Warner Music Vision: Led Zeppelin — DVD (2-Disc Live)

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Product Details

• UPC/EAN: 0603497019825
• Catalog Number: 0349 70198-2
• Product Type: 2-Disc DVD Set
• Brand / Label: Warner Music Vision / Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Artist: Led Zeppelin
• Release Year: 2003
• Genre: Rock / Classic Rock / Hard Rock
• Origin: Manufactured in Germany by Warner Music Manufacturing Europe

Product Features

• Format: 2 × DVD-9 (Dual Layered), PAL
• Picture Format: 4:3, Colour & Monochrome
• Total Duration: 5 hours 20 minutes
• Disc 1 Audio: L-PCM Stereo · Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround · DTS 5.1 Surround (Extras: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Disc 2 Audio: L-PCM Stereo · Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround · DTS 5.1 Surround (Extras: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English, Français, Nederlands, Deutsch, Español, Italiano, Português, Русский язык, فارسی, עברית
• Produced by: Jimmy Page & Dick Carruthers
• Music produced by: Jimmy Page
• Sound Engineer: Kevin Shirley
• Condition: Used, very good — discs and packaging as pictured

Overview

Five hours and twenty minutes of Led Zeppelin live. Not a greatest hits clip reel — actual full-length concert performances across four venues spanning a decade, assembled and produced by Jimmy Page himself. That provenance matters: every audio decision, every edit, every sequence was approved by the person who built these recordings in the first place.

Disc 1 opens with the Royal Albert Hall in 1970 — the band at their most raw and physically ferocious, two years into their existence. The full set runs from "We're Gonna Groove" through "Bring It On Home," including John Bonham's "Moby Dick" drum showcase and a "Whole Lotta Love" that bears no resemblance to any studio version. The extras on Disc 1 add the Communication Breakdown promo film, Danmarks Radio, Supershow, and Tous en Scène.

Disc 2 spans three further eras: a 1972 "Immigrant Song" fragment, the Madison Square Garden 1973 footage (four tracks culled from the The Song Remains the Same film sessions), Earls Court 1975 with its full "Stairway to Heaven," and Knebworth 1979 — the last major UK shows the band would play before Bonham's death ended the group in 1980. Knebworth closes on "Kashmir" and "Whole Lotta Love," which, as closing arguments go, are difficult to argue with.

Kevin Shirley's sound engineering brings exceptional clarity to what is often archival source material. The DTS 5.1 tracks on both discs reward a proper home theatre setup. This is the authoritative Zeppelin visual document — there is nothing else like it in the catalogue.

Interesting Facts

• John Bonham died in September 1980, and the remaining members dissolved the band immediately; Knebworth 1979, captured here, was one of the last complete concert appearances the classic lineup ever gave.
• The Royal Albert Hall 1970 footage was filmed for a proposed film that was shelved for over three decades — it had never been officially released in any form before this 2003 DVD.
• Earls Court 1975 was part of a five-night residency that many Zeppelin scholars consider the technical and visual peak of the band's live career; the production budget and staging were unprecedented for the era.
• "Kashmir", performed at Knebworth here, was composed primarily by Page and Bonham in 1973; its tuning, tempo, and orchestral arrangement made it unlike anything else in hard rock — Plant has said it is the song he is most proud of.
• Jimmy Page personally oversaw all audio remixing and restoration for this release, working with Kevin Shirley to produce multi-channel mixes from the original multitrack tapes where they survived.
• The 2003 DVD debuted at number one on the Billboard Music Video chart and became one of the best-selling music DVDs of its year — a notable achievement for a band that had not released new material in over two decades.

Track Listing

Disc 1 — Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1970

We're Gonna Groove · I Can't Quit You Baby · Dazed and Confused · White Summer · What Is and What Should Never Be · How Many More Times · Moby Dick · Whole Lotta Love · Communication Breakdown · C'mon Everybody · Something Else · Bring It On Home

Extras: Communication Breakdown Promo · Danmarks Radio · Supershow · Tous en Scène

Disc 2

Immigrant Song — 1972

Madison Square Garden, 1973: Black Dog · Misty Mountain Hop · Since I've Been Loving You · The Ocean

Earls Court, 1975: Going to California · That's the Way · Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp · In My Time of Dying · Trampled Underfoot · Stairway to Heaven

Knebworth, 1979: Rock and Roll · Nobody's Fault But Mine · Sick Again · Achilles Last Stand · In the Evening · Kashmir · Whole Lotta Love

Extras: NYC Press Conference · Down Under · The Old Grey Whistle Test · Promos

Publishers

© 2003 Superhype Tapes Ltd., under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Warner Music Group / AOL Time Warner Company. Produced by Jimmy Page & Dick Carruthers. Music produced by Jimmy Page. Sound engineered by Kevin Shirley. Manufactured in Germany by Warner Music Manufacturing Europe.

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