Proving that a band is truly the sum of its parts, this music history traces the influences and experiences that would later converge to form Led Zeppelin. Every recording and live session made by the future band members is traced and woven into a rich and insightful web of influences that contains a complete family tree of their musical and professional colleagues as well as a massive discography and list of live performances. Staggering insight into the workings of this period's big wigs and foot soldiers accompany details on bands and records that were recently discovered to have featured Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and John Paul Jones. Rare photographs of the bandmates in their pre–Led Zeppelin incarnations are included along with original interviews with their friends and colleagues.
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Alan Clayson has written more than 30 books on various musicians, including George Harrison, Keith Moon, The Little Box of Beatles, The Walrus Was Ringo, and The Yardbirds. His work regularly appears in a variety of publications that include The Daily Mail, FHM, Mojo, and Record Collector.
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Dry and Turgid - Watch the Video Instead,
This review is from: Led Zeppelin: The Origin of the Species: How, Why, and Where It All Began (Paperback)
While I admire what the author is trying to do with this book, he presents it in such a dry, turgid manner that this book seems like work to get through - a real shame given the subject matter. The origins and influences on Led Zeppelin are fascinating but this book manages to present it like a biology textbook. The video production of this book is quite good and is recommenedd for those who want a peek into how it all began.
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Very boring,
By Drastic Mezures (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Led Zeppelin: The Origin of the Species: How, Why, and Where It All Began (Paperback)
This book is so boring that I couldn't finish it so it only gets one star. How can a book about Led Zeppelin be so bad? This book is hardly about them; it's mainly about bands that the members of Led Zeppelin listened to. The other bad thing is the author's style of writing is very boring; I had a hard time staying awake reading this. If you're looking for a book about Zeppelin this isn't it, if you took out all the filler and left just the pages about the band this would be a very thin booklet.
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