2nd Japanese Tour

The Campaign 1972 - 14cd by Tarantura (#1972-1~12; 1972-S-1,2)

October 2nd, 1972
Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
No Use Greco (Disc 1&2); The Campaign (Disc 13&14)
October 5th, 1972
Kokaido, Nagoya, Japan
Cherry Blossom (Disc 7&8)
October 3rd, 1972
Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2nd Night In A Judo Arena (Disc 3&4)
October 9th, 1972
Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan
Live (Disc 9&10)
October 4th, 1972
Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan
Dancing Geisha (Disc 5&6)
October 10th, 1972
Kaitan Hall, Kyoto, Japan
Last Campaign (Disc 11&12)
Disc 1 (51:29):
Introduction By Mr. Goro "The D.J." Itoi (1:05)
Rock And Roll (3:56)
Over The Hills And Far Away (5:29)
Out On The Tiles / Black Dog (5:20)
Misty Mountain Hop (4:40)
Since I’ve Been Loving You (7:25)
Dancing Days (4:32)
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (6:08)
The Song Remains The Same (5:30)
The Rain Song (7:21)
Disc 2 (73:38):
Dazed And Confused (21:31)
Stairway To Heaven (9:34)
Whole Lotta Love (22:53)
Heartbreaker (10:32)
Immigrant Song (3:54)
Communication Breakdown (5:12)
Disc 3 (56:38):
Introduction By Goro "The Blabbermouth" Itoi (1:16)
Rock And Roll (3:34)
Out On The Tiles / Black Dog (5:30)
Over The Hills And Far Away (6:11)
Misty Mountain Hop (5:30)
Since I’ve Been Loving You (8:17)
Dancing Days (4:14)
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (8:04)
The Song Remains The Same (5:52)
The Rain Song (8:06)
Disc 4 (72:30):
Dazed And Confused (28:40)
Stairway To Heaven (9:50)
Whole Lotta Love (23:18)
Immigrant Song (5:31)
The Ocean (5:09)
Disc 5 (49:50):
Rock And Roll (4:08)
Out On The Tiles / Black Dog (5:20)
Over The Hills And Far Away (5:36)
Misty Mountain Hop (4:54)
Since I’ve Been Loving You (7:37)
Dancing Days (4:39)
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (4:53)
The Song Remains The Same (5:12)
The Rain Song (7:26)
Disc 6 (69:46):
Dazed And Confused (24:49)
Stairway To Heaven (9:49)
Whole Lotta Love (22:56)
Heartbreaker (7:56)
Immigrant Song (4:14)
Disc 7 (50:20):
Rock And Roll (4:54)
Out On The Tiles / Black Dog (6:07)
Misty Mountain Hop (5:11)
Since I’ve Been Loving You (8:16)
Dancing Days (4:46)
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (6:43)
The Song Remains The Same (6:14)
The Rain Song (8:06)
Disc 8 (64:36):
Dazed And Confused (17:39)
Stairway To Heaven (10:23)
Whole Lotta Love (23:14)
Cherry Blossom (Mellotron Solo) (4:52)
Thank You (8:27)
Disc 9 (74:21):
Rock And Roll (4:06)
Out On The Tiles / Black Dog (5:42)
Over The Hills And Far Away (6:13)
Misty Mountain Hop (5:12)
Since I’ve Been Loving You (7:54)
Dancing Days (4:28)
The Song Remains The Same (5:52)
The Rain Song (7:40)
Dazed And Confused (27:09)
Disc 10 (67:34):
Stairway To Heaven (11:24)
Moby Dick (16:34)
Whole Lotta Love (29:23)
Stand By Me (6:18)
Immigrant Song (3:52)
Disc 11 (54:56):
Rock And Roll (4:24)
Out On The Tiles / Black Dog (5:20)
Misty Mountain Hop (4:42)
Since I’ve Been Loving You (7:57)
The Song Remains The Same (5:46)
The Rain Song (8:05)
Dazed And Confused (18:40)
Disc 12 (34:42):
Stairway To Heaven (3:56)
Over The Hills And Far Away (5:38)
Whole Lotta Love (21:17)
Immigrant Song (3:50)
Disc 13 (74:56):
Rock And Roll (4:09)
Over The Hills And Far Away (5:46)
Out On The Tiles / Black Dog (5:35)
Misty Mountain Hop (4:50)
Since I’ve Been Loving You (7:45)
Dancing Days (4:42)
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (6:23)
The Song Remains The Same (5:40)
The Rain Song (7:41)
Dazed And Confused (22:23)
Disc 14 (55:23):
Stairway To Heaven (10:12)
Whole Lotta Love (23:53)
Heartbreaker (13:16)
Immigrant Song (3:18)
Communication Breakdown (4:42)

Sources: (Disc 1&2) stereo audience; (Disc 3&4) stereo audience; (Disc 5&6) stereo audience; (Disc 7&8) stereo audience; (Disc 9&10) two stereo audiences; (Disc 11&12) mono audience; (Disc 13&14) stereo audience

Sound quality: (Disc 1&2) ****; (Disc 3&4) ***; (Disc 5&6) ***1/2; (Disc 7&8) ***; (Disc 9&10) ***, (Disc 11&12) **1/2; (Disc 13&14) ***
Performance: ****

Notes:

now there are better sounding releases for each show of the Japanese Tour; anyway The Campaign 1972 has an awesome (surely one of the best, if not THE best) packaging and artwork.

Packaging: box with rigid books and booklet

the front cover of the box

the front and the back cover of No Use Greco (rigid book)



the front and the back cover of 2nd Night In A Judo Arena (rigid book)



the front and the back cover of Dancing Geisha (rigid book)



the front and the back cover of Cherry Blossom (rigid book)



the front and the back cover of Live (rigid book)



the front and the back cover of Last Campaign (rigid book)



the front and the back cover of The Campaign (rigid book)



the front and the back cover of the booklet