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{{cquote|We realised we were working under false pretences, the thing had gone quickly beyond where The Yardbirds had left off. We all agreed there was no point in retaining the New Yardbirds tag so when we got back from Scandinavia we decided to change the name. It was a fresh beginning for us all.<ref name=lewispallett/>}}
{{cquote|We realised we were working under false pretences, the thing had gone quickly beyond where The Yardbirds had left off. We all agreed there was no point in retaining the New Yardbirds tag so when we got back from Scandinavia we decided to change the name. It was a fresh beginning for us all.<ref name=lewispallett/>}}

According to singer [[Robert Plant]]:

{{cquote|Jimmy [Page] invested all his Yardbirds money, which wasn't much, into our first tour. We took a road crew of one and off we went...<ref name=complete>Liner notes by [[Cameron Crowe]] for ''[[The Complete Studio Recordings (Led Zeppelin album)|The Complete Studio Recordings]]''</ref>}}


== Tour set list==
== Tour set list==

Revision as of 11:37, 13 March 2008

Scandinavia 1968
Concert by Led Zeppelin
Poster for Led Zeppelin's concert at Gladsaxe (billed as "The Yardbirds"), used to help promote its 1968 Scandinavian tour
Start dateSeptember 7, 1968
End dateSeptember 17, 1968
Legs1
No. of shows9
Led Zeppelin concert chronology

Led Zeppelin's 1968 tour of Scandinavia was a concert tour of Denmark and Sweden by the English rock band. It was Led Zeppelin's first ever concert tour. The tour commenced on September 7 and concluded on September 17, 1968. For these early shows, the band were billed as the "Yardbirds" or "New Yardbirds".

Led Zeppelin's debut tour was an outstanding contracural commitment left over from The Yardbirds. The stage act for their debut tour was based loosely on the set list used by The Yardbirds in 1968 before their breakup, which was fleshed out with a variety of covers.[1]

Jimmy Page recalled of this tour:

We realised we were working under false pretences, the thing had gone quickly beyond where The Yardbirds had left off. We all agreed there was no point in retaining the New Yardbirds tag so when we got back from Scandinavia we decided to change the name. It was a fresh beginning for us all.[1]

According to singer Robert Plant:

Jimmy [Page] invested all his Yardbirds money, which wasn't much, into our first tour. We took a road crew of one and off we went...[2]

Tour set list

Exact set lists during this tour are still sketchy, due partly to the lack of early live Led Zeppelin bootleg recordings. Old Yardbirds' live staples such as "Train Kept A-Rollin'", "Dazed and Confused", "White Summer" and possibly "For Your Love" were performed. Material from the yet unfinished debut album was also included, such as: "Communication Breakdown", I Can't Quit You Baby, "You Shook Me", "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", "How Many More Times" and a Garnet Mimms cover, "As Long As I Have You".[3]

A likely set list for the tour was:

  1. "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (Bradshaw, Kay, Mann)
  2. "For Your Love" (Gouldman)
  3. "I Can't Quit You Baby" (Dixon)
  4. "As Long As I Have You" (Mimms)
  5. "Dazed and Confused" (Page)
  6. "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, John Paul Jones, Page)
  7. "You Shook Me" (Dixon, Lenoir)
  8. "White Summer"/"Black Mountain Side" (Page)
  9. "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" (Bredon, Page, Plant)
  10. "How Many More Times" (Bonham, Jones, Page)

Tour dates

References

  1. ^ a b Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4, p. 12.
  2. ^ Liner notes by Cameron Crowe for The Complete Studio Recordings
  3. ^ Led Zeppelin official website

Sources

  • Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4.
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