Bathroom Wall, The - Jimmy Fallon

Advantages: great tracks
Disadvantages: none

...to Rock and Roll 21/2/72.Wrote by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. 7 Going to California Running time 3:31. Wasn't released as a single. Wrote by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. 8 When Levee Breaks Running time 7:07. Wasn't released as a single. Wrote by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham and Memphis Minnie. This album is also known as the four symbols. This is because the title isnt written on the album. there is just four little symbols. The front cover is a photo of a wall that has been papered in white wall paper with a leaf print. The wallpaper is old and falling off the wall. There is also a picture in a frame of an old man with a walking stick carying a bundle of willow sticks on his back. There is nothing else on the cover not even the bands name. Runes was originally recorded as atlantic 7208 on november 8th 1971... Read review

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Advantages: key tracks from Led Zeppelin I & II
Disadvantages: remastered many times since

...Taking tracks from Led Zeppelin I and II this album shows how timeless their music remains. The first album is in a way very different from what was to follow and stylistically owes a lot to Jimmy Page's previous band, The Yardbirds. Even Page's trademark guitar, the Les Paul, is missing from the first album which was recorded mainly with a psychedelicly painted Telecaster (which now resides on the wall of the Hard Rock Cafe, Whistler). From the start though, its clear to hear the tightness of the band. Every member, from John Paul Jones' locked in bass playing to Robert Plant's howling vocals fit together perfectly in this mix of blues and hard rock. Many of the acoustic to rock switches that Page incorporates into later classics like Stairway to Heaven can be first heard here too.... Read review

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Advantages: The Pete Townshend "magnum opus"; the finest production by The Who. Symphonic in its magnitude; superb songs, playing, arrangements
Disadvantages: Takes a little concentration and study - but then don't all great works of art?

...and four snatches of themes from the work (“Helpless Dancer” on horns, “Is it me” – a plaintive voice; “Bell Boy” a close harmony; “Love Reign O’er Me” a distant plea) (The album insert notes that each theme represents a part of Jimmy’s character, each character part is reflected by a member of The Who) Can You See The Real Me (3:22) From this surreal opening we plunge straight into a full throated rock number with the anger filled question of the title. The main verse features Daltrey’s vocals accompanied by Keith Moon’s drums and the bass guitar playing the percussion section. Quadrophenia (6:15) Taken with the preceding two tracks, this comprises the overture. It is a remarkable piece of instrumentation and orchestration, taking the various themes mentioned above and melodies from the whole work and layering them with a lush wall... Read review

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