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Jimmy Page And Robert Plant -Celebrating Third And Fourth Days 4cd

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Rare Japanese 4 disc set

Much like Led Zeppelin’s first visit to Japan in 1971, Page and Plants visit in 1996 meant they were able to relax and pull out many unique performances. It also meant allowed them the fiddle around with the setlist and rearrange the number and sequence of songs played. The first couple of shows in Tokyo were quite strict with the setlist, but by the third night they began to stretch out and take some risks. With risk comes the potential for disaster and on-stage breakdown, and the first show in Celebrating Third And Fourth Day has several breakdowns. But that is the charm and reason for collecting these recordings. They don’t have to be musically perfect, but rather an honest record of the risks the artists are willing to take. The Symbols utilize very good to excellent DAT recordings of both concerts. Third Night 8th of February 1996 The third Budokan show starts off standard with the middle eastern tape before the first tune Celebration Day and the first medley of Bring It On Home, Heartbreaker and What Is And What Should Never Be. Afterwards it the first big surprise of the night. The Rain Song is played acoustically with orchestra as it was on Unledded, but nowhere else on the tour. Page hits bum note at the very beginning and continues to make minor mistakes, but it sounds gorgeous. The Nigel Eaton hurdy gurdy solo leads into When The Levee Breaks, not Gallows Pole as is most common on the tour. Afterwards is the second big surprise when they play Tea For One for the first time ever. It breaks down at the beginning prompting Plant to say, This is the rehearsal for the bootleg. Page And Plant play a slow, dreamy version of Down By The Seaside from Physical Graffiti in the Whole Lotta Love medley, and Break On Through sees Page fiddling with the wah-wah pedal and Plant shouting Freak out. Plant introduces the orchestra before they attempt Yallah. But there is a major foul up in the equipment and they have to abort the song. Thank you, another new song Plant says sarcastically when they stop. This is a remarkable evening. It’s fantastic. This is like the best rehearsal….we have been on tour now for one hundred and three, one-zero-three concerts, and there’s still major fuck-ups. Four Sticks is introduced as another new song and the rest of the show precedes to Kashmir without any more incidents. But the first encore is quite confusing. It sounds as if Page wants to play Custard Pie and plays a riff resembling the song. Plant stops and addresses Tokyo before Page starts Black Dog. At the end of the song Page plays riffs from Out On The Tiles and Misty Mountain Hop. Overall it’s a strange but ultimately rewarding show for the Page and Plant collector. Fourth Night 9th of February 1996 The following Page and Plant make amends for the previous night’s disaster. Dispensing with the opening tape, they start off with a perfect rendition of The Rain Song with orchestra. It’s a low key beginning to a fantastic concert, one of the best from the tour. What really makes these performances of The Rain Song is, since it’s not segued with The Song Remains The Same as in the days of Led Zeppelin, they’re able to play it in the proper key (older live performances were played a step higher than the album cut). The mellowness continues with the surreal arrangement of No Quarter before the rest of the band come on stage for Babe I’m Gonna Leave You. The Led Zeppelin II medley is lacking Bring It On Home, but has Heartbreaker and Ramble On with a short reference to What Is And What Should Never Be tacked onto the end (the staccato guitar riff). Whole Lotta Love is played earlier in the set this night and includes Cream’s Spoonful in addition to Break On Through and Dazed And Confused. Again further to make amends for the previous evening, they attempt Tea For One a second time with Plant explaining, this song we attempted to do last night with disastrous effects. It’s our second attempt to do it in the history of mankind, so let’s keep our fingers crossed for the first minute and a half. In contrast, this evening’s performance is flawless. And after Dancing Days, they play Yallah with no problems. The rest of the show settles down into a comfortable groove with the very long Kashmir being the evening to a stirring close. The encores are Black Dog and Rock And Roll. Celebrating Third And Fourth Days comes packaged in a standard fatboy jewel case with very basic artwork, just like the other titles in the series and is a good way to obtain these two interesting concerts from Page and Plant’s Japan tour.

Track list:
Disc 1 and 2: Budokan Hall, Tokyo Japan Feb 8 1996
1. Intro
2. Celebration Day
3. Bring It On Home
4. Heartbreaker
5. What Is And What Should Never Be
6. The Rain Song
7. Hurdy-Gurdy Solo
8. When The Levee Breaks
9. Gallows Pole
10. Tea For One
11. The Song Remains The Same
12. Babe Im Gonna Leave You
13. Whole Lotta Love
14. Yallah
15. Four Sticks
16. Egyptian Pharaohs
17. In The Evening
18. Kashmir
19. Black Dog
20. Rock And Roll
Disc 3 and 4: Budokan Hall Tokyo Japan Feb 9 1996
21. Opening
22. The Rain Song
23. No Quarter
24. Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You
25. Immigrant Song-intro
26. The Wanton Song
27. Heartbreaker
28. Ramble On
29. Hurdy-Gurdy Solo
30. Gallows Pole
31. Whole Lotta Love
32. Tea For One
33. Dancing Days
34. Yallah
35. Four Sticks
36. In The Evening
37. Kashmir
38. Black Dog
39. Rock And Roll

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