Led Zeppelin: DVD [2 Discs]

Exclamations of religious awe are in order. Legendary and long sought-after, this live Led Zeppelin collection is nothing less than the rock music equivalent of the Holy Grail. Quite simply, this is what all the fuss was about.

Given that they were the biggest band in the world, Zeppelin were notoriously camera-shy in their heyday. Their official filmic legacy until now has been just the fascinating but flawed The Song Remains the Same. While this new set presents some previously unseen footage from the same 1973 Madison Square Garden gigs, its real wonders lie in the earlier (1970) Royal Albert Hall footage and the later Earls Court (1975) and Knebworth (1979) concerts. Everything here looks and sounds new-minted, thanks to painstaking restoration and remastering of both audio and visual sources, a Herculean labor of love on the part of co-producer Dick Carruthers working hand-in-glove with Jimmy Page. Trawling through thousands of yards of previously unseen film and unheard tape recordings--some with missing visuals, some with missing audio--Page and Carruthers have chosen only the best possible footage available. They were also at pains to make the segments segue seamlessly so that the viewer is treated to what feels like a continuous concert--just sample the transition from a grainy Super 8 "Immigrant Song" (Sydney, 1972) to "Black Dog" at MSG.

Highlights? It's not hyperbole to say that every powerhouse minute of this collection (some 230 minutes of concert footage plus another hour and a half of extra DVD material) is a rare musical and visual treat. But hearing Page's violin bow work on "Dazed and Confused" in DTS or Dolby 5.1 is an experience not soon forgotten. --Mark Walker

Indispensable, ce double DVD, sorti parallèlement au triple CD enregistré en public How The West Was Won, compile le meilleur des archives visuelles consacrées à Led Zeppelin que gardait précieusement Jimmy Page. Des documents extrêmement rares – de leur première apparition à la télévision danoise au concert d'adieu à Knebworth en 1979 – tout y est. C'est-à-dire les clips inédits et, surtout, les concerts phénoménaux d'Earls Court en 1975 et l'insurpassable sommet que constitue celui du Royal Albert Hall en 1969 filmé sous tous les angles possibles et imaginables. --Hervé Comte

Track list:

Disc 1
1.We're Gonna Groove
2.I Can't Quit You Babe
3.Dazed And Confused
4.White Summer
5.What Is And What Should Never Be
6.The Ocean
7.How Many More Times
8.Moby Dick
9.Whole Lotta Love
10.Communication Breakdown
11.C'mon Everybody
12.Something Else
13.Bring It On Home
Disc 2
1.Immigrant Song
2.Black Dog
3.Misty Mountain Top
4.Since I've Been Loving You
5.Going To California
6.That's The Way
7.Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
8.In My Time Of Dying
9.Trampled Underfoot
10.Stairway To Heaven
11.Rock And Roll
12.Nobody's Fault But Mine
13.Sick Again
14.Achilles Last Stand
15.In The Evening
16.Kashmir
17.Whole Lotta Love

Alfred Music Publishing is the world's largest educational music publisher. Alfred produces educational reference pop and performance materials for teachers students professionals and hobbyists spanning every musical instrument style and difficulty level. Clocking in at nearly five and a half hours this DVD has been created from the few performances which were ever filmed during the band s lifetime: London s Royal Albert Hall in 1970 London s Earl s Court in 1975 and at England s Knebworth Festival in 1979 just one year before the death of drummer John Bonham. Visually and sonically stunning this DVD has been painstakingly restored remixed and remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround DTS and PCM 2-Channel Stereo under the supervision of Jimmy Page.