Uploaded June 2019 | Updated September 2026, 18 hours ago
This is a revisit to one of my first uploads, viewable here: youtube.com/watch?v=BE0IdTLkfN4
I created this from scratch, as I did 3 years ago, and the sheer improvement really surprised me. It just goes to show what years of study looks like in a finished product.
There is a slight hiss which is from the drum track, as bringing out the highs also brought that out. I would be able to fix that if I had the actual master tapes, but alas, this bootleg version is inferior.
I plan to do the other three LZII multitrack songs (Whole Lotta Love, What Is and What Should Never Be, Heartbreaker) just as an exercise for me, because I find the mixing and mastering process to be very soothing.
This is a revisit to one of my first uploads, viewable here: youtube.com/watch?v=BE0IdTLkfN4
I created this from scratch, as I did 3 years ago, and the sheer improvement really surprised me. It just goes to show what years of study looks like in a finished product.
There is a slight hiss which is from the drum track, as bringing out the highs also brought that out. I would be able to fix that if I had the actual master tapes, but alas, this bootleg version is inferior.
I plan to do the other three LZII multitrack songs (Whole Lotta Love, What Is and What Should Never Be, Heartbreaker) just as an exercise for me, because I find the mixing and mastering process to be very soothing.
![Led Zeppelin: Psycho a GoGo! [Bootleg] (FIRST EVER SBD)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vyQYgec96vc/mqdefault.jpg "Led Zeppelin: Psycho a GoGo! [Bootleg] (FIRST EVER SBD)
Led Zeppelin at Fillmore West on January 11th, 1969; one day before Led Zeppelin I was released.
This is the first known soundboard recording of Led Zeppelin, and I really think this is an outstanding bootleg.
There were a few really quiet parts in it though, like the beginning of Dazed and Confused for example. I did what I could to boost the quiet parts without doing anything to the quality of the recording.
The entire middle section of How Many More Times is missing though, so theres one con to this bootleg.
2:01 Has anybody got a Les Paul?
2:46 I Cant Quit You Baby
8:50 Dazed and Confused
22:07 You Shook Me
30:07 How Many More Times [Incomplete]
38:38 Communication Breakdown")
![Led Zeppelin: All My Love (Extended Rough Mix) [Remastered]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vydJSvVXfm8/mqdefault.jpg "Led Zeppelin: All My Love (Extended Rough Mix) [Remastered]
Recorded November 14th, 1978, at Polar Studios in Sweden. This is notably over a minute longer than the album version, and features Jimmys lost solo at the end of the song. This also doesnt feature JPJs infamous keyboard solo in the middle of the song.
I was able to give this mix a much more polished sound. Compare to the original upload, which is somehow, by far, my most viewed video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5td_GXzqLA")
![Led Zeppelin: Since Ive Been Loving You [Isolated Vocal Track]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/w1srtlVaFME/mqdefault.jpg "Led Zeppelin: Since Ive Been Loving You [Isolated Vocal Track]
This has floated around before on bootlegs. Its not the whole song, but a vast majority of it. I did what I could to boost the clarity.
Lets hope this doesnt get blocked :)")
![Live at the Texas International Pop Festival - Led Zeppelin [Remastered]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wDRz1qGR43c/mqdefault.jpg "Live at the Texas International Pop Festival - Led Zeppelin [Remastered]
August 31, 1969
Lewisville, Texas
0:00 The Train Kept A-Rollin
2:59 I Cant Quit You Baby
9:49 D&C
24:49 You Shook Me
35:31 HMMT
57:54 CB
Ive never take the time to really focus my attention on this whole concert. This is an interesting soundboard, because of how strange the mix was. The vocals, bass, and reverb from the guitar and drums were all hard-panned to the left, and the meat of the drums and guitar were hard-panned to the right. Listening to the unaltered recording honestly reminded me of listening to an early Beatles stereo mix.
I tried my best to balance the entire thing by focusing on the right and left channels individually, then mixing them together into a satisfactory final mix.
P.S.
I am aware that the version of The Train Kept A-Rollin in this video sounds much better than the Cutting Room Floor version I put out literally 2 months ago.
Think nothing of it for now, other than that I always try to improve my abilities.")
![Dancing in the Doldrums - Led Zeppelin [1980 Concert Matrix Compilation]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wTAQXdLFMxw/mqdefault.jpg "Dancing in the Doldrums - Led Zeppelin [1980 Concert Matrix Compilation]
The purpose of this project was to use recordings of the 1980 Tour Over Europe to create an accessible concert-length experience, in the style of the official concert albums like The Song Remains the Same, and How the West was Won. What makes this project particularly unique is that I combined the soundboard and audience recordings, using both perspectives to create a rich-sounding matrix for the entirety of the concert.
Rather than trying to select the overall best performances, I prioritized creating a complete, polished concert, without any awkward cuts mid-song, or anything that would detract from the listening experience. In searching for concerts to use for this, I settled on building off of the June 23rd and 24th concerts, due to both not only having full soundboards, but also two of the best audience recordings from the tour. I used the other two concerts to fill in the gaps where necessary. Once I knew I had everything covered, I then opted for the better performances of what was available.
Unfortunately, despite using the most complete recordings, there are a couple quirks in the soundboards, most notably gaps at the beginning of the Rain Song and Rock and Roll, and also some weird high-end fluctuations in Trampled Under Foot.
I think an interesting byproduct of this project is that it focuses on a part of the tour that isnt often listened to. Frankfurt and Zurich are two places that come to mind when thinking of the 1980 Tour Over Europe, and while those concerts are fantastic, I found it somewhat refreshing to use lesser-known concerts.
Id like to dedicate this project to everyone who bought Zeppelin tickets in late-summer 1980.
Special thanks to Ed from The Dogs of Doom for the tapes.
These are the concerts used:
June 20th, 1980, in Brussels, Belgium
June 21st, 1980, in Rotterdam, Netherlands
June 23th, 1980, in Bremen, Germany
June 24th, 1980, in Hanover, Germany
0:00 The Train Kept A-Rollin - June 20
3:06 Nobodys Fault but Mine - June 24
9:01 Black Dog - June 23
15:23 In the Evening - June 24
24:00 The Rain Song - June 21
32:05 Hot Dog - June 20
35:59 All My Love - June 24
42:08 Trampled Under Foot - June 21
50:21 Since Ive Been Loving You - June 23
1:00:58 Achilles Last Stand - June 20
1:11:45 White Summer/Black Mountain Side - June 23
1:19:20 Kashmir - June 23
1:28:54 Stairway to Heaven - June 24
1:44:26 Rock and Roll - June 23
1:48:41 Communication Breakdown - June 24
1:52:53 Heartbreaker - June 21")
![Led Zeppelin: Madison Square Garden 1977 [Remastered]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yvlAMnK6j8Q/mqdefault.jpg "Led Zeppelin: Madison Square Garden 1977 [Remastered]
June 7th, 1977, in New York, NY
0:32 The Song Remains the Same
6:02 The Rover/Sick Again
12:55 Nobodys Fault But Mine
20:31 In My Time of Dying
32:09 Since Ive Been Loving You
41:45 No Quarter
1:08:46 Ten Years Gone
1:19:38 The Battle of Evermore
1:25:56 Going to California
1:32:53 Black Country Woman [cuts out]
1:33:25 Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
1:39:22 White Summer/Black Mountain Side
1:45:42 Kashmir [featuring an out-of-tune Mellotron]
1:56:33 Over the Top/Moby Dick
2:18:55 someone shoots off fireworks
2:19:06 Guitar Solo
2:29:40 Achilles Last Stand
2:39:49 Stairway to Heaven [solo only]
2:46:00 Whole Lotta Love
2:47:25 Rock and Roll")
![Led Zeppelin - Swan Song/Black Mountain Side/Kashmir [April 28th, 1977]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z4XgDjuoPHc/mqdefault.jpg "Led Zeppelin - Swan Song/Black Mountain Side/Kashmir [April 28th, 1977]
Led Zeppelin live at the Richfield Coliseum in Cleveland, Ohio - April 28th, 1977
This is a two-source audience matrix of arguably one of the greatest ever performances of Kashmir. It uses source 1 as the main anchor source, occupying the center, and source 2 for the left and right sides of the stereo image.
It also utilizes AI audio separation, similar to the MAL de-mixing technology used in recent Beatles releases. Ive used it here to bolster the punch of the drums, and to bring Robert Plants vocals more to the forefront of the mix.
Living Reflections is perhaps my most experimental project to date. It is an LP-length live album featuring hand-picked selections from all across Led Zeppelins touring years. What makes this project unique is that all of these tracks are matrix mixes of ONLY audience recordings. There are no soundboard recordings featured in this project. This is a first for this channel.
Although the sound fidelity of this project is a step or two behind the usual, I consider this perhaps my proudest achievement to date. Its been slowly brewing since 2021, and its taken many forms and trajectories, and been subjected to years of tinkering, before settling into this finished product. I hope you enjoy.")
