Led Zeppelin Rare Live When the Levee Breaks / Wanton Song 1975 Best Audio Bloomington Matrix EX

Led Zeppelin Rare Live When the Levee Breaks/Wanton Song 1975
Best Audio to date Bloomington Matrix Soundboard/Audience Room Tone
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Taken from newly surfaced recordings 2021
Led Zeppelin Tenth North American Tour (January 18, 1975 - March 27, 1975)
JANUARY 18 - MET CENTER, BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota, UNITED STATES (SATURDAY, 8pm)
photo likely by Neal Preston
Page/Plant are sort of walking wounded in early '75, Jones/Bonham are simply tenacious

[@echoluxe2022]

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[@conorgriffin7766]

Have you got any more recordings of this gig with this quality?? The sound is absolutely incredible!!

[@echoluxe2022]

It was a bit challenging to get these songs right, I can't imagine doing the entire concert at the moment...thanks for checking it out

[@davidteacher7851]

Iwanted to click about 3,000 times, but bit wouldn't let me... 😆

[@joescott8877]

Whoever's gonna dislike this either has no life or loves disco...

[@mikefilburn7971]

Soooooo good

[@unincumberedinvestments7453]

Led Zeppelin only played "Levee" a handful of times. They really should have played it far more often. This totally rocks!

[@Marctull66]

Actually, until now, i thought it had never been played live (and I've been interested in LZ's music since 1980 and I own quite a lot of live recordings) ... such a pity, as it's such a strong track. I definitely like it a lot more than In My Time of Dying, which saw Page using slide guitar as well... and the latter was played live very often... ( "In My Time..." is one of the rare Led Zep tracks that I never liked too much and it's the longer piece they recorded....) It took me some time but I finally loved "When The Levee Breaks ", it has such a great pounding rhythm and a great coda ! I know that Jimmy Page said the track was actually built around Bonzo's drum pattern... it must be the drum pattern that's the most sampled in the world, I heard bits of it at least twice in some tracks heard on radio, by the way... usually rap or something close.

[@iamgermane]

Looks like they kicked off their tour in Bloomington, MN in the middle of winter for some reason. The arena was across the highway from the airport :)

[@GBuds_RVremodel]

Written in 1928-9 and released first by Memphis Minnie I think in '30... kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWa5nomsqM-sgdksi=5DFeN8OAQrLx2HT5

[@GeorgePiazza]

@@Marctull66 They didn't have the outboard FX racks one can find at FOH these days (or even in 1990). The studio version of 'Levee' relied heavily on the pounding heavily compressed (and echoed) sound of the drums in the stairwell area of Headley Grange, mic'd mainly from the stairwell railings & run through two 1176 compressors and a Binson Echo Rec - something they couldn't easily recreate live back in the early - mid 1970s. Thus the less than impressive sound here (the performance is another matter entirely).

[@Villagejonesy]

@@GeorgePiazza John Bonham always struck me as someone who was insanely precise in the tuning of his drums. That tight, powerful, sledgehammering sound he had in the studio made it seem as if he probably spent hours trying to get the tuning perfect. It must have driven him insane to hear bootlegs that completely lost the sound. I think it was Mudslide (the Seattle 1973 tour) or the Presence tour bootlegs I heard, where the drum sound was completely washed out. This one isn't that bad, but it isn't as great as the sound they achieved for him in the studio, that's for sure.

[@karlkalasky6066]

Now that I am an old man I think I enjoy Led Zeppelin music even more ... And I didn't think that was possible😂

[@paullevine1813]

Not sure why , it was good back then & it's still good now , The good thing about real timeless music .

[@MadScientist267]

Talent back then had to be vetted before it could assault ear holes...

[@jeffhobbs3948]

Same here

[@jdcrow6]

I grew up loving Led Zeppelin and my dad got me a Blue Light Led Zep. Poster that he made a frame for, but he never really listened to them. Now that he's in his 70's and using KZbin he finally gave them a listen and loves them. Go figure. I don't know what he thought they were all these years but I'm glad he figured it out on his own before it was too late. People have to discover things on their own, I guess.

[@davemarriott]

Me too.

[@scottjackson163]

Proud to say that I saw Led Zeppelin at the peak of their ability, May of 1973. Houses of the Holy had just come out. The Led Zeppelin mystique was a real thing, one that was only enhanced by seeing them in concert. They delivered a transcendent experience.

[@wingchun-simplekungfu7584]

Legend 👍🏻. I never ever got to see them live.

[@terryenglish7132]

I caught that tour in Baltimore . They were great , tho I still don't like Houses and its Doo Wop . A friend caught them in Philly the nite before or after , and they sucked out loud . Page was so drunk or whatever that he had to sit on the edge of the stage to keep from falling over . Where'd you see them ?

[@staggerlee41]

You are so incredibly blessed. I am envious! Awesome hearing of your experiences, thanks for sharing!

[@scottjackson163]

@@terryenglish7132 The 1973 concert that I mentioned was in Tuscaloosa, AL. I actually saw saw Zeppelin twice. The other show was in 1977. Birmingham, AL.

[@scottjackson163]

@@staggerlee41 Thank you!

[@bassball67]

I don't think anyone has mentioned John Paul Jones. He deserves a mention, great musician!

[@conorgriffin7766]

He likes it that way!!

[@garydavenport3321]

Jpj is a musical genius🔥😎🔥😎

[@louiscifer1494]

One of my life highlights is getting to meet him in June 2000 after his Ft. Lauderdale show (which I saw from 2 feet from the stage and I didn't budge from that spot til the last note!) & he signed my copies of Scream For Help, The Sporting Life, & Zooma!!!⚡♪🜏🤘😈🔱𖤐⸸

[@orgoniteyahgoniteaustralia6888]

He gets mentioned about 5000 times every zep vid. I think we can stop calling him underrated at this point, since literally every video rates him as a great musician. Which he is. But enough already.

[@dannysoule7977]

He John Paul Jones was the music buffin

[@rjrj1160]

Does anybody else love the more gritty dirty sound that Zeppelin made mid career? Gosh this is pure magic.

[@edmarcewicz8379]

definitely a YES!!

[@StaceyWatson-e2q]

Absolutely!

[@rickg8015]

Jimmy broke some of his fingers before this gig.. Hence the dirtier playing

[@StaceyWatson-e2q]

@@rickg8015 "A" finger. Not fingers. And I'm pretty extra sure the grittier sound was intentional, not due to a broken finger as Page's broken finger would not have affected the way Bonham or Jones played or the way Plant sang.

[@timmyw1484]

Bonzo on the drums are insane!! Dude is a God!!! 🔥🥁⚡🥁⚡🥁⚡🥁 January 2025 anyone??

[@mmeis2389]

1971 ft worth tour, 15 yrs old. when the lights went out and everyone lit a joint - I knew what my life would be. It has been filled with the greatest music(s) and one beautiful hippy chick, who i married 45 years ago after the 1980s rolling stones tour. TY for the great life. Memories are priceless. Ty for sharing a little bit of the happiness i experienced.

[@davidcarter1738]

Don't let the ole man in!

[@benchaney9047]

How does it feel to have lived my dream😔😂??? I’m 18 years and the closest I will ever get to seeing/hearing Zepp live is a tribute band coming to my city next month in Dublin.

[@mmeis2389]

@@benchaney9047 I am truly thankful for that time, but you have 60+ years to find a better moment - its entirely possible, have fun is all.

[@peterwynberg]

​@@benchaney9047never got to see The Mighty Zeppelin, but I did see Plant and Page, NO Quarter tour, May , 1995, Orlando 😊

[@MinneapolisSkip]

I was there and in Dallas, the night before. Both shows were killers. I liked the Ft.Worth show a little better.

[@unqualifiedsuccess3661]

As a complete Led Zeppelin fanatic, I totally love this live version of "Levee". So heavy, great bass, amazing drums and Robert's sublime harmonica work

[@handlewithcare0007]

Absolutely! 😊

[@billhorstkamp98]

You nailed it

[@NegativeRust]

Probably goes for the rest of the band but you can tell Robert is enjoying this one 👍

[@Terri63]

You can't even hear the bass. What are you talking about?

[@Terri63]

You wanna hear heavy AF bass listen to Mel Schacher.

[@wtcwtc9861]

I was at this show. This clip gave me chills. It was just a few weeks before Physical Graffiti was released. Hearing The Wanton Song, Trampled Under Foot and Kashmir for the very 1st time in concert was so awesome. Especially Kashmir.

[@bernieritters7206]

Always a treat to hear Led Zeppelin live, I saw them at Nassau Collesium Feb. 1975 Awesome Concert 🎸🎶🎵🎶☮️❤️

[@cmberrian]

You guys are so lucky. I always fantasize when I listen to live zep imagining what it was like to hear them at concert volume and not today's average weak, lame ass volume that you can have a conversation over without screaming at the top of your lungs right next to your buddy's ear, I'm talking about the concert volume I at least experienced in the early and mid 80s when the bass would always rattle your lungs and sometimes even make your heart skip a beat..lol. where if you managed to sneak in a tape recorder, the results would be all distorted because the volume completely overloaded your shitty little condenser mic, which would have also happened if you were a time traveller and went back to record a concert on your phone. Whenever I see cell footage of a concert I always think about that, like why is this sound so clear, but you know the volume is terribly low because you can hear all kinds of people talking in their normal voices, not screaming. But yeah, I can't imagine John Bonham's drums at those incredible volumes, or some of Roberts high notes (pre '75). Fuckin...wow. I really can't imagine how incredible that all must have been. The loudest concert I think I ever went to was when my parents brought 11 or 12 year old me to the Who in 1982 at the Carrier dome in Syracuse NY. Oh yeah that was another regular thing -having your ears ring for a day or two after going to a concert. Remember that??? 😊

[@benallmark9671]

Do remember what month it was ?

[@gestet]

@@cmberrian "Oh yeah that was another regular thing -having your ears ring for a day or two after going to a concert. Remember that???" Yup 100%! In fact most/many of us have permanent hearing damage (whether one likes to admit this fact or not) due to this if we exposed ourselves to said 100 DB volumes on the regular as yound kids.

[@letitbe777]

@@bernieritters7206, small world. I saw them at MSG in 1973? I could be off a year, 72. I remember it like it was yesterday….the concert that is! Year, not so sure on

[@deancarter9210]

Stunning... just as you'd expect it to be delivered live by the Masters...

[@zeplica2004]

saw them21 times and to this day they are the best live band i have ever seen and i am 69 years old!!!

[@yeti1002]

21 xxx 's you saw Zeppelin, dam .

[@zeplica2004]

15 x's madison square garden 3 x's philly spectrum 3 x's nassau coliseum ny.@@yeti1002

[@steveczyz1864]

I am so jealous and envious of you 😎

[@yeti1002]

@@steveczyz1864 me too .. I'm jealous 😭

[@benallmark9671]

Wow that’s dame awesome !

[@caseyeisenman]

Robert is underrated on harmonica,

[@daveyvane]

Really? What is his rating?

[@djHypnotik3dc]

Who rated him

[@billwalsh388]

There was never anyone better.

[@billwalsh388]

I just did.

[@BlueBeeMCMLXI]

No. He b'ain't. Your comment a trendy signal of personal loss and pain - I hope.

[@marcielynn4886]

Saw them in Honolulu in the summer of 69. Two hits of peach acid. Best concert ever.

[@user-qt5eh9wb7g]

lmao, I'm not usually a jealous person, but for that statement, I will make an exception!

[@rkb2092]

I have the boot of that show. It's a good one!

[@JoseMTamez]

Peach acid! WTF! I thought I'd heard it all but that's a new for me. People just don't know how it was back then where you could smoke a joint at the concert hall and pass it around and never see it again...lol I remember my first concert was Kiss and Bob Segar and before the lights went out the entire concert hall was filled with smoke and people were rolling up joints, and everybody was doing drugs. It was insane and nobody gave a shit because it was the norm. People would pull out bags of weed from their pants and it was just crazy. I've never seen it like that since. The Wanton Song is one of my favorite!

[@jayangle20]

Good times.

[@MasterTapes1960]

Led Zeppelin's music will forever be timeless.

[@Салих-ъ8и]

Это довольно странно, делать заявления по поводу того , что будет вне времени, находясь в реальном времени. Мы не знаем что будет с нами в следующий момент, а вы оперируете такими ( вневременными) категориями.

[@robertdecker6010]

Bonzo was a human metronome that could play anything from Folk to Jazz to Motown to Metal...the GOAT!

[@JamesFolkers]

He did not play reggae - he hated it

[@jeremybagnell5714]

His son Jason is just as good.

[@chraffis]

@@jeremybagnell5714 Ummmmm...... no. Good but not nearly as good.

[@chraffis]

@@JamesFolkers He thought it was gay. And boring.😉

[@BlueBeeMCMLXI]

He was human.

[@DeanPrescott-lm1rg]

This makes me happy to be alive! Led Zeppelin forever!

[@iamgermane]

Ya Met Center in Bloomington, MN 1975. Those seats were white, yellow, green and gold. Torn down in the 1990s and is now a parking lot next to an Ikea.

[@tomcooper6108]

Love the fact that they don't ruin the song by speeding up the tempo. Its still all the feeling as the LP version

[@TheMalibuDar]

Underrated comment. I hate when bands -- in the main -- feel they need to speed up a song when playing live. You lose that swing that the original recording had.

[@user-qt5eh9wb7g]

Difficult to do as a musician too. You're always inclined to up the tempo on a tune like this. They hold it down rock solid, pretty amazing.

[@JerryBaltierra]

Best band ever in the history of rock and roll

[@MsCaleb79]

Blues too

[@johnsenior478]

Amazing funk drums and bass on the Wanton Song…no bad tracks on Graffiti ..just a rock band pushing the envelope

[@patrickduparc4207]

Yes , ils ont fait du RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS AVANT L HEURE 👍

[@louise_rose]

@@patrickduparc4207 Definitely true, Wanton Song prefigures RHCP and also shows what a funky vibe these guys had. What a killer riff! 😸

[@GarthWatkins-th3jt]

Bonham stomps it out in the Wanton Song. Savage funk, power and finesse.....just bad ass.

[@spilleradam]

John Bonham was amazing, fantastic Drummer so precise and he’s power.

[@jeremybagnell5714]

You should check out Led Zeppelin song 4 Sticks. It shows how talented John Bonham .

[@chuckp1832]

His drum sound was huge as well, the way it should be.

[@rodwells15]

Bonham never had a bad night, when Plant or especially were out of Bonzo was keeping everything together. He was the heart of Zeppelin....he never miss a beat.

[@djmikio]

F__king Bonham!!! To this day I've never heard a drummer deliver that kind of swing while being that heavy.

[@randybyers9492]

I am glad to say I was there that night. Ours was the first American audiance to hear songs from Physical Graffiti including Kashmir. What a night! I think this was one of the very few times Zep played Levee in concert. That night, I remember Bonham's bass drum sounded like a cannon! Great show!!!!! Last time I was able to see them.

[@barrymorgan5104]

Wow, I'm a senior citizen now and I've never heard this live before. Awesome job, thanks

[@melissapehrson9767]

This is my first time hearing this particular recording. Absolutely amazing! What a gem! Just posted this on a group I belong to called Rock of ages where I was asked to be an admin on. It's a group on one of the media streams. Check it out you will find music like this and songs and groups you haven't heard in years or hearing for the first time! No cost nothing but a group of people sharing music they love!

[@PutItAway101]

Apparently they only tried it live once or twice and decided it couldn't do justice to the drum sound on the record. The other problem is the record keeps building up the intensity by adding more instruments and effects one at a time, can't do that live with just the four guys, so it becomes more a repetitive plod along the same intensity level all the way through, but it's still pretty good though. Just not the ever-building unstoppable path of destruction that is on the record.

[@davidmarcum3432]

Same here I'm an old bastard from the 70's.....ZEP, SABBATH, RUSH, YEAH JOURNEY, STYX, ..EARLY CRUE..ETC....ETC

[@chrisgellion307]

Same,,,, how did we get this old,,, is what it is I guess

[@Fsalas1958]

I was at the LA Forum in 1977. So happy to see them perform. 65 year old and blessed to see the great ones perform in their prime.

[@ReAnnRing]

Just got to see Robert Plant live a few weeks ago in Atlanta.... and it was such a PRIVILEGE... his vocals were fabulous. First time I ever wanted to CRY in a concert cuz I was watching a legend!!! Took my mom and she had no idea who he was. LOL ... she knows now!

[@randyjeffery7898]

Imagine being 64 years old and enjoy the music.keep going to parties people

[@LoveOneAnotherHeSaid]

My cat is not responding. She is swaying to the mighty groove of the world's most cosmic band.

[@samr.england613]

My Siamese cat is really smart. He keeps trying to teach me Page's riffs on the guitar.

[@patrickwalling1636]

I hear it too. Definitely feline. Page was so great

[@user-qt5eh9wb7g]

prolly all hopped up on catnip, diggin some zep......lol

[@chraffis]

Ah, Bloomington, MN 3/27/75. A 31f degree day with 30mph winds in the late afternoon and evening. Grey, blustery day with a great, bluesy evening. Plant had the flu. Page had a broken finger. Probably why he suggested a slide number they had never played live before...

[@peteshaw7848]

They don't write music like this anymore! Page's grinding guitar work is absolutely eerie, haunting....while the rest of the guys compliment Page perfectly. Page takes an original composition and blows it out into the stratosphere 😎

[@lolacademy5126]

Agree completely!

[@stitchgrimly6167]

They didn't write music like this THEN. Levee is from 1927.

[@lolacademy5126]

@@stitchgrimly6167 Lmao This is nothing like the 1927 version. Can't you see that? 😂

[@peteshaw7848]

@@stitchgrimly6167 Did you even READ my comment? Can you read and comprehend the English language? Once again for the SLOW people, I wrote *"Page takes an original composition and blows it out into the stratosphere"* Sheeesh! Time-wasters 😏🙄

[@peteshaw7848]

@@stitchgrimly6167 You think I didn't know that this isn't the original version of this track? It's in my comment, you "genius" 😂

[@thecandyman9308]

Wow, never heard a live rendition of Levee. Thanks for posting.

[@echoluxe2022]

Thanks for listening

[@td-12kx53]

Same here!👍

[@orgoniteyahgoniteaustralia6888]

Yeah I am amazed this is the first time I have heard it live, life long zep fan here too.

[@nickna7387]

@@orgoniteyahgoniteaustralia6888 it's cause for the studio recording the guitar and drums are slowed down so in terms of difficulty to play this it's even harder than black dog. Not to mention the guitar tuning is still something of a mystery to everyone but page to this day. Rick beato did a great technical video trying to figure it out

[@richardcranium2581]

@@nickna7387 open F / F. He used vox 12 string tuned all funky for it. There’s a video out about it now.

[@johnshields6852]

I was 15 in 1975 spending many nights drinking and drugging in friends basement blacklights, blacklight posters tripping to Zep, Floyd great music memories.

[@jamesmack3314]

Indeed I’m right there with you! Crazy times..but such memories! Cough!

[@cleatusbarncoat8642]

I was there! And I took 2 empty wooden speaker cabinets, put blinking xmas lights in them with an opaque face lens on each for my own stage, light show. Heaven!

[@mack2001x]

the harmonica on this song is so damn good

[@jaybreen1010]

This is like a dream! Hearing these played live with soundboard clarity at last. It's astounding that Page and Plant are both under the weather with recent flu and a broken finger respectively. If ever anyone finds the Brussels show in a soundboard recording from earlier in the month that would possibly be the holy grail because they started the tour firing on all cylinders. Some have mentioned Bonham and it's true - he was still advancing so much on his instrument and as a musician generally at this point. His chops were insane - his hands and stick heights had become drastically more efficient since the beginning and on this and the '77 tour his feature fills on things like Sick Again and eventually Achilles' Last Stand are absolutely devastating! Like an avalanche or the automatic gunfire of a squadron. And that's not even half of why he's the greatest to have ever played rock music.

[@sheatiller2465]

Plant doesn’t have flu here.

[@jaybreen1010]

@@sheatiller2465 He'd recently had it and his voice suffered for the whole leg. That's what "recent flu' meant in my comment as opposed to claiming he was actually sick with the flu. You can easily find interviews where he talked about it and other accounts that speak to this aspect of the NA leg of the '75 tour.

[@sheatiller2465]

@@jaybreen1010 he hadn’t recently had it at this point though. This was the first show of the whole American tour and the only one of the first leg where he wasn’t sick.

[@jaybreen1010]

Dave Lewis' 1997 book Led Zeppelin: The Concert File describes this flu and it resulting in one cancellation in Europe before they came over to America and received some bad reviews for his voice. And you can listen to the 2nd Chicago show and he takes most of the Wanton Song down an octave. They removed it the next night for the rest of the tour. Even on the show this post is from he struggles with his upper register and press reviews were often hard on his voice for this.

[@jaybreen1010]

@@sheatiller2465 They'd played warm up shows in Europe in Rotterdam and Brussels and the accounts I've read say he arrived in America having had the flu. But KZbin history trolls don't care what anyone else has to say, especially about the most trivial of matters - they only want to be right and enforce their beliefs in nonconstructive dialogues. So, for you: "He would soon be sick. These are not the droids you're looking for."

[@bernielomax532]

Heard Immigrant Song in 1970 at 11 years old and knew I would love this band forever.

[@caseyeisenman]

I was 11 in 1976, heard it on a juke box, same

[@dailyflash]

Both of these songs were only played live a few times, before being dropped from the set list. That makes soundboard recordings of them that much more special.

[@andrewweitzel6567]

Levee is my favorite Zeppelin song,to hear it live is giving me goosebumps. Rock on.... Zeppelin = RockGods.

[@mickblack2800]

And to think l had to wait only 50yrs to hear a live recording of WTLB! 👊🇦🇺👍

[@davewelch377]

Not one that sounds this good!!

[@RoyPage1970]

Bootlegs of this have been around ever since 75 what is all of this nonsense about waiting 50 years I used to have this on a bootleg in the early eighties​@@davewelch377

[@cmcken1]

In my opinion, after all the iterations and line-ups post Zeppelin era, that have filled the drummers seat on this one, there's only one, John Henry Bonham. There's something about his hi-hat pulse that no one gets - his son included. It's a load of bollucks to me ears when anyone else attempts to play his parts. It's not the tone or the volume, or power-house feel... it's John's hi-hat feel. As simple as it sounds, it makes or breaks all of Zep's material. It's all over every damn track. It breathes a heart-beat pulse into every number he plays on. Whether it's Trampled Under Foot, Kashmir, Heartbreaker to Whole Lotta Love... Bonham breathed that pulse that made all their tunes come together. Bonham and Jones were like the glue that held everything from falling apart. This is just wild to hear this. What a fantastic find.

[@echoluxe2022]

well noted indeed

[@robertmack7116]

I’ve heard Page refer to ‘the most imitated left foot in Rock’, or something of that sort, when referring to Bonham.

[@leo3521]

You nailed it.

[@Sacksalot]

Had the second best tempo of any drummer ever

[@anthonycavallo2328]

Good observation ! The drummer is the most important member of a band ! He's driving the bus ! I've usually had the pleasure of working with great drummers , but when the drummer is weak ,the best musicians will never sound as good as they should ! I have been in that situation briefly ,a few times ! No pocket !!!

[@markhicks8864]

I was at this concert. 9th row. This was opening night of Zeppelin's American tour. I remember the announcer who introduced the show as the American return of Led Zeppelin. Jimi page had hurt his finger a few days earlier and played a lot of slide guitar that night. On the one hand it was really cool because I saw a bunch of songs that they usually didn't play live. On the other hand, being a guitarist, I wanted to watch Jimi Page up close. Robert Plant sounded really good that night. Bonham and Jones were the same as always; solid.

[@medicinelodgeband7432]

What show was this Mark ?

[@markhicks8864]

@@medicinelodgeband7432 Bloomington Minnesota. Met center.

[@markhicks8864]

It’s no longer there. The land is now part of the mall of America. Also it was about halfway through the show that Robert Plant explained Jimi’s finger injury. He said something like it happened on a train in London. I didn’t really understand the explanation of what happened.

[@medicinelodgeband7432]

That is so awesome you got to see them during the physical graffiti era. The closest I got was plant and page in Memphis at the pyramid! I can't imagine getting to see them in the seventies in their element !

[@davec2107]

I was at the forum in Los Angeles for the show from that tour. Plant explained to the crowd That they were chasing around on the train and one of the doors on the train slammed shut on Jimmy's finger.

[@notrocketscience7441]

Absolutely brilliant....grinding, hard and heavy AF

[@davidsimmons9763]

Plant doing an awesome job with that harmonica!!!

[@kiljoy3254]

I’m surprised Plant never sings with guitar... like, say, Glen Frey. I understand it wasn’t a Zep thing, but he could easily be a good guitarist. I presume he writes songs with guitar in hand. I have seen him play elec guitar live but was a bit surprised how ‘linear’ he was... nothing like his vocals and harmonica playing

[@anthonycavallo2328]

A great harmonica player ! Listen to the rough cut of bring it on Home ! Plant and Bonham are incredible ! I like it better than the studio version !

[@mjp96]

@@anthonycavallo2328 and that is saying a LOT!!

[@JoeandAngie]

My favorite stylist on the harmonica

[@jdevine42]

Saw every LZ tour between 1971 and 1979, some multiple times, and I never remember hearing Levee live and its amazing

[@josephhavalotti997]

Wow, I wasn’t born early enough, I saw Now and Zen,Plant and Page and Jason Bonham , Man I could only wish!!

[@jdevine42]

@@josephhavalotti997 The 1971 concert at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island NY was the only religious experience I ever had in my life. I didnt even know ANY of their songs except the AM version of Whole Lotta Love. I was mostly a Beach Boys fan at the time

[@gregurosevic5412]

They only played it live a couple of times

[@slayer51811]

I heard it's very rare of them to play When the Levee Breaks live

[@ctrlshiftqq9846]

They only played it at this show I believe. Btw did you record any of the shows you were at

[@chair8540]

reading comments is just as good while listrening .so many great fans too.

[@chrischristie1486]

I’ve been into Zep since I got pubes but I’ve never heard a different version of Levee. It’s a magical experience. Thank you the Zep gods for finding this for me. My heart is swelling with the beauty of it ROCK AND ROLL❤️❤️❤️

[@GBuds_RVremodel]

Memphis Minnie first recorded her song, then did a duel that's in this link. The photos are from the 1927 flood that spured Minnie to write the song a couple years later. Most British rock originated in the Deltas of Arkansas and Mississippi. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qajLdpRuq9qDbLcsi=nudM4jo13F3PPxHn

[@grahamfay2473]

Robert Plant's harmonica is just awesome. What a band!! Just raw talent makes your heart beat faster and lifts your spirit.

[@daveshere]

When you hear live performances like this , ....it's just so obvious why the band would not continue after the loss of John Bonham.

[@tonyharris4766]

He was such a force of nature with the drums. His playing was always so appropriate, always with such an intrinsic sense of rhythm, if only we knew how he did it. He was never over-the-top with his playing, and never understated as though he were just sitting in the background waiting for something to happen. His playing was always so appropriate, always with such a strong sense of rhythm. What a loss to the world that he passed away so unfortunately so very much too soon.

[@tanapatpeemanee1230]

The CORE skeleton of the band ... " The MAIN ACE " ... Bonham

[@Mark-lq3sb]

The band had been having problems before Bonzo's death. People not showing up for recording sessions and not writing songs and some bickering between them. You can find books and interviews with the band members attesting to this. Bonzo's death was something the rest agreed upon would be the end for Zeppelin and lets be honest, who the hell could replace Bonzo?! At the time his son Jason was too young to step-in for his father, but later we all know Jason did a fantastic job performing with Robert, Jimmy and John Paul. I'm proud to be able to say I attended two Zeppelin shows! *Long Live Led Zeppelin!*

[@michaelthomas8581]

I seen Zeppelin in early 70s 72 to be exact. Tuscaloosa Al. Hands Down The Best Classic Rock Band in the World. 😎✝️✌️☮️🎶🎶🎶

[@robertmarszalek1978]

Robert's voice was absolutely outstanding here early in the tour his voice was really strong sounded just as good as most of the album tracks and the whole band was incredibly tight here even with Jimmy's broken finger really surprising and amazing

[@douglasbuck711]

Levee has always been in my top 10 Zep songs . I’m 70 and like it now like I did as a teenager. Only Zep song I learned on guitar.

[@JJG5150]

That wanton song guitar part is so cool and it drives the whole song! Page is so amazing!

[@thomask2043]

"BEST BAND EVER "

[@ccnoble4479]

Led Zeppelin were studio gods with their heavy multi tracking intricate songs. Never expect them to sound like the Record live , they were a jam band live ..

[@TheDiamondsions]

Arguably greatest live band ever from 1968 to 1975

[@richybatty234]

The bass on The Wanton Song is just superb ! John Paul Jones holding it all together 👍

[@gregmitro8560]

Wanton Song, a "throwaway" from the fourth side of the best double rock album ever is greater than most bands top songs. Love it. Thank you for this!

[@saleconomos473]

Throw away? I get what you mean. It did come off as a bit inconsequential in the bigger scheme of things compared with all the other new more complex and powerful songs that were cut for the LP. Maybe that's why its on the fourth side? Still it rocked hard and I listen to it all the time. I think JP got a little carried away in the studio with trying to find yet another "sound style " for his guitar in parts of the song? Especially the solo which sounds a bit diluted and too melodic despite his great playing. The song is fast, nasty and fierce and the guitar sound on the solo does not feel like it jives with the rest of the song.. I think this why it sounds much better live with one sound on the guitar....just saying...

[@suespiers9943]

😊​@@saleconomos473

[@steveokon5431]

I'm 69 now, and still rock all the Zeps!! And much more I vowed to never get old

[@chriscoughlan5221]

age is a number!! zep forever!

[@ryanotis7289]

Where’s that confounded double like button

[@Joel-yj3ic]

It's under the confounded bridge!!!!!!!

[@russbeard3665]

Hilarious😂

[@user-qt5eh9wb7g]

has anyone seen the confounded like button!?!?!?!??!??!

[@gerz1987]

I love this song in studio now hearing this live version blows my mind!! Led Zep simply the best band ever 🤘

[@jeremybagnell5714]

💯

[@billhorstkamp98]

Yes, indeed

[@1972340Demon]

Wow! I was there and saw their dress rehearsal the night before the tour began, and worked the show as well! Worked at Met Center from 1972-1985. Amazing to hear this after all these years!

[@MrRocky27271]

I was at this concert also. I remember they were a couple of hours late. I thought it was because of an issue in Chicago regarding their hotel. I don't think they started until around 11pm. The crowd was pretty messed up by that point.

[@manuelcesarsalgadolopez2181]

Eres muy afortunado!!

[@briancullen9575]

It’s a shame Wanton Song didn’t stay in their set lists, that was really good.

[@SuperstarBR]

Led Zeppelin wrote the soundtrack for my life.

[@juliemanarin4127]

Greatest 4 musicians...greatest band to ever grace the planet!

[@RoyPage1970]

I think this is the one that dogs on Robert plant all the time

[@parkemason8482]

Greatest hard rock song ever recorded. God bless the Zep!

[@williamhudson4938]

How old are you? Great recording, yes. The best, hardly.

[@lossm]

The best band of all times...

[@JJG5150]

Along with Van Halen! Absolutely!

[@kevinkhoy7171]

Robert Plant & his Harmonica made the whole song! He was Great on that live Jam! A True "Bluesman"

[@desicoinc.7956]

If you hear Thunder, it's BONZO having a go at it for Eternity...

[@leom6165]

Great comment

[@thomasmoore3125]

@@leom6165 what he said!!!!!!

[@paulgerardhosty9909]

Without stealing your 'Thunder ', I'd say, 'Whenever you hear thunder it's Bonzo drumming in Eternity '

[@jirihotarek4996]

This is so great!! Amazing guitar solo from mr. Page!!! Greatest band ever.

[@richardbicknell2140]

One of the best bands ever, JPJ always not mentioned. I grew up in Led Zep country, Stourbridge, have met band members, great regular guys not full of self importance

[@debmccorkle4845]

Most people nowadays don’t realize this transition phase in rock music and how difficult it was for musicians/artists.. they over came so much to perform.. record deal crooks.. manages who would steal their hard work and dedication for their profits.. they had to tour and write simultaneously.. travel, leave their homes and commit to contracts.. we were transitioning from small venue live music to these huge spaces. Typically huge hollow concrete sporting event locations. This was the beginning.. nothing was perfected yet.. they were the entrepreneurs making something happen.. The sound was often horrible no matter how good you were as artists because you were in an area that could house thousands of ticket sales not deliver sound.. on top of that your performance had to be viewed from a long way off.. no more standing around in front of a drum kit.. laser light shows and flashy costumes with antics designed to visually please the audience in the nosebleed section.. fans were going through a phase of festival seating mania.. it was push your way in the gate.. push your way through the doors.. push your way to the stage.. huge mobs of crazed stoned people could lift you off the ground and smoosh you forward.. getting trampled or suffocated was real.. So, the necessity of raising the stage became imperative to save the show, the musicians, the equipment.. guards and seating grew out of this hysteria.. Vast new challenges.. acoustics, power, volume, and equipment that could deliver music the way it was intended when it was written/recorded. The performances were something like an endurance race… many bands gained fame because they claimed to love their audiences and played for hours.. “jam”… improvise.. rock! Led Zeppelin was the Master of this jam theory.. no one could stand up to Bonham’s four hours of thunder.. no one could challenge them in any arena back then.. they were each perfection.. the loudest and finest musicians often told to turn it down.. which meant exhausting physical challenges for all four of them.. especially the athlete (beyond olympic) Bonham. He never got to ease up play softly.. They were on the leading edge of loud & very deservingly proud. You could hear them outside for a long way off.. strong and perfect for hours! The loudest bands weren’t always the best either.. these guys had it all.. shrouded in a fairytale mystic type of escapism that teens gravitated to. It was genius on Jimmy’s part.. every challenge quickly mastered (weather couldn’t stop them either).. while they rose to the top and stayed.. nothing primitive about them.. they were a new avant garde .. in a time when country rock was selling on billboard top 100.. everyone wanted Led Zeppelin’s music on vinyl and live.. we couldn’t wait for more.. we couldn’t get enough.. tragedy after tragedy struck.. we were honored to have sailed with The Led Zeppelin! It was exquisite! 🤘🏻😎❤️‍🔥💃🏼

[@CharlesChristian-d9v]

THATS A BEAUTIFUL STATEMENT !

[@stephaniebanks3745]

Absolutely magnificent, breathtaking, thank you!

[@kjarvie1]

Was at concert aged 17 from Scotland unforgettable after 50 years ❤ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jdg62269]

I would say, "Unbelievable!". But it's Led Zeppelin at their finest in '75. And Jimmy strummin with 2.5 fingers.😳

[@12344567ist]

This will never get old. Truly timeless masterpiece

[@edwardlagrossa1246]

Saw Led Zeppelin 6 times between June 21-28 1977 at the LA Forum. I was 22 years old and it was the greatest week of my life!

[@GregMaizlish]

I caught those shows too just having graduated high school.

[@siggifreud812]

I'll bet there was no weed smoked by you during that week.....😬

[@markdelcheccolo9191]

I have seen Led Zeppelin In 1973, 1975 and 1977 all at Madison Square Garden in NYC.. So Great 👍

[@sawthemin77]

I love all the 77 msg shows .

[@mikeanderson6543]

Unbelievable one of Zeppelins greatest songs. I wish they would have kept it in the set list for as long as they played.

[@kennethbutler1343]

They did in 1976 at Madison Square Garden....

[@francoamerican4632]

They didn't play MSG in 1976.

[@kennethbutler1343]

Maybe 1977? It was June 6th

[@rickss69]

They did a great job as usual, but that is not their song to claim...just another one in a long list they snitched and never gave proper credit to the original writer.

[@tanapatpeemanee1230]

As.. actually this song from mississippy around in US like going to California ... ha ha / please check it 😊

[@SubSonicDistortion]

What I would not give to go back in time and attend dozens of Zepp shows, just amazing stuff.

[@RSTI191]

These guys are pretty good. They should stick with it, they might be big some day..

[@KimBranam]

77 for me. Always and forever Zeppelin ❤

[@Josh-gi1kt]

Holy shit never heard a live version of when the levee breaks this is absolutely ridiculous favorite band of all time

[@epameinondaszachos8415]

What a Song, what a Band and what a Performance !!! Thanks Led Zeppelin for all your fantastic Songs !

[@jenniferhunt8821]

4 men with talents 🎸🥁🎹🎼🎤got together and goes by Led-Zeppelin 💯❤️‍🔥😎👍🥰 Best Rock Ever Rock N Roll Rock On 🤘 🥰😎🤩

[@Marshwife]

Damn I knew that auditorium looked familiar… Bloomington met center was the best ice in hockey in its day… and a damn fine place for a concert, my graduation, and major tailgating…!!! I missed their last tour, John passed away when, we had back stage passes won from KQRS, such a huge loss ..!! I feel their music to my soul, have since the first notes I heard…

[@Tom-l1s6q]

They broke the mold of the old blues and brought it into a new a new global expression D D

[@michaelrenkes4463]

Un-fricking-believable. This is probably my favorite Zeppelin song.

[@michaelloffredo9913]

These guys were musical gold. Power from a higher dimension. All the Zep naysayers over the years were either jealous or souless.

[@oraciocarbajal5595]

The POWER of the drums!!!!!!!

[@samr.england613]

I've heard from several people that they rarely played 'Levee' well live. It's good to hear this obviously live (and damn good) version. I effing love Led Zeppelin, and especially Jimmy Page! (Jimmy's brainchild.) They were meant to be.

[@BrainBrew-hn6dz]

Yes, there have been and are many supergroups, but there is only ONE Led Zeppelin…. which is the greatest band EVER, i.m.o. It goes without saying that ‘Ten Years Gone’ is my favorite Led Zep song, besides ‘The Rain Song,’ as that it has a particular resonance with me in having lost my first love, my true love years ago. For me, though, it would be ‘Forty Years Gone.’ Lord, how I’d loved that woman. I was a fool back then, however, and had driven away a remarkable, kind, and affectionate lady who’d checked off every imaginable check box of positivity that you could ever imagine. Although, in having said that, listening to Zep takes me back to those youthful days when I’d run 8 to 10 miles a day, listening to Zeppelin the entire time on my Sony Walkman. On one occasion, I was running during a cool night with fog rising up all around and surrounding me as I’d listened to ‘No Quarter.’ That was such an atmospheric and surreal run for me, with the moody, menacing, and moving music and lyrics being perfectly complimented by the wall of fog which had risen up all around me. The next song which came blasting through my sweaty headphones was the ‘Immigrant Song,’ another song which was perfectly enhanced by the ocean of rolling fog, as well. Long live Led-Zeppelin and those who are their inspired, loyal, and fanatical fans. Thank you for posting this , amazing, animated, and aspiring concert. Mind blown! 🤯

[@ericbitzer5247]

I too was selfish and broke up with a good woman who checked all the boxes. We were young and immature, both of us.

[@tomcatalano5107]

No one ever does. He is the glue that held that band together.

[@lucgolfier8966]

Led Zeppelin ! THE BEST

[@JU5TINPDX]

11:00 the chorus to “the wanton song” is incredible… the entire first minute of the song is spent with chords that don’t resolve. It’s like teasing the listener, and just when everything feels off balance and about to crash… 11:00 Jimmy plays a descending line of notes that resolves everything beautifully, and restores balance.

[@surfrby8876]

They sounded great here ! and We all know JPJ is brilliant and well respected , hey bass and keyboard won’t get the spotlight unless your a singer, , not everyone wants it which is fine , JPJ is a humble genius which we all love

[@drumdad67]

Great description of JPJ….humble genius!!!! Awesome!!!!!

[@luvbasses5487]

Definitely a prodigy boy. He grew up under the piano and was on tour with his family from a very young age. Without his tremendous contributions to Zeppelin they surely wouldn’t have gained their famed cruising altitude. No way.

[@davietobin]

Greatest drummer ever in the greatest band in history.❤

[@jamesmack3314]

Great but Moon was more talented

[@tanapatpeemanee1230]

The true BACK BONEs (Skeleton bones ) of the band ... The Great Bonham !

[@rebootnut]

I love the chugginess of this performance!

[@KarmaNDuality]

One of those songs that there just aren't that many live recordings of. Great quality, thanks for posting.

[@kimberlywalker3970]

This is so cool. When the Levee Breaks is my favorite song.

[@murcules33]

Mine too, mind-blowing every time!

[@Mark-lq3sb]

When The Levee Breaks got the most radio play during the summer of The Great Flood of 1993 along the Mighty Mississippi and Missouri rivers in St. Louis. At the the time I was working in a flood plain of the Missouri river. Everyday at lunch time that summer a couple of us would drive down to the levee, and everyday it would get closer and closer to the top. One Friday after work we were sitting in a bar enjoying a few cold ones. Sudden live breaking news story on the TV, the levee had breached in the Chesterfield valley where we worked. My buddy yelled out... Beers on me! We're out of work boys...

[@artificialred1995]

Power, Mystique and the Hammer Of The Gods! There will never be another. 🤘🏼

[@marmarsmandalas]

Plant killin it on that harmonica ❤

[@missbrooke1781]

I totally love this. Thank you for uploading this! ❤😊