Led Zeppelin
Feeling Groovy Definitve Edition
St Matthew's Baths Hall, Ipswich, UK, 1971-11-16
Empress Valley Audience recording EVSD 52/53/54
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Disc 1
01 Immigrant Song
02 Heartbreaker
03 Black Dog
04 Since I've Been Loving You
05 Rock And Roll
06 Stairway To Heaven
07 Going To California
08 That's The Way
09 Tangerine
Disc 2
01 Dazed And Confused
02 What Is And What Should Never Be
03 Celebration Day
Disc3
01 Whole Lotta Love( includes Boogie Chillun', Hello Mary Lou, Mess'o'Blues, Honey Bee, Going Down Slow)
02 Weekend
03 Gallows Pole
Complete concert, in very good/near execellent audience tape. Empress Valley made 3 releases of this show,
the 1st being a 2 Cd Set without the Encores (Weekend & Gallows Pole), this one a 3 CD set and an limited
edition of a 4CD set
Review from Underground Uprising :
Feelin' Groovy Definitive Edition (Empress Valley)
Disc One (67:13) IS, HB, BD, SIBLY, R&R, STH, GTC, TTW, Tangerine
Disc Two (41:16) D&C, WIAWSNB, Celebration Day
Disc Three (36:54) WLL medley, Weekend, Gallows Pole
This new release uses what is believed to be a fourth(!) source tape from the Ipswich, UK show of 17
November 1971. Previous versions of this show on bootleg included "Two Penny Upright", "Over the 12
Foot End", "Ipswich 1971" (TDOLZ), and the original "Feelin' Groovy" (Empress Valley). One or both of
two original good/very good source tapes were used for the first 3 titles mentioned. "Feelin' Groovy"
used a near excellent third source tape. All sources were not complete, missing at least the last 5
minutes of the WLL medley and any encores.This new fourth source tape is very good in quality and is the
2nd best of the four. All instruments are very clear. Plant seems at bit low in the mix, but that may be
mainly the first crashing notes of songs such as R&R and BD. What makes this source special is that the WLL
medley is complete for the first time and two encore tracks are presented, the rarely played "Weekend" and
The even rarer "Gallows Pole". "Gallow's Pole", like it's previous appearance on a bootleg recording at
Copenhagen from the previous May, seems to be played by Page on his Gibson double-neck guitar. This version
is similar to the Copenhagen one, with Bonzo underlining the end of each verse with drum crashes. The band
seems rather confident with this version (which is amazing, considering how infrequently this song was played
live) and Page's guitar noodling at the end of the song is shorter than that at Copenhagen. With the
improved recording quality, compared to Copenhagen, this track is a real pleasure, IMO.As for the rest of the
CD, STH, TTW, and Tangerine appear to be missing on the new source tape. Empress Valley used the near excellent
source from its previous version of this show for STH and TTW, but inexplicably Tangerine is from one of the
original source tapes and is distant and muddy sounding. It they tried, Empress Valley could have released
this new source on two discs, as Plant's dialogue and the opening notes of WLL are included at the end of disc
two and repeated at the beginning of disc three. This is a shame, considering the high prices charged by this
"premium" bootleg label. The packaging is similar to other Empress Valley releases, with the discs recessed
in a heavy cardboard "block" with a slipcover wrapping up the package. Photos from November 1969(!) were used
on the cover. There has been some speculation that a third encore of "Communication Breakdown" was played at
this show, so stayed tuned for "Feelin' Groovy Definitive Definitive Edition". (Chris Gust, Nov 2000)
Feelin' Groovy Definitive Edition Empress Valley - EVSD 52/53/54 - 3CD
November 16, 1971 St. Mathew's Baths - Ipswich, England
DISC ONE: Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Black Dog, Since I've Been Loving You, Going To California, That's
The Way, Tangerine
DISC TWO: Dazed And Confused, What Is And What Should Never Be, Celebration Day
DISC THREE: Whole Lotta Love Medley, Weekend, Gallows Pole
This release comes packaged in Empress Valley's unique "long box" design case. The outer sleeve is open-ended on
both sides and a heavy cardboard "tray" slides in/out. The tray has an opening carved out of the middle that the
3 discs rest in. There's a small, credit card-sized insert that contains photos of the venue. Each disc is housed
in a cream-colored paper sleeve with the Empress Valley logo printed in gold in the lower right corner. The
source tape is a very good, clear audience tape but it is biased towards the higher frequencies. The sound becomes
distorted on the high-end of the spectrum because the recorder can't handle what's being thrown at it. It is still
a highly enjoyable release. The audience is very restrained, polite perhaps. In any event, they are quiet and
pplaud when appropriate and talking around the recorder is minimal. Stairway To Heaven is spliced in from an
alternate, but near excellent sounding source tape as is That's The Way. The only downside to the alternate source
is the amount of tape hiss present. Disc one fades out during the bass intro to Dazed And Confused. Disc two
picks up repeating about 15 seconds of the end of disc one ensuring no tape is missed in the disc change. If you
listen carefully to the Dazed And Confused medley, you can hear snippets of what will evolve into The Crunge. Dazed
also features a tape swap lasting maybe 30 seconds or so before switching back. Disc two fades out just as Whole
Lotta Love starts and disc three starts off repeating several seconds of disc two. The specialness of this show
however, doesn't become apparent until the encores. Eddie Cochran's Weekend is played followed by the extremely
rare live rendition of Gallows Pole. The audience was relentless in requesting Gallows and the band finally
succumbs to the pressure. The tail end of Gallows has the smallest of a snip of alternate tape spliced in. The set
should have been released onto 2CDs and not 3, but what's done is done. Worth the asking price if you're really
into Empress Valley, if you're a diehard Gallows Pole fan and/or to fans of early Zeppelin and the 1971 tour in
particular. (Steve Prendergast February 03)
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