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 ...As I posted last week, a new LED ZEPPELIN tape has been shared - pulled from a french closet and the original cassette transferred digitally...both Empress Valley, above with "Les Rendez-vous De Paris" and Wendy Records, below with "Centralien" (which includes bonus tracks from Kansas City on November 5, 1969) have released this new live recording from December 6, 1969!!!...It was shared via Bit Torrent sites on March 1st and now seeing commercial bootleg coverage. By all accounts its a fabulous recording of a show only rumored to exist and we thank mssr. Christophe Le Pabic for sharing this gem for the masses to absorb...here's his original story from the postings:
PISTON 70
L’�cole Centrale � Ch�tenay-Malabry � December 6, 1969
On a cold December night, in the suburbs of Paris, Led Zeppelin played their first gig after a month of hiatus and a successful American tour.
It took place at the �cole Centrale, a leading French institution located in Paris that educates engineers and managers.
The school moved from Paris to the Ch�tenay-Malabry campus in October 1969. The Piston 70 event was to be the first show organized by the students in this new and modern place.
Also on the bill were The Pretty Things, Bachdenkel and two French bands: The Variations and Triangle.
Over the years, there’s been much speculation regarding the validity of Led Zeppelin's appearance - despite a review in the French magazine Best in February 1970 and a publication of the programme in the book Hexagonal Experiences. The first clue was the photographs of the gig taken by Gilles Ch�teau, which were published on the Led Zeppelin.com website. A poster for the event may have also been printed, but is yet to be found.
But now, more than 40 years later, there’s no doubt that it really happened since a recording has been dig out!
It was at the Ulster Hall in Belfast � ironically the venue where Led Zeppelin first played ‘Stairway to Heaven’ live � that G�rard who attended and taped the show in ’69, met Philippe, a music collector/archivist and webmaster of a short site about The Divine Comedy, a site dedicated to the music of Neil Hannon who played a benefit gig at the Ulster Hall that night along with Ash and The Undertones. This meeting led several months later to the discovery of the tape.
G�rard fondly remembers the evening in December 1969:
“The concert took place in the suburbs of Paris, it was very cold and snowing. I went there with four friends. One of them became famous later in the seventies, under the nickname of Ramon Pipin when he became the founding member of bands called Au Bonheur Des Dames and Odeurs.
The musical press had announced this concert hosted by the �cole Centrale, and of course we bought our tickets and I kept mine, numbered 1111.
We were sitting on a kind of balcony above the stage located in the main hall of the building.
This concert is one of the first I recorded. The tape remained in a box. It was not until I met Philippe that the idea of trying to do something with it came to light.
We had already seen Led Zeppelin in England and France. I must say that during the late sixties, we went very often to England and we saw many bands that would become successful and often in small venues. It’s difficult to imagine now, for example, seeing Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett playing to an audience of just 40!
We’ve seen Led Zeppelin many times and the most memorable concert was the one in a pub in London. We paid 10 shillings and Led Zeppelin played for more than two hours. We were standing in front of the stage. This is one of the best concerts I’ve attended!!
Led Zeppelin introduced and created a new style of music. Just like The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd or Soft Machine who developed their own personal style.”
The concert was recorded with a Philips EL-3302 tape recorder on a 120 minute cassette, and the tape has been digitized with the help of a Nakamichi DR-1 tape deck and an Edirol R-09 digital recorder. Hopefully the tape did not suffer the effects of time.
Philippe who did the job comments: “I first heard about the Ch�tenay-Malabry show through the website of Jean-Claude Bellamy (a former Centrale student who operated as a lighting engineer that night). Having done an engineer school myself, I always remained curious to find a copy of the show, but quickly realized it was a controversial date. But I kept believing in it, and basically always asked about it when Led Zeppelin came into the discussion. I’m finally so glad that I managed to find it and was able to restore it. Nowadays, it’d likely has just been rubbishly ripped onto mp3 and shared onto a blog as if it was an evident download. A shame because such a new Led Zep find is a very big deal. I’ve spent many hours on the editing just for the sake of all the fans who hoped to hear it as well.”
Christophe Le Pabic
   ...Misterclaudel has a new GEORGE HARRISON/ERIC CLAPTON "Rock Legends vier" 6CD/DVD set...here's the tracklisting:
TOKYO DOME DECEMBER 14, 1991
DISC ONE
01. I Want To Tell You
02. Old Brown Shoe
03. Taxman
04. Give Me Love
05. If I Needed Someone
06. Something
07. What Is Life
08. Dark Horse
09. Piggies
10. Pretending
11. Old Love
12. Badge
13. Wonderful Tonight
DISC TWO
01. Got My Mind Set On You
02. Cloud Nine
03. Here Comes The Sun
04. My Sweet Lord
05. All Those Years Ago
06. Cheer Down
07. Devil's Radio
08. Isn't It A Pity
09. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
10. Roll Over Beethoven
TOKYO DOME DECEMBER 15, 1991
DISC THREE
01. I Want To Tell You
02. Old Brown Shoe
03. Taxman
04. Give Me Love
05. If I Needed Someone
06. Something
07. What Is Life
08. Dark Horse
09. Piggies
10. Pretending
11. Old Love
12. Badge
13. Wonderful Tonight
DISC FOUR
01. Got My Mind Set On You
02. Cloud Nine
03. Here Comes The Sun
04. My Sweet Lord
05. All Those Years Ago
06. Cheer Down
07. Devil's Radio
08. Isn't It A Pity
09. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
10. Roll Over Beethoven
TOKYO DOME DECEMBER 17, 1991
DISC FIVE
01. Introduction
02. I Want To Tell You
04. Old Brown Shoe
05. Taxman
06. Give Me Love
07. If I Needed Someone
08. Something
09. What Is Life
00. Dark Horse
10. Piggies
11. Pretending
12. Old Love
13. Badge
14. Wonderful Tonight
DISC SIX
01. Got My Mind Set On You
02. Cloud Nine
03. Here Comes The Sun
04. My Sweet Lord
05. All Those Years Ago
06. Cheer Down
07. Devil's Radio
08. Isn't It A Pity
09. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
10. Roll Over Beethoven
JAPAN TOUR 1991 FOOTAGES
DVD DISC
MTV NEWS REPORT July 12, 1991
01. Tour Announcement
WHAT A WONDERFUL MATES November 1991
02. Rehearsal Studio Arrival
03 - 05. Interview with George & Eric
PICK UP ARTIST SPECIAL November 1991
06 - 13. Interview with George & Eric
FNN NEWS REPORT November 28, 1991
14. Narita Airport Arrival
WEEKLY YOUNG November 28, 1991
15. Arrival & Press Conference
IN OSAKA
16. Interview and Messege
CONCERT CLIPS venue unknown
17. Taxman - Old Brown Shoe - Got My Mind Set On You - Piggies
CNN NEWS REPORT December 18, 1991
18. Fans, Interview and Concert
IN CONCERT PROFILE
19. Interview and Concert
 ...ERIC CLAPTON "Manchester 1987" 4CD is new from Beano and compiles two shows from The Apollo Theatre in Manchester, UK on January 3rd & 4th, 1987...Also new from Beano is "Blues Night 1991" 6CD which wraps up two nice audience recordings from Royal Albert Hall in London on February 23 & 24, 1991 - and a soundboard tape from February 25th from RAH as well...
  ...On the way from Virtuoso is the BRYAN FERRY title, "Wolverhampton 1995" 2CD that leverages a stereo soundboard tape from his performance at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, UK on February 8, 1995 - and initial copies come with the limited CDRs "Horoscope Sessions" and "Olympia in Moscow"...
 ...CHEAP TRICK "Live At Japan Jam 2" 1CD from Zodiac captures the band via stereo soundboard from a performance at Mount Rokko Ski Area, Kobe, Japan 19th August 1980...early copies also come with the bonus goodies: "All Shook Up London" containing another soundboard from the Hammersmith Odeon on November 5, 1980, and the DVD-R "Chicagofest 1981"...
 ...KRAFTWERK "Computer World In Tokyo: Tokyo 1981" 1CD (No Label) features their show at Nakano Sunplaza on September 8, 1981 from a stereo sondboard recording with bonus material with the early copies: 2CDR "Dentaku: First Live In Japan" and CDR "Computer World In Nagoya: Nagoya 1981"...and finally these Original Master Series (OMS) Box Sets have appeared on the market:
4-CD Sets
THE BEATLES - ALL SIDES OF RUBBER SOUL
Sessions and outtakes from their 6th album.
From the first chords on June 17th, 1965, to Rockband.
137 tracks on four discs with 40-page colour booklet.
THE BEATLES - ALL SIDES OF REVOLVER
Sessions and outtakes from their 7th album.
From the first chords on April 6th, 1966, to Rockband.
147 tracks on four discs with 40-page colour booklet.
6-CD Sets
DEREK AND THE DOMINOS - THE LOST TAPES
The complete Carl Radle tape. Rehearsals for the Johnny Cash show.
Original un-remixed single versions never out on CD.
Studio sessions with Steve Winwood/Jim Capaldi and much more.
70 long tracks on six discs with 28-page colour booklet (w/rare pictures).
JIMI HENDRIX - NAKED LADYLAND
Sessions and outtakes from his third and final album during his lifetime.
119 tracks on six discs with 28-p
...and that wraps this weeks' rundown of releases, thanks for stopping!
Svengi, March 12, 2013
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