Led Zeppelin DVD [2 DVD9] [2003]

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





DVD:
DVD RELEASE: July 13, 2004
STUDIO: Warner
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.33:1
COLOR: Color
AUDIO: Dolby Digital 5.1 / DTS 5.1 / Linear PCM
SUBTITLES: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Arabic, Portuguese, Russian, Hebrew
RUNTIME: 320 minutes

EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Decrypter
DVD: 2 Full Dual-Layer DVDs
FILE EXTENSION: .ISO (Image) + MDS files
DISCS FILE SIZE: 7.66 GBs / 7.94 GBs
SCANS FILE SIZE: 47 MBs





DISC ONE

Royal Albert Hall, 9 January 1970

1. "We're Gonna Groove" (Bethea, King) – 3:14
2. "I Can't Quit You Baby" (Dixon) – 6:25
3. "Dazed and Confused" (Page) – 15:10
4. "White Summer" (Page, Bonham) – 11:54
5. "What Is and What Should Never Be" (Page, Plant) – 4:02
6. "How Many More Times" (Bonham, Jones, Page) – 20:02
7. "Moby Dick" (Bonham, Jones, Page) – 15:02
8. "Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant) – 6:03
9. "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, Jones, Page) – 3:40
10. "C'mon Everybody" (Capehart, Cochran) – 2:28
11. "Something Else" (Cochran, Sheeley) – 2:02
12. "Bring It On Home" (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant) – 7:33

Atlantic Records, February 1969

1. "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, Jones, Page) – 2:24

Danmarks Radio (Gladsaxe Teen Club, Gladsaxe), 17 March 1969

1. "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, Jones, Page) – 2:46
2. "Dazed and Confused" (Page) – 9:09
3. "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" (Bredon, Page, Plant) – 6:46
4. "How Many More Times" (Bonham, Jones, Page) – 12:20

Supershow (Staines Studio, London), 25 March 1969

1. "Dazed and Confused" (Page) – 7:33

Tous en Scène (Theatre Olympia, Paris), 19 June 1969

1. "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, Jones, Page) – 2:51
2. "Dazed and Confused" (edited) (Page) – 5:12






DISC TWO

Sydney Showground, 27 February 1972 (Splodge edit)

1. "Immigrant Song" (Page, Plant) – 4:03

Madison Square Garden, 27–29 July 1973

1. "Black Dog" (Jones, Page, Plant) – 5:30
2. "Misty Mountain Hop" (Jones, Page, Plant) – 4:50
3. "Since I've Been Loving You" (Jones, Page, Plant) – 8:03
4. "The Ocean" (Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant) – 4:16

Earls Court, 24–25 May 1975 (see Earl's Court 1975)

1. "Going to California" (Page, Plant) – 4:41
2. "That's the Way" (Page, Plant) – 6:04
3. "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp" (Jones, Page, Plant) – 5:31
4. "In My Time of Dying" (Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant) – 11:14
5. "Trampled Under Foot" (Jones, Page, Plant) – 8:14
6. "Stairway to Heaven" (Page, Plant) – 10:32

Knebworth, 4 August 1979 (see Knebworth Festival 1979)

1. "Rock and Roll" (Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant) – 3:47
2. "Nobody's Fault but Mine" (Page, Plant) – 5:45
3. "Sick Again" (Page, Plant) – 5:08
4. "Achilles Last Stand" (Page, Plant) – 9:03
5. "In the Evening" (Jones, Page, Plant) – 7:56
6. "Kashmir" (Bonham, Page, Plant) – 8:50
7. "Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant) – 7:06
8. "You'll Never Walk Alone" – 1:21

New York NBC Studio, 19 September 1970

1. Press Conference – 3:26 (mono)

Sydney Showground, 27 February 1972

1. "Rock and Roll" (Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant) – 3:06
2. "Black Dog" (Page, Plant, Jones) and John Bonham Inverview – 1:48

ABC Get to Know, 27 February 1972

1. John Bonham and John Paul Jones after concert interviews with Jeune Pritchard

BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test, 12 January 1975

1. Robert Plant interview at the Vorst Nationaal in Brussels with Bob Harris (radio) – 3:47

Remasters promo, October 1990

1. "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Page, Plant) – 4:49
2. "Travelling Riverside Blues" (Johnson, Page, Plant) – 4:09