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Summary: For Dihard fans--Only?
Review: Well, after viewing this I have to say it's certianly more intertanting than Song Remains The Same. However, and this is going to make some Zep/Page fans a little mad..but I just feel Jimmy's playing live is a little messy..I'm trying to be nice here. An example is White Summer--just not a good rendition..there's a better live version of this he did with the Yardbirds. Jimmy is a genius make NO DOUBT--but his genius is in the studio and every studio recording they released is evidence of that. Jimmy himself will point out that he's not a great guitar player--but he is a great composer and arranger. But I ramble--if you really love Zepplin--get this--I am, and I did..If you just like Stairway to Heaven yada, yada, yada..don't, just listen to the studio CD's on a Damm good stereo.
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Summary: Classic Zeppelin from the Early Days to Later Days
Review: A MUST for any LZ fan. Incredible video available for the first time - The Royal Albert Hall material alone is worth the purchase. The raw energy of this 1970 performance is astounding. For those who couldn't get enough of MSG '73 - all the remaining footage and finally, the Knebworth material shows how tight the band was until their final days. What more can be said about the greatest band of all time..This DVD says it all!!!
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Summary: Simply brilliant
Review: I can not begin to say how great this DVD is. The sound and clarity of all the concert footage and interviews is outstanding. I have been a fan of this band since I was 13 (now 35) and I never got to visually experience them live. This DVD is the next best thing since it covers their entire existance as a band. If you are a fan of Led Zeppelin do not hesitate to buy this. Outstanding!
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Summary: DVD Format Not Compatible!
Review: Fine, but I watch my DVD's on my Mac (a G4 w/ dvd drive, OS10.2). In doing so, you can't access the Menu's on these disc's. You have to watch them with no navigation.what's up with that? Other than that, 5 stars.
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Summary: Supernaturally stunning
Review: How else to describe 5+ hours of previously unreleased Led Zeppelin concert footage--in outstanding audio and visual quality--from their heyday back in the 70s? At last, those too young to have seen Zeppelin in concert, and who had always heard that "Song Remains The Same" was an inadequate document of their work, can relive what is now a foggy but glorious memory in the minds of those lucky enough to have been there. To start with, the 60s TV appearances are a revelation: obviously, no-one had seen or heard anything quite like this
band in early 1969, so to see them play "Dazed And Confused" in front of a confused European audience of fortysomethings on one program was a surreal experience. Every second of the Royal Albert Hall Footage is a must, and I was nearly shocked at how good the quality was...it could have been recorded yesterday.
The Madison Square Garden footage repeats two songs from "Song Remains The Same" and adds two mighty outtake performances. The DVD peaks with '75 footage from Earl's Court, featuring an exquisite acoustic set and jaw-dropping renditions of "In My Time Of Dying", "Trampled Underfoot" and "Stairway To Heaven".
I was not expecting the '79 show to rock as hard but I could not have been more wrong; the band sounds as epic and revelatory on "Achilles Last Stand", "Kashmir" and "Whole Lotta Love" as ever. Watching this DVD, you will wonder where all the good music has gone, weep for Bonham's passing and be sure and tell the whole neighborhood to pick up a copy--although given that it has already sold four million in two days, they will probably already have their own.
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Summary: Well worth the wait and not spending bootleg money
Review: When the BBC sessions came out, I was sorry I ever spent a dime on all the inferior bootlegs (trust me, I bought alot!). I never bought any videos and boy am I glad now! The DVD is split nice between the pre-star Zep and the arena years. Both are equally amazing in terms of sound and video quality. It shows how Jimmy still cares enough to put out quality releases like these. I really liked the extras. Check out the comical lip syncing and playing on the Communication Breakdown promo. The most bizzare is definitely the French TV performance. Check out the lady with her baby and the look on the orchestra player's faces. This DVD is a bargain at the price and is definitly a must own. I wonder if anything else is in the works. Thanks Jimmy for this and all the new releases!
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Summary: The Best Rock Band Ever
Review: Led Zeppelin has been the soundtrack to my life. At 32 I am too young to have ever seen them live, but this DVD set was a revelation to even this fan. The raw fury and power that Zeppelin wielded live is simply unrivaled to this day. The remastering and sequencing on this set is excellent as well. This set shows exactly why Zep is regarded as the rock and roll band against which all others are measured ... the true hammer of the Gods. Jimmy Page is insanely inventive and ferociously forceful on the guitar here (especially in the earler segments from 1970), and John Bonham bangs the drum kit like an absolute madman. The bottom line is: if this set doesn't knock your socks off, you must not be a fan of real rock and roll.
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Summary: mammoth
Review: until now all the general public knew of zeppelin's live prowess was the song remains the same, which is pretty much average. not only does this dvd kill tsrts, it shows us what zeppelin was at their best. 5 hours and 20 minutes of performances and interviews from: Royal Albert Hall, Madison Square Garden, Earls Court, and the surprisingly incredible Knebworth. Some highlights include: Bring It On Home from RAH, Trampled Underfoot from Earls Court, Achilles Last Stand from Knebworth, and In The Evening from Knebworth.
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Summary: What might have been
Review: The Royal Albert Hall footage is absolutely mesmerizing, and this is not only due to the audio/video quality. The impact of that particular concert is made all the more powerful because it is not marred by the speed cuts which plague the rest of the film. The second disc is extremely aggravating in that the MSG, Earl's Court, and Knebworth footage is almost sickening to watch. For example: a shot of Jimmy's guitar immediately cuts to a shot of Robert then to a shot of a fan then to a side shot of the stage, and so on. Before any real emotional tension can be built in one shot, it is cut away from. Whoever edited this (Carruthers?) should have followed the example of The Band's concert film "The Last Waltz". Scorcese knew how to compile his different camera angles so that the images would complement the music instead of getting in its way. Had the editing on the Zeppelin DVD been more graceful - rather than done in a frenetic MTV style - the footage would be far more enjoyable. I must say that there is some beautiful cinematography - especially for the MSG material - but again, the rapid cutting lessens the impact dramatically. For all of its problems, at least the Song Remains the Same movie didn't trigger epilepsy in its viewers.
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Summary: To be a rock, and not to roll..
Review: Finally an opportunity to witness the great gigs at Earls Court 1975!!
As a true Zep-fan, owning all official releases and let's say, some less official ones..(very strong recommendation : For Badgeholders Only, LA Forum, 1977), I am really excited about this visual carrier of THE WORLD'S MOST ASTONISHING LIVE ROCK ACT.
Unfortunately, I was too young in the seventies to even realize what Led Zep was all about.
In 1995 I grabbed my chance to see Page/Plant on tour in the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam. Nobody can take that breathtaking event away from me!
However, I still wondered what it would be to travel back in time, and be there when they were at their best.
Finally we all can!
For newcomers I can only say : use those 20 bucks and discover what it's all about!!
Hope Jimmy will work in the future to release some of their 1977 gigs as well.
Finally, in 2003, some more thrilling live footage.
The spirit remains the same.
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