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Led Zeppelin at Earls Court 1975
This production contains what is widely considered
by many collectors to be the highest quality film footage of the 1975 Earls
Court concert. It is a two DVD set and it is over three hours in length. Not
only is the video of the highest quality and resolution, but all the audio
tracks have been digitally remastered in Dolby stereo.
Overview and DVD contents:
The Earls Court concerts are
considered by some critics to be the best ever performed by the band, and the
shows received generally excellent reviews from the music press, music journalists who attended the performances, recalled years later:
The band played with tremendous
fire, possessed by an almost demonic power, amidst clouds of smoke pierced by
green laser beams. Jimmy Page flailed his violin bow against the guitar
strings, producing eerie, echoing gothic howls. At the time, I wrote in a
review that "Robert Plant maintains an essentially human, chatty approach
to audiences, almost like a guide taking us through the story of the band, a
jester at the wheel of some fearsome juggernaut, offering sly asides and poetic
ruminations between moments of terrible power." ... The band enjoyed the physical graffiti material far more than the old
war horses, and the best moments from the previous albums came in the shape of
ballads and acoustic songs.
According to Led Zeppelin
archivist Dave Lewis:
When Led Zeppelin undertook the
series of five shows at London's Earl's Court Arena on May of 1975 they were at
the very peak of their creative powers. Spurred on by the critical and
commercial success of their sixth album, the double set Physical Graffiti, each
show they played took on event-like proportions. The 17,000 capacity Earl's
Court afforded them the luxury to showcase in the best possible setting, the
sheer enormity of their stage act. Over five nights of May '75 Zeppelin
delivered perhaps the most impressive series of shows of their entire career
... Photographic images from the shows still light up the pages of countless
Zep features and books, bootleg performances are eagerly snapped up,and the
official video footage of the gigs projects the sheer magnitude and power of
Led Zeppelin in full flight more than any other surviving film of the group.
Lewis, Dave and
Pallett, Simon (1997) Led
Zeppelin: The Concert File, London: Omnibus Press
DVD Disc One
Intro
Rock & Roll
Sick Again
Over The Hill & Far Away
In My Time Of Dying
Song Remains The Same
Rain Song
Kashmir
No Quarter
Tangerine
Going To California
That's The Way
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
DVD Disc Two
Trampled Underfoot
Moby Dick
Dazed & Confused
Stairway To Heaven
Whole Lotta Love
Black Dog