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 | Title : BBC Sessions
Author : Led Zeppelin
Release Date : 19971118
Binding : Audio CD
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Editorial Reviews :
Frequently bootlegged and now digitally remastered by Jimmy Page, these tapes capture a 25-month (1969 to 1971) arc in which Zep's sound grew to encompass the speed rush and jazz/blues festival stuff of their 1969 debut, the fully developed folkie musings of 'Going to California' (in which Plant vowed to make a hejira right up to Joni Mitchell's front door), and the band's modestly popular multilayered epic 'Stairway to Heaven.' The Sessions also give a glimpse of nearly off-the-cuff invention in an intense take on Robert Johnson's 'Traveling Riverside Blues.' Most other white blues musicians would've rushed to get this on vinyl; Page and Plant instead used it for parts, most notably taking its profound acoustic freneticism for Led Zeppelin III. --Rickey Wright
Buyer Reviews :
Led Zeppelin's 'BBC Sessions' captures much of the group's energy from their early period, before they became heavy metal gods. The music is raw and there is a lot of cool improvisation, plus some fun surprises with familiar tunes.
Disc One features a number of duplicated radio performances, and one might question the inclusion of three versions of 'Communication Breakdown.' Each performance, however, is different, and one gets a feel of the linkage between the players in this band. Despite the different personalities, these guys played loosely as a tight unit.
Other multiple appearances are made by 'I Can't Quit You Baby' and 'You Shook Me' and these have unique shades of differences as well, and great unison performance by Jimmy Page on guitar and Robert Plant on vocals.
The rarities on this disk include 'The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair,' 'Somethin' Else' and the great slide blues jam of 'Travelling Riverside Blues.'
Disk Two features an 'in concert' performance. 'Immigrant Song' is tight with great stop/start dynamics. 'Black Dog' features a taste of the opening lick to 'Out on the Tiles.' 'Dazed and Confused' clocks in at 18:36(!) but there's some fantastic jamming here by Page. The 'Whole Lotta Love' medley also features snippets of some tasty blues.
The liner notes give interesting details on each performance.
This set is a worthy addition to a music collection.
(by John DeTurk)
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