Led Zeppelin -The Song Remains the Same (Vintage Vinyl Double Gatefold LP,1976)
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- THIS IS AN ORIGINAL and NOT a modern day re-issue~Contains original booklet insert(unstapled)
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The Song Remains the Same is the soundtrack live album of the concert film of the same name by the English rock band Led Zeppelin.
Overview[edit]
The recording of the album and the film took place during three nights of concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden, during the band's 1973 North American tour. All songs were recorded by Eddie Kramer using the Wally Heider Mobile Studio truck, and later mixed at Electric Lady Studios in New York and Trident Studios in London.
The album was released on 22 October 1976, by Swan Song Records. The sleeve design depicted a dilapidated movie house located on Old Street film studios in London, which was used by the group for rehearsals prior to their 1973 tour. [1]
Until both the album and the film were remastered and re-released in 2007, there were significant differences between the two in terms of the songs included on each. These differences were as follows:
- The film included "Black Dog", but not "Celebration Day".
- The soundtrack album included "Celebration Day", but not "Black Dog".
- The film also included "Since I've Been Loving You", the introduction to "Heartbreaker", the instrumental "Bron-Yr-Aur" (which appeared on Physical Graffiti) and a hurdy gurdy piece called "Autumn Lake", none of which were featured on the album.
In addition, of the songs that both the album and the film had in common, some of the recordings featured on the album were of different performances from those in the film. Other tracks which were recorded at Madison Square Garden, but omitted from both the film and the soundtrack album, included "Over The Hills and Far Away", "The Ocean" and "Misty Mountain Hop". A comprehensive analysis of the sources of the original album and the edits is available at The Garden Tapes.
Critical reception
Upon its initial release in 1976, the album received some poor reviews, with a number of critics considering it to be over-produced and lumbering.[14] Indeed, the band's members themselves have since expressed a lack of fondness for the recording. Page has admitted that the end product was hardly the best representation of Led Zeppelin as a live band:
Obviously we were committed to putting this album out, although it wasn't necessarily the best live stuff we have. I don't look upon it as a live album...it's essentially a soundtrack.[15]
In an interview he gave to rock journalist Cameron Crowe, Page elaborated:
As far as Led Zeppelin's studio recordings went, every single one of them has a certain ambiance, certain atmospherics that made them special. When it came to the live shows, we were always trying to move things forward and we certainly weren't happy leaving them as they were. The songs were always in a state of change. On [The] Song Remains the Same you can hear the urgency and not much else. The live shows were an extension of the albums.[16]
In contrast, the 2007 reissued version received generally much more positive reviews. In a review published in Mojo magazine in December 2007 James McNair gave the album four out of five stars,[17] as did David Cavanagh in Uncut magazine, who wrote:
... The sound is vastly improved, as is the playing of the musicians (due to digital re-editing of the three MSG concerts, presumably). Not so much remastered as reconstructed, the 15 tracks (six previously unreleased) showboat, strut and snarl.[18]
Track listing[edit]
Original release[edit]
Side one No. Title Length 1. "Rock and Roll" (John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) 4:03 2. "Celebration Day" (Jones, Page, Plant) 3:49 3. "The Song Remains the Same" (Page, Plant) 6:00 4. "The Rain Song" (Page, Plant) 8:25 Side two No. Title Length 1. "Dazed and Confused" (Page) 26:53 Side three No. Title Length 1. "No Quarter" (Jones, Page, Plant) 12:30 2. "Stairway to Heaven" (Page, Plant) 10:58 Side four No. Title Length 1. "Moby Dick" (Bonham, Jones, Page) 12:47 2. "Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham, Willie Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant) 14:25Personnel[edit]
Led Zeppelin- John Bonham – drums, percussion
- John Paul Jones – bass guitar, keyboards, Mellotron
- Robert Plant – vocals
- Jimmy Page – electric guitars, backing vocals, Theremin, production
- Peter Grant – executive producer
- George Hardie – record sleeve
- Hipgnosis – record sleeve
- Eddie Kramer – engineering, mixing
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