Re: OTHAFA '72

[Jwycliffe@xxxxxxx]

The following is the content of a private post John Williams
sent to me, and my response. As it corrects a post I sent
to the list recently, I am sure he won't mind its reproduction
here...

 John wrote:

 << Just a quick note about OTHAFA --
 it was played for the first time in seattle on 6/19/72, not LA on
 6/25. i have the tape where they play it as an encore.  great show,
 lousy tapes unfortunately... >>

John:

  Thanks. I have the tapes too, where they played it as the last 
encore prior to the reprise of Dancing Days. I should have said 
the 6-25-72 version suffers from the glitches of a new set piece, 
rather than a first time performance. It is ashame that Zep did not
pull OTHAFA out of the bag for the 6-22-72 San Bernadino show,
as a great recording of that show exists. I prefer Seattle 6-19-72
to LA in terms of performance, but as you indicated the recording
is inferior. Nonetheless, the new CD release The Evergreen: Seattle,
6-19-72 is a nice package; TDOLZ did as much as they could with
the tapes they had to work with. Thanks again, John.

~Paul