Live On Blueberry Hill (also known as
Blueberry Hill) is a
bootleg recording of the
English rock group Led Zeppelin's performance at the
Los Angeles Forum on
September 4,
1970, which took place during their
Summer 1970 North American Tour.
The audience recording is well known for being one of the first ever
Led Zeppelin bootlegs, and indeed one of the first ever
rock and roll bootlegs ever released. It was initially released on the Blimp label.
[Robert Godwin, The illustrated collector's guide to Led Zeppelin, Collector's Guide, 1994.] The album was subsequently pressed on the
Trade Mark of Quality label and shipped to
England. The album sold so many copies that many fans initially thought it was a legal record.
[Rey, Luis (1997) Led Zeppelin Live: An Illustrated Exploration of Underground Tapes, Ontario: The Hot Wacks Press. ISBN 4ISBN 0-9698080-7-0, pp. 130-131.] The sleeve notes described it as "One hundred and six minutes and fifty three seconds of pure alive rock."
[Dave Lewis and Simon Pallett (1997) Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4.] The recording is of very high quality, recorded very close to the stage.
Live On Blueberry Hill derived its name from the fact that at this concert Led Zeppelin performed
Fats Domino's "
Blueberry Hill" as a final encore. The bootleg also features one of the few known live performances of "
Out on the Tiles", a track from the group's
third album.
[Rey, Luis (1997) Led Zeppelin Live: An Illustrated Exploration of Underground Tapes, Ontario: The Hot Wacks Press. ISBN 4ISBN 0-9698080-7-0, pp. 130-131.][Dave Lewis and Simon Pallett (1997) Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4.] It also features "
Bron-Yr-Aur", a song that wouldn't be released officially until five years later, on
Physical Graffiti.
From the 1980s the bootleg became available on CD as a 2-disc set, often under the alternative titles
Blueberry Hill and
The Final Statements.
[Rey, Luis (1997) Led Zeppelin Live: An Illustrated Exploration of Underground Tapes, Ontario: The Hot Wacks Press. ISBN 4ISBN 0-9698080-7-0, pp. 130-131.]Led Zeppelin parody cover band
Dread Zeppelin released an album in 1995 entitled
Live on Blueberry Cheesecake as a play on words of this bootleg release.
Set List
See also
Led Zeppelin bootleg recordings