Re: Lucifer Limping...

["James Bonalsky" <bonal71@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From: Scott Swanson <swandwn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> >when I listen to the tracks they a. sound too clean and
> >clear to be true, b. the guitar bits ARE REALLY CHEESY and
> >do not sound like Page at all and c. It clocks in at over 38
> >minutes (always hear there was only like 28 minutes)....
>
>Keith, your suspicions are correct.  Those "Lucifer Rising" tracks were 
>actually recorded by Bobby Beausoleil around 1978 (after director Kenneth 
>Anger had fired Page from the project).
>
>The other tracks on that CD *are* Zep-related, however -- they're from the 
>1972 sessions with the Bombay Symphony Orchestra.
>
>Jimmy's "Lucifer Rising" recordings were released in 1987 on a vinyl LP, 
>and are also available on the MP3 Tree from a few years back.


In my opinion, unless you are a completist who just has to have everything 
out there, it's really not worth it to seek out Page's "Lucifer Rising" 
recordings.  Frankly, the LR tracks are just long, meandering sonic 
experiments.  Lots of theremin and other weird noises.  I can best describe 
it as being somewhat similar to Page's guitar solos in the '77 tour (which I 
found to be way too long and generally without a point).  I can't remember 
the last time I actually listened to a '77 solo ... similarly, I can't 
remember the last time I listened to "Lucifer Rising."

In fact, if it wasn't for the fact that my "Lucifer Rising" LP contains 
additional tracks from one of Page's ARMS shows, I'm not sure I would have 
kept it.