Led Zeppelin Live:1969

Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, January 9, 1969

Sound: Excellent audience

Time: Approx. 4 Minutes

Set List:

Train Kept A Rollin'

Comments: The only song remaining from the first ever San Francisco date of Led Zeppelin. A great and gutsy version, but apparently the taper didn't like it and turned his machine off.... this is ALL that exists!

Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, January 10, 1969

Sound: Very good audience

Time: Approx. 90 Minutes

Set List:

Train Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You, As Long As I Have You, Dazed and Confused, How Many More Times, Killing Floor, White Summer/Black Mountain Side, You Shook Me, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Communication Breakdown, For Your Love, Pat's Delight

Comments: A classic, early, primitive show that is amazing from start to finish! Stand-outs, among this entirely excellent show, are the great riffing intro to Train Kept A Rollin', the epic As Long As I Have You, and an incredible, 10 minute version of For Your Love that surpasses the original version by leaps and bounds. Amazing playing and singing throughout.

Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, January 11, 1969

Sound: Excellent soundboard

Time: Approx. 30 Minutes

Set List:

I Can't Quit You, Dazed and Confused, You Shook Me, How Many More Times

Comments: This is all that is known to exist of this show, and it is a shame...this is great! Robert is hoarse with a sore throat but his singing is still gutsy and the band is unreal, especially on Dazed and Confused!

Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, January 12, 1969

Sound: Good to very good audience

Time: Approx. 90 Minutes

Set List:

1st Show:

As Long As I Have You, I Can't Quit You, Dazed and Confused, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Communication Breakdown, You Shook Me

2nd Show:

White Summer/Black Mountain Side, Train Kept A Rollin', Pat's Delight, How Many More Times, Killing Floor

Comments: A really raw and primitive show from early on; the playing is sheer inspiration and Robert's voice is throat tearing in the 2nd show especially. A classic early show when the band was young and every night was played with guts!

Live at the Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, January 23, 1969

Sound: Very good audience

Time: Approx. 1 Hour

Set List:

Train Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You, As Long As I Have You, Dazed and Confused, You Shook Me

Comments: This is all that is known to exist from this great show which is supposedly the legendary 200 minute concert! The band sunds really strong and Robert's voice is in its most primitive and powerful stage. Dazed and Confused is a very powerful and excting version. I only hope the rest of this great show comes out soon!

Live at the Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, January 26, 1969

Sound: Very good audience

Time: Approx. 90 Minutes

Set List:

Train Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You, Killing Floor, Dazed and Confused, You Shook Me, Communication Breakdown, White Summer/Black Mountain Side, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Pat's Delight, How Many More Times

Comments: An amazing show...this could be quite possibly the best Led Zeppelin concert from 1969. The sound is vibrant and crisp and the playing is amazing. Jimmy's soloing throughout is nothing short of breathtaking and Jones' thundering bass and Bonham's amazing drums only add to it, as does Robert's crystalline and wonderful voice. An incredible show...one of the very best!

Live at Fillmore East, New York City, New York, January 31, 1969

Sound: Very good audience

Time: Approx. 45 Minutes

Set List:

Train Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You, Dazed and Confused, Pat's Delight, How Many More Times, You Shook Me

Comments: A complete opening set for Iron Butterfly and a very intense and show stealing one at that! Zeppelin was infinitely better than the Butterfly as this set amply shows. Robert's voice in all of its high pitched, amazing 1969 glory and the band playing as well as ever thus far in their short time together. Jimmy is on fire!

Live at Fillmore East, New York City, New York, February 1, 1969

Sound: Very good audience

Time: Approx. 55 Minutes

Set List:

White Summer/Black Mountain Side, Train Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You, Pat's Delight, How Many More Times/Dazed and Confused, Communication Breakdown

Comments: A really good, but uptight and confused gig. The show starts with White Summer as they forgot Jones' bass at the hotel! Then the show starts properly and is excellent, except they forget to play Dazed and Confused before the last song....so they insert it in the middle of How Many More Time! A blistering show where the audience's reaction would mirror mine were I there: "Who gives a shit about the Butterfly?" This was an opening slot for Iron Butterfly...and indeed who does give a shit?

Live at The Rockpile, Toronto, Canada, February 2, 1969

Sound: Very good audience

Time: Approx. 45 Minutes

Set List:

Train Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You, Dazed and Confused, You Shook Me, Killing Floor, How Many More Times

Comments: A very compact, complete and powerful set. The band is smoking and Robert's voice is unbelievable! The highest note he reaches in How Many More Times is simply amazing. A great early, primitive document from the band.

Live at Thee Image Club, Miami, Florida, February 14, 1969

Sound: Very good audience

Time: Approx. 90 Minutes

Set List:

1st Show:

Train Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You, Dazed and Confused, Killing Floor, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, How Many More Times

2nd Show:

White Summer/Black Mountain Side, As Long As I Have You, You Shook Me, Pat's Delight

Comments: Two very high powered sets with different moods and feels to them. Both feature a band playing with fiery intensity! Robert hits some of the highest screams and is raw emotion, ranging from the primordial wails of How Many More Times and As Long As I Have You to the pain and suffering of Babe I'm Gonna Leave You. The band's assault is relentless as well. This was the second to last show from the first US tour of 1969.

Live at Teen Club, Gladsaxe, Denmark, March 15, 1969 (Afternoon show)

Time: Approx. 40 Minutes

Sound: Very good audience

Set List:

Train Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You, As Long As I Have You, You Shook Me, Communication Breakdown

Comments: An incredibly powerful concert! The band is really ripping through everything tonight. Jimmy's solo in I Can't Quit You literally had me saying "Oh my God!" out loud, especially at the end! As Long As I Have You is a shortened, compact and brutal version.... it is second only to the Fillmore 4/69 versions. Dazed and Confused is missing here, only the second time known (so far, see 2/1/69 for the other). You Shook Me and Communication Breakdown are massive as well. Great show.

Live at Pop Club, Brondby, Denmark, March 15, 1969 (Evening Show)

Sound: Excellent audience

Time: Approx. 35 Minutes

Set List:

Train Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You, Dazed and Confused, You Shook Me

Comments: An excellent and raw, powerful show in front of a small crowd. Robert's voice is a little sore but he makes up for it in passion and the band sounds very primitive, raw and powerful. The extended Dazed and Confused is the perfect example. Great show!

Live at Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 16, 1969

Sound: Excellent soundboard (incomplete)

Time: Approx. 30 Minutes

Set List:

I Can't Quit You, I Gotta Move, Dazed and Confused, How Many More Times

Comments: A very powerful and compact show. Jimmy breaks a string after the first song so the band ad-libs a one-time only I Gotta Move with guitar, bass, harmonica and vocals while Jimmy restrings. A unique performance! The show is very good and strong, albeit too short!

Live on Danish TV, Gladsaxe, Denmark, March 17, 1969

Sound: Good soundboard from the video

Time: Approx. 30 Minutes

Set List:

Communication Breakdown, Dazed and Confused, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, How Many More Times

Comments: This is a great mini-show performed for a small television audience. There is an incredible amount of energy packed into this set and the improvisations showcase the immense talents of the band....a great one to have. 

Live at Supershow, Staines, England, March 25, 1969

Sound: Excellent "raw" soundboard

Time: Approx. 10 Minutes

Set List: Dazed and Confused

Comments: Zeppelin's contribution to the Supershow movie was this exquisite, compact and powerful version of Dazed and Confused with a really spacey bow section and a ripping finale. A real gem and a treat!

Live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, April 24, 1969

Sound: Incredible audience

Time: Approx. 55 Minutes

Set List:

As Long As I Have You, Killing Floor, White Summer, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Pat's Delight

Comments: This is a wonderful show. The sound is so good it has been often mistaken as a soundboard. Quite possibly the best version ever recorded of As Long As I Have You, competing madly with the April 27 version. Killing Floor contains some great bass/guitar/drum interplay and Robert's voice is in incredible shape. Highly recommended! 

Live at Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, California, April 25, 1969

Sound: Very good audience

Time: Approx. 30 Minutes

Set List:

Train Kept A Rollin', You Shook Me, Communication Breakdown, As Long As I Have You

Comments: A dubious attribution to this date, but a killer show. Robert's voice is probably the best I have ever heard and You Shook Me is without a doubt the BEST version ever. Jimmy's playing is beyond words.... it's that good! The whole fragment of this show has a really amazing quality to it. The rhythm section owns the last two songs. Where is the rest!?

Live at Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, California, April 26, 1969

Sound: Excellent audience

Time: Approx. 2 Hours

Set List:

1st Show: Communication Breakdown, I Can't Quit You, Dazed and Confused, You Shook Me, How Many More Times

2nd Show: White Summer, Killing Floor, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Pat's Delight, As Long As I Have You, Whole Lotta Love

Comments: This concert is beyond words. Everything that made Led Zeppelin an amazing live act is here and these shows were so revolutionary in their time that even now, I am dumbstruck by the power and performance. Jimmy plays like a man possessed, hitting everything with such fluency and accuracy and with such emotion. Bonham is thunderous, Jones is all over the place, inventing lead lines to counter Jimmy's, and Robert's voice is incredible, higher than any notes Jimmy can get on his guitar! The power and performance are staggering. Also, the first appearance of the Theremin (Dazed and Confused) and the first ever time Whole Lotta Love was played live! It has a slowed down wah-wah lead section in the middle and sounds really great. This is Led Zeppelin as acid/psychedelic hard rock, pioneering a new, original sound in the process. I cannot recommend any show higher than this.

Live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, April 27, 1969

Sound: Very good soundboard

Time: Approx. 2 Hours

Set List:

1st Show: Train Kept a Rollin', I Can't Quit You, As Long As I Have You, You Shook Me, How Many More Times, Killing Floor

2nd Show: Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Sittin' and Thinkin', Dazed and Confused, Communication Breakdown

Comments: This show is stunning. The first set has the group firing on all cylinders and playing their hearts out. The second set is more bluesy and laid back, but that never means less enjoyable. The only live version of Sittin' and Thinkin' is here and the completely different song list for each set make this a great show to have. Sounds great too! Recommended.

Live at Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, May 19, 1969

Sound: Very good audience

Time: Approx. 90 Minutes

Set List:

As Long As I Have You, I Can't Quit You, Dazed and Confused, You Shook Me, Pat's Delight, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, How Many More Times, Communication Breakdown

Comments: An excellent and wild show in front of a rather dull and unresponsive crowd. Robert's voice is simply perfect and the band is so ON! The improvisations in Dazed and Confused, As Long As I Have You, and a very long How Many More Times are truly outstanding and the whole show is a great 1969 Led Zeppelin energetic, loud, powerful, raw, and wonderful document.

Live at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland, May 25, 1969

Sound: Very good audience

Time: Approx. 6 Minutes

Set List: Whole Lotta Love

Comments: This is only the encore for the show and all that exists from the show. It also happens to be the second time ever (see April 26 for the first) time Whole Lotta Love was played live. A very different version that is excellent, with a long guitar solo in the middle and great vocals from Robert. This was the show where Zeppelin opened for The Who, and I have the complete Who show, which is exceptional...the Zeppelin one must have been too!

Live at Fillmore East, New York City, New York, May 30, 1969

Sound: Very good, distorted audience

Time: Approx. 75 Minutes

Set List:

Train Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You, Dazed and Confused, You Shook Me, White Summer/Black Mountain Side, How Many More Times, Communication Breakdown

Comments: A short, intense and excellent show in front of a crowd who has fallen under Led Zeppelin's spell. Robert's voice is fantastic and the band plows through the set with intensity and fire and Dazed and Confused and How Many More Times have great performances from all 4 band members. Check out Jimmy's mind-blowing solo in You Shook Me...another triumph!

Live at the Playhouse Theatre, London, England, June 27, 1969

Sound: Excellent soundboard/Recommended

Time: Approx. 55 Minutes

Set List:

Communication Breakdown, I can't Quit You, Dazed and Confused, White Summer, You Shook Me, How Many More Times

Comments: This show was recorded for the BBC to broadcast the entire show, and here it all is. An incredible, compact, tight show that features some of the best playing ever, with Jones and Bonham shining throughout and quite possibly the best recording of Plant's voice ever. Add Jimmy's dazzling guitar work and you have a classic show. Essential. 

Live at Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 6, 1969

Sound: Very good audience

Time: Approx. 70 Minutes

Set List:

Train Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You, Dazed and Confused, You Shook Me, How Many More Times, Communication Breakdown, Long Tall Sally

Comments: Zeppelin closed out the final night of the festival with this extremely gutsy and intense performance. Robert's voice is so powerful it wreaks havoc on the recorder! The band is definitely on and Jones and Bonham hit some unreal highs throughout the show, as does Jimmy as well. Some GREAT harmonica soloing from Robert as well and two riotous encores cap this great show.

Live at Musicarnival, Cleveland, Ohio, July 20, 1969

Sound: Very good audience

Time: Approx. 1 Hour

Set List:

Train Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You, Dazed and Confused, White Summer/Black Mountain Side, You Shook Me, How Many More Times

Comments: A very intense and powerful show. The first two songs are very powerful and Robert's voice is simply devastating. Page is playing great and the rhythm section is unalterable in Dazed and incendiary and dynamic in How Many More Times, steering the group through the changes. A short, compact and great show.

Live at Schaeffer Music Festival, Central Park, New York City, New York, July 21, 1969

Sound: Excellent audience

Time: Approx. 70 Minutes

Set List:

Train Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You, Dazed and Confused, You Shook Me, White Summer/Black Mountain Side, How Many More Times, Communication Breakdown

Comments: A wild show! The great recording gives a vibrant atmosphere and the show is outstanding! Plant's voice is just amazing, and the instrumental machine is exquisite, soaring and roaring through every song with a vengeance! I love listening to the Zeppelin festival sets from 1969 because they had a set time to play and they put everything they have into it and it leaves you breathless! Some wacky and exciting surprises in How Many More Times add to the fun and excitement! This one's GREAT!

Live at Midwest Rock Festival, State Fair Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 25, 1969

Sound: Excellent audience

Time: Approx. 1 Hour

Set List:

Train Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You, Dazed and Confused, White Summer/Black Mountain Side, How Many More Times, Communication Breakdown

Comments: A super-charged festival set! The band plow through this material with one of the best versions of Train Kept A Rollin' ever and frenzied playing throughout. Bonham plays some really inventive patterns and JPJ is flying as always. Robert's voice is gutsy and Jimmy is great as always.... every song is excellent, and the vibrant recording make this a kicking show!

Live at Oakdale Musical Theatre, Wallingford, Connecticut, August 17, 1969

Sound: Good audience

Time: Approx. 10 Minutes

Set List:

Train Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You

Comments: This is all that exists from this show...the taper stored it for years in bad conditions and this is the only undamaged part of the tape. A very powerful fragment and it leads me to believe the rest of the show was equally powerful and exciting. 

Live at the Rockpile, Toronto, Canada, August 18, 1969 (1st Show)

Sound: Fair to good audience

Time: Approx. 1 Hour

Set List:

Train Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You, Dazed and Confused, You Shook Me, How Many More Times

Comments: A great opening set that would be nothing when compared to the scorching second show here! The recording has many volume fluctuations but is fairly clear. The playing here is HOT, though. Dazed and Confused is short, compact and powerful, and You Shook Me and How Many More Times are breathtaking in power and playing, and short to work to a maximum effect. Just wait until the next show!

Live at the Rockpile, Toronto, Canada, August 18, 1969 (2nd Show)

Sound: Very good audience

Time: Approx. 90 Minutes

Set List:

Train Kept A Rollin', I Can't Quit You, Dazed and Confused, White Summer/Black Mountain Side, You Shook Me, How Many More Times, Communication Breakdown

Comments: What an excellent show in front of the best crowd you'll ever hear! The band is just brilliant here and plays their guts out for this great audience. How Many More Times is filled with some tense drama that is broken by Robert laughing when he can't hit the highest note. Communication Breakdown is a blistering version for an encore. A must have show!

Live at the Texas International Pop Festival, Dallas Speedway, Dallas, Texas, August 31, 1969

Sound: Excellent soundboard/Recommended

Time: Approx. 1 Hour

Set List:

Train Kept a Rollin', I Can't Quit You, Dazed and Confused, You Shook Me, How Many More Times, Communication Breakdown

Comments: A killer, one of the best, if not THE best from '69, the band rips through this set with a vengeance! One of the longest versions of How Many More Times leads to the encore of Communication Breakdown with a dazzling John Paul Jones bass solo. The band is on top form and this show is a must-have. 

Live at the Lyceum Ballroom, London, England, October 12, 1969

Sound: Very good audience

Time: Approx. 1 Hour

Set List:

Good Times Bad Times, Communication Breakdown, I Can't Quit You, Heartbreaker, You Shook Me, What is and What Should Never Be, Dazed and Confused, How Many More Times

Comments: This show is a treat, as the group previews some songs from the upcoming second album and generally play their butts off for this audience. A killer show with energy flowing out of the speakers. Check this one out.

Live at Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York, October 30, 1969

Sound: Very good audience

Time: Approx. 90 Minutes

Set List:

Good Times Bad Times, Communication Breakdown, I Can't Quit You, Heartbreaker, Dazed and Confused, White Summer/Black Mountain Side, What Is and What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, How Many More Times

Comments: An extremely powerful, heavy and loud show in front of a rapturous crowd. The band is amazing and Robert's voice is a true delight.....in its best shape ever! Dazed and Confused is very long and contains excellent sections of improvisations and Heartbreaker is still played in its shorter, more compact form. Great stuff here!

Live at the O'Keefe Center, Toronto, Canada, November 2, 1969

Sound: Very good audience

Time: Approx. 70 Minutes

Set List:

Good Times Bad Times, Communication Breakdown/Bluebird, I Can't Quit You, Heartbreaker, Dazed and Confused, White Summer/Black Mountain Side/Still I'm Sad, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You/Down By The River/Ramble On, Moby Dick

Comments: An excellent show, full of energy and classic 1969 Zeppelin. Jones is all over the place, Jimmy is spectacular, Bonham is amazing and Robert's voice is so high it is unbelievable. There are many other songs thrown in, including a great version of Buffalo Springfield's "Bluebird", Neil Young's "Down By The River" and The Yardbird's "Still I'm Sad". This is all that is known to exist from this show, and it is truly a spectacular concert.

Live at Memorial Hall, Kansas City, Kansas, November 5, 1969

Sound: Very good audience

Time: Approx. 45 Minutes

Set List:

Good Times Bad Times/Communication Breakdown, I Can't Quit You, Heartbreaker, Dazed and Confused, How Many More Times

Comments: This is all that exists from this show and it is a very powerful show although Jimmy seems to be leaving the rest of the group behind in his improvisations. He really flies through the whole set! Robert's voice seems a little rough but on the whole this show is another great one from the 4th US Tour.

Live at Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, California, November 6, 1969

Sound: Very good audience

Time: Approx. 100 Minutes

Set List:

Good Times Bad Times/Communication Breakdown, I Can't Quit You, heartbreaker, Dazed and Confused, White Summer/Black Mountain Side, What Is and What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, How Many More Times, C'mon Everybody, Somethin' Else

Comments: A VERY intense and great show. The opening number is brutal in impact and Zeppelin takes the audience all over the spectrum, from, the great jamming of Dazed and the gentleness of White Summer/Black Mountain Side, through an awesome How Many More Times medley and two punked-up encores. The "nastiness" of the recording helps emphasize the intense atmosphere and savage beauty of Robert's voice. Great show!

Live at Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, California, November 7, 1969

Sound: Very good audience

Time: Approx. 90 Minutes

Set List:

Good Times Bad Times/Communication Breakdown, I Can't Quit You, Heartbreaker, Dazed and Confused, White Summer/Black Mountain Side, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, What Is and What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, How Many More Times

Comments: This is the second to last show from the 4th US Tour of 1969 and a very exciting show! The beginning of Good Times Bad Times is quite thrilling and a long and drawn out Communication Breakdown is an early highlight. Jones plays some great bass...check out his lines in Heartbreaker. Jimmy is definitely playing on another level and is out of this world! Really good sound on this show, except for some speed fluctuations, make this a great one to listen to.