Led Zeppelin: Live Dreams [Hardcover]

Laurance Ratner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1995

Purchased when new and part of my personal collection.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Margaux Pub; Deluxe Edition edition (December 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963772104
• ISBN-13: 978-0963772107
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,182,580 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent "pictography" of Led Zeppelin's days on the road., March 2, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Led Zeppelin: Live Dreams (Hardcover)

This excellent 208-pg. hardback coffee-table book describes in words and in pictures the live shows and road trips of one of the greatest rock bands ever, Led Zeppelin. The book chronicles Led Zeppelin's peak touring years, from 1972-1977. Most of the book is filled with pictures of members of the band, playing live. There is also a fairly detailed description of Led Zeppelin on and off of the stage. I really enjoyed the vivid detail of the pictures and the biographical information, and so would you, whether you own every Led Zeppelin album or have never heard of Jimmy Page. There is simply no better way to relive all the glorious moments of Led Zeppelin's electrifying career than with this book!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars BE WARNED!!, July 17, 2001

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Meri Kathryn Barker (Noble, OK United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Led Zeppelin: Live Dreams (Hardcover)

I love this book, BUT it is definantly only for the Zeppelin fanatic. A lot of the pictures included in this book can be found in some of the less pricey books. If you need it soon find another book. It took almost 18 week for me to get my copy. "Live Dreams" is a beautiful book with pristine pictures and stories that you can only find here. It has some one of a kind pictures and a detailed cover that makes this book feel like a treasure. If you truely LOVE Led Zeppelin than this book is worth the extra money and waiting.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Another Snub of Bonzo, January 15, 2002

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Christopher W. Hager (Bloomfield, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Led Zeppelin: Live Dreams (Hardcover)

This book boasts from great production, and it certainly has some wonderful color pictures in it. But it's missing one crucial piece: a fair representation of John Bonham. Toward the beginning of the book there's two page isolation on each member, the left page being the member's name (Page, Plant, or Jones) with a saying about him, and the right page being a big color shot of him. Bonzo's conspicuously missing from this part of the book, and it irked me. My theory is that this author (Mr. Ranter) got irritated by Bonzo sometime in the 70's when he, Plant, and Ratner were looking at some of his pix. Bonzo, according to this book, essentially said the pictures were beautiful, but where were the shots of him??!! This apparently had a lasting impact on Ratner, possibly insulting him, so he snubbed Bonzo a little by not including him in that beginning spotlight portion of the book. There are, believe it or not, even some out-of-focus pictures in this book. For me, "Photographers Led Zeppelin" is the book to own if you can get it. If you can only get "Live Dreams," it's better than not having it, I guess.