Led Zeppelin - 2 DVD box set.

Anyone who enjoyed or still enjoys this powerhouse hard rock group as much as I do will really like this 2-DVD box set titled simply "Led Zeppelin."

5 hours worth of video/audio recordings from their live performances at various concert halls and arenas from 1969 through 1979.

Disc one-main feature: Royal Albert Hall - 1970 - 12 songs.

Disc one extras:
--Danmarks Radio - 1969 - 4 songs. This was filmed in black and white. Zeppelin was just starting out in 1969 and their first album had just been released. Robert Plant's hair hadn't even grown out yet and he's wearing a dark velvet suit (typical 60's Brit Rocker's Regalia). Watch the late/great John "Bonzo" Bonham just tear-up those drums on "Moby Dick." Jimmy Page gets out the violin bow to stroke that guitar on a few of the numbers. John Paul Jones, with page boy hair cut, quietly wanders in the background playing that big bass. Plant gets out the blues harmonica for "Bring It On Home."
--Supershow - 1969 - 1 song
--Tous En Scene - 1969 - 2 songs

To me, just watching these live performances from 1969 on disk one is like watching hard rock history in the making. Wish I could've been right there.

Disc two main features:
--"The Immigrant Song" from 1972. Location not indicated.
--Madison Square Garden - 1973 - 4 songs
--Earl's Court - 1975 - 6 songs***
--Knebworth - 1979- 7 songs

Disc two extras:
--NYC press Conference - 1970
--Down Under - 1972 - Interviews with the band
--The Old Grey Whistle Test - 1975 - Robert Plant interview
--Promos for - "Over the Hills and Far Away" and "Traveling Riverside Blues" - both from 1990.

***They performed the recently released (recent in 1975, that is),
"Stairway to Heaven" at this live performance at Earl's Court. Beautifully performed and filmed. Earl's Court is a very interesting concert to watch in that several of the songs, such as "That's the Way" are performed with Plant, Page, and Jones seated -"Bonzo" (drums) is not present. John Paul Jones plays mandolin on "That's the Way", which is perhaps my favorite song by this group.

One thing that is surprising about Led Zeppelin's concerts is that they performed them without any special effects and theatrics like fireworks and light shows and all that other razzle dazzle. It was pretty much just the four of them on stage playing their instruments. But boy, what powerful sound came out.

I became hooked on this group while painting the room in my barracks while I was stationed at Westover Airforce Base in 1970. My roommate, who was from Tauton, Mass, had their first album playing on his cheap-o stereo at the time.

For the Zeppelin lovers out there, this set of DVDs is well worth the price of admission (about 20 bucks at Walmart).