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==History==
==History==
Guitarist [[Jimmy Page]] considers Led Zeppelin at this point to have been at their artistic peak.<ref>''How the West Was Won'' liner notes</ref> However, despite selling out their concerts, the tour had the lowest profile of all of the band's eleven North American concert tours, being vastly overshadowed by the [[Rolling Stones]]' [[The Rolling Stones American Tour 1972|tour of the same period]], much to the annoyance of Led Zeppelin.<ref name=lewispallett>Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) ''Led Zeppelin: The Concert File'', London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4, pp. 76-77.</ref><ref name=rey>Luis Rey (1997) ''Led Zeppelin Live: An Illustrated Exploration of Underground Tapes'', Ontario: The Hot Wacks Press, p. 186.</ref><ref name=PP75>Interview with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, January 1975, http://www.iem.ac.ru/zeppelin/docs/interviews/pp_75.rs</ref> In order to prevent this from happening again, the band's manager, [[Peter Grant (music manager)|Peter Grant]], decided to hire PR consultants to help promote subsequent tours.
Guitarist [[Jimmy Page]] considers Led Zeppelin at this point to have been at their artistic peak.<ref>''[[How the West Was Won (Led Zeppelin album)|How the West Was Won]]'' liner notes</ref> However, despite selling out their concerts, the tour had the lowest profile of all of the band's eleven North American concert tours, being vastly overshadowed by the [[Rolling Stones]]' [[The Rolling Stones American Tour 1972|tour of the same period]], much to the annoyance of Led Zeppelin.<ref name=lewispallett>Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) ''Led Zeppelin: The Concert File'', London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4, pp. 76-77.</ref><ref name=rey>Luis Rey (1997) ''Led Zeppelin Live: An Illustrated Exploration of Underground Tapes'', Ontario: The Hot Wacks Press, p. 186.</ref><ref name=PP75>Interview with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, January 1975, http://www.iem.ac.ru/zeppelin/docs/interviews/pp_75.rs</ref> In order to prevent this from happening again, the band's manager, [[Peter Grant (music manager)|Peter Grant]], decided to hire PR consultants to help promote subsequent tours.


During this concert stint the band stopped at [[New York]] to mix tracks that had been recorded at [[Olympic Studios]] in [[London]] the previous month, for their forthcoming [[Houses of the Holy|fifth album]].<ref name=lewispallett/>
During this concert stint the band stopped at [[New York]] to mix tracks that had been recorded at [[Olympic Studios]] in [[London]] the previous month, for their forthcoming [[Houses of the Holy|fifth album]].<ref name=lewispallett/>
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{{cquote|The group's stature was such that he was able to pull off this major swing with little resistance from the agents and promoters. Any deal with Led Zeppelin was better than no deal at all, they decided. As a consequence Led Zeppelin's fortune began to pile up at an even faster rate [than before].<ref name=lewispallett/>}}
{{cquote|The group's stature was such that he was able to pull off this major swing with little resistance from the agents and promoters. Any deal with Led Zeppelin was better than no deal at all, they decided. As a consequence Led Zeppelin's fortune began to pile up at an even faster rate [than before].<ref name=lewispallett/>}}

For this tour, and all of Led Zeppelin's subsequent American tours, the band hired Dallas-based company [[Showco]] to provide its lighting and sound.<ref>http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin/Related_Articles</ref>


==Recordings==
==Recordings==

Revision as of 02:37, 13 April 2008

North America 1972
Concert by Led Zeppelin
Poster for Led Zeppelin's concerts at San Diego, used to help promote its 1972 North American tour
Start dateMay 27, 1972
End dateJune 29, 1972
Legs1
No. of shows19 (including two European warm-up shows)
Led Zeppelin concert chronology

band. The tour was divided into two legs, with performances commencing on May 27 and concluding on June 29, 1972. It included two warm-up shows in Europe
.

History

Guitarist

Rolling Stones' tour of the same period, much to the annoyance of Led Zeppelin.[2][3][4] In order to prevent this from happening again, the band's manager, Peter Grant
, decided to hire PR consultants to help promote subsequent tours.

During this concert stint the band stopped at New York to mix tracks that had been recorded at Olympic Studios in London the previous month, for their forthcoming fifth album.[2]

According to Led Zeppelin experts Dave Lewis and Simon Pallett, it was at around this period in time that Grant began to implement the unprecedented policy of asking concert promoters for 90% of all gate receipts:

The group's stature was such that he was able to pull off this major swing with little resistance from the agents and promoters. Any deal with Led Zeppelin was better than no deal at all, they decided. As a consequence Led Zeppelin's fortune began to pile up at an even faster rate [than before].[2]

For this tour, and all of Led Zeppelin's subsequent American tours, the band hired Dallas-based company Showco to provide its lighting and sound.[5]

Recordings

Like many other

Led Zeppelin concert tours, several of the concerts performed by the band on this tour were recorded by fans as unofficial bootlegs. Some of these were subsequently released on bootleg titles such as Burn Like a Candle
.

In 2003 soundboard recordings from two of the concerts from this tour, at the

Long Beach Arena on June 27 respectively, were remastered by Page and officially released on the album How the West Was Won

Tour set list

This was the last concert tour on which Led Zeppelin included an acoustic section until 1975, when it was revived for their

Earl's Court performances. The decision to drop the acoustic set was perhaps made because their live concerts were regularly extending into three hour long marathons (and sometimes up to four and a half hours), which were becoming taxing on all four band members.[2][3]

The fairly typical set list for the tour was:

  1. "Immigrant Song" (Page, Plant)
  2. "Heartbreaker" (Bonham, Page, Plant)
  3. "Black Dog" (Page, Plant, Jones)
  4. "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Page, Plant)
  5. "Since I've Been Loving You" (Page, Plant, Jones)
  6. "Stairway to Heaven" (Page, Plant)
  7. "Going to California" (Page, Plant)
  8. "That's the Way" (Page, Plant)
  9. "Tangerine" (Page)
  10. "
    Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp
    " (Page, Plant, Jones)
  11. "Dazed and Confused" (Page)
  12. "What Is and What Should Never Be" (Page, Plant)
  13. "Dancing Days" (Page, Plant)
  14. "
    Moby Dick
    " (Bonham)
  15. "Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant)

Encores (variations of the following list):

There were some set list substitutions, variations, and order switches during the tour.

Tour dates

European warm-up shows

North America

  • 06/06/1972
    Detroit, MI
  • 07/06/1972
    Montreal, QB
  • 08/06/1972
    Boston, MA
  • 09/06/1972
    Greensboro, NC
  • 10/06/1972
    Buffalo, NY
  • 11/06/1972
    Baltimore, MD
  • 13/06/1972
    Philadelphia, PA
  • 14/06/1972
    Uniondale, NY
  • 15/06/1972
    Uniondale, NY
  • 17/06/1972
    Portland, OR
  • 18/06/1972
    Seattle, WA
  • 19/06/1972
    Seattle, WA
  • 21/06/1972
    Denver, CO
  • 22/06/1972
    San Bernadino, CA
  • 23/06/1972
    San Diego, CA
  • 25/06/1972
    Inglewood, CA
  • 27/06/1972
    Long Beach, CA
  • 28/06/1972
    Tucson, AZ

External links

References

  1. ^ How the West Was Won liner notes
  2. ^ a b c d Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4, pp. 76-77.
  3. ^ a b Luis Rey (1997) Led Zeppelin Live: An Illustrated Exploration of Underground Tapes, Ontario: The Hot Wacks Press, p. 186.
  4. ^ Interview with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, January 1975, http://www.iem.ac.ru/zeppelin/docs/interviews/pp_75.rs
  5. ^ http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin/Related_Articles

Sources

  • Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4.
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