How The West Was Won (Live) CD

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Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. L.A. Drone ~ Led Zeppelin

2. Immigrant Song ~ Led Zeppelin

3. Heartbreaker ~ Led Zeppelin

4. Black Dog ~ Led Zeppelin

5. Over The Hills And Far Away ~ Led Zeppelin

6. Since I've Been Loving You ~ Led Zeppelin

7. Stairway To Heaven ~ Led Zeppelin

8. Going To California ~ Led Zeppelin

9. That's The Way ~ Led Zeppelin

10. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp ~ Led Zeppelin

Disc 2

Song Title

1. Dazed And Confused ~ Led Zeppelin

2. What Is And What Should Never Be ~ Led Zeppelin

3. Dancing Days ~ Led Zeppelin

4. Moby Dick ~ Led Zeppelin

Disc 3

Song Title

1. Whole Lotta Love (Medley) ~ Led Zeppelin

2. Rock And Roll ~ Led Zeppelin

3. Ocean, The ~ Led Zeppelin

4. Bring It On Home ~ Led Zeppelin

Recorded in California How The West Was Won is a brilliant and essential audio complement to the DVD. This 3 CD set was culled from two legendary performances by Led Zeppelin, the performances have been melded and sequenced to replicate a single concert from beginning to end.

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant (vocals); Jimmy Page (guitar); John Paul Jones (keyboards, bass); John Bonham (drums).
	Recorded at Los Angeles Forum, Los Angeles, California and Long Beach Area, Long Beach, California on June 25 & 27, 1972.
	Personnel: Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica); Jimmy Page (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); John Paul Jones (mandolin, keyboards, bass guitar); John Bonham (drums, percussion).
	Audio Mixer: Kevin Shirley.
	Recording information: LA Forum (06/25/1972/06/27/1972); Long Beach Arena (06/25/1972/06/27/1972); Sarm West Studios, London, England (06/25/1972/06/27/1972).
	Photographers: Jeffrey Mayer; James Fortune; Michael Putland; Jim Cummins.
	In the course of putting together the live Led Zeppelin DVD for 2003 release, Jimmy Page came across some great concert recordings from the band's 1972 stint in California. HOW THE WEST WAS WON is three discs' worth of vintage Zep, far superior to the band's only other live album THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME. Here is the fearsome foursome in all their glory and fury, coming off like crazed rock & roll Vikings on the opening "Immigrant Song," reinventing the blues form on "Heartbreaker," and just plain rocking the doors off the joint on "Rock and Roll" and "Black Dog."
	This being 1972, the band had made its journey into the folk-rock realm as well, and come out with the touching "Going to California" and "That's the Way," the earthy "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp," and the minstrel-in-the-hills fancy of "Over the Hills and Far Away," all of which are given strong voice here. A 25-minute "Dazed and Confused" and epic-length drum solo on the John Bonham feature "Moby Dick" show that Zep was unafraid to venture into anything they damn well pleased, but the bluesy grit and primal hard-rock crunch of their feel throughout this collection reveals the pure visceral magic of which these '70s icons were capable.
Producer: Jimmy Page
Engineer: Eddie Kramer; Kevin Shirley

Artist Overview

Formed from the ashes of British blues-rockers the Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin shot to the stratosphere in the early 1970s. With Dionysian frenzy and a blast of blues-drenched riffs, they became one of the biggest bands of the era. Their intense musical excursions helped define the sound of hard rock, while their penchant for folk balladry added to their mystique as rock gods. The group called it quits after the death of drummer John Bonham in 1980, and remaining members Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones pursued (mostly) separate musical ventures.

Compilation Appearances

The Song Remains The Same (Remastered & Expanded Edition)

Associated Artists and Works

	Classic Rock String Quartet
	Great White
	Jason Bonham Band (The)
	Jazz, Orchestre National De
	Lez Zeppelin
	London Symphony Orchestra
	On, Pickin'
	Orchestre National De Jazz
	Original Soundtrack
	The Song Remains the Same [Bonus Tracks] [Remaster ~ Original Soundtrack
	Pickin' On
	Vitamin String Quartet

Technical Info

	Release Date : 05/27/2003
	Original Release Date : 2003
	Catalog ID : 7567835872
	Label : Atlantic (Label)
	Number of Discs : 3
	Studio/Live : Live
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00075678358722

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (12/25/03, p.112)
- Included in Rolling Stone's "Top 10 Reissues of 2003"

Rolling Stone (6/12/03, p.96)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...Captures Zep in prime swagger, fresh off their masterpiece, LED ZEPPELIN IV, with HOUSES OF THE HOLY just around the corner..."

Entertainment Weekly (6/20/03, pp.70-1)
- "...The band storms out, playing music that is both of its time and timeless, as accessible and unapproachable as when it was made..." - Rating: A

Q (01/01/04, p.77)
- Included in Q's "Best Re-releases of 2003" - "[Y]ou couldn't expect any band to play any more, any better....[A] thrilling document of a continent being sonically trampled underfoot."

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How The West Was Won (Live) (2003)

Product Details:

Song Listing

Album Notes and Credits

Artist Overview

Compilation Appearances

Associated Artists and Works

Technical Info

Professional Reviews

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