Robert Plant
September 1983
Texas - The King Biscuit Flower Hour
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CD1 - 1984.01.29 Broadcast (sides A, B & C)
1. Bill Minkin - Introduction
2. Honda Shadow commercial
3. Busweiser 1 commercial
4. In The Mood
5. Pledge Pin
6. Levis Blue Jeans commercial
7. Budweiser 2 commercial
8. Messin' With The Mekon
9. Messin With The Mekon commercial
10. Good Evening Plantations commercial
11. Worse Than Detroit
12. Plantations commercial
13. Moonlight In Samosa
14. Bill Minkin radio spot
15. Budweiser 3 commercial
16. Bill Minkin radio spot
17. Fat Lip
18. Two Step
19. Bill Minkin radio spot
20. Budweiser 4 commercial
21. End Credits

CD2 - 1984.02.05 Broadcast (sides A, B & C)
1. Bill Minkin - Introduction
2. Budweiser 5 commercial
3. Bill Minkin radio spot
4. Other Arms
5. Horizontal Departure
6. Pledge Pin
7. Bill Minken radio spot
8. Budweiser 6 commercial
9. Bill Minkin radio spot
10. Plant and Band Introductions
11. Slow Dancer
12. Like I've Never Gone
13. Bill Minkin radio spot
14. Budweiser 7 commercial
15. Bill Minkin radio spot
16. Big Log
17. Burning Down One Side
18. End Credits
Bonus:
19. In The Mood
20. Big Log
21. Radio Promo for Part 1
22. Radio Promo for Part 2

  Broadcast Dates:
    1984.01.29 (Part 1)
    1984.02.05 (Part 2)

  Performance Dates:
    September 20, 1983 The Summit, Houston, TX  
    September 21, 1983 Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TX
    September 22, 1983 Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX 

Vocals: Robert Plant
Guitar: Robbie Blunt & Bob Mayo
Bass  : Paul Martinez
Keys  : Jezz Woodroffe & Bob Mayo
Drums : Phil Collins

This is a four album set of vinyl broadcast discs used to distribute the King Biscuit Flower Hour to radio stations affiliates in the USA for weekly broadcasts. Long sought after by Zeppelin & Plant fans alike, only part of this short series has been available from the broadcast tapes until now. The quality you'll hear here surpasses that of previous "leaks" of the SBD material, especially the definition of the high frequencies.

Does anybody remember.... dynamics? The range on this recording is spectacular - nice and open - no clipping. 

Absolutely ZERO compression, limiting or EQ applied to this transfer. This is CLEAN.
The only thing I did to this was meticulously remove any noticeable pops or crackles. I did NOT just run a generic pop filter on the entire set of audio, as that usually harms the recording in an unpleasant way.

This set runs as the broadcast did, with one exception: I removed all but one Honda Shadow commercial (they were all exactly the same and played at EVERY break). All other commercials are left in place. This entire transfer is precisely tracked so you can easily skip parts you don't want to hear. There are 43 tracks total, filling 3CDs:

Also included are hi-res scans of one of the four records, the accompanying documentation - cue sheets, scripts and a letter to the radio station program directors from David Knight, the producer of the show.

This set was rescued from a record store by Krambo199 with real money. The album covers are plain white (since this set was meant to be played once for broadcast and discarded) and the price sticker from the record shop is intact. Without disclosing what he paid, let me assure you that Krambo199 is being very generous in offering this to the community for free - especially since it is so rare. From what I can tell, this is the first time it has been available in full, including the "D" sides that feature cuts mastered for broadcast in regular rotation, outside the King Biscuit show.