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MADISON SQUARE GARDEN NEW YORK CITY, NY U.S.A. June 8, 1977. Digitally Remastered
The 1977 North American tour was a long one, divided into three parts, with two rest periods in April, May, June, and July. However, during the July tour of the third leg, Plant’s son died of illness, interrupted after only four performances, and the band entered an indefinite rest period. Therefore, the schedule will be reduced from the original schedule, and the entire schedule will be completed when 44 performances out of the 51 performances scheduled have been completed. However, it seems that fans have enthusiastically accepted such troubles elsewhere, as it is the first US tour in a long time and the largest tour ever for Zeppelin. This tour was accompanied by a hard and hard album “Presence”, and the rehearsal for the tour was carefully carried out for two months from the beginning of the year, partly because the songs of the album were unveiled for the first time. .. And from Dallas, April 1, 1977, the tour finally started.
[Madison Square Garden 6 consecutive performances] Speaking of the 1977 US tour, the series of performances in Los Angeles is so famous, but there are also six consecutive performances at Madison Square Garden. Zeppelin is once again performing a large series of performances in New York, the world’s largest city, at MSG, where the song was once filmed and recorded. The schedule was overcrowded as follows.
[MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 1977] June 07, 1977
June 08, 1977 “BEHIND THE STACKS” wendy (this work)
June 10, 1977 “RELIC FROM A DIFFERENT AGE” wendy
June 11, 1977 “ABSENCE” wendy
June 13, 1977 “GLINPSE AN AX” wendy
June 14, 1977
[About sound quality and content] As I wrote at the beginning, the second day of this MSG has only been an extremely bad sound source so far, and it is also a day that has long been neglected by Zeppelin enthusiasts as a problem before the evaluation of the concert content. However, the source recorded in this work excavated at the end of 2021 is not only the source of the conventional one, but also one of the best high-quality audience sound sources compared to other performances in 1977, and the concert itself is also re-released by this work. It is a content that will be evaluated. We are fortunate to be able to hear such a sound source 40 years after the concert. The closeness of the sound and the clear and spacious sound quality are exactly the best of the 1977 sound sources, and the content is also perfect. The phase that was slightly to the left has also been corrected.
[Perfect pitch adjustment] Of course, 1977 was recorded on cassette tape. Since it is not a digital device as it is today, pitch adjustment is a very important point in tape media where physical changes over time are unavoidable. The original tape of this work is no exception, and as a result of more than 40 years, the pitch was in a rattling state when played normally. It’s not a matter of what percentage of the whole, but the pitch depends on the location of the tape, which is the fate of older tapes. This work carefully corrects it, and takes time to make perfect pitch adjustments that could not be done with many existing boards.
The concert on June 8, 1977, the second day of Madison Square Garden’s 6 consecutive performances, is completely recorded with the first appearance of a high-quality sound source. Pitch adjustment is perfect. It will be the best title in terms of both content and sound quality, with a sense of presence that will bring listeners back to the New York MSG 40 years ago.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN NEW YORK CITY, NY U.S.A. June 8, 1977
DISC ONE
01. The Song Remains The Same
02. Sick Again
03. Nobody’s Fault But Mine
04. In My Time Of Dying
05. Since I’ve Been Loving You
06. No Quarter
DISC TWO
01. Ten Years Gone
02. The Battle Of Evermore
03. Going To California
04. Black Country Woman
05. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
06. White Summer – Black Mountain Side
07. Kashmir
DISC THREE
01. Out On The Tiles – Moby Dick
02. Guitar Solo
03. Achilles Last Stand
04. Stairway To Heaven
05. Whole Lotta Love
06. Rock And Roll