Re: Subject: Some LZDVD thoughts

["Neil" <letsrock@xxxxxxx>]

Page "lost" it and flubbed  because he was showboating for spectacle yah I
remember ppl saying that all the time after seeing Zep in concert they filed
out in droves before the encore bitching and moaning about that dahamned
Page dancing erratically all over the stage with his bow and flubbing up all
the solos like  getting in front of Robert doing his "Push Push Yea" it was
so bad Jonsey and Bonzo missed their intros too and you could see they knew
the end of Zeppelin was near , they were all  pissed!!! LOLOLOL!!!!

letsrock

> Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 21:03:47 -0700 (PDT)
> From: BB Page <traders55@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Some LZDVD thoughts
>
> I had to go to a few different stores before I could
> get both the DVD and CD releases today, due to some
> sell outs already.  The few tracks that I've listened
> to of HTWWW have been pretty good.  I also got a copy
> of the new 5-27-77 soundboard in the mail also, so
> it's been a busy Zep day.
>
> As for the LZDVD, I enjoy it the most out of all the
> music concerts and video collections I've bought of
> other bands' commercial releases on DVD.  Whoever was
> responsible for the LZDVD, they did an excellent job.
>
> What struck me when going through the discs was that
> the manner in which these discs were assembled,
> culling a number of shows from each era, was the way
> to go.  Yes, it was great to see quality footage of
> Earls Court and Knebworth.  I don't think I would have
> enjoyed them as *much* if it was the whole concert of
> each show.  After a certain number of tracks, it's
> time to move on to a different show and different
> camera operators, film stock, etc, before you can get
> bored of one era.
>
> The new treatment of the Madison Square Gardens '73
> tracks was a notable improvement over what is on the
> TSRTS video.  The picture is clearer, the contrast and
> colours are better, the sound is great, and the show
> comes off much more better.  I would go so far as to
> say I *hope* TSRTS gets a full restoration, and brings
> that film up to the standard as we see of the MSG '73
> tracks on the LZDVD.  I think TSRTS's reputation would
> do much better if "the real movie" could come out like
> these new MSG tracks.  Perhaps Page and co. could even
> resynch the film and the sound better, and phase out
> some parts of the hoaky imaginary sequences or cheap
> special effects (like on DAC).
>
> My last wish is that the HTWWW audio concert makes it
> way to super audio CD format.  The audio of the
> Immigrant Song over the Australia '72 footage was
> apparently the same one from the HTWWW, but sounds
> much better because you can hear it in DTS sound.
> Let's get this concert on a higher quality CD format
> in the future?
>
> Final thought on the DVD footage - it's apparent, in
> part at least, why Page "lost it" as his career went
> on during the time that LZ was together.  He started
> dancing too much and showboating.  While that was
> needed for spectacle, I think it took away from his
> ability to play more coherently.  Some flubs that I
> would hear on a bootleg, I now can see it was from him
> moving around erratically.