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Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (Vinyl Replica Edition) [Digipak] [Remastered] (CD 2007)

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Track Listing
1. Whole Lotta Love
2. What Is And What Should Never Be
3. Lemon Song
4. Thank You
5. Heartbreaker
6. Livin' Lovin' Maid (She's Just A Woman)
7. Ramble On
8. Moby Dick
9. Bring It On Home

Details
Number of CDs:	1
Producer:	Jimmy Page
Recording Type:	Studio
Distributor:	Cinram Logistics
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	AAD

Album Notes
Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica); Jimmy Page (acoustic, electric & pedal steel guitar, background vocals); John Paul Jones (organ, bass, background vocals); John Bonham (drums, tympani, background vocals).Recorded in London, England and New York, New York in 1969.From the first grinding notes of the famous vamp that introduces "Whole Lotta Love," LED ZEPPELIN II announces for all to hear that they are the definitive hard rock band of their generation. But before the listener can even settle into the groove, things takes a hard left turn into a spacey new rhythm, exotically flavored by Page's droning feedback and innovative use of a violin bow. By tune's end, Zeppelin has repeatedly toyed with the listener's expectations.This subversive quality distinguishes most of the arrangements on LED ZEPPELIN II, as in the soft/hard dynamic shifts of "What Is And What Should Never Be," the gospelish mood of "Thank You," the rocking vamps and funk rhythms of "Heartbreaker" and "Living Loving Maid," and the country music echoes of "Ramble On." And in their appropriations of source materials from Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, and Sonny Boy Williamson, Page and company continued to mine the rich vein of the blues.

Editorial Reviews
Included in Q's Best Metal Albums Of All Time
Q (08/01/2000)

Ranked #37 in Q's 100 Greatest British Albums - ...A chugging monster, derailed into a lengthy free-form ju-ju freak-out. Then 'The Lemon Song' reverts to straight-ahead blues-rock pastiche...
Q (06/01/2000)

...'Whole Lotta Love'...has to be the heaviest thing I've run across....The album ends with a far-out blues number called 'Bring It On Home', during which Rob contributes some very convincing moaning and harp-playing...
Rolling Stone (12/13/1969)

Included in Q's Best Metal Albums Of All TimeQ (6/00, p.75) - Ranked #37 in Q's 100 Greatest British Albums - ...A chugging monster, derailed into a lengthy free-form ju-ju freak-out. Then 'The Lemon Song' reverts to straight-ahead blues-rock pastiche...Rolling Stone (12/13/69, p. 50) - ...'Whole Lotta Love'...has to be the heaviest thing I've run across....The album ends with a far-out blues number called 'Bring It On Home', during which Rob contributes some very convincing moaning and harp-playing...
Q (08/01/2000)

Included in Q's Best Metal Albums Of All TimeQ (6/00, p.75) - Ranked #37 in Q's 100 Greatest British Albums - ...A chugging monster, derailed into a lengthy free-form ju-ju freak-out. Then 'The Lemon Song' reverts to straight-ahead blues-rock pastiche...Rolling Stone (12/13/69, p. 50) - ...'Whole Lotta Love'...has to be the heaviest thing I've run across....The album ends with a far-out blues number called 'Bring It On Home', during which Rob contributes some very convincing moaning and harp-playing...Classic Rock (04/06, p.69) - ...chock-full of monumental riffs and ear-piercing wails.
Q (08/01/2000)

Ranked #75 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time - This album opens with one of the most exhilarating guitar riffs in rock & roll...Rolling Stone (12/13/69, p.50) - ...'Whole Lotta Love'...has to be the heaviest thing I've run across....The album ends with a far-out blues number called 'Bring It On Home', during which Rob contributes some very convincing moaning and harp-playing...Spin (12/03, p.122) - ...It's not heavy metal, but it's a damn fine blueprint...Q (8/00, p.126) - Included in Q's Best Metal Albums Of All TimeQ (6/00, p.75) - Ranked #37 in Q's 100 Greatest British Albums - ...A chugging monster, derailed into a lengthy free-form ju-ju freak-out. Then 'The Lemon Song' reverts to straight-ahead blues-rock pastiche...
Rolling Stone (12/11/2003)

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Led Zeppelin 11 (Remastered)

Review created: 03/02/07

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I desperately wanted to get a copy of Led Zeppelin 11 as I had the LP when I was younger. Imagine how delighted I was when I found it on eBay in CD form. The fact that I didn't have an old record player didn't seem to matter as I just wanted to own the LP again, so to be able to play it and look at it was fantastic. Although its been many years since I've heard it, it was still as well played, sung, and produced as I remembered. I forgot just how much of a 'heavy hippy' I was, the memories came flooding back.
I'm so glad I found it. It just goes to show that you can find practically anything on eBay.

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