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Do any of you know if the Led Zeppelin album I ordered is any good? It's my first one and I haven't really heard any of their music before but I heard that them, Black Sabbath and AC/DC are among the greats of Rock music. I was told this album was good because it had:
>Stairway To Heaven
>Whole Lotta Love
and
>Heartbreaker
on it.
However I want to know if the other 23 tracks are any good although I got my Dad to pay and it's only £13.99 so I don't really care. Anyway the link is:
http://www.play.com/play247. asp?page=title&r=CD&title= 115913&p=34&c=&g=48
>Stairway To Heaven
>Whole Lotta Love
and
>Heartbreaker
on it.
However I want to know if the other 23 tracks are any good although I got my Dad to pay and it's only £13.99 so I don't really care. Anyway the link is:
http://www.play.com/play247. asp?page=title&r=CD&title= 115913&p=34&c=&g=48
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Cub!st wrote:
> Wow well I guess everyone thinks the songs are all pretty much top
> class then.
Yes. Very much so. They define "top class".
> The whole Remastered thing though, does that mean that it
> is just a compilation of a few of their better songs or does that
> mean exactly that but the songs are slightly different to the albums?
> Just the word "remastered" gave me that idea.
"Remastered" basically just means touched up, upgraded to have a better sound quality than the original recordings. It doesn't have anything to do with the compilation. You'll see the word on all the CD re-releases.
> I would also
> like to know why Led Zeppelin never released any singles?
Back in the good days of rock, bands produced what is known as AOR - album oriented rock. They did a whole 45 minutes of good stuff, rather than three and half minute MTV cut-to-ads mass produced rubbish with a flashy video. It's about the album as a whole, one song doesn't show you much. Take Led Zeppelin IV - if you listened to Battle of Evermore you'd think they were a folk band, if you heard When The Levee Breaks you'd think they were blues band, if you were to listen to Black Dog you'd think they were a rock and roll band. And they are all of these. And more. When you listen to the album as a whole you realise how truly great a musical statement it really is.
Although incidentally, Atlantic did pressure Zeppelin into releasing a few singles, which is why they formed their own label, Swan Song. They only released D'yer Make'er in England, but they had quite a few singles in America.
> Anyway
> that's all...well actually I haven't heard any Led Zep as you know
> but I think I prefer The White Stripes
Eh? Haven't heard any but already made up your mind? Well anyway, I can guarantee there'll be something on Remasters that you'll be familiar with, you just don't know it by name yet. You'll probably recognise Kashmir, Immigrant Song and a few others, and definitely Whole Lotta Love.
> Wow well I guess everyone thinks the songs are all pretty much top
> class then.
Yes. Very much so. They define "top class".
> The whole Remastered thing though, does that mean that it
> is just a compilation of a few of their better songs or does that
> mean exactly that but the songs are slightly different to the albums?
> Just the word "remastered" gave me that idea.
"Remastered" basically just means touched up, upgraded to have a better sound quality than the original recordings. It doesn't have anything to do with the compilation. You'll see the word on all the CD re-releases.
> I would also
> like to know why Led Zeppelin never released any singles?
Back in the good days of rock, bands produced what is known as AOR - album oriented rock. They did a whole 45 minutes of good stuff, rather than three and half minute MTV cut-to-ads mass produced rubbish with a flashy video. It's about the album as a whole, one song doesn't show you much. Take Led Zeppelin IV - if you listened to Battle of Evermore you'd think they were a folk band, if you heard When The Levee Breaks you'd think they were blues band, if you were to listen to Black Dog you'd think they were a rock and roll band. And they are all of these. And more. When you listen to the album as a whole you realise how truly great a musical statement it really is.
Although incidentally, Atlantic did pressure Zeppelin into releasing a few singles, which is why they formed their own label, Swan Song. They only released D'yer Make'er in England, but they had quite a few singles in America.
> Anyway
> that's all...well actually I haven't heard any Led Zep as you know
> but I think I prefer The White Stripes
Eh? Haven't heard any but already made up your mind? Well anyway, I can guarantee there'll be something on Remasters that you'll be familiar with, you just don't know it by name yet. You'll probably recognise Kashmir, Immigrant Song and a few others, and definitely Whole Lotta Love.
Surely you've got the album by now? If so, what do you think?
Could you give it a listen? I'm interested to see what you think.
Not listened to it yet. Well only th first song but I can barely remember it. My Dad stole it off me and it's been in the car ever since. I shall give it a listen some time soon.
Notorious Biggles wrote:
> they have made it popular again,
Muh?
When wasn't it?
> they have made it popular again,
Muh?
When wasn't it?
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