Knebworth August 4th 1979

Greetings !!

It's a warm & bright Saturday morning, here in England - I can't quite see over to the beach, it's a little too misty out there for that... but, it has started off as a warm day !!

For once - I had a really good night... even B slept thru' most of it, so altho' I was awake & up and about, I obviously didn't wake her !!  That's good.... I do feel guilty when I have a bad night, as I keep her awake as well !! Anyhoo - the night seems to have gone well !!

As for B - ME came home this morning & they have both gone out to do a bit of shopping.  I don't think they will be back very quickly - as when ME gets going, there is very little to stop her !! Anyways - that's leaves J here at home, with me...... and the cats.

I mentioned ME's boyfriend M, had a job interview yesterday.... it doesn't seem to have gone very well.  First off, M got there late & then had a bit of a "brain freeze" when it came to some of the questions !!  Not good.... he also had to do a written test & felt he didn't do too well on that !!

All of the above came from ME - so, hopefully he did better than he thought & things will go his way.

Anyhoo - today is Saturday, August 4th & 33 years ago today, I was in a crowd of about 250,000 to watch Led Zeppelin's first Knebworth concert.  The second one, happened the following Saturday.

Despite everything that has been written over the years.... about how rubbish the concert was, including a few comments from me, well - I still rate it as one of the top concerts I've been fortunate to attend !!

It one of the concerts I just had to go to & - of course - one of those concerts, I had to have in my collection !!  So I guess you know what I'm listening to, as I type !!  Yep - you got it.... the tracks are:

CD 1

1) Intro music..... Lynyrd Skynyrd's 'Tuesday's Gone'
2) The Song Remains The Same/Celebration Day
3) Black Dog
4) Nobody's Fault But Mine
5) Over The Hills & Far Away/Misty Mountain Hop
6) Since I've Been Loving You
7) No Quarter

CD 2

1) Ten Years Gone
2) Hot Dog
3) The Rain Song
4) White Summer-Black Mountain Side/Kashmir

CD 3

1) Trampled Underfoot
2) Sick Again
3) Achilles Last Stand
4) Guitar Solo/In The Evening
5) Stairway To Heaven

CD 4

1) Rock & Roll
2) Whole Lotta Love
3) Heartbreaker

This is my favourite version of the concert.... and believe me, when I say, there are lot's of versions out there !!  Some are really good... & some are really bad - this one, the one I'm playing is from the soundboard & plays really well, over the 4 discs.

You probably won't find this version anywhere's - but, as always.... don't buy bootlegs.  Some of this show is available on the official DVD, so buy that instead !!  More another time....

I wrote a lot more about this concert - the day went & everything in previous posts... so, go back to August of last year & the year before to find out more..... it was a great day !!

Ok, my plans for today...

Well, yesterday, I mentioned that I had started to do a track listing of my 'Music Tapes'.  Well, it went well... until I realised my brain had lost it's memory chip - which basically means, that - altho' I knew the people who were singing, I couldn't remember what the tracks were called !!  So - some of great efforts to list the tapes are going to be for nothing....!!  Oh well.... I will try & continue.... I might get better at it, as I go along !!

Right my plans for today...... well, I will probably have a quiet, kind of nothing day.  Listen to some music, rest up & make the most out of had good night !! So, until next time...

Bye Bye