Led Zeppelin-No Quarter's Groove, 1975, live jam

[@doodleboy60]

That moment when you suddenly realize the first three minutes are only Bonham and JPJ jamming... they had such synergy together and you see/hear it in many live performances where they are in their own little world while Page goes off into his creative world. As a trio, they are unmatched to this day.

[@dylanbaldwin7934]

The bass and drums chug along down below in the growling low end section and the vocals and guitar seem to converse with the way plant imitates the sound of pages guitar. Sometimes they are just conversing or sometimes they are making sensual love.

[@Cyber-lt4kv]

Definitely an unmatched trio!

[@rickjamz]

Check out 3/3/75 in Fort Worth. Same deal. For three solid minutes an incredible jam and you realize it's being done by two musicians. Only master's of their craft could pull off something as incredible as this!

[@kramerbassplayer]

Agreed!

[@kramerbassplayer]

San Antonio was epic, thanks for the recommendation Chuck

[@pasofinostudios6080]

The fact that this is improvised makes it even better

[@promark5317]

The general structure of the song is rehearsesbut the jams they played were different night by night. Some longer some shorter, different grooves, etc@@wyrmwoodstudios

[@markkearns4172]

JPJ - the least acknowledged, most forgotten greatest, pure musician around.

[@darrelldunn4618]

I remember back in the day discovering Led Zep bootlegs! I picked up one set and side two was No Quarter. Side three was No Quarter continued!!

[@311superfly]

Yeah. Copenhagen like that.

[@udz24]

How ridiculously good they were. I am blown away.

[@edwardcrawford6818]

No shit!!!

[@James-pq7nf]

what a cool picture of John Bonham

[@kenglass7833]

How is it possible that three of the best musicians in the world all end up playing together in the same outfit ?

[@bull716]

Perfect groove 👌👌👌 Ginger baker was critical of Bonham this and always will prove that ginger was wrong ! Bonham is the greatest drummer that lived

[@masterbatey1998]

Baker played on a kids toy drum. Bonham never stopped kicking his arse.

[@Scoobydcs]

ginger was a GREAT drummer, absolute dick though lol

[@leegarbutt4566]

Ginger sucked if you ask me Bonham could play circles around baker he'll bakers not in the top 25 greatest to me

[@SimonSigurdsonMusic]

@@leegarbutt4566Ginger did not suck by any means, but like so many great musicians they didn’t grasp evolution immediately and became protective of their craft and their interpretation of it. Hell, Albert King said Jimi Hendrix couldn’t play the blues. And Hendrix himself did not understand Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelins arguably virtuos music.. So bless Mr Baker for believing in himself, but he was a fantastic drummer no doubt.

[@jduke8565]

No he was a good drummer but not the best.

[@desicoinc.7956]

This is nothing short of PHENOMENAL!!! What a pair!!! BONZO FOREVER!!! ❤

[@jimmyb4728]

People who want to go to a concert and hear the songs just like they were recorded don't know anything about music. This groove is insanely awesome. LED ZEPPELIN THE G.O.A.T.

[@donhagerty5669]

❤ 2:34 THE THING THAT WAS REALLY GREAT ABOUT LED ZEPPELIN AS THEY COULD DO BOTH❤❤❤

[@juvesignora]

You can't imitate any of the 4!!! It's them. No questions. No band was ever tighter!! This is ridiculously too good for anybody of this day!!

[@neilny7797]

When these three guys got in a groove it was just magical!

[@zarekmichalski4995]

Wish jimmy would have stayed out a little longer and continue to let jpj and bonham build a little more.

[@enrkaton82]

Soooo funky!!!! I need a two hours loop of this!!!

[@kirscheim]

i have about a dozen or so live versions of NO Q from ( i think 1973 ??? ) all the way to 1979, dropped them all in my ipad and i can drive 4 hours and never hear the same version twice.

[@enrkaton82]

You know how to get good fun :)

[@apolloptx]

@@kirscheim They never played it the same. Its the little differences that make it so compelling

[@tanapatpeemanee1230]

I love FUNKY Episodes ....too ! ... deep in my soul... is Funker .. ha ha ..

[@EvilGoddessMLGH]

@@kirscheimI need that loop…for work…yeah

[@TonyRockinReems]

Bonzo.... the greatest, no one will ever be like that cat.

[@southendsurfer]

cat?

[@tonytonguis7407]

​@@southendsurferyea like "dude" "brah" I sometimes say "cat" Im from New Orleans, an a drummer Bonzo was a cool "cat" Love him.

[@neilfromny4117]

I’ve heard a lot of versions but this one just blows the real away. Pure awesomeness!

[@michaelespinoza1479]

First 3 minutes gave me goosebumps..This is remarkable!!!!…..Bonzo’s high hat!!!

[@tomaj9624]

17 March 1975, I was one week old ! Sure they made this version for me, thanks led zep !

[@MrSunDevil23]

Bonzo and Jonesy are the best rhythm section ever. This has to be definitive proof.

[@meanmetalmike666]

Cliff Williams Malcom Young Phil Rudd best rhythm section

[@johnnauer6427]

I've been a Zeppelin fan since 1975 tonight hearing this recording is a breath of fresh air to my soul! this should have been Album number# 11, you wouldn't know it, but this recorded was decades ago but it feels modern for today, I'm sure glad it was left on the shelf for the 2020......

[@donhagerty5669]

❤❤❤ 4:50 I HAVE BEEN A FAN SINCE 1969 BUT I WAS 11 YEARS OLD❤ HAVE BEEN A FAN EVER SINCE. LED ZEPPELIN WAS THE ONLY BAND OR CONCERT THAT I WAITED IN LINE FOR TICKETS THE FIRST DAY THEY CAME OUT. EVEN WAITING IN LINE FOR TICKETS WAS A GOOD PARTY BUT THE CONCERT WAS EVEN BETTER BECAUSE IT WAS AT THE KINGDOME, AND THE BUILDING LOOKED LIKE IT WAS ON FIRE WHEN THEY LET PEOPLE OUT BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH HASHISH BEING SMOKED❤❤❤ 5:56

[@mikeb2085]

WOW I'm blown away by this... jam of the century

[@livetofish1309]

That drum sound tho

[@ChasingZoSo]

Long live bonzo

[@kenwalker672]

JPJ in the start of this jam plays chords I didn't know existed! Whoever posted this: 🔥🔥🔥

[@EvilGoddessMLGH]

This is Fantastic!! Great groove and length for walking/letting the music take your brain on a journey, run it through twice for lunch break. Bonham lives on 🤘🏻

[@mrw4399]

Led Zeppelin sempre será a Melhor Banda de todos os Tempos

[@marcusviniciusdottlinger9626]

Pra sempre! E John Paul Jones sempre será o melhor músico de todos os tempos!

[@thomasgriffin3109]

what a time two live it walk it two hear it and most of all two feel it

[@sketis2012]

Now that is what I call a Jam!

[@TheSuperGnus]

SICK JAM JPJ is killing it !!!!FUCKING ZEPPELIN !!!!

[@jcvks4526]

Jimmy needs to release this! I don’t think he knows how good this is

[@tanapatpeemanee1230]

Completely Perfect ... as Classic Precious Masterpiece .

[@morpher44]

this is "No Quarter". The version on the record is even better.

[@ginog1398]

Hell yeah man... this part right after JP Jones piano solo, they played it different every time man, and every time was just so damn groovy, Bonham sound was so powerfull yet so clean, it has that funky vibes on every note he plays, and with Jonesy godlike skills, damn.... and after all that we have Mr. Page on guitar and Plant on vocals, all true masters man....

[@gusseford3457]

This needs to be on a 2 hour loop!!!

[@brandongil856]

IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG ITS MY FAV ZEPPELIN JAM

[@louisehedditch9184]

It's a fact Bonzo loved Jonesy , they were musically close brothers. Listen to them perfection together. Rock/blues/soul. absolutely anything.

[@tanapatpeemanee1230]

Yeh... i feel this way .... long ago ... they were soulmate in the band .... deeply . .... they were working the back line together...but heart to heart .... while Plant and Page ...up front . ...ha ha

[@peterherard8207]

And if anyone ever screwed with JPJ......they'd have to contend with Bonhams wrath

[@BubbaZen10]

The best parts were always the things that just kind of came out of nowhere. That's where the magic always happened. One guy would play a few notes that sparked something in someone else, and off they would go.

[@johnbird785]

Exactly!! Loved the jams they played LIVE!!

[@BubbaZen10]

John Bird For sure. Best part.

[@timothychristopher9307]

Check out Phish...

[@BubbaZen10]

@@timothychristopher9307 Yeah, i like Phish. Trey is great. I'd like when they'd decide to do an entire classic album!

[@llamalulu4255]

YESS Exactly

[@montroselive2011]

What would Led Zepplin be without John Bonham??He was a pioneer,a gifted drummer and a genius..Playing "Kashmir" for a roomful of drummers and watch everyone of them air drum to it,including myself..That's a testament..And watching Bonham perform "No Quarter" at MSG in 1973,just phenomenal.🌟

These two gave Jimmy the platform to play to his heart's content....

[@johnnyprovo7157]

Oh, I can't wait for a mash up/remix of ALL of these, as many as can be found. i LOVE these improv moments in this song.

[@danfer.personal]

i cant describe the feeling, the atmosphere. i cant fucking describe where the hell this jam takes those who understands something from it. Sorry ppl, just listen to it when yu get high lmao

[@davidaliberti5742]

When I was 18 (now 54) I have always told my friends or anyone who would listen that when you are under the influence Zeppelin is simply incredible

[@harchitb]

3:20 spine tingling with jimmy's riffing

[@jasoncampbell3955]

This almost sounds too good to be real! Great improv!

[@yossibarmocha3581]

John Bonham best groover of all time.

[@apolloptx]

THE GODS OF GROOVE!

[@robryan1472]

mind blown by this...

[@Laggmarketillmig]

Right at 5:50... - is the moment where on a first listen through, I could absolutely tell they really start to ramp up the energy. Jimmy starts to interject with his guitar in-between JPJ's accented beat here, almost giving the illusion that they are speeding up, but of course, they're not - they're perfectly staying in their flawless groove.. on tempo. Classic here, how Jimmy and his guitar start to shine - and take the spotlight with his characteristic quick riffs ; fitting in the perfect amount of hammer-ons and pull-offs and of course choosing notes to go to in those insertions that somehow have the effect of making a listeners spine tingle, their bottom jaw fall open agape without their realizing it, and awakening whichever chakra that lives in that hard-to-define place about two inches below one's belly button. Jimmy's guitar work and those spine-tingling melodies he creates in those solos, would not.. could not pop and be so in-the-pocket sounding if Bonham and JPJ weren't so subtly laying forth the most beautiful, seemingly telepathically synchronized, sometimes classical sounding, sometimes jazz sounding groundwork (often called something like 'rhythm section'), for Jimmy to build upon.

[@bonnieboren4649]

I have the shirt! Showco did their lights. Perks of Roadie Brother! 💙

[@rickjamz]

Lights AND sound system which is where these soundboards came from! God bless the soundboard mixer who thought to do this, saved it for others to enjoy and released it for us all to hear!

[@jasoneisaman2571]

What a great addition to our repertoire. Thank you-we know that we can count on inside technicians for the good stuff that didn't quite make the commercial cut.

[@Marianobass]

man that tight groove in drum in the begin, bottommost kick hit, and the replacement of notes whit silence ... advance. even today some drummers can't do it.

[@BubbaZen10]

FUCK!! And Page NAILS the beginning of that lead!! I like that sound so much more than the ones where he would use more wah. That was always one of my favorite leads, and i like that clean sound better. (and then he finally wanders his way over to it and clicks it on eventually. i just really love that clean sound better for that lead!)

[@СергейИванов-ю1т9х]

Готов бесконечно слушать эту импровизацию. Они так трогают душу, эти трое великолепных музыкантов. Гении.

[@TheMayDog]

Studio zeppelin and live Zeppelin are two different bands I swear

[@aidanquestore9417]

If u like live zep listen to live dead ❤️‍🔥

[@codybarker1471]

@@aidanquestore9417 Zeppelin and The Dead were the two best live bands, when they were on!

[@thomasrohr3130]

If only more people knew this, the world would be a better place

[@kdkevindraper]

So good. We all wanted to be the guitarist or the singer then, but hell I wish I had wanted to be the drummer.

[@atravelerofbothtimespace4172]

this is totally bananas

[@markkearns4172]

Led Zep needed more of JPJ playing an acoustic piano. He was eternally amazing playing both the acoustic keys as well as the bass.

[@Drum_Beats_Guitar_Riffs]

Quality recording sound. Thanks

[@TheFabioOrchedella]

I want that photo of John Bonham framed on my wall

[@atravelerofbothtimespace4172]

agreed.never seen it before tho

[@carywest9256]

@@atravelerofbothtimespace4172 The shirt he is wearing is a company that was based outta Dallas,TX. They were a concert lighting & sound outfit. More to this story,iffen ya want to hear it!

[@graceshepherd8011]

NO SHIT, ME TOO

[@nogardz]

great quality!!!

[@terrybarton1604]

Awesome, just play this to your grandkids when they ask you how good were Led Zeppelin really???☘

[@parry69able]

4+ min till pagey steps in ...love it

[@Matthew_Eitzman]

You have to be in the band to call him Pagey.

[@parry69able]

@@Matthew_Eitzman first of all who in the hell made you a spoke person for Zep? dont tell me what i can or cant say..! i enjoyed that bloody moment. wtf is your problem ..enjoy the bloody moment!

[@Matthew_Eitzman]

I’m not a spokesperson, not even a spoke in a wheel.

[@parry69able]

@@Matthew_Eitzman so whats your bloody point!

[@parry69able]

enjoy the f-in moment and stop being a critic

Kind of what happens when you mix two prodigal talents together - one the greatest rock drummer there ever was and the other a crafty, tasteful and superb studio musician.

[@joecanizio6710]

They can groove .. funky they tapped into all roots of music ..thats what makes them great yeh they stole some riffs .. so what every body does .. but listen to what they dident steel... it's all about finding new ways to play the old...

[@gohoos43015]

What riffs did they steal?

[@joeyhuebner10]

@@gohoos43015- Dazed and Confused, all of Black Mountain side, they slowed down the riff for the lemon song which they stole from killing floor... etc. Its not really important, just a foot note in an amazingly creative career. Zep's original material destroyed whatever things they stole.

[@Cincinnatus1869]

@@joeyhuebner10 every blues rock band in the UK was playing Killing Floor . Zeppelin's arrangement of it was in fact far more original than any of the others. It's naive to single out Zeppelin for lifting blues licks. It was their original material that set them apart from the UK blues scene.

[@joeyhuebner10]

@@Cincinnatus1869- I'm not denying any of that, Zeppelin transcended the rock genre, I'm just saying they nicked a couple things along the way to the top. As I said previously, inconsequential.

[@Cincinnatus1869]

@@joeyhuebner10 they did , but it should be pointed out more that they've been scrutinized more closely and unfairly treated by some of the original artists. In some cases they certainly should have asked for permission to use certain things , but there were instances of other bands doing the same thing with less financial success. Willie Dixon didn't sue the Small Faces for the uncredited You Need Love , but sued Zeppelin , whose arrangement was far more original. That's because Small Faces didn't get rich from it. Chuck Berry tried to sue the Beatles for Come Together sounding like You Can't Catch Me , but he didn't sue countless other bands who lifted his licks more directly. It all comes down to lawyers and really has nothing to do with creativity

[@rockinrobin]

great combination of grooviness and sophistication on the keyboards by John Paul Jones . sounds like Bill Evans

[@BorisdePedra]

Amazing!!!

[@melonsoda334]

John Bonham once said "I don't claim to be more exciting than Buddy Rich. But I don't play what I don't like". He was a honest and straight forward man.

[@roryanacooper9683]

The epitome of what Pagey would describe as "tight but loose" 🔥

[@dsutkin]

One could pick Bonham's funk out of 10,000 drummers .... If I heard this not knowing it was LZ, the only groove I'd recognize is his.

[@jilg74]

This versión is Fucking Amazing, just saying

[@pasza]

Thank gods, it's long! Btw it's even longer because there is No Quarter before and after.

[@bedsitsongbird33]

oh yes this is right on the money an amazing band of the like we will never see again

[@melissalayton9538]

A taste of boogie woogie piano during the journey section of "No Quarter" and the live version of the song is taken from the 1975 U.S. tour.

[@nitinkumar29]

Omg...this is so sick! All feet on the floor, quick!

[@parry69able]

Hammer of THE GODS

[@Argonautica8]

nice soundboard recording. 5-25-75 & 6-23-77 are my 2 favorite all time no quarter jams. heres the Badgeholers (77): John Paul, Jimmy and Bonzo's Great Adventure of the Lost Zeppelin and the Invasion of the Airships

[@paulovberg9410]

Argonautica8 page just can’t play as well in 75 or 77. The 73 versions are the best imgo

[@EwanMee2]

Brilliant! Also try Earls Court 18th May 1975, just as good but very different, a long classical middle section. Just to show how spontanious they were on any given night!

[@otalactea]

Me gusta demasiado led zeppelin, la primera vez q escuché esto tenía 14♡

[@ruperterskin2117]

Cool. Thanks for sharing.

[@Braglemaster123]

Too cool 😎👍👍👍

[@cl3612]

JPJ leads Led Zep in through this jam, I feel…. Led Zeppelin have been to challenging to grow up every album, and made them true. In their concert, Led Zeppelin sometimes makes to reborn their songs completely. That ’s the reason why I ’ve been L Z ’s fan for a long time. And I also think that if J. Bonham would n’t had died, how have been they continued to create their world next to “In through the out door”? But today, after I heard this jam, I could n’t help to ask why JPJ did n’t leave Led Zeppelin? And now ‘No Quater’ is one of the best song in Led Zeppelin.

[@pasza]

@len7560 This is from a perfectly recorded "Haven't We Met Somewhere Before?" released recently on CD. March 1975, Seattle Center Coliseum

[@JV-qd1uf]

6:41 wow!!!

[@ramirreyes6414]

John Paul Jones was Led Zeppelin's secret weapon. And about that drum groove, I might as well try my variation of that. Even a quarter good as it was is good enough right?

[@czwij]

dead spot on. wow.

[@meehanbindra]

Need the entire song please!

[@RohanBhammar]

mind fucking blowin

[@jimk7525]

Destroyer '77 has a great NQ jam on it too, this is fantastic. Love Bonzo's groove....

[@jock608]

Nice jam

[@allancerf9038]

page was into the white powder (by/in) 75,' but perhaps inspired by his rhythm section he plays some good stuff in this instance.

[@Evan-yw2qj]

I think it was more heroin

[@ElliotRomeo]

Heroin is sometimes off white and page was probably mixing both dope n coke

[@clarkeandi]

@@ElliotRomeo Added to that he was very fond of and had the wealth, ways and means to get his hands on Brompton's Cocktail which is a oral tincture dreamed up in Victorian times at London's Brompton Hospital, as serious pain relief for end stage cancer treatment. The tincture was made by adding generous quantities of cocaine and heroin to a cannabis tincture

[@metalmanalishi]

Just spectacular . This band is the cats ass !

[@ledzepfilm]

March 17th 1975 soundboard.

[@Scoobydcs]

do you have the full song?

[@ulissecat70]

NICEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@alexscott730]

I can dig it man✌😎

[@lil_miss_strange]

❤❤❤

[@jameswright1879]

John Bonham is a cool guy

[@jameswright1879]

Was*

[@xGaL256]

He's god

[@verginithe]

dont F with Bonzo, he looks hung over here, needs a beer.

[@knottsscary]

whatever page starts doin at around 3:15 sounds fucking awesome

[@phillyphil690]

GO JONESEY!

[@marcusviniciusdottlinger9626]

The best bass player ever! And also the best musician that ever lived!

[@wjhandy]

If you jam along, something happens. Enlightenment I suggest a bass

[@angelramondiaz7720]

That is why theres nobody better when the term jam or jaming was created hands down led zp must have originated or definately revolutionized and refined it. After listening too that why would anybody doubt or point a finger at them and say there not best or there too old and that they dont play the same as they did. Too all those ediots out there with a Capt E. Pleaseeee. If you dont hear god like genius in that from those four gods even thow robert wasnt jaming on that one but never the less still a god. If you guys still have too question them after hearing that or any other led zp jam or song then you ediots should barrie your heads underground like the ostredge because you deserve too hear real greatness. Led Zeppelin rules and always will til the end of time and beyond. God Bless Led Zep

[@philipchristian5032]

I don't know if we want to even call this a jam... A jam is like an extended boring song.... This groooooves to hard!

[@BubbaZen10]

angel ramon diaz Gods doesn't even describe this. Even the gods said holy shit! when they heard this.

[@angelramondiaz7720]

BubbaZen10 These guys probably can play like this in there sleep!!!! (: They sure do it in mine!!!!! (:

[@BubbaZen10]

angel ramon diaz When these guys were at their best, there was just nothing like it. ♬"How years ago in days of old, when magic filled the air"♬

[@angelramondiaz7720]

BubbaZen10 there still nothing like it now or then!!!!!! (: iam a traveller of both time and space too be were I have been (: or wise is the man who knows what he's been missing many many men can't see the open the open road (:

[@sweetleaf4860]

THE WINDS OF THOR ARE BLOWING COLD COLD COLD COLD COLD COLD COLD. ..... Weed Me

[@dhennyanderson8127]

10:02 scary!

[@dodatwist635]

bonham is thinking, hey jpj stop with that, you're playing too much, let us rock some !

[@tanapatpeemanee1230]

Yes... i think ... in fact , they can perform some Funky Jazz albums.. so easily.

[@guitarttimman]

I don't get those people who disrespect hippies. The hippies were the nicest people on earth! Hippie girls were way better than anyone out there! I mess the 70's.

[@Black_Swan777]

Tim Rubin Halcomb Yep.

[@wileyjdraws7594]

Then they grew up and ruined everything.