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St. Louis Blues
Empress Valley Supreme Disc

3CD Soundboard



St. Louis Blues ( Empress Valley EVSD
316/317/318) 3 CDs
Missouri Arena, St. Louis, MO, 16 February
1975

Set List::-
Disc1 (55.04): Rock And Roll/ Sick Again/
Over The Hills And Far Away/ In My Time
Of Dying/ The Song Remains The Same/ The
Rain Song/ Kashmir
Disc 2 (51.59): No Quarter/ Trampled
Underfoot/ Moby Dick/
Disc 3 (67.47): Dazed And Confused/
Stairway To Heaven/ Whole Lotta Love/
Black Dog/ Heartbreaker (Inc, Shame,
Shame, Shame)

Empress Valley have a habit of pulling
something special out of the hat, just at the
time when you think they have nothing really
exciting to offer. They have come up trumps
again with this release, a virtually complete
excellent soundboard recording from St.
Louis, the last concert of the first leg of
their 1975 US Tour. Plant's voice is still not
fully recovered, but he gives as much as he
can, and he is in good form with numerous
witty comments throughout the concert.
During his intro for The Song Remains The
Same, Plant refers to Kansas City and that
John Bonham was arrested there once!
Before No Quarter John Paul Jones is
finishing a gin and tonic before he can start
playing. There is a good panned stereo
during Moby Dick (which again has an amusing
introduction by Robert Plant, and drum
encouragement from Mr. Bonham). The
previous three concerts (New York and the
two at Uniondale) were all of a very high
standard, and this concert continues the
trend, no doubt that they were looking
forward to a 2 week break immediately
afterwards. The packaging is similar to Led
Zeppelin's Flying Circus, a card gatefold with
clear CD trays, inside a slipcase, some very
nice photos have been used. However such is
the power and speed of the Internet these
days, I first heard this release by way of a
free download off the Internet, and then
subsequently got my 'hard copy' original.
This is highly recommended and full marks to
Empress Valley for releasing yet another
completely new recording.

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