I went back and listened again, and I'm sorry Albinis production just sucked all the power out of the album, just terrible production. Roberts voice sounds weak and thin, it just doesn't work for me. Jimmy sounds too constrained, where's the guitar army? Charlie Jones, bleh. Michael Lees drums sound flat and one dimensional. Still can't get into it. This is one album that would benefit greatly from a remix.

I've heard it too I thought it was a SB very clear recording, Jimmy plays well.

Weird story. I visited Jimmy's house in Windsor in 1988, he was home, we talked. Two years later, I went back. The front gate was open, I rang the bell, no one answered. I walked onto the grounds and was behind the house. I encountered an old man, probably in his late 60's, and he said "What are you doing here?" I said I was looking for Jimmy he said he'd sold the house and no longer lived there and told me to bugger off. ???

Notice how Page is always complimentary of Clapton? Notice how much admiration Bonzo had for Ginger? What does Creem say about our boys? Now I've heard all 3 guys, Clapton, Baker & Bruce trash the Zeps. No class and bitter jealousy. Jack Bruce & Ginger Baker are angry old men who were notoriously difficult to get along with, you can see why.

thats Bonzo

sadly there are just a handful of Bonzo interviews, we hardly know anything about what he liked or thought. Ask Jason maybe he knows.

Tour Gross somewhere in neighborhood of 10 million 10 mil in todays dollars = 37 million Overhead costs were half so the boys and mgmt split 5 million, so each band member plus Grant got 1 million bucks each or 3.5 million each in todays dollars. That was a TON of money back then, staggering.

Thats Dec 1983 right after the ARMS tour I believe

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Thats a fancy way of saying it kicks ass!

He's not listed as the sole producer on the Who's works. Therefore, Jimmy > Townshend

I'll give you Zappa, but Lyndsey Buckingham did not produce many of Mac's best efforts, at least not by himself. Todd Rundgren is not a "guitarist" primarily. Jimmy stands alone at the top of the rock heap.

Jimmy was, for those 12 years, a production genius. Anyone who says otherwise is an idiot and an uninformed dolt. Name me ONE other "guitar player" who wrote, recorded, and produced their own body of work. Townshend = No Hendrix = Close, but no. Clapton = Gimme a break, no Beck = God no Santana = Oh please Van Halen = No The only comparison I can really think of is Prince. His production techniques and ideas have resulted in sales of 300,000,000 units, second only to the Beatles, how can his production techniques even be criticized? Should he have sold 500,000,000 instead?

Man Jimmy is just SO high wow. We're lucky he's still with us. And he's lucky, too!

Wow looks like we have a real mystery here indeed.

Steve, how much do you know about the CODA sessions? What are the actual dates Pagey was in the studio sorting and mixing, overdubbing etc? I've never seen much posted on the CODA sessions. Thx!

Gallows Pole that's him doing the "ahhh-ah-ah" Living Loving Maid I think Your Time is Gonna Come maybe

Maybe SteveA is working on the definitive book about Zeppelin, who knows. He's never been anything but nice in my dealings with him. Thanks SteveA.

One of his best!

I'm a guitarist. All I have to do is look at him to know something is wrong. All I have to do is listen to know he is rusty. He himself says he picks up a guitar maybe every other day or so. Not the way to keep your chops up let me tell you. There is something physiologically wrong with Jimmy's hands/wrists/fingers. They just don't move like they used to. It's a fact. He physically can not play like he used to. Clapton can, Beck can, Santana can, but Jimmy can't. Why? You tell me.

I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that he can't play well anymore. He either is suffering from tendonitis and/or arthritis, that plus a lack of practice, he's just pretty much done. I expect some more "vault" releases, but nothing else. His playing and creating days are done.

http://youtu.be/tURegUlpQQk

C/P kicks ass I don't care what anybody says.

http://youtu.be/9-N6ks4un50

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