1-12-75 source 1
Dress Grasper - Z (Wendy), It's Time To Travel Again (TDOLZ), Jesus - Live In Minneapolis: Live In Brussels (Empress Valley), Live In Brussels (Empress Valley), & Operation Moonbeam (Tarantura)
TDOLZ releases the tape in good form, but runs a touch slow.
Tarantura edited out a few seconds of tape in a few places. After the show, Tarantura repeated a half second of tape ten times to extend the amount of "tape" after Robert's final words. It seems to run a touch fast.
EV's title is also in good form.
EV reissued the original from "Jesus" on a 2cd title "Live In Brussels," using the same discs.
Wendy's decided to add some new non-sensical lyrics to Rain Song at the cut. They also deleted some of Kashmir at the cut and repeated an earlier verse.
1-12-75 mixes
Belgian Triple (Empress Valley) & Outfit of the Day (Tarantura2000)
Empress Valley is based on source one and uses source two to fill in multiple gaps of the first tape. Their title has been amplified a lot.
Tarantura2000's title is disguised as being only from source one, but it's actually from two different shows. The first splice is during the cut in Rain Song, and really sounds like it's from an uncut source one tape, but likely not. The end of Kashmir is spliced to a different show, as it end with a different final drum beat than what's found on source two. Their tape has been amplified a lot but isn't overloaded.
1-18-75 soundboard fragments only
All is Safe For Rock and Roll (Eelgrass), Bloomington 1975 (Graf Zeppelin and no label), & Wanton Song 1975 Met Center (no label)
An unknown label (not the same as "no label/lighthouse") debuted the 4 song soundboard fragment on "Wanton Song 1975 Met Center" and it was quickly copied by Eelgrass. However, Eelgrass inserted extra cuts at each track change like their two previous titles.
Graf Zeppelin released Bloomington 1975 that contained a different 4 song soundboard "sampler" just before the full soundboard was released. While the sampler is four and a half minutes long, it only offers 100 seconds of music - offering brief teasers of three songs not from the original fragment release.
The familiar no label manufacturer also the same "sampler" as no label.
1-18-75 soundboard
Bloomington In Raw (Boleskine), First Campaign (Empress Valley), Hello Twin Cities (Moonchild), Jesus - Live In Minneapolis (Empress Valley, 4cd and 2cd), Salvation Through Him (Eelgrass), & Two and a Half Finger Show: Blind Focus (Tarantura2000)
EV's Jesus titles were the first to bring the full soundboard show to disc, although Wanton Song and No Quarter are incomplete. It's available on their 4cd and 2cd versions.
Eelgrass's title is not copied directly from EV, as it mixes in the audience source to complete the two songs. No soundboard is missed at the cuts. Instead of being cut at every track change like their three previous titles, it's only slightly cut at three of the changes. It's sound is similar to EV.
EV's First Campaign reissues the discs from the original title, Jesus.
Moonchild's title adds in the audience tape and is highly similar to Eelgrass, but without the three cuts at track changes. The running time of the second disc is identical to Eelgrass, and the meta data reads "Eelgrass version." It's amp'd and eq'd over the EV title.
EV's Judas title is a copy of the Moonchild title. It has the same meta data for both discs and identical content.
Tarantura2000's title is based on the soundboard and fills with the audience tape. It's been amplified just a little.
Boleskine's title is strictly from the soundboard and is similar in content and sound as EV's Jesus.
1-18-75 audience
Bloomington 1975 (Graf Zeppelin and no label), First Show From Notrh American Tour 1975 (Wisteria), Jesus - Live In Minneapolis (Empress Valley, 4cd), & Two and a Half Finger Show: Scotoma (Tarantura2000)
Graf Zeppelin debuted this tape and is in good form. It has been amplified only slightly.
Wisteria's title has edited some of the cuts, missing small bits of tape, and then ends up missing five seconds of tape between Kashmir and the Wanton Song. Like all of their prior titles, this title is cut at most track changes. It's sound has been amplified a little.
No label's title is almost completely identical to Graf. It's slightly less amplified.
Empress Valley's 4cd box includes the audience tape. It has two small problems, in the form of a static pop during Moby and Stairway. It's sound has been amplified a little.
Tarantura2000's title is similar in content to the others. It's edited a couple of cuts, amplified the audio a little, and have eq'd it too.
1-20-75, sources 1 & 2
Cryin' Won't Help You (Empress Valley), Finger Flu (TCOLZ), Luftschiffe (Tarantura), Sweet Home Chicago (Wendy), & Wanton Song (Scorpio)
TCOLZ is strictly from the second source tape. Tarantura, EV, and Wendy use source one and add How Many More Times from the following night. Scorpio is a two source mix, using source one as the primary source, and is just from the one night.
The titles for source one are very similar in content and sound quality. Tarantura added tape after a couple of cuts to falsely extend. Wendy and Empress have longer introductions. The peculiar sounding splice in Wendy's introduction is not found on the other titles. Empress Valley is just slightly more complete between songs than Wendy. Empress has sequenced Dying to the later half of the show. Scorpio doesn't make enough effort to use all of source one, displacing it with source two.
1-21-75
Cryin' Won't Help You (Empress Valley), Luftschiffe (Tarantura), & Sweet Home Chicago (Wendy)
These titles contain the one available track from the show, How Many More Times. They are very similar in content and sound quality.
1-22-75
Black & Blue and Snot All Over (TCOLZ), Blues Brothers (Empress Valley), & Every Picture Tells a Chicago Story (Wendy)
The only difference between TCOLZ and EV is that EV has amplified their title quite a bit.
Wendy's title is similar to TCOLZ, but they chose to splice in the prior night's tape to "complete" Stairway. The mixing of nights in not noted on the title.
1-24-75
Oxygen Destroyer (Wendy) & Ultraviolence (Holy)
These titles have the same musical content but Wendy has a lot of extra tape from before the show, after Stairway, and after the show. The few tape flaws found on Holy have been edited on Wendy. These titles are different in sound but one isn't really better than the other.
1-29-75
Footstomping Graffiti (no label), Greensboro 1975 (no label), & A Quick Getaway (TDOLZ)
Footstomping and TDOLZ are pretty identical as far as cuts and completeness and sound qualtiy are concerned, but TDOLZ's tape runs slower, and gets increasingly slower.
The no label Greensboro 1975 title is from a different company than the other no label title, coming out almost twenty-five years later. The Greensboro title debuts eight seconds of Moby Dick and a few more seconds between songs. It's been amplified a bit over the older titles.
1-31-75
Detroit 1975 (no label), Tune Up (Immigrant), & Ultraviolence Attack (Badgeholders)
Badgeholders is missing the introduction. It has some static in the beginning of Rock and Roll and again before it ends. Moby Dick is missing almost 9 seconds at one of the cuts and another half dozen seconds after the song while Robert is speaking. The tape's channel problems are less evident than on Immigrant because they've moved one channel into the other. HMMT has been moved from it's original sequence and placed in front of Stairway.
Immigrant's title also moves HMMT in front of Stairway. It hasn't been amplified like Badgeholders.
The no label title has the tracks in the proper sequence. Otherwise, it has the same issues as the two older titles.
2-3-75
Heavy Metal Hullabaloo (TDOLZ) & Madison Square Garden 1975 1st Night (no label)
TDOLZ placed their title on three discs instead of two. It misses a few seconds during the cut after Rain Song and then misses over a dozen seconds during Moby.
The no label title is on two discs. It's not missing time after Rain and is not cut during Moby Dick. It's sound is just a small touch louder than TDOLZ.
2-6-75
1975 World Tour (Cobra & Empress Valley's original and reissue) & When The Levee Breaks (TNT)
TNT's title is missing much of the introduction, but part of that missing section is inserted after Kashmir. It has more tape after Rain Song than the other titles. TNT's tape is likely from a higher generation tape than Cobra and EV.
Empress Valley's title is a little more complete between songs than Cobra. EV repeats 22 seconds of the introduction after Kashmir. The two titles are similar in sound.
EV's reissue reuses the exact same cds as the original issue.
2-7-75
Strangely Enough (EMC) & Trampled Underfoot (no label)
The no label title is from the first source and Electric Magic's title is from the second. Neither offer the full show.
2-8-75
Philadelphia Special (no label) & Spectrum (Electric Magic Celebration)
Philadelphia Special is first source. EMC uses a second source to complete the first source, eliminating some of the first source during splices.
EMC's music and background noise have been amplified to be louder than Philly Special.
2-10-75 audience
Heavy Zeppelin (TCOLZ) & Ultra Violent Killer Droog (Empress Valley)
TCOLZ debuted this show. There's a small cut with repeat during Trampled. It's missing a combined total of eight minutes of audience cheer after Stairway and Black Dog.
EV's title doesn't faithfully represent the show or the master tape. It introduces at least four micro cut/repeats. The tape problem in the middle of Over the Hills has been edited, but, likely in the same fashion as the edit during Dying. Dying's tape problem before the fourth minute ends has chopped out the lyrics/music and replaced with tape that follows a number of seconds later. A minute of tape after the show is missing. (The master tape is full of drags, drops, and cuts, so it's a bit strange EV decided to make such a deceitful edit for just one of the problems. Or, maybe there are more?)
The titles are otherwise fairly similar in sound.
EV's 2019 gatefold title is a reissue of a reissue of a reissue, that uses brand new discs that are back dated with the year 2008 printed on them.
2-10-75 soundboard
Hellfire Club (Empress Valley original and reissue, & Eelgrass) & Ultra Violent Killer Droog (Empress Valley)
EV's Hellfire Club and Droog were released at the same time and share the same discs.
Eelgrass is a copy of EV, has the same disc times and sound quality.
EV reissued Hellfire Club and uses the same discs as the original.
2-12-75, soundboard
Flying Circus (Eelgrass & Empress Valley's 5 issues), Madison Square Graffiti (Red Devil), & That's Alright New York (Godfatherecords & Moonchild)
Empress Valley released this tape first in 2002. Eelgrass is a direct copy - there are no differences in equalization or disc times. Red Devil seems to be sourced from EV too, although it is not a direct cd copy with matching times. They've added "blank tape" at the end of the cds. It's cue stops and sound are identical to EV.
EV's "gold disc" reissue and the jewel case reissue in 2007 have identical disc times as the original release. Their 2015 reissue contained in the 9cd box has identical sound and contents as the prior versions, on new discs with slightly different running times.
Godfather made some heavy adjustments to the sound to provide some more depth. A minor cut can be found just before Moby and a minor glitch/drop in the later portion of Dazed. About forty seconds of tape (audience cheering) has been removed from after Stairway and after the show..
Moonchild's title has the same name and cd times as Godfather. It appears it was copied from Godfather, repeating the faults there, and adding in no less than a dozen cuts. There's a cut at most track changes and almost always followed by a second in the place where EV changes tracks. The cue stops are poorly placed.
2-12-75, soundboard/audience mixes
Flying Circus (Empress Valley, 9cd) & Johannes (Empress Valley)
EV's Flying Circus box has a mix of the soundboard and an audience tape playing simultaneously (matrix). The soundboard dominates and the audience tape is laid right on top of the board. No effort was made to offer parts of tape where the other was lacking - several minutes are excluded.
EV's Johannes is also plays the soundboard and audience tape simultaneously, but this time they've included the extra tape.
2-12-75, source 1
Can't Take Your Evil Ways (TDOLZ, both issues), Flying Circus (Empress Valley, 9cd), Four Blocks In the Snow (TCOLZ), Heartbreakers Back In Town (no label), Jumpleg (Tarantura), Ladies and Gents (Tarantura2000), MSG 1975 (LSD, both issues), & 10th US Tour (Whole Lotta Live)
Whole Lotta Live is a direct copy of Tarantura.
TDOLZ reissued this title claiming it was the "uncut complete version." That wasn't the truth. No label has managed to do this yet. TDOLZ's first issue is missing 68 seconds of Moby Dick. Their reissue is this section. (Evidently, the master source is cut at the switch to hand percussion during Moby Dick. All cd titles have a cut at that point.) However, both titles are still missing a large chunk of time after Rain Song, several seconds after Dazed, and 90 seconds after Black. The reissue doesn't include a cue stop for Kashmir. Mostly, the two titles sound similar.
LSD also issued this title twice. Both issues have precisely identical cuts and content. There may be a little difference in the equalization. Both are also missing about a minute of the introduction. There's a drop in Rock and Roll exclusively to these titles. The tape seems a little unbalanced after Sick Again and there's another small problem during Over the Hills and Far Away. No Quarter has a digital glitch and about 2 dozen seconds of tape are missing after Dazed and Confused. These problems are also only found on LSD. Three minutes of tape are missing between Stairway and Whole Lotta Love. It's also missing 90 seconds after Black Dog. Robert's "Good Night" is missing from the end of the show too.
Tarantura is missing more than a minute of the introduction. There are tape problems during the end of Rain Song and is missing a large amount of time after the song. Moby Dick is missing a large section. There are some balance problems that mostly clear up before Stairway To Heaven. Stairway has a cut but is not missing any time. About five minutes of tape are missing after the song. Another 2.5 minutes are missing after Black.
"Ladies and Gents" also is a release claiming to be uncut. It also claims to be straight from the master source. It is not directly from the master. It is cut, missing time found on other releases. The cut after Rain Song misses 44 seconds of tape, like TDOLZ. Additionally, they've "added" tape from elsewhere to extend the audience's applause. Moby Dick is cut, but not any less complete than other titles. New from this title is an extra 90+ seconds of tape between Black Dog and Heartbreaker. (The original pressing of Ladies & Gents first disc had a cut early in Kashmir. A replacement was manufactured before much distribution.)
TCOLZ's title is the most complete and unadulterated version, having over a minute more of new non music tape than other releases. It's only flaw is missing 90 seconds of audience noise after Black Dog.
Empress Valley's title is missing over two minutes of tape and has introduced some static after No Quarter. It's sound is somewhat similar to TCOLZ.
The reissues are similar in sound to their original counterparts. LSD and Tarantura2000 seem to be eq'ed for lower frequencies. TDOLZ and TCOLZ feature the higher ones. The original Tarantura doesn't sound as good as the other releases.
No label's title is a two audience source mix, based on source one. It begins with source two, but oddly misses the first four seconds of that source. About five seconds of source one's tape is missed/displaced at each splice. It's sound is just as good as most of the source one titles.
2-12-75, source 2
Four Blocks In the Snow (TCOLZ) & That's All Right New York (Electric Magic Celebration)
EMC's title uses source two as it's foundation and fills in some areas with source one. The splices are during the Rain Song, Kashmir, and after Dazed. The splice during Kashmir is to displace source two's heavily distorted section. The other splices displace a few seconds in the process of filling source two's gaps. There are a couple of small cut/repeats during the title that shouldn't be there.
This is primarily a new source but relies on the first source to complete Rain Song and Kashmir. There's a terrible metallic sound in the background, not unlike Celebration's May 1973 soundboards and some of the Tara2000. The tape has been amplified largely.
TCOLZ's release is strictly from source two and comes some six years after EMC. It doesn't have the problems that were incorporated into EMC.
2-13-75, audience
Fighting Back At the Coliseum (Empress Valley, original and both reissues), The New Faces (Jelly Roll) & Trampled Underwood (IQ)
Jelly Roll is a single source. This source didn't capture the full show. IQ used a second source to complete the first tape. For the original source shared between JR and IQ, they are identical.
Empress Valley's release uses the tape by Jelly Roll and completes the show by using the other tape too. Furthermore, it may a third tape for even more completion, but it may not be from the same night. The many changes between the first two sources and the rest of the sound changes make it difficult to determine exactly when actual source changing occurs. For the main tape shared between the three titles, EV's tape is much louder with less background noise. It certainly must be from a better generation of tape. JR and IQ are similar in sound.
EV's 2011 reissue places the audio content from the original title on new discs (with same exact disc times).
EV's 2013 reissue retains the same name as the prior versions but is found in the "Kings of the Stone Age" box. It places the same audio content on new cds discs (with same exact disc times).
2-13-75, soundboard
Kings of the Stone Age (Empress Valley, 9cd & 6cd boxes, & Eelgrass), Jamming With a Woody (Empress Valley "original" & reissue), Led Faces Over Coliseum (Moonchild), Quiet Storm: 1975 February 13 (Empress Valley), Throwing the Wild Seeds: Led Faces Over Coliseum (Godfatherecords), & Wildest Dreams: 13 (Empress Valley)
The four EV Kings titles all use the same cds. The Eelgrass title is a direct copy of EV.
Godfather splices in an audience tape briefly after Kashmir. It is equalized differently than EV/Eel.
Moonchild is evidently a direct copy of Godfather. It has the same name, cd times, and content.
EV's "13" from Wildest Dreams is a reissue of Kings.
EV's "1975 February 13" from Quiet Storm is a reissue of Kings.
2-14-75, audience
Nassau 1975 (TDOLZ) & St. Tangerine's Day (IQ)
These titles are very similar. TDOLZ has smoother edits.
2-14-75, soundboard
At Nassau Coliseum (Eelgrass), Few Hours With St. Valentine (Moonchild), Kings of the Stone Age (Empress Valley, 9cd & 6cd boxes), Quiet Storm: 1975 February 14 (Empress Valley), St. Valentine's Day Massacre (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Throwing the Wild Seeds: Few Hours With St. Valentine (Godfatherecords), & Wildest Dreams: 14 (Empress Valley)
EV debuted this soundboard with St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
Eelgrass is a direct copy of EV's SVD.
EV's first reissue uses the same name, audio, and disc times as the original.
EV's two Kings boxes reissue the audio from the original title with the same disc times, but on new cds.
Godfather splices in audience tapes before the show and when the soundboard is cut between songs. In doing so, some of the soundboard is displaced.
Moonchild is evidently a direct copy of Godfather. It has the same name, cd times, and content.
EV's "14" from the Wildest Dreams title attempts to reissue the audio from Kings, but has big troubles on the last disc. Six seconds of music are removed from WLL and Black Dog at the track change. Heartbreaker is full of digital glitches during a sixty second section.
EV's "1975 February 14" from Quiet Storm reissues the audio from Kings instead of the botched Wildest Dreams title.
2-16-75
Hatena (Empress Valley), Rock Saint Louie Rolls! (Moonchild), St. Louis Blues (Empress Valley & Eelgrass), & UFO Enigma: Flight No.: 216 (Empress Valley)
Eelgrass copied EV's SLB title, as usual. However, it's not an exact copy. The sound has been toned down a hair. The last five seconds of blank tape on cd three have been removed and the cues stops don't all match EV either.
EV's Hatena reissues audio from the original title onto new discs with different times.
Moonchild's title was also copied from EV, but they've added in no less than 20 cuts. There's a cut at each track change and almost always followed by a second in the place where Eelgrass changes tracks. The cue stops are poorly placed.
EV's UFO title reissues their prior reissue.
2-28-75, audience
Battle of Baton Rouge (Empress Valley), Blaze (Immigrant), Freeze! (Tarantura), DX I ~ X (Mad Dogs), Hang On To Your Heads (TDOLZ), Led Astray (SIRA), Metallic Sounds Highlight LSU Concert (Empress Valley, 1cd), & Rampaging Cajun (Empress Valley, 6cd original)
Immigrant is missing most of the introduction. It is missing a few seconds after Trampled Under Foot and more than 6.5 minutes of Dazed and Confused. The title has good sound but seems to be 1 or 2 generations further from the master.
Mad Dogs is much more complete than Immigrant, but is still missing some tape after Moby and Dazed. It has a little less bass than most of the releases of this show.
Tarantura, SIRA, and TDOLZ are almost completely identical with respect to cuts, completeness, and sound. SIRA is not a direct copy of Tarantura. They may have used the same tape but they made a couple of edits not found on Tarantura.
Empress Valley's "Battle" is similar to the better titles. It's introduction is about 40 seconds short, but it seems to have a few extra split seconds at a couple of the cuts. There is a larger amount of tape after the show, totaling about 75 seconds. Their sound has been amplified a bit.
EV's 6cd "Rampaging" includes the audience as a bonus. The bonus discs reproduce the content and disc times of "Battle."
EV's 1cd "Metallic Sounds" is a sampler of the audience and soundboard tapes, obviously incomplete.
2-28-75, soundboard
Metallic Sounds Highlight LSU Concert (Empress Valley, 1cd) & Rampaging Cajun (Empress Valley original plus reissues & Eelgrass)
EV's 6cd "Rampaging" debuts the soundboard on the first three cds of the six cd set. Eelgrass is a direct copy of EV.
EV's 2014 "Rampaging" title is in a jewel case and reissues the audio from the first title on new discs with matching times.
EV's 1cd "Metallic Sounds" is a sampler of the audience and soundboard tapes, obviously incomplete.
3-3-75, soundboard
Flower of Evil (Empress Valley), Hatena (Empress Valley), Rock Super Stars (Empress Valley (original and reissue,) & Eelgrass), Statistical Analyzing Shot (Empress Valley), & UFO Enigma: Flight No.: 303 (Empress Valley)
EV's debuted this show simultaneously on three differently named titles: Hatena, Rock Super Stars, and Statistical.
Eelgrass is a direct copy of one of the original EV titles.
EV's Rock Super Stars subsequent jewel cased version is a reissue utilizing the original discs.
EV's UFO title reissues their prior reissue.
EV's Flower is a differently eq'd version of their original. The second disc starts out with misplaced audio, but only briefly. The ending of Stairway is strange, with the audience cheer being oddly amplified.
3-4-75
Chasing the Dragon (Eelgrass, 3cd, & Empress Valley, 3cd & 6cd & 2009 3cd reissue), Dallas 1975 (Blimp & Last Stand Disc), Grassy Knoll: Zapruder (Wendy), Solid Guitar (Tarantura), Statistical Analyzing Shot (Empress Valley), Trampled Under Foot (Swinging Pig), & Zapruder (Wendy)
Empress Valley's Chasing the Dragon is the first release with enough of the soundboard tape to use a third disc. No Quarter and Moby Dick remain incomplete. However, this Moby Dick has an extra 25 seconds before ending. No fades were used, thus allowing every note to be heard clearly. (The original disc number two contains a cut/repeat three minutes into Trampled Under Foot lasting 20 seconds - none of the old 2cd titles have this problem. A "replacement disc" (matrix# "EVSD-189B" time=34:48) was issued 4 months later correcting the original disc (matrix# "EVSD-189" time=35:08).) This title has very excellent sound like the all the others. The 3cd title is a reissue of the cds in the 6cd box. EV released the title again in late 2009, packed in a jewel case and using the original two discs and original replacement disc.
EV released the same audio again in 2015 on Statistical Analyzing shot with new discs and slightly different disc times.
Eelgrass's title is a perfect copy of original "uncorrected" Empress Valley title.
Wendy's title is identical in content to EV and Eelgrass. It's not amplified as much.
Blimp's title runs a little slow and has an extra, inexcusable cut in No Quarter with 3 seconds of silence - not found on the other titles.
Last Stand Disc and Swinging Pig have virtually identical content. The latter has a smoother edit on the big cut in No Quarter. Tarantura is also highly similar to these two titles except for one factor. At the cut in No Quarter, there is a 5 second overlap of the two pieces of tape.
(LSD update after comparing EV: LSD has a tape problem throughout the entire title. Between songs (quite sections) a repetitive "bump, bump" sound can be heard. It is evidently the tape. This problem isn't on Empress Valley or Tarantura.)
Wendy's Grassy Knoll contains a reissue of Zapruder that reuses the same discs from the original Zapruder.
3-5-75 audience
Chasing the Dragon (Empress Valley, from 6cd box), Days Confused (Empress Valley, from 6cd release), & Live In Dallas (TDOLZ)
TDOLZ was the first label to issue this show on cd. Now years later, it has finally been issued again but by Empress Valley. EV's Chasing the Dragon used the February 28th show to fill in the two musical gaps and of course didn't note the change. Furthermore, there are sound changes after most of the songs that sound like splices. For all but maybe one instance, they're adjusting the tape and not actually switching to a different tape. It creates a completely unnecessary dissonance. On the plus side, EV has a longer introduction, a little more tape after Kashmir, and some extra tape after Moby Dick.
TDOLZ's Rock and Roll has a brief sound fluctuation not found on Chasing the Dragon. Chasing the Dragon has a brief sound fluctuation during Sick Again that's not found on TDOLZ.
EV released this show again with as a bonus 3cd included with the soundboard, Days Confused. They decided not to mix in Baton Rouge again to fill the gaps. The tape has an extra 140 seconds of tape from between songs that's not found on TDOLZ. It does miss 8 seconds found on TDOLZ after Rain Song. The pair of glitches found on TDOLZ's No Quarter are not present here. There's also a slight cut after Dazed that's not found on TDOLZ.
Empress Valley's titles run at the proper speed while TDOLZ is a little slow. The tape generations seem to match but EV has amplified theirs just a touch.
3-5-75 soundboard
Babushka Lady (Wendy), Days Confused (Empress Valley, from 6cd/3cd releases and 3cd jewel case reissue, & Eelgrasss), Grassy Knoll: Babushka Lady (Wendy), & Statistical Analyzing Shot (Empress Valley)
EV's Days Confused (3cd & 6cd) debuts the soundboard. It mixes in about 2.5 minutes of audience tape to complete some gaps. Eelgrass is a direct copy of EV's soundboard discs. EV's jewel cased version uses the same discs as the prior version. These mixes feature long overlapping splices, displacing small pieces of the soundboard.
EV released the same audio again in 2015 on Statistical Analyzing shot with new discs and slightly different disc times.
Wendy's title is strictly from the soundboard and features slightly more soundboard than the other releases.
Wendy's Grassy Knoll contains a reissue of Babushka Lady that reuses the same discs from the original Babushka Lady.
3-10-75
San Diego 1975 (no label) & Symphony In a Thousand Parts (TDOLZ)
TDOLZ's title misses a small amount of tape before and after the show, and a brief comment by Robert after Rain Song. It runs a little fast.
The no label title has more tape before and after the show, has the comment after Rain Song, but missing a different comment by Robert after Dazed. It's been amplified a tiny bit and runs at the proper speed.
3-11-75, soundboard
American Return (Godfatherecords & Moonchild), Long Beach Californication (Empress Valley's original and reissue & Eelgrass), Long Beach Arena Matrix (Empress Valley), & Oz (Empress Valley, 9cd & 3cd)
EV debuted the soundboard tape, mixing in the introduction from the first audience tape. Eelgrass is an exact audio copy of EV and shares the same disc times. Godfather's title is similar in content to EV. Their cue stops are poorly positioned between songs and it's sound has been altered more than necessary.
EV's jewel cased reissue reuses the same discs as the original release.
Moonchild is evidently a direct copy of Godfather. It has the same name, cd times, and content.
Empress Valley's Oz 3cd is an audio matrix, simultaneously playing the soundboard matched up to the first audience source.
EV's Oz 9cd box contains a 3cd version of the soundboard filled with the first audience tape. It reissues their original release from 2009, but slows it down just a hair.
EV's Long Beach Arena Matrix, simultaneously playing the soundboard matched up to the first audience source. It is a little different from their previous matrix.
3-11-75, sources 1 & 2
Acme (Moonchild), Bootleg License: Acme Quaalude (Tarantura2000's 2008 and 2020 issues), California Graffiti (Masterport), California Sunshine (Badgeholders), Cliches and All (Moonchild), Long Beach 1975 (Flying Disc & LSD), Long Beach 1975 1st Night (Graf Zeppelin, 6cd), Long Beach Arena 1975 (no label, 4cd), Long Beach Arena 1975 1st Night (no label, 2020 6cd & 3cd), Long Beach Arena Complete (Confusion), Long Beach Continuous Performances (Wendy, 6cd), Oz (Empress Valley 9cd), Pussy & Cock (Tarantura), Standing In the Shadow of Midnight (Empress Valley), & Zeppelin L (Akashic)
Musically speaking, Flying Disc is the least complete. The title does not have any cue stops and runs a little slow. Tarantura and LSD have similar speeds (running about 3% fast) and content. The only difference (slight) is Tarantura's cut in Dazed. Confusion is missing some of Robert's commentary after Rain Song and Trampled Under Foot. This title runs a hair fast but isn't as fast as Tarantura and LSD.
Flying Disc, Tarantura, Confusion, and LSD are all cut near the 22nd minute of Dazed (preceded by a tape problem too). Each miss at least a dozen seconds.
Akashic is missing 15 seconds of the introduction. Robert's commentary is missing after Rain Song and tape of the audience cheering has been added in to fill the gap. Dazed doe not have the tape problem and cut. Another 45 seconds has been added after Stairway too. This title has half a minute more tape after the show than the other titles, which actually seems to be genuine. The speed is proper.
Masterport has the full introduction, all commentary, Dazed in excellent shape, and adds another dozen seconds of tape after Stairway not previously available, but misses the last 35 seconds of tape after the show. The end of Rain fades out, but is complete. The speed is proper.
Empress Valley is a two source mix. It uses source two to fill two non-musical cuts in source one. In the process, it misses a few seconds of source one. Other than that, this title is just as complete as Masterport. However, for the cut after Rain song, they decided to repeat source one from after Over the Hills.
Badgeholders title uses source two to fill in the gap after Trampled and Dazed. The title ends with as much tape as Akashic.
Tarantura2000's 2008 title is another two source mix, using the second source to fill in source one's gaps. The first couple of seconds are missing from the introduction and the two splices displace a few seconds of source one's content/music. The title has all the extra tape after the show (from source one).
Wendy's title is also a two source mix. It uses the second tape only after Dazed, up to Stairway. They've also spliced in some extra source one to extend audience cheer after Rain, Trampled, and Moby.
No label's 2015 4cd release is strictly source one, has all known tape to disc, but is essentially cut in the beginning of Stairway with a small digital click/pop due to bad cdr mastering. If the glitch wasn't present, it'd be a great title.
Moonchild's Acme title is exactly the same as the no label title (same cd times too) but without the mastering error.
Flying Disc, Tarantura, and LSD have similar sound levels. Confusion's title is not quite as loud. Akashic has amplified their tape quite a bit, making the background noise and music too loud. Masterport has excellent sound. Empress and Badgeholder's sounds have been amplified and brightened some. Wendy's sound is fairly similar to Masterport's. The sound of the no label title is slightly less amplified as Masterport's.
Moonchild's Cliches title is slightly different in content before and after the show when compared to their Acme title. It has a digital glitch soon after Over the Hills. It's sound has been equalized differently, and seems to be brighter and clearer.
No label's July 2020 6cd release contains the show twice from the exact same tape, but are equalized slightly differently. They have the exact same content as Moonchild's Cliches title, including the glitch after Over the Hills. Cds 4-6 are labeled "flat transfer" and have cut/drop in the thirteenth minute of Moby that isn't found on any other version of this show.
Graf's 6cd title has the exact same tape as Moonchild's Cliches title on the first three discs but mixes in source two as well.
Graf's bonus disc "0," aka disc 6 uses the same tape as disc one, but has been "remastered" and is just the first third of the show.
Graf's cds four and debut the songs from source two, starting during No Quarter and ending during Whole Lotta Love. Source one has been mixed in to fill some gaps.
Tarantura2000's 2020 title has the exact same name as their 2008 title, but it is not a reissue. The 2020 title is a similar mix as their 2008 title, but misses less tape at the few splices, however they decide to exclude the tape after the show. It's been amplified quite a bit.
No label's December 2020 3cd release is titled the same as their 3cd release from July 2020 and reissues the 3cd "flat" version onto new discs.
EV's Oz 9cd box contains two 3cd versions of source one. The "mastered" version is a direct copy of Moonchild's Cliches, having the same cd times and metadata. The "flat" version is a slightly eq'd copy of their "mastered" version.
3-12-75, source 1
Dedicated To Anyone Who Got Divorced Today (TCOLZ, 6cd), Standing In the Shadows (TDOLZ), & Trampled Under Jimmy's Foot (SIRA)
SIRA, TDOLZ, and TCOLZ's cds 1-3 come from the first tape (exclusively).
SIRA and TDOLZ are very similar in regards to cuts and completeness. Both have slightly more of Song Remains the Same than other titles using this source. Both of these titles are missing 93 seconds of Moby Dick. TDOLZ has some digital interference during Stairway.
TCOLZ is cut differently during Song Remains the Same and is slightly less complete than SIRA and TDOLZ. It's Moby includes the extra 93 seconds.
TDOLZ seems to be a little clearer sounding than SIRA, but has also been over amplified. SIRA runs a little slow. TCOLZ sound hasn't been over amplified and seems unadulterated.
3-12-75, source 2
Dedicated To Anyone Who Got Divorced Today (TCOLZ, 6cd), Long Beach Arena 1975 (no label, 4cd), Long Beach Arena 1975 2nd Night (no label), Long Beach Arena Fragment (Holy) & Long Beach Continuous Performances (Wendy, 6cd)
TCOLZ's and the 4cd no label titles' fourth discs, and the other titles are exclusively from the second tape.
Holy has a small fade into Stairway. TCOLZ inexcusably misses the first 8 seconds of Stairway. All titles miss at least a little bit of tape at the cut after Black. The no label 1cd title has the most tape at that cut. The titles are otherwise similar in content but vary a little in sound equalization. Holy seems to be from a higher generation of tape.
3-12-75, source 3
Dedicated To Anyone Who Got Divorced Today (TCOLZ, 6cd)
TCOLZ is the only title to feature this source exclusively. It is found on cds 5 and 6.
3-12-75, mixed sources
Bootleg License: Standing In the Shadow (Tarantura2000's 2008 and 2020 issues), Long Beach 1975 2nd Night (Graf Zeppelin), Long Beach Continuous Performances (Wendy, 6cd), & Taking No Prisoners Tonight (Badgeholders)
Badgeholder's and Tarantura2000's 2008 titles use source one until source two becomes available. Source two is used from there on, as the primary sound source, but tape one is used to fill in between songs. In the process, some of source two is omitted. Moby Dick features an extra 93 seconds of tape not found on TDOLZ or SIRA. The two tapes used on these titles have better sound than the older releases.
Wendy's title debuts source three. It uses source three as the primary foundation and uses source one to fill the gaps. For some strange reason, there's an unnecessary splice away (brief) from source three during No Quarter. Source three's sound is much poorer quality on the second disc than it is on the others. The digital static found on Stairway infers it may was most surely copied from TDOLZ's title.
Tarantura2000's 2020 title has the exact same name as their 2008 title, but it is not a reissue. The 2020 title features all thirty-four minutes of the commonly found source two, fills with the rarely used source three, and then uses the first source where the others are not available. The only portion of source three not used is Heartbreaker, and the small amounts displaced during splice transitions. The liner notes oddly state the end of Rain and Trampled switch to a different source, however, those switches do not occur until after the songs. The liner notes also states their source three is "newly transferred," but it refers to the only transfer, which was made over ten years ago, so there's nothing "new." The audio for source three has been highly amplified.
Graf's title is a similar mix to Tarantura2000's 2020 title. It's based on the thirty-four minute source two, then fills with source three, and the fills with source one. The only portion of source three not used is over a minute of tape before Heartbreaker, Heartbreaker, and the small amounts displaced during splice transitions. The source three portion of the tape is better sounding the found on the debut by TCOLZ, achieved by equalization.
3-14-75
Conspiracy Theory (Empress Valley's original and reissue & Eelgrass), Hatena (Empress Valley), & UFO Enigma: Flight No.: 314 (Empress Valley)
Eelgrass is a direct copy of Empress Valley's original title. EV's reissue of the same name and the one found in the Hatena box set have the same audio content as the original even they're each on new discs and with slightly different running times.
EV's UFO title reissues their prior reissue.
3-17-75, soundboard
Deus Ex Machina (Empress Valley), Emergence of the Greatest Monster: 1975 Seattle 2 Days (Empress Valley), Godfathers of Grunge (Moonchild), Haven't We Met Somewhere Before? (Empress Valley original and reissues & Eelgrass)
These titles are strictly from the soundboard. EV debuted the tape on HWMSB. Eelgrass's title is supposed to be a copy of that EV title, but it runs slightly slower, giving it longer disc times and a different sound.
EV's first reissue of HWMSB uses the same cds as the original issue.
EV's second reissue of HWMSB has the same cd times as the original.
EV's Machina is not a simple reissue, although it would have been a better choice. This title fakes in a dozen seconds of tape immediately after Kashmir where it's cut, and then overlaps Robert talking before it ends. Another change was made after Moby Dick, burying some musical instrument notes into the background. Some of the cue stops have changed and there is now a little tape overlapping between discs. Otherwise, the titles sound the same.
Moonchild's title is pretty similar to EV's original issue, except it's added a cut before No Quarter (with some brief sound that doesn't belong) and has added in a half second of audience cheer after Moby ends.
EV's Emergence seems to be based on the audio from their Machina title, as it has the faked tape after Kashmir too (taken from after Stairway). It has very small cuts at many of the track changes. The audio has been amplified and equalized a lot over their better title, HWMSB.
3-17-75, audience sources 1 & 2
Blow Jobs (Tarantura2000), Dinosaur In Motion (Empress Valley), Haven't We Met Somewhere Before? (Empress Valley), Gallery of Soldiers (Powerchord), Physical Explosion (no label), & Seattle Won't You Listen (TDOLZ)
Physical Explosion is strictly from the first source and does not contain the first four songs. It is the only title to isolate one of the sources. It has all known tape to silver disc and doesn't have some of the minor problems found on other titles.
The remaining titles are two source mixes, using source two for the first four songs and then switch to source one.
TDOLZ has a few extra cuts over Powerchord and Empress Valley.
Powerchord misses the first two seconds of the show due to their fade. Their extra tape found after Trampled and Dazed is actually from after Stairway. Powerchord has balance problems during the first 2 minutes of Moby Dick. There are slight "tics" or cuts at each track change as if they mastered the tape from a troubled cdr.
Empress Valley's "Dinosaur In Motion" has a couple of sound fluctuations during Over the Hills and on Dying that don't seem to be on the other titles. There's a very minor glitch during Dazed around the 23 minute mark. This title has a few extra seconds (not musical) not found on the other titles.
EV's "Haven't We Met Somewhere Before" reissues the audio found on "Dinosaur In Motion."
Tarantura2000 is somewhat similar to Empress Valley. It has the same sound fluctuations and cuts. However, the cuts after Trampled and Dazed are followed by tape added from elsewhere. It doesn't have the tiny glitch during Dazed like EV, but it does have a very large one before the song.
EV's "Machina" reissues the audio from their prior titles onto new discs. The glitch during Dazed is still included.
TDOLZ and Powerchord are similar in sound. Empress Valley and Tarantura2000 didn't amplify the first four songs as much as the other titles and are also similar in sound. The remainder of the title is similar to the other two releases.
3-19-75, soundboard
Emergence of the Greatest Monster: 1975 Vancouver 2 Days (Empress Valley), Interlude Prior to the Crunge (Eelgrass), Rocky Mountain Hop (Moonchild), Snow Jobs (Empress Valley, 5cd, & both 3cd reissues), & Snowblind (Empress Valley, 9cd, 6cd, & 6cd box including bonus Deus Ex Machina).
Empress Valley was the first release of this soundboard, on "Snow Jobs," simultaneously releasing a 5cd and 3cd version bearing the same name. Eelgrass followed shortly afterwards and was expected to be copied from EV, as had always been their plan. Eelgrass's cue stops are a little different, has almost no "blank time" at the end of the discs, is missing the last second of tape after the show as Robert puts down the microphone, and the title is slightly louder than EV.
EV reissued Snow Jobs in a 3cd jewel case in January 2009, using the same discs as before.
EV released the same audio again on the "Snowblind" 9cd/6cd titles using new discs. The subsequent 3cd release uses the same discs as the original title.
EV's December 2017 box "Snowblind" reissues their previous Snowblind title, same cd times and probably the same run of discs.
Moonchild's title is also copied from EV, but has added in 6 new cuts and removed almost a minute of tape from after Stairway. They've eq'd their sound.
EV's Emergence title is strictly from the soundboard. It is cut at every track change and has been amplified and equalized a lot over their previous titles.
3-19-75, audience sources 1 & 2
Ladies and Gentlemen (Sanctuary, 6cd), Physical Vancouver Farewell (Tarantura, 6cd), Pleeease (Silver Rarities), Prisoners of Rock & Roll (TDOLZ, 5cd), & Snow Jobs (Empress Valley, 5cd)
Silver Rarities' only offers three songs from this show and are from the first souce (No Quarter, Trampled Under Foot, and Moby Dick).
Tarantura is strictly from the second source. About ten seconds of it's introduction is missing. It uses a ten second section of tape after Sick Again to repeat after Kashmir and Dazed. They also repeat tape taken from after No Quarter and place it after Trampled Under Foot and Dazed.
TDOLZ' release is strictly from source two and has been placed on just two cds. Their tape arrangement does not have any extra cuts or repeated tape.
Sanctuary splices to the first source briefly after No Quarter, to complete Trampled Under Foot and Moby Dick, and then splices out to the next night to complete Dazed and Confused. (Some of the talk before Dazed is also from the 20th.) A ten second section of tape after Sick Again gets repeated after Kashmir. Some tape after No Quarter gets repeated after Dazed too.
Empress Valley's last two cds of the 5cd Snow Jobs ("bonus 2cd") mixes both audience sources, but relies mostly on the good tape. They eliminate pieces of tape to make it match up better with their soundboard title. They've also cut the tape during Sick Again to remove a slight drop.
The tapes are similar in quality.
3-20-75, soundboard
Emergence of the Greatest Monster: 1975 Vancouver 2 Days (Empress Valley) & Snowblind (Empress Valley, all 5 issues; Eelgrass)
Empress Valley was the first to release this soundboard, simultaneously releasing a 9cd and 3cd version. Unfortunately, the first 72 seconds of Rock and Roll are from the previous night's soundboard.
Eelgrass is a copy of EV.
EV's December 2013 title reissues it in a 6cd title using the same discs.
EV's December 2017 box "Snowblind" reissues their previous Snowblind title, same cd times and probably the same run of discs.
EV's 2019 gatefold title is the third reissue of the title.
EV's Emergence is strictly soundboard from the proper night, cutting into Rock and Roll. There a cuts between some of the track changes. It's sound has been amplifed a little over the prior EV's and has been equalized a lot.
3-20-75, audience sources 1 & 2
Ladies and Gentlemen (Sanctuary, 6cd), Physical Vancouver Farewell (Tarantura, 6cd), Pleeease (Silver Rarities, 3cd), & Prisoners of Rock & Roll (TDOLZ, 5cd)
Ladies and Gentlemen (Sanctuary, 6cd), Physical Vancouver Farewell (Tarantura, 6cd), Pleeease (Silver Rarities, 3cd), & Prisoners of Rock & Roll (TDOLZ, 5cd).
Silver Rarities first and last discs are from the first tape source of this show. The second disc is from the previous night.
The 3 big titles use the good source for this show but do fall back on the lesser source to fill in some of the gaps. They all share the same introduction from the previous night. Tarantura and TDOLZ only use the lesser source to complete the Rain Song. Sanctuary uses the lesser source to compliment the better source for virtually every gap.
Tarantura's title is in excellent form. Tarantura has about 15 seconds more time after Robert's final word, over the other titles.
TDOLZ uses the prior night's first source to "complete" Moby Dick. Some of the previous night's commentary after Moby is used in the corresponding area for the 20th. It has 8 extra cuts on Dazed plus 1 instance of digital interference. After most of these extra cuts, the several seconds just prior to the cut get repeated. TDOLZ has a cut and repeat near the end of Stairway, repeating 15 seconds. It is missing over 90 seconds of tape after the song. The other titles are not cut. On Whole Lotta Love, another cut and repeat is found, repeating 14 seconds. The other titles are not cut.
Sanctuary uses the first source to complete the many gaps. Some of the previous night's tape is used after Moby Dick.
Strangely, Tarantura, TDOLZ, and Sanctuary have a 36 second splice in Trampled. The spliced tape is not from the previous night and does not seem to come from any other 1975 show. It could be from a different generation of the same tape.
The "good tapes" sound similar between these different titles.
3-21-75
Foreword
There are two audience sources for this show. The first source captured everything up just past the halfway point of Stairway To Heaven. It's sound is clearer than the next source. The second source has everything but the bulk of Moby Dick's middle. There are many tape glitches - most notably from the tenth minute of Dazed through the end of the show.
3-21-75, non mixed titles
Blow Away (no label, 3cd), Long Drive To Seattle (TCOLZ, 4cd) & Seattle Supersonic (no label, 2cd)
Seattle Supersonic is entirely from the better sounding, first source. It misses most of the introduction, all of Moby Dick, and the last 3:19 of the Stairway. No Quarter has been split between the two discs. The title runs a hair faster than the other releases. It is better sounding than what's been used on most of the earlier mixed source titles.
Blow Away is also entirely from the first source. It contains every second ever released and almost another second and a half of Stairway before it finally cuts out. It has excellent sound like Supersonic and the more recent mixed source releases.
TCOLZ's title is entirely from the second source.
3-21-75, mixed titles, old style
207.19 & 214 (Cobra, 4cd), Good Evening Seattle (Magnificent Disc, 4cd), Hammer of the Gods (LSD, 4cd and Tarantura, 3cd), No Quarter (H-Bomb, 4cd original and reissue)
These "old style" mixes switch to source two before Stairway.
First of all, Tarantura's title only contains the first four songs.
H-Bomb, LSD, and Mag Disc are missing most of the introduction.
H-Bomb's reissue has different artwork, printing on cds, and disc times (1 second diff), but the music content and sound is identical.
LSD is virtually identical in every respect to H-Bomb except that they've simply amplified the title a little.
Cobra's content is the same as the others except for the longer introduction. Like LSD, it's music and background noise are louder than H-Bomb. However, Cobra made other adjustments to the sound, leaving it without as much of the lower frequencies as the other titles.
Mag Disc's title has the shortest introduction found on a quad cd release. It does have the extra commentary after No Quarter and Since, that are only found on Supersonic, Empress Valley, and Tarantura2000. The many tape glitches that start during Stairway and lasting through the rest of the tape, have almost all been edited out. Like Mag's other releases, this title too has the familiar metallic sound in the background. It is constantly evident and inexcusable. The tape is the same generation quality as the other 4cd releases.
3-21-75, mixed titles, new style
Blow Jobs (Tarantura2000, 4cd), Deus Ex Machina (Empress Valley, 14cd & 8cd & 8cd), Dinosaur In Motion (Empress Valley original and reissue, 4cd), & Having a Fit (Tarantura2000, 4cd)
These "new style" mixes use all of source one, switching to source two during Stairway.
EV's Dinosaur title has the full introduction, the extra tape after No Quarter and Since, and debuts an extra 3.25 minutes of Stairway To Heaven from source one. The many glitches during source two have been removed. Unfortunately, they chose to modify two of the cuts during Black Dog. Small amounts of tape have been expertly added to disguise the cuts, also displacing some music in the process. The tape generations of source one seems similar to the other quad releases. The tape generation of the second source is certainly better than the "old style" mixes. The title hasn't been amplified any more than the other titles.
Tarantura2000's BJ is almost an exact content clone of EV. They've removed part of the announcer comment before the show and are missing a few seconds after the show. It's sound is slightly louder than EV.
Tarantura2000's Fit was released 2.5 years after BJ. Fit's splices unnecessarily displace source one in two spots. Overall, it's sound is similar but is just another mix.
EV's Dinosaur reissue is a clone of the original release, has the same disc times, and is on new discs.
EV's two 2017 Machina titles are the same audio content/mixture as Dinosaur, but they've moved Kashmir from disc two to disc one.
EV's 2022 Machina white envelope set reissues the original discs.
3-21-75, (strictly) soundboard titles
Deus Ex Machina (Empress Valley's 5 titles & Eelgrass), Seattle 1975 The Hammer of the Gods (Eat a Peach), & Viva La Revolution (Empress Valley, 1cd)
EV debuted Heartbreaker from the soundboard on their Viva title. Five months later, they released the remainder of this soundboard, simultaneously releasing 7cd, 8cd, and 14cd versions. Eelgrass quickly followed with their 4cd clone in the same month. They are identical.
EV's jewel case release reissues the original discs.
3-21-75, soundboard mixes
Anima Mundi (Empress Valley), Emergence of the Greatest Monster: 1975 Seattle 2 Days (Empress Valley), Hammer of the Gods (Moonchild), Seattle 1975 The Hammer of the Gods (Eat a Peach), Snowblind: Deus Ex Machina (Empress Valley), & Treachery of the Long Knives (Empress Valley)
These titles are based on the soundboard and filled with audience tape.
Peach's title has a glitch just after the first minute into the first song. Moby does not contain a splice to an audience tape.
EV's bonus title from the Snowblind box, "Deus Ex Machina" has a twenty second splice to audience tape during Moby. It displaces some of the soundboard after the show, switching to audience.
EV's Treachery title is a reissue using the same discs as the above mentioned title.
Moonchild's title has a digital glitch during Rock and Roll. There's no splice to the audience tape during Moby. A little bit of soundboard is displaces at splices.
EV's Anima title simultaneously plays the soundboard and audience tape for a matrix.
EV's Emergence reissues the discs from their Anima title.
3-24-75, soundboard
All is Safe For Rock and Roll (Eelgrass), Awesome Foursome (Empress Valley, original and reissue, & Moonchild), Deep Throat Part 1 (Empress Valley), Jesus - Live In Los Angeles (Empress Valley), Night Stalker (Empress Valley, 1cd & 3cd) & Pareidolia Paradigm: Night Stalker (Empress Valley)
EV released Night Stalker 1cd and Pareidolia Paradigm simultaneously, featuring 67 minutes of the show.
EV released Jesus and Awesome Foursome simultaneously, featuring the full show.
Eelgrass is a direct copy of EV, HOWEVER, they've inserted cuts at every track change.
EV's Deep Throat Part 1 reissues Jesus, using the same discs.
EV's jewel cased Awesome Foursome reissues the original, using the same discs.
Moonchild's title has the same content as EV, but it's been eq'd and amp'd.
EV's Night Stalker 3cd is a promo reissue of the original 3cd release.
3-24-75, sources 1 & 2
Children of the Sun (Tarantura2000), Deep Throat I (Empress Valley, original and reissues), Face On Mars (Empress Valley), Firecrackers Show (TDOLZ), Get Back To LA (Tarantura), Get Back To LA1 (Moonchild), A Gram Is A Gram Is A Gram (IQ & Graf Zeppelin), LA Forum 1975 1st Night (no label's 3 versions), & Pareidolia Paradigm: Face On Mars (Empress Valley)
IQ's title is entirely from the second source.
Tarantura, the 2015 no label release, and Moonchild are entirely from the first source. They're almost identical in content and sound. In fact, the no label title and Moonchild have the same disc times and everything else - evidently both copied from the same place. None contain all of the audio found amongst the cd releases, missing less than ten seconds each of audience cheer.
TDOLZ and EV are mixes of the two sources. They rely on the second tape to complete gaps in the first. TDOLZ's Dazed and Confused has a couple of instances of digital glitches within the first few minutes. EV's mix has better splices, uses more of the better sounding first source, and overall sounds much better than TDOLZ. Still, both of these titles miss more of source one than needed. TDOLZ's title is from a higher generation of tape.
EV reissued Deep Throat in January 2009 using new discs with slightly different times.
EV reissued Deep Throat again in October 2015 using new discs.
Tarantura2000's title is also a two source mix, using the first source as the primary. Some of the tape is missed during the small overlapping splices. It has two seconds of tape after the cut following Dazed that's not available anywhere else. It also contains about nine seconds of tape after Black that's only been found before on the original Tarantura release. It's sound is amplified quite a bit.
EV's Face On Mars from the Pareidolia Paradigm box is a two source mix, based on the first source. No effort was made to use all of the first source during Trampled.
EV's individual issue of Face On Mars is a reissue using the same discs as the original.
Graf's title is supposedly from a new transfer from the Mike Millard source tape, source one. The second source has been used to fill some gaps. There's a splice after Rain to the troubled microphone section of source two, which makes half of those seven seconds inaudible. Yet, between the double cut in Trampled where nine seconds of clean source one tape is available, that piece of source one is not used. Strange choices. Another five seconds of source one are missed at other cuts. It's sound has been noticeably remastered.
No label's 2023 "Flat Transfer" title bearing the same name as their original title, is supposedly from a new transfer of the Mike Millard tape. It is strictly from this first source. The title is less complete than their original version, missing about 20 seconds of tape. Futhermore, there's a four second problem during Rain for the first time, inserting a cut, static, and a dropout. The sound is similar to their original release.
No label's 2023 "Mastered" title bearing the same name as their original title, is supposedly from a new transfer of the Mike Millard tape. It's simply a remaster of their flat title mentioned above, with all the same faults.
3-25-75, source 1
Cosmic Crazy (ARMS & LSD), Get Back To LA (Tarantura), LA Forum 1975 2nd Night (no label 3cd & 6cd), & Sex Machine (Lemon Song)
ARMS, LSD, Lemon Song, and Tarantura are among the first titles to offer the show. They are strictly from source one and are all missing different pieces of tape at the cuts. All titles have at least slightly different levels of amplification.
Tarantura is slightly more complete than the other old titles, but it falsifies some tape after the abrupt cuts immediately following some of the songs. Tarantura may also be from a higher generation of tape than the other titles mentioned here.
No label's 3cd title from 2015 is strictly from source one. It has all the tape found on Tarantura, but without the faked tape.
No label's 2022 6cd title offers the show twice from a new transfer, one is labeled "flat" and the other is "mastered." They are both strictly from source one and have the exact same content, right down to the extra few seconds of tape that debut after the cut after Moby Dick. The two versions are very different in sound from each other, or No label's original title bearing the same name from 2015.
3-25-75, sources 1 & 2 mixes
Cosmic Crazy (Graf Zeppelin), Deep Throat II (Empress Valley, original and reissues), Get Back To LA 2 (Moonchild), Messiah of Our Toast (Empress Valley), & Pareidolia Paradigm: Messiah of Our Toast (Empress Valley)
Empress Valley's Deep Throat title debuts source two to add an introduction and the first minute of Rock and Roll. It also uses source two to fill the first source's gaps between songs. It's sound has been amplified more than the other titles.
EV reissued Deep Throat in January 2009 using new discs with slightly different times.
EV reissued the reissue of Deep Throat in October 2015 with new discs and the same times.
Moonchild is a two source mix, based on the first tape. It misses too much of source one at each splice. It's sound is similar to the no label title.
EV's Pareidolia Paradigm is practically a reissue of Deep Throat. It's been amplified a bit.
EV's individual issue of Messiah of Our Toast is a reissue using the same discs as the original.
Graf title offers a two source mix on it's first three discs, based on source one. It misses source one at the splices, most notably at the first one.
Graf's fourth disc is strictly from source two, offering the first hour of the show.
3-27-75, sources 1 & 2
Deep Throat III (Empress Valley, original and reissue), Electric Orgasm (Jolly Roger), Final Show In the Forum 1975 (Jelly Roll), Get Back To LA (Tarantura), Get Back To LA 3 (Moonchild), Ghost In the Machine (Empress Valley), L.A. Forum 1975 Final Night (no label), L.A. Forum 1975 Final Show (Nanker), LA Forum 1975 3rd Night (no label), Last Night In the Forum 1975 (Power Archives), Pareidolia Paradigm: Ghost In the Machine (Empress Valley), Remainz (Akashic, 4cd), Tour De Force (Rabbit Records), & We're Playing Our Balls Out (TCOLZ)
Jolly Roger's title is mainly from the 27th, but No Quarter and Moby Dick are from the night before. The 27th's sound isn't as loud as some of the other release. It could be due to a higher generation of tape or just a lack of equalization.
Rabbit is missing a few seconds from between songs and has a big sound drop in Stairway for almost 50 seconds. The last 12 seconds of Black Dog and the few seconds available afterwards are actually from the previous show, which in turn eliminates the original closing comments.
Tarantura is has almost the entire introduction, unlike most of the older titles. It's missing tape after Moby, almost 40 seconds of Dazed at the cut, and the last 90 seconds of Black Dog.
Jelly Roll doesn't have problems during Stairway. It's Black Dog is complete but seems to be spliced from a different generation of the same tape.
Akashic's fakes tape before and after the show by repeating sections of the audience noise. At each of the familiar cuts, Akashic misses tape consistently. Overall, it is missing 10-13 seconds (plus the time only found on Tarantura's Moby Dick). Black Dog is complete, and is all from one tape. The contents of the fourth cd would have fit on the third disc.
Empress Valley: (The original disc number one (matrix# "EVSD-162" time=69:38) was missing 40 seconds of the introduction and almost 35 seconds of Rock and Roll. A "replacement disc" (matrix# "EVSD-162B" time=70:54) was issued shortly afterwards correcting the two mistakes.) The introduction is almost complete, like Tarantura, only missing about two seconds. Unlike Tarantura, but like the rest of the titles, EV's No Quarter is missing two seconds of tape at the cut. Shortly afterwards, it is another cut (not found on other titles) and with it the speed slows down a touch. The tape between Moby Dick and Dazed is complete, for the first time on cd. Just before the familiar cut in Dazed, there are a couple of minor (minor) cuts (no tape missing) that seem a little strange. Similar to Rabbit's title, EV's Stairway also drops down in sound quality but later returns. It's Black Dog is completely intact like Akashic's.
EV reissued Deep Throat in January 2009 using new discs with slightly different times. The replacement disc is reissued within.
EV reissued the reissue of Deep Throat in October 2015 with new discs and the same times.
Power Archives' title is a two source mix. The alternate tape adds to the introduction and then switches to the longer version of the first tape to complete. Rain Song and Dazed have their gaps filled with the second source, but have digital noise as if taken from a very low quality digital file. The second source sounds mostly normal during the introduction, No Quarter, and Moby Dick. Moby Dick has a slight cut (no tape missing) not found on the other titles. Dazed has a slight digital glitch halfway through that isn't found on the other titles. The right channel drops out almost completely during Stairway for almost a minute. A few seconds of tape are repeated after Stairway at the cut. It's Black Dog is complete but seems to be spliced from a similar generation of the same tape. The tape after the show isn't completely genuine.
TCOLZ's first 3cds of the 6cd title release source one. It's introduction is the most complete available. It is missing a split second from Rain Song, almost five seconds at the bigger cut in Moby, and about five more seconds at the cut in Dazed, and is missing tape after the show (like all prior releases). There are no troubles during Black Dog.
TCOLZ's last 3cds of the 6cd title release source two by itself.
The 2015 no label release "3rd Night" is strictly from source one and is the most complete version yet. It does miss the first two seconds of the introduction and a split second at the cut in Rain Song.
Moonchild's title is a mix of the two sources, based on source one. Too much of source one is missed at the cuts.
The 2017 no label release "Final Night" is a mix based on source one. Source two is not always used when source one is unavailable. A lot has been done to the sound, having many changes from good to worse, and back again. This isn't found on other titles. Some of source one is missed at the splices.
EV's "Ghost" from the PP box is based on source one and fills with the second source. A few seconds are usually displaced at each cut.
EV's individual issue of Ghost is a reissue using the same discs as the original.
Rabbit runs a little faster than the others. Rabbit and Akashic's sound have been amplified a touch more. Jelly Roll's music and background noise is much louder than Tarantura. Tarantura may possibly be from a higher generation tape. Empress Valley and Power Archives' sound quality is similar to Jelly Roll. TCOLZ's sound hasn't been amp'd up much and the 2015 no label title is amp'd even less. Moonchild's title has been amplified a bit. The 2017 no label title has been highly amplified.
Nanker's title is based on the first source, but misses too much of it at the splices. It's been amplified slightly over TCOLZ.
5-17-75, source 1
Arabesque & Baroque (Antrabata, 3cd), Join the Blimp (Tarantura, 4cd), & Nice Opening Night (IQ, 3cd)
Antrabata, Tarantura, and IQ share the same tape source. IQ has a couple more cuts between songs than the other 2 titles. Tarantura and IQ are both missing a short sentence after Dazed and Confused. Antrabata is missing most of the tape after Stairway, before Whole Lotta Love. Antrabata and IQ sound very much alike. Tarantura's title is a good bit louder, as it was amplified some. This also brings up the background noise some too. These titles tend to run fast.
5-17-75, source 1 & 2 mixes
Chancellor of the Exchequer (Tarantura2000), Complete Earl's Court Arena Tapes "I" (Empress Valley, 4cd), Devil's Banquet (Power Chord, 4cd), Earl's Court the Final Option: Welcome Home (Empress Valley), Five Glorious Daze: Welcome Back To Britain (Tarantura2000), La Promenade (Wendy), & Welcome To Home (Graf Zeppelin)
Power Chord debuted the second source and is it's foundation. It uses source one to fill some gaps between songs, for all of Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, fragments of Moby and Dazed, and the several minutes of audience cheer after Stairway. The constant source switching is annoying. The title is unnecessarily spread across an extra disc.
Empress Valley "I" is almost completely identical to Powerchord's.
Tarantura2000's Chancellor also uses source two as it's foundation, but elects to use source one for Tangerine and Going To California. That's an odd choice since those songs are available on source two and the foundation of the whole title is that source. Like the other two mix titles, there are constant source changes.
Wendy's title is almost entirely source one but makes an unnecessary splice to source two for the last two seconds of the Rain Song. Several seconds are missing from the introduction and at the cut/disturbance after Bron. It's been speed corrected and amplified.
Tarantura2000's title from the Five Glorious Daze box is the same exact mixture of tapes as Powerchord. But, it's not as good since they've introduced some sound changes between songs that sometimes sound like cuts, incorporated some bad noise during the first half of That's the Way, and has one or more micro cut/repeats within the title. It's amplified a bit over Powerchord.
EV's "Welcome Home" is a mix using source one as it's foundation and barely misses any source one at the splices. This time they elected not to stretch the show onto an extra disc. It's sound is similar to IQ for the source they share.
Graf's title contains a mix based on the first source on it's first three discs and a mix based on the second source on the last three cds.
5-17-75, source 3
Welcome To Home (Graf Zeppelin)
Graf's title presents three tracks on it's last disc that are from the oldest known source, but is now debuting on cd.
5-18-75, sources 1, 2, & 3
Arabesque & Baroque, The Second Night (Antrabata, 4cd), Argenteum Astrum (Tarantura, 4cd), Black Dragon with Blue Axe: Journey Into the Fourth Dimension and Black Dragon with Blue Axe (Empress Valley, 6cd), Complete Earl's Court Arena (Immigrant, 3cd), Complete Earl's Court Arena Tapes "II" and "No Quarter" (Empress Valley, 4cd & 2cd from 22cd box set), Femme Fatal (Wendy, 3cd, original and reissue), Earl's Court the Final Option: "No Quarter" and "Assorted Delights" (Empress Valley), Five Glorious Daze: "It's Time To Welcome Home" and "Magical Atmosphere" (Tarantura2000), No Quarter: Journey Into the Fourth Dimension and No Quarter (Empress Valley, 5cd), No Quarter (Empress Valley, 4cd; Good Believe, 1cd; Tarantura2000, 3cd & 5cd), & Red Devil (TDOLZ, 4cd)
Foreword:
The first source for this show is found on Good Believe, Empress Valley's 2cd "No Quarter" from "Complete Earl's Court Arena Tapes," Tarantura2000's 5cd release, EV's "No Quarter" from the 5cd "No Quarter" box, and EV's cds 1 and 2 of "Assorted Delights" from "Earl's Court the Final Option."
The second source was released on Immigrant.
The third source is on Tarantura, Antrabata, TDOLZ - while those three titles do use source two for the encores, their objective was releasing all of source three. Tarantura2000's "Magical Atmosphere" uses the third source as it's foundation, and completes using the other two sources.
The rest of the titles offering the whole show are three source mixes.
The performance can easily be placed on three cds but some of these labels stretched it out to four discs.
Source One:
Good Believe's forty minute title was transferred from the old and incomplete vinyl release.
Empress Valley's 2cd "No Quarter" from the 22cd box "Complete Earl's Court Arena Tapes" claims it was copied directly from the original acetate used for the vinyl release by the same name from many years back. Albeit, the first third of the show is now included. The title track isn't complete and it's sound is not in good condition. It seems to have some heavy suppression to remove unwanted sounds and has many "micro cut/repeats." Additionally, it seems to be amplified to the point of being overblown. The strangest thing of all is a nearby person's cough at 2:18. This exact cough is in the exact same place on the tape used by TDOLZ. Other identifying sounds, before and after the cough, are all very faint and do not match up to TDOLZ. In some instances, where talk near the taper is found on TDOLZ, there's a convenient sound in the same place on EV that prevents clear interpretation. Combining that with some of the background suppression…it's extremely difficult to be 100% certain about the truth. In all fairness, there are sounds on EV that aren't on the other sources. Again, this is also from a label that release "less than honest" titles. Yet, no cd releases have cuts in this area. It is very possible that EV has spliced in tape during this section but it would also mean they did it perfectly in, and then out. The chances of that happening so seamlessly are super slim. The chances they'd add sounds and remove others to hide something are slim too - hopefully. Ultimately, sometime soon after the cough, the song is certainly from the proper source.
EV's 2015 "No Quarter" reissues the audio from the EV's original 2cd title from within the 22cd box.
EV's 2016 first two cds of "Assorted Delights" reissues the audio from the 22cd box - with all of the defects they introduced intact (again). This time the liner notes refer to the familiar vinyl source (No Quarter through Bron) as "alternate source #1" (cd1) and the other part (intro through Kashmir) as "alternate source #2" (cd2).
Tarantura2000's 5cd release contains 3 versions of this source, all very incomplete and full of "micro cut/repeats" (probably from software to "clean up" the sound). The first 2cds (TCD-53-1/4) are missing Kashmir. The second 2cds (TCD-54-1/2) only contain 4.5 minutes of No Quarter - the title track that's always been 18 minutes on other releases of this source. It's Bron-Yr-Aur has the "metallic" sound. The fifth cd (TCD-55) is sourced from the old vinyl release. Like the other four cds from this 5cd box, the sound has been "cleaned up," producing all the digital problems, cut repeats, and so forth. That's the Way starts off with some bad static and there are very serious digital problems after the song. The title is a big downgrade from the vinyl and Good Believe titles. Certainly one of the absolute worst titles by Tarantura2000.
Source Two:
Immigrant's title is exclusively from the second source. The encores run too fast.
Source two is the basis for Tarantura2000's 3cd title. When source two has a gap, it is filled with source one. When source one isn't available to fill a gap, source three is used. This release reveals a few more minutes of tape than Immigrant. It has a longer introduction, the ending of Moby Dick, and some extra tape before the encores.
Wendy's title is a mix that's highly similar to Tarantura2000, using source two as the foundation. It often displaces a more of source two than necessary. Instead of using all of the source two intro, it elects to use source one for most of it. It offers an extra two minutes of tape after Stairway that are not found on titles prior to EV's 2015 "Journey" release.
Wendy reissued their title, reusing the original cds.
Source Three:
TDOLZ uses source two's introduction and encores. Tarantura and Antrabata also use source two's encores.
Antrabata's cuts are in slightly different places. It has at least one additional cut beyond TDOLZ and Tarantura. It also has a slight instance of digital interference 80 seconds into That's the Way.
TDOLZ's tape seems to be more reliable when comparing the intro's and cuts. The tape after the show on Red Devil and AA may be from a different source than the Antrabata.
Taratura2000's "Magical Atmosphere" uses source three as it's foundation. The cut at the track change for Going To California really make it sound like they've copied and edited directly from TDOLZ. The source two filler definitely seems to be copied directly from EV, as their micro cut/repeats are certainly repeated on this title too. The splices between songs often displace much more of source three than necessary.
Antrabata claims the source used was a "Master or 1st generation tape source," but it's sound is completely inferior to TDOLZ's. Tarantura sounds a small bit better than the TDOLZ but may be due entirely to amplifying.
Mixes:
Empress Valley's 4cd "II" and "No Quarter (4cd)" - EV mixes three sources for the music. Roughly speaking, the first third is the same as Immigrant. The middle third is from the original "No Quarter" title/source, and the last is the same as TDOLZ. The tape before and after the show are mixed too. The first part has been amplified a hair more than Immigrant's. Additionally, EV has treated the tape some (usually between songs but during songs occasionally too), making the sound very awkward. The purpose of using the overblown/noisy "No Quarter" source for the middle part is not known. Overall, the title is really pointless. It switches sources too much and doesn't offer good sound quality. Unnecessarily spread across four cds.
EV's "Black Dragon with Blue Axe" reissues the audio found on the 2002 titles of this show by EV, onto this 3cd title.
EV's "Journey Into the Fourth Dimension" has "new source" printed on the discs, but they do not contain a new source. Perhaps they meant to trick buyers when they edited/removed the signature clapping after Tangerine, Trampled, and maybe other similar edits elsewhere. This is another pointless mix, not offering the bulk of any of the three sources. (The section of s2 after Stairway mostly intact, only missing 11 seconds.)
EV's "No Quarter" from "Earl's Court the Final Option" is a three source mix using source two as it's foundation. It misses little of source two at the splices. It's not been amplified as much as Immigrant's title.
Tarantura2000's 3cd "No Quarter" from 2006 is a three source mix. It uses source two as it's primary, then source one, then source three. It doesn't include all of source two.
Wendy's title is a three source mix using source two as it's foundation. It doesn't include all of source two.
Tarantura2000's "It's Time To Welcome Home" from the "Five Glorious Daze" box is a three source mix. It mainly uses sources two and three, but makes no attempt to offer all of either - it's a useless mix. It has an odd and unnecessary splice after Tangerine to very briefly swap out one guy yelling during source one in the background for a different guy yelling during source three. Instead of mixing tapes to offer a more complete show, they decided to not include all the available tape after Stairway. The encores are from source two as usual, but for the last ten seconds of the show, they chose to splice to a poorer quality tape of source two.
Taratura2000's "Magical Atmosphere" from the "Five Glorious Daze" box is a three source mix. Please see the "Source Three" section above for notes.
5-23-75, source 1
Arabesque & Baroque, Third Night (Antrabata, 4cd), Awesome Foursome (CG & Graf Zeppelin), Complete Earl's Court Arena Tapes "III" (Empress Valley, 4cd), Earl's Court the Final Option: Awesome Foursome (Empress Valley), Express (Scorpio), La Dolce Vita (Wendy), Physical Express (Jelly Roll, 4cd), Thunderstorm (Tarantura, 4cd), & Welcome To the Show (TDOLZ, 4cd)
CG and TDOLZ are strictly from source one and therefore have an incomplete Trampled Under Foot. CG placed Moby across the last two cds to fit the show on three discs. TDOLZ properly used 4cds to keep the songs together.
Antrabata, Jelly Roll, and the two Empress Valley titles all use source one as their foundation and then use source two to fill Trampled. EV's "Awesome Foursome" includes almost every second of source one. These various titles have highly similar sound quality. Antrabata has at least 6 more cuts between songs, an unnecessary slight cut in Trampled, and is missing approximately 50 seconds of Moby.
Tarantura doesn't have the few tape problems found on TDOLZ from between Over the Hills through Going To California. As with TDOLZ, Trampled is not complete but Tarantura cuts out 11 seconds too soon and then misses two dozen seconds of tape after the song. Tarantura's Moby Dick is cut, missing two dozen seconds. Regardless of these faults, Thunderstorm is much better sounding than the others. It doesn't have any extra background noise with the improvement of the music.
Scorpio's title is a mix that uses the first source as it's foundation and the second source to complete Trampled. It's sound has been amplified more than TDOLZ.
Wendy's title is based on source one but fills Trampled with source three (or source four). Like many of the other titles, it misses some tape after Kashmir. There are a few minor problems after Tangerine. The splice in Trampled displaces about five seconds of the first source. It's been amplified some.
Graf Zeppelin's first four discs of their 6cd title offer a mix based on source one. Trampled is filled with source four and the other gaps are filled with source two. While still cut after Kashmir, it has the most tape available for source one. It's sound has been amplified over some others, but may also be closer to the master tape.
5-23-75, source 2
Awesome Foursome (Graf Zeppelin), Five Glorious Daze: Please Welcome To Earl's Court (Tarantura2000), & Rites of Manhood (Tarantura2000)
Tarantura2000's "Rites" uses source two as it's foundation. It uses source one for the introduction, part of Trampled, and possibly during the end of Dazed. A third source is used after Dying, Trampled, possibly during the end of Dazed, after Stairway, and during the last dozen seconds after the show. There's a lot of channel shifting during Moby and Dazed. It seems to be a faked stereo effect. There are also a lot of little clicking sounds in the background during different sections of Dazed.
Tarantura2000's "Five Glorious Daze" title is almost the same as their previous release of this show. While it's the same exact source mixture and audio content, it's been slowed down a hair and the channel shifting is a little different. The show starts out with the right channel being much more prominent than the left. The shifting problems during Moby and Dazed are a little less noticeable. This time, two minutes into Tangerine, there's a strange sound change that's not on their previous release. It almost sounds like a brief source change, but likely isn't. (Although, manufacturers do insert random brief source changes for unknown reasons.) It's sound quality is similar to their original version.
Graf Zeppelin's last half of their fourth disc of their 6cd title offers an incomplete version of source two.
5-23-75, source 3
Source three has only been used to fill Trampled when based on source one, and in small snippets between songs.
5-23-75, source 4
Awesome Foursome (Graf Zeppelin)
Graf Zeppelin's last two discs of their 6cd title debuts source 4.
5-24-75 audience source 1 & 2
Earl's Court the Final Option: "Fourthcoming" & "Assorted Delights" (Empress Valley) & Fourthcoming (IQ, 4cd)
IQ's "Fourthcoming" uses the first source for everything but No Quarter, where it shares the same source as "Assorted Delights."
EV's cds 3 and 4 of "Assorted Delights" from the box set feature the second source that sounds as if it were copied from vinyl. It starts with Dying, skips Moby and most of Dazed, and ends with Stairway.
EV's "Fourthcoming" is the same mix of audience tapes as IQ, except it fills a couple of gaps between songs with the soundboard, and fills the big cut in Moby with the second source.
5-24-75 soundboard
Arabesque & Baroque, The Fourth Night (Antrabata, 4cd), Complete Earl's Court Arena Tapes "IV" (Empress Valley, 4cd), Earl's Court 1975 4th Night (no label, both versions), Earl's Court Arena 2405 Evoluzione (Empress Valley, 4cd, original and reissue), Earl's Court (SIRA, 3cd), Earl's Court Incident (Red Devil, 3cd), Earl's Court the Final Option: He Must Be Dazed and Confused (Empress Valley), Five Glorious Daze: For the Next Three Hours, Your Mother Wouldn't Like It (Tarantura2000, 4cd), Graf-Zeppelin-Marsch (Tarantura, 3cd), He Must Be Dazed and Confused (Empress Valley, 4cd), Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (Empress Valley), Odysseus (Celebration, 4cd), To Be a Rock and Not To Roll (Watchtower, 4cd), & Your Mother Wouldn't Like It (TDOLZ, 3cd)
SIRA, Tarantura, Antrabata, and TDOLZ are the older titles, released when Moby Dick wasn't available from the video soundtrack.
TDOLZ and Tarantura are virtually identical. The Tarantura has been slightly amplified.
SIRA mixes the soundtrack and audience tape. Excluding the soundtrack of Moby Dick, about 95% of the sb tape was used on this release. The audience tape was used to fill in the difference. However, they did split Moby across the last 2 discs to fit the show on 3 cds.
Antrabata also used the audience tape to fill in the soundtrack gaps.
Celebration was the first title to release Moby Dick. It notes the show as being from the soundboard. They may or may not have meant to mislead, maybe only meaning the recording was from a professional source instead of the audience. Upon their later release of the video, the cuts during the acoustic set were found to match their audio release of the "soundboard." Odysseus does not use the audience tape to fill in gaps. It has a slight cut after Moby Dick and is cut while Dazed is ending, just like it's predecessors. Also like it's predecessors, the soundtrack generation seems to be the same, but only up thru the fifth minute of Dazed. From that point it clears up by a generation. Overall, it's sound is amplified and even almost overblown in places.
Watchtower's version is noted being from the soundboard. It has the most soundtrack tape before and after the show. Instead of using the partial soundtrack tape for Going To California, they spliced to the audience tape before it starts. Moby Dick contains 3 brief spots with severe static that are not found on the other releases. It is not cut after Moby Dick or during the end of Dazed. This title has almost six extra minutes of tape after Stairway.
Empress Valley used the same cds for their first two releases of this show (22cd box & He Must Be…). They make no source indication of any kind. Like Watchtower, they decided to not use the soundboard fragment for Going To California. It switches to the audience recording a few seconds early. Most of the tape after Stairway is not included. It is also missing some tape before and after the show.
Empress Valley's third release ("2405") is different from their first pair. It's introduction has even less tape than their others, which were already short. The instance of static during the later part of Dying has been poorly removed, making the interruption more noticeable than the static. This time, the available sound board fragment is used for Going To California, but misses it's last 4 seconds. All of the tape after Stairway and after the show are present. EV's reissue title of the same name uses new discs, but has the same disc times. It's a copy of the original.
Watchtower and the Empress Valley's releases are from lower generation video soundtracks than the earlier titles by other labels. The music is clearer and there is less background noise. Watchtower and Empress Valley's third release have the least amount of background noise and are almost completely identical. EV's first pair of releases have more background noise than the third release. Watchtower and the Empress Valley titles have less low end then Celebration's. However, Celebration's slightly lower frequencies can be attributed entirely to the overloading. Those three titles lack really good low end. They are not left sounding high and tiny. There's plenty of great mid range sound.
Red Devil's release seems to be sourced from Watchtower's release, but isn't a direct copy. The introduction, tape after Stairway, and tape after the show have all been shortened. No Quarter has been moved out of sequence, placing it between two acoustic tracks. (The move was evidently done to use one less cd, just like with "Robert's Last Stand.") The cue stops match Watchtower until the move. The sound quality is identical to Watchtower.
Wendy's title uses the soundboard as it's primary tape and uses the audience tape too. Wendy has also introduced two new cuts, just before the opening song and the Song Remains the Same. They chopped out 9 seconds during In My Time of Dying where the split second of static is found in the tape. Instead of using the soundboard portion available for Going To California, they've elected to use the audience\tape. The splicing displaces available sb tape there too. The sound isn't amplified as much as EV.
Tarantura2000's title uses the soundboard for it's foundation and uses the audience to fill. Instead of using all of the available board for California, they displace about 23 seconds of it. After Stairway and Robert's "Good Night," they've removed the sound from the microphone being set down. The title's sound has been amplified a touch more than EV's 2405.
EV's fourth version to release the soundboard (with audience filler) is from the 31 cd box, subtitled "He Must Be Dazed and Confused." While it shares the same name as their third release, it is different. This time they decided not to use the soundboard tape for the first part of California. A few minor static spots have been introduced just before Stairway and during the first couple of minutes. This release has all the tape after the show, unlike the last version. It's sound isn't as amplified as EV's prior version.
The 2016 no label title displaces the available soundboard portion of Going To California with audience tape.
EV's Hermetic title reissues "He Must Be Dazed..." from the 31cd box.
The 2019 no label title of the exact same name as their 2016 version, is a little different. Yet, it also needlessly displaces the available soundboard portion of Going To California with audience tape.
5-25-75 soundboard
A 2 Last Nights (Tarantura), Bataille de Trafalgar (Wendy, 4cd), Conquistador (Watchtower & Water Tank, 4cd), Complete Earl's Court Arena Tapes "V" (Empress Valley, 4cd), Earl's Court `75 Final Court (Celebration), Earl's Court 1975 Final Night (no label), Earl's Court the Final Option: Zeppelin Express Physical Rocket (Empress Valley), Five Glorious Daze: Watch Out For the Holy Grail (Tarantura2000, 4cd), Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (Empress Valley), King Jimmy & the West Bromwich Blues Band (Magic Pyramid), Last Zeppelin Express (Empress Valley, 8cd & 4cd), Shake For Me Baby (Missing Link), Welcome To the 1979 Knebworth Festival's bonus disc "Epilogue" (Watchtower, 1cd), When We Were Kings (Empress Valley, 4cd), Young Person's Guide To Led Zeppelin (Empress Valley, 4cd), & Zeppelin Express Physical Rocket (Empress Valley, 4cd)
Missing Link and Tarantura are the older releases and do not contain the extra material (TSRTS & Rain) found on Celebration.
Celebration uses the same tape found on the other titles for the shared songs. All three slow down during Kashmir but Celebration makes an adjustment just before No Quarter. This title also misses the last 3-4 seconds of Tangerine. There doesn't seem tape generation difference. There's no amplification and doesn't have any background noise. The new material comes from a clean but flat sounding professional source.
Missing Link's title is a little louder than Tarantura due to amplification. It is missing the last 3-4 seconds of Tangerine due to a fade out. Tarantura does not fade.
Empress Valley was the first to release the full show from a professional source. They used the same cds for their first two releases of this show (22cd box & Zeppelin Express…). Kashmir, No Quarter, and Tangerine have been available for many years. It splices to the old pro source for the final two minutes of No Quarter and continues to use it through the last half minute of Tangerine. From that point, the audience tape is used for thirty seconds to complete the song and a little bit of time afterwards. These two Empress Valley titles are missing most of the extremely long introduction, almost 8 minutes of tape after Stairway, a little more after Black Dog, and a bit more after the show too. The music and background noise are slightly louder than Watchtower's. The difference is just due to amplification.
Empress Valley's third and fourth releases, When We Were Kings and Young Person's Guide, are different from their earlier pair of releases. This time the large amounts of tape before the show, after Stairway and Black Dog, and after the show are available. The big overlap of tape between discs is present again, but about a minute less than before. The loudness of the music and background noise is less this time, making it virtually identical in sound to Watchtower. (Young Person's Guide uses the same disc times and matrix numbers, but they're not the same discs from WWWK.)
Watchtower's Conquistador is musically similar to Empress Valley. Fortunately it lacks the large amounts of tape overlap between discs. It misses a few seconds of Robert's commentary just before switching back to the soundboard before Going To California.
Watchtower's "Epilogue" claims to be from an alternative board source. It starts with a shorter introduction and ends just after Kashmir. The sound is almost completely identical to Conquistador.
Empress Valley's music and background noise are slightly louder than Watchtower's. The difference is just due to amplification.
Red Devil's release seems to be sourced from Watchtower's release, but isn't a direct copy. The introduction, tape after Stairway, and tape after the show have all been shortened. No Quarter has been moved out of sequence, placing it between two acoustic tracks. (The move was evidently done to use one less cd, just like with "Robert's Last Stand.") The sound quality is identical to Watchtower.
Water Tank's title has the same matrix numbers, disc times, cuts, and sound as Watchtower. It's either a direct disc copy or is issuing unused discs from Watchtower's production.
Wendy's title is similar in sound and content to WT and the latter EV's, just using a little of the audience tape for Tangerine. The title misses the first 41 seconds of the seven plus minute introduction. It has a brief moment of static in No Quarter, just before the splice to the older board. It's this spot were Wendy offers a few seconds of the better board before splicing out to the older. They also offer about six seconds more of the older board right before the splice to the audience tape to complete Tangerine. That's ten seconds of the better board not found on prior releases. This portion of the "older board source" (used during No Quarter and for Tangerine) seems at least a little better quality than all prior titles.
Tarantura2000's title from the "Five Glorious Daze" box set presents most of the soundboard and fills the usual musical gap with the audience tape. Most of the introduction, tape between Stairway and Whole Lotta Love, and the tape after the show are all missing. Dying has a micro cut/repeat - a very common item (still) on T2K titles. An extra soundboard snippet appears on this title of Robert speaking, just before the usual soundboard starts up before California. It's sound has been amplified a bit.
EV's "Zeppelin Express Physical Rocket" from the Earl's Court the Final Option box is different from their previous titles. There's a bit of static found that starts about halfway into the introduction. Like the T2K box, this Dying also has a micro cut/repeat in the same place. The only part of the soundboard it's missing is when it splices to the audience source six seconds too early. It's sound is similar to Wendy.
The no label title is another mix based on the good soundboard, No Quarter filled with the older board, and Tangerine completed with an audience tape. They splice out too early to the older board, and again too early to the audience tape, missing almost ten seconds of available board. There are sound changes at almost every cue stop, making it sound like cuts between each song. This is done in the T2K fashion, as if the following music is being equalized differently than the prior audio. Otherwise, the eq job was done quite well and sounds better than most titles.
EV's Hermetic title reissues "Zeppelin Express…" from the 31cd box.
Magic Pyramid's title is a matrix based on the soundboard and audience tapes.
EV's Last Zeppelin Express 8cd title offers a 4cd matrix that is a copy of Magic Pyramid. One of it's discs has the meta data from the MP title and all the disc times and content are identical.
EV's Last Zeppelin Express 8cd title offers a 4cd soundboard/audience title too. It uses all of the available soundboard as found on Wendy. Like Wendy, the "older board source" sounds very good here and the splice to it in No Quarter isn't really detectable. It has also fixed the two minute problematic section occurring just before the halfway point in Dazed. It's been amplified some over Wendy.
EV also released Last Zeppelin Express as a 4cd title, reusing the discs from the original.
5-25-75 audience sources 1 & 2
Arabesque & Baroque, The Final Night (Antrabata, 4cd), Buck Rogers (Tarantura, 4cd), Earl's Court 75 (Mud Dogs, 3cd), Earl's Court the Final Option: "Great Taste Last Night" & "Assorted Delights" (Empress Valley), & Great Taste Last Night, (IQ, 4cd)
EV's cd 5 of "Assorted Delights" from the box set debuts the second audience. It starts during Dazed, and continues through the rest of the show.
EV's "Great Taste Last Night" from the box set is a mixture of both audience tapes and the soundboard. The primary tape is the first audience source, then fills from the second audience tape when available, then relies on the board for gaps before Dazed. Not much effort was made to preserve all available audio from source one, but it does offer 45 seconds of tape after California that's not been available previously. It's sound is amplified a little less than Antrabata.
All of the other titles seem to be from the same bootlegger's tape and share most cuts.
The IQ has evidently been amplified which usually brings up a little hiss but this contains a lot of hiss. The sound level isn't any better than the others.
Mud Dog's sound is inferior, its' track list is rearranged to fit the show on 3cds, and has an unnecessary cut in Dazed which then repeats a 25" section. It does contain the full introduction.
Antrabata's intro is missing 40 seconds but doesn't have any hiss and sounds very nice.
Tarantura is missing the last half note of Rain Song. Overall, it is missing about 15 seconds of tape from between songs. However, it's sound is definitely louder than Antrabata's. It is probably only due to amplification but it makes it more enjoyable to listen.