Led Zeppelin - Live in Chicago, IL (April 7th, 1977)

As requested by krack, and in honor of its anniversary, here is the band’s 2nd of four shows in Chicago at the beginning of their 1977 North American tour. This show is a rather mixed bag, with Page clearly still rusty from the nearly two years off and Plant being rather below average for the year. Bonham and Jones, of course, are great as usual. This recording is hissy, noisy, and sometimes muffled, and it’s unfortunately rather fragmentary, missing about half of the acoustic set, the drum solo, Page’s guitar/noise solo, and most of Achilles Last Stand. Interestingly, In My Time of Dying and Trampled Underfoot were dropped from the setlist tonight because the Chicago Blackhawks would be playing a playoff game the following night, which necessitated Zeppelin finishing the show by 11pm in order to dismantle the sound system to prepare for the game. Special thanks to Bert13 for revising this tape! 0:00 Intro 0:46 The Song Remains the Same 6:06 The Rover/Sick Again 12:51 Nobody’s Fault But Mine 20:10 Since I’ve Been Loving You 28:23 No Quarter (cut) 43:12 Ten Years Gone (cut) 51:51 The Battle of Evermore 57:35 Going to California 1:02:01 White Summer/Black Mountain Side (cut) 1:08:26 Kashmir 1:17:30 Achilles Last Stand (cut) 1:20:53 Stairway to Heaven 1:32:19 Rock and Roll Bootleg: The Home Of The Electric Blues (Gusto 1999) CDRs (discs 3 and 4) (Revision)