It is, but it doesn't make the performance "fantastic."
Sometimes I love listening to the long shows which Zeppelin used to do, but I can also understand the argument that they were ridiculously long-winded and could have used some self-editing. An hour and a half show that leaves you wanting more probably rates higher for many than a three hour show where you've had enough and just wish they'd end the extended solo on "Stairway To Heaven" already.
And as far as long Zeppelin shows, there are far better than Knebworth; which sounds like a band kind of dying to me. I'd take any of the Seattle shows from '72 to '75 (not '77, which is abysmal) over something like either Knebworth night. Zeppelin's '79 and '80 shows also kind of remind me of ELP circa Works. They just sound a bit confused as to what they are doing with their musical brand. John Paul Jones had gone to a bass tone that would give Greg Lake's late 70s tone a run for its money in a contest for "worst bass tone" any day. Page was kind of all over the place with his playing and tones. I don't know ...
I don't recall how Page patched together the Knebworth stuff on official DVD footage. I do remember he literally dropped in another guitar part on "Achilles Last Stand" which some might argue was a bit much. Both shows are available in their entirety. I personally would never try to turn anyone on to Zeppelin by showing them either, but they are not horrible either, IMO.
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