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
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