Apropos LZ, i just finished reading the inteview book with Jimmy Page called Light and Shade and it is worth reading. Yes, some of the ground has been covered before (how quickly and cheaply the first album was put together), but the focus of the book is less on the band and its exploits and much more on Page's vision as a producer. It also covers his early session work, his relationship with Jeff Beck and Clapton in the Yardbirds era, and the post -LZ era.
He is really capitalizing on his legacy at this point, not that I blame him.
I do hope the boxed sets of the upcoming albums are done right, sonically.
And ironically, my favorite footage from that 2003 DVD is the really early footage in Scandanavia, right before the first album was released, yet they are already in top form. Very spare staging, no light show, still a very new group but all the attributes are there. I find that 20 minutes or so very refreshing to watch and listen to. (And I'm a huge fan of the first album because it is so rooted in the electric blues that was their starting point).
He is really capitalizing on his legacy at this point, not that I blame him.
I do hope the boxed sets of the upcoming albums are done right, sonically.
And ironically, my favorite footage from that 2003 DVD is the really early footage in Scandanavia, right before the first album was released, yet they are already in top form. Very spare staging, no light show, still a very new group but all the attributes are there. I find that 20 minutes or so very refreshing to watch and listen to. (And I'm a huge fan of the first album because it is so rooted in the electric blues that was their starting point).