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The Making of Led Zeppelin's IV

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If you are or not a Led Zeppelin fan this book brings you inside the making of one of rocks best albums. The detail about Headly Grange Hampshire where Zep did much of their recording and writing is no longer a mystery. The recording techniques used by Page, the triumphs and dissapoinments that followed them on this album go into full detail. As the mystery of Led Zeppelin still remains, this book at least let's you look inside to the minds of one of the greatest rock bands that ever lived. Pictures of Headly Grange and in-depth interviews make this compact fast read very informative and fun.

A great little book that goes into the details of the making of the ominous LZ IV. Mr Godwin even goes into a treatise of the meanings of the "four symbols". Each track is broken down and recording methods are explained in laymen's terms. A great book for those who what "behind the scene" information!

This was quite a treat. I was very pleased that the author put extra ideas in that may or may not have been the gospel on Led Zeppelin's Untitled 4th.
A Very well researched text. Well written, precise and very informative.

This book could fit into a cd jewel case, but it's chock full of interesting information. The entire book consists of insights into the making of Led Zep's 4th album. It talks about what Headly Grange was like, the songs, possible meanings of the four symbols that appeared on the album, ect. All in all, a very informative book, which surprised me. I'm very pleased with this purchase! I learned a lot for such a great price.

Perhaps for the fact that the story about the "Untitled Fourth Album" was explored numberless times, this book didn't appeal very much for me.
On the other hand, it has provided a few interesting details about the band at that time, such as the research for coming up with the symbols choosen by each member (tough Jimmy's is still a secret) and other stuff.
I didn't like the somewhat weird CD format. It makes it looks less serious than it is, actually.