Kramer was taping the Madison Square Garden show for The Song Remains The Same, a live album eventually released in ’76 alongside a rather bovine motion picture.

When you can feel 20,000 people jumping up and down… well that gives you a moment to remember.” The audience was going crazy, cheering and stomping. “I was in the truck with my hands on the fader and all of a sudden it began moving up and down,” recalls Kramer. ORDER NOW: Led Zeppelin are on the cover of the latest issue of Uncut.From packed stadiums and surreal album covers to trashed hotel rooms, Zeppelin crafted a new reality, one that could even make the earth move. Over three months, Zep blazed across the States, playing to crowds that eclipsed The Rolling Stones’huge American tour the previous year and breaking box office records held by The Beatles. The three sold-out nights at the Garden marked the climax of a gargantuan trek in support of March’s multi-million selling album Houses Of The Holy. It was the final night of Led Zeppelin’s 1973 tour of the United States and Eddie Kramer was recording the show behind the stage in Wally Heider’s Mobile Studio Truck. Inside Madison Square Garden, the ground was shaking. Peter Watts climbs aboard the Starship to hear tales of glorious, transcendent music in the latest issue of Uncut magazine – in UK shops from Thursday, February 9 and available to buy from our online store. Embarking on an American tour to promote their new album Houses Of The Holy, they shattered box office records, rewriting the blueprint for rock’n’roll tours as they went. By 1973, LED ZEPPELIN were on their way to becoming the biggest rock’n’roll band in the world.

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