The Heart of Markness Led Zeppelin Podcast

We listen to Grame's remaster of Led Zeppelin in Vancouver, BC on March 19, 1975. The PNW leg of the '75 tour is my favorite, and this is a fun show. Great recording, great energy. Happy Thanksgiving, enjoy!

We listen to a Mike Millard master recording of Yes at the Hollywood Bowl, June 21, 1975. This is their Relayer tour and Patrick Moraz has replaced Rick Wakeman on keyboards. It has a very jazz fusion vibe and as usual the Millard recording is spectacular. A great show.

We listen to November 7, 1969 San Francisco at the Winterland. Another great night as we hear a blistering Babe I'm Gonna Leave, a joyous What Is What Should Never Be, and boisterous Dazed and Confused. Great show.

This is a brand new master recording from an early show from The Firm, on Dec. 4, 1984 in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The band is on fire and there is some brilliant playing from Jimmy Page in particular. A great show.

We listen to tracks from Cream's farewell tour, Oct. 25, 1968 in San Jose, California. It's an excellent audience recording from reel to reel and we hear White Room, Sunshine of Your Love, and Crossroads. Amazing band.

Peter Gabriel did a soft open of his tour supporting his third (Melt) solo album on June 17, 1980, in Santa Ana, Cali. and Mike Millard was there for another legendary recording. A great setlist and performance from the former Genesis singer.

November 6, 1969 was Led Zeppelin's penultimate gig at the legendary Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The next time they tour the States they'll be selling out arenas. They open with a few bars of Good Times Bad Times and it's warp speed until the encores. A great show.

This is a rare show featuring Robert Fleischman as lead singer, Journey played Long Beach, CA on August 14, 1977, opening for ELP. This is a Journey right on the cusp of the enormous fame that came from swapping Gregg Rolie and Robert Fleischman for Steve Perry and Jonathan Cain. This is a great hard rocking Beatlesy Progfest with insanely good sound from being a Mike Millard master release from J...

We finish up our exploration of the newly discovered complete tape of July 13, 1973 show in Detroit, MI. The band is experimental and fun in an awesome Dazed and Confused, and a poignant Rain Song. A great show.

We listen to some tracks from Santana playing Honolulu on May 22, 1970, in an excellent soundboard recording. This is Abraxas era Santana from just before Neil Schon joined the band. Good stuff.

This is from the newly discovered and released complete 7/13/73 recording of Led Zeppelin in Detroit. Previously only a bit of the show was available on soundboard, but this is a VG audience recording of the entire show, including a complete Dancing Days. A great treasure from Dogs of Doom.

A first gen Mike Millard record of Bruce Springsteen at the LA Sports Arena on August 23, 1981 has been released, and we're going to give it a listen. This is a beautifully recorded high energy Bruce show from The River tour. Good stuff.

I tackle the legendary Aug 4, 1979 outdoor concert by Led Zeppelin at Knebworth. This is considered by many to be the last great Zep show and it is a doozy. I use a great matrix recording of this show that you'll enjoy.

This is a great pre-Nakamichi Millard recording of Elton John at the LA Forum, October 5, 1974. He's touring in support of Caribou and this show is brilliant. The recording is excellent and the 19 song setlist is classic. Not to be missed.

Led Zeppelin played New York City on Sept. 3, 1971 and the crowd was wild! So wild they stormed the stage and it collapsed. This is a tape in which the crowd at times is louder than the band, but the show itself is amazing. This is a vastly underrated Zep show. Jimmy's playing has an edge I'd not heard before.

I play tracks from an excellent recording of Bob Dylan on 9/8/89 in Costa Mesa, California. This is another beautiful Mike Millard First Generation recording, and it's a great show. Dylan plays almost all his songs from Highway 61 and Blonde on Blonde era, and their awesome.

This is one of the best early Led Zeppelin shows around. April 26, 1969 at Bill Graham's Winterland is a must have show, if only because it's (probably) the first ever performance of Whole Lotta Love! Every single song in this set is golden. You can't miss it.

What a loss. This is a humble tribute to the last Great Guitar God. Featuring music from June 1, 1978 London, where the opened for Black Sabbath, and blew them off the stage. There will never be another like him. Rest in Peace, Eddie Van Halen.

This is the best sounding Mike Millard recording I've heard. January 14, 1977 on the opening night of Jethro Tull's Songs from the Wood tour. Great sound. Great performance. Great band. You will love it.

Part 2 of the FANTASTIC night of 6/30/00 with Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes. Jimmy is on fire and soaring with his best backing band since Zeppelin. A must hear.

Here it is! The master recording of the legendary Listen to this Eddie show at the LA Forum 6/21/77, recorded by Mike Millard. This is the first of five nights Led Zeppelin played the Forum on their 1977 tour. We hear the master recording for the first time. Everything is a little bit clearer, crisper, closer. Close your eyes and it's like you're there.

This show is incredible. June 30, 2000 in Holmdel, NJ, Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes blow the roof off the place. This is some of Jimmy's best playing in decades. The Black Crowes are a perfect band for him and they synergize incredibly well. We hear Hots On For Nowhere (!), Your Time Is Gonna Come, Out On The Tiles, and AN INCREDIBLE LEMON SONG. Jimmy will blow you away.

This is a fantastic recording of an excellent rock and roll band! Cheap Trick LA 1977 New Years Eve is the latest Mike Millard Master release. It's a fun high energy show from a band making a name for themselves. A great one.

This show was taken from an FM broadcast from New Orleans October 1, 1998, and it smokes! Jimmy Page is on fire for the entire 1998 tour, but he gets better as the tour progresses, and this night is amazing. A great How Many More Times is played, with a bow solo, and even a bit of I Can't Quit You. Great great performance.

We listen to a fantastic show from Dec 13, 1977 at the LA Forum, by Rod Stewart, in support of Footloose and Fancy Free. This is a Mike Millard master recording and as such sounds incredible. A great show.