Led Zeppelin

Artist: Led Zeppelin
Label: Wea International
Category: Music

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Format: Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 075678263255
EAN: 0075678263255
ASIN: B00005J8JK

Release Date: 2003-06-05

Led Zeppelin

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Tracks:

Good Times Bad Times
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
You Shook Me
Dazed and Confused
Your Time Is Gonna Come
Black Mountain Side
Communication Breakdown
I Can't Quit You Baby
How Many More Times

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Album Description

UK remastered reissue of 1969 album, packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve. 9 tracks. Warner. 2003.

Album Details

Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

Customer Reviews:

Led Zeppelin's debut; the revolutionary hard rock classic.......2005-11-03

Led Zeppelin I (1969.), Led Zeppelin's first studio album

Over the years there are bands which have completely revolutionised rock n' roll. One of the most important of these bands is the mighty Led Zeppelin. The quartet of Robert Plant (vocals), Jimmy Page (lead guitar), John-Paul Jones (bass) and John Bonham (drums) have gone on to become one of the biggest selling album bands of all time; second only to the Beatles. This is even more phenominal when you consider the band did this with just nine studio albums and a few extra releases. Led Zeppelin originally formed in early 1968 and released this album in amazingly quick time. The public's response to this new band was ecstatic and this album was quickly hailed as a masterpiece, and still is for that matter. So is this a deserved tag to be given to Led Zeppelin's mammoth debut?

Led Zeppelin's debut is a capture of the band at their most rawest and blues based. However, this is part of why this album is so revolutionary (and the Led Zeppelin II follow up for that matter) because the sheer power and strong riffing to a bluesy sound was something pretty new at the time. Other bands such as Cream and the Who had deveoped a somewhat hard rocking sound but Led Zeppelin literally took the concept into unchartered territory with this album. Jimmy Page's guitar playing is inspired throughout, Bonham's drumming is thunderous, John Paul Jones' bass play is assured and pronounced and Robert Plant's powerful wails resonate with brilliance. Indeed Plant's style has become a blueprint for many vocalists to follow him over the years. However, what makes the band playing even more awesome, from this album onwards, is how all four player's miraculous ability all comes together to make mindblowing ensemble play. People have criticised the early Led Zeppelin work as being a 'blues rip-off'. This is a statement which is far from the truth. Sure, the band took some old blues styled numbers as a basis for some of the songs on their early albums but at the same time what is more important the actual sound which Led Zeppelin had; it was revolutionary ... no dispute. You cannot deny the band's importance. What makes Led Zeppelin I an even more phenominal debut is in the fact that the band recorded the album in just 30 hours of studio play; over 9 days. For an album of such quality, it speaks volumes for the band's ability as musicians and as a unit.

Led Zeppelin's debut kicks off with the crunching, strong chords of 'Good Times, Bad Times'. This song is a great opportunity for all the band members to shine and we see racing guitar solos from Page, catchy bass hooks, inspired drumming and striking vocals from Plant. The injection of heaviness in the first song gives the album the jump start it needs to belt out more Zeppelin style guitar based rock. However, there is a slight change of pace with 'Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You'. This 6 minute song is a blend of passionate acoustic melodies with heavy crunchin verse. Plant's vocals are at their most emotional on this song and he gives a chilling performance. 'You Shook Me' follows, another classic slow blues staple. Plant's wails of 'Babe!' echoed by Page's guitar are classic, as is the mouth organ sequence mid-way. Then for me, comes the best track of the album and a big fan favourite in 'Dazed And Confused'. This is a Jimmy Page written piece which starts with a brooding riff from John Paul Jones' bass then moves up a gear for the solo, in which Page takes his trademark violin bow to the guitar for the first time in a quite experimental sequence. The hard rocking sequence late on in the track is ear-crunching and Bonham's pounding drumming is legendary.

Opening up the second half of the album is the clinical organ sequence played by John Paul Jones in 'Your Time Is Gonna Come'. The song, after a minute deveops into a ballad styled rocker which is a great listen. For acoustic mastery, we have 'Black Mountainside'. Some of the sequences Page plays are awesome and it goes to how really how good a guitarist Page is. The background tabla drums give the song good effect. 'Communcation Breakdown' is next. If you really think Led Zeppelin couldn't do heavy riffed songs, think again after listening to this gem. The fast paced and aggressive riffs of this short length track are amazing. This song rocks hard. Then we have more classic hard rock-blues with 'I Can't Quit You Baby'. Classic slow riffs, coupled with an emotional vocal performance from Plant see this track home. Finally, we have the closing epic in the 8 minute 'How Many More Times'. This is a lengthy, high energy exit and a classic finish. The spontaneous melody contains more violin bow solos from Page and more timeless riffs.

Led Zeppelin's debut is a timeless classic. This album is revolutionary to say the least and was the launch pad for plenty of later and again influential classics from the great band that are Led Zeppelin. This debut for me is the band's heaviest album and their rawest but its part of the work's charm and gives it a great edge. Many would even go as far to call it the band's best effort (I wouldn't personally) but you can see why with the albums foreboding, passionate and inspired bluesy tunes. If you don't own this album, you simply haven't got a proper rock collection; it's a must buy.

A masterpiece of a debut.......2004-05-02

Led Zeppelin (1969.) Led Zeppelin's first album.

In the latter half of the sixties, Jimmy Page was left without a band since his previous one, The Yardbirds, had disbanded. However, he wasn't about ready to be done rocking and rolling. He put together a new band with vocalist Robert Plant, bassist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. He appropriately called this new band The New Yardbirds. However, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out this isn't a very good band name. Fortunately, the band received inspiration from The Who drummer Keith Moon. He had an expression - "This gig is going down like a lead Zeppelin." Liking this term, they changed their name to Led Zeppelin. And in 1969, one of the great years in rock and roll history, these four young men released their self-titled debut album. How does it measure up? Read on and see.

Good Times Bad Times opens the album. It's a solid, classic hard rocking tune, with a slight bluesy touch. The most underrated member of Led Zeppelin is John Paul Jones, and his bass here really must be heard to be appreciated. Babe Im Gonna Leave You is a slower, mostly acoustic tune about heartbreak. Every musical artist, regardless of genre, has to do a few heartbreak tunes - and here Led Zeppelin serves up one of the finest the world has ever seen. You Shook Me is a cover song. To put it simply, this is a slower track, but it's still a hard rocker. I'm not too crazy about this one, but it's still a decent song. Dazed And Confused features the band serving up an excellent example of classic psychedelic hard rock. This is one of the most popular songs that can be found on the band's debut album - and why not? This song ROCKS! Your Time Is Gonna Come kicks off with an organ solo by Jones, which is nothing short of excellent. It's not long before we have a melodic rocker that almost certainly won't fail to please. This here is what we call an underrated masterpiece. Black Mountain Side is short but sweet acoustic instrumental. Jimmy Page is a guitar god, but the acoustic stuff he does never seems to get the proper credit for some odd reason. Communication Breakdown is straight-up classic hard rock, this one is a premonition to the heavy metal that would slowly begin to surface in the seventies. This one is arguably my favorite song on the album. I Cant Quit You Baby is another cover song. This here is a slower, bluesy rocker featuring some excellent guitar riffs by the one and only Jimmy Page. The bass is also excellent, and it really makes me wonder why John Paul Jones is the most underrated person in the band! How Many More Times is yet another cover song. To put it in the simplest terms possible, this is a slow rocker - but it's still hard rock. It's a shame this track never got the proper credit, because the band couldn't have finished the album off with a better track!

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