[Heeplist] Led Zeppelin Deluxe Remasters

[Jay Pearson]

Gotta strongly disagree with you, Dave, although The Song Remains the Same is not a great show and, considering the number of legendary live hard rock albums in the 70s, is possibly the worst. I have several other live shows of theirs that are excellent, and their 1977 show at the Kingdome in Seattle remains one of the best I've ever seen (as well as being widely available on good quality bootleg video). In fact, their Earls Court shows from 1975 are of a performance quality similar to Heep's Live 73 album (a small portion of which have been officially released on the CD/DVD set a few years back), and even the 2007 reunion show is superb. Not to mention that their shows were far longer than Heep ever played, although some of that was due to excessive noodling by all 3 musicians! ;-)

I'm not a huge Zeppelin fan, and I don't have any problem with anyone who doesn't like the band, but IMO anyone who calls Zeppelin overrated is suffering from jealousy that they have become the most important hard rock band in history. Yes, I'll always prefer Uriah Heep (and I'll never believe that Zeppelin were better than Heep), but there was a reason for their success, and it was far more than just Peter Grant's manipulation of the press.

Jay
np - John Lawton & Deiggi Band


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 From: DAVID M SHERROD <porcupineheep at cox.net>

Now that's what I call over rated. I was a pretty big fan through the first 5 albums really, though I only feel the first 4 are classics. Sadly they were one of the weakest live bands ever, except for the drums which could be the best rock drummer in history, Mr. John was amazing no question there, or any being over rated. DS