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Summary: One amazing experience
Review: Finally! A DVD chronicle of Led Zeppelin's famed Madison Square Garden, Knebworth and Albert Hall concerts has been released! And no, its not the disappointing hack job that The Song Remains the Same was (there are some editing errors...easily forgiven, however).
Easily accessible to the rabid fan as well as the mildly interested listener, its stunning to watch, to hear and experience the great band that Led Zeppelin truly was from the earth-shakingly complex version of White Summer in the Gardens to the serene acoustic performances at Albert Hall to the bombastic beat of Achilles Last Stand at Knebworth, Jimmy, Robert, John Paul and the late great Bonzo make it work and then some.
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Summary: Very Good Performances
Review: I really liked the Led Zep DVD.......however in some of the songs the camera work was a little too fast and poor. But i cant complain too much because i enjoyed it greatly.
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Summary: A visual treat; a must for any Zeppelin fan.
Review: When this first came out, I wanted it so bad, since the other Zeppelin DVD, The Song Remains the Same, was OK, but left me wanting more. So I bought this last week, and when I first stuck it in my DVD player, I was blown away. It starts with the Royal Albert Hall concert from 1970, which is nothing short of amazing. It contains more stuff from their first album than many of their later concerts (which seem to only play Dazed and Confused). The next DVD contains four songs from The Song Remains the Same. The Black Dog on here is much better than the one on TSRTS because the version on TSRTS was mostly cut. I wish they would have included Heartbreaker, which was on the film but was pretty much butchered, and Celebration Day, which was not on the film but was on the CD soundtrack. The deleted songs Misty Mountain Hop and The Ocean are spectacular live tracks and should have been on the movie. Also include on the second DVD are the Earl's Court and Knebworth concerts (from 1975 and 1979, respectivley) and a Super 8 footage for Immigrant Song from a 1972 concert. Extras include interviews, a New York City Press Conference and more rare live performances. Another song they should have included is Ten Years Gone from the Knebworth show. I know it was played because I have seen it on VH1 Classic. Anyway, It's a wonderful DVD that should be in any Zeppelin fan's DVD library and almost makes me forget that TSRTS was ever made, almost.
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Summary: Pre "High-Tech" Recording Quality
Review: I would rate this 2 stars as the visual/video component is very weak and looks ancient (30 years old) when compared to dvd's with today's technology. This is heavy duty hard rock with some classics like Stairway to Heaven, Rock and Roll and Whole Lotta Love. Unfortunately, with recordings 30 years old, they did not have the benefit of today's high technology which makes it not as visually interesting as the five star dvd's (like Rolling Stones, Cher Farewell Tour, Eagles, Beatles Anthology, Fleetwood Mac, U2).
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Summary: Finally they let the Led out!
Review: I have always considered Led Zeppelin to be one of the truest Heavey Rock bands of my time who never betrayed their fans by changing their style to keep up with the music trend.I was very dissappointed at the fact that Led Zeppelin allowed the release of the classic concert video "The Song Remains The Same" in DVD format with such poor sound quality. With this new release, it seems that Jimmy Page and Co. realized their sin and made an effort to make amends with their fans. After seeing this Gem of a video I can forgive you Jimmy and Co.! Though this video does not offer a complete concert, this does take you through a historical journey through the prime of their touring days. The video shows clips of performances from Royal Albert Hall (1970),Madison Square Garden (1973),Earls Court (1975), and Knebworth (1979), my favorites being from Royal Albert Hall. The band performs many of my favorite songs such as the great Stairway to Heaven, Kashmir, Whole Lotta Love, Black Dog, Communication Breakdown, What is and What Should Never Be, Rock and Roll and many other Led classics. As you can see from my favorites, I am very into the heavy side of Zep's music which brings me to the audio quality of this DVD set.
The DVD offers 3 different sound formats:
L-PCM (Stereo)
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
DTS 5.1 Surround Sound
As a rock fan, I believe that great rock should be heard loud and clearly, so I choose to listen to this in DTS format and man does the sound production deliver. Listening to Plant's classic rock voice, Page's great guitar work along with Bonham's classic metal drums and not to forget JP Jone's underrated (by some) bass playing, almost make you feel like the DVD is taking you back in time and you are actually at these concerts.
For you youngsters who want to know what true heavy rock is about,check out this video.
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Summary: Must have for any Led Zepp fan
Review: You can't miss this collection if you say you are a Led Zepp fan. It's great. Sound and picture quality is amazing. Its hard to believe that these concerts are so old.
Disc 1 shows the footage of Royal Albert Hall (1970). It shows the relatively early days of the band and you can see the showmanship of the band progressing as you go to Disc 2. Jimmy Page performance on Dazed and Confused is amazing in Royal Albert Hall. Disc 2 has footages from 1973 Madison Square Garden, 1975 Earls Court and the bands last concert, 1979 Knebworth. There are a few acoustic tracks from Earl Court which prove the diversity of the band. John Paul Jones' skills on multiple instruments like bass, mandolin and keyboard are amazing. I personally feel that he is a relatively ignored member of the band, don't know why, does not need to be true. Disk 2 starts with Immigrant Song which is from 1972 Sydney concert. I don't know why they had to have this stand alone song there. The picture quality of this one particular song is not too good. But I m a Led Zepp fanatic and if Jimmy Page wanted it on this disc, there must be something to it.
It's sometimes unbelievable to think that in spite of all the technological advancements, music like 60's and 70's was never made later and I doubt if it will ever be made. I envy my parents for being there when it was happening allover.
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Summary: Page can play guitar, but enough with the solos
Review: It's amazing how time and expanding your musical horizons can change your perspective on a band. When I was a kid I was very much into Led Zeppelin, which in the 80's was not the coolest thing to be into. I worshipped them, but after seeing The Song Remains the Same I was a little less impressed. Later as I became a musician myself I came to the conclusion that those performances were just plain *bad*, sloppy and lazy playing throughout. Having heard rumours that this new Led Zeppelin DVD redeemed them as a live band I had to check it out. Yet I am still left with the conclusion that they were not that great, especially in comparison to some of the red hot bands around today. Page was a wizard in the studio, but his live playing is just way too sloppy to the point of being embarassing at times, but seeing as it was his band, nobody was going to tell him that. The rest of the band does pretty well, John Paul Jones being probably the most skilled musician. Plant in his day could sing like nobody's business and it's worth getting the DVD for that alone (namely the 1970 Albert Hall performance) and John Bonham could certainly wack those drums when he wasn't totally inebriated. I just wish Page would play less and more accurately.
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Summary: an overflowing cornucopia of things that just flat-out rock
Review: Led Zeppelin, the group that combined folk music, electric blues and jet-powered heavy metal and rode a wave of staggering success in the late '60s and '70s, has always been notoriously stingy with its music and strangely under-represented on film. The band's one concert movie, "The Song Remains the Same," is a fine but limited portrait of the group that's hobbled by excess and the really lame short movies that are inserted in between the songs. But no more. "Led Zeppelin," the new DVD collection of live performances, promos, interviews and videos, is - to put it mildly - an overflowing cornucopia of things that just flat-out rock. Though casual Zeppelin fans will enjoy the double-disk set, hardcore acolytes will be blown away by the range of material: the group's Royal Albert Hall concert from 1970 (featuring the crunchy rarity, "We're Gonna Groove"); the Sydney Showground in Australia, 1972; Madison Square Garden, from 1973; Earls Court, 1975; and Knebworth, 1979. The set also includes footage of several of the band's 1969 appearances on European television, a handful of press conferences and interviews and the videos for "Over the Hills And Far Away" and (yes!) "Traveling Riverside Blues." It's more than five hours of stuff, and it takes viewers from the Zep'searly days (when guitarist Jimmy Page was still wearing a sweater-vest and cuff links onstage) to the eve of their demise - though their late '70s Knebworth concert is surprisingly energized. Skipping through the various menus of the two disks, I eventually became a little overwhelmed by all the stuff that could be looked at and listened to. There's quite a bit of stuff here. But that's not a complaint, because when it comes to Zeppelin, it's infinitely better to have too much than not enough.
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Summary: Remembering why Led Zep was the best band in the world
Review: It has been 48 hours since I got my hands on this 2-disc Led Zeppelin DVD and it has been pretty much playing around the clock (yes, it just keeps repeating while I am asleep). I thought the 3-CD "How the West Was Won" set was pretty good, but it is nothing compared to what is on these two DVDs, which make "The Song Remains the Same" look like a student film. There are some songs from the same 1973 Madison Square Garden concerts from which Page put together that Led Zeppelin concert film so you can really see how much work has been put into making the lads look good. One of the reasons I was never overly impressed with "The Song Remains the Same" was that I already had several bootleg albums of Led Zeppelin concerts from that same period, so I pretty much had live versions of everything that was in the film (albeit, with inferior sound). Consequently I am aware that the tracks I really enjoy playing over and over again more than the rest are the ones from really early and very late in Led Zeppelin's career. This would be the "What Is and What Should Never Be" and "How Many More Times" along with the three tracks from Danish Television on Disc 1 for the former and the songs from "Physical Graffiti" ("In My Time of Dying," "Trampled Underfoot," and "Kashmir") and "Presence" ("Achilles Last Stand") on Disc 2 for the latter. Just be sure you play EVERYTHING, because sometimes you get nice moments just from the MENUS. Hyperbole is not possible with this one, it is just too good. There are just Sometimes the thrill comes from the little things, such as when Page works the riff from "Whole Lotta Love" into the slow bluesy part of "How Many More Times" and when Robert Page starts singing lines from "Gallows Pole" in "Trampled Underfoot." It also goes without saying that you can never have too many versions of "Dazed and Confused," but I especially like seeing exactly what John Bonham is doing with that rather basic and bare boned drum kit coming out of Page's bow-stringed guitar solo, and what about that spangled jacket John Paul Jones was wearing at one point. I even like grainy hand-head Super 8 footage of "Immigrant Song" mixed in with the rest of the polished concert footage. There is just so much here for fans of Led Zeppelin to treasure and for the first time since Bonzo's untimely death prematurely ended the group's existence I feel like I am once again listening to the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world. It is like "Coda" never came out. If you are a Led Zeppelin fan you simply have to have this one, even if that means you have to go and buy a DVD player to enjoy it. Final comment: neither Page nor Plant could grow a decent beard and Page never really looked good with super long hair. You never really think of these things when you listen to Led Zeppelin CDs.
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Summary: Best Dvd
Review: This is A Must Buy for you zeppelin fans
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