Previously uncirculated set of unmarked tapes for this show transferred with Dolby B on as per Mike's notes on the tape labels using an adjustable outboard Dolby B unit. This is the 1st time (May 2010) these tapes have ever been digitized. The sound is completely unaltered except for pitch correction during playback and fades added for each of the tape flips.
Mike Millard UNMARKED Led Zeppelin - newly made available.
The fan recording of a concert is really an extension of taking snapshots of your heroes. Back in the ‘60s and ‘70s recordable media was just making its way into households as a consumer electronic device, either an expensive reel-to-reel deck or a convenient cassette recording deck. Just imagine sneaking one of those into a concert these days. More likely, the stealth recorder of choice today would be a mini-disc recorder or your handphone. Small enough to fit your pocket.
But Michael Millard was different. He arrived early at concerts near his home, pulled out a wheelchair from the boot of his car and proceeded to wheel himself into the arena as an invalid. He managed to secure front row "seats", almost always front and center. Hidden underneath his wheelchair was a Nakamichi stereo cassette deck hooked up to two high-quality AKG mics. Security guards in those days were probably unaware of such goings on.
His recordings were much sought after for their quality - capturing the expanse of the stage plus the great ambience of the halls. His close proximity eliminated any echo from his recordings. All the instruments recorded right off the front speakers. But Millard had a habit of marking his tapes when he copied them for another collector or fan. He would, for instance, lower the levels when transferring the audio to a VHS tape or lower the volume in mid-song when making a cassette copy. It has been said he detested bootleggers who pressed up his recordings onto vinyls or CDs to sell. To that end, he kept a log of all the trades he made with clear indications of what markings he did to the tapes. That way, he knew which of his trades were sent to bootleggers.
He worked as a custodian in a public school. In a fit of depression, he committed suicide in 1990. His friends say he destroyed all copies of his Led Zeppelin recordings. These are what are now being traded back and forth.
Millard was active from 1974 to the ‘80s and was said to have taped shows by Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Yes, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Jethro Tull and even Kansas. To date, we have never found a copy of his Who or Tull recordings. The non-Zeppelin masters are known to be in possession of Millard’s family. Hopefully, someday they will be shared again.
1975-03-11
Location: Long Beach, CA
Venue: Long Beach Arena
Source: Audience
Lineage: 1st gen cassettes(TDK SA 90)x3>Nakamichi 670 pitch & azimuth-adjusted playback deck>Nakamichi Outboard Dolby B Unit>Wavelab 96/24>Izotope 44.1/16>flac
Taping Gear: AKG mics, Nakamichi 550 cassette deck
Taped By: Mike Millard
Transferred By: JEMS
Setlist:
01. Intro
02. Rock And Roll
03. Sick Again
04. Over The Hills And Far Away
05. In My Time Of Dying
06. The Song Remains The Same
07. The Rain Song
08. Kashmir
09. No Quarter
10. Trampled Underfoot
11. Moby Dick
12. Dazed And Confused
13. Stairway To Heaven
14. Whole Lotta Love
15. Black Dog
Length: 162:49
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1975-03-12
Location: Long Beach, CA
Venue: Long Beach Arena
Source: Audience
Lineage: 1st gen cassette(TDK SA 90)x3>Nakamichi 670 pitch & azimuth-adjusted playback deck>Nakamichi Outboard Dolby B Unit>Wavelab 96/24>Izotope 44.1/16>flac
Taping Gear: AKG mics, Nakamichi 550 cassette deck
Taped By: Mike Millard
Transferred By: JEMS
Setlist:
01. Stairway To Heaven (incomplete cuts in)
02. Whole Lotta Love
03. Black Dog
04. Heartbreaker
Length: 33:57
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1975-03-24
Location: Inglewood, CA
Venue: The Forum
Source: Audience
Lineage: 1st gen cassettes(TDK SA 90)x3>Nakamichi 670 pitch & azimuth-adjusted playback deck>Nakamichi Outboard Dolby B Unit>Wavelab 96/24>Izotope 44.1/16>flac
Taping Gear: AKG mics, Nakamichi 550 cassette deck
Taped By: Mike Millard
Transferred By: JEMS
Setlist:
01. Rock And Roll (cuts in)
02. Sick Again
03. Over The Hills And Far Away
04. In My Time Of Dying
05. The Song Remains The Same
06. The Rain Song
07. Kashmir
08. No Quarter
09. Trampled Underfoot (cut in middle due to tape flip)
10. Moby Dick
11. Dazed And Confused
12. Stairway To Heaven
13. Whole Lotta Love
14. Black Dog
15. Heartbreaker
Length: 176:05
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1975-03-25
Location: Inglewood, CA
Venue: The Forum
Source: Audience
Lineage: 1st gen cassettes(TDK SA 90)x3>Nakamichi 670 pitch & azimuth-adjusted playback deck>Nakamichi Outboard Dolby B Unit>Wavelab 96/24>Izotope 44.1/16>flac
Taping Gear: AKG mics, Nakamichi 550 cassette deck
Taped By: Mike Millard
Transferred By: JEMS
Setlist:
01. Rock And Roll (cuts in)
02. Sick Again
03. Over The Hills And Far Away
04. In My Time Of Dying
05. The Song Remains The Same
06. The Rain Song
07. Kashmir
08. No Quarter
09. Trampled Underfoot
10. Moby Dick
11. Dazed And Confused
12. Stairway To Heaven
13. Whole Lotta Love
14. Black Dog
Length: 182:58
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1975-03-27
Location: Inglewood, CA
Venue: The Forum
Source: Audience
Lineage: 1st gen cassettes(TDK SA 90)x3>Nakamichi 670 pitch & azimuth-adjusted playback deck>Nakamichi Outboard Dolby B Unit>Wavelab 96/24>Izotope 44.1/16>flac
Taping Gear: AKG mics, Nakamichi 550 cassette deck
Taped By: Mike Millard
Transferred By: JEMS
Setlist:
01. Intro
02. Rock And Roll
03. Sick Again
04. Over The Hills And Far Away
05. In My Time Of Dying
06. The Song Remains The Same
07. The Rain Song (cut in middle due to tape flip)
08. Kashmir
09. Since I've Been Loving You
10. No Quarter (cut in middle due to tape flip)
11. Trampled Underfoot
12. Moby Dick (cut in middle due to tape flip)
13. Dazed And Confused (cut in middle due to tape flip)
14. Stairway To Heaven
15. Whole Lotta Love
16. Black Dog
Length: 217:58
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1977-06-19
Location: San Diego, CA
Venue: San Diego Sports Arena
Source: Audience
Lineage: 1st gen cassettes(TDK SA 90)x3>Nakamichi 670 pitch & azimuth-adjusted playback deck>Nakamichi Outboard Dolby B Unit>Wavelab 96/24>Izotope 44.1/16>flac
Taping Gear: AKG mics, Nakamichi 550 cassette deck
Taped By: Mike Millard
Transferred By: JEMS
Setlist:
01. Intro
02. The Song Remains The Same
03. Sick Again
04. Nobody's Fault But Mine
05. In My Time Of Dying
06. Since I've Been Loving You
07. No Quarter
08. Ten Years Gone
09. The Battle Of Evermore
10. Going To California
11. Mystery Train
12. Black Country Woman
13. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
14. White Summer
15. Kashmir
16. Noise Solo (cut in middle due to tape flip)
17. Achilles Last Stand
18. Stairway To Heaven
19. Whole Lotta Love
20. Rock And Roll
Length: 160:37
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1977-06-21
Location: Inglewood, CA
Venue: The Forum
Source: Audience (2 source mix)
Source 1
Lineage: 1st gen cassettes(TDK SA 90)x3>Nakamichi 670 pitch & azimuth-adjusted playback deck>Nakamichi Outboard Dolby B Unit>Wavelab 96/24>Izotope 44.1/16>flac
Taping Gear: AKG mics, Nakamichi 550 cassette deck
Taped By: Mike Millard
Transferred By: JEMS
Source 2
Lineage: Unknown gen>dat(x)>wav>flac
All songs source 1 unless otherwise listed
Setlist:
01. Intro
02. The Song Remains The Same
03. Sick Again
04. Nobody's Fault But Mine
05. Over The Hills And Far Away
06. Since I've Been Loving You
07. No Quarter
08. Ten Years Gone*
09. The Battle Of Evermore
10. Going To California
11. Black Country Woman
12. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
13. White Summer
14. Kashmir
15. Over The Top
16. Heartbreaker
17. Noise Solo (cut in middle due to tape flip)
18. Achilles Last Stand
19. Stairway To Heaven
20. Whole Lotta Love
21. Rock And Roll
* patched with source 2
Length: 197:14
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1977-06-23
Location: Inglewood, CA
Venue: The Forum
Source: Audience
Lineage: 1st gen cassettes(TDK SA 90)x3>Nakamichi 670 pitch & azimuth-adjusted playback deck>Nakamichi Outboard Dolby B Unit>Wavelab 96/24>Izotope 44.1/16>flac
Taping Gear: AKG mics, Nakamichi 550 cassette deck
Taped By: Mike Millard
Transferred By: JEMS
Setlist:
01. Since I've Been Loving You
02. No Quarter
03. Ten Years Gone
04. The Battle Of Evermore
05. Going To California
06. Black Country Woman
07. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
08. White Summer
09. Kashmir
10. Trampled Underfoot
11. Over The Top
12. Noise Solo
13. Achilles Last Stand
14. Stairway To Heaven
15. Whole Lotta Love
16. Rock And Roll
Length: 165:48
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1977-06-25
Location: Inglewood, CA
Venue: The Forum
Source: Audience
Lineage: 1st gen cassettes(TDK SA 90)x3>Nakamichi 670 pitch & azimuth-adjusted playback deck>Nakamichi Outboard Dolby B Unit>Wavelab 96/24>Izotope 44.1/16>flac
Taping Gear: AKG mics, Nakamichi 550 cassette deck
Taped By: Mike Millard
Transferred By: JEMS
Setlist:
01. Intro
02. The Song Remains The Same
03. Sick Again
04. Nobody's Fault But Mine
05. In My Time Of Dying
06. Since I've Been Loving You
07. No Quarter
08. Ten Years Gone
09. The Battle Of Evermore
10. Going To California
11. Black Country Woman
12. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
13. White Summer
14. Kashmir
15. Trampled Underfoot
16. Over The Top
17. Noise Solo
18. Achilles Last Stand
19. Stairway To Heaven
20. Whole Lotta Love
21. Communication Breakdown
Length: 210:43
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1977-06-27
Location: Inglewood, CA
Venue: The Forum
Source: Audience
Lineage: 1st gen cassettes(TDK SA 90)x3>Nakamichi 670 pitch & azimuth-adjusted playback deck>Nakamichi Outboard Dolby B Unit>Wavelab 96/24>Izotope 44.1/16>flac
Taping Gear: AKG mics, Nakamichi 550 cassette deck
Taped By: Mike Millard
Transferred By: JEMS
Setlist:
01. Intro
02. The Song Remains The Same
03. Sick Again
04. Nobody's Fault But Mine
05. Over The Hills And Far Away
06. Since I've Been Loving You
07. No Quarter
08. Ten Years Gone
09. The Battle Of Evermore
10. Going To California
11. Going Down South
12. Black Country Woman
13. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
14. Dancing Days
15. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (reprise)
16. White Summer
17. Kashmir
18. Trampled Underfoot
19. Over The Top
20. Noise Solo
21. Achilles Last Stand (cut in middle due to tape flip)
22. Stairway To Heaven
23. Whole Lotta Love
24. Rock And Roll
Length: 221:01
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