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I don't know much about the LZ vaults...but since we are in the middle of the boxed LP releases, I thought I might point you to this I just found on KAT: http://kickass.to/led-zeppelin-led-zeppelin-studio-magik-sessions-1968-1980-mp3-...Looks very interesting to me, a non-LZ fan... Description LED ZEPPELIN - Led Zeppelin Studio Magik (Sessions 1968-1980) (this is bootleg fyi so quality can vary from excellent sound to rough sound)
Led Zeppelin built their reputation on their live show. Their studio recordings were, as Jimmy Page stated many times in interviews, a springboard for further live improvisation and exploration. Many songs (“The Rover,” “The Song Remains The Same” and “In The Light” among others) began as riffs discovered on the stage.
However, one can’t create a masterpiece with inferior ingredients. Two members of the band, Page and John Paul Jones, began their career as studio session musicians and understood how to write and craft good songs in the studio.
Page himself engineered the science of capturing a good recording in studio on Led Zeppelin. Fans and collectors are lucky. Except for The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, no other band has as much outtake and demo material available for analysis, scrutiny, and enjoyment.
From the initial sessions for the first album in Olympic Studio in late summer of 1968 through to the sessions in Stockholm ten years later for In Through The Outdoor, all of Zeppelin’s albums and eras are represented in one form or another.
The twenty hours of music in this box set extend from extremely primitive cassette demos made in the wilds of Snowdonia to initial rehearsals in Headley Grange to perfectly polished alternate takes and mixes of classic songs.
Studio Magik gives a much needed overhaul of Led Zeppelin outtakes. Not only are newer sessions presented, but all of the older tracks have been given a remastering job from the best available sources and are presented in their definitive form.
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