Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Rock 'n' Roll
2. Celebration Day
3. Black Dog
4. Over The Hills And Far Away
5. Misty Mountain Hop
6. Since I've Been Loving You
7. No Quarter
8. Song Remains The Same
9. Rain Song
10. Ocean

Disc 2:

1. Dazed And Confused
2. Stairway To Heaven
3. Moby Dick
4. Heartbreaker
5. Whole Lotta Love

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16088 in Music
• Released on: 2007-11-19
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Live, Original recording remastered, Extra tracks

CD Description
Live concert by one of the biggest and most influential rock bands of all time, Led Zeppelin. Recorded at Madison Square Gardens, New York in 1973, this is a thrilling document ofthe sheer force and ingenuity of the band's music. Includesthe tracks 'Black Dog', 'Misty Mountain Hop' and 'Stairway To Heaven'.

Customer Reviews

Probably the best live album ever!
This remastered and expanded version of 'The Song Remains The Same' is probably the best live album I have ever heared. The original album was always one of my favourites but this re-release surpasses it by a country mile! It is also even better than the superb 'How The West Was Won' album. The sound quality has been vastly improved and the inclusion of the previously missing tracks and corrected running order makes a huge difference! What also adds to the value of this album is that the majority of songs that were included in the previous release (e.g. Stairway to Heaven, No Quarter, Dazed and Confused etc.) are different versions of the songs taken from another night of the Garden concerts. So you are not listening to a song you have already heard before.

The stand out song of the whole album is definately 'Since I've Been Loving You.' This performance solidifies my belief that Jimmy Page is the greatest guitarist who ever lived!!! Just listen to that intro!

All in all this is truly an outstanding performance from the greatest rock band of all time and is definately well worth buying!

About time, really
The film was certainly not the best rock 'n' roll film ever. But the soundtrack album (bought in vinyl on release day by me)was the first chance to get a legal live Led Zeppelin album; and so things remained for many years.

The original release suffered from pretty poor sound, even for the early '70s.

I am so pleased that Page has got round to remastering this bugger, and to putting some unreleased stuff on it as well. "Heartbreaker" has been my favourite live Led Zeppelin number since I saw them for the first time at Bath in 1970.* I still cannot get enough live renditions of that one. In the film it did not appear properly, being broken up by footage of worries about the robbery event, that actually made no-one conerned poor. The full song is here at last.

This set probably does not capture the band on their very best night in terms of hitting the right note every time. But it captures the strength and improvisational ability of what was at the time the real best rock 'n' roll band in the world. The Stones and The Who were terrific, but joint second behind Led Zeppelin.

Anyone who does not buy this has a major gap in their collection.

*And I was at Knebworth 2 when they still didn't play "Heartbreaker," having played it the week before.

The song doesn't remain the same
I agree with Tom from the US.....do some homework! This latest incarnation is just 'better' 'cos of the increased number of tracks. The quality on the whole is, in my opinion, much worse than the 'original' CD set, therefore it only gets 3 stars. The guitar solo in probably Jimmy Page's greatest riff, ie in 'No Quarter' is cut to shreds. Two minutes of that track are missing in this latest collection just so they can squeeze on the admittedly excellent 'Ocean', which is in the wrong place anyway as it was their encore and curtain closing number after 'Whole Lotta love' in their live set. The greatest guitar solo in guitar history, in Dazed and Confused, after the violin bow set, is of a horrible quality as it's just taken directly from the movie which was rubbish, has too much bass and therefore not enough sound quality, and hearing both this one and the 'original' you will realise why the original edit is better. You might think you're getting more, but you're not, honestly. Do like I've done...take the extra tracks (with those from How the West was Won as well), and make your own 'mix' of the best tracks from all 3 sources. Its the best of all worlds.
If you're just about to buy this as your first live Led Zepp album, just because its got 2007 stamped on it, you'll be making a mistake!!
I'd say get the 'original' CD set and then compare the same tracks with this one, you'll soon hear which one is the better!!