Led Zeppelin II: Remastered [CASSETTE]

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Product Details

Artist : Led Zeppelin
Format : Original recording remastered
Binding : Audio Cassette
EAN : 0075678263347
Label : Atlantic
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 1994-06-01
UPC : 075678263347

ASIN : B000002J04

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Whole Lotta Love
2. What Is And What Should Never Be
3. Lemon Song
4. Thank You
5. Heartbreaker
6. Livin' Lovin' Maid (She's Just A Woman)
7. Ramble On
8. Moby Dick
9. Bring It On Home

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review

Riff rock had been what Jimmy Page's former band, the Yardbirds, were all about and on Led Zeppelin's second album, released, like its predecessor, in 1969, the inventive guitarist demonstrated that he'd indeed learned his lessons well. Witness "Whole Lotta Love", a woozy epic based on one simple, head-banging-friendly guitar riff. Or the mock-dramatic "Heartbreaker", propelled by far more intricate but similarly effective note squashing. Between Page's sonic wizardry, John Bonham beating his drums into submission ("Moby Dick"), and the juice running down Robert Plant's leg ("The Lemon Song"), Led Zeppelin here just about succeeded in raising rock & roll excess to an art form. --Billy Altman

Description

From the first grinding notes of the famous vamp that introduces "Whole Lotta Love", LED ZEPPELIN II announces for all to hear that they are the definitive hard rock band of theirgeneration. But before the listener can even settle into the groove, things takes a hard left turn into a spacey new rhythm, exotically flavoured by Page's droning feedback and innovative use of a violin bow. By tune's end, Zeppelin has repeatedly toyed with the listener's expectations.
This subversive quality distinguishes most of the arrangements on LED ZEPPELIN II, as in the soft/hard dynamic shifts of "What Is And What Should Never Be", the gospelish mood of "Thank You", the rocking vamps and funk rhythms of "Heartbreaker" and"Living Loving Maid", and the country music echoes of "Ramble On". And in their appropriations of source materials fromHowlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, and Sonny Boy Williamson, Page and company continued to mine the rich vein of the blues.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic Album (2008-07-30)

Led Zeppelin II is the definitive Led Zeppelin album for anyone who discovers this band today, the Untitled Fourth Album owes a lot to what was created on this record. Led Zeppelin II is the bluesy side to Zeppelin, a fitting tribute to their delta blues roots - which continued in IV. This album begs to be listened to.

The Greatest Of Them All! (2008-04-01)

This has to be the greatest Led Zeppelin album EVER!From start to finish the whole album is filled with the greatest classic hard rock you will ever know.If you are a very big music fan and don't have this in your collection then you are not as big music fan than you thought! This album is as pure and raw sounds.Don't miss out. If you are new to Led Zeppelin this is the album to go for!Whole lotta love - A classic riff which most people know from the Top Of the Pops old music theme, still a fantastic track with a killer of a guitar solo near the end.I have left a few review on my favourite tracks. I must say all tracks are fantastic these are just ones that can'tbe missed!What is and what should never be - First time I heard this it blew my mind, starts off slow and gets a little harder in true Led Zepp style.Lemon song - This track has to be in my top 5 greatest Led Zeppelin tracks, you get a nice breakdown with a fantastic moving bass line. Must check this one out!Livin' lovin' maid (she's just a woman) - Such a great upbeat track, great riffs and guitar solo's.Moby dick - Any drummers? you must try out the over 1 minute drum solo in this track, amazing to say the least!Bring it on home - Starts off nice and mellow, then kicks in one of my favourite Zeppelin riffs!

This does it for me! (2007-12-10)

This is my favourite Zep album. Pure and simple - it does everything. These musicians had devils and angels on their side when they were at the top of their game - this album is the proof. Listen to John Paul Jones's bass on 'Lemon Song', Plant's tenderness on 'Thank You' and his wondrous howls in 'Whole Lotta Love, Bonham's ridiculous virtuousity on 'Moby Dick' and Page presiding over all over matters with that arrogant brilliance we love him for.If you invest in one other Zep album apart from No:4, make it this one. But for me, No:2 is where the Zep showed class and brilliance.

Probably the best rock album (2007-12-05)

Unbelievably it is 38yrs old.A masterclass in drumming and guitar playing; outstanding vocals, bass, songwriting and arranging.Often copied but never bettered in my humble opinion.

More of the Same................... (2007-11-15)

For the only time in their career Led Zeppelin made an album a lot like their last. Did the sophomore outing meet the considerable weight of expectation? Hell yes. And more.The album opens with a riff which every British person of a pre eighties vintage will instantly recognise. Whole Lotta Love was the theme tune to the BBC's long running chart show Top of the Pops. Funny given they never released singles until the cd age. Although it was Alexis Korner's CCS instrumental version and not the Zep one. Good pub quiz question. It remains one of rocks defining riffs, a weird trippy bit in the middle places it firmly in the late 70's but it nonetheless remains perversely timeless.What Is and What Should Never Be is the prototype whisper to scream vocal that has been copied by metal bands ever since. Mr Coverdale.The Lemon Song is a tongue in cheek rework of Howlin Wolf's monumental Killing Floor. Squeeze me babe til' the juice runs down my leg indeed. Superlative. And a great chat up line, I'm sure.Thank You is a beautiful love song, which far from being twee has some of Bonzo's most underrated drumming.Heartbreaker/Livin' Lovin' Maid are two terrific riffy songs that segue into each other.Ramble On is another whisper to scream classic.Moby Dick is a set piece which became a showpiece live for "John Bonham!, John Henry Bonham!" The weakest link on one of the great albums.The blues standard Bring it on Home starts quietly and yes you guessed it the band explodes into life giving a great blues rock coda to a great album.The "Brown Bomber" may be a lot like the debut album but jeez its good. The remaster does it credit, the seperation of the instruments reveals hidden nuance and the warmth of the bass makes this version of a bona fide classic a real joy.

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