Bootleg Title: Feelin' Groovy Definitive Edition
Bootleg Label: Empress Valley Supreme Disc (EVSD)
16 November 1971
St. Mathew's Baths
Ipswich, England
Audience Recording
Sound: Mono 7-8/10
Notes from Underground Uprising:
This new release uses what is believed to be a fourth(!) source tape from the Ipswich, UK show of 17 November 1971. Previous versions of this show on bootleg included "Two Penny Upright", "Over the 12 Foot End", "Ipswich 1971" (TDOLZ), and the original "Feelin' Groovy" (Empress Valley). One or both of two original good/very good source tapes were used for the first 3 titles mentioned. "Feelin' Groovy" used a near excellent third source tape. All sources were not complete, missing at least the last 5 minutes of the WLL medley and any encores.This new fourth source tape is very good in quality and is the 2nd best of the four. All instruments are very clear. Plant seems at bit low in the mix, but that may be the result of the PA system. The recording "crumbles" with the band's sheer volume at a
couple of points, mainly the first crashing notes of songs such as R&R and BD. What makes this source special is that the WLL medley is complete for the first time and two encore tracks are presented, the rarely played "Weekend" and The even rarer "Gallows Pole". "Gallow's Pole", like it's previous appearance on a bootleg recording at Copenhagen from the previous May, seems to be played by Page on his
Gibson double-neck guitar. This version is similar to the Copenhagen one, with Bonzo underlining the end of each verse with drum crashes. The band seems rather confident with this version (which is amazing, considering how infrequently this song was played live) and Page's guitar noodling at the end of the song is shorter than that at Copenhagen. With the improved recording quality, compared to Copenhagen, this track is a real pleasure, IMO.As for the rest of the CD, STH, TTW, and Tangerine appear to be missing on the new source tape. Empress Valley used the near excellent source from its previous version of this show for STH and TTW, but inexplicably Tangerine is from one of the original source tapes and is distant and muddy sounding. If they tried, Empress Valley could have released this new source on two discs, as Plant's dialogue and the opening notes of WLL are included at the end of disc two and repeated at the beginning of disc three.
DISC ONE:
1. Immigrant Song
2. Heartbreaker
3. Black Dog
4. Since I've Been Loving You
5. Rock and Roll
6. Stairway to Heaven
7. Going To California
8. That's The Way
9. Tangerine
DISC TWO:
1. Dazed And Confused
2. What Is And What Should Never Be
3. Celebration Day
DISC THREE:
1. Whole Lotta Love
2. Weekend
3. Gallows Pole
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