Led Zeppelin – CHARLOTTE 1972 Compact Disc Double

1972 was the first year since 1969 that Led Zeppelin didn’t release an album. The highly praised Led Zeppelin IV, (or Untitled/Four Symbols, as it was variously known) had come out in November ’71, and their next LP, Houses Of The Holy, was released in March ’73. Instead, Zeppelin spent the majority of ’72 on the road, touring. Having spent February in Australia, they then spent June touring North America.
Kicking things off on June 6th in Detroit, followed by a quick hop over the Canadian border to play the following night in Montreal, by the 9th of the month the band were in North Carolina, at the state’s most populous city, Charlotte.
Performing at the city’s Coliseum venue – now called the Bojangles Coliseum, but in 1972, simply the Charlotte Coliseum – Led Zeppelin performed one of the finest shows of the entire tour.
Playing a number of cuts from their latest record, including a superb version of the ubiquitous ‘Stairway To Heaven’, alongside a fine selection of back catalogue classics, the concert remains a fan favourite to this day.
Recorded for live radio broadcast, the gig has not previously been released on CD, but that changes with this new 2-disc release which now houses the complete show for the first time.