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Bonus Episode – The Heart of Markness Classic Rock Podcast

This recording was liberated by the Dogs of Doom back in the day, and boy oh boy is it cool! Cream playing Dallas State Fair Music Hall just 7 months before they called it a day.

The recording is rough. The bass is super loud and overloaded. The vocals are buried behind the music, but that because that’s how they sounded, basically. PA systems hadn’t yet been developed to keep up with cranked Marshall stacks. That would be a year later.

I play a blistering Sunshine of Your Love, and and even more blistering I’m so Glad. Jack Bruce’s sick bass chording during Sunshine foreshadows the evil Dio era Black Sabbath sound by more than a decade. All three of these musicians are absolute virtuosos and amazing with every measure played.

You can download this recording, thanks to my Patrons, right here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pb-DZhc3HQseOHRbXy2tKHwbWpghwk8k?usp=drive_link

Ep. 125 – The Heart of Markness Led Zeppelin Podcast

We listen to the only extant live recording of Led Zeppelin from 1968. Gonzaga University, December 30, they played a gymnasium. Rough and ready and hungry. The very first roar from the behemoth. If you would like to download this show you may do so here: https://mega.nz/folder/W8kwSR7Z#NecCyUJzWsNZyVtoZQA0cA

The Heart of Markness Classic Rock Podcast

We listen to tracks from Cream’s farewell tour, Oct. 25, 1968 in San Jose, California. It’s an excellent audience recording from reel to reel and we hear White Room, Sunshine of Your Love, and Crossroads. Amazing band.

If you would like this complete concert you may grab it here: https://mega.nz/folder/Pw8gTZKT#cpiUitQaNjFURmQ3aXcA_A

The Heart of Markness Led Zeppelin Podcast Episode 71

Two Jimmy Page era Yardbirds shows were recently released, and we give a listen to songs from both of them July 1967 at the Fillmore West and May 29, 1968 in Concord, California (just a few months before Led Zeppelin’s birth). We hear Jimmy leading us all toward Led Zeppelin, his vision of what music should be. It’s a bit chaotic but a good listen.

You may download the complete 1967 show here: https://mega.nz/folder/3hNjUYIB#bLdsCZ28_J7_oY2WGEfilQ

and the 1968 show here: https://mega.nz/folder/qtVRgIxA#Zk5BmrnWL1xjsy-JZW-W_A