Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin: The Illustrated History of the Heaviest Band of All Time |  | Author: Jon Bream
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 161406
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.8
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 9.4 x 1.2
ISBN: 0760335079
Dewey Decimal Number: 782.421660922
EAN: 9780760335079
ASIN: 0760335079
Publication Date: October 1, 2008
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Product Description
They were the heaviest band ever, creating the blueprint for an entire musical genre and becoming a touchstone for an entire generation and their children. Now, to celebrate their fortieth anniversary and December 2007 reunion, here's the first-ever complete illustrated history of Led Zeppelin. This all-star tribute to one of the biggest rock 'n' roll bands of all time features many of today's top American and English rock journalists from Rolling Stone, Creem, Billboard and more, as well as reflections on the band's inspiration from some of rock's top performers, including Aerosmith, Heart, the Minutemen, the Hold Steady, and others. An appendix features the complete discography. Glorious concert and behind-the-scenes photography from some of the top names in rock photography covers the band from their first 1968 show as Led Zeppelin through the 2007 reunion. Also included are more than 200 rare concert posters, backstage passes, tickets, LPs and singles, T-shirts, buttons, and more from the United States, UK, Canada, Germany, France, and Japan, all comprising a book as epic as the band it honors. Created from the ashes of the Yardbirds by guitarist and session wizard Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin featured virtuoso bass player John Paul Jones, gonzo drummer John Bonham, and Robert Plant, a vocalist like no other before him. The band singlehandedly defined what rock 'n' roll could be, leaving in their wake a trail of tales as tall or as a real as we wanted them to be.
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Must Have Item for Zeppelin Fans September 21, 2008
Lucy
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book is incredible. The photos alone make it worth owning, but added to that are interviews with other bands, musicians talking about Led Zeppelin and my favorite part, the history of each of their tours. What happened specifically on that tour? See behind the scenes and also see the memorabilia from each specific tour (t-shirts, posters, ticket stubs). I also wrote about it on my blog, Layla's Classic Rock: http://laylasclassicrock.blogspot.com/
So incredible, you'll have trouble putting it down September 25, 2008
Dusty Punch (McKinley, WI USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I wasn't fortunate enough to be able to see Led Zeppelin live (fingers crossed about the rumored reunion tour), but this book brought me about as close as I could've hoped. It has Zeppelin covererd from A to Z, whether you're looking for photos and memorabilia of the band, tour-by-tour or album-by-album coverage, or stories about how Page, Plant, Jones, and Bonham inspired an entire generation of writers and performers. Trust me, both the casual fan and the "sleep on the sidewalk for tickets" fan is going to love this book!
Excellent book January 10, 2009
busy mom (Arlington, VA United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As an aging rocker himself, my husband just loves this book. It was a Christmas gift but he has finished it already.
Bring out your Led!! January 20, 2009
Marco Torres (Pasadena, CA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The scope of the subject matter is reflected in the weight of this tome. It looks to bring the complete story of the Led Zeppelin experience in both words and pictures. It does this and more through the thoughtful incorporation of memorabilia, testimonials and witness accounts of the history of the band that shook the world (all night long).
The chronological record is thorough and in some instances intimate to the point where you feel you are living through those heady days all over again.
If you love the band it is a worthy addition to all the material you may have on the subject. If you just think Led Zeppelin was some group in the 70's you will be well served by reading how they fashioned what rock 'n roll has come to mean to everyone that boo-boo-boogies.
a whole lotta January 21, 2009
Richard Willerton (Minnesota)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Item came as I expected, quick and clean. It was more than I expected once I looked it over, great purchase.
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