Led Zeppelin As Long As I Have You

Led Zeppelin As Long As I Have You
April 27, 1969 Fillmore West
San Francisco, CA
Lively & inventive take on some covers. Robert borrows lyrics from a lot of places in this one. This was a staple of their early shows, as it was quite the improv.

[@user-gu7kk5zk2b]

I can understand why they didn't do this one ! Robert's voice is amazing but this must have shredded it! Doubt he could have done this at this level even a few years later

[@cmberrian]

Jimmy's guitar tone here is amazing. Must have been quite the thing to experience at full concert volume.

[@atravelerofbothtimespace4172]

Several of the concert goers Def abandoned the Christian faith that night cheers

[@motodork]

How am I 52 years old, and it’s 2023, and I’ve never heard this Zeppelin song?

[@heynow4512]

Cuz ur not old...enuff, young man. 😀

[@fooddood]

Same, but a year younger and a self professed zeppelinologist

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

Because you're a dork?

[@martyconroy3786]

It's a jam they did live, wasn't on any album... appreciate it's here. 😉

[@AtlantaTactical]

wow, this is so gooooooood-))

[@stephaniemichele2025]

Robert in his prime! God I’d love to have witnessed this in person!

[@EricCirca]

This song quickly morphs into "Fresh Garbage" by Spirit. There is a little bit of "Cat's Squirrel" in there. I'm a Man (Mannish Boy) Bo Diddley/Muddy Waters, "Maybelline" by Chuck Berry. before it returns back to "As Long As I Have You."

[@EDBZ28]

WOW....been a huge Zep fan since I was 13 and now 43....never heard this...what a treat! Don't forget peoples...this voice is coming out of a 21 year old.

[@user-sb5dd6cx9y]

Thanx 2 U man !

[@MisterMasterShafter1]

Some vintage prime early Zepp, showing why they were the best hard blues rock band on Earth.

[@Robert-xw2oc]

I have never heard this zeppelin song before. And I thought I had heard them all.

[@thebreadsam01]

same here

[@bebex599]

Metoo😏

[@stefanhall3219]

Well I pretty sure that it is Led Zep! Sounds like them anyways. They might be pretty stoned!

[@L24U84]

Me2 WOW

[@333Mesmerized]

Thunder

[@perrysar5954]

They used to open with this song I beleive in 1968 at clubs such as the Whisky a Go Go before their first album was released...the musical maturity and talent is truly mindblowing for a starting band,Bonham is on FIRE!!!... the whole band is on FIRE...lol!

[@gloreano]

I like the rawness of early Led Zeppelin. They were still developing their style and perfecting it. They took chances and that is why they stood out from many other bands. Kind of like Hendrix and Jeff Beck they also stood out at that time. Love this stuff.

[@benavich8]

John Paul Jones is the reason I picked up the bass as a 14 yo punk in 1971....one listen to that spectacular debut LP did it for me.....followed by more spectacular LP's...

[@atravelerofbothtimespace4172]

Algorythm really taking me thru the zeppelin bootleg rarities rabbithole Thank you sir or maam

[@zachschoenberg4474]

4 finest to walk the stage

[@lennarthallberg9918]

I have never heard this before and I have heard lots of rare concert clips from Led Zeppelin. Big thanks to you, Paul!

[@goingbonzo5923]

Neither have I. If I heard it on the radio though it would strike me as a Zeppelin song Bonzo and Page are really shining.

[@lennarthallberg9918]

​@@goingbonzo5923 Absolutely. And about shining, so is Robert Plant.

[@David-wf4ev]

If they were opening for anyone at this show they blew them out of the water.

[@michaelriggan975]

61 years young and never ever heard this…saw them in Greensboro NC May 31st 1977 , Bonzos birthday!

[@marions.120]

A couple of my older friends were there and said it was incredible!

[@paulbrecht1613]

I just uploaded another track from this show, a cover of Buddy Guy's Sittin' & Thinkin'... It was definitely an incredible show.

[@PeterTea]

This song must have at least a dozen musical influences in it. It’s always amazing how Zeppelin bend, twist and stretch a song into something completely new and fresh. Talk about pushing the musical envelope!

[@1099Kramo]

Some Spirit thrown in there too.

[@eerotaivainen4159]

Never knew it was Zepplin however as soon as my partner put it kon my bodhy sftarted movjing, zepplin it iis my soul told me so❤

[@doodledangernoodle2517]

Would’ve been awesome if they recorded for Zeppelin II. It is such a good cover. Those first few minutes are pure early Zeppelin.

[@kirkcahill7918]

Fabulous, thank you for sharing this music. Love LZ for over 50 years, the GOATS

[@David-wf4ev]

I've never heard this in all 52 years of my life. How's that possible ? Nice treat !!

[@ibnomad]

Just amazing. The instant raw musical genius of these four musicians. Anazing

[@dma1264]

Never heard this before. WOW!!

[@user-sb5dd6cx9y]

Wow wit a great sound of de band in there infanceee , yeah fuxing great

[@MrDirtybear]

It is clear why this never gained official release on any reissue package; stunning as it is there are too many other song writers to credit and too much to pay in royalties outside of the band. Too many possible court cases....

[@matttisdale7606]

Thank you for making this available, Paul 😊

[@kmartin1637]

TY. Never heard this before! They know how to rock the blues!

[@tcarbonimusic]

WOW! Just WOW! That sounded incredible!

[@jeremymerrifield219]

Wow.... Thank you for finding and sharing with the world

[@raymondbrucehansel3119]

I was at this show and until right now I never knew what the name of this song was. Thanks

[@stevencollard56]

💥Count yourself very luck to have seen one of the greatest bands on the planet. Great track this. 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@gregorygordon1006]

Live at the Fillmore West in 1969.

[@smack7917]

New to me. Wow. Thanks

[@antoniolorenzosanchez5393]

Bonzo era de otra galaxia..

[@PaulyV56]

The Best. Period. ACROSS THE BOARD.

[@thelionheart7178]

LED ZEPPELIN FOREVER!

[@KillerKev1961]

Saw several various shows at the old Fillmore back in the day. My older sis used to take me when shed babysit. Santana, Hot Tuna, Airplane.......

[@stephencoats1501]

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac released an incredible song with a lot of this feel sound and riff called 'The Green Manalishi' about six months after this. Judas Priest covered that. These musicians all learned from each other. A good version can be found on Mick Fleetwood's Peter Green tribute CD/DVD with ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons on lead. This version of the song never quite made it onto vinyl which is a shame as it rocks. The early Zeppelin sets were loaded with all sorts of things as they only had one album of their own stuff at that point. Zeppelin would have known the Garnet Mimms version and built on that. great song have a listen. This also added to the imperative to expand the numbers they had. Good example Dazed and Confused. Good post thanks!

[@jeremymerrifield219]

The beginning does sound like Fleetwood Mac. Great spot

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

Didn't Judas Priest cover The Green Manalishi?

[@jeremymerrifield219]

@@MrJohnnyDistortion I reckon so.

[@stephencoats1501]

Yep!@@MrJohnnyDistortion

[@dennisgrubbs1929]

@@MrJohnnyDistortion yeah they did and did it justice you just know when it's an excellent cover and right on

[@pieyedapple]

Wow--always electric, always eclectic...one of my fave bands of all time, the Mighty Zep...

[@user-hs4uv1fv1o]

Untouchable. Period.

[@brendawoodson3230]

Wow never heard this before I like it

[@stevenstuart1442]

early Zep at their best....

[@antoniolorenzosanchez5393]

18'24 minutos en un viaje en las nubes.. Madre del Señor..

[@JohnEuliss]

I've never heard this Zeppelin track before. It has various parts like numerous songs in one. I like it and I am still listening to it. It's almost 10 minutes so they were able to cover a lot of ground.

[@robertchristian9361]

6:35 let’s go

[@epameinondaszachos8415]

W O W ! Dynamite !

[@thomasenwright1596]

I’m enjoying this, never heard it before

[@josemanuelnorescosta9344]

Por favor, llevo más de 50 reproducciones y quiero escucharlo 3000 veces más.. Alucinante!!!

[@tracy1273]

First time ...ZepFan..too..?.. They did alot of hours in studio',s like the Stones as well

[@antoniolorenzosanchez5393]

Esto no se puede describir con palabras.. La cantidad de emociones que se puede llegar a sentir escuchando esta locura, es algo sencillamente inexplicable..

[@vinceparke5740]

The best version of this is the one when the bass craps out and they have to improvise until it's fixed.

[@smithsabom01]

great master, sound quality!

[@pabloespina1615]

LED ZEPPELIN FOR EVER

[@antoniolorenzosanchez5393]

Ahí Robert está en su mejor momento..

[@titebutleuce7775]

Thanks for sharing! Much better sound quality than on the cassette tape my friend John (rip) made for me decades ago, and it’s nice to finally get the where and when. What a treat to the ears!

[@wandergucao3431]

Excelent melhor Grupo de Rock de todos os tempos...

[@SandbarFilmsStudios]

OG punk rok!!! ❤😊

[@bartnettle]

Thanks, Whata gem!

[@MarkSmith-dp2qe]

That was really refreshing!!!❤️😎

[@troyalcorn1184]

:) TY so much for posting this :)

[@antoniolorenzosanchez5393]

Minuto 7'15 Esto te vuela la cabeza 20 millones de veces.. Puuuugffff..

[@L24U84]

New too 😮 as well Ty 😊

[@alanosterman7130]

Thanks for posting this creative gem. When Jimmy holds that long note, at 10:38, I almost melt. Sadly he chose to never do this again in Zep performances, in any song. While the Fillmore West show from the 27th. is better sounding, I slightly prefer the version of this jam piece from the Winterland show the day earlier on the 26th. Though not as better sounding. In those early years I feel they had a lot more adventure in their shows. Before their play list became pat.

[@paulbrecht1613]

I thought he did that feedback thing on this song often, as a transition. I agree, this is not the best version of this improv. If you like some of Jimmy's early antics, I just put this one up, which is a different mix/take of Whole Lotta Love (studio). Give it a listen all the way through, you'll never hear the song the same again, even when listening to the official release... kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4PcgHSehNVrrKM

[@alanosterman7130]

@@paulbrecht1613 Yes, I should have said this is the only song (combination), where Jimmy plays that long held note. As far as I know, he never used this effect in any other song. Hardly ever heard any other guitarist do this either. Not Clapton or Beck. Only Leslie West live at his special intro to "Roll Over Beethoven", on LP "Flowers Of Evil". Plus Dave Edmunds on the studio lp "Blues Helping", on the song of that same name, when he was starting out in a band named "Love Sculpture". Quite an attention getter. I'll have to check out that WWL version you mentioned. Thanx.

[@alanosterman7130]

PS, forgot to mention Peter Green's playing on "The Supernatural" on John Mayall's Blues Breakers LP "A Hard Road". Holds numerous high notes here.

[@mikej70]

Love that long note too Jimmy does the wiinterland one is even better sadly he only did this a few times only on this song but at least we have a few examples of it

[@mikej70]

Oddly enough Yngwie Malmsteen does a similar long note near the end of Black Star live he does it on most versions ive heard even today 2023. Wish more guitarists did it it's like a emotional crying wail from the guitar I'm sure others do it too

[@rickchyczewski576]

At 13 seconds in,the first version of what if god was one of us.

[@lankestermerrin267]

Lol. I heard that too.

[@rodentcafeteria]

At around 2:50, it sounds like JPJ is leading into a version of Spirit's "Fresh Garbage."

[@antoniolorenzosanchez5393]

Después de escuchar esto.. qué coño queda ya..??!!!???!!!!!!

[@everythingoutdoors4079]

Check out "Artie B Rockin" his channel on KZbin. A LOT of bootleg classic rock you've never heard. A lot of Hendrix. Worth a listen

[@thomaslang961]

Well done, Paul. 🤘🤘

[@paulbrecht1613]

thanks!

[@Nui.]

@ 8:50 We Will Rock You? And what sounds like future strains of The Green Manalishi in there too.

[@rickchyczewski576]

This sounds like 67 plant but now i hear page about 5 minutes in. That early plant voice was better than any other vocalust ever. I dont care. Its all power and soul. How did someone not snatch him before page? How did his solo career not work? Wrong music they had him sing,thats why.

[@tobiasisback4605]

Plant 66-72 is untouchably great.

[@paulbrecht1613]

April 27, 1969 Fillmore West San Francisco, CA

[@user-um3rh8le7b]

Das was er als Solo-Karriere gemacht und bis jetzt wollte er so. Die letzte gute Zeit war mit Jimmy und Robert, Charlie und Robert Lee

[@JadwigaStuczyn]

Ale numer fu,śwjetny.

[@antoniolorenzosanchez5393]

Dios santo.. Qué puta locura es esta..???!!!!!

[@gtrjay55]

Does anyone hear Spirits "Fresh Garbage" riff at 7:00 ?!

[@mulletjc]

That’s exactly what it is, Spirit was touring with the band in California

[@gtrjay55]

@@mulletjc Thanks for the reply. I'm in Denver, their first concert as Led Zeppelin was here. It was Vanilla Fudge, Spirit and Zeppelin. They weren't even on the bill. Fudge persuaded the promoter to let them play. God bless Rock on 🙏🎶🎵❗👀

[@SusanW714]

Yes!

[@drumlover69]

I've always thought that too about Page getting the idea for WLL from the Hendrix song.@@RAYGERVATO

[@michaelshanker9564]

Yes ! It's in there , the list only a few songs , fresh garbage, as long as I have you , fought myself through darkness

[@Mark-dx8rr]

Was this on a Bootleg called Flying High?? I had a copy of it in the early 80s but it got "lost" . It also had " I Fought My Way Through The Darkness". Unfortunately I didn't get the opportunity to get real familiar with it.

[@paulbrecht1613]

not familiar w/ that particular boot, but, they played this improv a lot early on, in '69. If the show was from any of those shows, yeah, it could have been included on there. Bootleggers often mislabeled stuff, either on purpose, like clickbait, so you'd think it was something else, or ignorance, because they didn't know what it was & just named it after a vocal line...

[@Mark-dx8rr]

@@paulbrecht1613 Thank You, Paul 😃

[@JadwigaStuczyn]

Jakieś kobjety pragną wjedzy

[@JadwigaStuczyn]

@:Jkeś pnie chcą coś wjedzieć.O co chodzi.

[@user-rf3gd7lz4q]

Это ,ужасно хорошо

[@jukka1445]

I wonder, when they put out a decent "bootleg" livealbum including these previously unreleased, yet brilliant cover versions?

[@michaelshanker9564]

69 live at the Fillmore

[@antoniolorenzosanchez5393]

Esto creo que era ANTES de ser Led Zepp. Puede que fuera cuando se llamaban New Yarbids, en el el 68, creo..

[@paulbrecht1613]

April 27, 1969 Fillmore West San Francisco, CA

[@patrickjenkins2788]

Great stuff this should’ve been on how the west was won, not five versions of communication breakdown.

[@zaccdesign]

Wow! Fresh Garbage bass line

[@rayhutto2063]

Ok guys let’s get fully torqued and jam….(when Fock was fun)

[@user-hu7en6ur9g]

ZIP ZAP ZEP!

[@rickchyczewski576]

Based on roberts voice this is 68 ,maybe early 69. Jesus i gotta say its def robert singing but that does not sound like page. This actually sounds like pre 68 robert. Around the time he did hey joe. Im replying as im lustening. If this is zep ill eat my shorts. At least the first part.

[@InService77]

Cool to hear such a clean recording from this era of LZ, yet I don't favor the noisy atonal Page solos as a whole. Like when I listen to versions of Dazed and Confused from '69-'73, I enjoy the melodic sections much more. If I want to hear atonal noise, I prefer how bands like Pink Floyd and the Grateful Dead approached that in the late 60's.

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

Velvet Underground were great with the drone and odd guitar playing. Jerry Garcia could be very melodic. He was a beautiful guitarist

[@heynow4512]

Page's solos only got worse. I fell asleep during the Song Remains the Same concert & the subsequent rockumentary of that tour. Kind of boring. 😴 & I'm a Zep fan... of their studio albums.

[@fooddood]

You had my attention until you mentioned two of the worst bands of the era. At least after Syd was removed

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

@@heynow4512 for those of us who have been hearing Zeppelin for decades and have long ago grew tired of hearing the studio albums, the live bootlegs are a nice alternative . I've heard bad Zeppelin shows and I've heard great ones. But I would much rather hear the band improvise and experiment onstage than to hear the studio version of Black Dog for the 4 ,280 ,562nd time .

[@heynow4512]

This is the thing...I had attended 2 previous L Z concerts that were ok. During that 3rd concert, SRTS, Page starts waving his hands over this anttenna attached to some weird electronic rectifier thing creating a reverb feedback(??). Closer his hands waved over the anttenna louder the noise. He's doing this during some jamming. Then he pulls out a violin bow and starts strumming his guitar w/ it, making noise. Page keeps this up until the horse hair breaks at 1 end & now he's whipping the guitar strings w/ it. Whatever this stunt was it wasn't music. So I went to sleep. Worked up to Black Dog. Then Bonham starts his solo.during which he tosses his sticks & starts playing his drums w/ bare hands, bongo/conga style, including the cymbals. Rediculous. Now me being a wannabe drummer said that was it. No mo Zep concerts fo me. Too many gimmicks. I have Zep's How the West Was Won cd. Some of it was recorded at the LA Forum, so I mite have been there. But it's not bad but it's not that spectacular either. And dont get me started w/ Neil Young & Crazy Horse.🤫🤨😄

[@richardheinz]

Is the picture from the same show?

[@paulbrecht1613]

no, just a random image I found of the era...

[@richdiana3663]

When is this? Sounds late 60's,

[@paulbrecht1613]

April 27, 1969 Fillmore West San Francisco, CA

[@Davetv1121]

Its a cover

[@JadwigaStuczyn]

M😂am takie same odczucia.Prosze nie b😂ać. Się to ta sama muzyka .Młodsi terż są wpo są zdruzgotani Pjerwszym wrarzenim . Spokojnie s😂ą pożądaniem.Grają dobrą Muzykę.Ja jestem nastawjony pozytywnie szukajcie głębjej.

[@JadwigaStuczyn]

Pojechałem z paranoją ? Od czasu do czasu robję mały psikus.

[@jaykay5580]

huh.

[@WSS_the_OG]

I'm so surprised at how dated this sounds, and it made me wonder; if I heard Led Zeppelin (debut album) for the first time today, would it also sound as dated as this sounds? I'm so used to that album (and all of LZ's albums, really) that I probably don't notice how dated it sounds. I love the unrestrained vocals of Plant, but it's easy to understand how his voice didn't hold up much past 1972. If he was doing this almost every day and night since 1968, it's no surprise he damaged his voice in just a few years.

[@paulbrecht1613]

there's probably a lot to consider... this being a live recording - unofficial bootleg, doesn't have the perks of studio recording. The track is an improv that they did day-after-day & never the same way twice... back, in this period, LZ were doing multiple shows a day, listed as matinee & evening shows. So, Plant was really working it in these early days. Then, add on top of that, singing through sickness, he definitely did a number on his voice. It also does not help to smoke & drink. In the early days, doing the dual club dates, they couldn't afford to postpone shows due to illness. Later on, when they got to arenas & stadiums, they did 1 long show, many x's 3hrs long. At that point, they had to pick & choose their songs, by what Plant could handle on a night-by-night rigor...

[@jonathanhathaway7796]

Absolutely, and this performance is an example. In the previous two nights' shows at Winterland Plant was amazing, hitting notes at the top of his range but killing it. Here at the end of the San Francisco run he's still great, but has to be a lot more careful. This is a raw but very creative performance though, with completely different improvs over the basic structure from the previous and future versions. I do believe that this is the first night, or at least Page's first full night using the Les Paul. The giveaway is the distinct sound of three different pickups. His Telecaster had three different tones, one of which is out of phase, but he almost never used any but the bridge position, presumably because of feedback issues with the Telecaster lipstick pickup. He switches sounds in this show like crazy, like he's let off the leash, ha ha.

[@PaulyV56]

Your nuts. He is still doing it in his mid seventies. Get A grip.

[@BBaldwin]

I don’t think their studio material sounds dated whatsoever- the sound and production is timeless. There are producers to this day that cannot match the studio production of those albums from 50 years ago…

[@chriszablocki2460]

They might be sabotaging real ace pitchers because homeruns are more exciting to watch. Where's Barry Bonds when you need him?

[@jaykay5580]

I don't think I agree. I don't think led zeppelin ever played baseball.

[@bobbyboogie2603]

would you like a ham sandwich?

[@saudu-seuziramazanow7146]

Sounds like Metallica

[@MrDino1953]

All that brilliant instrumental work spoiled by Plant's whining, high-pitch voice.

[@glenhenrickson4932]

Whining? Robert is the siren!

[@danpolseno9728]

I wonder why Jimmy always started playing something that sounded good. But then became sloppy.

[@rickchyczewski576]

You are insane. Young plant was the best vocalist the world ever knew. Out of every hundred people there is always one of you . Somebody's gotta like Sean Cassidy voice .

[@tobiasisback4605]

You're right, Karen Carpenter should have been the lead singer, such a pure sweet tone 😅

[@vladsevens3358]

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