The Soundtrack from the Film: The Song Remains the Same

If you are a led zeppelin fan but cant afford the super classy box sets, or the wonderfully packed lp's, then this product could help you give a start to your fanhood, as well bring peace to your soul with its mesmerising music and the recording quality. The seller supplied the original quality product, and im really happy...yeaaaa

The first thing you notice when you've unwrapped this is how gorgeous it feels, something that wouldn't be immediately apparent if you've picked up a shrink-wrapped copy in a store - the central image is raised (as with the original vinyl release) but the black background, instead of being matte, has a kinda leatherette feel - the word 'sumptuous' springs to mind ' I always felt with my old vinyl copy that I was holding something special, and this pushes all the same buttons.I was a bit surprised (to say the least) that many of the tracks are completely different to the ones I knew and loved from the original release, but this isn't a problem as they're equally awesome. I think Pagey's been trying with all the Zep remasters to achieve as analogue a sound as possible in a digital format, and this is no exception. For anyone thinking that an album recorded in 1976 is gonna sound either dull and lifeless or tinny, think again, such is the Man's skillset you'd be forgiven for thinking this was recorded rather than remastered last week.The 'bonus tracks" are not the throwaway B-sides tossed in by record company execs to pad out a sparse recording, but absolute bangers which should definitely have been included on the orignal release.Every track has cd text, although slightly irritatingly, both track and artist are included on the track title info (see image) which means it marquees like the Times Square ticker, but hey, you can always turn it off.The best (cd) version of this remarkable album available. Recommended.

Music sounds great. The band are showing off their talents, extending most tracks in length by addition of some impressive jams and solos, Overall a good selection of songs from the first five albums. However some songs seem a bit too long, Dazed and Confused and Moby Dick are examples, in each case I was getting a bit bored by the end. Even though I am a fan of 70's progressive rock, and can enjoy with ELP, Genesis, Yes and Pink Floyd epics lasting over 20 minutes, I struggle with the longer Led Zep live tracks, I think their emphasis is more on displaying their playing skills rather than producing an interesting musical journey. One particular issue with my CD - the wrong booklet was included, mine was from Mothership! I note than another reviewer has the same issue! I would also like the proper booklet!

The Song Remains The Same is the only live album released by Led Zeppelin during their active career although it was a soundtrack to a rather eccentric movie. The album showcases performances from Madison Square Garden during the 1973 tour of the U.S.A. the performances display what was great about this band with seismic drumming of John Bonham over which the virtuosity of Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones ride this particularly evident on an epic version of Dazed And Confused surfing on top of all this is the banshee wail of Robert Plant.The album is over 2 discs, the first disc contains shorter songs such as Black Dog, Rock 'n' Roll, No Quarter and Since I've Been Loving You. The second disc is for the more committed with epic versions of Dazed And Confused, Whole Lotta Love and Stairway to Heaven and for those with real stamina that dreaded staple of seventies rock shows the drum solo with Moby Dick. For me the best rock live album is The Who Live At Leeds and this album does not match that album for power and energy it can be a bit lacklustre in places. As I said this was the only live album of Led Zeppelin for a long time until Jimmy Page found some live performances for the enormous 3 disc set How The West Was Won this is a better live representation of Led Zeppelin at their peak and is right up there with Live At Leeds. As for the film if you want to see Led Zeppelin live get the Led Zeppelin DVD with some of the performances from this film plus a BBC concert recorded in 1970 this gives the full powerful performance of Led Zep.

Although it seems the consensus among fans 'The Song Remains The Same' is the the flawed live work of the band given all the other offerings we now have. This isn't the case for me. In my opinion this was and always will be one of the greatest shows ever recorded and it sounds fantastic in it's current format.My wife takes the micky out of me because I have multiple copies of this on vinyl, tape, CD, VHS and DVD. And this version is another welcome addition to the collection.

Oh yes. Dug out my original vinyl copy recently and really enjoyed it, also played this 2018 Page remastered version on Spotify Premium through a nice dac/system and it was instantly recognizable that he had worked some remastering jiggery pokey to this live set.For me Bonhams drumming is even more coherent and Robert Plants vocals are at the correct volume in the mix. Of course it's the music overall that has benefited from a modern studio rework, now if all cds sounded this good......Why Jimmy left this album last to remaster is documented elsewhere, for me it sounds incredible.