Led Zeppelin (DVD)

Infobox Album
Name = Led Zeppelin
Type = video
Artist = Led Zeppelin


Released = May 26, 2003
Recorded = 1969–1979
Genre = Hard rock, heavy metal, blues-rock, folk rock,
Region =
Length = 320:00
Label = Atlantic
Director = Dick Carruthers
Producer = Jimmy Page
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:e959kextdq7v link]
Last album = "The Song Remains the Same"
(1976)
This album = "Led Zeppelin"
(2003)
Next album =

"Led Zeppelin" is a double DVD set by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. The recording of the DVD spans the years from 1969 to 1979 and includes performances from the Royal Albert Hall in 1970, Madison Square Garden in 1973, Earls Court in 1975, and Knebworth in 1979, plus other footage. The DVD was released in the United Kingdom on May 26, 2003 and the United States on May 27, 2003. Bootleg footage from some of the concerts is interspersed with the professionally shot material. Led Zeppelin guitarist, and producer of the DVD, Jimmy Page, put out an open request for bootleg footage for specific concert dates to bootleg traders, many of whom complied.Fact|date=November 2007

Much of the footage was painstakingly restored for almost a year. Some of the video tapes were so old and brittle, they had to be baked in ovens in order to regain their flexibility. The audio portions were digitally remixed for stereo and 5.1 surround mixes.

The RIAA certified the "Led Zeppelin DVD" at 10.00x platinum on July 7, 2003, in recognition of 500,000 shipments in the United States alone. It was, for three years the highest selling music DVD in America. As of November 2007, the DVD has had an overwhelmingly positive number of reviews on website Amazon, with 559 out of 617 reviewers giving it five stars. [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00008PX8P Amazon.com: Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant,Jimmy Page,John Paul Jones,John Bonham,Dick Carruthers: Movies & TV ] ]

Track listing

Disc one

Royal Albert Hall - January 9, 1970
* "We're Gonna Groove" (Bethea, King) – 3:14
* "I Can't Quit You Baby" (Dixon) – 6:25
* "Dazed and Confused" (Page) – 15:10
* "White Summer" (Page, Bonham) – 11:54
* "What Is and What Should Never Be" (Page, Plant) – 4:02
* "How Many More Times" (Bonham, Jones, Page) – 20:02
* "Moby Dick" (Bonham, Jones, Page) – 15:02
* "Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant) – 6:03
* "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, Jones, Page) – 3:40
* "C'mon Everybody" (Capehart, Cochran) – 2:28
* "Something Else" (Cochran, Sheeley) – 2:02
* "Bring It on Home" (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant) – 7:33

Atlantic Records promotional clip - February 1969
* "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, Jones, Page) – 2:24

"Danmarks Radio" (Gladsaxe Teen Club, Gladsaxe) - March 17, 1969
* "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, Jones, Page) – 2:46
* "Dazed and Confused" (Page) – 9:09
* "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" (Bredon, Page, Plant) – 6:46
* "How Many More Times" (Bonham, Jones, Page) – 12:20

"Supershow" (Staines Studio, London) - March 25, 1969
* "Dazed and Confused" (Page) – 7:33

"Tous En Scène" (Theatre Olympia, Paris) - June 19, 1969
* "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, Jones, Page) – 2:51
* "Dazed and Confused" (edited) (Page) – 5:12

Disc two

Sydney Showground - February 27, 1972 (Splodge edit)
* "Immigrant Song" (Page, Plant) – 4:03

Madison Square Garden - July 27, 28, 29, 1973
* "Black Dog" (Jones, Page, Plant) – 5:30
* "Misty Mountain Hop" (Jones, Page, Plant) – 4:50
* "Since I've Been Loving You" (Jones, Page, Plant) – 8:03
* "The Ocean" (Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant) – 4:16

Earls Court - May 24, 25, 1975 (see Earl's Court 1975)
* "Going to California" (Page, Plant) – 4:41
* "That's the Way" (Page, Plant) – 6:04
* "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp" (Jones, Page, Plant) – 5:31
* "In My Time of Dying" (Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant) – 11:14
* "Trampled Under Foot" (Jones, Page, Plant) – 8:14
* "Stairway to Heaven" (Page, Plant) – 10:32

Knebworth - August 4, 1979 (see Knebworth 1979)
* "Rock and Roll" (Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant) – 3:47
* "Nobody's Fault but Mine" (Page, Plant) – 5:45
* "Sick Again" (Page, Plant) – 5:08
* "Achilles Last Stand" (Page, Plant) – 9:03
* "In the Evening" (Jones, Page, Plant) – 7:56
* "Kashmir" (Bonham, Page, Plant) – 8:50
* "Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant) – 7:06
* "You'll Never Walk Alone" – 1:21

New York NBC Studio - September 19, 1970
* Press Conference – 3:26 (mono)

Sydney Showground - February 27, 1972
* "Rock and Roll" (Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant) – 3:06

ABC "Get To Know" - February 27, 1972
* Robert Plant and Jimmy Page after concert interviews with Jeune Pritchard

BBC2 "The Old Grey Whistle Test" - January 12, 1975
* Robert Plant interview at the Vorst Nationaal in Brussels with Bob Harris (radio) – 3:47

"Remasters" Promo One - October 1990
* "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Page, Plant) – 4:49

"Remasters" Promo Two - October 1990
* "Traveling Riverside Blues" (Johnson, Page, Plant) – 4:09

Menu clips

Royal Albert Hall - January 9, 1970
* RAH Dressing Room (pre-concert) – 0:27

Royal Albert Hall - January 9, 1970
* "Thank You" (Page/Plant) (pre-concert keyboard rehearsal outro) – 0:34

Royal Albert Hall - January 9, 1970 (collage edit)
* "Heartbreaker" (guitar solo) – 0:36

Reykjavik Airport - June 22, 1970 (collage edit)
* "Moby Dick" (Bonham/Jones/Page) (drum solo excerpt) – 0:56

Laugardalshöll - June 22, 1970
* "Dazed and Confused" (Page) (guitar bowing solo)

Sydney Showground - February 27, 1972
* "Black Dog" (Page/Plant/Jones) – 0:36

Madison Square Garden - July 27, 1973
* "Since I've Been Loving You" (Jones/Page/Plant) – 0:49

Madison Square Garden - July 28, 1973 (Knebworth campsite on August 4, 1979 video clip)
* "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Page/Plant) – 2:23

Seattle Center Coliseum - March 21, 1975
* "Whole Lotta Love (medley)" (Page/Bonham/Plant/Jones) (theremin solo and "The Crunge" excerpt from Earl's Court, May 25, 1975) – 0:48

Earl's Court - May 24, 1975 (streets of Belfast on March 5, 1971 clip)
* "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp" (Page/Plant/Jones) – 0:49

Earl's Court - May 25, 1975 (collage edit)
* "Stairway to Heaven" (Page/Plant) (guitar intro) – 0:54

LA Forum - June 21, 1977 (8 mm video clips from various 1977 performances)
* "The Song Remains the Same" (Page/Plant) – 5:37

Personnel

* Jimmy Page – producer, creative director, electric guitars, acoustic guitars
* Robert Plant – vocals, harmonica
* John Paul Jones – bass guitar, keyboards, mandolin
* John Bonham – drums, percussion
* Dick Carruthers – producer, creative director
* Kevin Shirley – sound engineer

Chart positions

US - "Billboard magazine" Music DVD2003 Led Zeppelin Top Music Videos No. 1

UK - Music DVD2003 Led Zeppelin Top 10 Music DVDs and Videos No. 1

Australia - Music DVD2003 Led Zeppelin ARIA Top 40 DVD No. 1

Cover art

West and East Mitten Buttes, photographed from the visitor centre at the Navajo Tribal Park located at Monument Valley, Arizona.

Additional notes

L-PCM stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound, DTS 5.1 surround sound. Menu: Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo, Extras: Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo

Catalogue: (US) Atlantic R2-970198, (UK) Atlantic 0349701982

References

External links

* [http://www.thegardentapes.co.uk/dvd.html The Garden Tapes - analysis of live tracks edits for the DVD]