Led Zeppelin DVD!!!

I got it!!

:D

Haven't listened to it yet...

but I got it!! :D

Are you a Zeppelin fan too? I thought I was a loner on that one. Do you like the Eagles too?




Rock on dude.... hehe

I had to say it.

Yeah...I have that on my mental list of disks to buy.

As a way of revisiting their history, one I've followed since "before they wuz Led", this package looks to be a great one. Not that I listen much to them, but the critics have given it high marks all round.

my gf is a hardcore eagles fan... i dont mind either of them but i cant really consider myself a big fan

You guys are followers of satan, except for Mara and ant's girlfriend.

wooh

Anyway, yeah, I love led zeppelin, and I can't wait to watch it >: D

Edit. Yeah, I love the Eagles too :D
In fact, I love so many bands from the 70s, simply because every musician that came out in the 70s was either incredibly talented or brilliant at music or at singing. Unfortunately the quality of music since then has generally dropped drastically :/

utopian: Yeah, this was supposed to be a really good turnout. It was a pain in the ass for them to make, because as a band, they wanted people who came to their concerts to really have a unique experience and thus shunned cameras, recordings, and the media from their performances.

The idea for the DVD was to relive the concert experiences, both for those who are nostalgic fans and those who weren't around the first time to experience it (me included :D )

there was very few leftover footage from their concerts. The footage that they could find, was so old that they had to do a lot to restore all of the old tapes and stuff - for example, one of the old two inch tapes that they found, they had to bake in an oven at 55 degrees for several weeks. also, they had to find a two inch tape player (which is very rare) and ended up finding one ... in singapore.

then they remastered it and everything. it took a year to make, so it must have been a huge job, but i think it was worth it and i hope to see a great DVD.



hey, mara, new pickup line.
"So, you like Led Zeppelin? Wow, me too!
... let's f*ck!"

Would it work on you? :D

for example, one of the old two inch tapes that they found, they had to bake in an oven at 55 degrees for several weeks. also, they had to find a two inch tape player (which is very rare) and ended up finding one ... in singapore

Being a sound engineer in my past, just to be anal cause I can! 2" tape is not rare. 2" tape is still widely used. =) 1' mastering decks are still the prefered choice of most major mastering houses. Until 24 bit 96k + resolution came out, majority of the engineers still prefered tape over 16 bit 44.1k....

Now as far as the baking goes, if you want the whole story, during the 50-early 60's analog tape (the big stuff.) was used with a glue coming from whale blubber. Well that was outlawed as you can see why, then a quick substitution had to be made. Until this time it was only 3m making the tape. Now I think Quantegy is the only maker (not 100% sure as I digress, but...) For about a decade maybe the tape that held the backing was made with this quick fix glue that didnt have a very long life span and also absorbed moisture. What happens is you pull out your old tape and then reel it up, play and watch as the backing peels from the magnetic oxide. Crappola.... no more recording. So what they do with all these great recordings is they use something like a fruit dehydrator and over a period of a couple days they 'bake' it and dehydrate any moisture bound to the backing glue. It isnt a 100% fix, but gives you just enough time to take those recordings and back them up to a newer medium, like DVD audio, that is good enough for the analog purists. Now for 2" tape machines, I think there is only one manufacturer left, and that is Otari. Studer was their only competition and they quit making them a few years back, if I am correct. I can see them taking a year to create new masters, esp when they have to collect so much.

This is probably going to be real cool though =) Live footage of Zeppelin. I had the chance to work next to Eddie Kramer very briefly (he's a pompous dick =) a few years back. He did several of the sessions of Zeppelin and most of Hendrix's recordings. He showed lots of pictures and was going to put photo journal book out. He might be part of the Zeppelin re mastering as well.

w00t... Zeppelin is the $hit

Yeah Marble..who the Eff cares about the rebirth of Atari...gimme Otari, and I'll be a happy guy.

Lol! I like things with big knobs. ( =\) hehe.

woah lol marble

I just read from the DVD booket

Hey man, marble. I wanna ask your advice.

I've wanted to go itno computers, engineering/programming or something of the like, as a job.

I've always been talented with music, thoguh. I've played the piano since the 1st grade and my teacher says that if I wanted to, I could become a professional at it.

the problem is, that concert pianists are low in demand these days (no one listens to classical music anymore! :( ) and basically, if you become a concert pianist, all you do is go all over competing.

I also am good at playing guitar though that's only been for a year and a half now.

The reason I don't like the idea of being a musician soley as my job is because i always envision music as being like a shaky career, one in which if you don't hit it big then you're screwed.

I've been considering an alternative, though. Sound engineering. I figure it's a bit of a combination between computers and music.

One of my teachers at my school is also a sound engineer and all, he loves his job and has worked with a ton of famous people.
I guess that's what happens when you become a sound engineer. :D

Anyway, if I want to become a sound engineer, he is my man. He will train me and all that. But, I want to know if I want to do it first.

so, any advice? after all that (phew) would you recommend sound engineering to me?