LED ZEPP's "Box Of Tricks" In Honolulu 1970!

1970 was a great year for the Zeppelin and remains one of my favorite touring years. With the exception of Blueberry Hill which is of course a must-have in any collection, there are not many good sounding boots from that year's US portion of the tour. Most of the stuff falls in the B grade audience or worse category. This show however falls into the A and is recorded close up with an almost too hot microphone of decent quality. Here's some more info on this classic show I found...

Immigrant Song, Dazed and Confused, Heartbreaker, Since I've Been Loving You, What is and What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love, Communication Breakdown

An abbreviated set, the tape begins with a brief introduction before the band launches into a powerful Immigrant Song. Plant's wails threaten to overpower the rest of the band. The familiar transition to Heartbreaker is missing, instead Jones dives directly into the intro to Dazed and Confused. Page's fingers are a bit sticky as he battles Plant during the guitar solo. His guitar sounds like razor blades as he solos during the outro. Heartbreaker begins with an extended a cappella intro. Page's angry guitar tone slices through the solos.

Plant jokes that the band has been renamed "the box of tricks" before a powerful Since I've Been Loving You. He encourages the crowd to get loose and move before Whole Lotta Love. The medley includes Stop Messin' Round, I'm Movin' On, Elmore James's Shake Your Money Maker, and another raucous rendition of Some Other Guy. Page plays a funky intro before Communication Breakdown as Plant tells the crowd to "groove!" Plant makes a quick reference to American Woman during the breakdown. The crowd is left begging for more as the announcer tells them "that's all, goodnight."

The tape is clear and well-balanced, but a bit noisy.

About five minutes worth of 8mm color footage from the show exists. The film is fairly dark and consists primarily of quick-cut shots of Plant gyrating and tossing his hair. - from The Year Of Led Zeppelin, discontinued blog.

Link. Note this is not an official release and is suitable for trading.