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Rising from the ashes of his old band the Yardbirds, session guitarist Jimmy Page formed Led Zeppelin, one of the most powerful, influential, and enduring British bands to emerge in the '60s. Despite the presence of such classic thrash-o-ramas as "Good Times Bad Times" and "Communication Breakdown," what set Led Zeppelin apart was the depth and range of their music. Their sound was bathed in the blues, from rootsy covers of Willie Dixon's "You Shook Me" and "I Can't Quit You Baby," to the crunching rhythm changes of "Dazed And Confused."
Few guitarists before or since possessed Page's sense of pacing and dynamics, as exemplified by the traditional acoustic folk elements framing the arena gestures on "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You," and the raga-flavored acoustic mystery of "Black Mountain Side." These elements would continue to evolve on subsequent albums, leading to some of Led Zeppelin's greatest moments.
Atlantic Records 1994 remastered reissue of 1969 album.
Recorded at Olympic Studios, London, England in October 1968.
Personnel: Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica); Sandy Denny (vocals); Jimmy Page (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, background vocals); John Paul Jones (organ, keyboards, background vocals); John Bonham (drums, tabla, timpani, background vocals); Viram Jasani (tabla).
Recording information: Olympic Studios, London, England (10/1968).
Photographer: Chris Dreja.
Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica); Jimmy Page (acoustic, electric, & pedal steel guitars, background vocals); John Paul Jones (organ, bass, background vocals); John Bonham (drums, tympani, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Viram Jasani (tablas).
Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.106) - Ranked #29 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...From the very beginning, Zeppelin had the astonishing fusion of Page's lyrical guitar playing and Robert Plant's paint-peeling love-hound yowl..."
Rolling Stone (9/13/01, p.112) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...No Zep album sounds quite as gratifyingly raw or is as comprehensive in defining the band's intentions..."
Q (10/94, p.141) - 3 Stars - Good - "...the rites of passage, Marquee-style bluesbreaker album, recorded in just 30 hours (no record contract, no cash), it's peak 'Dazed And Confused,' wherein half-inch blues exploded into riffology..." Led Zeppelin Music | List Price | $18.98 (You save $6.99) | | Category | Rock Albums, Rock/Pop CDs, Live Performances, Hard Rock | | Label | Atlantic | | Orig Year | 1969 | | All Time Sales Rank |  418   | | CD Universe Part number | 1097403 | | Catalog number | 82632 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 21, 1994 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Jimmy Page | | Engineer | Glyn Johns | | Recording Time | 44 minutes | | Personnel | Jimmy Page - guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, background vocals
Jimmy Page - guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, background vocals
Robert Plant - vocals, harmonica
John Paul Jones - organ, keyboards, background vocals
Robert Plant - vocals, harmonica
John Bonham - drums, tabla, timpani, background vocals
Sandy Denny - vocals
Also: Viram Jasani | | Additional Info | Remastered |
Led Zeppelin Music Review Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews A great bands great debut
Led Zepplin's debut is a must own for any rock collection. I will admit that it is not my most listened to Zep album,but it has some of my favorites and it a great sounding album. Classic songs,no collection should be without it. Buy it if you don't already own it,you won't be dissapointed.
Submitted by Joe (Milwaukee,WI,USA)
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 ok debut
an ok debut. not as great as the classic rock people will have everyone believe.
Submitted by gj862002 (canada)
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 THE CLASSIC FIRST ALBUM
GREAT ZEP. IT SOUNDS LIVE WITH LITTLE MIXING AND OVERDUBS (MAYBE IT IS). THE REMASTER IS WORTH ANOTHER PURCHASE. BUT JUST A LITTLE TOO MUCH TAMPERING. ONE SONG (CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE) HAS THE GUITAR ON THE OPPOSITE CHANNNEL FROM THE ORIGINAL ISSUE. NO BIG DEAL.
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A Historical Debut Album
I am not the biggest Led Zeppelin fan however I believe that this is among the finest debut albums ever.
Submitted by faust8577 (Lorraine, Que. Canada)
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this album is led zeppelin gold it can be compared to 4 and can be listened to millions of times.when i got this cd i was amazed.it features classics like good times bad times,babe im gonna leave you,DAZED AND CONFUSED!!!!!!!! the best song ever.and many more
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Purchase Led Zeppelin CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Led Zeppelin II CD (1969) Remastered
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From the first grinding notes of the famous vamp that introduces "Whole Lotta Love," LED ZEPPELIN II announces for all to hear that they are the definitive hard rock band of their generation. But before the listener can even settle into the groove, things takes a hard left turn into a spacey new rhythm, exotically flavored by Page's droning feedback and innovative use of a violin bow. By tune's end, Zeppelin has repeatedly toyed with the listener's expectations.
This subversive quality distinguishes most of the arrangements on LED ZEPPELIN II, as in the soft/hard dynamic shifts of "What Is And What Should Never Be," the gospelish mood of "Thank You," the rocking vamps and funk rhythms of "Heartbreaker" and "Living Loving Maid," and the country music echoes of "Ramble On." And in their appropriations of source materials from Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, and Sonny Boy Williamson, Page and company continued to mine the rich vein of the blues.
Atlantic Records 1994 remastered reissue of 1969 album.
Recorded in London, England and New York, New York in 1969.
Personnel: Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica); Jimmy Page (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, background vocals); John Paul Jones (organ, background vocals); John Bonham (drums, timpani, background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Eddie Kramer.
Recording information: A&R Studios, New York, NY (1969); Atlantic Studios, NY (1969); Juggy Sound Studio (1969); Mirror Sound, L.A.CA (1969); Mirror Sound, Los Angeles, CA (1969); Morgan Studios, London, England (1969); Olympic Studios, London, England (1969).
Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica); Jimmy Page (acoustic, electric & pedal steel guitar, background vocals); John Paul Jones (organ, bass, background vocals); John Bonham (drums, tympani, background vocals).
| | Led Zeppelin IV CD (1971) Remastered
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Led Zeppelin's epochal fourth album finds both the band's blues-rock thunder and their gentler, more lyrical side filed down to a razor-sharp point. "Black Dog" and "Rock and Roll" aren't just perennial air-guitar anthems; they're the ultimate distillation of the blues-inflected, hard-rock fury the band had already been perfecting for the past three years. Robert Plant's Little Richard-on-amphetamines wail rides perfectly atop the band's strategically directed crunch for maximum impact. "When the Levee Breaks"is a titanic take on the blues, with John Bonham's thunderous drums echoing through the subsequent decades. The folkier, acoustic tracks provide welcome moments of beauty and respite, and all the elements of the band's sound come together in "Stairway to Heaven," a suite of shifting dynamics that would become the Eiffel Tower of classic-rock radio forevermore.
Recorded at Headley, Grange, Hampshire, Island Studios, London, England and Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California.
Led Zeppelin: John Paul Jones (bass instrument); Jimmy Page, John Bonham, Robert Plant.
Personnel: Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica); Sandy Denny (vocals); Jimmy Page (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); John Paul Jones (keyboards, synthesizer); John Bonham (drums).
Audio Mixers: George Chkiantz; Andy Johns.
Audio Remasterer: Jimmy Page.
Liner Note Author: Masa Ito.
Recording information: Headley Grange, Hampshire, England (1971); Island Studios, London, England (1971); Rolling Stones Mobile Studio (1971); Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA (1971).
Illustrator: Barrington Coleby.
Additional personnel: Ian Stewart (piano); Sandy Denny (background vocals).
| | Led Zeppelin Houses Of The Holy CD (1973) Remastered
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By 1973, Led Zeppelin was getting used to being the biggest band on the planet (both financially and sonically). Letting their guard down and their spirits wander, they came up with the most widely varied album in their discography. Stylistically, HOUSES OF THE HOLY is all over the map, but it coheres in a grand manner befitting the '70s rock royalty Zeppelin had become. Stepping back a little from the epic scale of ZEPPELIN IV, the group slips into a funky James Brown homage ("The Crunge"), offers one of the first-ever attempts at reggae-rock ("D'yer Ma'ker"), and ventures into Pink Floyd-like prog rock ("No Quarter"). Jimmy Page's guitar work is at its most exquisitely beautiful on "The Rain Song," but the heavy-rock punch of yore is still present and accounted for on "Dancing Days" and "The Ocean." From here, it seemed like Led Zeppelin was capable of anything.
Audio Mixers: Eddie Kramer; Keith Harwood; Andy Johns.
Recording information: Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY (1972); Headly Garage (1972); Island Studios, London, England (1972); Olympic London (1972); Olympic Studios, London, England (1972); Stargroves, Hampshire, England (1972).
Photographer: Hipgnosis.
Led Zeppelin: John Paul Jones (bass instrument); Jimmy Page, John Bonham, Robert Plant.
Personnel: Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica, background vocals); Jimmy Page (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); John Paul Jones (piano, grand piano, organ, Mellotron, keyboards, synthesizer, bass synthesizer, background vocals); John Bonham (drums, background vocals).
| | Led Zeppelin III CD (1970) Remastered
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LED ZEPPELIN III is the sound of rock's brash enfants terrible beginning to mature. While the take-no-prisoners blues-rock of the first two albums is still prominent in the band's tool box, other implements are beginning to appear. The delicate acoustic whispers that would run through much of ZEPPELIN IV have their folk/blues antecedents here (the lambent "That's the Way," the earthy "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp"), the results of the band's creative encampment in a woodland dwelling. At the same time, the heavier tracks are unprecedented in their ferocious swagger. Robert Plant's bone-chilling battle cry and the band's savage riffing on "The Immigrant Song" do full justice to the song's Viking imagery, and it's easy to believe that the "hammer of the gods" Plant sings about is being swung straight in your direction.
Atlantic Records remastered reissue of 1970 album featuring 10 tracks.
Audio Mixers: Eddie Kramer; Andy Johns.
Audio Remasterers: Jimmy Page; George Marino.
Liner Note Author: Kaz Akaiwa.
Recording information: Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN (1970); Headley Grange, Hampshire, England (1970); Island Studios, London, England (1970); London, England (1970); Olympic Studios, London, England (1970).
Arrangers: Robert Plant; Jimmy Page; Charles Obscure.
Led Zeppelin: Jimmy Page (slide guitar, pedal steel guitar, banjo, mandolin, background vocals); John Paul Jones (bass instrument); John Bonham, Robert Plant.
Personnel: Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica); Jimmy Page (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); John Paul Jones (keyboards); John Bonham (drums); Viram Jasani (tabla).
Additional personnel: Viram Jasani.
| | Led Zeppelin Presence CD (1976) Remastered
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Led Zeppelin's seventh album, PRESENCE, is a straight-ahead rocker, that has much more of a "live" feel than some of their previous recordings. Gone are most of the big production flourishes, and in their place the big power trio + vocals sound that made Led Zeppelin such a popular concert band.
The opening "Achilles Last Stand" is a driving, up-tempo rocker, while the closing "Tea For One" is a slow, Chicago-style blues, featuring Plant's moaning vocals and Page's alternatingly sweet, and frenetic solos. Elsewhere, "Royal Orleans" mixes delta blues with Indian music, "Hots On For Nowhere" is a stop-time boogie, and "Candy Store Rock" is heavy metal rockabilly.
Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich, West Germany.
Personnel: Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica); Jimmy Page (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); John Paul Jones (keyboards); John Bonham (drums).
Audio Mixer: Keith Harwood.
Recording information: Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany (11/1975-12/1975).
Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica); Jimmy Page (electric & acoustic guitars, background vocals); John Paul Jones (bass, keyboards, background vocals); John Bonham (drums).
| | Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti CDs (1975) Remastered
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After a two-year recording gap (the longest in their recording career up to that point), Led Zeppelin followed the rampant eclecticism of HOUSES OF THE HOLY with the embarrassment of riches that is PHYSICAL GRAFFITI. One could be forgiven for thinking of this expansive double-length set as Zeppelin's WHITE ALBUM. It's a great schizophrenic beast, the first side containing the most concentrated dose of pure hard-rock energy the band had delivered since their first two albums, and the second showing off the more subtle nuances of their talent.
This is really Jimmy Page's album, from the masterfully moody Eastern setting of "Kashmir" to the poignant liquidity of "Down by the Seaside" and the furious riffing of "Trampled Under Foot." The 1950s-style rocker "Boogie with Stu" (featuring Stones pianist Ian Stewart) and the rural romp "Bron-Yr-Aur" add yet more colors to the spectrum of what may be the most emotionally satisfying album in the Led Zeppelin canon.
Recorded at Headley Grave, Hampshire, England; Olympic Studios and Islan, London, England; Stargroves, England between 1972 & 1974.
Personnel: Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica); Jimmy Page (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Ian Stewart (piano); John Paul Jones (Mellotron, keyboards); John Bonham (drums).
Audio Mixers: Eddie Kramer; Keith Harwood.
Audio Remasterers: George Marino; Jimmy Page.
Recording information: Electric Ladyland Studio, New York, NY (1970-1974); Headley Grange, Hampshire, England (1970-1974); Island Studios, London, England (1970-1974); Olympic Studios, London, England (1970-1974); Stargroves, Hampshire, England (1970-1974); Stargroves, Newbury, Berkshire, England (1970-1974).
Illustrator: Dave Heffernan.
Photographers: Elliot Erwitt; B.P. Fallen; Roy Harper.
Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica); Jimmy Page (acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, background vocals); John Paul Jones (bass, keyboards, background vocals); John Bonham (drums, background vocals).
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| | Julie London Wild Cool And Swingin' CD (1999)
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Digitally remastered by Bob Norberg (Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood,
Wild, Cool and Swingin' compiles 22 songs from several of the many albums she made for the Liberty label from 1957 though 1966. Most of the selections link London with obviously good but mostly unidentified studio players, as well as with excellently arranged material that is unencumbered, for the most part, by syrupy string ensemble playing. Her 1960 recording of "Black Coffee" compares well with the slinky Peggy Lee and soulful Carmen McRae versions of this tune. Andre Previn is with her for a very Billy May-like arrangement of "Makin' Whoopee." A fine guitar player is present on "`Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That Cha Do It)," and a sax player sounding much like Plas Johnson sets the tone for a powerful rendition of "Night Life." London is appropriately sensuous on "Come on-A My House" and "My Heart Belongs to Daddy." The vocalist also proves she can get down with the blues on "Watermelon Man," where she is backed by an orchestra led by Gerald Wilson, along with a down and dirty organ. "Daddy" finds her in the company of Jimmy Rowles along with a hot fiddle. Ernie Freeman, who has backed many a singer, is represented on several of the tracks. His ability to write arrangements which enhance the special qualities of the vocalists is evident on such tunes as "Wives and Lovers." Given the songs compiled for this release, it's clear that the producers wanted to show that there is something more to London's warbling than romantic ballads backed with string orchestras, playing stock arrangements. For both Julie London fans as well as those who appreciate good vocals of well-arranged tunes, this album is recommended. ~ Dave Nathan
This is part of Capitol's Wild, Cool & Swingin' series.
Live Recording
Includes liner notes by R.J. Smith.
Audio Remixer: Bob Norberg.
Liner Note Author: R.J. Smith.
Recording information: 1957-1966.
Photographer: Don Miller.
Personnel includes: Julie London (vocals); Gerald Wilson (arranger).
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| | Mad Caddies Rock The Plank CD (2001)
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Recorded in Santa Barbara, California and San Francisco, California.
The Mad Caddies add yet another style of punk rock to their repertoire, that's right Pirate Punk. All the screaming guitars and thunderous horns that these guys are known for, plus much more. 13 tracks. 2001 release.
Personnel includes: Chuck Robertson (vocals); Carter Benson (guitar).
Producers include: Angus Cooke, Mad Caddies, Ray Greene.
| | Friction CD (2004) (Import) Import
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Digitally remastered reissue of the 1979 debut album by the Japanese punk/rock band, co-produced by the band and YMO legend Ryuichi Sakamoto.
| | Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar CDs (2005)
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This expansive four-disc anthology essentially covers the recorded history of the guitar in the 20th century, beginning with the ragtime banjo that set the table for the role of the guitar in a jazz setting in the early 1900s, and then touching all the bases clear through to the post-postmodern possibilities of the instrument in the 21st century. Don't let the subtitle throw you, though, because Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar interprets jazz guitar in the broadest of strokes, as it includes not only pantheon jazz players like Eddie Lang, Django Reinhardt, Charlie Christian, Les Paul, Wes Montgomery, and John McLaughlin but also provides an uncommon sweep by featuring Hawaiian stylists Roy Smeck and Sol Hoopii; Western swing aces Leon McAuliffe and Eldon Shamblin; country jazzman Hank Garland; rock virtuosos Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, and Jeff Beck; fusion funksters Larry Carlton, Al DiMeola, and Mike Stein; and hard to classify avant-garde players like Derek Bailey, Sonny Sharrock, James Blood Ulmer, and Marc Ribot. In all, 78 guitarists from some 33 labels are represented. Arranged roughly by date of recording from first to last (there are some deviations to trace the development of a particular style), it is easy to follow the track listing for Progressions in the well-organized 148-page book that accompanies the discs, and what emerges is a portrayal of the massive influence the guitar has had on every form of popular music in the past century. One could quibble about players who were left out, and things are slightly tilted toward electric players as the set progresses, although that is probably understandable, since getting the guitar plugged in is what made it work in large ensembles in the first place. It's hard to argue with a piano, but a case could be made (and this set assembles ample evidence) that the electric guitar was the defining popular musical instrument of the 20th century, and certainly the dominant ensemble instrument for the last half of it. Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar suggests that the possibilities for the guitar are far from exhausted as the musical time line begins to edge deeper into the 21st century. A beautiful set. ~ Steve Leggett
Liner Note Author: Charles Alexander.
| | Manticora Hyperiom CD (2005)
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Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Thrash/Speed Metal Manticora fourth release, Hyperion, is based on the science fiction novel of the same name by author Dan Simmons. Like the last two releases (Roots of Eternity and Darkness With Tales to Tell) from this Danish band plays epic power metal with some fast paced, heavy riffing. Manticora approach is similar to bands like Eldritch, Enertia, and Valleys Eve due to the heavy thrash and progressive touches. Manticora now add new guitarist Martin Arendal and new bassist Kasper Gram (ex-Wuthering Heights) to the line-up of Hyperion. Several of the dozen tracks ("Filaments of Armageddon", "Keeper of Time Eternal Champion", "Cantos", "A Long Farewell", and "Loveternaloveternal") run over seven minutes in length but never become boring or stagnant. The vocals of Lars Larsen are powerful and unique, somewhat of a cross between Messiah Marcolin (Candlemass, ex-Memento Mori) and Urban Breed (Tad Morose). Once again Manticora have delivered one of the heaviest, thrashiest, and most epic power metal discs of the year. JAPANESE VERSION with bonus track (FUTURE WORLD)TONS OF REVIEWS ONLINE, ENTER THE BAND NAME AND ALBUM TITLEAND FIND OUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS ALBUM!
| | Chantal Kreviazuk Ghost Stories CD (2006)
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The Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk's fourth album is a classy assortment of string- and piano-laced pop whose rhythmic foundations are a departure from her previous, more subtle collections. Both "Spoke in Tongues" and "Mad About You" feature arresting percussion arrangements, against which Kreviazuk's charmingly accented English weaves a hypnotic spell, while the soul-baring, solo piano-accompanied "Asylum" and "Wendy House" inhabit a musical and lyrical space somewhere between Tori Amos's baroque confessionals and Kate Bush's enigmatic imagery.
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