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 II - 70s - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.75, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 25-Apr-2024 12:17)on April 27, 2024 at 6:26 am
LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin II (70s UK issue of the 1969 9-track stereo vinyl LP, glossy non-barcoded gatefold sleeve with the label printed 'K40037'. Gatefold sleeve. The sleeve shows minor foxing and shelfwear, whilst the vinyl displays a couple of faint superficial hairlines and light signs of play - a great play copy offered at an advantageous price K40037) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Led Zeppelin - The Complete Studio Recordings - US - cd album box set - £95.00, $118.75, €111.15 (New Item) (arrived 17-Apr-2024 17:35)on April 27, 2024 at 6:26 am
LED ZEPPELIN The Complete Studio Recordings (1993 US limited edition TEN CD box set featuring all nine studio albums as originally sequenced and digitally remastered by Jimmy Page & George Marino at Sterling Studio in New York, with four bonus tracks. The ten discs are paired up in five hardback book style digipak picture sleeves featuring the original album artwork inside together within an extensive booklet featuring details about the band with lots of great black and white and colour images, housed together in the 6" x 5.5" x 4.5" square picture box. The box displays just a little light general wear and the content remains in a really nice condition)
- Led Zeppelin - Remasters - EX - UK - 3-LP vinyl set - £95.00, $118.75, €111.15 (New Item) (arrived 09-Apr-2024 09:42)on April 27, 2024 at 6:26 am
LED ZEPPELIN Remasters (1990 UK 24-track triple vinyl LP compilation set manufactured in Germany, digitally remastered by Jimmy Page and George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York, in May 1990, tri-fold glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve on thisexample has only minor edgewear and corner scuffs, whilst the vinyl is in near as new condition. An excellent example of this pressing over thirty-years on ZEP1)
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV - 6th - Top - UK - vinyl LP - £40.00, $50.00, €46.80 (New Item) (arrived 09-Apr-2024 12:34)on April 27, 2024 at 6:26 am
LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin IV (Mid 1970s UK sixth issue of the classic 1971 8-track vinyl LP, the first issue on the green & orange Atlantic label with the 'Misty Mountain Top' label error. This is probably one of the most recognisable albums in history, with the classic Stairway To Heaven, Rock N Roll & When The Levee Breaks, gatefold picture sleeve complete with album credits/Stairway lyric inner. The cover shows minimal wear, the inner is free of splits and aside from two very fainthairline scuffs, the vinyl appears barely played K50008) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV - Remastered 180 Gram - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £26.99, $33.74, €31.58 (New Item) (arrived 09-Apr-2024 14:37)on April 27, 2024 at 6:26 am
LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin IV (2014 UK/EU 8-track LP, their classic 4th album from 1971 Remastered & Produced by Jimmy Page. Pressed on audiophile quality 180-gram heavyweight vinyl, including Stairway To Heaven, Black Dog and Rock And Roll. Housed inside the iconic gatefold picture sleeve replicating the original cover artwork, hype sticker on the front and Swan Song hologram sticker on the reverse. Factory sealed. Essential) #Top 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
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