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{{Image|KonsertHuset1969.jpg|right|160px|Promotional poster for Led Zeppelin's concert in Sweden, 14 March 1969.}} | {{Image|KonsertHuset1969.jpg|right|160px|Promotional poster for Led Zeppelin's concert in Sweden, 14 March 1969.}} | ||
The '''1969 tour of the United Kingdom and Scandinavian''' was a | The '''1969 tour of the United Kingdom and Scandinavian''' was a concert tour of England, Wales, Denmark and Sweden by the England|English rock music|rock rock band|band, Led Zeppelin. The tour commenced on 1 March 1969 and completed on 17 April 1969, although there exists unconfirmed reports the band appeared in additional shows during this time. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
In the course of this tour, Led Zeppelin elicited an allotment of live television performances, comprising one recording in | In the course of this tour, Led Zeppelin elicited an allotment of live television performances, comprising one recording in Denmark on 17 March,<ref>[http://ledzeppelin.com/show/march-17-1969 Led Zeppelin official website: Danemark TV]</ref> a session at BBC TV studios on 21 March <ref>[http://ledzeppelin.com/show/march-21-1969 Led Zeppelin official website: BBC TV session]</ref> and a session at Staines on 25 March,<ref>[http://ledzeppelin.com/show/march-25-1969 Led Zeppelin official website: Staines concert]</ref> the culminating for the filming of the ''Supershow''. These anteceding filmed sessions were constituent of manager Peter Grant's strategy to create public cognizance of the band. However, his despondence with the medium (specifically its inadequate audio dynamics), would in due time influence him to make the group unavailable for television again, including offers from ''The Tom Jones Show'' and ''Top of the Pops''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Shadwick|first=Keith|year=2005|title=Led Zeppelin: The Story of a Band and Their Music 1968-1980|edition=1st|location=San Francisco|publisher=Backbeat Books|pages=93|isbn=0-87930-871-0}}</ref> {{Quote|TV just doesn't do justice to our sound<ref>{{cite book|author=Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon|title=Led Zeppelin: The Concert File|edition=Revised|location=London|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=2005|pages=20|id=ISBN 1-84449-659-7}}</ref>}} | ||
Led Zeppelin's | Led Zeppelin's Led Zeppelin (album)|debut album was tardily released in the United Kingdom part-way through this tour, in late March 1969. | ||
==Tour set list== | ==Tour set list== | ||
The fairly typical | The fairly typical set list for the tour was: | ||
#' | #'Train Kept A-Rollin'' (Tiny Bradshaw, Howie Kay, Lois Mann) | ||
#' | #'I Can't Quit You Baby' (Willie Dixon) | ||
#' | #'As Long As I Have You' (Garnet Mimms) | ||
#' | #'Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin song)|Dazed and Confused' (Jimmy Page) | ||
#" | #"You Shook Me' (Willie Dixon, J. B. Lenoir) | ||
#' | #'White Summer'/'Black Mountain Side' (Jimmy Page) | ||
#' | #'Moby Dick (song)|Pat's Delight' (John Bonham) | ||
#' | #'Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (Led Zeppelin song)|Babe I'm Gonna Leave You' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Anne Bredon) | ||
#' | #'How Many More Times' (John Bonham, John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page) | ||
There were some set list variations, substitutions, and running order changes during the tour. | There were some set list variations, substitutions, and running order changes during the tour. | ||
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 The 1969 tour of the United Kingdom and Scandinavian was a concert tour of England, Wales, Denmark and Sweden by the England|English rock music|rock rock band|band, Led Zeppelin. The tour commenced on 1 March 1969 and completed on 17 April 1969, although there exists unconfirmed reports the band appeared in additional shows during this time. OverviewIn the course of this tour, Led Zeppelin elicited an allotment of live television performances, comprising one recording in Denmark on 17 March,[1] a session at BBC TV studios on 21 March [2] and a session at Staines on 25 March,[3] the culminating for the filming of the Supershow. These anteceding filmed sessions were constituent of manager Peter Grant's strategy to create public cognizance of the band. However, his despondence with the medium (specifically its inadequate audio dynamics), would in due time influence him to make the group unavailable for television again, including offers from The Tom Jones Show and Top of the Pops.[4]
Led Zeppelin's Led Zeppelin (album)|debut album was tardily released in the United Kingdom part-way through this tour, in late March 1969. Tour set listThe fairly typical set list for the tour was:
There were some set list variations, substitutions, and running order changes during the tour. Notes
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