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Title: Led Zep: How the West Was Won
Post by: Silver Bullet on August 31, 2008, 06:09:48 PM
Has anyone else listened to this album ?  I bought it four years ago at the same time I bought Led Zep DVD.  The dvd is so fantastic that I ignored the live cd.

Lately I started listening to it, and holy s**t !

I can't believe how good it is, and I used to listen to The Song Remains the Same a lot.  (Well, 30 years ago).

I heard Heartbreaker a couple times on the radio, and it was amazing.  I thought, gee, I'll bet that came off How the West Was Won.  Maybe I should listen to that.  (I don't listen to music much anymore ... at least, not like I did 30 years ago ...).  So, I loaded it into iTunes from my CD.  I soon discovered that the live songs from the Houses of the Holy album are ... to ... die ... for !!!!

First, I got into The Ocean.  Then, I discovered that the live version of Over the Hills and Far Away was unbelievable, much more exciting than the somewhat understated (for Zep) album version.

But now ... nothing rocks me like the version of Dancing Days on that album.  I had to listen to it a few times to get in its groove, but now it exceeds anything else I've heard.

Highly recommended if you're a Zep fan.




Title: Re: Led Zep: How the West Was Won
Post by: Gewehr98 on August 31, 2008, 07:20:59 PM
Yup.

I'm real close to hitting the end of the useful life of a quartet of 6550 pentodes on just that album alone.  Wink
Title: Re: Led Zep: How the West Was Won
Post by: Silver Bullet on August 31, 2008, 08:29:47 PM
6550 pentodes ?

Geez.  I'm listening to the music thru a set of $15 headphones on my Mac.   sad

Time for me to get a life, I guess.   grin
Title: Re: Led Zep: How the West Was Won
Post by: slzy on September 01, 2008, 03:58:47 AM
bose over ear for$125 or on ear for $161 ,either are real good.
Title: Re: Led Zep: How the West Was Won
Post by: mfree on September 01, 2008, 05:14:04 AM
Strangely enough, right about the time you were compiling this post I was finishing up watching Zep play Royal Albion live in 1970.
Title: Re: Led Zep: How the West Was Won
Post by: bedlamite on September 01, 2008, 05:48:31 AM
1KW Marantz/Adcom + Klipsch Legends + custom JL sub = deaf + grin
Title: Re: Led Zep: How the West Was Won
Post by: Tuco on September 01, 2008, 06:03:14 AM
Quote from: bedlamite on September 01, 2008, 04:48:31 AM
1KW Marantz/Adcom + Klipsch Legends + custom JL sub = deaf + grin

huh?
Title: Re: Led Zep: How the West Was Won
Post by: Fly320s on September 01, 2008, 11:02:36 AM
He said, "The sheriff is near."