pressing details
Sealed • Swan Song Records • 180g • 4LP box • stereo • limited edition • insert(s) • inner(s) • includes 24 page booklet / photos / new liner notes • half-speed remastered by Stan Ricker • £69.99
Not, perhaps, the first LP that Zep purists turn to ? and the band themselves weren?t entirely happy with the end result ? but it remains a significant landmark in their career and a historic monument to the grandeur of rock in the pre-punk era. This remastered version overseen by Jimmy Page provides a formidable insight into the band at a time when they were the biggest draw on the planet, capturing them in their full, rampant pomp at Madison Square Garden. Acting as soundtrack to the movie of the same name (although track selections between album and film don?t always correspond), it draws on material from their first five albums. Rock has rarely been more epic, and the near 15-minute version of Whole Lotta Love is surely the ultimate indulgence for any self-respecting headbanger.
Colin Irwin
Side One
1.Rock and Roll (4:03)
2.Celebration Day (3:49)
3.The Song Remains the Same (6:00)
4.Rain Song (8:25)
Side Two
5.Dazed and Confused (26:53)
Side Three
6.No Quarter (12:30)
Side Four
7.Moby Dick (12:47)
8.Whole Lotta Love (14:25)
further information
Original label/catalogue number:
Swan Song SS2-201
Original date of release:
Sep-76
Personnel:
Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica); Jimmy Page (guitar); John Paul Jones (bass guitar, keyboards, mellotron); John Bonham (drums, percussion).
Producer:
Jimmy Page.
Recording details:
Recorded at Madison Square Garden, New York, July 27-29, 1973.
