No Quarter

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Summary: 4.5 stars! Great dvd!
Review: Fantastic sound quality. Jimmy Page is at his best. The Indian musicians sound brilliant. It's a fun show to watch. The only drawback for me was in hearing how weak Plant's once powerful voice has become. He simply doesn't have the energy to carry the more difficult songs. The first song, "Nobody's Fault But Mine" is a great take on a legendary song. "When The Levee Breaks" is also good, but doesn't match the original's lumbering atmosphere.
Definitely worth owning!

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Summary: No Quarter Unledded: A Dissapointment
Review: First of all, I'd like to make it clear that I am HARDCORE Led Zeppelin fan, I own everything, all the albums and DVDs. This was a huge dissapointment for me. I bought this DVD being extrememly open-minded towards the content, because after all, they are playing with an orchestra. However, I'm sure that no matter how open minded you watch this, you'll be dissapointed. No Quarter, known for its dark and mystic undertones and its gloomy vibe, is turned into an acoustic butchery of the original track. Thank You, however, captures the essence of the original live Led Zeppelin, and is a very good cut. The same goes for What Is and What Should Never Be, which is excellent. The Battle of Evermore is decent, thrown off only by the Arabian vocalist. Gallows Pole is great. Then, they get to Nobody's Fault But Mine. The DVD takes a turn, and, like No Quarter, they completely butcher the original heavy and hard cut. Afterwards, there are four new tracks, City Don't Cry, The Truth Explodes, Wah Wah, and Wonderful One. I enjoyed these tracks, mainly because I've never heard them before and was open minded. Since I've Been Loving You stays true to the original Led Zeppelin. The Rain Song and That's the Way are okay. Four Sticks is another butchery of the original track, and completely changes the memorable driving riff. Friends is decent. Finally, Kashmir is misleading. It starts off as a mockery of the original track, but bursts out into a rendition of the original, which is amazing. As for the musicianship, Robert Plant's voice isn't as good as in the Led Zeppelin DVD, but it's reminiscent of his original voice, and is still good. Jimmy Page's guitar playing is phenomonal, and the rest of the Moroccan/English musicians are good. I didn't particularly enjoy many tracks, but I still enjoyed a portion of the DVD.

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Summary: Page and Plant should be ashamed of themselves
Review: First off, this is a must have for fans of Zepp as this DVD includes near perfect renditions of all of the classics that were not included on the recent 2 DVD set. Great acoustic stuff here. Not to be missed...

Secondly, Page and Plant should be ashamed of themselves for not inviting John Paul Jones' participation. It goes against everything that Zeppelin stands for. Not only did he contribute his solid bass and keyboard skills he was also the single entity that kept the band together in their later years. Explainable for no other reason but sheer Greed.

Shortly after this was filmed, Zepp was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Page, Plant and Jones all accepted the award together along with Bonhams son. Jones approached the mike and made the public comment when accepting "I'd like to thank my mates(looking at Page/Plant) for remembering my phone number this time." Page and Plant immediately look at each other with embarrassment and shame. Plant then glances back at Jones while mimmicking that he was searching his jacket and trouser pockets for a pen. An all time low for this mighty band and their stellar reputation...

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Summary: Zep At Their BEST
Review: I bought the DVD and played it using DTS sound.
It was so fantastic and exciting emotionally, and it sounded SO incredible (the instruments sounded like the guys were in the room) that I kept getting tremmers (as Jimmy Page calls goosebumps). The Black Dog video and the interview with Page/Plant that are in the extras just makes this DVD even more way beyond incredible.
If you like them you HAVE to experience this DVD.

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Summary: well, it is amazing
Review: I imagine much of you are skeptical about the quality being that this is an import, do not worry the video and audio are excellent. Not spectacular video but definately very above average. Most importantly the performance is incredible, I jumped at the opportunity at this dvd because my old vhs version was worn out. The Rain Song is truly beautiful. This is absolutely a must buy for zeppelin or just music fans.

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Summary: Brilliant
Review: I saw this concert when it came to Australia and Page & Plant were amazing they seem to both have Auras, this dvd is brilliant. This is one of the best DTS soundtracks i have heard.There is a lot of surround sound activity going in the speakers who ever mixed this did a great job the sound is great if only all music DVD's sounded this good.Please Jimmy and Robert please get to gether again real soon and remember to tour Australia again.


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Summary: Musical Genius
Review: I was not born yet when Zeppelin broke up, and I didn't even know who they were when they did the "Unledded" segment and the tour (nor was I old enough to go if I wanted to-I was in middle school at the time), but since I've hit my early 20's, I've really appreciated their music. For someone like me, they are almost like mythical gods, because I can only see them via video. I bought this dvd for both my mom, and my aunt and uncle (who were all at the Zeppelin riot show in '77 at Tampa Stadium). While Plant's voice unfortunately can't handle the strain of the chorus of "What is and What Should Never Be" or "Black Dog", he is amazing on "Thank You" and "The Battle of Evermore." Also, one song on this dvd made the purchase price well worth it- "Gallow's Pole"- this live version blows the studio recording out of the water. Would have liked to see some "Going to California" on here.

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Summary: Amazing Music
Review: I'm very surprised that no has rated this DVD yet. This is one of the best live concerts I have ever scene. Plant and Page are masters and work together like two soulfull, deep and invested musicians at the top of how real musicians should make music. The Arabic touches are mesmerizing. This combination of Middle-Eastern music with rock breathes a fresh spin on the classic rock genre that, unfortunatly, is not done by too many other bands today. I can't understand why either - these styles can compliment each other so nicely if done right like they way it's done here. What a great sound. Stand out traks - "Friends," "Kashmir," "Four Sticks," "Scince I've Been Loving You," "The Rain Song" and one of my other favorites, "Nobody's Fault But Mine." I can't say how much of an impact this made on me the first time I saw it. My dad bought it on VHS and we watched it when I was about 16. That was it for me. I discovered real music. I'm 21 now, and Led Zepplin still remains on of my favorite bands including Talking Heads and Jethro Tull. I always wondered why this concert never went on DVD, so to finnally find it was great. This music started it all for me. It's deep, powerful, fun and emotional music. Note - People who like "The Backstreet Boys" will, more then likely, not like this music. It's not pop, just great music.

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Summary: The gods arise again.
Review: Once again the gods arise with yet more music to tease and please your ears. Some diehard Zep fans may be a bit disapointed with some of the remakes of their favorite songs, but there are a couple of new ones that are quite good, and overall you will enjoy it.

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Summary: Oh my....! This DVD is amazing!!!
Review: Some days ago I was working at home and listening to the radio when they began to comment this DVD. When they began to play the Kashmir version I paralized and could not move till the end of the song while my heart beated harder and harder. I wanted to run away to buy the DVD to listen and view it all in the middle of that night. Finally, I bought this DVD about 7 days ago and I have viewed it about 15 or 20 times since then, and that, considering that I work and study and usually have no free time other than my radio in the background.
This DVD is amazing. Its a combination of the old hard rock of the good Zeppelins, a folk music, middle eastern culture and music, a string classical orchestra and two monsters in the middle of all that. Unfortunatelly, Plants voice is not the same as in the old time and if you pay close attention, those highest notes of his cries are substituted by an electronic echo. But the experiment mixing hard rock, arab music and a string orchestra is amazing with a climax in Kashmir, the final song, where you can see most of the musicians smile proudly while they play their music, stop and start all together in a wonderful performance. The classical celo players look happy and applaud, the egiptian violinist feels so proud during his solo, one egiptian player cant avoid walk ahead and smile while playing. All they know they are making what will always be remembered as a masterpiece of art.
Other nice versions as "Nobodys fault but mine" and "The Battle of Evermore" are really to stand up and take the hat off. The unplugged versions, the noisy electronic ones (i laught as hell during that maroccan market guitar solo), the scenes with the Maroccan musicians, the go back and forward from one concert to the other, from the mountain to the patio, and from the market to the stage, make the exact combination for a masterpiece of art. If you want to know what good music is about you should buy this DVD. It is a most have for every zeppelin fan, for every rocker, for every good music lover, for every serious musician and of course, for you. Go out and buy it.