RARE DOUBLE LP "H & R PRODUCTIONS" ORIG THE LAST BRAWL ZEPPELIN ?? Hard Psych

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                           H & A PRODUCTIONS

Original hard to find limited edition from many years ago...has been always hard to find, here is a one off copy that happened to turn up, obviously a highly desirable collectible.

The tensions in the interim of these gigs is well documented. The backstage violence between Bonham and members of Zeppelin’s road crew and Bill Graham’s staff were intense and even lead the band to threaten to not play this gig. They would be arrested after the gig with their mugshots splattered across the evening news.
Despite the off-stage drama this is a very good show. The Last Performance In The U.S.A. is historically important. Plant  apologizes before “Over The Hills And Far Away,” saying, “If we seem to be just a little bit sluggish now we shall start to liven up cause we’re not even awake about forty five minutes. You know how it is, which is no excuse admittedly. We’re gonna do a song from before the flood you might say. We must have a short break while Jimmy puts a belt on his trousers. He’s losing his pants. That would be one of the worst things to happen. It’s just one of the formalities of getting dressed in the morning.” He then jokes, “So this is what they call daylight?” Plant makes constant reference to the bright sunny afternoon. For example he calls ”Since I’ve Been Loving You” a “blues for a summer’s day.” The only other outdoor afternoon gig this visit was the June 3rd show in Tampa which, because of a heavy rainstorm and a misunderstanding with the promoter resulted in a nasty riot.“The Song Remains The Same” the band play a groovy little riff as a warm up. After “Sick Again” Plant apologizes for the delay and says “it’s nice to see the sun again, surprising what sun can do I suppose. It’s more than a pleasure to be back because it’s been four years? Three years? Four years? Time goes by so quickly. So we won’t beat around the bush. We’re sorry for the delay. We thank Bill Graham for putting on a most spectacular… I think he built the place especially for rock concerts, and we’ll just keep playing.”

“Nobody’s Fault But Mine” is again followed by “Over The Hills And Far Away.” The Houses Of The Holy track had been alternating with “In My Time Of Dying” since their New York gigs, but it seems they decided to drop it for the third leg. The heavy metal guitar solo in the middle is appreciated by the audience.

“Since I’ve Been Loving You” is called “a touch of the English blues” and “No Quarter” is dedicated to Bill Graham (really a bad choice when you know the subtext). The final “No Quarter” played in America, it’s another excellent improvisation improved by a mysterious woman dancer onstage dancing along to Jones’ boogie piano. After the song, when they’re setting up for “Ten Years Gone,” Plant is at a loss what to say. ”John Paul Jones piano, Jimmy Page guitar, John Bonham drums, and Bill Graham’s ah, the young lady … something to do with, we don’t know who she was sorry. Thank you very much. The invisible dancer. Sorry, Bonzo’s bird” he jokes.

“The Years Gone,” a disaster the last time the band played the song, is much better this time. Before “The Battle Of Evermore” Plant brings Bonham to the front of the stage, introducing him as “John the Divine, John the Placid” and then dedicates the song to Dr. Larry Badgely, the tour’s physician and subject on a running gag in Cleveland back in April.

Before “Going To California,” a song written about their love for the Bay area, Plant reminisces about their first visit. “Being somewhat lost for words, this is a song that should be dedicated to when we, in nineteen sixty… I think sixty-eight. When we first came to the Fillmore, it might have been sixty-nine, there was an amazing atmosphere about the whole of San Francisco and all the surrounding areas. Something that we couldn’t really experience anywhere else, but in this town, and when you go back to England, dear England, you look back to California and you think about all the dreams that … sounds a bit mushy doesn’t it? All the dreams that you had and all the dreams that everybody else had so I guess this song relates to those days, and the extensions are still with us.”

They deliver a poignant performance of the piece and afterwards play a fast and hard “Mystery Train” as a prelude to “Black Country Woman.” Someone close to the microphone comments that Page looks stoned. ”Bron-Y-Aur Stomp” ends the acoustic portion of the show.

While they’re tuning for “Trampled Underfoot” Plant sings a line from the Elvis song “Surrender”: ”When we kiss my heart’s on fire / burning with a strange desire / So my darling please surrender” and then comments, “I think we’re developing some kind of heavy elation from playing in the daylight. It’s so unusual to do. It’s really stimulating?” Practicing for the next song, Plant sings “push / push” before introducing it as “the careful looking after an automobile.”

The Page ripping solo segues into “Achilles Last Stand.” The set ends with the encores are “Whole Lotta Love” and “Rock And Roll.” Bill Graham comes to the microphone afterwards and wishes everyone a good afternoon (before booking charges against the band).

A:
Nobody's Fault But Mine   
Over The Hills And Far Away   
Since I've Been Loving You   
B:
10 Years Gone   
Going To California   
Battle Of Evermore   
C:
Black Country Woman   
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp   
White Summer   
Black Mountain Side   
Kashmir   
D:
Star Spangled Banner   
Achilles Last Stand   
Whole Lotta Love   
Rock & Roll

CONDITION: The cover: rated: "EX" (excellent) custom paste-on's front and back side with white backing cover...  there are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing  ... VERY collection worthy ...

The vinyl: Rated: M-  both records, all 4 platters are clean and glossy  ...  all four "promo" labels are clean

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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