LED ZEPPELIN – MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 1975 2ND NIGHT COMPLETE NBC NEWSREEL (DVD-R)

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Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA 7th February 1975 PRO-SHOT

　A pro shot from the 1975 North American tour of “PHYSICAL GRAFFITI” has been unearthed! The exquisite color footage shot on 16mm film will be released.

　This compilation contains three color films. It’s a rare compilation of footage, primarily consisting of a newly discovered 16mm film of the February 7, 1975 Madison Square Garden performance, with bonus 8mm footage of the February 6, 1975 Montreal performance and the February 10, 1975 Landover performance. Let’s explore the relationship between these three pieces of footage by unraveling the schedule from that time.

● 1975
・ January 11th + 12th: Central Europe (2 performances)
・ January 18th – February 16th: North America # 1 (19 performances) ← ★ Here ★
《February 24th “PHYSICAL GRAFFITI” released》
・ February 27th – March 27th: North America # 2 (16 performances)
・ May 17th – 25th: London (5 performances) ← ※ Standard Pro Shot

　This is LED ZEPPELIN in 1975. The North American tour can be divided into two parts with a 10-day break in between, but a lot of film footage has been unearthed from the first half, “North America # 1.” All three videos in this work are records of “North America # 1.” Let’s focus further on the dates and check their relative positions.

■Details of “North America #1”
・January 18th – February 4th (11 performances)
*February 6th: Montreal performance ←★Bonus 8mm★
*February 7th: New York performance ←★Main 16mm★
・February 8th: Philadelphia performance
*February 10th: Landover performance ←★Bonus 8mm★
・February 12th – 16th (4 performances)

[Main: 16mm film of MSG performance filmed for broadcast]
　First up is the color film of the “February 7th MSG performance,” the main focus of this work. Previously, all excavated footage was 8mm film, but this is 16mm. It’s a genuine professional shot filmed by major television broadcaster NBC, and its visual beauty is on a different level from home video-quality 8mm. However, even though it’s a professional shot, it’s not the so-called multi-camera concert professional shot. It was only for the news program “NBC Newsreel,” and is a documentary-style video taken with a single camera. It’s not the program itself, and the time counter is a vivid 16mm in the editing stage.

　However, its contents are a treasure. Although incomplete, you can witness “Rock and Roll (approximately 3 minutes 20 seconds),” “Sick Again (approximately 2 minutes 30 seconds),” and “Over the Hills and Far Away (approximately 1 minute 10 seconds)” from the camera pit (with superb audio!). Not only Paige and Plant, who are lined up right in front of you, but also Bonzo’s close-up is neatly captured.

　The film is also packed with other great scenes, including interviews with the audience, much like a newscast, capturing the reality of 50 years ago. A group of bearded rock dudes gathers, and a woman shows off her large breasts and stretched-out tour T-shirt. There’s also an audio recording of an interview with Peter Grant. Grant was 40 years old at the time, but he looks just like the man in “The Godfather” and “Mean Streets.” The interviewer must have been intimidated.

Bonus: 8mm footage of the Montreal performance by Jim Kelly.
　This groundbreaking, newly discovered 16mm film is approximately 21 minutes long. But that alone is undeniably not enough. Therefore, this work also compiles a masterpiece 8mm film recorded at a recent show.

　The first bonus footage is a color 8mm film from the Montreal concert on February 6th, the day before the main MSG show. This footage was unearthed in the video collection of a professional cameraman named Jim Kelly. In addition to taking photographs, he also shot video on Super 8, and many of the valuable 8mm footage were found among his belongings after his death.

　What’s more, this footage is different from regular 8mm, clocking in at a whopping 51 minutes. 8mm offers higher image quality than later VHS, but its biggest drawback is its short shooting time. At most, only a few dozen seconds could be shot at a time, and even if fragmented footage was scraped together, it usually only lasted about 10 minutes. This film is essentially the same, meaning a full show isn’t possible, but the number of fragmented footage is unprecedented, resulting in a lengthy work of 50 minutes.

　Moreover, each cut is long. Of course, since it doesn’t exceed the limits of 8mm, there are occasional warps within a song, but it’s still remarkably easy to watch. Previous 8mm films would jump to the next song while you were wondering “What song was that again?” over a short phrase, but this film is different. In the first place, warping within a song means that filming was restarted multiple times, and it’s footage that could only have been shot by Jim, a professional cameraman. It’s at a level where you can really enjoy each song.

Bonus: 8mm of the Landbar Show with Sky Suite Experience!
　Bonus #2 is a color 8mm from the “February 10: Landbar Show,” three days after the MSG performance. This film’s unique feature is its panoramic view of the stage. While the slightly purple hue is reminiscent of the previous film, the scene is completely different. While the previous version was shot from the arena seats directly below the stage, this one is shot from a bird’s-eye view. According to the excavator, it was filmed from “Capital Center Sky Suite #1,” which, in more conventional terms, is shot from the second-floor seats to the right of the stage, looking down. And because it’s a panoramic view, you can see everything you want to see onstage, from Plant idling during a guitar solo to the stage set with its shining logo and the lighting system illuminating the stage from the wings.

　1975 was the year when LED ZEPPELIN was still a powerful band. This exquisite color video collection will transport you to February 51 years ago over the course of approximately 94 minutes into your own home. The main 16mm footage celebrates the realistic visual beauty that only a television studio could offer, while the precious 8mm footage offers a historic spectacle and a front-row seat experience. Each of these three videos is equally impressive. Please take this opportunity to enjoy them to the fullest.

★This is a professional shot of the February 7, 1975 Madison Square Garden concert. This 16mm color film was shot by NBC for their news program, and it offers a visual beauty on a completely different level than home video quality 8mm. Also included are bonus 8mm film from the February 6 Montreal concert and the February 10 Landover concert, allowing you to experience the 1975 North American tour that is so vibrant with “PHYSICAL GRAFFITI.”

MSG 1975 2ND NIGHT COMPLETE NBC NEWSREEL
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA 7th February 1975
1. Rock And Roll
2. Sick Again
3. Over The Hills And Far Away
4. Crowd (before encores)
5. NBC Newsreel
6. Peter Grant Interview
7. Fans Arriving And Interviewed Before The Concert

MONTREAL 1975 8mm
Forum de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada 6th February 1975
8. Intro (Pre-show)
9. Rock And Roll
10. Sick Again
11. Over The Hills And Far Away
12. In My Time Of Dying
13. The Song Remains The Same
14. The Rain Song
15. Kashmir
16. No Quarter
17. Trampled Underfoot
18. Moby Dick
19. Dazed And Confused
20. Stairway To Heaven

LANDOVER 1975 8mm
Capital Centre, Landover, MD, USA 10th February 1975
21. In My Time Of Dying
22. The Song Remains The Same
23. The Rain Song
24. Kashmir
25. No Quarter
26. Trampled Under Foot
27. Moby Dick
28. Dazed And Confused
29. Stairway To Heaven
30. Crowd (before encores)
31. Whole Lotta Love
32. Black Dog
33. Heartbreaker

COLOUR NTSC Approx.94min.