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| The Song Remains The Same (Remastered / Expanded) (2CD) | 
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| Artist: Led Zeppelin
Label: Rhino Records
Category: Music
List Price: $24.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  63 reviews
Sales Rank: 10685
Format: Original Recording Remastered, Live, Extra Tracks
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 328252
UPC: 081227996116
EAN: 0081227996116
ASIN: B000VWYNNW
Release Date: November 20, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Complete with original case, disc(s), and artwork. In stock and ships right now. 10% chance the case has small spider cracks in it.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great sound, great album May 31, 2008
I had forgotten how great this album is, hadn't heard the whole thing in years.
The re-mastered version sounds great & it's definitely worth having.
Led Zeppelin's How The West Was Won (a set of re-mastered live recordings that were released
in 2003 or 2004) is also great and worth having if you're a zep fan.
Flawless, live performances. May 23, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham are at their peak on the performances recorded here. Led Zep is one of those rare groups that is as excellent in the studio as they are live. This and 'How The West Was Won' give the listener a real sense of what they were about as a live group, but this two CD set is perfection beyond their greatness. They were and still remain the greatest rock group ever.
Shockingly the song does NOT remain the same..... May 7, 2008
The truly shocking thing here is that those (like me) who know every note of the oringinal TSRTS soundtrack will instantly notice that this is NOT a remaster. Many of the songs are completely different performances. If you were a novice listener to original soundtrack, you will likely not notice any difference. But for the expert, the differences are readily apparent throughout. Many little nuggets are now gone ...
I would have preferred them keeping the same performances. But it is still beyond great. Beyond REALLY great, in fact. And they added so much more material not originally included.
Bottom line: BEYOND AWESOME. I am a hardcore Zep fan from wayyyyy back. And this is my favorite Led Zep album of all time. Yes, it is that good. It deserves six stars.
 Disappointing May 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am stuck with a CD I don't want! I thought it would be cool to have a few new tunes added to the original 1976 release, but I did not know that the original songs would be edited. What a ghastly mistake, Jimmy! I should've read the reviews before buying so that I could've avoided wasting money on this disc. I was crushed to hear my favorite track, "No Quarter", edited. Worse, it seems that Jimmy Page wanted to showcase his guitar work over the rest of the band. Some of the others' contributions are either missing or are drowned out by an over-amplified guitar.
The production quality is better? Well, so what? I wanted the experience of the original recording, which means I must shell out more money to get the original. Was that the idea?
If you liked the original "The Song Remains The Same" from 1976, don't waste your money on this new release. You will be disappointed no matter how many people praise the sound quality.
 The Song Remains the Same - NOT REALLY March 23, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
First, I want to say that the ORIGINAL version of this album is one of my favorite albums of all time! On the original release, the live versions of Song Remains the Same, Rain Song, Celebration Day and No Quarter are far superior to the studio versions in my opinion.
HOWEVER, this release is not just a remastered version with 6 new songs. Listening to this release frustrates me because I hear so many edits on what were really great versions on the original. I would just like to ask Jimmy Page WHY!!!!! Sure add new songs and improve the sound quality but why edit versions that have been part of this album for 31 years!!!
I know people who are new to this album won't care that much about the edits but for Diehards like me, it's a slap in the face! Just a few examples of horrible edits that differ from the original release:
Celebration Day - The outro solo is different and inferior.
No Quarter - The piano solo that starts at 3:27, Page cut out a minute of that very cool groove before the guitar solo starts and THEN he edited the guitar solo which on the original version was one of my favorites of all time. WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And then he cut John Paul Jones introduction after the song (He does like to disrespect Jonesy).
Whole Lotta Love - On the original version at 1:22 a very cool funky jam happens for about a minute and 40 seconds. On this release Page cut out a minute and half of that jam. It didn't improve anything it sounds awkward and edited.
There are other small edits not worth ranting about but I hear them everytime I listen to this release.
Now for the positive. Yes the sound and packaging are far superior to the original and yes it's great having new tracks:
The Ocean, Heartbreaker, Since I've Been Loving You - All great performances and sound great.
Misty Mountain Hop and Over the Hills and Far Away - Good performances and sound great.
Black Dog - I would have left this one off because it becomes a trainwreck at the end. For me, they never pulled this song off live.
I was very excited when I heard that this album was going to be remastered and expanded but I have to say I am disappionted and I will probably keep listening to the original version I own.
Do yourself a favor and buy a used copy of the original release. It won't sound as full but the versions are better.
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