Re: GH/RB, Master Tracks, Robert Plant, and the Reunion (Fair Warning: This WILL Be Loooooooooong)

[Jon Hull <jonohull@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think the point is Jimmy DOESN'T want to release them for this very
reason. He wrote, played, and produced the music to his
specifications, and he should be the one who determines the way it
gets to be heard. I'm not dissing your re-mastering skills or
anything, I'm just saying I think Jimmy wants Zeppelin music to stay
"by Led Zeppelin."


On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Nathan Hevensone <nhevensone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> The other reason I would love this is because, as a musician, the
> un-mixed master tapes for Led Zeppelin songs would, for me, be a holy
> grail.  The thought of being able to remix the tracks without, say,
> lead guitar and/or lead vocals makes me salivate.  Professional
> backing tracks straight from the actual songs?  I would PAY Jimmy Page
> directly for these if I had the money.  The idea is extremely
> appealing and something I love the idea of.  In fact, the idea almost
> makes me horny... :D
>
> Plus, if you're a wannabe record-producer or someone who likes to do
> remasters as a hobby, you can use these uncompressed masters to make
> your own personal mixes of the Zeppelin tracks, so they sound the way
> you think they should sound to you... essentially, your own
> personalized versions of the songs.  Again, the thought of this makes
> me salivate.  I think the possibility would be BEAUTIFUL.  And I'm
> sure many here would disagree.  But keep in mind where I come from...
> as an aspiring musician/producer/label-owner, I see bootlegs,
> torrenting, downloads, and YouTube not as the enemy, but as potential
> gold-mines of marketing and exposure for my own music, and it is that
> mind-set that I hope to introduce on a grand-scale to the music
> industry/world.
>
> With the unmixed Master Tracks, I think Jimmy should consider selling
> them to the greater public.  In other words, instead of another
> remastered box set of all the albums that Jimmy is fond of releasing,
> what about an unmixed box set of all their released songs (all of
> them)?  Then collectors can make their own Zeppelin albums... maybe
> re-tool them and everything.  And you don't have to sell the set on
> CDs in stores... it could be FLAC or Uncompressed downloads that you
> pay for and download immediately at, say $0.99 a song set (would
> include all the separate tracks).  And you can choose to download only
> certain songs or a whole set.  I would go apeshit with that...
> apeshit.



-- 
Jon Hull