarantura, but doesn't seem overblown.
9-24-71, sources 2 & 3
Afternoon Daze (Moonchild), Balloon Boys' Rock Carnival In Tokyo (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Hard Rock Night (Wendy original and reissue), Light & Shade (TDOLZ original & remaster), Live In Japan 1971 (LSD), Super Stars (Graf Zeppelin), Timeless Rock (Watchtower, 4cd), & Your Time is Gonna Come (Scorpio, 4cd)
TDOLZ debuts two new sources. The first third (first disc) is the second source and the last two thirds (second and third discs) are from a third source. It seems to be equalized too much on the high end.
LSD's title shares the same mix of two tapes as TDOLZ's original issue. LSD's Moby Dick is missing a couple extra seconds at the cut. LSD's sound is much more enjoyable than TDOLZ.
TDOLZ's "remastered" version and Wendy titles have the same "base mix" of tapes as TDOLZ's original issue. They further mix to fill in the small gap in Moby Dick, using source one. Wendy adds about a dozen seconds of source one's intro to start their title. That's the Way has a big digital glitch near the end. TDOLZ's remaster has the same sound as the original issue. Wendy's title has a tiny touch more bass than TDOLZ. Wendy's 2015 title reissues the audio found on the original title, using new discs with slightly different running times.
Watchtower's bonus disc (cd4) debuts the first third of source three, seemingly without a cut in Dazed.
Empress Valley's title is primarily source three. It uses source one for the earliest part of the introduction. They switch to source two's tape for several seconds, even though source three's introduction is available. Dazed splices out to source two near 9:30, even though the song doesn't seem to be cut when referencing Watchtower. (Source two's clapping/cheer can be clearly heard at 9:30 briefly. All the tape from that point through the next sound change, at 10:14, matches Watchtower's "uncut" Dazed, and continues to match.) The splice during Moby displaces several seconds of source three. Overall, EV's offering of source three has better sound than TDOLZ and somewhat similar to the other titles utilizing the source. Their reissue version uses the same cds again.
Scorpio's first three cds are similar to EV's title, mixing three sources. A small part of source one is used during the introduction. There might be a splice in Dazed spanning from 9:32 to 10:08. The sound changes here are much more discrete than on EV, and continue to match Watchtower. The splice during Moby displaces some of source three.
Scorpio's fourth disc is strictly source two and debuts a four minute fragment of Whole Lotta Love.
Graf Zep's cds 4-6 contain source three as its foundation and is filled with sources one and two. It's situation with Dazed is similar to Scorpio.
Moonchild's title uses source two up through Dazed, then uses a little source three to finish the first disc. From there, the last two discs are based on source six and fills gaps with source three, almost exactly like Graf's cds two and three. Moonchild's source six does not sound as clear as Graf's.
Tarantura2000's title is mix based on source three, and is very similar in content to Scorpio and Graf.
9-24-71, sources 4 & 5
Live In Tokyo 1971: In Concert (TDOLZ) & Live In Tokyo 1971: Superstars (TDOLZ)
TDOLZ's "In Concert" and "Superstars" are included together in the 9cd boxset. "In Concert's" last eleven minutes of Whole Lotta Love and Communication Breakdown are the fourth source to cd. "Superstars" is the fifth unique tape source.
9-24-71, sources 6-8
Afternoon Daze (Moonchild) & Super Stars (Graf Zeppelin)
Graf's cds 1-3 debut source 6 as its foundation. It begins with source one briefly for the introduction and then relies on source three whenever source six is unavailable - except for Black Dog. That track sounds much more distant than the other new material, so it seems it could be a seventh source. There are 18 splices in this title. It very badly detracts from the main source.
Graf's last track on cd 6 is Since I've Been Loving You and it's not listed on the liner notes. This is also from a new source.
Moonchild's title uses source two up through Dazed, then uses a little source three to finish the first disc. From there, the last two discs are based on source six and fills gaps with source three, almost exactly like Graf's cds two and three. Moonchild's source six does not sound as clear as Graf's.
9-27-71, sources 1, 2, 3, & 4
How the East Was Won: Black Rain (Tarantura2000), Live In Japan 1971 (LSD & Empress Valley), Live Peace In Hiroshima 1971 (Wendy, original and two reissues), Love & Peace (Empress Valley, both issues), Love & Peace in Hiroshima (Bumble Bee), Message of Love (Lemon Song), Peace (Tarantura), Peace of Mind (Mud Dogs), Tour 1971 Love & Peace (Empress Valley), & Zingi (Tarantura2000)
Tarantura and LSD are entirely from the first tape. Mud Dogs is sourced from the second tape.
Lemon Song, Wendy, and Bumble Bee rely on both sources to provide a more complete show. Neither Lemon Song or Wendy fully maximize the tapes, so neither achieve the "full" mix.
Bumble Bee doesn't make the effort to preserve their primary tape, source one. Too much of it is displaced by source two. They do include an incredibly long introduction, offering an extra 8:45. It's unclear which source this previously unavailable segment is sourced.
LSD has a brief static spot in the beginning of Heartbreaker. It's music and background noise are slightly louder than Tarantura.
Mud Dogs' Moby is from an unknown source for Tokyo, 9/23/1971. The title runs a bit fast.
Lemon Song uses both sources to provide a much more complete show. However, they didn't put much thought into using which tapes where.
Wendy original title has the familiar metallic sound in the background. The tapes are amplified and often overloaded. It's mix is different from Lemon Song, but not any smarter. The January 2005 slipcase reissue uses the same cds as the first issue from 2003.
Wendy 2010 "reissue" is actually a different mix than the original title bearing this name. It was also spread across three cds. This mix is highly similar to Bumble Bee, having the extra long introduction from and unknown source or unfamiliar part of a usual source. There are a couple other segments between songs from this same unfamiliar tape.
Zingi is a two source mix, relying on the first tape as it's primary source.
Empress Valley's title Live In Japan 1971 (AKA "Love and Peace") debuts a third source as it's foundation and uses the other two sources to complete the show. The tape before and after the show are not from these first three sources… The first part of the introduction is from the same tape that debuted on Bumble Bee. Source two sounds much better here than on Mud Dogs.
EV's Love & Peace title from 2016 reissues the discs from their original Live In Japan 1971 from 2013.
Moonchild's title appears to be edited from a copy of EV's Love and Peace. The most noticeable difference from EV is the editing just before Moby begins. Otherwise, it's identical to EV.
Tarantura2000's Black Rain title is mix based on source three, and is very similar in content to EV and Moonchild. It's liner notes are misleading for Dazed and the last disc.
EV's title Tour 1971 (AKA "Peace and Love") box contains the show twice. The first is titled "Peace and Love Hiroshima Source 1" which is a 2cd title that's strictly from source one, but chops out music from three songs, totaling over 90 seconds, mostly from Dazed. The second is "Peace and Love" which is a 4cd title that is based on source three, and is a near reissue of their title "Live In Japan 1971." It's been adjusted from the original and is not quite as good, having some sound fluctuations and at least one micro cut/repeat. A fourth disc is included, meant to be a substitute for the first disc. It alters Robert's vocal for a split second in the beginning of Immigrant Song - useless.
EV's title Tour 1971 (AKA "Peace and Love") box also debuts source four on the end of the "Peace and Love" subtitle, offering only Tangerine.
EV's Love & Peace box title from 2023 reissues the discs from their Tour 1971 title from earlier in the year.
9-28-71, soundboard (featuring Dazed, Stairway, and Down By the Riverside)
Live In Japan (Empress Valley, 6cd box)
EV's December 2014 title Live In Japan has this show on it's first three cds. While it's based on source one and two, it debuts almost three and a half minutes from the soundboard. A complete Dazed is offered for the first time, and is done so by splicing in 78 seconds from the soundboard, and is a bit muffled. A complete Stairway is offered for the first time too, and is done so by splicing in over two minutes from the soundboard. A very rough minute of soundboard is used during Riverside and Opry.
EV's July 2016 Rock Carnival 5cd box debuts Black Dog from the soundboard, on the fifth disc. Their Black Dog title offers the same disc.
Eelgrass's title features this as an unmentioned last track, equalized a little differently than EV.
EV released Evolution and Stargazer simultaneously, both which reissue Black Dog.
The no label release is a straight copy of Eelgrass.
EV's "Live In Osaka 928" is a 4cd+1dvd box that reissues the "Live In Japan 1971" Black Dog disc.
EV's title from the Complete Osaka Tapes 8cd box IS the no label pocket sleeve title that was released one year prior. It does not mention EV's name and is a direct copy of Eelgrass.
9-28-71, soundboard
Assassin (Empress Valley), Complete Osaka Tapes: Live In Osaka 1st Day (Empress Valley), God Save the Queen (Empress Valley, 5cd), Jiraiya (Empress Valley), Live In Osaka 928 (Empress Valley, 3cd and 4cd), Mugen K Satsu: LZ Stereo Project (Empress Valley), Osaka Festival Hall Stereo Project (Empress Valley), Please Please Me (Empress Valley, 6cd original and promo), & Please Please Me Complete 928 (Eelgrass)
EV simultaneously released the 118 minute soundboard on three titles in February 2020 (two box sets and one triple disc title: Please Please Me, God Save the Queen, and Live In Osaka 928). All three titles contain a three cd mix using all of the soundboard and is completed with audience tape. The two box sets also contain a double cd set that's strictly soundboard.
EV released "Live In Osaka 928" as a 4cd+1dvd box fifteen months later than their first title bearing this name that was housed in a gatefold. It reissues the 3cd soundboard mix using the same discs as the original.
Eelgrass offered a poor copy of EV's 6cd title a month after EV's release. On all six discs, just before every track change, Eelgrass has inserted a cut. On the 3cd set that mixes the soundboard with the audience tape, Eelgrass briefly spliced in some random LZ audio during Dazed and Confused (at 11:50). This is the second title in a row Eelgrass has inserted cuts at track changes.
EV's Assassin title has the same content and sound quality as their prior releases of the 2cd soundboard, but it runs a little slower.
EV's title from the Complete Osaka Tapes 8cd box seems to be an audio copy of their previous mixes based on the soundboard, but has removed the overlapping tape between discs. It's the same content and sound.
EV's Mugen box title contains "LZ Stereo Project" that is based on the soundboard and filled with audience tapes. The effects applied to the soundboard have not improved the audio, and sounds weird/strange in places.
EV's Please Please Me Promo box set from 2023 reissues their 2020 box of the same name, having a 3cd soundboard mix and a 2cd isolated soundboard.
EV's Jiraiya is a 3cd release that mixes soundboard tapes from the two Osaka shows, so it is incomplete.
EV's Osaka Festival Hall Stereo Project is a reissue of the LZ Stereo Project subtitle of the Mugen box title.
9-28-71, audience sources 1-3
928 (no label), 928 Complete Edition (no label), Bachelor Boys' First Stand In Osaka (Empress Valley, original and reissue), C'Mon Everybody (Tarantura2000), Come On Everybody (Mud Dogs), How the East Was Won: Please Please Me (Tarantura2000), Live In Japan (Empress Valley, 6cd box), Live In Japan 1971 (LSD), New Source Collection 1971 (Graf Zeppelin), Osaka 1971 1st Night (no label), & Please Please Me (Tarantura & Wendy)
LSD's title is entirely from the first tape source. It ends after Mary Lou in Whole Lotta Love.
Mud Dogs, Tarantura, and EV's Bachelor Boys' begin with source one and then use the second source for the songs that follow Whole Lotta Love. Up until source two starts, these three titles are almost identical in content. Bachelor Boys' has been speed corrected.
Wendy uses source one, source two, and the famous tape from the following night to "complete" the show. They complete the gap in Stairway by using the famous tape from the 29th, but they choose to displace 15 seconds of the proper night. Liner notes do not indicate the change. After Wendy splices back, the title is again similar in content like the other titles, through the end of Whole Lotta Love. However, their disc three starts out with a very faint metallic sound - though much less noticeable than on their debut title. It can really only be heard between songs and during some very quite moments during songs. Wendy's title has been speed corrected on both of the 28th's sources.
Empress Valley's reissue of Bachelor Boys' uses the exact same cds as the original release.
EV's Live in Japan reuses their Bachelor audio and splices in the soundboard debut for about three and a half minutes to offer a complete Dazed and Stairway for the first time, and completes Down By the Riverside. The splicing usually displaces source one for a several seconds each time.
The no label title "928" debuts a new source, number three.
The no label title "Osaka 1971 1st Night" is a three source mix based on source one, fills with s3, and then finishes off Sneakers and Communication with source two.
The no label title "928 Complete Edition" is a three source mix based on source three. It gets filled with source one, then source two. Too much of source three is displaced.
Tarantura2000's C'Mon Everybody title is based on source one, but no effort was made to use all of the available tape. Unnecessary splicing to source four displaces a lot of music and more from source one. Source two is used during the last two songs.
Tarantura2000's Please Please Me title from the HTEWW 6cd box is based on source one until it runs out, then source three, then source two. The introduction is also source three. Because priority is given to source three over source two, source two can't be used in it's full form.
Graf's title is strictly source two (C'Mon Everybody, High Heel Sneakers, and Communication Breakdown) and the liner notes claim it to be the full source. It's sound is fairly similar to the better titles featuring these tracks.
9-29-71, actual soundboard
Immigrant Song, Friends, & Stairway To Heaven (Empress Valley, 1cd per song), Complete Osaka Tapes: How the East Was Won (Empress Valley), Geisha (Empress Valley), How the East Was Won/Geisha/OhShow (Empress Valley, 2cd, 2cd, & 5cd boxes; Eelgrass 2cd, & no label), Jiraiya (Empress Valley), & Please Please Me (Empress Valley, 6cd original and promo, & 1cd)
EV debuted three single song cd titles "Immigrant Song," "Friends," & "Stairway To Heaven" from the actual soundboard, one at a time for maximum profits. They later simultaneously issued 77 minutes more of the soundboard on three different box sets of "How the East Was Won." The material easily fits on a single disc, but they decided to spread it across two cds. Furthermore, Stairway and Friends are excluded.
Eelgrass' title is not a straight copy of EV. They've added in Stairway and Friends on the second disc. Unfortunately, there's an inexcusable small cut at each track change.
EV's Please Please Me box set contained a single disc subtitle of the same name containing covers of Beatles tracks. This disc debuts the Twist and Shout soundboard fragment from Whole Lotta Love.
The no label title is a straight copy of Eelgrass, so it has cuts at each track change and does not contain the Twist and Shout fragment.
EV's How the East Was Won subtitle from the Complete Osaka Tapes 8cd box IS the no label pocket sleeve title that was released one year prior. It does not mention EV's name and is a direct copy of Eelgrass. It therefore has cuts at each track change and does not contain the Twist and Shout soundboard fragment.
EV's Geisha title is their latest re-release of the soundboard, but it is incomplete since they've excluded the Whole Lotta love fragment of Twist and Shout. Additionally, there are cuts at each track change, similar to what Eelgrass first provided, but not as bad.
EV reissued the Please Please Me single disc as a standalone title that was offered in their earlier 6cd box. It contains the Twist and Shout soundboard fragment from Whole Lotta Love.
EV's Please Please Me Promo box set from 2023 reissues the single disc title of Beatles covers.
EV's Jiraiya is a 3cd release that mixes soundboard tapes from the two Osaka shows, so it is incomplete. Furthermore, they've shortened Friends by removing Robert's repeated first verse.
9-29-71, actual soundboard mix
929: Hagure Gumo Edit (Empress Valley), 929: Sanda You Edit (Empress Valley), Complete Osaka Tapes: Live In Osaka 2nd Day (Empress Valley), Kutabare Moonchild (Moonchild), Live In Osaka Ledsox Merge (Magic Pyramid), & Ookini Winston (Moonchild)
Moonchild's Kutabare is a mix based on the actual soundboard tracks, filled with source one audience tape (aka "soundboard"), and then relies on any other audience to fill.
EV's Hagure has the same exact disc times as Moonchild's Kutabare, and is the same content.
EV's Sanda is the same mix as the previously mentioned titles, but adds in another seven minutes of audience tapes. Their source one audience tape (aka "soundboard") is metallic sounding.
Moonchild's Ookini has the same exact disc times as EV's Sanda, and is the same content.
Magic Pyramid's title is based on most of the actual soundboard. It does not use the soundboard for Twist and Shout. Instead of using the well known source 1 "soundboard" for all of the songs not available from the actual soundboard, for Black Dog they've chosen to use the soundboard from the previous night. The 929 source 1 "soundboard" is used for the other gaps in the actual soundboard, along with other tapes. Besides the odd choice of mixing nights, they've altered Robert's voice in the beginning of Immigrant Song, making it really weird.
EV's title from the Complete Osaka Tapes 8cd box copies the first two cds of Moonchild's Kutabare, and makes a new disc for the third, utilizing the soundboard fragment for Twist and Shout. This is the first full show mix to use that fragment.
Live Legend Archives' title is similar to Magic Pyramid in that neither use the Twist and Shout soundboard fragment and they both give preference to the previous night's soundboard for Black Dog instead of using the "audience soundboard" from the proper night. This title is based on the actual soundboard, then the audience source 1 "soundboard," then other audience tapes to fill gaps. There's a ton of splicing and many instances of overlapping sources, which sometimes sounds a bit weird.
9-29-71, source 1 "soundboard"
Cellarful of Noise (Noise Generator), The Complete Geisha Tape (Memphis & Tarantura), It's Been a Long Time (Mud Dogs), Live In Japan 1971 (Boleskine House Records, Last Stand Disc, Rock Solid Records, & no label 2015 & 2016 & 2019 & 2024), Live In Osaka (Tarantura, Nighthawk's two issues, and Tarantura2000's 2cd title from 9291971 Box set), Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Mad Dogs), & Unprocessed 929 (no label)
Foreword
There seems to be two different versions of this tape. One is offered missing at least a dozen seconds too many of Pennies from Dazed, misses over two minutes starting during Good Times Bad Times from Whole Lotta Love, only has the first five minutes of Thank You, and excludes Rock and Roll. The other version is doesn't miss those items, and may be a mix of different generations of tape.
All of these titles are strictly from the excellent audience tape commonly called the "soundboard" tape.
Memphis is a direct copy of the Tarantura.
Cellarful is from a vinyl source and is missing much of the talk between songs. However, it and Nighthawk contain about 48 seconds more of "Pennies From Heaven" beyond all other releases that do not mix this tape with others (Unprocessed 929 excluded). Nighthawk is largely from vinyl - both issues are identical.
Rock Solid Records is very incomplete. It misses much of Pennies, Whole Lotta Love, Thank You, and excludes Rock and Roll.
No label's 2015 release of "Live In Japan 1971" is a double disc set copied from vinyl and is of course far from the complete show.
No label's 2016 release is essentially the same thing as the prior year release.
Unprocessed 929 is a triple disc set that's an incomplete offering of the show. A lot of tape is missing between songs. The bulk of the tape available for Pennies is included. Almost three minutes is missing from WLL. About a dozen seconds of tape after WLL are present that are not found on other releases. About another dozen seconds of tape after CB are present that are not found on other releases too. Only the first five minutes of Thank You is included and Rock and Roll is absent. The sound is otherwise excellent. It doesn't seem to be sourced from a vinyl copy, but may be a cleaned up "reissue" of a vinyl title.
The Mud Dog title is the same as the last disc of the Mad Dog title.
Tarantura2000's title reissues content from vinyl onto two cds, including the mixed up track order and major lack of completeness.
The first 2 discs of Tarantura have an extra 20 seconds of talk between songs over the Mad Dog.
LSD's release has the extra time found on Tarantura's first 2 discs and has the extra time from the Mad/Mud Dog releases. However, it doesn't have the extra minute of "Pennies From Heaven" and WLL's first cut is missing three seconds.
Boleskine House Records is a double disc set copied from vinyl and is of course far from the complete show.
No label's 2019 release of "Live In Japan 1971" is a 6cd title. The last three discs are strictly from this source. It is missing at least a dozen seconds too much from Pennies, is missing over two minutes at the cut during Good Times, only has the first five minutes of Thank You, and is missing Rock and Roll. (THEN, it's followed by three "bonus" tracks, which are the organ solo, a complete Thank You, and Rock and Roll.) At the other usual cuts, this title often has at least a couple of split seconds more tape than any other release. At some cuts, it even has a few to several more seconds of audio than most titles. The background noise seems a little louder than most titles, with the foreground sounding a little more distant.
The sound quality is the same on almost all titles but the vinyl sourced titles. The vinyl noise is usually present.
No label's 2024 release of "Live In Japan 1971" is a 3cd title that reissues the first three cds of their 2019 title.
9-29-71, sources 2 & 3
929 (H-Bomb Music 3cd), 929: Bull Shit Master (Empress Valley), 929 Alternates (no label, 6cd), Mugen K Satsu: Bull Shit Master (Empress Valley), & Nine Two Nine (TDOLZ, 5cd)
H-Bomb, the first three cds of "929 Alternates," and EV's "929 Bullshit Master" are strictly from the second source tape. H-Bomb runs too fast. Alternates and EV are speed corrected. EV's title debuts just over a minute of tape between songs on the last disc. It's amplified a little bit over Alternates.
TDOLZ's 2cd version from the five cd box set releases the third source.
EV's Mugen box title contains a reissue of "Bull Shit Master."
9-29-71, sources 4 & 5
929: Mr. T-Tack Master (Empress Valley), 929 Alternates (no label, 6cd), How the East Was Won: Barbarians and the Geisha (Tarantura2000), Live In the Fairy Tale (Taratura2000), Mugen K Satsu: Mr. T-Tack Master (Empress Valley), & Smoke Get In Your Eyes (Scorpio)
Scorpio debuts a very small amount of non-musical portions of source four between some songs in their mixed source title.
929 Alternates' cds four, five, and six debut the release of the bulk of source four, without mixing in other sources. (Upon the release EV's Mr. T, it's revealed 929 Alternates is missing the last few minutes of Dazed, the last half of What Is and Should Never Be, and a half minute after Communcation Breakdown.)<)
EV's "Mr. T-Tack Master" from the 12cd 929 box is a mix based on source four. The intro begins with source four, then switches to source two. Source two is used too long, and displaces 18 seconds of Immigrant Song. The end of Dazed is complete on this title. Source two is used again after Going To California through the splice in What. There's a micro cut/repeat at the beginning of the third disc. It's sound has been amplified a fair amount over 929 Alternates.
Tarantura2000's Fairy Tale title debuts the fifth source. It splices away to other sources during Heartbreaker and late in Dazed. There are six unnecessary cuts at track changes on this title, done in typical Taratura2000 fashion.
Tarantura2000's Barbarians title is a mix based on source five and completed by source four. Source three is also used.
EV's Mugen box title contains a reissue of "Mr. T-Tack Master."
9-29-71, mixes
929 (no label, original and reissue), 9291971 (Tarantura2000, 5cd Box set), Arigatou Osaka (Moonchild, original and reissue), Fatally Wanderer (Wendy, both versions), How the East Was Won (aka Oh Show): Live In Japan (Empress Valley, 5cd box), Live In Japan (Empress Valley, 6cd box), Live In Japan 1971 (Empress Valley's original and reissue, Tarantura2000, Wendy 6cd, and no label), Nine Two Nine (TDOLZ, 5cd), Regalia 929 (Wendy), Smoke Get In Your Eyes (Scorpio), & You Were There In Spirits (Empress Valley, both issues)
TDOLZ's 3cd version mixes sources two and three.
Empress Valley's "Spirits" title is a mix between the three audience sources. Their reissue reuses the same discs as the original release.
EV's December 2010 "Live In Japan 1971" title is very similar in content to their "Spirits" release. The audience tapes used for it's gaps isn't always the same as in their original title. The music and background noise is slightly louder than found on "Spirits." Their reissue of the title uses the same audio and cd times.
Wendy's "Fatally Wanderer" titles are a mix of sources, based on the "soundboard" source. The second release is a little longer, called the "definitive version."
Tarantura2000's 3cd title from the 5cd box set is a mix relying heavily on the "soundboard" tape source. The vinyl source of the "soundboard" is one of the "sources" used in key places where the tape fails (Immigrant Song and Pennies From Heaven). One or both of the other tapes are used too. There are many, many splices in this title. There are at least a dozen instances of splicing away from the "soundboard" tape to other tapes, even though the "soundboard" tape is not even cut in these areas. Each instance of splicing displaces too much of the "sb" tape. A large section of the "sb" tape between Dazed and Stairway is missing entirely - it's not displaced by anything. Thirty seconds of WLL are missing from the "sb" source, being displaced unnecessarily by another source. There are also instances of very bizarre sounds not found on other titles. They are most noticeable after Heartbreaker and Since I've Been Loving You. Tangerine is followed by some brief echoing while Robert is speaking. Overall, it's an extremely sloppy mix with no regard to it's primary tape source. (Not only is it the worst mix for this show, it has to be the absolute worst mix ever released.)
Scorpio uses the third source as it's foundation and uses the second source for the missing songs. Some new pieces of source two can be found between songs. A fourth source is used between some of the songs and after the show too, but it's not used for the music. Source one, aka the "soundboard" is not used here.
Tarantura2000's "Live In Japan 1971" is based on the "soundboard" source and uses other audience tapes to fill gaps. For Dazed's Pennies, they elected not to splice to the remaining 12-15" of "older sb" originally found in this area on Noise Generator and Nighthawk, and just spliced out to a different source. This time they didn't displace 30" of WLL from the "sb." It's better than their prior attempt but there's just a lot of splicing.
Wendy's Regalia is a mix using the "soundboard" as it's foundation, doing a slightly better job than their two prior attempts.
EV's December 2014 "Live In Japan" issues this title again. It's a mix of the first three sources and possibly a fraction of the fourth. Besides just being another heavily spliced version of this show, it's plagued by many "micro cut/repeats" that are too often found on the more recent digitally edited releases. Dazed and Whole Lotta Love are the tracks most affected. This problem wasn't on any of the many prior versions of this show from EV.
The January 2016 no label release "929" is a triple cd title based on the familiar "soundboard." Like most similar mixed source titles for the past dozen years, it uses more of the clearer tape before being cut during Pennies. After that, it splices out to source two instead of the remaining 12-15" of "older sb" originally found in this area on Noise Generator and Nighthawk. The splice for the first cut during WLL misses 30" too much of the "sb."
The September 2016 no label release "929" reissues their title of the same name from earlier in the year.
Wendy's "Live In Japan 1971" is a 6cd set. It's first three cds are a mix based on the soundboard. Not all of the soundboard was preserved. It has more than just faint metallic sounds that can be heard through all quieter passages. Lots of splicing. The last three cds of the set are a mix of audience tapes, the exact mix used by Scorpio in 2009. The cd running times and the timing of the splices are virtually identical.
Moonchild's original title is a mix based on the soundboard. No effort was made to preserve time from the soundboard. Six months later, they reissued it using the same discs.
EV "How the East Was Won (aka Oh Show)" 5cd box reissues their reissue from March 2013, which reissued their original title from December 2010. The last three discs of this title in the box are subtitled "Live In Japan" and are dated 2013.
The 2019 no label release of "Live In Japan 1971" is a 6cd title. The first three discs are a mix based on this source. This mix is based on the lesser complete version of the "soundboard" audience tape - just like almost all of the other titles offering mixes based on this source.
11-11-71
Geordie Schooner (Wendy), Good Bad or Indifferent (Tarantura2000), Newcastle 1971 (no label), Newcastle Brown Ale (Empress Valley), Teddy Bear's Picnic (no label, 1cd), & Transitional Magic (Electric Magic)
Teddy Bear was the first cd release and is far from the complete tape.
Transitional Magic was the next release, offering an extra 35 seconds of That's the Way, all of Dazed and What, and about 30 seconds of Celebration Day. Their title was evidently mastered from a poor cdr copy. It has many minor "clicks and pops" that really add up.
EV's title doesn't offer the extra 35 seconds of That's the Way. It does provide Dazed and What Is. For Celebration Day, the entire song is present.
Tarantura2000 is the first offering of all known tape previous found on the older releases, in excellent condition. It also includes Communication Breakdown.
Wendy is almost completely identical to T2K. It's tape seems better in the area just before the cut during That's.
The no label title Newcastle 1971 is similar to Wendy and T2K but with one exception - That's the Way ends at the first cut like the two very oldest titles offering this show (Teddy Bear & EV).
EV & EM seem to be from the same generation of tape. Tarantura2000, Wendy, and the no label 2cd are similar to EV's quality. Teddy Bear's Picnic is from a poorer generation.
11-16-71, sources 1 & 2
Over the 12 Foot End (no label, 2cd), Two Penny Upright (Antrabata, 1cd), & Feelin' Groovy (Empress Valley, 4cd)
Twelve Foot is the first source for this show. It runs too fast.
Antrabata is the second source. It is better sounding than 12 Foot, but is much less complete.
Empress Valley's title is a mix between these two sources. The box contains the show twice, but does not separate the sources. Both are meaningless mixtures.
11-16-71, sources 1-3, maybe 4
Feelin' Groovy Definitive Version (Empress Valley, 3cd), Ipswich 1971 (TDOLZ & no label), Parade de Cirque (Wendy), & Over the Twelve Foot End (Graf Zeppelin)
These titles use the first two sources heavily.
TDOLZ uses a third source for Whole Lotta Love.
Empress Valley uses a different source than any prior release. It is possible that it comes from an unreleased portion of one of the first two sources. (Just as likely, it could be a fourth source.) This title includes the encores "Weekend" and "Gallows Pole." The last song briefly uses the Copenhagen source to fill a cut/gap (not cited on liner notes). Do they belong to one of the familiar sources or are they hints of a 4th and 5th source? Empress Valley could have placed this show on two discs.
The no label title is a mix mostly comprised of sources one and two, but includes tape found only on EV as well. It offers some more tape from source one not found on the other titles. It does include Weekend and Gallows, borrowing tape for a cut in Gallows from Copenhagen (not cited on liner notes). They've placed the show on two cds.
Graf Zeppelin's title is a mix highly similar to the no label title with the following few exceptions. There's has a splice in Going To California, does not splice during Celebration Day, and does not splice in Copenhagen during Gallows Pole. The sound is similar to the no label title.
Wendy's title mix is very similar to the no label title and Graf.
11-20-71
Electric Magic (Graf Zeppelin, 3cd), Electric Magic Show (Apple, Electric Magic, & Mad Dogs), Electric Magic Wembley Empire Pool (Empress Valley, 3cd), Empire Strikes Back (Tarantura2000, 3cd), & Magik (Tarantura)
Foreword
The early releases of the source one tape were created differently, each with different musical content to "mark" them. Tarantura, Mad Dogs, and Apple all have the following in common that are missing: the introduction, Immigrant Song, most of Whole Lotta Love. Furthermore, they'll miss other content that the other will posses. These are the "older versions," having many similar characteristics.
Electric Magic label later debuted (2001) the common and uncommon missing pieces, but was still using the typical older version of source one.
Tarantura2000 released a new version of source one and EV later released it too. Graf Zeppelin also released the newer version.
Tarantura and Apple's titles have the same musical content and are virtually identical in all respects. They are missing Tangerine, most of Moby Dick, and the items mentioned in the Foreword. Mad Dogs musical content is different. It is missing Whole Lotta Love and the items mentioned in the Foreword. These titles have tape problems throughout the show. Most of them match between titles but there are some that are unique to each label. Mad Dogs runs too fast and is from a higher generation tape.
The Electric Magic label is the first title to offer all the known songs to disc. It's Dancing Days is actually from 12/23/72 (not referenced in the liner notes). The many, many splices in this title are splicing from source one to a different generation of a source one tape.
Tarantura2000's title (December 2009) is a newer version than previously available. It too has all the known songs to disc, and it has a little extra tape between some songs. The sound isn't improved any, being most similar to the original Tarantura and Apple.
EV's content is almost exactly like Tarantura2000's and has the background noise suppressed, making the sound seem a little peculiar in places.
Graf's title does not have the cuts with repeating tape after some songs like the other newer versions (T2K and EV). It offers another twenty seconds of tape after Dazed too. There are two or three instances where Graf has either spliced to a lesser quality generation of tape or has a sound fluctuation where it's not necessary. Their title isn't amplified as much as T2K and EV, and has not suppressed any background noise, so it is more natural sounding.
11-25-71
Best For Hard 'N' Heavy (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Diploma (Tarantura2000 6cd & 3cd), Leicester 1971 (no label), Mystical Majesties Request (Electric Magic), & University of Leicester 1971 (Wendy)
Electric Magic's title is a little shorter than the others. There are a few seconds missing from before the show and 2 minutes missing afterwards. The cut after Tangerine is missing 10 of tape and the cut during WLL is missing 12 seconds. It runs a little too fast and emphasizes the higher frequencies.
EV (original) has a slight balance problem briefly in Dazed and has a large, but brief, sound increase in Stairway.
Tarantura2000's "master" version found in the 6cd set mimics the sides of the bootlegger's tapes. The 3cd "edited" version is highly similar, but the tracks are formatted in a more normal fashion. Both versions have all known tape to disc and do not have the faults found in the other titles. The edited version differs only slightly in sound, but has some micro cut/repeats during Dazed that are not of the "master."
Wendy's title has some extra cuts and sound changes not found on other titles. It also has some issues found on older titles, but not found on Tarantura2000. Their title has been amplified some.
EV's 2015 issue of this show bears the same name and disc times for the first two discs, while the third disc only differs by a second. For the most part, it seems to be reissuing the audio from the original, but there may be more static problems here on Dazed. The typical brief static in the middle of Stairway was present on the original (and other titles) but it is not present on the "reissue."
The no label title has, for some strange reason, rearranged the medleys in Whole Lotta Love.
12-2-71
Heartbeat (H-Bomb, 1cd), Rock and Roll Magic (Electric Magic, 3cd), & Starkers (Graf Zeppelin, 1cd)
Heartbeat was the first release of this show, using a fragmented tape. It runs a little fast, has a channel problem during Heartbreaker, and misses too much of Dazed.
Graf's title uses the fragmentary tape too. It runs at the proper speed, doesn't have the channel problem during heartbreaker, and has 26 seconds more of Dazed. It's sound is otherwise similar to H-Bomb.
R&R Magic is the pretty much the full show and is often complete where the fragmentary tape is not. It's music is much louder without too much increase in typical background noise. It's probably from a lower gen. However, Electric Magic has pissed all over this tape just like with their 2-12-75 release. They both have the same terrible metallic sound from tweaking too much.