Un-Led-Ed

Dread Zeppelin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 24, 1990)
• Original Release Date: September 4, 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000000QFU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,764 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #61 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Comedic Music > Novelty Music

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dread is the band., April 20, 2005

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Un-Led-Ed (Audio CD)

You probably have heard about the Dread Zeppelin concept: Led Zeppelin music played reggae style, with an Elvis impersonator singing lead vocals. It sounds like a "one joke" concept, but somehow it worked. This CD here is there first, great album. It's very funny, but beyond that, the musicianship is excellent. There are a lot of inside jokes, particularly in the comments that Tortelvis says. One of the funniest parts is when Tortelvis starts reading from Moby Dick while the Led Zeppelin instrumental "Moby Dick" is playing. If you are a Led Zeppelin fan who doesn't take Zeppelin too seriously, you should give this album a listen.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dread Good, May 17, 2001

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"dog-com" (London, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Un-Led-Ed (Audio CD)

A Led Zep covers album? Hmmm... but there's a little bit more to it than that. 'Un-Led-Ed' is a bizarre collision of Led Zep, Elvis Presley and Reggae! Robert Plant, no less, has given his seal of approval.

The Dread line-up consists of vocalist Tortelvis, guitarists Jah Paul Jo and Carl Jah, drummer Fresh Cheese, percussionist Ed Zeppelin and bassist Puttman!

The intro to the LP is a weird collage of sounds and musical spoofs, most notably 'The Twilight Zone'. Really, there's so much bubbling away here. Songs like 'Black Dog', 'Livin' Lovin' Maid' and 'Whole Lotta Love', mix Elvis style vocals, Elvis imitating Robert plant, reggae talk/vocals and so on, it goes at this dizzying pace.

Highlights? That's a difficult one, it partly depends on what's your favorite Led Zep song and partly on how they cover the individual songs. However on that basis, I'll plump for 'I Can't Quit You Babe'.

Lyrically the record is an affectionate...take and there's moments of great humour. 'Black Mountain Side' sends up the mystical side of Zep and parodies an old Indian mystic. "I see Elvis as maybe a PROPHET of some kind...

However, the Dreads aren't mere cabaret, they can play a bit too. Jimmy Page guitar, reggae rhythms...NAE PROBLEM! They are DREAD GOOD!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tweeked-Out Off-beat Rastafarian Techno-Bluesabilly..., September 29, 2005

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Douglas Millhoff (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Un-Led-Ed (Audio CD)

Jeez, how does one go about describing this album?
Deconstruct the best of Led Zepplin, stir-in a rastafarian and an Elvis impersonator, and throw everything off by about 1/3 a beat. Genius!
You'll either love it, or hate it.