Led Zeppelin 1968 12 30 - Spokane torrent

On Led Zeppelin's fifth day in America, they played a gig in a gym most of
us would recognize from high school basketball, at a small college in
Spokane, Washington. According to the promoter, the band were so stoned
when they arrived that he literally had to help Robert Plant onstage. Jimmy
Page allegedly threw a punch at the promoter as he (the promoter) came
offstage after introducing the band as "The group formerly known as The
Yardbirds," but was so stoned he missed completely.

About 1200 people got to see this show live. Most of them were there to see
Vanilla Fudge, who had been popular and had several hits that year. Our
boys were billed as "Len Zefflin" in print ads. At least one kind soul
recorded it. Maybe it was the newness, or the insult of irrelevance, or the
haze of pot smoke, or the kids on the floor of the gym - there were no
chairs so that the crowd could gather around the stage. Whatever caused it,
the Hindenburg catches fire on this night and the Zeppelin emerges
victorious.

The setlist is mainly the first album. It's all they've got - they've been
a band four months. This is their fifth show in five nights - they've
played every night since landing in Denver the day after Christmas. They'd
played just 22 shows before leaving for America. The first album wouldn't
come out for two more weeks.

This is the rawest form. Led Zeppelin as it began. Playing in front of
1200 college kids who got discounted tickets because the student government
had a deal with Concerts West. Gonzaga '68. The Kennedy Pavilion. Special
thanks to Frank Reddon, who generously shares his exclusive interview with
the student-promoter of this gig at his fabulous website:
http://enzepplopedia.com and also supplied this show to my collection.



Gonzaga University - Spokane, WA
December 30, 1968
The Kennedy Pavilion
Mono
Capricorn Records - 1994
CR-2031E


Lineage:
TimD Silvers > FLAC[8] via TLH

Setlist:

Train Kept A Rollin' - 2:36
I Can't Quit You Baby - 7:03
As Long As I Have You - 9:14
Fresh Garbage
Shake
Hush
Dazed and Confused - 9:53
White Summer - 7:00
How Many More Times - 16:15
The Hunter
Pat's Delight - 7:06