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Led Zeppelin MSG 1977 North Bridge 2025

Posted by Mark on June 10, 2025
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Ep. 317 – The Heart of Markness Led Zeppelin Podcast

North Bridge has released a new remix/remaster of Led Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden on June 7, 1977. This is the first night of their multi night residency in NYC. Jonesy’s bass is very well represented, with a fat tone missing from many 1977 boots.

I play Achilles Last Stand (Jonesy’s bass dude…) and an epic, eternal No Quarter with the Nutrocker included. It’s nuts. Then Bonzo and Jimmy go primal on the festivities, and we have another 1977 No Quarter in the books. Good stuff.

I like the instrument separation North Bridge attains through his remixing the stems extracted from the raw recording. If you would like to download this complete concert recording you may do so, courtesy of my Patrons, right here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1thcdPwBe8M8Q9GdI5f4Oo_wJ-lQaxrKl/view?usp=sharing

Led Zeppelin Kezar Stadium 1973

Posted by Mark on June 3, 2025
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Ep. 316 – The Heart of Markness Led Zeppelin Podcast

This is posted one day after the 52 anniversary of this wonderful show. Led Zeppelin playing to 58,000 people outside, in broad daylight, at Kezar Stadium on June 2, 1973. This show is famous for the photo of Robert Plant holding a dove in his hand.

I play a very nice 31 minuted Dazed and Confused followed by the show closer, The Ocean. It’s a really nice show overshadowed by the shows directly before and after.

You can download this complete recording, courtesy of my Patrons, right here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18RpOZTolU8hVG4KZK_4SYx4fYz1CfbQE/view?usp=sharing

The Yardbirds – Concord Cali May 1968

Posted by Mark on May 26, 2025
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Ep. 315 – The Heart of Markness Led Zeppelin Podcast

This is a very cool look at Jimmy Page’s music mere months before the formation of Led Zeppelin. May 29, 1968 at the Concord Colosseum had The Yardbirds playing a very cool bluesy/psychedelic set to a very lucky audience.

Given that Clapton, Beck, and Page all gestated within the Yardbirds, it’s safe to say the Yardbirds were a guitar band. Unfortunately, they were marketed as a pop combo, so as the 60’s evolved into the wilder, more improvisational psychedelic areas, the disconnect between their record company and the band became unsustainable. The band folded shortly after this gig, leaving Jimmy with the Yardbirds name.

I play Mr. You’re a Better Man Than I, Heartful of Soul, and a wild and improvisational I’m A Man. I find it interesting that I’m a Man is the song in which the band stretches out and jams, rather than Dazed and Confused, which was also in the setlist. This a very cool snapshot of a very cool time in music, as well as the future of Led Zeppelin.

This is provided courtesy of my wonderful Patrons. You can download this show right here: https://mega.nz/folder/qtVRgIxA#Zk5BmrnWL1xjsy-JZW-W_A

Earls Court 50th Anniversary

Posted by Mark on May 19, 2025
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Ep. 314 – The Heart of Markness Led Zeppelin Podcast

I can’t believe the Earl’s Court shows are 50 years old! Jesus. For this episode I am featuring an audience compilation of the best of all five nights. I play In My Time of Dying from the May 25th, Tangerine from the 18th (great harmonies from all 4 gents), and Heartbreaker & Communication Breakdown, both from the 25th. Dave Lewis has written the definitive chronicle of these historic shows, which you can get from him right here: http://www.tightbutloose.co.uk/five-glorious-nights-led-zeppelin-at-earls-court-may-1975-revised-expanded-version-a-photographic-record-compiled-by-dave-lewis-order-details-here/

You can download this best of compilation, courtesy of my Patrons, right here: https://mega.nz/folder/ykVzCKgY#N3uUt7E3YBIqLG4dx3PhBg

Led Zeppelin – Manchester 1972

Posted by Mark on May 12, 2025
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Ep. 313 – The Heart of Markness Led Zeppelin Podcast

This is an amazing send off for Robert Plant’s higher range. December 8, 1972 at the Hard Rock in Manchester, UK is a great performance of a great band reaching their peak. The recording is clear and nice, and the instruments are all well balanced and represented.

I play Since I’ve Been Loving You, and a raucous 27 minute Whole Lotta Love, with jams and medleys aplenty. It’s great. It’s 1972 Led Zeppelin. You should get the whole recording.

If you would like the entire concert recording it’s available, courtesy of my Patrons, right here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uVVHraIqnoxyXYC3usNOdPbkmlzkKdy6?usp=sharing

Led Zeppelin – Ottawa 1970

Posted by Mark on April 28, 2025
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I was delighted to come across this wonderful recording through Led Zeppelin Boots’ amazing YouTube channel. April 14, 1970 had Led Zeppelin playing Ottawa, Alberta in a brilliant, exciting, explosive kaboom of awesomeness.

The tape itself in fragmentary and incomplete, but what’s here is gold. I play Dazed and Confused, Heartbreaker, and an incredible White Summer/Black Mountainside. This show was a delight!

You can download this recording, courtesy of my Patrons, right here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19n6Ln9e-aCHUClOuRh5vRzbflbnCENsk?usp=sharing

Led Zeppelin Boston 1973 Joe Maloney Source

Posted by Mark on April 22, 2025
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Ep. 311 – The Heart of Markness Led Zeppelin Podcast

Boston was always a big Led Zeppelin town, starting back at the very beginning with the marathon Tea Party gigs, through this show right here. July 20, 1973 is the last time Zeppelin played Boston. The crowd is wild at this gig, so much so that the band eliminate Misty Mountain Hop, Since I’ve Been Loving You, and Moby Dick from the setlist. All to keep the crowd from going Chernobyl. No encores either.

I play Celebration Day, a smokin’ Stairway, and a brilliant No Quarter that presages the brilliance about to be recorded in NYC a week later.

Thanks to the support of my Patrons, you can download this complete recording right here: https://mega.nz/folder/m00UzAzL#4FMPGsyljZkHWh8b2NvvGg

Aerosmith – Detroit 1974 FM Master

Posted by Mark on April 16, 2025
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Bonus – The Heart of Markness Classic Rock Podcast

This is nice stereo FM master recording of Aerosmith in Detroit on April 7, 1974, broadcast on WABX back in the day. The band is rapidly ascending to the top of Rock Mountain with Get Your Wings, the album they’re supporting here.

I play Mama Kin, Dream On, and Same Old Song & Dance. It’s good ol’ dirty rock and roll a la The Faces or The New Barbarians. Good stuff.

You can download this complete recording, thanks to the support of my Patrons, right here: https://mega.nz/folder/K0lzxI5Q#MHsteFaUBNUjMogUSJtZlA

Robert Plant w/ Jimmy Page NJ 1985

Posted by Mark on April 13, 2025
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Ep. 310 – The Heart of Markness Led Zeppelin Podcast

Eight days after the shambolic Live Aid reunion Jimmy Page joined Robert Plant onstage at the Brendan Byrne Arena, in East Rutherford, NJ. The contrast between the two gigs couldn’t be greater. Robert’s voice is virtually perfect and Jimmy’s guitar (and Jimmy himself) are in tune.

I play an aching beautiful Young Boy Blues from his then current Honeydrippers EP, and then I play the two encores Jimmy played with the band; the first being a standard blues number (I don’t know if it has a name), and then a fiery run through of Treat Her Right, which calls back to when they jammed the same tune two years earlier.

This is a great performance and a shining testimony to the viability of a Page/Plant collaboration even back then, when they sniped at each other in the press.

You can download this concert, courtesy of my Patrons, right here: https://mega.nz/folder/qpcygIoK#nXxa2XOvkDOSN1xcAC1gaA

Page/Plant – Brisbane 1996

Posted by Mark on April 7, 2025
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Ep. 309 – The Heart of Markness Led Zeppelin Podcast

This show, February 27, 1996, is the third to the last for Page/Plant’s No Quarter tour, and it is smokin’! The band hasn’t lost a step since their legendary Japanese shows of a few days prior. This is an excellent audience recording which maintains the high bar set in Japan, quality-wise.

I play a ridiculously hot In The Evening, and the two encores which took the roof off the place. Black Dog and Rock and Roll. The latter two are sung with Robert Plant going alllllll out; hitting notes one doesn’t expect. The band are in a great mood and the audience is locked in all the way. A great show with top of their game performances.

You can download this complete concert, thanks to my Patrons, right here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C1-2aCqj4RJvVHPJ6GVPf3RUenQHOy37/view?usp=sharing