...I had a chance to sample the brand new BOB DYLAN Rothbury show from Social Graces over the weekend and I can confirm that "Chasing A Shadow" 2CD will be another highlight in the 2009 'boot-scape'!..while the stereo soundboard is full and clean, it's the performance that brings this nugget alive.  Highlights include the incredibly strong rendition of 'Senor', the new tune 'Jolene' and one of the best versions of 'Blowin' In The Wind' I've heard contemporary-Bob execute...really great stuff!...

...There are a couple of new LED ZEPPELIN titles to make note of this week...pictured above is the brand new "Reunions" DVD from the sporadic Cosmic Energy Label and series whose releases have always been noteworthy in terms of quality and sourcing...and this looks to be another in their archive to consider.  As you would expect, it compiles all the post-Zeppelin performances and events that have been well-documented in previous efforts but again, it's the sources and some surprises that will likely cause this one to stand out, here's a rundown of what is featured here on this DVD-R production:

LIVE AID July 13th, 1985 (FM broadcasted used for soundtrack)
JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PA
� Rock & Roll
� Whole Lotta Love
� Stairway To Heaven
� Interview after show

Atlantic 40th Anniversary May 14, 1988 (FM broadcasted used for soundtrack)
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Rehearsals & backstage are upgrades
Performance features 2 seperate audio tracks; an FM Source and a very rare and unrelased audience source.
� Rehearsals (Misty Mountain Hop)
� Backstage
� Kashmir
� Heartbreaker
� Whole Lotta Love
� Misty Mountain Hop
� Stairway To Heaven

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,  January 12, 1995
Ritz Carlton Hotel, New York, NY
Finally, the complete performance. The first two songs are from a new alternate source.  Also a variety of news reports covering this event are featured.
� CNN Showbiz Today
� MTV Week In Rock
� E! Channel News
� MTV Interview with John Paul Jones

� Induction by Steven Tyler & Joe Perry
� Train Kept A Rolling
� For Your Love
� Bring It On Home
� Long Distance Call
� Baby Please Don’t Go
� When The Levee Breaks (w/ Neil Young)

Ahmet Ertegun Tribute,  December 10th, 2007 (multi-cam source)
02 Arena, London, UK
First time available. This 3-song multicam-mix compiles more than 10 different audience shot angles
� Black Dog
� In My Time Of Dying
� For Your Life

� Black Dog (proshot) news footage

BONUS FOOTAGE

Knebworth Festival June 30th, 1990
This concert is compiled from two video sources. One source being the original televised broadcast and the second is an audience shot used to patch in the missing pieces.
� Misty Mountain Hop
� Wearing and Tearing
� Rock and Roll

Montreux Festival July 7th, 2001
Proshot, This is the first time Robert and Jimmy appeared onstage together following the Walking into Clarksdale 1998 tour.
� Baby Let’s Play House
� Heart In My Hand

Polar Lifetime Achievement Award 2006
Remaining members of Led Zeppelin receive this very prestigious award.

Various Interviews with Page, Plant & Jones 2006
� Today Show
� Polar Awards
� Sweden TV Special

All videos are from Master source.

...Also released over this past weekend in Japan is the new ZEP title from Wendy Records, "Silly Putty" 3CD  which pairs the mono soundboard tape with what is being touted as a previously unreleased audience source of the Buffalo, New York performance from July 15, 1973...finally, Dog N Cat Records have issued the new ROLLING STONES title, "All The Girls In Hannover"...a 4CD remaster set of the June 6 & 7, 1982 tapes...

...In closing this week I hope everyone enjoyed little slices of Woodstock tributes and flashbacks being aired on television over the last few days...one of the better programs I caught was the one shown on the History channel earlier tonight, simply because they offered some new interviews with key figures involved in the production, along with infamous attendees, etc. with some alternate footage...catch it if you can.  Thanks for stopping by!

Svengi, August 17th/18th, 2009