From Loudersound.
On February 25, 1972, Led Zeppelin played the third show of a six-date Australasian tour, at Western Springs Stadium, a venue in New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland.
Standing near the front was 20-year-old photographer Lloyd Godman, armed with an 8mm movie camera, who managed to capture some footage of the band in full flow. He then consigned the film to his shed, where it lay undisturbed for the best part of half a century.
“I knew I had this roll of film in the shed so I sent it off to get digitised,” Godman tells the New Zealand Herald. “I knew there was band stuff on it but I didn’t know what it was. It came back and there was the Zeppelin film.”
The five minutes of film may be quite murky, but a Zeppelin archivist in the US was able to synch the footage to sound recordings from the event, and the results were premiered yesterday on the LedZepFilm YouTube channel.
Among the snippets of tracks played in the film are Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, Dazed And Confused, Rock And Roll and Whole Lotta Love.
“[My reaction was] really one of joy,” says Godman, “because, of the still photographs I took, I only ended up with six shots, which were really the rejects because the promoter had picked through the best of them and they just disappeared. So finding this was like finding gold really.”
He continues: “It’s really timeless music, some of that stuff. It’s so powerful and I think the combination of musicians that came together to form the group – it was just like a giant cyclone.
“The way a cyclone’s formed is, you know, all the energy was there – it just came together and it just formed into this amazing vortex that not only carried them along but carried everybody else along as well.”
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LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin III (1980s German issue of the 1970 10-track vinyl LP on the orange & green Atlantic label, ('W') embossed gatefold picture sleeve with rotating wheel front cover printed with 'Atlantic Deluxe' in light blue. This issueshows three lines of circumference text to the label. The sleeve shows minimal shelfwear and the vinyl remains in excellent condition with few signs of play ATL50002)
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II + Poster - Japanese - vinyl LP - £55.00, $68.20, €62.70 (New Item) (arrived 28-Jan-2023 09:43)on January 30, 2023 at 1:12 am
LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin II (70s Japanese issue of the 1969 9-track LP, housed in a heavyweight gatefold picture sleeve without the price printed on the sleeve, with English lyric insert & fold-out poster. The sleeve is Excellent with a spot oflight foxing, the poster is unused & the vinyl is Near Mint with few signs of play P-10101A)
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV - 8th + Inner - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $37.20, €34.20 (New Item) (arrived 24-Jan-2023 09:20)on January 30, 2023 at 1:12 am
LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin IV (Late 70s UK eighth issue of the classic 1971 8-track LP on the green & orange Atlantic label with the Warner logo at the end of the perimeter label print & correct song spellings, smooth gatefold picture sleeve withnon-flipback inner. The sleeve & vinyl remain in superb Excellent condition. Classic Zep! K50008)
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II - 80s - German - vinyl LP - £25.00, $31.00, €28.50 (New Item) (arrived 24-Jan-2023 10:09)on January 30, 2023 at 1:12 am
LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin II (Late 80s German issue of the 1969 9-track stereo LP on a green & orange Atlantic label with 'K40037' catalogue number, housed in a glossy barcoded gatefold picture sleeve with '40 037' number & both label & sleevecredit for 'The Lemon Song'. The sleeve shows only minor edgewear & the vinyl looks barely played K40037)
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II - 3rd - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £50.00, $62.00, €57.00 (New Item) (arrived 24-Jan-2023 11:51)on January 30, 2023 at 1:12 am
LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin II (1970 UK third press 9-track LP on the plum & red Atlantic label with Lemon Song credited as Killing Floor, light brown gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some general shelfwear commensurate with its age, with some light edge scuffing and an indentation to the front. The vinyl remains in VG+/EX- condition with just light surface scuffs to show for its fifty-plus years. Although not mint, a very respectable copy of this classic rock staple at an advantageous price)
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