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Hip Young Guitar Slinger

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for those of you who loves Jimmy Page's work, this is a must have for your collection. You really get a sense of evolution Page has gone through prior to his Zeppelin years. Many of the songs have been priviously released on indivisual albumns but never has there been a collective group released as this one. So rather than hunting down many obscure, hard to find albumns this collection has it all at once. It's definitely worth the money for so many songs and it's an import too.

Disc 1 is a musical romp through the early 60's with various english bands that will immediately bring back memories of the Beatles, Chad & Jeremy, Roy Orbison, the Birds, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. While the music of that era was generally rhythm guitar oriented, it is still possible to pick out Page's brief and subdued solo's on many of the songs.

Disc 2 begins in the mid 60's and goes though 1970. By this time the lead guitar solo's become a bit more prominent and Page begins to shine through.

Overall, these CD's are entertaining in addition to providing the intented historical prespective on the development of Jimmy Page. Considering the age of many of these recordings the production and remastering is very well done with hissing and popping kept to an absolute minimum.

I've never heard such amazing guitar playing combined with 60s style music before! If you're a fan of Jimmy Page's, this album is a must have! I don't really know what style of music you have to like to like this album becuase it has bits and pieces of everything. I think it's worth it.

This CD was a surprise to me. Being a new fan to Zeppelin, Jimmy Page and being a fellow guitarist I was suprised not to find Zeppelin like material. Now don't get me wrong I read the other reviews so I was fully prepared to hear the worst. Instead I found the material that led the way for Page to create Zeppelin. Heck, he worked with most of the musicians in the sessions these songs were recored in on this album.
In one review it was stated that if you were or are a Zeppelin your not really going to like this album. I can see that because most off the material is similar to those of the likes of the Beatles, Buddy Holly or Richie Valines even Momma Cat(hehe), but what can I say this was the sound and those bands includings the artists on the album all came around the same time. So really anyone can enjoy this album if your tastes gear to this. This is only my opinion on british rock not american.
Most of this is on the first disc but when we reach disk two its different feel. The early work of Page, Clapton, and even Jeff Beck (Beck's slide guitar action in Steelin' puts shivers up my spin) are found on this disc and you begin to see how they revalutionized music as we know it. Not to be one sided about this second disc and single out only the greates but you also get a taste for John Mayall, The Allstars with Nicky Hopkins and Cyril Davies. John Mayall in my opinion puts BB to shame, but I love BB so no yelling at the moniter:) With Claptons assistence we all expirience blues evolution of the period (especially Claptons tracks with Page). From tracks 4 until 13 you get the same feel as the first disk but alittle more upbeat with some swing rock like The Fleurs De Lys. All in all disk two is my personal favorite.
Well we don't find much influence of Page on the first disk except for a few tracks(this beging a Jimmy Page titled CD)I found that I was very satisfied with this buy and learned a great deal more about music of that time and more about the progresion of the artists I admire and how Page really was a Hip Young Guitar Slinger.
My only advice is listen to what eatch review has to say and make your own judgment on wether you would like this album or not. Happy listening to those who do.

I would have to totally disagree with thebestboy's review of this CD. Jimmy Page is one of the greatest guitar players in history and his solo career, as well as his time in with Led Zeppelin completely outdoes any other guitar player of his generation. This CD is great for anyone who loves Jimmy or the great sounds that came out of the 60's and 70's

Any Led Heads who may want to dig into early Jimmy Page could easily start with this collection. Excellent sound and quality recordings here that give you a taste of the virtuosity of one of the greats. Also recommend 'Jimmy's Back Pages' and 'Before the Balloon Went Up'. The sounds take me back to the early to mid-60's, before the ascension of the greatest heavy blues-rock group of all time.

for those of you who loves Jimmy Page's work, this is a must have for your collection. You really get a sense of evolution Page has gone through prior to his Zeppelin years. Many of the songs have been priviously released on indivisual albumns but never has there been a collective group released as this one. So rather than hunting down many obscure, hard to find albumns this collection has it all at once. It's definitely worth the money for so many songs and it's an import too.

Over 50 songs spanning this guy's career. At times AMZAZING, other times FILLER. The top tracks are the by the following: Carter-Lewis, Wayne Gibson, The Kinks, First Gear, The Primitives, Nico, Les Fleur De Lys. I like the FREAKBEAT stuff he played on, and if that is your thing, there is enough on here to pick up, probably used. If I knew the "blues" stuff was gonna be on here, I probably wouldn't of bought it, because those "jams" get tedious and boring. To here the best solo Page HAS EVER done, track down the song "Leave My Kitten Alone" by FIRST GEAR. I think it has been on some compilations priced a bit lower. That is my favorite track on this. Oh yeah, Led Zep fans probably WOULD not like this. Nothing he did on this sounds like them.

Of the guitarists of his time, Jimmy Page has to be one of the most overrated. Someone made a comparison to Hendrix which is a real joke as Hendrix who had more skill in his little finger on his right hand. His mates Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and even Keith Richards could outplay him on a bad night. His genius lay in the creation of the New Yardbirds, aka Led Zepplin and his ability to get underaged groupies to do weird things. He was a solid and dependable player but there is little here that merits a second listen.