GiGinJapan Artwork of Japanese CDs (mostly) Led Zeppelin / Texas International Pop Festival 1969 Audience Source 3 / 1CDR / Non label
Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, USA 31st August 1969
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ZEP 1969 Texas pop, which is a super classic among live sound sources. I wonder if there are many enthusiasts who listened to it like Blueberry Hill and Eddie. Last week a new audience recording of the day appeared online. Until now, Texas pop had two types of audience recordings, except for the audio and audio of the video. In the past, it was misunderstood that the difference in the generation of the same sound source was the third source, but this time it is a genuine new source, so to speak, it is “recorder 3”.
Among the audience sources that have already been excavated, one of them has good sound quality and was useful as a supplementary staff for long songs that had defects on the sound board, but this time the sound source is not so high quality. Both are monaural at a sufficiently good level for an audience of 1969. It’s a bit ironic that there are multiple audiences and the sound quality is good only on days when there is an absolute sound board (bitter smile).
However, there is no doubt that the recording is actually easy to hear, especially the sound images of the front two people are considerably on. The fact that the existing audience recordings of the day were generally easy to hear is a testament to the excellent sound of Texas pop. However, this time the recording started with “I Can’t Quit You Baby” and the opening “The Train Kept A Rollin'” was incomplete. Cuts occur frequently in the longer performance “Dazed And Confused”, which is undeniably for enthusiasts.
Except for these problems, the basic sound quality is excellent, so you can fully enjoy it as a new diff source. Of course, you can also enjoy it from the aspect of documents that are unique to audience recording. In the previous “Dazed And Confused”, not only the length of the performance, but also the taper that Jimmy loses interest and starts talking as soon as he starts using the violin bow is interesting. There, he confirms the performers of Texas pop and begins to talk to the surrounding audience. It can be said that this is a scene that seems to be an American festival.
However, when it comes to “How Many More Times”, which is occupied by the song part even in the same long performance, the recorder listened like a lie earlier, and the overwhelming screaming and freely changing medley songs that Robert was issuing at that time. You can see how fascinated by the development. Rather, it is unique to audience recording that you can feel how the touches of various songs are sung and boiled.
The same applies to the autumn winter land where another source was excavated and the complete recording of “How Many” was realized this time, but the same song in 1969 has a completely different medley song selection that Robert brings out depending on the day. Moreover, it is really interesting because it escalate.
However, in this “recorder 3”, the ending of the song and the finale “Communication Breakdown” have a lot of curl cuts, but even so, I can hear that the audience is very excited. sufficient. Of course, it is still a sound source for enthusiasts, but it is a new source that you can fully enjoy as “Another Side of Texas Pop”. Please try it with this gift.
★ Surprising new sauce! Moreover, the sound quality is good!
ZEP1969年ライブ音源の中でも超定番であるテキサスポップ。ブルーベリーヒルやエディーと同様に聞きこんだマニアが沢山おられるかと。先週この日の新たなオーディエンス録音がネット上に現れました。今まで映像の音声を除けば二種類のオーディエンス録音が存在していたテキサスポップ。過去には同じ音源のジェネ違いが三番目のソースだと誤解されたこともありましたが、今回は正真正銘のニューソースであり、言わば「recorder 3」ということになります。
既に発掘されていたオーディエンス・ソースの内、一つは音質も良くサウンドボードで欠損が生じていた長尺曲の補填要員として重宝された訳ですが、今回の音源はそこまでの高音質ではなくとも69年のオーディエンスとしては十分に良好なレベルのモノラル。絶対的な存在のサウンドボードがある日に限ってオーディエンスも複数存在して音質がイイという状況はちょっと皮肉ですが（苦笑）。
とはいえ実際に聞きやすい録音状態であることは間違いなく、特にフロント二人の音像が相当にオン。この日の現存するオーディエンス録音が総じて聞きやすいレベルであったということは、テキサスポップの音響が優れていたということの証でしょう。だたし今回は録音が「I Can’t Quit You Baby」から始まっておりオープニング「The Train Kept A Rollin’」という不完全なもの。さらに長尺な演奏である「Dazed And Confused」でカットが頻発しており、その点はマニア向けな感が否めません。
これらの問題を除けは基本的な音質が秀でていることもあり新たなディフ・ソースとして十分に楽しめます。もちろんオーディエンス録音ならではなドキュメントという面からも楽しめる。先の「Dazed And Confused」では演奏の長さだけでなく、ジミーがバイオリンの弓を使い始めると途端に興味をなくして喋り始めるテーパーが面白い。そこで彼はテキサスポップの出演者を確認しており、周囲の観客までお喋りを始めてしまう。これがまた実にアメリカのフェスらしい場面だと言えるでしょう。
ところが同じ長尺の演奏でも歌パートが占める「How Many More Times」になると録音者はさっきが嘘のように聞き入っており、当時のロバートが発していた圧倒的なスクリーミングや自在に移り変わるメドレー曲の展開に魅せられた様子が伺えます。むしろ様々な曲のさわりを歌って沸かせる様子が伝わってくるのがオーディエンス録音ならでは。
同じように別ソースが発掘されて今回「How Many～」の完全収録が実現した秋のウインターランドにも当てはまることですが、69年の同曲は日によってロバートが持ち出すメドレーの選曲がまるで違い、なおかつエスカレートするから本当に面白い。
もっとも今回の「recorder 3」では同曲のエンディングやフィナーレ「Communication Breakdown」でまたしてもキュルルカットが頻発するのが玉に瑕ですが、それでも観客が大いに盛り上がっている様子が伺えて聞き応えは十分。もちろんマニア向けな音源であることに変わりありませんが「アナザーサイド・オブ・テキサスポップ」として十分に楽しめる新ソース。是非とも本ギフトにてお試しください。
★驚きの新ソース！しかも音質が良い！！
(56:20)
1. I Can’t Quit You Baby
2. Dazed And Confused
3. You Shook Me
4. How Many More Times
5. Communication Breakdown
