Led Zeppelin - BBC Sessions
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Free Music Review: BBC Sessions-Better than studio recordings
Hit: 5 Stars
For the longest time, the only Led Zeppelin cds I owned were the BBC Sessions. Eventually I got their early and later studio albums but came to realize that I liked the BBC Sessions better. If you like Led Zeppelin and you don't have this double disc live album then you are missing out on one of their greatest cds. The first disc isn't as good as the second disc, in my opinion, but it is still amazing. I love the version of Stairway To Heaven; it's much better than the studio version. Each disc is filled almost to capacity of 80 mins each with tons of great songs. I recommend this completly.Free Music Review: FIVE STARS!!!!!!!!!!!!*****
Hit: 5 Stars
The young fresh Led Zeppelin's BBC recordings where very good considering how early all of the member's where. This double disc includes many great songs by Led Zeppelin including great blues tunes like I Can't Quit You Baby, and Since I've Been Loving You. I cant get over how pure, and good the sound quality is on this complination its so great for being recorded so long ago. Thats what Led Zeppelin could do perform a live show better than their studio recordings, in this case its kind of both because they where in the studio BBC and they where playing live. The earliest session was recorded in 1969....the earlier tunes like Whole Lotta Love, What Is And What Should Never Be, and How Many Times are really good considering the bands young age. Their are many repeats on this complination including Whole Lotta Love, and Dazed And Confused. Their are also some latter Led Zeppelin songs including Stairway To Heaven, and Going To California. Their is a really cool Whole Lotta Love(Medley) including Boggie Chillun'/Fixin' To Die, That's Alright Mama/A Mess Of Blues. These recordings are great by all means please get this now!!!!!Free Music Review: A gift from the Gods. Or the Hammer of the Gods. Or something
Hit: 5 Stars
It's been a while since I've heard this album, and when I first reviewed it back in 2004 I gave it four stars plus change.
I'm going to have to disagree with me, though. It's better than that. All in all, this is probably the finest live Zep I have ever heard...no cheating on the high notes from Plant, tight, focused playing from Page, and a rock solid, yet supple foundation laid down by Jones and Bonham. And the sound is excellent as well, crisp and clear.
The material on disc one was originally recorded in 1969, if I remember correctly, so those are the "oldies". Two renditions of "You Shook Me", one five, one ten minutes, and Jimmy Page doing his best Muddy Waters on the slide guitar. "I Can't Quit You Baby" is even more powerful than the studio recording, and the same thing goes for the thundering riff-fest "Communication Breakdown".
And the non-album tracks are equally wonderful. Led Zeppelin have fun with Eddie Cochran's "Somethin' Else", they cover blues legend Sleepy John Estes on "The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair", one of the absolute highlights of the disc, and Jimmy Page and his slide guitar owns Robert Johnson's "Travelling Riverside Blues".
The grinding "Whole Lotta Love" is here as well, of course, along with a wonderful, subtle performance of "What Is And What Should Never Be", and the disc winds down with a near twelve-minute "How Many More Times". Whew!
Now, some live recordings of the Hammer of the Gods are plagued by a lack of focus by the band and erratic vocals by Robert Plant, but he is in absolute top shape on these two discs, and that's a major part of what makes the "BBC Sessions" so wonderful. That and Jimmy Page, of course.
He plays guitar like an angel who really likes the blues (!), and his slide work in particular is absolutely magnificent.
Disc two contains material recorded in 1971, including "Heartbreaker", a driving "Immigrant Song" (again, he hits all the right notes), the best live "Stairway To Heaven" ever by a long shot, and a crushing rendition of the band's best original blues number, "Black Dog".
The 18-minute "Dazed And Confused" may be a bit long to sit through for casual fans, but you can just fast-forward past the part where Page plays his Stratocaster with a violin bow.
It's hard to pick out any particulay highlights on disc two...the lovely folk song "Going To California" and the 14-minute "Whole Lotta Love"-medley, which emcompasses snatches of "That's Alright Mama", "A Mess Of Blues" and two pre-50s blues numbers, are both great in their own right.
I can't imagine any Zeppelin fan being disappointed with this wonderful album. If your idea of live Zeppelin is the semi-disappointing "The Song Remains The Same", you must pick up this CD right away. It's magnificent.
Free Music Review: The Early Led Zeppelin
Hit: 4 Stars
Led Zeppelin where one of the greatest live rock n roll bands in the history of rock n roll. When they played the BBC they where very young all seeking to write songs. On the CD their are alot of blues jams in the process. Their are the same old songs as well as Communication Breakdown, and Dazed And Confused. I think this CD really is a great studio (live) recording. Their are alot of repheats of songs like Dazed And Confused thats the only downfall other then that here is four stars.Free Music Review: Best Live Zeppelin CD
Hit: 5 Stars
I have all three Zeppelin live CDs. "The Song Remains The Same" (Very underrated, and unappreciated in my opinion), "How The West Was Won", and "BBC Sessions", and this CD, is by FAR is the best of the bunch (I would rank it only behind Zeppelin 4 and "Physical Grafitti" as far as overall Zeppelin CDs are concerned). First off, it has unreleased Zeppelin songs such as "Girl I Love She Got Black Wavy Hair". Next it has the FIRST performance of "Stairway To Heaven" (This was performed BEFORE Zeppelin 4 was released). And finally, it has the most neglected Zeppelin song of all time: "What Is And What Should Never Be" from Zeppelin 2. Simply put, for now, it is the best live Zeppelin CD to date, and a must have for ANYONE who likes Zeppelin at all.