Average: 5 (160 votes)

December 23, 1972

London, UK

Alexandra Palace

Setlist:

Rock and Roll, Over the Hills and Far Away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, Dancing Days, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, The Song Remains the Same, Rain Song, Dazed and Confused (incl. San Francisco), Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love (medley incl. The Crunge, Everybody Needs Someone To Love, Let That Boy Boogie, Let's Have a Party, Heartbreak Hotel, I Can't Quit You Baby, Going Down Slow), Heartbreaker.

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Concert description

This is the final show of 1972 and the audience is so cool and restrained that it is annoying! The show itself is very good though, and the playing is wonderful and aggressive. "Good evening! A merry 23rd of December! Tonight we've got Father Christmas himself with us - John Bonham! Tin Pan Alley's answer to Father Christmas!" Plant joking. He seems to be having slight problems in the beginning but settles down and delivers a good show. There are some great solos from Jimmy, especially in Since I've Been Loving You, where he is just playing pure, inspired blues from the soul. A restless audience stops Stairway To Heaven a minute plus into the song. After Plant's seating instructions, they start the song again: "Listen, I gotta tell you something before you all start shrieking about. First, it is the 23rd December and it is supposed to be the season of goodwill. So, if you all sit down, there's people at the back who prefer to sit, 'cos really it's one of the hardest numbers to do without a monkey house going crazy!" Moby Dick was calling by the member of the audience, which inclinated Plant to answer: "He doesn't do Moby Dick anymore. He's writing a new one. It's called The Titanic." An excellent storming version of Heartbreaker was dedicated by Plant to Roy Harper, group's friend and fellowship musician. A really enjoyable show and one I like as much as the previous night but again the sound problems caused that only a half or so fans could heard Led Zeppelin in their best.






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