Led Zeppelin: How the West Was Won
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Topic: Led Zeppelin: How the West Was Won
Posted By: alan_pfeifer
Subject: Led Zeppelin: How the West Was Won
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 13:16
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I bought this awhile back, and still think it is one of, if not the greatest live albums produced. The three disc set is taken from Zep's performances and the LA Forum in either 72 or 73, I think. The songs are edited to sound like one whole |
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 14:23
I bought them both (CD and DVD) simultaniously. Indeed both are fenomenally great albums. costed me some 90 euro, but not a stuiver was wasted on this |
Posted By: bluetailfly
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 14:48
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Being a very devoted Zeppelin fan, I picked up "How the West Was Won" the first day it was availabe, and I agree with you that it is an amazing performance they captured in California and the audio quality is excellent. I was surprised |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 15:11
| I really dig this set. No need for Song Remains the Same after this album came out. I too bought the DVDs also. Very great material. |
Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: March 30 2005 at 09:20
| Zeppelin rule |
Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: March 30 2005 at 09:30
 One of the best live-albums out there. ------------- 
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 20:26
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I like it a lot, but I find some of the songs to get boring in the middle (Dazed and Confused, Moby Dick). Otherwise, it's a very fulfilling experience. ------------- 
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Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: April 01 2005 at 06:26
Yeah, I agree. Allthough Bonham was a great drummer, I've never -------------
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Cygnus X-2 wrote:Posted By: Soulman
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 01:34
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[QUOTE=alan_pfeifer] Featuring many classic Zeppelin songs, as well as a 25 minute Dazed and Confused and a 23 Minute Whole Lotta Love, How the West was Won is an amazing picture of one of the greatest Rock and Roll bands to ever exsist, and I stron |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: April 09 2005 at 18:21
I thought the DVD was absolutely excellent. I couldn't believe they got that entire first disc on film! Oh man, how awesome it would be to have been there....... 
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 10 2005 at 12:19
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Posted By: John Gargo
Date Posted: April 10 2005 at 20:03
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Long drum solos, as a rule, are tedious... drum fills, on the other hand, are absolutely amazing... fast and complex, that's the way I like it.... not meandering and repe |
Posted By: Radioactive Toy
Date Posted: April 11 2005 at 02:31
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[QUOTE=tuxon]I bought them both (CD and DVD) simultaniously. Indeed both are fenomenally great albums. costed me some 90 euro, but not a stuiver was wasted on this |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 17 2005 at 17:36
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If you watch the DVD that was released around the same time (summer '03), the drum solo is actually quite |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: April 18 2005 at 00:32
Long drum solos, as a rule, are tedious... drum fills, on the other hand, are absolutely amazing... fast and complex, that's the way I like it.... not -------------
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Posted By: Johnik(Genesis)
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 19:12
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Posted By: gleam
Date Posted: April 24 2005 at 19:32
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"How the west was won" is far superior to "The song remains the same". Having said that, I wish they would release a live recording that encompasses "Physical Grafitti". Imagine the inclusion of "Ten years gone", Kashmir", In the light" and "custard pie |
Posted By: Yanns
Date Posted: April 25 2005 at 21:04
| Two of my friends both own How the West was Won, and they both highly, highly recommend it. I really want it, I'll probably be borrowing it from one of them. |
Posted By: RUM26
Date Posted: July 11 2005 at 20:45
well i've heard just about every album of zep but how the west was won, i never really heard it but i never thought it was worth getting ------------- SHEP get with the program |
Posted By: Paulieg
Date Posted: July 11 2005 at 21:21
| Gleam, Kashmir is on "How the west was Won." It's on disc two and it smokes. A song that's on here that I always wanted to see live is "Achilles last Stand." Awesome song and I believe it's the longest and the closest to prog they ever recorded. Bonham was incredible. I can see why they never recorded after he died. Jimmy Page is one of the all time great guitar players and writers of rock music. The first time I heard "Whole Lotta Love", I was blown away. Zep's one of the few non prog bands I love. Of course there's Jimi Hendrix also. Sometimes I try to imagine the music he would have written if he didn't die. What a loss. Hendrix was a writing machine. He spent most of his money, a million dollars, on building Electric Ladyland studios and just recorded 24-7. Two albums, "First rays of the new rising Sun" and "South Saturn Delta" are available with many recording that were to make his next studio release. Some songs aren't even finished but they all sound pretty awsome. What a waste of talent. |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: July 11 2005 at 21:22
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I like Zep's studio stuff, could never get into their live albums. ------------- 
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: July 11 2005 at 21:29
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Bought the cd and dvd together,absolutely amazing,one of the best live albums ever. -------------  |
Posted By: alan_pfeifer
Date Posted: July 11 2005 at 21:39
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Kashmir isn't on West. It's the DVD that has both that and Achillies' last stand. Both done quite well live. |
Posted By: Cygnus X-1
Date Posted: July 12 2005 at 13:22
| I think How the West Was Won is one of the best live album ever. |
Posted By: The Walrus
Date Posted: July 14 2005 at 07:40
I agree! I think it's the best live albums I own. I really love it! |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: July 14 2005 at 09:22
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Yeah preety great live album but i think some of the long tracks shuld have been edited or removed completly and replaced by some shorter more intresting songs. Good no mather what, but not the best live rock album ever, thats LIVE AT LEED. ------------- 
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