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Summary: It's About Time!
Review: Well........
Whadaya know!
I guess after the succession of bootleg dvd's, someone finally realized Zep fans really do want this
stuff.
Zepplin was soooo much better live (though I don't mean to take away from their studio work by any means.)
I have seen much of this footage on bootleg already, and believe me, this will be well worth the price.
Those who have never seen Zepplin live, other than on the abominable "Song Remains the Same", hopefully, should
revel in this release.
Particularly fun to watch is the early Royal Albert Hall footage, when the band still came out on stage, sans-costume,
and just performed, playing their guts out, with little posing.
It's is the essence of Led Zepplin at it's best.
Lets just hope the sound is not too over-produced.
After comparing the bootleg release of the BBC Sessions and the official release,
I found the production took away the rawness and live impact of the unbalanced bootleg.
I would particularly recommend this release to anyone with a mild intrest in Zepplin.
Watching good footage of the band live will likely make you a true fan.
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Summary: You've been waiting......
Review: This is the Led Zeppelin release I and many other Zep fans have been waiting for. It is going to be one of the greatest releases of all time. Trust me, If you pre-order it you won't be dissapointed!
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Summary: Led-Zeppelin Live On Film!
Review: After having watched "The Song Remains The Same" umpteenth times, this is a welcome visual and sonic treat. Mastered in DTS surround sound, I cannot wait to crank this up. It is odd that no footage is available from 1977 which hopefully the three surviving members will correct. Having watched the complete performances of Danish TV 3/13/69, Earls Court 5/24/75, Seattle 7/17/77, Knebworth 8/11/79 concerts in my personal archives...it is a thrill that an official masterful release is finally being heaped upon the masses. To those who don't know or never experienced the band, it is a chance to see why they will and always be the reigning champs of hard rock and blues. As the late, great Peter Grant surmised, Zeppelin concerts weren't just concerts but they were events. Make no mistake, this upcoming release is AN EVENT! As they lyricize in "Kashmir"...let me take you there, let me take you there! Proud Zeppelin Fan!
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Summary: All Live
Review: "Led Zeppelin 2 DVD-SET"
Royal Albert Hall, January 1970: 1. "We're Gonna Groove", 2. "I Can't Quit You Baby", 3. "Dazed and Confused", 4. "White Summer", 5. "What Is and What Should Never Be", 6. "How Many More Times", 7. "Moby Dick", 8. "Whole Lotta Love", 9. "Communication Breakdown", 10. "C'mon Everybody", 11. "Something Else", 12. "Bring It on Home"
Madison Square Garden, July 1973: 1. "Black Dog", 2. "Misty Mountain Hop", 3. "Since I've Been Loving You", 4. "The Ocean"
Earl's Court, May 1975: 1. "Going to California", 2. "That's the Way", 3. "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp", 4. "In My Time of Dying", 5. "Trampled Underfoot", 6. "Stairway to Heaven"
Knebworth Festival, August 1979: 1. "Rock and Roll", 2. "Nobody's Fault But Mine", 3. "Sick Again", 4. "Achilles Last Stand, 5. "In the Evening", 6. "Kashmir", 7. "Whole Lotta Love", plus xtras... This is the info i got from a friend. Sounds really good!
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Summary: Finally more Led Zeppelin video !!
Review: It has been 27 years since I first saw "The Song Remains The Same" and pretty much since the closing credits rolled I have always sought more live-performance video from my favorite band. I have heard the audio from the 1970 Royal Albert Hall show, and many tracks from the infamous 1975 five-night stand at Earls Court and now to be able to actually see them perform from these momentous concerts is almost too much to comprehend. Combined with remaining footage from TSRTS and some "bootleg" footage and containing several interviews and their first TV performance on Danish TV from 1969, this is an incredible DVD set and will always be part of my collection.
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Summary: The mother lode of live Led Zeppelin
Review: Well, this 2-DVD set is yet to be released but I'm still rating it at five stars. The press release put out by Atlantic Records describes the set and the accompanying 3-CD live set as the "mother lode of Led Zeppelin live recordings"! Slated for a simultaneous May 27 release, this marks the first-ever official release of rare and legendary performances spanning Led Zeppelin's entire career. But the DVD and CD sets contain entirely different material so there is no overlap between the two releases. Clocking in at nearly five-and-a-half hours, The "Led Zeppelin DVD" has been culled from just a handful of performances ever filmed during the band's lifetime. Guitarist Jimmy Page explained: "We were never really part of the pop scene. It was never what Led Zeppelin was supposed to be about. Our thing was playing live. In that sense, Zeppelin was very much an underground band. The fact that it became as successful as it did was something that was almost out of our control. We actually shunned commercialism, which is why so little official footage of the band has ever been seen before." Featured on the DVD are performances from London's Royal Albert Hall in January 1970, just a year after the release of their debut album, their five-night run at London's Earl's Court in May 1975 and their record-breaking shows at England's Knebworth Festival in August 1979, just a year before drummer John Bonham's death led to the band's dissolution. Also included are songs from New York's Madison Square Garden in July 1973 that were not included in "The Song Remains The Same" concert film, the only previously released live Zeppelin footage. Other highlights on the DVD are extremely rare television appearances, among them a performance for Danish television in March 1969; promotional clips; TV interviews; behind-the scenes material and even a bit of bootleg footage shot by fans. The DVD has been painstakingly restored, remixed and remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, DTS, and PCM two-channel stereo under the personal supervision of Jimmy Page and director Dick Carruthers. Carruthers recently told reporters that the DVD set is intended as a definitive statement of all that is fit for release, though that quality threshold was set very high by surviving Led Zeppelin members. While Carruthers collected film and video material, Jimmy Page and Kevin Shirley assembled surround mixes from Page's huge archive of live recordings. The DVDs present the material in chronological order and the supplementary material consists of early European TV appearances on the first disc, and interviews and 1990-vintage promos on the second, including the only decent interview footage of the late John Bonham. The Albert Hall footage is from a two camera 16mm shoot and the second disc reportedly has a stunning version of "The Immigrant Song" for which footage could not be found. So some Super 8 footage from Australia has been edited promo-style to accompany it. Track listing: Disc 1 Live at the Royal Albert Hall (1970) 1hr 42 mins
We're gonna groove
I can't quit you baby
Dazed and confused
White summer
What is and what should never be
How many more times
Moby Dick
Whole lotta love
Communication breakdown
C'mon everybody
Something else
Bring it on home Disc 2 The immigrant song
Madison Square Garden (1973) 23:24 mins
Black dog
Misty mountain hop
Since I've been loving you
The ocean Earls Court (1975) 49 mins
Going to California
That's the way
Bron Y Aur stomp
In my time of dying
Trampled underfoot
Stairway to heaven Live at Knebworth (1979) 51:41 mins
Rock'n'roll
Nobody's fault but mine
Sick again
Achilles last stand
In the evening
Kashmir
Whole lotta love
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Summary: An absolute must for any Led Zeppelin fan
Review: This 2DVD set will be monstrous. If you're one of the millions of Led Zeppelin fans worldwide who have always regretted the small amount of available footage of the band that's been made commercially available, then this set is a dream come true. Comprised of material from both before and after the Madison Square Garden shows in New York City at the end of the 1973 American tour captured in the film "The Song Remains the Same", this collection will include material from the band's home country of the UK in 1970, 1975, and 1979, as well as from Australia in 1972 and Denmark in 1969. Many other surprises (including extra footage from the MSG 1973 shows, and some U.S. 1972 footage) are also in store! Don't expect note-for-note recitations of the album tracks. This set will be so much more than that! These DVDs will showcase the wild improvisational genius that Zeppelin displayed in the era long before click-tracks, pre-recorded backing tracks for live situations, etc. This DVD set will vividly display the work of four guys who walked up on stage, grabbed their instruments, and let it freaking RIP! You can't expect visual content of a quality to rival that from concerts recorded in the last few years, but the 5.1 audio mix added to large amounts of material on the DVDs will go a long way toward compensating for the age of the footage. If you don't have a surround sound setup yet, and you're a big Led Zeppelin fan, then this release will probably be enough reason for you to go ahead and take the plunge. Also, don't miss "How the West Was Won", the 3CD set compiling the two white-hot Led Zeppelin shows from Long Beach and Los Angeles, California on the brilliant 1972 American tour!
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Summary: The greatest live DVD...ever
Review: The most amazing DVD I have ever seen. I had a single complaint with it, and that is the rare but still very annoying still shots at the end of each segment. Aside from that, Jimmy Page's performance on Dazed and Confused and his solo White Summer are phenomenal, not to mention Bonham's riveting drum solo in Moby Dick, extended to a full 15 minutes. This proves why Led Zeppelin is one of the greatest rock bands of all time.
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Summary: Yes it's amazing
Review: this DVD is the most incredible DVD you'll ever slide into your DVD player. I must admit I bought it as a new Zeppelin listener, sure I had heard their hits like stairway to heaven, dazed and confused, etc. and I actually put down the 20-something dollars for the dvds on a complete impulse buy, a whim if you will. I had no IDEA what I was about to experience!!! I have become an avid Zeppelin fan ever since. everyone can enjoy this dvd, heck I've put it into the player at parties I've held and people forget their card games or beer bonging sessions and everyone congregates around the television. If you have ears whether they like classic rock or heavy manson rock, you will love and enjoy this incredible set of dvds. One time I actually misplaced the DVD set and was so adamate about it I almost went out and bought it again!! I would have!! it's that good, but thankfully I found it in my freezer some drunk kid thought it was too hot cuz we played it so long at the party it had to cool off!! haha well I've said my part, this dvd should be owned by everyone on the planet and that's putting it lightly.
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Summary: i can only say...
Review: that i envy all those people who could listen to zeppelins live in 70's,
this dvd and cd gives only one bite of cake...
god bless led zeppelin (and pink floyd also) :)
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