Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7320 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-05-26
• Rating: Exempt
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Box set, Black & White, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Arabic, Portuguese, Russian, Hebrew
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 320 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Legendary and long sought-after, this live Led Zeppelin collection is nothing less than the rock music equivalent of the Holy Grail. Quite simply, this is what all the fuss was about.

Given that they were the biggest band in the world, Zeppelin were notoriously camera-shy in their heyday. Their official filmic legacy until now has been just the fascinating but flawed The Song Remains the Same. While this new set presents some previously unseen footage from the same 1973 Madison Square Garden gigs, its real wonders lie in the earlier (1970) Royal Albert Hall footage and the later Earls Court (1975) and Knebworth (1979) concerts. Everything here looks and sounds new-minted, thanks to painstaking restoration and remastering of both audio and visual sources, a Herculean labour of love on the part of co-producer Dick Carruthers working hand-in-glove with Jimmy Page.

Trawling through thousands of yards of previously unseen film and unheard tape recordings--some with missing visuals, some with missing audio--Page and Carruthers have chosen only the best possible footage available. They were also at pains to make the segments segue seamlessly so that the viewer is treated to what feels like a continuous concert--just sample the transition from a grainy Super 8 "Immigrant Song" (Sydney, 1972) to "Black Dog" at MSG.

Highlights? It's not hyperbole to say that every powerhouse minute of this collection (some 230 minutes of concert footage plus another hour and a half of extra DVD material) is a rare musical and visual treat. But hearing Page's violin bow work on "Dazed and Confused" in DTS or Dolby 5.1 is an experience not soon forgotten.

On the DVD: Led Zeppelin two-disc set presents all the footage in pristine 4:3 picture ratio (the Madison Square Garden footage is letterboxed) with Dolby 5.1, DTS or PCM Stereo sound options. Note that the audio is uncompressed for maximum ear-shattering enjoyment. The menu screens do not pop up beforehand, but have to be selected. It's well worth doing so. Enjoy the music first, then discover that even the menus have been painstakingly designed to provide still more unseen footage and unheard recordings (some screens don't cycle round, but present another song in its entirety). Extras include rare TV appearances, interviews and bootleg footage. --Mark Walker

DVD Description

Disc 1:
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

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 Y Aur Stomp
In My Time of Dying
Trampled Underfoot
Stairway to Heaven
Knebworth, 1979:
Rock ‘n’ Roll
Nobody’s Fault But Mine
Sick Again
Achilles Last Stand
In the Evening
Kashmir
Whole Lotta Love

Synopsis
Three of their best-ever performances - Royal Albert Hall 1970, Earls Court 1975, Knebworth 1979 plus Madison Square Gardens 1973 - plus other highlights including rare television appearances, interviews, behind-the scenes clips and 'bootleg' footage.

Customer Reviews

Best Live Footage You Could Hope For
I am a huge Led Zeppelin fan, and as such you would normally take anything I say with a pinch of salt, but believe me when I say that this is an astounding DVD. Yes the footage is at times 30 years old, but it doesn't suffer for it. Apart from occasional white outs, which have been masked with stills, there is extensive footage, with close, intimate camera work. The rendition of Moby Dick blows TSRTS out of the water, Bonzo's passion, and incredible technique are clear. Very few bands perform as well live as Led Zeppelin did, and this is Led Zeppelin captured at their best.
I have read a lot of reviews of this DVD from fans around the world, and not one has had a bad word for this release. I would love the opportunity to thank Jimmy Page for this chance for me to see my favourite band play live, as I was too young to catch them for real. If you like Led Zeppelin, remember they were a live phenomenon so this double disc feature is a must.

Led Zeppelin Double DVD a real treat
This Led Zeppelin DVD package is, quite simply, the best DTS DVD you can buy. Despite the age of the source material, Jimmy Page and the producers of this DVD have gone to extraordinary lengths to ensure that the final product was one of real quality.

Anyone who appreciates rock music should buy it, as not only does it give you the shots of how they made some of those extraordinary sounds, but shows a fascinating insight into their thoughts at the time. It also explains why they never released singles in the UK, how they conquered the US, plus loads of bonus footage (including some bemused Danish teenagers who probably boast to their children and grandchildren about the fact that Led Zeppelin played to only about 50 of them in a studio). I would recommend this DVD to anyone who has ever owned any Led Zeppelin Album - and none of this was ever released on Video.
Jimmy Page and Dick Carruthers have gone to extraordinary lengths (must have taken them years to do this) to reconstitute film with sound from sources such as 2 inch Video (apparently they had to search world-wide to find anything to play the tape
on!!).
Don't delay - get this. It's bloody marvellous - most of it in DTS too. If you've got a good 5.1 system - why haven't you got this yet?!!

Please double the five star rating
This is undoubtably the best rock dvd ever. The 5.1 surround sound is excellent, and the picture is superb, yet again (even though they haven't been around for some 20 odd years) Led Zep shows the rest of the world how it should be done.
Okay so there may be a couple of minor gripes for those picky enough to find them, but the bulk of this release is faultless.
The best rock band ever, live in your own home, in gloriously clear colour, and superb surround sound.For those fans like me who were too young to catch the band live, this has got to be the next best thing, even better in some respects because you can relive the experience again and again and again.....
So why are you still reading this review, just buy the dvd now! and while you're at it get "How The West Was Won" on c.d. too, sheer flippin' brilliance.