Re: anybody remember.......3-18-71??

[Jwycliffe@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 97-10-03 07:23:16 EDT, 

Steve writes:

<< What I'm basically writing to say, or ask really, is .........does 
anybody  know of, or have a boot of a gig the band played at "The 
Mayfair" on the 18th of March '71 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, 
on the small clubs tour of that period. I've got a mate who was there, 
and he says he can remember them playing something he hadn't heard
before, and that he is fairly certain wasn't on the 4th album.......suppose
it could have been something in the medley of WLL, but just wondered 
if there  was a definate track that they played live rarely, that was aired
on the night in question...........surely not!! My mate must have got it 
wrong musn't he???? He was probably in a drunken stupor after all. A 
set list if anybody has the info would be appreciated. >>

   Zep used the back to the clubs tour to preview the fourth album.
So your mate would have heard a number of songs which he had 
never heard before. However, they would have been from the fourth
album. No bootleg recording is known to exist from the March 18th,
1971 performance at The Mayfair ,in Newcastle-on-Tyne. However,
typical set lists from this tour were:

Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Since I've Been Loving You, Black
Dog*, Dazed + Confused, Stairway To Heaven*, Going To California*,
That's the Way, What Is and What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, 
Whole Lotta Love (medley), Communication Breakdown.

* are songs being previewed for the first time from the fourth album.
So it is likely your mate has in mind one of these songs from the
fourth album, or possibly a rarity included in the WLL medley. The
other consideration is that within a month Led Zeppelin would be
experimenting with "Four Sticks" and more extensively with "Gallows
Pole" in the set list. This is highly unlikely as these seem to be first
previewed at the Copenhagen concert in May only being attempted
a few other times in the ensuing European dates.

Hope this helps,
Paul