Conquering California

~ Release by Led Zeppelin (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

setlist.fm ledzeppelin.com 1969‐01‐09: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA
setlist.fm ledzeppelin.com 1969‐03‐18: Supershow, Staines Film Studios, Staines-upon-Thames, England, UK
setlist.fm ledzeppelin.com 1969‐04‐27: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA
setlist.fm ledzeppelin.com 1968‐09‐12: Stora Scen, Stockholm, Sweden
dates ↑ are corrected, per references ↑, from back cover ↓

Transcribed from back cover…

Conquering California
1. As Long as I Have You (9.56)
2. You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover (8.14)
3. Killing Floor (7.47)
4. White Summer (11.38)
5. Babe I’m Gonna Leave You (6.54)
6. Pat’s Delight (13.20)

Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, 9.1.1969.
Recorded for radio‐broadcast but never used due to
equipment malfunction in the first song. This tape is a fascinating
document of the evening that marked Led Zeppelin’s
breakthrough in the United States.
Only the second show from January 10th was actually broadcast.

Bonus Tracks
7. Dazed and Confused (7.38) British Supershow, Staines Middlesex, 25.3.1969
8. Sitting and Thinking (7.00) San Francisco, Fillmore West, 27.4.1969
9. I Can’t Quit You Babe (5.52) Tivoli Gardens, Stockholm, 20.9.1968
One of the first shows still filed under “The New Yardbirds” and also the earliest known recording of them

Annotation last modified on 2026-01-24 20:45 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1As Long as I Have You
recorded at:
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (1969-04-24)
live medley including a cover recording of:
As Long as I Have You (on 1969-04-24)
writer:
Ben Weisman and Fred Wise
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Erika Publishing and Gladys Music Inc.
9:54
2You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover
recorded at:
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (1969-04-24)
live medley including a cover recording of:
You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover (on 1969-04-24)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Hoochie Coochie Music
8:14
3Killing Floor
recorded at:
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (1969-04-24)
live cover recording of:
Killing Floor (on 1969-04-24)
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
7:47
4White Summer
recorded at:
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (1969-04-24)
live medley including a recording of:
Black Mountain Side (Led Zeppelin instrumental) (on 1969-04-24)
additional composer:
Jimmy Page
publisher:
Succubus Music Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
arrangement of:
Blackwaterside (Bert Jansch arrangement)
live medley including a recording of:
White Summer (on 1969-04-24)
composer:
Jimmy Page
publisher:
Warner/Chappell North America
is based on:
She Moved Thru the Bizarre
11:38
5Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
recorded at:
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (1969-04-24)
live recording of:
Babe I’m Gonna Leave You (Led Zeppelin version) (on 1969-04-24)
writer:
Anne Bredon, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (of Led Zeppelin)
publisher:
Flames of Albion Music, Inc., Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017), Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., Superhype Publishing, Inc., Universal Music Publishing France (not for release label use!), Universal Music Publishing GmbH (Universal Music Publishing Group Germany), Universal Music Publishing Group Japan (work publisher – do NOT use as a release label), Universal Music Publishing International Ltd., Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., Vogue Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
version of:
Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You
6:54
6Pat’s Delight
recorded at:
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (1969-04-24)
live recording of:
Pat’s Delight (on 1969-04-24)
composer:
John Bonham
13:19
7Dazed and Confused
recorded at:
Supershow (1969-03-18)
live recording of:
Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin version) (on 1969-03-18)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Page
additional writer:
Jake Holmes
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
version of:
Dazed and Confused (original)
7:38
8Sitting and Thinking
recorded at:
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (1969-04-27)
6:59
9I Can’t Quit You Babe
recorded at:
Stockholm Concert Hall, Stockholm, SE (1969-03-14)
live cover recording of:
I Can’t Quit You Baby (on 1969-03-14)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Hoochie Coochie Music
5:48

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