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Tribute To Led Zeppelin: Stairway To Heaven

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Usually when you listen to a tribute album ( especially for an influencial band like zepplin) you become horrified as your favorite songs are ground into garbage. With this cd that is not the case, most of the tracks stay very true to the original while the performing artist(s) add their own flavor to the song. Zakk Wylde does an especialy good job on Goin to California Good Times Bad Times and the Stairway To Heaven solo. Its nice to see a Tribute Album where classics aren't butchered!

-Track Listing-

1. Black Dog
2. Communication Breakdown
3. Rock And Roll
4. Stairway To Heaven
5. Going To California
6. Heartbeaker
7. Immigrant Song
8. The Song Remains The Same
9. Whole Lotta Love
10. Good Times Bad Times
11. Kashmir

OK, I know. It's a lot to spend for a single CD in this age of dollar-a-song downloads. But hear me out...

I'm a HUGE Zeppelin fan. There's a lot of CD's that purport to be "tributes." This CD delivers!

"Black Dog", "Stairway To Heaven", "Going To California", "Good Times Bad Times", and "Kashmir" all played by Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society) on guitar faithfully executing some pretty hallowed Jimmy Page riffs. Zakk respects Zeppelin and it shows. Evens sings on "Going To California" and "Good Times Bad Times"...

Add to it:
*The muscular vocals of Lou Gramm (Foreigner) on "Black Dog", "Stairway To Heaven", & "Heartbreaker"...
*Sebastian Bach (Skid Row) sings on "Communication Breakdown" & "Immigrant Song".
*Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard) plays lead on "Communication Breakdown" with Slash (GN'R, Velvet Revolver).

Got your attention, yet? See where I'm going with this?

*Lita Ford sings on "Rock And Roll" and "Whole Lotta Love".
*Jeff Pilson (Dokken) plays bass on every song.

Don't get me wrong. This isn't BETTER than Led Zeppelin. But if you wanna hear Zeppelin songs covered by some very talented rock musicians, this'd be the CD to get.

Another one of those "If I had a fire in my house, I'd have to rescue it" CD's for your collection.

I am going to make this simple for you:

Do you love Zeppelin?
Do you like Tribute Albums?
Do you Like Zakk Wylde?
Do You Like Foreigner?
Do you like Lita Ford?
Do you like Bad Ass Rock N' Roll?

If you answered yes to at least 2 of these questions, then you should buy this album.

If you answered yes to 3 of these questions, you will love this album.

If you answered yes to at least 4 of these questions then when you hear this album you will be pissed that you didn't get it sooner.

If you answered all 6 with yes, you already own this album.

BEWARE PEOPLE! SPITFIRE IS RE-RELEASING THIS CD IN DECEMBER 2007 FOR $13.99 SO DON'T GET RIPPED OFF BY THESE SELLERS TRYING TO RAPE PEOPLE WITH THEIR $100.00 PRICE!! LAUGH AT THEM WHEN THEY ARE STUCK COMPETING WITH THE NEW ONES FOR $13.990 AND THESE LOSERS THEN WILL BE LUCKY TO GET $5.99 FOR THEIR OLD, OUT OF DATE CD'S....LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!