Comments on: Led Zeppelin – Black & Blue And Snot All Over: 1975 Chicago Tapes Volume 3 (The Chronicles Of Led Zeppelin TCOLZ 013/014)

By: gsparaco

gsparaco — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:37:58 +0000

We’ll have reviews of both Snow and Balls posted this weekend. But both are really nice releases…

By: eric99

eric99 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:56:16 +0000

I don’t buy these for the cover and appreciate having “Were Playing Our Balls Out” re-relesed at a reasonable price. The Millard tapes are important for any collector. Would like to have some more of the ’77 LA Forum shows, and some of the Floyd ’75 Sports arena shows, at a good price as well.

By: pharaoh

pharaoh — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:29:35 +0000

It is nice to see TCOLZ release new stuff and old shows with out processing the life out of them. The prices are very reasonable and the covers remind me of the old vinyl boots I used to buy before cd’s. I like nice packaging as much as the next person, and will buy EV/MV or Tarantura titles from time to time, but this gives us collectors a nice reasonably priced option.

By: Argenteum Astrum

Argenteum Astrum — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:26:55 +0000

I know. Wendy uses the same source and, as always, they tweaked it. Add the colorful cover that has nothing to do with the show and you have a high premium Japanese effort.

By: classicrawker

classicrawker — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:44:47 +0000

Not trying to break your stones Steve but I think you are missing the point of the TCOLZ label. From what I understand their goal is to release low gen versions of shows with no mastering just the raw sound as it was taped in a low budget package. I just ordered the TCOLZ Led Zeppelin – “Were Playing Our Balls Out” (6CD) The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA 27th March 1975 show today which has the famous Millard source as well as the rare second source all for the price of a regular 3CD title. This show has not been released on silver disc in a while other then the very $$$ EV Deep Throat box set so it is a great chance to pick it up at a reasonbable price with both known sources. A great deal I think….I for one appreciate what TCOLZ is trying to achieve and hope they continue to release these old soureces in low gen non equalized form.

By: gsparaco

gsparaco — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:11:28 +0000

There are no plans to review the Wendy, so if anyone knows please drop us a note.

By: alucard72

alucard72 — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:47:16 +0000

Does anyone know how this title compares to Wendy’s “Every Picture Tells A Chicago Story”?

By: Argenteum Astrum

Argenteum Astrum — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:34:57 +0000

Well, it depends on what you expect. Personally I think the most important thing is the music and even if TCOLZ has cheap cover artwork and stupid titles it is much better than the overrated and equalized to death Japanese rubbish like Empress Valley or Tara2000. So I think TCOLZ is a real winner of the battle and we can only wish that the other Led Zeppelin dedicated labels will understand quickly what is the exact point of releasing bootlegs.

By: SteveZ98

SteveZ98 — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:01:17 +0000

Their version of it should be cheaper than everyone elses. They didn’t do anything to justify charging more than the few dollars it cost to press the CDs. They downloaded the show for free, took three seconds to come up with the worst name of any bootleg ever, didn’t bother to remaster it so it arguably sounds better than the version released online, and printed up the most generic cover possible, using the exact same template they’ve used for all of their releases. I’d be stunned if they spent more than three hours putting this piece of crap together, including the time it took them to download the show.

I don’t have anything against labels putting out shows that were distributed for free online, providing they at least put some effort into them to add value for the people who spend their money on them. This reeks of somebody who doesn’t care about Led Zeppelin or their fans doing anything they can to make a buck.

By: Argenteum Astrum

Argenteum Astrum — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:29:21 +0000

But at least TCOLZ is much more cheaper than other Japanese efforts.

By: SteveZ98

SteveZ98 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:08:05 +0000

The show was released for free online, the title they came up with is awful, and the cover “art” is, as usual, non-existent. Why did they bother to release this, other than as an obvious grab for cash?