The First Strike: Led Zeppelin's Inaugural Vienna Concert 1970 - Episode 1 - Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- A documentary episode on Led Zeppelin's first of three shows in Vienna. Explore the history of a city filled with musical heritage and the story behind the Konzerthaus, an exclusive venue that witnessed the hard rock rise of Page, Plant, Jones, and Bonham in 1970, just before they recorded their next album. Discover the early days of this thunderous music unit. Austria got "Dazed and Confused" and then some. The journey begins with Episode 1 of a three-part series. #johnpauljones #ledzeppelin #jimmypage #johnbonham #robertplant #documentary #classicrock #dazedandconfused
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I love these detailed concert videos, it gives new insight into the band.
Thank you very much for your generosity Larry! Stay tuned for Episode 2, the band was a musical unit like very few :)
I have found that mid-size theatres used as concert venues, have the best acoustics for live performances. One of the most memorable for me was seeing the 1980s synth-pop/new wave band Berlin in 1984 on their *Love Life* Tour. In addition to the band’s fine super-charged performance, I was equally happy and impressed with the balanced acoustics of the theatre. Everything sounded so clear - with just the right amount of reverberation - I could pick out each instrument easily. 🎟🎭🎹🎤🎸🥁🔊
Wow 1980s Berlin live, that must have been a great show. Synthpop is one of my favorite genres. You are right the acoustics of a mid-size theater are the best. What these massive venues were it was just a cash grab so a lot of folks could watch their favorite bands, not in the best audio quality though. The thing is, there was only that much you could do in an era of sub-woofers and tweeters. The mid Range was still a long way to go.
Exceptional video about one of my fave Zep performances - Thank You so much ! I was in Vienna a few years ago and went past the venue on a guided bike tour, had to stop for a minute and just wonder what it must have been like on that night in 1970 😮
Thank you very much! The venue is incredible, wish i could visit Konzerthaus and just feel the musical vibes there. Vienna is a beautiful city!
I wonder if Jim met Ray Thomas (Jim’s guitar tech) on the trip to Scotland here. I’d love a segment on the people behind the Zeppelin scenes.
Names like: Mick Hinton, Ray Thomas, Benji LeFebvre, Brian Condeliff, Biffo Bindon…and any SHOWCO staff that you can dig up. By ‘77 the stage set was just enormous. Imagine breaking this Frankenstein down night after night and loading it, then driving X amount of miles to the next hockey rink only to rig it all back up again? Good lord what a logistical nightmare. That ‘77 lighting rig when fully illuminated looks like the giant mothership from Close Encounters! The bit of 8mm footage from Richfield Coliseum 4-27 shows this at the very last second of its reel, at the end of Stairway. It’s beautiful!
That’s an EXCELLENT choice for an Episode LB-Jose would No Doubt do a SUPERB JOB( as He did with This & Does with ALL His Episodes) !
Agreed my friend! Jose and I have discussed this through emails before about such an episode. Imagine if Hinton kept a log on every show he did assisting Bonzo? Good gawd. The 6-21-77 entry would be 20 pages looooooooong! Same for Ray Thomas. I want their viewpoints! Unfortunately for us we’ll never get em cuz they’re both gone now. 😭
I see this Scotland theory absolutely possible. Maybe they met there. As we've discussed yes, the logistics of it all, it's amazing...
The sound is much better in those old concert and opera houses than hockey stadiums.
Most definitely. Drum solo's are to mic though because symphonic percussion has a different frequency than a Ludwig drum kit. Timeless musical palaces, thanks for watching!
Of course - because they are built for that purpose. 😉
They were really on fire back then
Jimmy page playing was phenomenal
Can’t really hear the bass, but what I did here was good
And Robert‘s voice was great
I wish recording was better.
Zeppelin had so much energy back then.
Those first two albums had so many good songs
This was one of my favorite documentaries
Thank you, Jose 👍
Hey Keith! I'm glad you enjoyed this one. I did a sorta remix of the audio to try and boost some of the frequencies. Vienna 1970 rocked. It's funny to hear the innocence in Since I've Been Loving You, taking it's final shape. The bass was lost yes, this venue was built for acoustic instruments and you can tell. Both bass and drums get lost in the excessive bouncing. As always, thank you very much for your support Keith !
Thanks as ever, Jose for another enlightening music-social history lesson. It always blows my mind how rich the music scene was for concert goers in these times, one classic artist after another touring, how lucky people were back then. Plant's vocals were excellent here, definitely a great era for him.
While I love the track D&C, I'm probably in a minority of one when I say I'm not a big fan of some of the more drawn out avant garde portions the song took live and actually prefer the twists and turns they went for in How Many More Times. Looking forward to Episode 2 😊
Dazed and Confused can definitely get busy, and i think the 1970 versions still had to find the proper exploration path of say 1973. How Many More Times was killer, absolutely. Thank you very much for tuning in, Episode 2 coming up next week :)
Yet Another OUTSTANDING Episode Jose-Thanx Man !!!
Thank you very much Ian! Episode 2 coming up next week!
I think that opening riff is Jeff Beck's Rice Pudding. Page used it to introduce Heartbreaking during Montreux 1970
It's definitely Rice Pudding yes, great catch there!
It’s also how Hendrix ended “In from the Storm.”
Zeppelin were pioneers in hard rock, no one before had played with such unrestrained virtuostic attack & emotion
And spontaneity (no click track)All forged from Heavy drug use Violence and whores
Have you ever heard of Cream???
Cream was milquetoast compared to Zeppelin.
LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹
You mention the late, great Steve Marriot. What an incredible singer AND guitar player. Some of his performances with Humble Pie just blistered and shredded.....not to mention his incredible voice!
Can’t wait for this episode!
Another awesome video , thanks mate 🤘
My pleasure Brett! These 1970 set lists were brutal right?
They sure were , what I’d give to have seen one , I love that you played the descending bass line from how many more times in the into 👍🤘🤘
Awesome research as always, Thank you JCM!
Thank you for watching Scott, stay tuned for more!
Ex cellent brilliant
Thank you very much for watching!
JCM great loved it really like your notes during the shows. Thanks for continuing to put out quality Led Zeppelin content !!!
My pleasure Vance, i will do more of these for sure. I do need to take a break after going over a full show. I need some Air Supply after to wash my ears lol.
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories Oh I am sure you get burned out , I do just doing my silly videos. ....just don't eat the "Meat Loaf"
Great episode,Jose. Thank you 👍
ANOTHER great video, JCM!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
The intro to Heartbreaker on this nite (at 11:10) is a quote from Jeff Beck's Rice Pudding. Just like Out on the Tiles intro on LZIII has a tiny bit of Jeff's Shapes of Things.
Jeff at this time was presumably still recovering from his skull fracture, having been thrown from his car in December 1969. He looks pretty frail backstage at the January 1970 Zeppelin show at the Royal Albert Hall.
Absolutely, it's Rice Pudding plus some special Zepp Pudding in the way it's played. I can see The Ocean being inspired from this tune! Thanks for watching!
I would love to see you do an episode on a later 1970 show like Blueberry Hill - the band was at their live peak at that point and Robert was invincible
This is on my list for sure! Will make it happen!
Excellent class Jose Sensei, you even give us details of the boys' clothes. I would love to hear this gig in full, the audio is incredible, it couldn't be any different, since the venue was built for music shows, it wasn't a sports arena. Waiting for the next chapter 😊
Like you i am waiting on a complete TEMPE recording, it's really on my wish list haha. These massive venues were mad houses!
Mucho gracias J 🔥🤘🍷🥁💜🏴
you got it John! Thank you for watching, stay tuned for more!
Jose - You are the "rock-u-mentary" King.
Thanks Scott i appreciate it, hope this trip to Vienna was a nice summary of those 1970 hard rocking vibes!
I checked out the Jan 9 '1970 'Were Gonna Groove' they were kicking off the shows with its killer and clear.
Oh yes Royal Albert Hall, an excellent show!
Thanks Jose! I love the bill collector joke, lol!
Hahahahah glad you enjoyed that one, i chuckled when editing this!
That Heartbreaker intro is Jeff Beck! Rice Pudding is the song… I believe it was done at Montreux as well. Dazed and Confused was so powerful at this time!! They had perfected the short (20 minutes 😂) by now. Great video as always sir!
These guys just out did everybody at their own rock and roll game right? Can't go wrong when you have Jones and Bonham to begin with hehe. Thanks for watching Matt!
The riff Page is playing at the beginning of "Heartbreaker" is Jeff Beck's "Rice Pudding"
💜Alright JCM ...Always Good .....
Thank you for watching Greg, btw i got your generous donation, thanks so much man!
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories i just wrote u on your other comment ..duude u & your video's R SOO WORTH IT ..NEXT DONATION WILL BE MORE $
gOODNIGHT, viENNA!
That one is coming up, it's a 3 part series :)
Hi JCM, it's been a while. Really enjoyed the Vienna hall and music! I got to go to Massey Hall Toronto last weekend, the only venue Glenn Gould considered was acoustically relevant, Rush recorded their first live album there in 1976. It was Bruce Cockburn this time. You might know him or maybe some of your followers. He's covered everything from folk, jazz to blues. Jackson Brown heard what he thought were two guitar players soundchecking, .... it was Bruce. All the best to you and your watchers.
Hey John! So cool you visited Massey Hall. Lots of history at this site. I need to dive deep into this music you mention.
good on all the zep stuff. good call and thank you ese!
Thank you very much for watching!
Vienna had the Beethoven, Bonzo had the Ludwig! :)
Haha Great comment Fred! Ludwig Van Green Sparkle Kit!
We’re Gonna Groove was such a great song, it’s too bad they only played in 1970!
I think they should have played it for their 1977 Tour. The band had the metallic hard hitting sound again!
hey,the start of heartbreaker shows page playing the main riff of a great jeff beck song called "pudding rice" from his 1969 album "beck ola"
Just wondering, considering the time and the place, and how conservative Vienna was at the time and anchored in bourgeois traditions, whether there was some outrage in the city (influential circles, media) about the _scandal_ of having such a _bunch of wild youngsters_ making noise in such a noble venue. Strange if there wasn't, Vienna certainly not being like London.
Great question. While they were conservative, because they choice a neutral position in world affairs, there was an underlying posture towards more freedom of thought. This was of course reflected by the venue they played in 1973 which was a modern design. Because there were rock bands in the 60s and jazz, the Viennese were slowly embracing other forms of art.
His live solos on TY back then are still some of his best ever. And it was acoustic on the LP??
Do you mean the acoustic work on Babe I'm Gonna Leave You? Thanks for watching!
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories His solo in Thank You on the LP was acoustic. He turned it into an electric tour de force live.
keith olberman podcast uses some of intro theme
This mix was created merging three sources . I'm sure its not the same hehe.
I happen to be from Vienna - but unfortunately I was only six years old at the time. 🤣
Oh that's great, your city is a treasure i believe. Thanks for tuning in Andy! Hope you enjoy parts 2 and 3!
I would have loved to see this show. Too bad Jones couldn’t use the organ they had there.
That would have been incredible if Jonesy played the intro for Thank You on it....or maybe come back in 1975 there for No Quarter!
Has anyone ever tallied the total number of shows Led Zeppelin has performed? Whenever I see a JCM video I realize it's probably 20x what I thought before...
I will make this list at some point, so much to cover you know? Hope i have enough coffee!
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories I remember counting the days till I seen them in LA in 1975 (and 77). I know just in LA the dates were something like March 21, 22, 23, 25 and 26th. Shows were 3.5 hours long. Grueling schedule.
2:35 3 years? 😅 No power tools? Yeah ok😅 God bless you JCM. 🙏
Haha. They sure built that thing well right!
Plant absolutely shredded his vocal cords then, but it sounded so good. There were two Led Zeppelin vocalists, the one with with pre-1972 vocals, and the one with post 1972 vocals. While the musicians got considerably better, along with Plant's songwriting, his voice really let them down post 1972. To hear Plant attempt their original material after then was like hearing someone attempt karaoke, and failing miserably. All the high-note dodges (it's all I can hear) and re-arrangements to lower registers make that stuff difficult to listen to. Add to that Page's drug issues that added to his already existent sloppiness, it all rested on the shoulders of JPJ and Bonham. As good as JPJ was, it wasn't enough. Page and Plant really needed to hold up their end, and 73 onwards, they rode on their own coat-tails. That's not to say the songs they wrote after that (particularly the later songs that made it onto Physical Graffiti) weren't really good, because they were. Still, Plant's voice had changed to such an extent that they pretty much had a new vocalist, and that new vocalist could not deliver the earlier material. Page's decline was a little later, but we all know when it happened, and how it sounded.
One can only imagine that they switched to enjoying the benefits of rock star living over and above the joy of music. The Led Zeppelin company, quite rightly, kept milking the cash cow (Peter Grant). It worked out well for them, until Bonham drank himself to death. You can tell by the fanboyism of some of the their more terrible songs and albums, and how these fanboys rush to the defense of every bad performance with every excuse imaginable ("Best Band in the universe, best band ever, etc.). To these fans, it didn't matter how badly Page played, or how obviously Plant dodged high notes and/or had his voice break and crack, LZ will always be the best ever to them. It didn't matter how sloppily Page played, or how he played off key, of tempo, or missed cues completely. LZ is still the best band ever for them. And you know what? That's okay. We all need our heroes, and defending them makes us feel we didn't waste our time listening to them.
E.L.P. was way better than cream
Yes they were! Keith Emerson was a true Rockstar.
@@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories yes👍👍
Good old Zeppelin , it got bigger but not better.
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Hey everyone let's drop the band cream in the same breath as the mighty ZEP enough is enough! The kinks were better than cream. Now you can compare cream to blue cheer instead.
Roberts voice was incredible until 1972 when it became more of a cat wine in 1973, and then sounding horse, tired, and torn up by 1976