Led Zeppelin The Great Western Expansion JRK Remaster SBD
Led Zeppelin
The Great Western Expansion
(JRK Remaster)
Inglewood, California 1972.06.25
Long Beach, California 1972.06.27
Soundboard Recording
A Remix / Remaster
Encoded: 320 Kbps MP3
http://www.rambleonzep.com/dates/1972-06-25.htm
http://www.rambleonzep.com/dates/1972-06-27.htm
Track List: (Artwork Inclided)
Disc One:
1.) Immigrant Song
2.) Heartbreaker
3.) Black Dog
4.) Over The Hills And Far Away
5.) Since Ive Been Loving You
6.) Stairway To Heaven
7.) Going To California
8.) Thats The Way
9.) Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Disc Two:
1.) Dazed And Confused
2.) What Is And What Should Never Be
3.) Dancing Days
4.) Moby Dick
Disc Three:
1.) Whole Lotta Love (Medley includes Boogie Chillun/Lets Have A Party/Hello Marylou/Going Down Slow/The Shape Im In)
2.) Rock And Roll
3.) The Ocean
4.) Bring It On Home
Think back to the moment you first heard How The West Was Won; when you first experienced the pure, unfettered glory and power of the mighty performances captured within. For myself, it was one of the most magical Led Zeppelin moments I have ever experienced. We�re quite fortunate to have pristine multitrack recordings of those spectacular nights in June of 1972. Unfortunately, one of the problems with the official release was its piecemeal nature; we don�t have the complete recording of either night as the album is a mix of both nights, and even more unfortunately, a significant part of Plant�s between-song banter has been cut. As far as the sound, the wonderful recordings were sadly brickwalled and crushed by excessive compression and amplification in the mixing process.
I obviously couldn�t do anything about the missing songs and Plantations; what I was able to do was remix the show, using the un-compressed 5.1 Surround tracks from the How The West Was Won DVD. This has been successfully attempted before by the great Winston Remasters on How The West Was Redone. It was my main inspiration in starting this project, as well as my adoration for the individual performances. I extracted the 5.1 audio tracks, and brought the guitars and bass up in the mix, while using equalization in spots to make sure no instrument crowded any others out. I also toned down the excessive reverb tracks present on the DVD Audio, but kept enough to preserve the atmosphere of the recordings. Essentially, I wanted to create a version that sounded better and stronger than Winston�s version, and really more representative of the mighty force of these concerts, and I do hope I have succeeded. At any rate, it is my hope that you truly enjoy hearing my remix and remaster of this brilliant album; as always, kick back, and play it LOUD! - JRK -Original