The song remains...
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| 1966 23 October On This Day The Yardbirds San Francisco at Fillmore Auditorium |
1966 The Yardbirds - San Francisco, CA at Fillmore Auditorium
1976 Led Zeppelin – TSRTS promo, US television debut on
Don Kirshner's Rock Show
1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Boston, MA at Fleet Center
1966:
'Eleven amplifiers, eleven amplifiers, the Yardbirds have 11
amplifiers, Jesus Christ -- the words seemed to spring from the air in the Fillmore last Sunday as the
other groups on the afternoon show waited for the Yardbirds, the stars, and the
amplifiers, and their equipment to arrive. Standel advertises that 10 of theirs
have the power to kill anyone standing in front of them ... [The Yardbirds']
first note reveals the meaning of the eleven amplifiers. The guitar has a
power, a fullness of tone, a depth that has not been often heard outside a
recording studio. The sound moves out of the three amplifiers and possesses
you, driving the normal impulses out of your nervous system and replacing them
with music. But not a music that you've ever heard before. It has the textures
and rhythms of Chicago blues, like almost all rock now, but as they play the
bass player turns his body so that his instrument is facing the 27 square feet
of amplifier and speakers that stand behind him, taller than he, and the
feedback tones fill the room with a sound more powerful than anything before
it, and touching more on what is happening, and then the lead guitarist goes
into an incredible distorted nm with notes and feedback blending into a
beautiful new sound ... No other group has been as close to it as the Yardbirds --Beatles, Stones forget it.
At the back of the hall it is too loud, muddy, much of it inaudible and the
sound system has utterly failed to match the eleven amplifiers. Not a word can
be heard.... I am convinced, I am converted, the Yardbirds are the best group
in the world. It took a day to come down from that idea. After it was over I
watched them leave, clear smiles on their faces and plane schedules on their
minds, and I remembered what they had done to my favorite music, and how my
mind ached with the glory of today [but] all the songs sounded the same ...
They don't have the variety or didn't choose to on stage that day. Like
Butterfield they did one thing, and really well.'
1976:
Don Kirshner’s Rock Show website says that the TSRTS footage was aired on 29 September 1976. I tend to doubt that. Given that the movie hadn’t been released yet and Swan Song’s news release was dated October 15, I’m going with the 23 October 1976 date.
"Although they never appeared live on the show, footage from Zeppelin’s 1976 film, The Song Remains the Same, was aired on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert on September 29, 1976. Featured selects included performances of “Rock and Roll”, “Bring It On Home”, “Wear Flowers In Your Hair”, “Black Dog”, and “Dazed and Confused.” The astounding 25 minute performance of “Dazed and Confused” showcased some of the band’s wildest stage antics, particularly Jimmy Page’s technique with a violin bow. "
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| 1976 Swan Song press release for TSRTS |
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| Jimmy Page playing Stairway To Heaven, from the TSRTS movie |
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♪ Stairway To Heaven (Led Zeppelin, from TSRTS movie 1976) YouTube
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