Last Three Zep albums Remastered

Does anyone care that the last three Led Zeppelin albums Presence, In Through The Out Door and Coda have been giving the Jimmy Page remaster treatment and all are now available in delux CD editions and on 180 gram vinyl? 

Edited by SteveG - August 03 2015 at 16:26

^ Same.  As I'm not made of money, and already own all their studio albums (albeit only in the form of The Complete Studio Recordings boxset), I don't particularly care, but as fan of the band I, of course, hope they sell well, and, although it's not a priority for me right now, will probably get most, if not all (probably all, the completist in me wouldn't have it any other way ), of the remastered studio albums sometime in the future, when money allows, although I'm not particularly impressed with the bonus material on offer on any of the releases. 

I will probably get Presence as it is a favorite and I'd like to hear what Page does with the sound.  Coda is great but my current copy is fine.   Not interested in Out Door, a dreadful album. 

No.....not really interested for the same reasons  mentioned and I already have original vinyl, original cd's , and the 2 cd box sets.

This whole slew of rereremasters is confusing, but also enticing.  Who wouldn't want to hear what Page did with "his" album - Presence.  It's a great riff record, and Jimmy was all about the riffs.  It isn't as immediately gripping as any of the first four, not as diverse as Houses, not as epic as Graffiti......and the songs from the album don't mesh smoothly with any of the previous tunes in the catalog.  I remember traveling with a friend who'd brought the Latter Years cassette (yeah, that long ago) and was shocked to hear how "off" the Presence stuff sounded - it put me off the album for a while.  But, man, Presence is a standout when played front to end.....heavy bloozy riffs....pure Pagey!  And Achilles is by far my fave Zep epic. 

Man, now I want to hear the updated Presence.....am I'm I going to have to pony up for ANOTHER copy of Presence?  I've always thought they should have a "trade in" policy - come in with a reasonably maintained copy of the previous remaster and get a discount on the next. 

I think I've outgrown the whole 'Remastered' thing. Some of the 70's stuff that was 'Re-Mixed' was happily received, but most of the remastered stuff I've heard has been more of a let down than not.

Pass.


Edited by JD - August 01 2015 at 23:12

I'll get Presence I am sure as my copy is almost wore out, the other two I will pass on prolly.

^ it's good marketing but if you're a lifelong Zep collector, what you read is:  "One old single that's been around for twenty-five years; A blues trifle that is sub par to their live blues medleys; Two disjointed, spontaneous outtakes; And an unproduced, flat-sounding reject from the Stairway sessions".   You got five times that on the bootleg LPs that were around in the 70 & 80s.  

I mean if they were truly rarities or interesting passages, I'd consider it.   Even if I had the material in boot form I'd still want the presumably better-sounding remaster.   An actual unreleased or unknown song-- a real song?  Yeah, I'll take it.   But that's not what this looks like.