''Destroyer'' is a bootleg recording from the

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’s performance at

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on 27 April 1977. The

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is from the first show of two nights at the venue, which were part of the band’s 1977 North American Tour. The album is technically titled simply ''Destroyer''. Initial vinyl pressings of the bootleg incorrectly credited

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as the location of this show. A limited edition of the four-LP set came in a plastic film reel carrying case bearing the legend "recorded June 24 'LED ZEPPELIN DESTROYER Unique Permanent Zeppelin Storage Case.'" The liner notes thanked

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for letting the bootleg producers use the tape, and some songs were marred by the random splicing into them of segments from other songs. The later three-CD sets fixed these errors, and eventually versions remastered from lower-generation source tapes surfaced. The exceptional sound quality throughout the performance is described by some sources as "almost perfect".Luis Rey (1997) ''Led Zeppelin Live: An Illustrated Exploration of Underground Tapes'', Ontario: The Hot Wacks Press, pp. 375–377. It was the first, and for many years the only, professionally recorded mixing desk tape to escape from the band's possession.Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) ''Led Zeppelin: The Concert File'', London: Omnibus Press. . The bootleg should not be confused with an audience recording from the following night in Cleveland, sometimes entitled ''The Destroyer''. Though marred by poorer sound quality, and incomplete as a result of using 60-minute (instead of the longer 90-minute)

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for the recording, many critics consider this second performance better than the more famous first ''Destroyer'' gig.

Set list

#‘ ‘The Song Remains the Same’ – (3:40) (fades in) #‘ ‘The Rover’(Intro)/‘ Sick Again’ – (6:44) #‘ Nobody's Fault But Mine’ – (6:29) #‘ In My Time of Dying’/ ‘ You Shook Me’ – (11:38) #‘

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’ – (19:46) (cut) #‘ Ten Years Gone’ – (9:14) #‘ The Battle Of Evermore’ – (6:22) #‘ Going To California’ – (5:48) #‘ Black Country Woman’ #‘ ‘Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp’ – (5:11) #‘

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’ (cut) * #‘ ‘Kashmir’ – (8:32) #‘ ‘Out on the Tiles’ (intro)/‘ Over The Top (not a song title) ‘

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’ #‘Guitar Solo’ – (9:45) (cut) #*‘Bowed Electric Guitar Solo and Theremin Solo’ #*‘

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’ #*‘Cello Bow Solo’ #*‘Effects Solo’ #‘ Achilles Last Stand’ – (9:40) #‘

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’ – (10:10) #‘ ‘Rock And Roll’ – (3:26) (fades in) #‘ Trampled Under Foot’ * Black Mountain Side is on two CD tracks on several CD issues (because of the cut in the original tape). There is loss off about one second in the middle.

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