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Summary: probably one of the best live dvds ever made
Review: this double dvd set has an incredibly variety of performed songs in different stages. it is a good way to learn and admire jimmy page's techniques, especially in the first dvd. unfortunately, the camera misses out some close-ups on page's guitar in the first section of the first dvd, but then again, i guess this is the only slight problem you may encounter throughout the vision of the whole concerts.probably one of the best dvd of live performed songs ever made in its completeness. enjoy,
zeppelin still pump
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Summary: Simply the Best!
Review: All young people today should see this DVD to see what a
REAL rock band is all about. People like myself who grew up in the 70's were exposed to quite a few talented bands, Zep, Floyd,
Queen, Genesis, Yes, etc. Nowadays the garbage I hear today has musicians(I use the term loosely)who are lucky if they can play 5 chords. As a matter of fact comparing Zeppelin to any band around now talent-wise is like comparing Einstein to the village idiot. There simply is no comparison. The quality on this DVD, sonically and visually is superb and even better than The Song Remains the Same footage because there are no silly fantasy bits. Page produced this just like he's produced all Zeppelin material and as usual did a great job. A welcome blessing to Zeppelin fans everywhere.
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Summary: For those of us who missed it
Review: This is an inspiring collection that was obviously a labor of love for Page. The intensity of "Kashmir" is worth the price alone. I was a teenager when Bonham died - never got the chance to see them perform. Even with all the remixing and fine-tuning, this is a compelling musical vision. It may not be 100% "as it was," but it looks and sounds great!
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Summary: 5 stars for the material, 1 star for the editor
Review: Let's get it out of the way- this is an absolutely fantastic set and shouldn't be missed. The video quality is excellent, as is the sound, and it's an absolute bargain given the 5+ hour running time. Buy it now. So why only four stars? Well, the production team couldn't just stop at a masterful restoration of the deteriorated masters- they had to 'improve' it. Bootleg videos of the vast majority of this material has been floating around for years, and having seen much of it, I can vouch for the astounding restoration work this set represents. On the other hand, they saw fit to reedit nearly all the sequences to a 90's MTV aesthetic. Where the original may show a 10 second shot of Page's hands playing a solo, this version will feature 4 or 5 fast intercuts to footage of Plant clapping (culled from earlier in the set), digitally fuzzified and pseudo-shakycam versions of the original shot of Page's handwork, an audience shot culled from another show, another shot of Plant digitally slowed down in an attempt to make his clapping sync with the audio, etc., etc., ad infinitum. In some instances it's apparent that this was done to cover minor glitches (probably unrestorable) in the video, but the vast majority of the embellishment is in sequences with excellent quality. The fuzzy faux-shakycam treatment is particularly galling, since it's such a cliche in recent MTV fare and obscures some truly lovely passages. I'm not expecting an historical document, so I have no problem with the usual monkeying with the set order or the merciful editing of Plant's traditional lengthy (and quite stoned) patter between songs, but every time one of these 'improved' segments kicks in I'm left longing for the beautiful set that would have remained had the producers stopped after the restoration process. Sometimes less is more.
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Summary: Awesome.
Review: Page is beyond description, but contrary to the reviews in Guitar One Magazine, Page is not the whole band. Without Plant, and the others, it just wouldn't be the same. But Jimmy Page (and I am a guitarist- I'd like to think), must have practiced about 5 million hours, and then got completely creative to play like this. There usually is just not enough time to get that good without some (insanity?). Not only does he play clean, but he and the band get totally aberrated once in a while, for the contrast back to the resolve on the next clean number. Amazing. God bless that band. PLC One last thing, the only improvement that could have been, would have been the camera men, who filmed this years ago, were obviously not musicicans. They kept cutting away from Page's left hand, not allowing the viewer to see what chords he was playing. Too bad. Newer videos, have great footage, and closeups of guitar fretboards.
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Summary: It's Led Zeppelin
Review: As someone who appreciates Zeppelin's music, but is not a HUGE fan, I felt that I had an understanding of who they were and what made them tick. This footage did not show me anything new, it merely augments their studio albums in an exciting way. I still retain my belief that Jimmy Page was a musical genius, really a great guitarist, and that John Bonham was a very intelligent drummer who mixed James Brown-influenced groove into Zep's music. I still see John Paul Jones as a decent bass player, and Robert Plant as a sometimes pretentious frontman (...) who was capable of the occasional resonant lyric ("The Rain Song" is one example of a good one) and occasionally interesting singing. It was all there on the records, and it's all there on the screen. One new thing that I learned was that Bonham really was some more of animal on the drums than I knew. He plays his drum kit with his HANDS (no sticks) during part of his 1970 "Moby Dick" solo here, which must hurt like hell and especially if/when the hand hits the rim. This guy was passionate about music to say the least. Still, I think it was his intelligence and tastefulness that made him great, not his strokes which are for the most part easily duplicated. I also learned that during most of the shooting and/or editing, the cameramen (presumably on direction from Page and/or the band) shoot Page almost fetishistically, constantly, while meanwhile almost never shooting Jones. It's as if they were trying to make Jones invisible most of the time. I also learned that they did a better job with these songs live than I would have guessed. Page was able to recreate about 90% of his sound live, which surprised me given his brilliant use of overdubbing on their records. The 1970 Albert Hall footage is pretty great. "I'm Gonna Quit You Baby" is exceptional. Already the band is retreating into the somewhat pretentious form later documented on "The Song Remains the Same" - Plant and Page doing extended segments full of moaning that they call "improvisation", and Page and Bonham each eating up large blocks of time with instrumental solos that clearly try to establish some link to Indian music and raga. DESPITE that it's a good hard-charging concert segment. The other footage on Disc 1, mostly from 1969, is good stuff though it's mostly the same songs over and over - 4 "Communication Breakdown"s and 4 "Dazed and Confused"s are present on Disc 1. The 30-minute segment on Danish TV, with some kids sitting around the band in a circle, is pretty good stuff. The 4 new & different numbers from the 1973 "Song Remains the Same" shows are quite good. The 1975 Earl's Court footage is a great segment. The band plays "Going to California" and "That's the Way", and they really come across. Led Zeppelin on their Joni Mitchell trip had some real power in what they were doing, even with just acoustic guitar, mandolin, and voice. They go electric on an awesome "In My Time of Dying" which I think is the highlight of their catalogue and of this DVD collection. The 1979 Knebworth footage is hard-charging. By this point the band will have induced a migraine headache in you if you try to watch this all at once. In the end, a good bargain packaged intelligently. My only complaint is the fact that John Paul Jones in nearly invisible in so much of the footage.
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Summary: Thank you, Mr. Jimmy Page...
Review: ...for sharing this incredible footage with the world! There are countless Zeppelin fans out there (myself included) who were either too young or not born when Zeppelin was touring. Before now, if we wanted to see what Zep were like on stage, we had 'The Song Remains the Same,' which is okay but not great, or, for the hard core dork set among us, grainy bootleg films shot on somebody's Super Eight camera or whatever they used back in the day. But no longer! Now we can watch this DVD, which is so great that the nonsmokers among us will feel the need to rush to the nearest Kwik Trip for a Bic lighter to raise in salute to our TV screens!
If you haven't bought this DVD yet, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? It's all good. There are no lame parts to be had. My favorite section is the Earl's Court stuff, but everything else is beyond amazing, too. It's really cool to see how the band's stage act evolved from the Royal Albert Hall stuff (nice argyle sweater vest, Jimmy) to the stuff from later in the 70's when they were really working the stage. For anyone who is not a Zep fan (what's wrong with you?) but will inevitably watch this anyway due to a loved one's devotion to the Hammer of the Gods, I'll bet you'll love this, too, even if you won't admit it. Plus, this DVD is a bonanza of wacky 70's hair and clothes that will have everyone but the most humorless of fans giggling. Come on, didn't you find it funny that John Paul Jones and John Bonham apparently didn't change their clothes from Madison Square Garden in 1973 to Earl's Court in 1975? If you didn't, you have no sense of humor at all, but at least you had enough good taste to watch this DVD!
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Summary: the real reason for dvd theatre systems
Review: I've always felt fortunate to grow up in the era of high fidelity stereo, fm radio, and led zeppelin. A few years ago I tried to convince my wife why I needed a new DTS receiver and six more speakers just so we could rent movies from blockbuster. I told her how cool it was going to be to hear thunderclap behind the sofa or the sound of helicopters overhead. But really, I was just hoping "the wall" and "woodstock" were going to be worth revisiting in the new era audio format.
If blockbuster offers "led zeppelin" for rent, it will never be in stock. Purchase this dvd set, it's worth it. I still listen to my old vinyl lps sometimes and marvel at the value they have come to be. There are few things worth what they cost anymore. There is outrageous entertainment value in this dvd. Wait till you listen to "kashmir" AND get to see them perform.
Thank you Mr. Page and band. I just hope with the attention this product is going to get, that we "headphone deaf" music fans will get more of these kind of quality music dvds.
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Summary: VERY IMPRESSIVE!!
Review: This is a must have for Zeppelin fans. The sound mix is amazingly well done with good instrument separation. It sounds better than "Song Remains the Same" and the performances are inspired. . .esp. the early Albert Hall footage. Bonzo's drum solo at that gig is worth the price of the discs. There is also a great acoustic segment on disc two that showcases their multi-instrumental talents. Jimmy Page, well done. The only question now is when are you going to redo "Song Remains the Same" with this new technology?
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Summary: Dobly Digital 5.1 Sound Defect?
Review: When this DVD is played in Dobly Digital 5.1 mix my center speaker crackles big time. This crackle does not occur in DTS or stereo mode and this happened on two different DVD's. So it can't be the DVD I own. Anyone else have this problem? Is this a mixing defect?
I have a good surround sound system and have no problems with any other concert DVD's.
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