WHAT IT IS
Led Zeppelin :
The Forum,
Inglewood, California,
USA
06/25/77
(Delirium Treatment)
What an incredible show,
and Jimmy in particular is playing
some of the best guitar of the tour!
The entire band is in a
no nonsense mood,
playing the best they can.
No Quarter
and
Ten Years Gone
are beautiful
and
Achilles Last Stand
and
Stairway To Heaven
are exquisite.
Jimmy's solo in
Trampled Underfoot
is one of the best he's ever done
on that song and
the funky
Communication Breakdown encore
caps what is probably one
the best of the six
LA Forum shows.
The band returns for their fourth night
at The Forum
and it's evident that
some of the initial frenzy
has worn off as the
show gets underway.
Page's playing is
very loose during
The Song Remains the Same,
almost to a fault at times.
Plant once again mentions
the Badge Holders before
Nobody's Fault But Mine.
Page shreds wildly through
an excellent guitar solo.
As the song ends,
Plant tells the crowd
"we intend to try and put as much gusto
as possible into a saturday night for ya."
The band's final performance of
In My Time of Dying
features a short
impromptu rendition of
Rip it Up
during Plant's
"oh my Jesus" break.
Page is on fire
during a powerful
Since I've Been Loving You,
his fingers tear across the fretboard
in a furious cascade of notes
during the guitar solo.
No Quarter
features an
excellent blues improvisation
during Jones's piano solo.
Page blazes through an
epic guitar solo.
A woman near the taper
can be heard shouting "
and did you know that it is against
the law to rock and roll
in the United States of America?"
as
The Battle of Evermore
comes to a close.
Plant introduces
Going to California as
"the search for the Badge Holder."
The walls of the arena quake
under the power of
Bonzo's thunderous fills
near the end of Kashmir.
The band hammers
through an aggressive
Trampled Underfoot,
which is dedicated to
Robert Johnson.
Page shreds through a
somewhat erratic guitar solo.
Bonzo is introduced as
"the mainstay of the whole driving force
behind sleeping with Led Zeppelin"
before a marathon
Over the Top.
The band pummels the crowd
with a frantic
Achilles Last Stand.
Plant hints at
Communication Breakdown
before
Stairway to Heaven,
which features an
amazing guitar solo from Page.
As the band returns to the stage,
Plant announces
"Led Zeppelin salutes
a permanent Badge Holder"
after greeting groupie
Whole Lotta Love
is preceded by a funky intro.
The band closes the show
with an explosive
Communication Breakdown,
its first and
only appearance in 1977.
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