Go get 'em tiger! Does this mean you're in the hospital right now...are you watching the Kings-Rangers from your hospital bed? Or are you going in early tomorrow morning? Best of luck.

Underrated, yes, but they did creep into middle-of-the-road boring crooning later on. I much prefer the early Eno years of Roxy Music. Phil Manzenara was also an underrated guitarist.

Sheesh...it's been nearly three weeks since my last concert, and after reading Tangerina's post above, I'm really bummed I had to miss Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger. But I've got three good shows lined up this week, starting tonight. June 10: Jack White @ Henry Fonda Theatre.Jack White has a new album coming out and he is performing three shows in LA on consecutive days...tonight at the Fonda, Wednesday at the Mayan, and Thursday at Fox Pomona. Since I don't want to go to Pomona and Wednesday is Game 4 of the Stanley Cup, tonight is the night. June 13: Pelican @ El Rey Theatre. June 14: The Both (Aimee Mann & Ted Leo) @ El Rey Theatre.

Anyone with a halfway decent record collection will likely have a plethora of records with the RSO red cow label, particularly if you were into collecting OSTs. "Star Wars", "Saturday Night Fever", "Grease", "Fame"...all of these were originally released on RSO records. As were the mid-to-late 70s records by Eric Clapton, the Bee Gees and Andy Gibb and the like. Then, Robert Stigwood and RSO crashed and burn with the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" movie debacle...one of the supreme unmitigated disasters in pop culture history. Nearly everyone associated with this turkey suffered career ruin. Before he started the RSO label, Robert Stigwood was involved with a lot of artists you probably like if you're a Led Zeppelin fan: Cream, Blind Faith, Eric Clapton...and the Bee Gees, who were a fairly good pop group before being transformed by the disco craze in the 70s. Robert Stigwood, along with the considerable help of Joe Meek, are credited by many for changing the calcified ways of the British music industry in the early-60s. So, he was indeed an important figure in the history of rock and roll. Still...that damn Sgt. Pepper's movie.

Fine. Since you're adamant about preferring the 1993 remasters, here's the guy who was offering to sell his Complete Box Set...pm him and you two should be able to work out a deal.

If you're not hearing a difference in these new remasters, your hearing must really be shot. Just on a couple listens to the cds and vinyl records alone, I can tell a marked upgrade in quality from all previous cd releases of the first album. It's not that it's louder, either. It is the tonal balance and clarity...and the warmth and resonance of the bass response. I'm in sonic heaven so far. The closest yet to how I heard and felt the original album release.

Led Zeppelin has sold more albums than either the Rolling Stones or Pink Floyd. They may be close in the UK but last I checked, Zeppelin was far ahead in the U.S.; nearly 2 to 1 ahead of the Stones. The closest bands to Led Zeppelin in album sales are the Eagles, AC/DC and I think Metallica is getting up there, too. The Beatles, of course, remain #1 everywhere. Elvis Presley, Garth Brooks, and Michael Jackson are also in the mix. Given the vagaries of accounting figures, especially in Third World countries, it's nearly impossible to nail down an exact figure for "worldwide sales" for any band. The U.S., Canada, and U.K. are the only reliable figures pre-Soundscan era. In Led Zeppelin's heyday, the band's top markets were the U.S., U.K., Canada, Japan, and Australia/New Zealand. France and Germany probably followed after that...with Netherlands and a few Scandinavian countries scattered behind. If you added all those sales together it wouldn't equal the total Led Zeppelin sold in the U.S. So, I would estimate Led Zeppelin's worldwide sales as something less than 300 million but definitely more than the 70 million that Paul Rees claims in his absurd Robert Plant biography. Tatty73's list is pretty accurate...but as the chase pointed out, just multiply the PG and TSRTS figures by 2 to get the correct RIAA total.

She did it! Your babe won her third FO, Rick! Grunts all around.

One of the true great baseball lifers, Don Zimmer was one of the greatest characters in sports. Just looking at the guy, he just seemed so lovable. You don't find anybody that has anything negative to say about him. I know he won two World Series as a player with the Dodgers and had that great bench partnership with Joe Torre and the Yankees towards the end of his career, but to me, when I think of Don Zimmer, it is his years with the Cubs and the Red Sox that first comes to mind. What a guy...what a life. Baseball will be duller without him around. R.I.P. Don Zimmer.

Led Zeppelin - # 3,950. I haven't opened II and III yet.

One of the horn players looks like Bobby Keys and since the Rolling Stones were playing Hyde Park around that time, it is feasible he would be there. It was such a rarity for Led Zeppelin to have other people join them on stageso that photo was quite a surprise.

Just finished listening to both the album and the Paris show. I'll wait until I do some more listening and some A-B comparisons before expounding at length. But for now, I will say that I'm impressed with the sound. My Super Deluxe Box is number 3,950. One odd bit...the Paris show runs in the proper sequence on the cd, yet is out of order on the vinyl. Some odd edits in the show, too. Got a jolt of surprise when looking thru the booklet...on page 9, there's a photo from the June '69 Proms show at Royal Albert Hall that shows TWO HORN PLAYERS playing on stage with Zeppelin! Huh?!? Maybe I am late to the party and I missed this bit of info but who are these guys and what song are they playing?

^^^ Are you getting any physical copies of the album, Khronikos, or just sticking with the Hi Res files? Led Zeppelin III is one of my favourite Zeppelin albums...top 2 or 3 at least...so I am anticipating with relish hearing these new "That's the Way" and "Friends" mixes. "Jennings Farm Blues" I've had for years already on bootlegs but it'll be sweet to hear in audiophile form. One thing I feel sorry about for those who only get the download files: How do you download the spinning wheel?

That is appalling, Andrew! How your spirit must have been crushed when you opened your packages with unbridled excitement only to discover the damaged goods inside. Did you take a photo of the evidence? Would you mind sharing it with the forum so we can see the vile villainy perpetrated by the couriers? I take it from reading over these threads that the high res files are already available? I'm still waiting to get my albums Tuesday before I listen...with a bottle of Zeppelin wine and a nicely rolled joint. A question about the Paris Olympia disc: Is it one continuous listen, like on the bootleg? Or did Jimmy separate each song into individual tracks with a fade-in and fade-out between each song? Are there any Plantations? A note to notfadeaway: You're off-topic. I don't care about some professional critic's opinion...there's already a place for the newspaper and media reviews and Steve A Jones had already posted the LA Times review before I was even awake Sunday (SAJ, do you ever sleep? Haha). As I thought I had made clear in my original post, this is for us...the regular folk on this forum, whether it be old-timers going through their 10th go-round with the Zeppelin catalogue or the young kids new to Led Zeppelin and having their first experience of buying a Zeppelin album. It is for discussing your reactions upon listening to these albums...the CDs, the vinyl, the High Res, whatever format...and sharing your emotions and feelings and your critiques, pro and con. What do you like? What do you think could be better? It is not for posting media links or conjecture about ITTOD or anything other than Led Zeppelin's first album. When the next batch of remasters are released, there will be threads for those albums in due time.

Oh, I forgot to mention that you should feel free to share any photos you take of your Led Zeppelin II sets, what the books look like and the booklets, the joy of you opening the package for the first time, etc. Also, if you care to when you are posting your thoughts, please denote which format of the remasters you got: The Deluxe, the Super Deluxe, CD only, Vinyl only, iTunes, etc.

Oh, I forgot to mention that you should feel free to share any photos you take of your Led Zeppelin III sets, what the books look like and the booklets, the joy of you opening the package for the first time, etc. Also, if you care to when you are posting your thoughts, please denote which format of the remasters you got: The Deluxe, the Super Deluxe, CD only, Vinyl only, iTunes, etc.

Oh, I forgot to mention that you should feel free to share any photos you take of your Led Zeppelin I sets, what the books look like and the booklets, the joy of you opening the package for the first time, etc. Also, if you care to when you are posting your thoughts, please denote which format of the remasters you got: The Deluxe, the Super Deluxe, CD only, Vinyl only, iTunes, etc.

Since people have been talking about already receiving their Led Zeppelin remastered sets, I guess it is time to set up separate threads for us to discuss each album's merits and our thoughts and reviews on the music, the bonus tracks, the remastering job, the packaging, all the bells and whistles...pro and con. This is the Led Zeppelin "I" thread. Yes, I know it is technically "Led Zeppelin" not Led Zeppelin I, but in the interests of clarity I felt the "I" warranted. Let me be clear...this is for your reaction to the actual product. Not what you heard on youtube or third-hand from a friend's phone. Also, no press reviews please...there is already a thread for those in the news section. This thread is for us fans on the Forum to discuss the remastered Led Zeppelin I sets once we receive them and have listened to them...hopefully on a good-quality sound system.

Since people have been talking about already receiving their Led Zeppelin remastered sets, I guess it is time to set up separate threads for us to discuss each album's merits and our thoughts and reviews on the music, the bonus tracks, the remastering job, the packaging, all the bells and whistles...pro and con. This is the Led Zeppelin II thread. Let me be clear...this is for your reaction to the actual product. Not what you heard on youtube or third-hand from a friend's phone. Also, no press reviews please...there is already a thread for those in the news section. This thread is for us fans on the Forum to discuss the remastered Led Zeppelin II sets once we receive them and have listened to them...hopefully on a good-quality sound system.

Since people have been talking about already receiving their Led Zeppelin remastered sets, I guess it is time to set up separate threads for us to discuss each album's merits and our thoughts and reviews on the music, the bonus tracks, the remastering job, the packaging, all the bells and whistles...pro and con. This is the Led Zeppelin III thread. Let me be clear...this is for your reaction to the actual product. Not what you heard on youtube or third-hand from a friend's phone. Also, no press reviews please...there is already a thread for those in the news section. This thread is for us fans on the Forum to discuss the remastered Led Zeppelin III sets once we receive them and have listened to them...hopefully on a good-quality sound system.

One of the best bands from that era, and an exciting live act, to boot. So sad that Paul Weller is a boring old fart now. Two more days before my Led Zeppelin embargo will be over...and I am still only listening to pre-1969 music. Tonight it is...

In theory I get what they are about and think their heart is in the right place. It's just that whenever I listen to their music, it leaves me cold...for one thing, I find the vocals annoying most of the time. That's probably why I liked the album they did with Bettye LaVette, "The Scene of the Crime", more than their own records.

Very astute of you, as usual. Here... http://forums.ledzeppelin.com/index.php?/topic/14477-what-show-or-live-song-are-you-listening-to-now/page-117 and here... http://forums.ledzeppelin.com/index.php?/topic/20732-is-there-a-09191970-soundboard-out-there/

Pretty much all the west coast dates are excellent on this tour...from LA to San Francisco to Seattle on the second leg...and all (well, except for parts of 6.3.73) in good sound-quality. But since we're talking about PERFORMANCE, I have to give a shout-out to two sleepers from this tour that I think rank among the most exciting shows of 1973: Boston on July 20 and Providence, RI on July 21. The band practically has the crowd frothing at the mouth.

It is not just for the selfish reasons of wanting more Led Zeppelin music that I wish John Bonham was still alive, but also so that he could be around for his family and to see how his little boy has grown up and become a talented drummer in his own write. Any reading of Led Zeppelin books and articles will illustrate how John Bonham was a man of many moods, depending on his alcohol intake and the distance between himself and his home. I am reminded of something fellow birthday-boy Walt Whitman, who also was born on May 31, wrote in his "Leaves of Grass": "I am large, I contain multitudes."