Robert Plant - Montreal 1988 (full show) 

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Unfortunately, this isn't the Montreal show. It's Toronto. The setlist & date is correct for Toronto, but doesn't match Montreal.

Me 2. The spectrum is a great place to see a show.

I was there too and specifically remember the "pop" of recognition when "In the Evening" began. I was 18 and had goosebumps. what a memory!!!

William Gemmell

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Saw this show Philly.

Thanks for capturing this great show !

The audio on this is amazingly good! Well done.

I was there too! I had no idea Jimmy was in town!! It would’ve been incredible if he joined him for the show.

He's is "ON" this show, the whole band is tight. Great production(;()=

T Radcliff dog boy was pretty good especially when he did the net worth wearing and tearing with plant and page

Do you recall the opening act? Was there in GSO too but it was so many moons ago. Thanks!

Blunt and Plant had a collaboration. Blunt also brought a lot of good out of Plant. After he scuttled Blunt, he became a roving musical hedonist hiring and firing band members annually. He never got fully into a partnership again. He wanted to wear the pants and his career became shallow for it. Big Log is timeless - Tie Die On The Highway is just schmaltzy. Further, that's why UnLedded and Walking Into Clarksdale with Page were weak. Jimmy had to bow to Plant's wishes and the result was mediocre reworkings and mid-tempo dirges when Jimmy still wanted to rock.

Stephanie Sandlin well said , I agree . I saw Plant in early 83 at MSG NYC and it was great . First 2 albums were great , after that it started to dive

I liked Doug Boyl's playing , also liked Blunt , different sounds and styles , both wonderful players. Robert wouldn't work with a guy who sucks !

@@zoso1980 The problem with Walking Into Clarksdale was the production. They hired Nirvana's producer and decided to go with a raw, grungy sound, and the album (minus one or 2 tracks) sucked. I'm sure Jimmy wanted to produce the album, but he had to bow to Robert, i'm sure.

@@zoso73 Sounds just like how the 02 show Ahmet tribute in London in December 2007 went. Robert made Jimmy drop the original tuning in most of the songs they played that night a half step which made it sound grungy so Robert wouldn't embarrass himself straining his voice like in Black dog, Good Times Bad Times, Ramble On, Nobody's fault but mine, No Quarter, Dazed and Confused, Song Remains the same, Stairway and Rock n Roll.

For me too, I saw him in Tuscon Arizona if I remember correctly. People were so bored with with Joan Jett but the place erupted when Plant came on. I can't remember why but they had a different drummer. They opened with Pink and Black.

@@royharper2003 Robert's drummer, Chris Blackwell, had broken his wrist. Pat Torpey, who eventually went on to join MR. BIG, filled in as the main drummer while a recuperating Chris Blackwell played backup percussion. Shortly after Pat Torpey's touring commitment was completed with Robert Plant, he joined Billy Sheehan & Paul Gilbert to form MR. BIG.

@@bricin1982 Interesting, I never knew who he was but he was better than Chris Blackwell in my humble opinion.

Same here, Craig. My 1st was Rochester, NY 5/11/88, and 2nd was Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on 12/12/88, same opening acts as you. SRV w/Double Trouble in Rochester, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts in Hamilton. I also concur with the favorite albums. Loved Pictures At 11, Principle Of Moments, and Shaken 'n Stirred. I liked Now And Zen & Manic Nirvana. Started to lose interest with the release of Fate Of Nations. But I'm not at all interested in anything that came after Fate Of Nations, unfortunately.

John S. I agree p just watered down the shows from that point after

I saw all plant tours .ending with manic nirvana .his 2 bands he had at that point..his best 2 bands .. ..collins .hayward n blackwell .blunt n.boyle.

Sad for you no doubt, and millions of other fans, not sad for him....,except in the way that getting old is sad for all of us. Past twenty years has brought many musical adventures for him and much creativity....and of course that great 2007 Celebration Day performance. Even if he had wanted to carry on doing Zep songs and his 80’s catalogue, (which he did NOT), his voice could not sustain touring at that level. He’s damn lucky he has a voice left at all after all the years of relentless demands on it by Zeppelin. His last two albums are beautiful, heartfelt, somewhat melancholy, reflections of a guy moving through his years, and his voice carries so much emotion now. It is not music for the young. Things are lost when youth passes.....but some things are gained.

​@@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 Robert does as he pleases, doesn't he? Repetition can be so destructive to performers. John Denver comes to mind. I think Robert defends his spirit by moving along. Outwardly the repitition doesn't seem to bug Jim, but he has a reputation for coping.

@@rokarolla The only problem with Plant's ever wandering muse, instead of copying, he tends to rely on reframing, especially with things he recycles. What comes out is often lesser than what the original was. Unledded for example was a dalliance in the hedonistic reinterpretations. I wouldn't mind if his hedonism went somewhere interesting, but reframing while missing the light the powered the pieces has shown me Percy has been out of creative gas for years. He needs a Robbie Blunt to spark that creation. On his own, without being put in check, his hedonism goes some pretty silly places. Today, he's musical comfort food. JP avoiding the slide into silliness has it's merits. He contributed, now he's guarding and taking care of his legacy. Plant is just flinging tomatoes at the wall still, and sometimes making a mess.

I know the feeling. lol

Yes, Trio Bulgarca

@@chiswaah Makes sense, thanks for confirming.

Doug speaks very highly of you though.

This is Plant at his most campy for sure. A cover caricature of himself along with young hired guns to appeal to the MTV audience. Plant was lost after 1985 and bounced from musical hedonistic thing to thing. He's still doing it. People praise him, but what he has doesn't have any depth or substance. It's just him jumping from kiddie pool to kiddie pool. Compare that Coverdale/Page. Say what you will about Coverdale, but that album holds up and has aged well. Plant looks goofy here. Him doing Zeppelin covers with his band is almost bad comedy. At least this is semi-close to the original arrangement. That is before he started reworking them and stripping the timelessness out of them. Yes, that reworking of Black Dog with Page was a nuisance.

@@zoso1980 I respectfully disagree. This line up had so much talent, Just because his band mates weren't household names. I've heard them get knocked. In my opinion, talent wise best post Zep line up.

Doug Boyle act as a spoof of himself. Not a fan either and prefer Blunt’s creativity and talent for song composition.

​@@zoso1980 You are completely lost. His solo tours were fantastic and any smart fan knows this. I'm sorry I seem to have forgotten the name of your band?

@@christopherekin1747 I'm glad you can openly share your fondness for shallow and vapid music. Bless your heart. I don't need a band. Need a snappier comeback my guy. Perhaps you feel superior because you cannot understand how bad Plant was in this era. You aren't as smart as you think you are. Plant's artistic muse was well on its way down hill after Blunt was shown the door. Now, it exists as reframes and retreads. Plant has no muse other than hedonism. A complete empty husk reliant on a quality guitarist to bring something out of him, which he thinks he is too good for now. But, go on. Praising him as "fantastic" just shows a 25-watt lightbulb relates well to another 25-watt lightbulb. Stay seated at the kiddie table if you can't converse like a grown up.

dortega12 what a load of piffle

That's too bad...He wrote a lot of good shit, lyrically AND musically

@@ervchampeau571 you dumb son of a crap, shut up

Dorktega0 Maybe it’s you that’s completely boring? I guess you’re the guy that throws the turd in the punch bowl or Farts in Church..You just had to share your sucky opinion...

Your Lost.