Led Zeppelin
Pacific Coliseum
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
21 Mar 70

aka Pure Blues

This a ripped cd from an original vinyl bootleg called Pure Blues. The CDR rip was done using:
TASCAM CDRW700 recorder> EAC test and copy secure mode > WAVs, track separation with Audacity > Vinyl clicks and pops removed with Clickrepair > Flac frontend encode level 8 > fSBEs corrected with traders little helper.  No other alterations of any kind.


1. Heartbreaker
2. Thank You
3. What Is and What Should Never Be
4. Communication Breakdown
5. We're Gonna Groove
6. Since I've Been Loving You
7. Whole Lotta Love


Porgie's Transfer Notes:
Well, I finally got this together, I had wanted to do a rip from my original old Pb album for a long time. No other source compares to this LP for fullness and brightness of sound. The subsequent pressings done by TMOQ and others of Mudslide are duller in comparison. A while back I made an attempt at a remaster of Flying Disc's Mudslide, which I posted here, some of you may have picked it up, but I think it was kind of received with a yawn. Another was done up at dime recently too. Flying Disc's is a close second to me but it is definitely inferior to Pb. It is supposedly sourced from vinyl but it plays too fast like the FM tape source, though it does sound like there are vinyl needle pops here and there. I corrected the pitch on the Flying Disc and added a little bass to fatten up the sound a bit and was pretty pleased with the results but the old Pb is way superior so I really wanted to share this. There is much more life and breadth to the sound and it is more dynamic, at times explosive. With Pb all I felt was needed was to remove some of the pops and clicks as my copy is not pristine. It's a very rare LP to find these days and I think nearly impossible to find one that plays very cleanly.

The soundboard is somewhat of a mystery....I don't know if the whole show was taped at the board and then the songs were chosen for the radio broadcast. It doesn't seem likely that only these seven songs were taped because they are scattered from throughout the set. The rest of the soundboard must either be lost or hoarded. I no longer have the FM tape source that Sean upped here way back . It wasn't clear to me if that was a pre FM source or simply taped off the radio broadcast. Genuine Masters did a release with both the tape source and a vinyl Pb source which got very good reviews on UU. GM's claims to be from a 1st gen , pre FM tape source. I have never heard GM's but from what I've heard it does have some significant surface noise from the LP.

As for the show I won't say much that hasn't already been said about this classic well worn boot. This was their first show of the spring '70 tour of North America. The band were apparently very well received at the Pacific Coliseum. There was a crowd of around 19,000 and at some points the crowd got pretty unruly, which is nothing unusual for a Zep show....a large number of fans jumped on the stage during WLL according to reports. The concert has gotten mixed reviews over the years, some hot, some cold. In my opinion it's a ballsy performance with some really raw, agressive playing, not without a few gaffs. The levels tend to shift around too, the drums and bass are very prominent at times. I could be wrong but I always think I hear Bonzo say "fuuuuck you" just before Heartbreaker ! It's funny to hear Plant say "let's go!" just before SIBLY, maybe because they were on the radio and dead space is a no no. WLL get's the FM radio treatment with the theramin freak out section totally edited out. My subjective opinions are not important really but what it important is the vitality and spirit that this band had, especially in these early years. Their vibe is hungry, they're out for blood and you can sense it every time Bonzo sits down and slaps those rimshots testing the mikes and monitors before the launch. One of the greatest moments for me is the funky groove Jonesy and Bonzo get into in the middle of We're Gonna Groove....that's some heavy ass artillery there! Bonzo's drums are especially powerful and clear on the LP which is a great joy for me as I'm a drummer and one of the few who actually like to hear the squaky speed king pedal and every version of Moby Dick! Anyway, I sincerely hope you enjoy this old , old bootleg that came in a plain cardboard sleeve with only the chemical symbol for lead stamped on it. I've included a couple pics of the LP too for the record geeks out there , like me!

Sincere thanks to acapulcogold for his suggestions and feedback, it means a lot to me mate! Please feel free to share it at dime.

I'm a bit of a purist when it comes to vinyl so I left the tracks in their original messed up order. If you want to order them the way they were actually played then it would be as follows:
1-We're Gonna Groove
2-Heartbreaker
3-Since I've Been...
4-Thank You
5- What Is...
6-Whole Lotta Love
7-Comm. Br.

Cheers!


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