This share was posted last year by "130269" on a torrent site and all thanks for the original sharing of it goes to them! They did an excellent, professional job of putting the box set together, naming the songs, and scanning a LOT of artwork. They didn't shortcut their upload by skipping helpful processes (like naming files, full artwork scans, etc) that help out those who download their work!
This is a compilation of all of the soundboard recordings known to exist or that have surfaced from Led Zeppelin's January 1973 leg of their European tour before coming to the United States. This is a big upload/download (about the size of a single layer DVD...not too big).
A number of show's from the 1973 tour we have incomplete soundboards of. Some we may only have two or four (examples) songs from, some we have complete shows from, and some are almost complete but for whatever reason (I think the bootleg labels are hoarding them for future releases personally) we don't have the complete show. In fact, there is a large number of what I call "CD 3" shows we have from the American tour where all we have is what would be on CD 3 ("Stairway to Heaven", "Whole Lotta Love", "Heartbreaker", etc). Whatever the reason may be, this beginning leg of the European tour is the same way. I'll itemize what is included in this upload of course.
One other thing worth mentioning is I don't know whether I'll have to break this upload into two separate uploads (CD's 1 - 5 and CD's 6 - 10) or not yet. I do know after downloading the torrent version I couldn't transfer the folder over to other hard drives without breaking it up into two parts due to the maximun length of MS Windows' file path construction. If the path (C:/User Name/Music/Bootlegs/....." as an example) includes more than 260 characters in it, it will not move or transfer all files (or unzip correctly) and you'll get a Windows message letting you know there is a problem. So, if you download this, create a folder to put the zipped files into, and then run across an extraction problem as you're trying to unzip and look at the files; then try a shorter path or just rename the folder you saved the material into "0" and see if that shortens the path enough to finish unzipping the files. If the path is still too long, create a temporarily, short folder name (like "0") directly on your C: drive (most PC's primary hard drive) and unzip the files there and then rearrange whatever you need to to be able and move them where you want too. Creating a short named folder on your C: drive will make the path much shorter. As one last example, rather than having something like "C:\Users\Your Name\My Music\Bootlegs\Led Zeppelin\....." it will just be "C:\". That will make the path to the folder name you created and put the zipped files into very short and it will extract with no issues. It's a much shorter path and it'll allow you to rename anything you want or need to rename after that and then deal with moving it where you want to store it. Use the md5 checksum file (after installing if you don't have it already Trader's Little Helper which a free program and super helpful tool everyone should have) to verify all files are there after unzipping then. There are tons of checksum creating and verification programs and you can use any of them if you want to. But TLH is really a necessity I believe if you're serious about collecting music.
Of course, all that I just mentioned is only necessary if you need to do this or are having issues as you extract the files because the path to where you're unzipping them exceeds 260 characters. Too bad Microsoft did't make it a 1000 characters huh? :-)
LINEAGE:
Godfather "Ascension In The Wane" silver CD's > auCDtect Task Manager (for lossless verification & digital signature) > me > TLH (for decoding to WAV for my own lossless testing, to test for SBE's, and to create and verify new md5 & ffp files) > you
NOTE:
Thankfully, "130269" took the time to do this upload right and he named the tracks. Many people who share shows don't take the extra time to make an upload as good as it can be. But that definitely wasn't the case here. It also made it where I didn't have to mess with the actual audio files other than to test for sector boundary errors and decode a version to the WAV format and double check for any lossy properties. After checking, all I had to do was delete the WAV files and that left the tracks/files originally created just as they were when I got them. And that also means my file fingerprint (ffp) should be a perfect match with the original ffp text file in each CD's folder that was put there by "130269" too.
DETAILS:
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Date: January, 1973
Location: Europe (multiple locations)
Venue: Multiple (see post and/or text file)
Source: SB
Format: FLAC
CD's: 10
Artwork: Yes (full artworks scans in download)
Label: Godfather
Title: Ascension In The Wane - The January 1973 Soundboards (box set name/each show has its own title too)
Size: 3.18 GB
SETLIST:
CD 1: "Oxford Blues" - Oxford, UK, New Theatre 1973-01-07
01. Rock And Roll
02. Over The Hills And Far Away
03. Black Dog
04. Misty Mountain Hop
05. Since I've Been Loving You
06. Dancing Days
07. Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp
08. The Song Remains The Same
09. The Rain Song
CD 2: "Oxford Blues" - Oxford, UK. New Theatre 1973-01-07
01. Dazed And Confused
02. Stairway To Heaven
03. Whole Lotta Love
CD 03: "One For The M6" - Liverpool, UK, Empire Theatre 1973-01-14
01. Over The Hills And Far Away
02. Black Dog
03. Misty Mountain Hop
04. Since I've Been Loving You
05. Dancing Days
06. Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp
07. The Song Remains The Same
08. The Rain Song
09. Dazed And Confused
CD 04: "One For The M6" - Liverpool, UK, Empire Theatre 1973-01-14
01. Stairway To Heaven
02. Whole Lotta Love
03. Heartbreaker
04. The Ocean
CD 05: "Groovin' In The Garden" - Stoke, UK, Trentham Gardens 1973-01-15
01. Rock And Roll
02. Over The Hills And Far Away
03. Black Dog
04. Misty Mountain Hop
05. Since I've Been Loving You
06. Dancing Days
07. Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp
08. The Song Remains The Same
09. The Rain Song
CD 06: "Groovin' In The Garden" - Stoke, UK, Trentham Gardens 1973-01-15
01. Dazed And Confused
02. Stairway To Heaven
03. Whole Lotta Love
CD 07: "The Black Hole of Calcutta" - Southampton, UK, Southampton University 1973-01-22
01. Rock And Roll
02. Over The Hills And Far Away
03. Black Dog
04. Misty Mountain Hop
05. Since I've Been Loving You
06. Dancing Days
07. The Song Remains The Same
08. The Rain Song
09. Dazed And Confused
CD 08: "The Black Hole of Calcutta" - Southampton, UK, Southampton University 1973-01-22
01. Stairway To Heaven
02. Whole Lotta Love
03. Heartbreaker
04. Thank You
05. How Many More Times
06. Communication Breakdown
CD 09: "Odds and Ends" - Bradford, UK, St. George's Hall 1973-01-18
01. Dazed And Confused
02. Whole Lotta Love
03. Immigrant Song
CD 10: "Odds and Ends" - Dundee, Scotland, Caird Hall 1973-01-27 (tracks 01-03) & Southampton, UK, Gaumont Theatre (soundcheck) 1973-01-21 (tracks 04-08)
01. Whole Lotta Love
02. Heartbreaker
03. Communication Breakdown
04. drums & mellotron tuning
05. Love Me
06. Frankfurt Special (a.k.a. Station Blues)
07. King Creole
08. Love Me (Reprise)
LINKS:
(1) January 1973 SB's
(2) January 1973 SB's
(3) January 1973 SB's
(4) January 1973 SB's
(5) January 1973 SB's
(6) January 1973 SB's
(7) January 1973 SB's
There is a ton of high resolution artwork from the box set booklet too and it has all been scanned by "130269" and included in the upload. While these are just the January 1973 soundboard recordings from Europe, there are other European concerts from the following months too of course (not in this upload though). Also, some of these recording may or may not be the definitive recordings for each of the dates from January 1973. In other words, they may be the best out there or they may not be. There are other master, 1st generation, etc sources for each of these dates too. But this box set is an excellent compilation of the January 1973 shows and it is very enjoyable!
My favorite out of the box set is the 1973-01-22 Southampton, UK show. It wasn't too many years ago when this concert was a newly surfaced soundboard. Hopefully, and there is a lot of speculation on what is or may be out there and hasn't surfaced yet, there will be some more 1973 soundboards that surface and are new to the trading and sharing community soon!
I've renamed folders, shortened the path (file names of folders, not songs), etc to make this a single upload/download that should unzip into most locations a person might save it to without the issue of running into 260 characters or more I think. But if you do have a problem unzipping it, just do what I mentioned above and that will solve the issue.
I left "130269's" lossless checking and fingerprint text files in the upload as well as tested the files myself and added an additional text file into each folder showing the results. "130269" did a superb job of putting this box set together and sharing it. He even added a missing track from the 1973-01-22 Southampton CD 1. It appears Godfather had left out "Over The Hills and Far Away" in the box set and "130269" added it from another Godfather source that had it on it. It sounds great and flawless too.
I hope you enjoy January 1973 when you have some time to travel back and listen...
Bootradr
SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL!!
THESE DOWNLOADS ARE FOR FREE ONLY! NEVER BUY OR SELL ANY LEGALLY RECORDED BUT ILLEGAL TO SELL SHOWS LIKE THIS ONE. THIS IS FOR FANS AND FUTURE FANS WHO WANT TO HEAR THE ARTIST'S MUSIC RAW & LIVE BUT NOT OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE OR RELEASED.
THESE DOWNLOADS ARE FOR FREE ONLY! NEVER BUY OR SELL ANY LEGALLY RECORDED BUT ILLEGAL TO SELL SHOWS LIKE THIS ONE. THIS IS FOR FANS AND FUTURE FANS WHO WANT TO HEAR THE ARTIST'S MUSIC RAW & LIVE BUT NOT OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE OR RELEASED.
ALWAYS REMEMBER TO SUPPORT THE ARTISTS BY BUYING THEIR OFFICIALLY RELEASED MATERIAL TOO.
KEEP IT FREE, KEEP IT AVAILABLE, AND MOST OF ALL; KEEP IT LEGAL!!!
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