Led Zeppelin – “The Song Remains The Same” (1976)

I know, I know… more Led Zeppelin, you’re thinking. “Yeah, sure, but this is the Japanese pressing,” he said sheepishly, knowing it did not make the situation seem cooler, at least not to most people. We spent a long weekend up in Bellingham, Washington, near the Canadian border, and while there I popped into the […]

Led Zeppelin – “Seattle 1972” (2023)

Without realizing it, over the years I ended up purchasing physical copies of most of Led Zeppelin’s recorded Seattle shows. As best I can tell the might Zep played here 11 times if you count an appearance in Woodinville in 1969 for the Seattle Pop Festival. Six of the shows, those from 1972 to 1977, […]

Led Zeppelin – “Kingdom Come: Seattle 1977 Definitive Edition” 3xCD (2023)

Led Zeppelin played 10 or 11 shows in my hometown of Seattle, including one played very close to my house in a town called Woodinville. The first was in 1968, the last was in 1977 at the massive concrete eyesore known as the Kingdome. I was just a kid when that last show happened and […]

Led Zeppelin – “My Brain Hurts – Live In Japan December 1972”

I swear I’m not transitioning Life in the Vinyl Lane into a live Led Zeppelin album review blog. That being said, I have come across a few live records over the last month or so and, well, the blog is about what I’m listening to, so there you go. Plus the recording quality of these […]