1969 - Memories of Musical Good Times - Led Zeppelin

1969 - S E London...I was 15...Cream had split (it was 50 years ago today !)...We felt rudderless ! But we had Taste, Free, Jethro Tull. Canned Heat (USA) et al...and Led Zeppelin released their first 2 albums in this year,,,I also saw them live at the Royal Albert Hall...incredible ! 
Blind Faith, Santana & Johnny Winter's first CBS album was our summer listening amid an enjoyable mix of funk music from JB,Sly. Kool &The Gang & others...There was the Woodstock festival, The Stones and Blind Faith at Hyde Park...And for the first time Albums outsold singles.
To me Led Zep were the last of the great rock bands that were Blues based...Although I had a liking for Deep Purple ( I saw them twice in their early 'In Rock' days - And they were great) 
As a reminder of these far away but influential days...here is a Led Zep bootleg of their gig at the Paris Olympia 10 October 1969...Not Hi-Fi but considering the times very listenable,,,Historic...including some photos from this performance...Thanks to the original poster, Get it here : 
https://mega.nz/#!TEF3jSIa!1uLZAc5wy3g0tZQvC-Y4zA5mijjm7usLftLv5VtIjNs

Free - Live Fairfield Hall Croydon 13 September 1970

Free were an English rock band formed in London in 1968, best known for their 1970 signature song "All Right Now". They disbanded in 1973 and lead singer Paul Rodgers went on to become a frontman of the band Bad Company along with Simon Kirke on drums. Lead guitarist Paul Kossoff formed Back Street Crawler in 1975, but died from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 25 in 1976. Bassist Andy Fraser formed Sharks. (Wiki)

In the UK we had Cream with their extravagant busy musical showmanship...That ended in 1968...Come 1968 onwards, we were charmed by Free ...a 4 piece blues-rock band that had another angle...with space, soulful vocals and another great,original guitarist...Paul Kossoff...His influence on me, aged 14 and beyond, was essential...His bends and vibrato (which we called 'The Koss Wave') were so expressive and exciting to us youthful bluesniks. Andy Fraser's bass was melodic and creative too.
Me and my friends were lucky enough to witness almost all of the 2 sets played this day. We had tickets for the 2nd show...and like typical young fans we got to the venue hours before our set began. We sneaked into the hall after a few minutes of the first set and nobody questioned us... Here are recordings of this gig from these 2 sessions (Some do appear on the original album 'Free - Live') Thanks to the original poster -  Cheers Gus  
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 https://mega.nz/#!ecsFnIbJ!yz4EBv956N9WZBJYynSDT1deT4Am7jdTlyawIutTnok

Here is their first album 'Tons Of Sobs' (1968) ...Blues/Rock at its best...Raw Soulful and Real !...Japanese CD with extra tracks 

https://mega.nz/#!HIdQ2QaZ!2KX8McvUyS4fl4nD1dRTy8mDJDt8CwnRcnXFFFB4nsY