| Tight But Loose comments: This release uses an excellent
audience recording. All instruments are clear and well balanced with absolutely no closeup
audience noise. There is, however, very noticeable tape hiss. The bass guitar does become
a bit prominent in places. Most notably during The Crunge and Black Dog. But it's not
enough to distort the recording. Despite what is said in the book Led Zeppelin Live, this show from the second half of the tour is pretty entertaining, even if the band isn't in its best form. Page is sloppy here and there, but also adventurous and very loose in ‘Over the Hills and Far Away’ and ‘In My Time of Dying’; unfortunately the 12-string gets seriously out of tune in ‘The Song Remains the Same.’ Jones now switches from electric piano to acoustic during the outstanding ‘No Quarter’ jam, and ‘Trampled Under Foot’ is also a highlight of this era, with live versions much longer than on the album. What used to be ‘San Francisco’ during ‘Dazed and Confused’ is now Joni Mitchell’s ‘Woodstock,’ and Plant switches between the two for the rest of 1975. ‘Whole Lotta Love’ includes the theremin section again and segues into ‘The Crunge’ (with lyrics) before they get into ‘Black Dog.’ The recording itself is clear and pretty enjoyable, despite considerable tape hiss. |