I'VE SEEN IT! Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day Film

[Not_the_DJ]

...and they've done another re-mastering job on the old albums, to be released next year with bonus tracks (alt versions and outtakes I think rather than true unreleased tracks).

[erictheweary]

For questionable tone, I agree - look up the isolated tracks of his guitar playing, I think some are still on there (confirmed LZ recording track) and out of the mix it kinda sounds a little shitty.

Isn't the point that they sound right within the context of the track, that he put his role as producer over that of guitarist?

[zenzeypher]

Exactly! I wasn't disputing that, more a nod to that being the case.

Hence why I stated "out of the mix"

[Not_the_DJ]

DVD/CD set arrived yesterday...just starting to watch it now!

[Not_the_DJ]

Well I got as far as Stairway on the DVD last night.

It does indeed take them a few songs to get into it. 'Ramble on' is a bit of a mess (and surely a bad choice for second track, assuming this is the running order from the night). I think it clicks halfway through "In My Time of Dying", and by the time they get to "Trampled Underfoot" they're once again the greatest band in the world.

Such a shame they didn't tour

[Not_the_DJ]

Yeah that's the one I've gone for, although I'm suspicious about the wording of the bonus stuff...I think it said " footage of full rehearsal"...which would actually cover them if it was just a small amount of footage from said " full rehearsal"...but we'll see

It is indeed footage of a full rehearsal!

One wide shot for the whole thing so no close-ups but it's a full run through of the gig.

[RocknRollDave]

It is indeed footage of a full rehearsal!

One wide shot for the whole thing so no close-ups but it's a full run through of the gig.

That's pretty damn cool then! Alas money-consciousness got the better of me so I cancelled my preorder of the DVD and stuck it on my Christmas list. If you see Santa on Boxing Day with a black eye, you'll know why...

[travisthedog]

It's all tuned down so much it's sounds wrong!! Jason Bonham is amazing but page is very disappointing - very messy and time of dying is waaaay too slow - not got any further yet but so far very disappointed

[Akeldama]

I think it clicks halfway through "In My Time of Dying", and by the time they get to "Trampled Underfoot" they're once again the greatest band in the world.

Agree with that. Bit of a slow start - then they get ripping. Trampled Underfoot is brilliant and I loved every moment of the whole gig. Even the bum notes, because it sounded like four blokes playing together, not the re-recorded bollocks that so many live albums are.

And no ego from Jimmy. You know he could have fixed those notes before the album/DVD release. But he's happy to sound like he's getting old. Just listen to some of the stuff on the album him and Percy did a few years ago - they both sounded so old - and that's what made it so good.