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Ethereal Interlude
Popularized by: Led Zeppelin
Written by: (John Bonham/John Paul Jones/Jimmy Page/Robert Plant)
Year First Appeared: 1972
Lyrics: This is an intrumental
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Performances in circulation: 88
Date Venue City Mode Length
Jun 22, 1972 Swing Auditorium San Bernardino, CA In Medley 00:35
Jun 25, 1972 The Forum Inglewood, CA In Medley 00:31
Jun 27, 1972 Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA In Medley 00:20
Jun 28, 1972 Tucson Community Center Tucson, AZ In Medley 00:20
Oct 04, 1972 Koseinenkin Kaikan Osaka In Medley 00:25
Oct 09, 1972 Koseinenkin Kaikan Osaka In Medley 01:30
Oct 10, 1972 Kyoto Kaikan #1 Kyoto In Medley 00:15
Nov 30, 1972 City Hall Newcastle-upon-Tyne In Medley 00:39
Dec 01, 1972 City Hall Newcastle-upon-Tyne In Medley 01:02
Dec 04, 1972 Green's Playhouse Glasgow In Medley 01:10
Dec 08, 1972 Hard Rock Concert Theatre Manchester In Medley 01:09
Dec 16, 1972 Odeon Birmingham In Medley 00:40 cut
Dec 22, 1972 Alexandra Palace London In Medley 01:19
Dec 23, 1972 Alexandra Palace London In Medley 01:40
Jan 02, 1973 City Hall Sheffield In Medley 01:10 cut
Jan 07, 1973 New Theatre Oxford In Medley 01:15
Jan 14, 1973 Empire Theatre Liverpool In Medley 01:15
Jan 15, 1973 Trentham Ballroom Stoke-on-Trent In Medley 01:10
Jan 18, 1973 St. George's Hall Bradford In Medley 01:30
Jan 22, 1973 Old Union Refectory Southampton In Medley 02:05
Jan 25, 1973 Music Hall Aberdeen In Medley 01:38
Jan 28, 1973 King's Theatre Edinburgh In Medley 00:25 cut
Jan 30, 1973 Guild Hall Preston In Medley 01:54
Mar 06, 1973 Kungliga Tennishallen Stockholm In Medley 01:35
Mar 14, 1973 Messe-Zentrum Halle Nuremberg In Medley 01:20
Mar 16, 1973 Wiener Stadthalle Vienna In Medley 01:35
Mar 17, 1973 Olympiahalle Munich In Medley 01:30
Mar 19, 1973 Deutschlandhalle Berlin In Medley 01:30
Mar 21, 1973 Musikhalle Hamburg In Medley 01:42
Mar 22, 1973 Gruga-Halle Essen In Medley 01:30
Mar 24, 1973 Ortenauhalle Offenburg In Medley 01:54
Mar 26, 1973 Palais Des Sports Lyons In Medley 01:50
Mar 27, 1973 Parc Des Expositions Nancy In Medley 01:57
Apr 01, 1973 Centre Sportif Saint-Ouen In Medley 01:23
Apr 02, 1973 Centre Sportif Saint-Ouen In Medley 01:44
May 05, 1973 Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL In Medley 01:40
May 13, 1973 Municipal Auditorium Mobile, AL In Medley 02:05
May 14, 1973 Municipal Auditorium New Orleans, LA In Medley 02:10
May 16, 1973 Sam Houston Coliseum Houston, TX In Medley 02:10
May 18, 1973 Memorial Auditorium Dallas, TX In Medley 02:05
May 19, 1973 Convention Center Arena Ft. Worth, TX In Medley 02:38
May 26, 1973 Salt Palace Arena Salt Lake City, UT In Medley 02:31
May 31, 1973 The Forum Inglewood, CA In Medley 02:15
Jun 02, 1973 Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA In Medley 02:02
Jun 03, 1973 The Forum Inglewood, CA In Medley 01:58 cut
Jul 06, 1973 Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL In Medley 01:40
Jul 07, 1973 Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL In Medley 02:26
Jul 09, 1973 Saint Paul Civic Center St Paul , MN In Medley 03:52
Jul 10, 1973 Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI In Medley 02:29
Jul 12, 1973 Cobo Arena Detroit, MI In Medley 02:24
Jul 15, 1973 Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY In Medley 02:52
Jul 17, 1973 Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle, WA In Medley 02:50
Jul 20, 1973 Boston Garden Boston, MA In Medley 02:10
Jul 21, 1973 Civic Center Providence, RI In Medley 02:52
Jul 23, 1973 Civic Center Baltimore, MD In Medley 02:16
Jul 24, 1973 Three Rivers Stadium Pittsburgh, PA In Medley 03:00
Jul 27, 1973 Madison Square Garden New York, NY In Medley 02:33
Jul 28, 1973 Madison Square Garden New York, NY In Medley 02:37
Jul 29, 1973 Madison Square Garden New York, NY In Medley 02:50
Feb 03, 1975 Madison Square Garden New York, NY In Medley 02:02
Feb 04, 1975 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Uniondale, NY In Medley 03:00
Feb 06, 1975 The Forum Montreal, QC In Medley 02:12
Feb 07, 1975 Madison Square Garden New York, NY In Medley 03:00
Feb 08, 1975 The Spectrum Philadelphia, PA In Medley 02:25
Feb 10, 1975 Capital Centre Landover, MD In Medley 03:02
Feb 12, 1975 Madison Square Garden New York, NY In Medley 02:40
Feb 13, 1975 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Uniondale, NY In Medley 03:30
Feb 14, 1975 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Uniondale, NY In Medley 03:30
Feb 16, 1975 The Arena St. Louis, MO In Medley 03:37
Feb 28, 1975 Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA In Medley 02:57
Mar 04, 1975 Memorial Auditorium Dallas, TX In Medley 03:07
Mar 05, 1975 Memorial Auditorium Dallas, TX In Medley 03:55
Mar 10, 1975 Sports Arena San Diego, CA In Medley 04:00
Mar 11, 1975 Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA In Medley 03:50
Mar 12, 1975 Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA In Medley 04:50
Mar 14, 1975 Sports Arena San Diego, CA In Medley 04:30
Mar 17, 1975 Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle, WA In Medley 04:32
Mar 19, 1975 Pacific Coliseum Vancouver, BC In Medley 05:22
Mar 20, 1975 Pacific Coliseum Vancouver, BC In Medley 06:18
Mar 21, 1975 Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle, WA In Medley 06:25
Mar 24, 1975 The Forum Inglewood, CA In Medley 04:37
Mar 25, 1975 The Forum Inglewood, CA In Medley 06:58
Mar 27, 1975 The Forum Inglewood, CA In Medley 05:38
May 17, 1975 Earls Court Arena London In Medley 03:22
May 18, 1975 Earls Court Arena London In Medley 04:44
May 23, 1975 Earls Court Arena London In Medley 04:20
May 24, 1975 Earls Court Arena London In Medley 04:45
May 25, 1975 Earls Court Arena London In Medley 05:23
Audio Samples
'Led Zeppelin' Version from 'Jun 02, 1973'
Song Notes

The Ethereal Interlude is my name for the smoothly evocative section in Dazed and Confused right before the bow solo for every performance of the song from late 72 up through the last performance at Earls Court in May of 1975. Musically the section started with a deviation from the furious guitar soloing and rhythmic workout of the previous section where the band backed off abruptly and smoothed themselves out creating a calm eerie mood. It served to set the table for the bow solo to follow where the disconnect between the fury of the heavier sections and the creepyness of the spaceout sections was greatest. The section's end is defined at the point where Jimmy first uses the bow.

The first appearance of the Ethereal Interlude started in the last few dates of the Summer 72 US tour where Page dips his toe in the water trying to set the mood correctly. They were very short and naked at this point though and the section really wouldn't start to take shape until late in the year.

By Decmember of 72 the song was developing nicely and Jimmy had started playing the altertating asscending and descending melodic guitar line that would eventually develop into one of the central elements of Achilles Last Stand, which wouldn't appear on an album until Presence nearly four years later. Jimmy set the mood and Jones and Bonham followed and accented him. Over this hypnotic backdrop Plant tried singing 'Cowgirl in the Sand' by Neil Young for a few shows, but soon settled in to the pattern of singing Scott McKenzie's 'San Fransisco', which he sang for all of the performances from December of 72 through the first leg of the 75 tour. Starting with the second leg of the 75 tour Plant switched to singing 'Woodstock' by Joni Mitchell as well as a few random one off performances of other songs, such as 'I Shot the Sherriff' by Bob Marley, 'For What It's Worth' by Buffalo Springfield and 'Spanish Harlem' by Ben E King. San Fransisco returned for two of the Earls Court performances which were the last shows where Dazed and Confused was ever performed by Led Zeppelin.