If this tome isn't radically different than so many others then it will be a dust collector. They need to present themselves and the Band in a different frame and light...

The bad-est Band on the planet today... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zhu4umAID4

I agree the album version is pretty Damn good! Jimmy's loss of control Was never more evident than the Live Aid concert. He took a guitar that was totally out of tune and proceeded to play sloppy and unrehearsed in front of a world wide audience of adoring fans. Unbelievable. A Jimmy Page of earlier and healthier days would have never even approached a concert of that magnitude without rehearsals and well tuned guitars. Live Aid and the Atlantic anniversary concerts were Jimmy at his most careless.

Keep in mind that any Jimmy solos from the TSRTS Film have been edited and doctored to sound cohesive. I saw Jimmy with the Firm, Outrider tour, and w Plant on both tours and he always sounded great and his presence was unmatched and magical.

I recommend watching "It Might Get Loud" for a reference to Jimmy's later virtuosity on the guitar. See how relaxed and easily Jimmy plays the epic chords that he created over 40 years prior. Jack White and the Edge are awe struck with such Grace and power right before their eyes. Never count Jimmy Page down and out.

Is Jimmy Page a "sloppy" guitarist? Was Michelangelo a "messy" painter? Was Aliester Crowley a "polite" occultist? Was Benjamin Franklin a "gentleman" toward his lady friends? All these questions can be asked of genius....and 9 of 10 can be found lacking.

If you listen to what Page did during the Page/Plant tours of the mid to late 90's anyone can see that Jimmy can play his own music at a very high level. He was on fire during those tours. He began falling apart with Zeppelin during the down times with Robert's car accident in 1976.He completed Presence so quickly but his addictions probably accelerated the process as well. Hence leading to the train wreck of what was the 1977 tour of the US. Despite a few excellent shows, '77 was a disaster on and off stage for Zeppelin and Jimmy's playing showed every aspect of the toll and recklessness of that year.

This unique interactive experiment for the Physical Graffiti release is nothing short of brilliant!! Of all the exciting things that have come with the new remastered albums this is by far the most entertaining and fun item that has come along so far. Sheer genious! So freakin' cool.

If the video of Brandy and Coke with the 3 dancing chicks was a stand-alone video on YouTube...it would go viral and receive massive hits immediately. It's that good. Is it possible to put that out as a single video for the song?

Nothing beats the hot " Charlie's Angels" '70's babes dancing in the kitchen!! I had forgotten how sexy the 70's look was back then...great job by the girls dancing to Brandy and Coke!

I'm not a guitarist so I can't comment on Jimmy's technical or non-technical approach to the guitar. However I do have a good ear for music and I would categorize Jimmy's playing as "controlled chaos". Not "Clapton-like" note perfect but not so out of control that the music is unrecognizable. Sometimes he is (was) in a zone and just god-like incredible and other times he makes you grimace with embarrassment. Fist raising power or head shaking yikes. I honestly think his most "recent" genius was seen in the movie "It Might Get Loud". He was so in control and powerful that even the Edge and Jack White were in awe.

I have the Fantasy Gothic battle scene in red, black and white box set from the Cleveland 1977 show. Full show with all Plant-tations and the quality is excellent. One of the best versions of 10 Years Gone that I've ever heard is on it. One of the odd things about my copy of Destroyer is the mis-spelling of Led Zeppelin as "Led Zepplin"...

Le Dragon Rouge > pub. 1521.

Amen...never in my wildest, most far-reaching imagination would I everhave thought that I would be in touch with Robert's "fantasy" and the vision of his "Holy Grail"...wow = pinch me but don't wake me!

Virginia, as you know Jimmy Page is a serious art enthusiast, if one day he approached you to do album art for a re-visited Zeppelin project or solo release would you do an original work for him?

Virginia - can you give us some of your inspirations for painting the SRTS themed still life? And why does it now reside in Canada? Any special reason for its new home?

In regards to the Oakland brawl...violence begets violence - all parties were wrong but esp. Binden, Bonham, Cole, and Grant. Bonham, as a Band member, had the most to lose - but he was out of control and obviously didn't care. Binden was nothing but a criminal and thug but under Cole's hire. Peter should have had final say and control of the situation but he just was so burnt out that he was nothing but a bystander cheering his gorillas on. Bill Graham was a victim too of their intimidation and crazed in-justice. Sorry SAJ, there is no justification for animalistic behavior on anyone's part. Especially from a Band member with so much at stake.

"Faceless Legions" it is! Don't know where the "Satan" reference came from....

In reference to the failure of the 3, Robert's lyrics from Carouselambra: "...Still in their blissful hallowed mighty sleep, Unending dances shadowed on the day, Within their walls, their daunting formless keep, Preserved their joy and kept their doubts at bay; Satan's Legions stood in readiness to lead, Just turn a coin bring order to the fray, And everything was soon no sooner thought than deed, Which nobody seemed to question in any way. How keen the awry hunter's eye prevails upon the land To seek the unsuspecting and the weak, And powerless the fabled sat too smug to lift a hand Towards the foe that threatened from the deep; Who cares to dry the cheeks of those who saddened stand Adrift upon a sea of futile speech? And soothe the pain to walk the famous land Where no one dares Forever ever to reach. Where was your word, where did you go? Where was your helping, where was your bow? Dull is the armour, cold is the day. Hard was the journey, dark was the way.