Led Zeppelin – Detroit Rock City 1973 Volume 2 / 4CD

Led Zeppelin – Detroit Rock City 1973 Volume 2 / 4CD / Graf Zeppelin

Live At Gobo Hall, Detroit , MI, USA 13th July 1973

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★ Remastered from the high-quality Aud sound source that debuted on the second day of the Detroit performance on July 13, 1973!
★ The band has been adjusted in a well-balanced manner, making it clearly easier to hear than the original sound source.
★ SB sound source is recorded on the 4th piece as a bonus. Dancing Days is supplemented with this first appearance Aud sound source.
★ With numbering sticker!

Live at Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI, USA 13th July 1973

From the 1973 North American tour, a title that includes all songs from the audience recording that debuted on July 13th in Detroit has appeared!

Speaking of the Detroit performance in 1973, the audience recording of the first day performance on July 12, the day before, has been a standard for a long time, and in recent years the second audience recording has been excavated, and by combining them, the whole picture of the first day is almost clear. It was quite a topic, but the main board was the same place, but the performance on the second and 13th of the Detroit performance the next day.
On this day, there was a 50-minute sound board sound source that captured only the final part of the live, but this time the audience recording finally appeared for the first time. Moreover, the appearance in almost complete recording (with 3 cuts) for about 2 hours and 50 minutes has an outstanding impact.

In terms of sound quality, it is also a point that it is a good stereo recording as a sound source that first appeared in recent years.Specifically, the performance itself is firmly localized in the center, and the sound image has a monaural texture, but the reverberation and the cheers of the audience It feels like stereo localization (* Dancing Days only has a almost monaural texture). For example, compared to the two Aud sound sources performed on the 12th of the first day, there is a slight sense of distance to the stage, but the roughness of the master’s sound is not so noticeable and the noise is less. It seems that the master this time appeared after some treatment was done, but even so, it is stable from beginning to end, and it can be said that it is a fairly excellent sound source that can be viewed through with almost no problems except for three cuts.

In this board, the minimum necessary careful mastering is performed based on this first appearance master.
In the original master, the low and high frequencies were lacking near the mid range, and the texture was flat and poorly removed with a thin film, but the EQ balance correction was done mainly for the reinforcement of the low and high frequencies. , Hiss has increased a little, but the balance correction of Shioume, which clearly has a good outlook and gives a feeling of groove and power of the original performance, has been finely applied. Also, of course, the volume that was low is adjusted appropriately within the range that does not distort.

On the editorial side, it seems that some treatment was originally applied, and there seems to be no major correction point, but there is digital silence near the cut part in the “No Quarter” song (CD time around 7:06). The breaks in the part are removed smoothly,
In addition, there were some spots! The digital noise called is also removed as much as possible.
The pitch was also corrected to be slightly higher in the first half of “NQ” and the beginning of “heaven”.
In addition, regarding the cut in the song of “Moby Dick” (around 22:22), the noise of the right channel that occurred in the cut part has been carefully corrected, but this time the sound board sound source is used for compensation. Not done.

The sound board sound source of the day is recorded on Disc 4 as a bonus disc.
★’73年7月13日デトロイト公演二日目を初登場の高音質と言えるAud音源からリマスター収録！
★帯域がバランス良く調整され、明らかに元音源より聞きやすくなっております。
★ボーナスとして4枚目にSB音源を収録。Dancing Daysは今回の初登場Aud音源で補填されています。
★ナンバリングステッカー付き！

Live at Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI, USA 13th July 1973

’73年北米ツアーより7月13日デトロイト公演を初登場のオーディエンス録音で全曲収録したタイトルが登場！

’73年のデトロイト公演と言うと前日7月12日の初日公演のオーディエンス録音が古くから定番で、近年も二つ目のオーディエンス録音が発掘され、それらを組み合わせることで初日の全貌がほぼ明らかになり結構な話題となりましたが、本盤は同所ながら翌日のデトロイト公演二日目・13日の公演。
この日に関してはライブ終盤部のみを捉えた50分少々のサウンドボード音源が存在していましたが、今回遂にオーディエンス録音が初登場。しかも約2時間50分に渡りほぼ完全収録(3箇所カットあり)での登場はインパクト抜群。

音質的にも近年の初登場音源としては上々のステレオ録音なのもポイントで、具体的には演奏そのものはセンターにどっしりと定位しており、音像はモノラルっぽい質感ですが残響音やオーディエンスの歓声などがステレオ定位と言った感じ(※Dancing Daysのみ殆どモノラルっぽい質感です)。例えば初日の12日公演のAud音源2種と比べるとステージへの距離感は若干ありますが、マスターの音の粗さもさほど感じられずノイズは少なめ。今回のマスターはある程度トリートメントがなされた上で登場したようですが、それにしても終始安定しており、3箇所のカット以外は殆ど問題なく通して鑑賞できる、かなり優れた音源と言えるでしょう。

本盤では、この初登場マスターをもとに必要最小限の丁寧なマスタリングが行われております。
もとのマスターでは中域寄りで低域と高域が不足しており、薄膜掛かった平坦で抜けの悪い質感でしたが、低域と高域の補強を中心にEQバランス補正がなされており、ヒスは若干増えましたが、明らかに見通しが良く、かつ元々あった演奏のgroove感・迫力も感じられる良い塩梅のバランス補正が緻密に施されております。また当然ながら小さかった音量も歪まない範囲で適切に調整されています。

編集面ですが、元々ある程度のトリートメントが施されていたようで、大きな修正ポイントもないようですが、「No Quarter」曲中カット部付近(CDタイム7:06付近)にあったデジタル的な無音部の途切れがスムーズに除去され、
また所々で散見されたピッ！と言うデジタル的なノイズも極力除去されています。
ピッチについても「NQ」前半、「天国」序盤などで僅かながら高かったのが補正されています。
なお、「モビーディック」の曲中カット(22:22付近)に関しては、カット部に生じていた右chでのプチッというノイズが丁寧に修正されていますが、サウンドボード音源での補填等は今回はなされていません。

Disc 1 (66:12)
01. Introduction
02. Rock And Roll
03. Celebration Day
04. Black Dog
05. Over The Hills And Far Away
06. Misty Mountain Hop
07. Since I’ve Been Loving You ★0:18付近ノイズ除去
08. No Quarter ★7:06曲中カット
09. The Song Remains The Same
10. The Rain Song

Disc 2 (47:39)
01. MC
02. Dazed And Confused ★21:58曲中カット ★31:58前後のデジノイズ除去
★曲間カット
03. Stairway To Heaven

Disc 3 (58:23)
01. MC
02. Moby Dick ★22:22曲中カット及び右chプチノイズ除去
03. Heartbreaker
04. Whole Lotta Love
05. Dancing Days

Disc 4 (57:52)
Soundboard Recording
1. MC
2. Moby Dick
3. Heartbreaker
4. Whole Lotta Love
5. Dancing Days ★今回の新Audで補填し初の疑似完成版

Graf Zeppelin. LZSC-712A/B/C/D