LED ZEPPELIN VINYL: The Essential Collection

Here you will find the Iranian vinyl of 'Whole Lotta Love', the Angolan 'Over the Hills', the Spanish 'D'yer Mak'er', which was translated as 'El Tintero', and the Turkish 'Immigrant Song', with an illustration of migrants running. The very first Jimmy Page solo single 'She Just Satisfies' dates from 1965, and that's where it really all began. Ross Halfin's first album he ever brought was Led Zeppelin II and he has at least 20 versions of it now. At the very beginning of 'Whole Lotta Love', Robert Plant either coughs or sighs as the guitar kicks in with the greatest guitar riff of all time. During the course of their 12-year career Led Zeppelin released only eight studio albums and no singles but now there are more than 1,000 official singles and 2,000 LPs on the market. This definitive volume illustrates practically them all in full colour and includes the rarest and most interesting vinyl releases, one-of-a-kind rarities, bizarre regional variations, official albums and bootleg recordings of legendary concerts. Who can forget Live in Japan, Earls Court or Live at Budokan in '72? A huge heavyweight 12" square album sized volume, there are page after page of colour images featuring beautiful handmade artwork, coloured vinyl, labels and covers documented by photographer Ross Halfin in superb detail, and all annotated with details of their release. The book also has a 40 page comprehensive discography with all known album and single vinyl releases from around the world including catalogue numbers, release or recording dates and additional notes. A real labour of love and a graphic designer's and art lover's paradise, this brings back so many memories and raises a smile like page 92 with the Phony Beatlemania Has Bitten the Dust strictly limited edition, numbered and on red Virgin vinyl. Remember the days when we spent hours poring over our album covers, squeezing every detail of the meaning out of the artwork? The bonus here is a gallery of images of the gorgeous Robert Plant with his long golden locks! Exquisitely produced hardback, 216pp with plastic protective sleeve - naturally.
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