Affiliates Work - Complete Studio Recordings

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Binding: Audio CD
Brand: LED ZEPPELIN
EAN: 0075678252624
Format: Box set
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
Number Of Discs: 10
Number Of Pages: 310
Publication Date: 1993
Publisher: Atlantic / Wea
Release Date: 1993-09-24
Studio: Atlantic / Wea

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No Description Available No Track Information Available Media Type: CD Artist: LED ZEPPELIN Title: COMPLETE STUDIO RECORDINGS Street Release Date: 09/28/1993 Domestic Genre: ROCK/POP

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Summary: Awesome!
Comment: I love this item. I bought it for my husband he had it once, but somehow lost every other CD. This was a great deal the price was amazing. He LOVES! Thank You!!!!

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Summary: Essential Zeppelin
Comment: On the occasion of receiving the new Definitive Collection mini lp set this holiday season, I decided to take another look at this set, which I purchased when it was first issued and have treasured ever since. Complete Studio Recordings corrects the first two Led Zeppelin box sets ill-advised change of the running orders of songs that were timeless in their original incarnation. Nearly everything you need is here; you can augment this with the live "How the West was Won" and have a fairly complete Zeppelin collection. The remastering has held up very well over the years, and the packaging is first rate. If you cannot afford the mini lp set, this is a must have.

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Summary: Where is LZ on SACD?
Comment: Okay. I am confused. How many times have people writing these reviews purchased these same old rehashed "masters" and "remasters" over and over again on standard Red Book CDs? When will the purchaser do some "definitive" research into audio formats and realize that you can only tweak an EQ and a compressor circuit so many times before you end up with the same thing over and over again. Folks, you can't squeeze water out of a rock. My problem is, of course, not the music: for Led Zeppelin is the last word on hard rock music. However, why Jimmy Paige, John Paul Jones, and Robert Plant have yet to demand an SACD release of the albums is beyond my comprehension.

Let me say this clearly: any CD issue of the LZ collection sounds very good, if not excellent, when you play it on a decent CD player--like a Sony ES series, a mid-priced Denon DVD player, or possibly even something better--like a Sony SCD-1 or XA9000ES. This is not to show off my musical equipment--as I only own a nice Denon DVD 3910 Universal DVD-A and SACD player. You see, thanks to any decent receiver and player you can generally upsample a 16 bit CD to a 24 bit reproduction. Add to this a decent set of stereo speakers and, trust me, ANY CD release will sound like an amazing gift of grace. Hence, my point is that you should stop putting hard earned money into these sets, and improve your standard CD playback equipment. On a well balanced set of speakers and a receiver set to a neutral setting, you will hear a lot more music. On another review of Pink Floyd's Piper at the Gates of Dawn "limited edition," someone suggested that the first CD releases were pretty bad sounding. Sorry, but I own the first pressing of Piper, circa 1986, and let me report that on my Denon DVD player it sounds almost as good as an SACD from 2008. Again, when you throw any of these CDs into a decent rig, the differences mentioned by many become mere myth.

Now, if you heard the Genesis SACDs in the European/Japan Box sets, even just the stereo SACD tracks, this will simply blow your mind. This is one of a few examples of what can be done to a lot of this grand old music from the 60s and 70s. But profit, regrettably, is part of our system. Hence, labels will go for the cheaper options unless the owners of the music force the label executives to pay a bit more attention to detail and what fans truly want. I am sorry to observe, however, that LZ has yet to make this transition. And from the look of the latest and uncertain Japan "definitive" mini LP versions, I doubt SACD, or any other superlative audio format, will ever have the LZ emblem on it. Enjoy the Music!

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Summary: Complete Studio Recordings In One Box
Comment: A great buy for any led zeppelin fan. All of their songs in one box for a great price. I paid 71 dollars for it.

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Summary: The best there is until there's another music format...
Comment: I'm of an age such that I was growing up (early adolescence) when most of Led Zeppelin's albums were released; they (along with many other "giants" of that era) provided the soundtrack to my life during the mid- to late-'70s.

I've had two or three of the albums on LP or cassette, but never got the whole series, start to finish, until a year or so ago. I don't have top-of-the line audio equipment, so the issues mentioned elsewhere don't affect me as much, though I'll take that into account should I ever get a high-end system. The sound in this set suits me fine, and I find that it actually sounds just as good in the car (I try to keep the windows up in that case! Don't want to lose any of that Led Zep BOOM!) as it does inside my house.

Until there's a complete set on SACD, HD-CD, or whatever format replaces the compact disc, this set will do fine.

"Ham-mah of the GAWDS..."

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