Seven minutes of previously unseen Led Zeppelin concert footage has been given new life and can now be seen on YouTube.
Shot on September 4th, 1970 at the Forum in Los Angeles during their sixth American tour, it's been matched to audio from the On Blueberry Hill bootleg, which was recorded the same night.
Shot by Zep fan Eddie Vincent, the footage sat in a drawer for 50 years. It was captured on a windup 8-millimeter Kodak Brownie capable of recording in 30-second bursts. It features snippets of six songs -- "Since I’ve Been Loving You," "Thank You," "What Is and What Should Never Be," "Whole Lotta Love," "Some Other Guy" and "Lemon Song," plus organ and theremin solos.
Vincent tells Classic Rock, "I had really great seats. I had seats in the front row, right behind John Bonham's kit. The only problem was that you couldn't really see John because the gong was there, but he came around and chatted to us while they were doing the acoustic set...
"To write ourselves into a little bit of Led Zeppelin history is an honor. The music needs to be out there. I know a lot of collectors and traders that don't give their stuff away, and that's a shame to me. Music's to be shared, and today you need it to get away from the crazy world. And if this film brings a lot of people happiness, hey, we did a good job."
Vincent tried to film Zeppelin when they played Los Angeles in 1971, but their manager Peter Grant put a stop to that.
Source: Rolling Stone and Premiere