Last Three Zep albums Remastered
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Topic: Last Three Zep albums Remastered
Posted By: SteveG
Subject: Last Three Zep albums Remastered
Date Posted: August 01 2015 at 13:14
| 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? |
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Posted By: GKR
Date Posted: August 01 2015 at 13:28
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As I dont have even money to buy the re-releases of my favourites Zep albums... no. ------------- - From each according to his ability, to each according to his need. |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: August 01 2015 at 13:58
^ 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.  -------------  
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 01 2015 at 15:47
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Other than the fact that those are two great, and one spotty but fun, albums? Not especially. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: August 01 2015 at 16:03
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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. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: August 01 2015 at 16:30
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The studio work of Zeppelin always sounded impeccable. Can't imagine it sounds much better now that I've blown my ears out after several decades of amplified mayhem. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 01 2015 at 17:06
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No.....not really interested for the same reasons mentioned and I already have original vinyl, original cd's , and the 2 cd box sets. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 01 2015 at 17:12
nah... who does Jimmy Page think he is.. SWilson???? ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
SteveG wrote:Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: August 01 2015 at 21:44
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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. ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 01 2015 at 21:51
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^ It is epic, that whole record, his 'guitar army' . ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: August 01 2015 at 22:23
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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 like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 01 2015 at 22:28
sort of defeats the purpose of milking fans of more money for albums they already have ehh. hell.. that is why I've had ...what... the 4 versions of John Barleycorn Must Die! that have released on compact disk When you are a fan... a fanatic.. cost is no option. The artists know that. Pffff on discounts...------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: August 01 2015 at 23:11
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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. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: August 03 2015 at 15:08
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: August 03 2015 at 16:17
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I'll get Presence I am sure as my copy is almost wore out, the other two I will pass on prolly. -------------   
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: August 05 2015 at 19:21
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"The weight of obligation showed on the original Coda; three of the
eight tracks were left-behind songs from Zeppelin's last, least
compelling studio album, 1979's In Through the Out Door. But that was then. Reissued on July 31st along the deluxe Coda is now essential Zeppelin, a three-disc, 23-track account of the band's studio life in illuminating rarities, including the 1970 B-side "Hey, Hey What Can I Do"; "Sugar Mama," a bluesy grenade from the 1968 sessions for Led Zeppelin; two exotic jewels from Page and Plant's 1972 evening in a Bombay studio with members of an Indian orchestra; and a revelatory test run of "When the Levee Breaks" from Led Zeppelin IV. The '82 Coda was, Page now admits, "an attempt to make something out of very little – or nothing." The reboot, in turn, "has all of the quirkiness, the totally unexpected aspect of things" that characterized Zeppelin's ascent on record throughout the Seventies." -Rolling Stone Must admit I'm a little tempted.... |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 05 2015 at 20:12
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^ 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. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: August 05 2015 at 20:27
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Yeah, thought it over tonight when I ordered a couple things and decided against it. My copies sound adequate and "rarities" almost never prove to be fulfilling long term for me. I did order a Runaways album. My commuting wake-up music for the car next week. Can't wait |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 05 2015 at 20:36
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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. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: August 06 2015 at 00:15
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It doesn't help that I already picked up "Hey Hey" via a CD single and "Travelling Riverside Blues" via BBC Sessions, so that incentive to even re-buy Coda for those other outtakes just went out the window for me. And even if the current remasters sound good, I'm quite content with the 1990s masters I own. ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 06 2015 at 00:43
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What it tells us is that they used every bit of viable material they had for their albums, as it should be. Consequently almost no feasible, unused content appears to exist. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 06 2015 at 09:19
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I'm somewhat burned out on Zeppelin anyway.......don't play their music very often these days. If you turn on any classic rock radio in my area you hear them more than enough. I still play Zoso and Houses now and then. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: August 25 2015 at 12:03
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The outtakes of ITTOD sound like a slightly inferior exact copy of ITTOD. Presence is worth it for prog heads for the Pod song. It's a JPJ thing and very nice as it builds up when the guitars and drums come in. Royal Orleans has Bonzo on vox. Captain Beefheart fans will worship the devil to this. Coda could be a 2 CD thing but for some reason they're all spread over 3 discs. Really I suppose all the essential extra tracks would fill up Coda to maybe 3 - 4 full discs except for the concert with the first one. That's killer. But Coda is still worth it for the ever increasing odds and sods nature of it. There are still ommissions and suspicious absences. I know he wanted to avoid material out there in bootleg land but I suspect there's more to Swan Song than the two fairly complete cuts unofficially released. He ddi say when Coda was released thT "that is all there is, really." Uh,um, not quite Jimmy. 17 unofficial CDs later... OK now what Zeppelin cut features on a Zeppelin album but does not feature Zeppelin? |