LED ZEPPELIN__Original__1973__CONCERT TICKET STUB___LARGEST AUDIENCE RECORD !!!

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This is a super nice
authentic
LED ZEPPELIN
concert stub
from May 5th, 1973 at the Tampa Stadium.
This was the all-time record breaking single act concert for both attendance and gross receipts at the time, even surpassing the Beatles in 1965.  I don't think that many single acts have even beat it to this day!!  The band had recently released their 4th album.  A video of this concert in a 1973 newscast was shown to the audience as their 2009 reunion concert started in London.  It's also in the official DVD of that concert as well as their previous DVD for the Song Remains the Same.  The band is obviously extremely proud of this concert in particular and it's achievement.  Even so, in 1977 they held another performance in this same venue and drew an even larger crowd.. 70,000 fans!!  Even today with a much larger population, it is not often seen for a single act to draw such a large crowd.
The band had recently released their 4th album.  Unlike '75 and especially '77,  early Zeppelin stubs are much harder to find.  This one is in great shape, pretty much just light handling wear but it does have a crease down the middle, a small stain on front and light darkening/discoloration of the card stock on the back.  Even with the crease, the stub is nice and firm and holds up well (see photo).
What a super nice find!!
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Setlist:
Rock and Roll
Celebration Day
(Bring It On Home intro)
Black Dog
Over the Hills and Far Away
Misty Mountain Hop
Since I've Been Loving You
No Quarter
The Song Remains the Same
Rain Song
Dazed and Confused
Stairway to Heaven
Moby Dick
Heartbreaker
Whole Lotta Love (incl. Let That Boy Boogie)
The Ocean
Communication Breakdown.
For the '73 Tampa performance, go to YouTube and paste in:
Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll - Tampa Stadium 05-05-1973 Part 1
For more information and photos of this show, go to:
ledzeppelin.com/show/may-5-1973
Associated Press May 1973 Article:
"Record-breaking tour audiences and grosses have been claimed by a lot of rock groups - Beatles, Rolling Stones, Three Dog Night, Grand Funk Railroad. Now Led Zeppelin is claiming one - biggest audience for one act ever in the United States.
This was May 5 at the Tampa Stadium, the night after the British group started its U.S. tour in Atlanta. Attendance in Tampa was 56,800, with a 9,000 gross. Led Zeppelin is on a 33-concert, 30-city tour during May and July, with June off for vacation, expecting a total gross of million. The quartet performs without an opening act or intermission, for two and a half hours.
But if anybody thinks they're blasé about playing to such a big crowd as in Tampa, 'he's wrong. We spoke later by phone with lead singer Robert Plant in New Orleans. He said, "I think it was the biggest thrill I've had. I pretend - I kid myself — I'm not very nervous in a situation like that. I try to bounce around just like normal.
"But, if you do a proportionate thing, it would be like halt of England's population. "It was a real surprise. Tampa is the last place I would expect to see 60,000 people. It's not the country's biggest city. It was fantastic. One would think it would be very hard to communicate; with 60,000 people some have got to be quite a distance off. There were no movie screens showing us, like in Atlanta. The only thing they could pick on was the complete vibe of what music was being done."
Plant and Page write most of the group's songs. Some are a collaboration of all four. Gold albums have been "Led Zeppelin," "Led Zeppelin II," "Led Zeppelin III" and "Houses of the Holy," Atlantic, the latter being the best-selling album in the U.S. tor the first two weeks of May. The group also has a gold single, "Whole Lotta Love." But singles are not a big item with Led Zeppelin.
"You can't pick up on what we do in three minutes." Plant adds that some people thought the group was heavy, sexy rock from its hit single. "Now I think they realize there is more. They realize we have subtlety and a spectrum. You can't keep sending out heavy rock all the lime.
"Every time we make an album, our musical leanings advance more and more. A person won't be repetitious if he has any artistry at all. It sounds egotistical but I think this group has the most talented musicians in England. Jimmy Page has played backup with innumerable people from Burt Bacharach to the Rolling Stones.
"He is like the father of the group. Bassist John Paul Jones has done arrangements for people who are world-famous. I came roaring out of the blues and drummer John Bonham used to be like me.
“After bashing out infectious rock, we've started to level out into an artistically leaning group. There's been no big hype behind it at all. The music sort of seeped through to people. The first album was sensitive, traditional songs like Joan Baez had done. Since then it has gone from strength to strength. An audience can ever anticipate in advance what our next album will be like.
"Live, we do a lot of improvising. The numbers will be more or less the same numbers, but what goes on inside, apart from the melody lines, will alter each night. There’s a lot of phrase tossing between drummer, bassist and guitarist and I've been renowned for using my voice as an instrument.
"A lot of groups are too frightened to play away from the track of the records. You see them twice and know exactly what you'll hear the third time. And it's the reason why our group has never changed personnel.
A lot of groups pack it up and form again. There's internal strife because of musical boredom — plugging away at the same old thing. We stay creative: I think that is exactly what we're known for."
(A.P. - May 1973)
1969 VIDEO:
I know this is a 1973 stub, but here is a great high quality live 15 min video from 1969, well worth watching for any true fan:
Go to YouTube and paste in:
LED ZEPPELIN LIVE 1969 Part 1
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