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 Led Zeppelin
The Song Remains The Same (Warner Video)
With their recent reunion not only the hottest ticket in town but possibly the hottest in history, what better time to reacquaint ourselves with the live behemoth that was Led Zeppelin. Robert Plant, impossibly slim and toned, with the most famous mane of hair in rock, hands on hips, posing up a storm, creating the high register template for pretty much every rock and roll yelper to come, Jimmy Page, togged out in his ringmaster outfit, pirouetting and pouting around the stage delivering classic riff after classic riff, immersed in keeping the octane ratio high, John Bonham solid, rock steady, sounding like he’s hitting all manner of stuff with half house-bricks and John Paul Jones (wearing what appears to be a badly sewn chintz sofa and sporting the most hideous page boy bob) holding the whole shebang together with thundering bass and jazzy keyboards, not for nothing did Led Zeppelin have such a fearsome live reputation. The fantasy scenes still look like exactly what they were, hastily shot footage tacked on to cover up missing live film, but they don’t intrude too much and as this new release restores all the available live footage it’s well worth picking up even if you still have the original.
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 Level 42
Live At Wembley
(Universal)
If ever a band have ever suffered due to their place
in the history of pop it’s Level 42. Big in the ‘80s, an era that is not
at all fondly recalled, with all the fashion faux pas that went along with
the period, and that tendency towards over-production - stand up at the
back there Trevor Horn - synthetic strings, drums and horn sounds and yes,
slap bass. Bland wine bar jazz rock ruled the airwaves, and people actually
thought Tony Hadley and Limahl were good looking (eek!). So spare a thought
then for Mark King, Mike Lindup, Phil Gould and, erm, Boon - proper musicians,
who filled Wembley Arena for eight nights (yup, that’s right, eight bloody
nights), in 1986 with well-up-for-it punters keen to hear some, actually
pretty good, jazz-pop songs (Something About You, Lessons In Love and Running
In The Family all still stand up today) – and are today about as popular
as a jobbie in your washing up. True, they look incredibly small on the
Wembley stage, and the sound can best be described as pretty average, but
if you were there this will doubtless offer an hour or so of happy reminiscence.
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