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Boston Garden, Boston, MA, USA 9th September 1970 PERFECT SOUND
This is our first appearance! The sound quality and content are top-notch.
Speaking of the fall 1970 US tour, the definitive release of “LIVE ON BLUEBERRY HILL” is still fresh in our minds, but there’s also the final performance at Madison Square Garden. Between these two iconic stages, the Boston Garden performance on September 9th, surprisingly often overlooked by enthusiasts, is available. Source 1, a mono recording, and Source 2, a stereo recording, are available on this day.
The latter, which features a rare stereo Aud on this tour, is attractive, but on the other hand, it has the problem of frequent cuts. In that respect, the former, which is mono Aud, is clearer and easier to hear, and the recording condition is stable, so Boston 70 may have been known among enthusiasts by the Source 1 item.
Although Source 1 does not reach the level of Blueberry Hill, it is very easy to listen to as an audience recording from the fall of 1970. That is why it has been considered the main source of this item released in the past, but it is not without cuts, and if Source 2 were to supplement that, it would have been possible to release a full-length version. Despite this, previous items only contained one of the sound sources. Not only was the performance itself likely to be overlooked by non-enthusiasts, but even the release of such a complete version was overlooked in Boston.
This week’s release marks the start of work on releasing this seemingly impossible complete version. While it’s certainly not difficult to fill in the missing parts of Source 1 with Source 2, simply connecting them would create a sense of incongruity between mono and stereo. Therefore, the latter was converted to mono and then thoroughly compensated for. This includes meticulous editing, even down to the opening announcement before the show, which includes the longest segment explaining how the Eagle Rock Festival, originally scheduled to take place in Boston on August 14, was rescheduled after being canceled.
This alone should show how much care was put into making this release. Since Source 2, which is used to compensate for this, also had unnecessary cuts in the version available online, this time we used the trader version that does not go through the internet. This also restored the inter-songs between “Bring It On Home” and “That’s The Way,” which had unnecessary cuts in the online version, to be completely uncut.
Source 1 is also in a clearly better condition than the original versions of past items, and distortion that occurred especially around the acoustic corner tended to occur in past items, but this has been reduced and it has become much easier to hear.
On the other hand, the bonus includes Source 2 versions of the last two songs. These songs can be enjoyed in deep stereo recording, but “Whole Lotta Love” still has frequent cuts peculiar to this source. Therefore, by meticulously supplementing Source 1, you can enjoy the complete last two songs while still being basic stereo.
This “Whole Lotta Love” seems to have been a live performance right after Blueberry Hill, where the band wonders how to flow from the faster-paced “For What It’s Worth” to “Some Other Guy.” The atmosphere is completely different, which is what makes ZEP great at this time. Also, in the early part of the live performance, “Heartbreaker,” Plant makes a huge mistake with the song’s structure, but it’s a pleasant surprise that it doesn’t affect the performance at all, which is unique to this period.
On the contrary, Plant’s spectacular screams were clear throughout the entire day, and just like at the LA Forum in Blueberry Hill, he performed the then-unreleased instrumental “Bron-Yr-Aur.” This tour’s unique scene is captured with a very easy-to-listen-to sound quality.
The release of this full-length version, which can be listened to with confidence until the very end for the first time in 1970, is groundbreaking. The sound quality and performance are amazing!
(Remaster Memo)
★ Edited mainly from the best sound quality AUD sound source, completely uncut including between songs
* Bonus tracks include Source 2 (Stereo Audio) with supplementary material added, including pseudo-finished versions of “Muneippai” and “Communication.”
★Sound source summary (not online)
・Src1…Mono Audio source. The second half of the live performance first appeared on LP. The second half of this recording first appeared on CD in the mid-90s on the Holy album. The full-length live performance appeared in the 2000s. This is the main recording.
・Src2・・・Stereo Audio source. This is the second Audio source that was not released during the LP era, but first appeared on a SIRA CD around 1995.
This time, the tracks were converted to mono and used to fill in missing sections such as the live intro. The bonus tracks are in stereo.
Disc 1 (76:02)
01. Introduction ★Beginning – 1:08 Src2 converted to mono and supplemented
02. Immigrant Song
03. Heartbreaker
04. Dazed And Confused
05. Bring It On Home ★9:12-9:40 Post-performance section Src2 converted to mono and supplemented
06. That’s The Way
07. Bron-Yr-Aur
08. Since I’ve Been Loving You
09. Organ Solo
10. Thank You
Disc 2 (72:38)
01. MC
02. What Is And What Should Never Be
03. Moby Dick ★1:29-3:28 Src2 converted to mono and supplemented
04. Whole Lotta Love
05. Communication Breakdown
Bonus Tracks: Alternate Source
★Src2, used as a supplement in the main story, is included as a bonus in stereo at the end only. ※Src2
Includes a pseudo-finished version of “Muneippai” in stereo.
06. MC ★~0:35 / 0:46-0:50 Filled in with Src1
07. Whole Lotta Love ★0:04-0:10 / 1:32-2:01 / 11:38-12:02 / 13:51-13:57
Others compensated with Src1
08. Communication Breakdown
★The part after the performance is about 28 seconds longer than the previously released version and about 3 seconds longer than the online audio, including a quick cut.
