planted in Detroit...
Robert Plant- vocals
Tony Halliday- backing vocals
Billy Whiteside (and 2 others)- vocals
Robbie Blunt- guitar
Jezz Woodroffe- keyboards
Bob Mayo- keyboards
Paul Martinez- bass
Richie Hayward- drums
Joe Louis Arena
Detroit, Mich. U.S.A.
July 12, 1985
1st gen. audience tape
performance quality: A or very close to, a very strong performance
recording quality: B (it's clean, just not high fidelity mikes and a
very loud excited crowd. Not overbearing in the recording but very much there)
source: 1st generation audience tape (from master recorded by statsfax).
lineage: unknown deck and mikes (probably auto-levelling with built in stereo mikes) >
Maxell XLII master cassettes > copy (same) >
soundforge 4.5 (WAV) > FLAC (SB's aligned) > torrentially yours.
runtime: 132:30 (minutes/seconds)
setlist:
disc 1 72:54
1; in the mood 9:21
2: pledge pin 6:05
3: messin' with the Mekon 5:44
4: little by little 10:05
5: easily led 9:27
6: other arms 7:22
7: too loud 7:16
8: through with the two step 13:20
9: pink and black 4:12
disc 2 59:36
10: band introductions 2:09
11: slow dancer 10:05
12: encore break 3:36
13: rockin' at midnight 4:33
14: young boy blues 8:12
15: sea of love 3:53
16: mellow saxophone 4:50
17: sixes and sevens 8:06
18: ? 4:04
19: big log 10:03
comments:
apparently Detroit got an extra big log of a show this time around and an inspired one.
When Plant gives you sixes and sevens those are good numbers for Robert Plant, and when
there are seven encores, well, that speaks for itself. he just didn't want to stop. I've
only heard a few 85 Plant shows, this has to be the best show. recording is VG but not great,
alot of crowd but not much really loud clapping. I had to pitch adjust this tape which ran too
fast, easier to do with a Nak. 300 than with pitch adjusting software, and with better result
(imho). not sure if it's a perfect speed fix, but alot better than the tape was. this seems to
be the whole show, and the Motor City did not get cheated in this show (as usual, Plant and Page
both like playing in Detroit, because it's a good place for rock shows)
Do not sell this recording.
Share freely, losslessly and gaplessly.
plant a tree.
(and tree some Plant.)