Led Zeppelin (DVD)

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Led Zeppelin
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Type DVD
Artist Led Zeppelin
Director Dick Carruthers & Jimmy Page
Producer Jimmy Page & Dick Carruthers
Engineer Kevin Shirley
Release Date 27 May 2003 (US)
26 May 2003 (UK)
Recorded 1968 - 1979
Genre Hard rock, blues rock, folk rock
Language English
Length 5 hours 20 minutes
Label Atlantic Records
Catalogue Atlantic R2-970198 (US)
Atlantic 0349701982 (UK)

Led Zeppelin is a double DVD box-set by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. The recording history of the DVD spans from the years 1969 to 1979 and comprises performances from the Royal Albert Hall in 1970, Madison Square Garden in 1973, Earls Court in 1975, and Knebworth in 1979, in addition to other visual documentation. The DVD package was released in the United Kingdom on 26 May 2003, and the United States on 27 May 2003.

Overview

The DVD project was several years in the making. Due to dissatisfaction with the only visual document available in the form of The Song Remains the Same, Led Zeppelin guitarist and creative producer of the DVD Jimmy Page, resolved to compile all remaining archive footage of the band's performances for official release. Due to the deterioration of the original film material over time and gaps in filming, Page put out an open request for bootleg footage for specific concert dates to bootleg traders, some of whom complied. Bootleg footage from selected concerts was then interspersed with the professionally filmed material. Much of this footage was painstakingly restored for almost a year. Some of these film tapes were so aged and fragile, they had to be baked in ovens in order to regain their flexibility. The audio soundtrack was digitally remixed for stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes.

In keeping with enigmatic album covers of the past, and tieing in with the theme of the How the West Was Won released at almost same the time, the DVD cover features buttes standing alone on a sea of desert sand, ringed by a cloud halo. The buttes are the West and East Mitten Buttes, photographed from the visitor centre at the Navajo Tribal Park located at Monument Valley, Arizona.

The RIAA certified the Led Zeppelin DVD at 10 times platinum for 2 million sales in the United States alone (estimated 2.5 million worldwide). It was, for three years the highest selling music DVD in the United States and Japan. As of December 2008, the DVD has had an overwhelmingly positive number of reviews on website Amazon, with 560 out of 618 reviewers giving it five stars [1] and 9.4/10 on IMDB.[2]

Tracklist

Album information

Track listing:

  • Disc 1:
  • Disc 2:
  • Menu clips:
    • Royal Albert Hall - 9 January 1970
      • RAH Dressing Room (pre-concert) – 0:27
    • Royal Albert Hall - 9 January 1970
      • 'Thank You' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) (pre-concert keyboard rehearsal outro) – 0:34
    • Royal Albert Hall - 9 January 1970 [collage edit]
    • Reykjavik Airport - 22 June 1970 [collage edit]
      • 'Moby Dick' (John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page) (drum solo excerpt) – 0:56
    • Laugardalshöll - 22 June 1970
      • 'Dazed and Confused' (Jimmy Page) (guitar bowing solo)
    • Sydney Showground - 27 February 1972
      • 'Black Dog' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones) – 0:36
    • Madison Square Garden - 27 July 1973
      • 'Since I've Been Loving You' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones) – 0:49
    • Madison Square Garden - 28 July 1973 [Knebworth campsite on 4 August 1979 video clip]
      • 'Over the Hills and Far Away' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) – 2:23
    • Seattle Center Coliseum - 21 March 1975
      • 'Whole Lotta Love [medley]' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, Willie Dixon) [theremin solo and 'The Crunge' excerpt from Earl's Court, 25 May 1975] – 0:48
    • Earl's Court - 24 May 1975 [streets of Belfast on 5 March 1971 clip]
      • 'Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones) – 0:49
    • Earl's Court - 25 May 1975 [collage edit]
      • 'Stairway to Heaven' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) (guitar intro) – 0:54
    • LA Forum - 21 June 1977 [8 mm video clips from various 1977 performances]

Chart positions

Chart (2003) Peak position
Norwegian Music Chart[3] 1
German Music Chart[4] 18
US Billboard Top Music Video Chart[5] 1
UK Top 10 Music DVDs and Videos Chart 1
Australian ARIA Top 40 DVD Chart 1
US Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart[6] 4
Hungarian MAHASZ Top 20 DVDs Chart[7] 8
Finnish Music Chart[8] 3

Certifications

Country Sales Certification
Argentina (CAPIF) 40,000+ Platinum[9]
United States (RIAA) 2,000,000+ 10× Multi-Platinum[10]
Japan (RIAJ) 100,000+ Gold[11]
Brazil (ABDP) 100,000+ Diamond[12]
Australia (ARIA) 75,000+ 5× Platinum[13]
Finland (IFPI) 10,006+ Platinum[14]
Germany (IFPI) 10,000+ Platinum[15]

Certification history

Organization Level Date
RIAA – USA Gold 7 July 2003
RIAA – USA Platinum 7 July 2003
RIAA – USA 10× Platinum 7 July 2003

Credits

Personnel
  • Musicians:
    • Jimmy Page - electric guitars, acoustic guitars, backing vocals, producer, creative director
    • Robert Plant - vocals, harmonica
    • John Paul Jones - bass guitar, keyboards, bass pedals, mandolin
    • John Bonham - drums, percussion
  • Production:
    • Peter Grant - executive producer on original recordings
    • Dick Carruthers – producer, creative director
    • Kevin Shirley – sound engineer
    • Joe Massot - director (The Song Remains the Same footage)
    • Peter Clifton - director (The Song Remains the Same footage)
    • Peter Whitehead - director (Albert Hall footage)
    • Stanley Dorfman - director (Albert Hall footage)
    • Eddie Kramer - engineer on original recordings
    • Brian Condliffe - technician
    • Mick Hinton - technician
    • Benji Le Fevre - technician
    • Ray Thomas - technician

Notes

  1. ↑ Amazon.com: Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, Dick Carruthers: Movies & TV
  2. ↑ DVD at IMDb.com
  3. ↑ The Top 100 - 2 June 2003. lista.vg.no. Retrieved on 2009-01-19.
  4. ↑ The Top 100 - 9 June 2003. musicline.de. Retrieved on 2009-01-19.
  5. ↑ Top Music Video - 14 June 2003. Billboard. Retrieved on 2009-01-19.
  6. ↑ Comprehensive Albums - 20 March 2004. Billboard. Retrieved on 2009-01-19.
  7. ↑ Top 20 DVDs - 9 January 2005. MAHASZ. Retrieved on 2009-01-19.
  8. ↑ The Top 100 - 13 August 2006. pop.yle.fi. Retrieved on 2009-01-19.
  9. ↑ CAPIF: Led Zeppelin - 10 June 2003. CAPIF. Retrieved on 2009-01-19.
  10. ↑ RIAA.org Mothership - 7 July 2003. RIAA. Retrieved on 2009-01-19.
  11. ↑ RIAJ DVD Accreditations - 6 November 2003. RIAJ. Retrieved on 2009-01-19.
  12. ↑ ABDP DVD - January 2005. ABDP. Retrieved on 2009-01-19.
  13. ↑ ARIA DVD Accreditations - 31 December 2006. ARIA. Retrieved on 2009-01-19.
  14. ↑ Finnish Charts Certifications: DVD - 2007. IFPI. Retrieved on 2009-01-19.
  15. ↑ Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Mothership - 2008. IFPI. Retrieved on 2009-01-19.
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