Led Zeppelin Complete: Guitar [Paperback]

Zeppelin Led (Author), Led Zeppelin (Author, Recorder)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1999

More than 40 hits including Stairway to Heaven and D'Yer Mak'er.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Includes: Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You * Bring It on Home * Dancing Days * Dazed and Confused * Immigrant Song * The Lemon Song * Ramble On * Rock and Roll * Tangerine * Thank You * You Shook Me * Your Time Is Gonna Come and more. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Forty powerful songs from the heavy metal masters. ncludes: Stairway to Heaven * Black Dog * Dazed and Confused * Immigrant Song * Rock and Roll * Whole Lotta Love * Heartbreaker * and many, many more. 228 pages. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Warner Bros Pubns (July 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897241835
• ISBN-13: 978-0897241830
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #904,923 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Led Zeppelin 95% Incomplete, October 7, 2003

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"jeffandteriberi" (Cary, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Led Zeppelin Complete: Intermediate Guitar Includes Super Tab Notation (Paperback)

Don't buy this book. It's a ripoff and shouldn't be in print. The guitar tablature consists of the very basic rythm of the songs with nothing else. In most songs, the rythm is even incomplete. There's no lead at all. Pay the extra 38 bucks and get the I-V box set. You'll be glad you did. The saying "Don't judge a book by it's cover" definitely applies to this one.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Piano/Vocal edition (white cover) is good...for what it is, August 21, 2003

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Bill M. "bill_m1" (MA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Led Zeppelin -- Complete: Piano/Vocal/Chords (Paperback)

There are several different editions of "Led Zeppelin Complete". I own the one with the white cover and blue clouds, which is basically a "piano/vocal" edition, so that's the version that I'm reviewing here. I bought it back in '89 when there seemed to be no other Led Zeppelin music books in the stores. The book covers all the songs from the first 5 albums, minus the cover tunes (Lemon Song, You Shook Me, Bring It On Home, I Can't Quit You Baby). Hardly "complete", but a lot.

All piano/vocal books of rock bands are essentially what are known as "fake books": they show the vocal melody, the chord progressions, and most of the music transcribed for piano, with the bass staff usually following what the bass guitar is doing, and the treble staff usually following what the guitar is doing. Little fills and solos are invariably left out. So for what it is -- a general transcription book -- the book does its job.

I would NOT recommend this book if you're a guitarist or bass player looking for transcribed parts. Again, this is essentally a fake book for piano. I'm sure there are other Led Zeppelin books better suited to your needs. Not to say that the book is _useless_ to guitarists. Under the chord names of each song are those handy guitar chord diagrams (the ones that look like a little grid, with dots for the figer positions). And on songs where Jimmy Page used alternate tunings, these exact tunings are described, with the chord diagrams redrawn appropriately.

The book has other information, but it's laid out for only certain tracks and in strange ways. There are some notes from band members on how they play certain parts. But this is only for a song or two. The entire lead guitar part to "Since I've Been Loving You" is transcribed, but in a strange version of tablature (written as a series of fractions, where the top number is the fret and the bottom number indicates which string -- very weird!) The Houses of the Holy album is mistitled "Led Zeppelin V". The songs are grouped by album, but the order within each group doesn't match the order as heard on the album nor even alphabetical order. Fortunately there's the table of contents.

I'm a bass player, and the book has been somewhat helpful to me for reference over the years. I also first learned how to play barre chords on a 6-string guitar by looking at the diagrams in this book. Besides currently playing bass in a band that does some Zep covers, I also sing back-up vocals and additionally picked up the mandolin. So I dug up this book from my shelves, and just seeing layout of the chord changes and their transcriptions, along with the lyrics, was exactly what I needed.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beware, August 30, 2000

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"brotherbluto20" (Hoboken, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Led Zeppelin Complete: Guitar (Paperback)

This book should be purchased by music readers only -- not tablature readers. Of all the songs listed, only Stairway contains both music and tablature.

Don't make the same mistake I did.