Led Zeppelin - Please Please Me (3CD) (2003) {Wendy - WECD-710928}

The reason why the front and back cover looks like The Beatles' 1963 album Please Please Me is because of the inclusion of two Beatles covers in their set. Originally released by Tarantura in 1995, Please Please Me is a triple CD set recorded in Osaka on 28 September, 1971 at Koseinenkin Kaikan (Festival Hall) in support of "Led Zeppelin IV". While the show the following night is available from the soundboard (which I will upload next week), I like this set for the oddities of Beatles songs, along with "Down By The Riverside" and "We Shall Overcome" in the set with a devoted sing-along attempt from the crowd. Robert Plant encourages the crowd to go a little louder and questions why they are so calm and quiet, but the Osaka attendees get into American folk covers. Discs 1 and 2 are from a stereo audience recording, Disc 3 is in mono and may sound rough at times but once it reaches "Communication Breakdown", it no longer matters. Released by the Wendy label.


DISC 1
Immigrant Song
Heartbreaker
Since I've Been Loving You
Black Dog
Dazed & Confused
DISC 2
Stairway To Heaven
Please Please Me
From Me To You
Celebration Day
Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp
That's The Way
Going To California
We Shall Overcome
Tangerine
Down By The Riverside
What Is And What Should Never Be
DISC 3
Moby Dick
Whole Lotta Love (includes Boogie Chillun', Biology, Bachelor Boy, C'mon Baby, Maybeline, Hello Mary Lou)
C'mon Everybody
High Heeled Sneakers
Communication Breakdown/Watch Your Step