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Led Zeppelin redefined rock in the Seventies and for all time.
They were as influential in that decade as the Beatles were in
the prior one. Their impact extends to classic and alternative
rockers alike. Then and now, Led Zeppelin looms larger than life
on the rock landscape as a band for the ages with an almost
mystical power to evoke primal passions.
- from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame web page on the band s 1995
induction
It's rare that a group can truly rock today s world, but the
arrival of MOTHERSHIP, the first-ever comprehensive 2CD Led
Zeppelin compilation with the soon to follow re-release of The
Song Remains The Same on CD & DVD and a concert event reuniting
Jimmy Page, Robert and John Paul Jones qualifies. Produced
by Page and mixed by Kevin Shirley, MOTHERSHIP's 24 monolithic
tracks were selected and sequenced by the band, who also oversaw
the painstaking remastering. Spanning their epic career, the
unprecedented collection pulls immortal songs from all eight of
the band s classic studio albums, one of the 20th century's most
enduring bodies of musical work. Arguably the most influential
and innovative rock band ever, Led Zeppelin has sold over 200
million records worldwide. They continue to inspire successive
generations with their passionate, groundbreaking,
genre-transcendent, mystic, heavy and blues-infused rock n roll.
Forty years since they formed, the song indeed remains the same.
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For years, as playlists and multidisc players put Led Zeppelin
tracks into a mix, there was a perpetual need to adjust the
volume when Zep came on. Their tunes languished in the haze of
substandard remastering--until now, at least for the 24 tracks on
Mothership and the final fullness of the new Song Remains the
Same reissue. For its part, Mothership's crisper, warmer audio
owes its heft to the troika of Robert , Jimmy Page and John
Paul Jones, who helped oversee the mastering, bringing out untold
shades even in the throes of "Heartbreaker" and the sinews of "No
Quarter." It's an impressive sonic leap. Where tinny high-ends
and muffled lows used to co-exist, ter and louder depths
prevail. It's ever more astonishing that Zep got on with just
four blokes. You can quibble with the 24 tracks here (where's
"The Ocean"?), but the band picked each track here, from the
stone-cold locks ("Communication Breakdown" and "Stairway to
Heaven," no, duh) to the robust throb of "When the Levee Breaks."
As for "The Ocean," you can find that in fantastically full form,
along with five other gems on the newly remastered Song Remains
the Same, which shows up for 2007's holiday season on DVD, too.
Only rarely have four lads from England made so memorable an
auditory and visual blast. --Andrew Bartlett
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