shortage of demos/outtakes in the public domain - keep this on topic

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[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[

Somehow I stumbled upon this thread...

We can be pretty certain that the Sheetkeeckers bootleg (with the March 1974 Rainbow Theatre material) comes from them.

Theory - they were dumped by Queen and couldn't reap the rewards of their first live album, so they sent the tapes to bootleggers instead.

I bet I'm not far off.

Otherwise, where else did a properly mixed 1974
board tape come from in 1975, at the exact same time that Queen changed management?

It was the first Queen bootleg. And such a Queen bootleg has not been released since.
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I always thought that recording had come from a source close to the band and or close to the recording "staff" either at the gig or the mixing studio but I'd never thought about the Sheffield brothers themselves as being responsible.

Can you imagine had Queen signed with Peter Grant in 75 the shit the Sheffield's would have been in!!
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Are you calling John Reid a pansy? ;)

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]

Are you calling John Reid a pansy? ;)
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Wouldn't dream it :)

I was actually thinking about the old story about Peter Grant being tipped off about a record shop selling Zep boots in the early 70's in Camben, I believe.

He turned up one day and smashed the place up with a lump hammer while telling the guy not to fuck with Zeppelin!

Ahh, the wonderful and gentlemanly Peter Grant strikes again !

"OK folks, I think that's all of 'em - no more Zeppelin bootlegs to be found, ever." -- Peter Grant, apparently sober around 1971

I admire the man in so many ways, but he was completely out of his mind on this issue.

^^^^ I met him on a couple of occasions, he was quite chatty and had a sense of humour but you could tell he was not a man you would want to get on the wrong side of!