1975-May-25 Led Zeppelin Demand Unprecedented In The History Of Rock Music * Earls Court London, England Disc 1 - 230.00 (3h 50m) 1 Alan Freeman Introduction 2 Rock And Roll 3 Sick Again 4 Over The Hills And Far Away 5 In My Time Of Dying 6 The Song Remains The Same 7 The Rain Song 8 Kashmir 9 No Quarter 10 Tangerine 11 Going To California 12 That's The Way 13 Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp 14 Trampled Underfoot 15 Moby Dick (fucking drum solo) 16 Dazed And Confused (inc San Francisco) 17 Stairway To Heaven 18 Whole Lotta Love (inc The Crunge) 19 Black Dog 20 Heartbreaker 21 Communication Breakdown (inc D'yer Maker) Pro-Shot * EVSD (Empress Valley Supreme Disk) Notes that came with this recording: My jaw dropped when I saw that EVSD was releasing their DVD of 5/25/75. I thought to myself, "Now EVSD's releasing this? This has got to be good!" And it was. My jaw dropped even lower when I saw the footage. The footage quality is stunning! The quality of everything is really, amazing. It is being said that EVSD used a lower generation tape. I believe it too, because the quality is better than any of the other releases. I personally like the 5/25/75 DVD's better than the 5/24/75 DVD's, because I like the way that you can see audience shots in the footage. This DVD had alot of those. The first 7-10 minutes is just footage of the audience taking their seats, and pretty much goofing around. Then, Alan Freeman take the stage for his introduction. Now, at this point in the DVD, you may not notice the difference in quality than any of the other releases. But when Led Zeppelin takes the stage, you'll notice it. When the camera gets close ups of Plant, if you just look at his hair, you'll notice that everything is stunningly clear. This title doesn't have the color bleeds that every other release does. The colors are great. One flaw, EVSD still used the high generation tape for the end of No Quarter and Tangerine. But on the flip side, Tangerine maintains it's color through the whole song! I was not expecting it to have that. The quality of the high generation tape used for the end of No Quarter and Tangerine is an upgrade from everything else we've seen, but the quality still sucks. But that doesn't really bother me, considering the rest of the release is amazing quality. I noticed one thing. The quality very slightly decreases as you go through the concert. By the beginning, the quality is amazing, but by the end, the quality is just like any of the other releases. But that didn't bother me much. And one other thing, the "EV" logo only appears at the beginning of each song, not through the whole performance, which some found distracting on their Heavy Metal Kids release. The audio on this release is good, but I think the audio on Led Zeppelin and the Holy Grail is a bit better. The audio on this release is still kind of thin sounding, and is still missing a little bass presence. But overall, still very enjoyable. Now let's get into the packaging: The packaging I found quite plain, and unconvincing. They didn't even use a picture from Earls Court for the front cover. The packaging doesn't really bother me, but to some people it might. But it also came with a nice insert, which is a picture of Jimmy Page during Bron-yr-Aur Stomp. Well, what else can I say, THIS RELEASE IS AMAZING! GET IT! Jack Rossa July 07 ================================================================== Notes about this recording from JamToThis.com : This one's a pretty big upgrade from the folks at Empress Valley Supreme Disc. Thanks to BonzoBonham for the audio upgrade of UMM, but this one is still an upgrade of that version imho in terms of audio and video. Video looks to have been taken from three sources. The first section, by far the best, starts before the house lights dim, and runs to the end of No Quarter. The out-of-sync section from UMM is now in sync... although a little repair work there is evident. From there through the end of Tangerine, it's still pretty rough...although EVSD has taken a bit of effort to clean up the worst of it. Going To California appears to be from yet another source....probably the same one as UMM. Overall, color saturation is lower on this version...and the blacks are crushed a bit more than UMM. Less color bleeding and ghosting.... significantly greater detail. Still frames in the following post will show the differences between this one and UMM. As far as the sound goes.....much cleaner overall, more ambience, higher output level. There are a few clicks and pops, and portions of the repaired sections seem to have been taken from audience recordings. acerikk ================================================================== Notes about this recording from argenteumastrum.com : Recording: Superb stereo soundboard/Color pro shot video with the exception of very end of No Quarter and whole of Tangerine, where Good - Very Good high gen pro shot video was used to fill the gaps. This title doesn't have the color bleeds that every other release does. As mentioned, high gen tape was used to complete the main source but Tangerine maintains it's color through the whole song (all of previous titles do not). Source: Earl's Court Arena - London, England 75-May-24. Comments: Japanese bootleg. Deluxe standard DVD case. Unlike Condor's "Heavy Metal Machine", this new effort from EV uses superb sounding stereo soundboard soundtrack to provide the most professional status. Definitely a great discovery and on of few Empress Valley releases dedicated to every Led Zeppelin fan, not only hard collector. ================================================================== Notes about this recording from Underground Uprising : After getting the Unstoppable Metal Machine DVD I imagined that perhaps only improvements on the audio could be made on this release in the short term, so I decided not to get any another immediate release of this show. But as always, I was weak and my curiosity grew based on the comments made by other fans so, I hunted and got this recent released titled Demand Unprecedented in the History of Rock Music. Jack Rossa’s review is very accurate in describing this DVD and I agree that it is definitely an absolute must. I saw it in my LCD TV and my 500 watts 5.1 Hi Fi Amplifier to enjoy as much as possible. What a pleasant surprise! from Alan Freeman’s Introduction to the final section of No Quarter, the quality in indeed unbelievable and the best I have seen in any other of my 52 unofficial Zep DVD collection. I also enjoyed watching the audience sequences during the beginning of this release and during the encore section. I am glad they were included and made me wonder if there could be more complementary footage of this nature that provides a better idea of how great those shows were and the magic in the atmosphere they created. I also enjoy the sound in that same segment. I think that from the end of No Quarter to the end of the show the audio and video were taken practically from the same source of the Condor version with essentially the same variations in quality and limitations, but as a Zep fan, I don’t care anyway since this is without exception an excellent material that I never would have imagined to see. Good improvement and I look forward to see what will come next. If you get it you won’t be disappointed. (Sergio Celayo: Mexico City ~ August 07)