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Free Music Review: No quarter 'caus there's no "ocean"
Hit: 3 Stars
Love Led Zep. Favorite band growing up and still think they were the best. I'm glad we are getting some remastered versions that turned up the volume. And I like some of the new mastering - especially "Immigrant Song" where the bass really pops now. However, "Kashmir" sounds no different than the 1990 remasters except higher volume.
Only problem I have with MOTHERSHIP is the song selection and shortness of the CDs. CD1 is 66:18 and CD2 is 69:21. So we have about 20-22 more minutes that could have been used. Absolute musts for these 20 minutes should have been "The Ocean" (4:30) from HOH, "Gallows Pole" (4:55) from III, "Battle of Evermore" (5:49) from IV, and "The Wanton Song" (4:06) from PG.
Then I have to wonder why so many of these Led Zep hits collections continue to include the 10 minute "Achilles Last Stand", the 7 minute "No Quarter", "Trampled Under Foot" (5:39) and "D'yer Maker (4:23). These songs are just not that good - they have parts that are OK but in total they are tedious and boring, or with the latter, just silly. But I understand that "No Quarter" is considered a classic so I guess leave that on even though it is mostly slow, quiet and boring. But taking out the other 3 frees up 21 more minutes. Better songs to fill that gap could be "Living Loving Maid" (2:39) and "What Is and What Should Never Be" (4:43) from II, the superb "The Rover" (5:35) and the short instrumental classic "Bron-Y-Aur" (2:06) from PG, and "Fool In The Rain" (6:12) from In Through the Out Door.
But by far the biggest omission on MOTHERSHIP is "The Ocean." This song has one of the best opening riffs that Led Zep did and it would have been great to hear this in the new re-mastered sound. How this was left off is beyond me.
The programming I would have done is as follows:
CD1 (TOTAL TIME ~ 77:10)
1. Good Times Bad Times (2:47) from I
2. Communication Breakdown (2:28) from I
3. Dazed and Confused (6:28) from I
4. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (6:41) from I
5. Whole Lotta Love (5:32) from II
6. Ramble On (4:22) from II
7. Heartbreaker (4:15) from II
8. Livin Lovin Maid (2:39) from II
9. What Is and What Should Never Be (4:43) from II
10.Immigrant Song (2:26) from III
11.Gallows Pole (4:55) from III
12.Since I've Been Loving You (7:23) from III
13.Black Dog (4:54) from IV
14.Rock and Roll (3:41) from IV
15.Battle of Evermore (5:49) from IV
16.Stairway to Heaven (8:02) from IV
CD2 (TOTAL TIME ~ 78:30)
1. When the Levee Breaks (7:10) from IV
2. The Song Remains the Same (5:32) from HOH
3. Over the Hills and Far Away (4:49) from HOH
4. The Ocean (4:30) from HOH
5. No Quarter (7:00) from HOH
6. House of the Holy (4:04) from PG
7. The Wanton Song (4:06) from PG
8. The Rover (5:35) from PG
9. Bron-Y-Aur (2:06) from PG
10.Kashmir (8:29) from PG
11.Nobody's Fault But Mine (6:16) from Presence
12.In the Evening (6:51) from ITTOD
13.Fool In The Rain (6:12) from ITTOD
14.All My Love (5:50) from ITTOD
I have made a 2CD set like this, although I don't really care for Led Zep's extended blues song "Since I've Been Loving You" and I've already dissed "No Quarter" so I replaced these two 7 minute songs with "Black Mountain Side" (from I), "Friends" (from III) and "Custard Pie" and "Black Country Woman" (from PG). I also think "In the Light" from PG is a great song if only they would edit out the the meandering synthesizer in the first 2 minutes - similar to how "In the Evening" begins.
Free Music Review: Led Zeppelin - 'Mothership' (Atlantic)
Hit: 5 Stars
Review no. 42. What true Zep fan could even resist the price of this title, anyway? Some of these Zeppelin gems one can never grow tired of are "Communication Breakdown", the sappy "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", one of my personal Zeppelin favorites of all time "Ramble On", "When The Levee Breaks" (I have personal memories of this track - some years ago in my home town, we were having some major flooding - entire trailer parks were being evacuated, etc. - some wide-mouth afternoon DJ played this song several time, obviously outraged several listeners - believe he only received a slap on the wrist for his prank) and the beautifully played "Over The Hills And Far Away". The DVD simply has too many out-standing tunes to list here. Some I know I've seen on other Zep compilations. Recommended. Free Music Review: Excellent Collection
Hit: 5 Stars
Arguably one of the best compilations of Led Zeppelin music one could hope for...the DVD is quite good too. A genuine value for the savvy consumer and a must have for the true Zep fanFree Music Review: Another re-hashing of the same, with poor packaging...DVD is nice.
Hit: 3 Stars
The only reason to buy this is the DVD.
The rest of the tracks are available on all the original albums as well as the various box-sets.
The packaging is horrible - it is almost impossible to get the CD's / DVD out without either tearing the package or putting fingerprints on your CD's and DVD.
Thank goodness for I-Pods and Apple Lossless so I can just rip this and be done with it.
Free Music Review: If you don't want to go buy the entire catalogue
Hit: 5 Stars
Last fall I was in Borders, and they had all of the studio albums on sale, and I really though about it, and then I tried to justify it financially, and that day I couldn't make it work out in my mind that I deserved to buy them all, and I didn't want to get just one, although I did have Zorso in my cart, I put it back.
Then around the end of the year, the week before the big concert I saw this set, and couldn't resist. When I opened it, I saw the sweepstakes ticket for a chance to see the show in London, and again tried to think if I could even get my passport up to date... I just decided to settle for listening non stop for a week and reminisce about the old High School Parties that all of this music was a soundtrack for during the Mid 70's.
Truly, although we had a lot of other favorites, in those days, when Led Zeppelin was still making music it always had the heaviest rotation on our turntables and 8trac's.
Listening to these CD's after all these years, it reminded me how on the Vanguard these guys were, innovative and memorable. These songs set the standard for what is Classic Rock
If you (like me) haven't had this music since your 8-trac died, this set will take you satisfyingly down memory lane like it did me.