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I bought this EP when it came out in the 80's for many it was a surprize hit. The CD remaster is great. You can hear everything very clearly. Jeff Beck's guitar solo at the end of "rockin at midnight" is vibrant. On the Ep it was faded out. Just a warning, Robbie Blunt is only on the live version and, this is not his first collab' with Mr. Plant despite what it says above. Hey, who ever thought old stuff could sound relevent?

Robert Plant and Jimmy Page,late of Led Zeppelin,mellow out with some R&B/swing numbers like the Top 10 hit SEA OF LOVE and the Top 20 hit ROCKIN' AT MIDNIGHT. Joining Plant and Page in this ensemble is Nile Rodgers,who himself had chart success with his R&B band Chic. Rodgers had quite a workload with this album and Madonna's LIKE A VIRGIN. It's understandable that Plant and Page declined to carry on with Led Zeppelin after the 1980 death of drummer John Bonham. SOL was made famous originally by Phil Phillips in 1959. The differences between Phillips' recording and the cover are no "buh-buh-buh-bum" in the cover,a key change in the cover and Plant's accenting of some of the lyrics differently than how Phillips did it. I guess that's because Plant is English(as is Page) and Phillips is American(as is Rodgers). ROCKIN' AT MIDNIGHT really swings. It got the lively 1940's sound that the fighting men of World War II were dancing to at clubs. After this album,Plant,whose solo career began in or around 1982,continued going solo. Page formed his third band THE FIRM and released an album in 1985. Recently,the surviving Led Zeppelin members re-formed with a new drummer and are currently on tour.

Sea of Love & Rockin' at Midnight...what's more to say. Those 2 songs are worth the price right there. But 2 more jewels are Young Boy Blues and I Gotta Woman. Love the cd. Jimmy and Robert at their best!!

Robert Plant returns to his roots of Rythym & Blues on this album. None of the songs are originals, they are all cover-songs; yet very well done. Some of my favorite albums are cover-songs & this is one of them.

Great addition to my collection, this is second time purchasing this cd, someone deceided they needed it more than I did...Thanks

I had this record back when it was issued in the mid-80's. I remember Robert Plant took a lot of flak from his Led Zepplin base of fans for making a recording that deviated from the Led Zep formula. God forbid those fans ever listen to any other genre of rock.

I bought the CD for the recording of "There's Good Rockin" which has a driving rhythm, Jeff Beck on lead guitar and a fantastic horn section. There's an added bonus track of "There's Good Rockin" live.

The other tunes are pleasant enough to listen too. There's some nostalgia in this record for me too. my girlfriend, who is not my wife of 15 years, used to screw our brains out while this song was playing. Gonna give it another try on CD.

I have loved this album since it first came out on vinyl. A group of musicians of this caliber does not come together often enough. Enjoy.