Led Zeppelin Celebration Day On Vinyl

                            Led Zeppelin was probably biggest, and still one of the most influential, bands in heavy rock history. Millions of records sold – and still sold – even though the band broke up years ago their legacy lives on. All hope of a reunion seemed lost until one December night in 2007 when Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul-Jones and Jason Bonham (son of the late John) took the stage at London's O2 Arena for a now legendary show.

                               The Zeppelin was over London once more and in complete control for a couple of hours or so with a powerhouse set featuring all the classics of yesteryear spanning their career. The concert has been since made available in the usual formats – CD, DVD etc – though is now to be released in a magnificent three album set triple disc vinyl with full gatefold sleeve artwork just like it would have been back in Zeppelin's heyday. Indeed, many of the fans from back then are still fans today and with growing up with those twelve inch diameter slabs of black vinyl will welcome this release as will record collectors everywhere.

                                 The band has something of a history for great and memorable record artwork. For example the iconic cover for Houses of the Holy and the "cut out" window style effect with Physical Graffiti. Then there was the very unusual paper bag style of In Through the Out Door and the colour coming to life if the inner cover was washed with water. A unique design concept indeed.

              That tradition looks to have been carried on with the artwork for the vinyl edition of Celebration Day with a triple fold out and a front featuring a bold Zeppelin over the Houses of Parliament and the River Thames. 

                        It's highly unlikely that the band will play together again despite rumours of mega-millions being offered. So owning a copy of Celebration Day is the last chance you will get to either re-live or discover the band which invented and came up with the template for heavy metal with a bluesy and sometimes folksy feel to it.

                                         All the classic cuts are present over the sixteen tracks. Black Dog, Trampled Underfoot, Rock and Roll, No Quarter, Whole Lotta Love, Kashmir and of course Stairway to Heaven. In total over the three discs you have sixteen of the most exciting and iconic songs of the genre waiting to be heard again.

                    Age has not diminished Robert Plant's powerful vocals. Jimmy Page's fingers are still fast enough to almost set fire to his fret board, John Paul Jones is as solid as ever and Jason Bonham drums up a storm just like his old man John did before his untimely passing.

                         Any Led Zeppelin fan will surely love to add this vinyl edition to his record collection as will any self-respecting rock fan. Bands like this come along perhaps once in a generation and in the 1970s playing live was what it was all about. Celebration Day is evidence indeed that classic rock from a classic band never dies and the songs have more than stood the test of time. 

 

courtesy:http://www.articlesbase.com/music-articles\ AuthorGary McKraken