LED Zeppelin Destroyer Vinyl Bootleg
Sold Date:
March 24, 2019
Start Date:
March 17, 2019
Final Price:
£250.00
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Very rare 4 album set bootleg in it's original black presentation case. The vinyl is in excellent almost un-played condition, a few clicks and and pops mainly on the run-ins . The presentation case has both locking tabs in tact and is also in great condition with just some slight fading and staining to the labels. Great audio quality as it's from the soundboard, not from a fan in the crowd with a tape recorder! This is a true piece of Rock history, and a must have for any serious Zep fan or collector.
I bought this in around 1980, as I collected lots of vinyl back then (check out my other items). It was played through once (on a Dual CS-505-2 turntable with a high-end cartridge), then taped. It has been stored since then, until I recently digitized using same turntable/cartridge after a pro-clean.
This item is for sale elsewhere and as such I reserve the right to end this auction should it sell privately.
Here's a review culled from the web, you'll find a few, they all say pretty much the same, i.e this is the one to have. Later issues had only 3 discs with no Moby Dick, or came in a cardboard box.
Despite being part of a tour that eventually devolved into violence and heartbreak, put it all together during their April 27, 1977, stop at the Richfield Coliseum near Cleveland – and everyone got to share in the experience.
"Zeppelin-ologists claim this was one of Led Zeppelin's best shows on the tour,"
The best of the Led Zeppelin bootlegs is the 4 disc set Destroyer, which included the entire 18-song performance – from the opening "The Song Remains the Same" through to a two-song encore of "Rock and Roll" and "Trampled Under Foot" that arrived more than three hours later. Better still, unlike lo-fi fare such as the fan-made bootleg Listen to This Eddie from later on during the same tour, Destroyer offered remarkably clear audio.
Zeppelin ended up running through an of fan favorites that night in Cleveland, including "Since I've Been Loving You," "Stairway to Heaven" and "Kashmir," while sprinkling in newer fare like "Achilles Last Stand" from their latest album . A standout moment arrived courtesy of , who led an improvisational run through "No Quarter" that stretched to 20 minutes.
"Working from both electric and acoustic pianos, John Paul Jones again impressed with his general versatility," a reviewer for the local paper wrote in April 1977. " later joined in for what to me was his apogee of an evening’s worth of standout soloing. It was one of the best rock jams I’ve ever witnessed."
The liner notes for Destroyer, issued by the Shout to the Top label, actually thank for use of the tapes – though initial vinyl pressings incorrectly placed the concert at Seattle. Later, a bootleg of the bootleg appeared; it was edited down to two discs by omitting Led Zeppelin's lengthy take on "Moby Dick."
Together, these boots seem to celebrate a band at the top of its game. A show held three days after this Cleveland stop went on to draw more than 76,000 fans to Detroit's Pontiac Silverdome – setting a record for an indoor arena at that time.
In actuality, however, Destroyer documented the beginning of the end.
