Re: Tour Over Europe " Book of Magic"

["Muneo Imamura"<imamura@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrew Fagan <af091255@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote,

>In Dave Lewis and Simon Pallett's Concert File, they list the top 50
>Zep bootlegs.  Among them is "Led Zeppelin 1980", which is alleged to be 
>similar in appearance to a book of magic, and that it contains all of 
>the 1980 gigs.  Has anyone here ever seen, bought, stolen or otherwise 
>heard of this?  I'd imagine that this would cost a tremendous sum of 
>money to acquire.

In the summer of 1996, Tarantura launched its long term "Tour Over Europe " 
project.  Of course, some complains were raised because Tarantura had 
already released "Blitzkrieg Over Europe(Mainly Frankfurt)" and "Eye Thank 
Yew(2 days in Mannheim)".  Well, "Heineken(Berlin)" was then withdrawn and 
kept in storage!     

Anyway, the first batch were 6/23 Bremen, 6/24 Hanover, and 6/29 Zurich.  I 
am not sure how many copies were made but maybe 500 to 1000.

The aforementioned "Book of Magic" is a holder/binder made to file each CD 
set to be released.  The only 300 copies were made as a free gift for the 
first 300 purchaser of the above three CD titles.   Mmmm I think I am 
tedious.   

However, before the completion of this project, Tarantura retired in late 
1997.  So far, Cologne, Nuremberg, Frankfurt, and 2 days in Mannheim have 
been missing in this proper collection.  The "Blitzkrieg" and the "Eye Thank 
Yew" don't fit in the binder!!!!

Lastly, I have no idea how much the "Book of Magic" is.  I have never seen 
it on sale in collectors markets even in Japan.

Muneo