In the mid 80’s I discovered the mighty Zeppelin! I had LZ 2 and was blown away, few weeks later and bought 3 , loved the Immigrant Song………I was expecting another LZ 2 but I was wrong, it took me a few weeks but it grew on me and I started to really enjoying the different songs, Gallows Pole is one of my favorite!!
That bootleg cover is wild! I agree that you should get that in a frame asap! As far as "rock critics" go, it seems they're always wrong. I wonder if they ever gave a band the ole 👍? Did they have friends? Did they die alone? Did they give Guy Lombardo & The Royal Canadians a favorable critique? The real critics are The People ✊️
I've been a huge fan of Zeppelin my whole life I even have a ton of the bootlegs. I discovered zep 3 in my late teen years and I did like it it took a few more years to fully love and appreciate it. Now it's one of my favorite albums from them.
Well, one thing is it surprised me. Side one rocks, but side two is acoustic. It's alright, i do like it though. I would recommend it for those who enjoy playing guitar.
Wow something is only worth what someone will pay for it. That is really kool. I had a zeppelin Bootleg in Highschool and a friend offered me 500. Bucks I paid 25 for it. Later on My parents threw it out when I moved out and really pissed me off.
For me, Gallow's has always been a favorite. I love the way the song begins a bit mellow and slowly builds tension, speeding up as the bass guitar comes in. I love the story in the song. Zeppelin 3 has always been one of my favorite albums of theirs. They were growing and trying new things, instead of doing the same ideas over and over.
Really? I’m 60 years old… from the time I was in kindergarten, I had to listen to Led Zep morning noon and night during the summer… then from 7th grade to 12th? 2 for Tuesday on the local radio station with Zep songs being played 40% of the time …all day… every Tuesday…let’s not forget Thursday nights: Get the Led Out! Jimmy Page is one of the most overrated guitarists in the history of rock and roll… in the most overrated band in rock and roll history. I don’t give a rat’s asshole who thinks they’re great… and if I hear Stairway to Heaven ONE MORE FUGGIN’ TIME!!!! I’m gonna play frisbee with LZ3 /then use it for a dog food dish. Does this help you at all with your confusion? Good!
I think the cover to III is very cool and beautiful. Thanks for sharing you Led Zeppelin III bootleg, and the vintage “blast from the past” review/article.
Very cool! Technically this is a pirate copy, not a bootleg. Bootlegs contain material that is commercially or officially unavailable. An illegal copy of an official release is a pirate copy.
That's true. I got in the habit of calling it a bootleg when I was younger. I was under the impression that these things were illegal in communist countries so they would be brought into the countries illegally, so I thought of them as "bootlegs" in that sense.
Indeed so, I have bulgarian copies of Dire Straits, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and so on. That’s what was available on our markets. The good thing is, because of that we had the chance to discover REAL rock music. No benefit for their pockets, great benefit for us to have such chances! Originals were Never available in our stores…
Hi - just came across your video on Led Zeppelin. WOW - that article was a load of crap wasnt it lolol. Clearly the author had an issue that day, maybe got out of bed on the wrong side. I'm a massive Led Zep fan - saw them live in 1971, one of the best shows I ever saw. Led Zep III is probably my favourite Led Zep album. I'm a bit of an English folky from the 60's, so when I heard the album and the introduction of the acoustic stuff I thought it was just great. Jimmy Page - one of the great guitarist of my generation, and his acoustic playing was just phenomenal. Anyway - thats me. Led Zeppelin -one of the great bands. Cya Doug (from down under)
Interesting review... A lot of folks didn't get Zeppelin back in the day. A lot were feeling the aftershocks of The Beatles breakup. As it's once stated, Critics hate them, fans loved them". Each Zeppelin album to me sounded much different than the other and even Bonham stated that fact. Such incredible chemistry and mystique.
As time went on, III went from my top 6 Zep Album to top 3 now. III is so ahead of.... whatever it is. It took me a while to fully appreciate their vision for III. It just makes me appreciate this band more and more(typing this while kneeling) their monstrous talents and their creativity. It give me anxiety to rank their albums or songs, so no no we dont do that, absolutely love them all ！
What exactly qualifies someone as a music critic,it sure doesn’t have anything to do with taste. The fact that music is subjective disqualifies anyone from be a professional “critic “.
Led Zep 3 is a masterpiece and I've been listening to it since 15 years old.Now 68 and I thought it was brilliant from that first listen ! This review is typical of a lot that came out about LZ in the early 1970's.I'm not sure what they were thinking to not see the class and quality of these wonderful arrangements !
@@jackn4853 No, they aren't. That's cute that you've been around. I'm 47 and fan since 1991. I also have arms and legs. This songs are absolutely mind-blowing, powerful, masterful, pioneering classics. It's so sad and heartbreaking those songs were never performed live and weren't documented in both audio and film recordings in doing so. Some people are very closed minded and just want their beer and hot dogs and hear, "Whole Lotta Love", for the 50 millionth time. Sorry you never expanded your repertoire of interest in your entire life.
Great Video - I have lived in Denver a long time and I used to buy A LOT of music at places like Wax Trax, Angelo's, Twist and Shout, and Cheapo Discs. Great Find!
If my house was on fire, but I had time to run back in and save one led Zeppelin album, it would be the third. It simply has all the ingredients and influences that made the band what is was. It goes from hard rock to acoustic folk and back, and still manages to showcase the groups roots in the blues and features some of their best lyrics. I love it. As for the critics, well what can you say? It seems, after hearing the review above and re reading a number over the years from the American press, that the group were despised by the media. No wonder Led Zeppelin were so distrustful of them all their career. I would finish by saying that anyone who has not heard the band or just dismisses them as all crash, bang and wallop, then just play them this beautiful album. It's one of the bands best.
Led Zeppelin= Best Rock Band Ever!!!! I don't trust anybody who does not like them or say they Suck. Zeppelin 3 is up there with my favorites. Funny how the "Critics" panned it back then!!! This album was put out the year I was born.
I have to admit that the first Zeppelin song I heard and the song that made me a lifelong fan was indeed Whole Lotta Love as the critic claims. I remember a number of friends and numerous music teachers who had the same opinions on Zeppelin in the early 70s. I ignored them and ended up playing many Zeppelin songs in various garage and club bands when I was young .
The majority of the critics hated Led Zeppelin or at least had very little good to say about them. I have been a fan since 1969. As for Gallows Pole - I like the song. Especially when JPJ and Bonzo do the laughing part. It speeds up and gets crazy. I like crazy. I like the whole album. Luckily the fans didn’t care what the critics said. I loved their album covers. They were different and fun and unlike any thing we had seen at that point.
I have to admit in my heyday of coming into my musical tastes late 70s early 80s I was so burnt on Stairway & Whole Lotta Love and turned me away from Zep, I’m one of the 3 people that liked Presence probably because I had the 8 track on heaven rotation in my car lol and Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy and again believe it or not In through the Out Door, only in recent years III has grown on me, Great stuff
Gallows pole is one of my favorite song, better than anything that the beatles made, love zeppelin 3 and hats off to roy harper is an absolute gem . I consider led zeppelin the most underrated band in history.
Thanks for your videos. ..The first time I heard LZ 3, I was enthralled by Friends, Celebration Day and Since I've Been Loving You. I have watched the online guitar demonstrations of Celebration Day, and to this day I have not heard a rhythm or chord structure quite like it, and the vocal melody and cadence is like a school of fish swimming across the grain, then the lead guitar kicks in on Celebration and brings the listener back to a classic rock and roll feel. The only disappointment for me on LZ 3 was the last song. "Hats Off" didn't measure up to the other classic (last songs on their other LP's), such as How Many More Times, Bring it on Home, Levee, The Ocean and Sick Again , which are all classics.
The, "IV", was I guess mistranslation. Get some photo copies made of the front and back cover... 1970, huh? So...when did YOU buy it? What shape was it in when you bought it?
Not one to compare Zep to the Beatles...The Beatles are still supreme.....But like the Beatles, Jimmy Page was adamant about not repeating himself, and III was cooked up in a more relaxed and insightful environment. The band was beginning to stretch out with more interesting instrumentation and arrangements which helped to set themselves apart from their heavy metal contemporaries. Like the Beatles, they also knew when to quit, which helped solidify their status.
I think I was 15 when I bought this, in fact it was the very first album I bought and this had been out for around a year. A friend was Led Zeppelin mad, and had written the name all over his Push Bike, this is where I first heard it at his house. This is where my love for rock and prog started, the sound was so captivating, just heard nothing like it before. The person the wrote that review, was just a complete idiot, trashing all those albums, obviously didn’t understand music!
Well first stop putting the record in the sleeve get a poly sleeve for it for the record. Get another sleeve just for the cover so you do not need to handle it any more. That is a Taiwan pressing from 1976 you can look it up on Discogs they do not have price for it as it is a unofficial pressing, but they go for $30 to $100 based on condition. I have a similar Russian pressing which is very cool I should feature it in a video sometime. After that headline, I do not need to hear more from this clueless "journalist" . But go on .... Love Gallows Pole !!!! We all know the Beatles broke up because they knew it was over after hearing Led Zeppelin, they could not compete. 😉 LZIII showed they we not just a heavy blues band they were light and dark, tight but loose. I can not rank Led Zeppelin albums it is too hard for me to do. But LZIII is a go to for a listen many times for me. The press loved to hate on the band because it sold papers !!!!
Whoever wrote that review of Led Zeppelin III was absolutely correct. Led Zeppelin wasn't terrible, but they were incredibly overrated (especially Jimmy Page), and were the product of massive hype. It's very fitting that Led Zeppelin's publishing company was named Superhype; that name describes them perfectly !
Led Zeppelin are the second greatest recording and live act in the world behind, Michael Jackson, and one ahead of QUEEN. In my mind, The Beatles, are fourth and the fifth best group? FREE.
The so-called critic who typed that hit piece is actually what people have thrown away into a pile of unused items. Specifically, the trash, so Tommy James would be a step up for this “writer’s” comparative status. What’s he got against “Inna Gadda Da Vida”? And coming from a critic whom no one has ever heard of. You’ll notice I ended my last sentence there with a preposition. Which is in theory bad English. But by what grammarian’s critique? Glad you asked. Coz there’s an analogy here which will bring us full circle right back to this moronic Zeppelin basher. And I was classically trained in the ‘60s, so I wouldn’t doubt the critic would find “allegro” to be a racy social statement; “staccato”, a radical act; and indeed, “forte”, an act of war. This writer-wannabe may *seem* to bear verisimilitude to the untrained ear. Because historical “journalism”. But not in mine own ears. In other words, the smear piece is ancient so we may presume “perhaps the critic was a scholar”. Perhaps the average reader is tempted to esteem a whiner as sensible. But the key is seeing through the mainstream “genius” authorities’ opinions. They want to warn conventional minds that it’s not what Perry Como would do. God forbid. Let’s remember there was a vendetta against the INDY group called “Led”. Coz they broke rules. Peter Grant invented the very idea of music talent not being abused by the label. Remember that time when that famous producer had no clue his newly signed act would catch on? Which one, you ask? About all of them, that’s who. Emerson Lake and Palmer’s first album was insulted by critics. As were many magnificent groups and composers. Beethoven himself not excluded. Atlantic wanted a single from Zep. Because what else? No one puts an album out without a single. Well, Zeppelin broke that rule, too. The industry wanted Led Zeppelin to fail. But word of mouth prevailed. It wasn’t that the Beatles were so much better, despite this writer’s implication. It’s that the Beatles played ball regarding singles. Hundreds of years ago, John Dryden - all by himself - decreed the rule that a preposition cannot end our sentences. HE was not only dismissed by his own peers, but a contemporary grammarian far more reputed than he made light of Dryden’s decree with a sentence that ended with a preposition. Now guess how published grammarians became a practice! In 2005, I read a history of just that in a Merriam Webster publication. With the printing press brand new in the 16th Century, newspapers became a thing. As did op-eds. In these OPINION submissions to newspapers, a self-appointed know-all would write an article complaining about the English of a given journalist. And would save his own words by clipping the indoctrination he submitted from the paper after it was in circulation. Writers began submitting their opinion pieces to book publishers, using their archived grumbling to influence them. And regardless of right or wrong, credible or not, eventually the grammarians began quoting one another’s published works. It wasn’t that they were educated. But rather had extant writing. Merriam Webster confided that despite the popularity of Dryden’s rules, there is no authority for the preposition decree. And, in fact, one cannot avoid ending certain sentences with a preposition. Dryden was a Latin playwright. The Latin lingo doesn’t support ending a sentence with a preposition, per MW. I’ll admit, it sounds sexier to utter “for whom the bell tolls” than “whom the bell tolls for”. But either way is acceptable to anyone who be not snobs, sanctimonious. The moral of the story is : I’ve already forgotten the Zep critic’s name. And my copy of Zeppelin III only stopped getting play 20 years after internet was invented. I listened to “Out On The Tiles” on UA-cam just 2 days ago. I’ve bootlegged members of Led Zeppelin’s solo gigs. In stereo. Using 70μs Type IV Metal cassette masters. And still have the recordings AND ticket stubs now nearly 40 years later in some cases. They’ll be uploaded on internet next year, still audibly immaculate and well-stored.
Led Zeppelin was not "a creature of the pr men", far from it.. That comment is at best simply ignorant, at worst an outright lie. LZ were never promoted by "top of the pops" which almost every British band before them. I believe no singles were released in Europe. A few were released in the US against their will. The band simply gained popularity by relentless touring and by word of mouth.
Led Zeppelin 3 to me is just the immigrant song and since I’ve been loving you. Kudos to the band for showing the softer side of their repertoire after two heavy rock staples such as LZ 1 and 2. It’s no wonder why 4 was such a heavy riffed album. i believe the band themselves, or rather Jimmy, went with a different approach cos he saw the poor reviews (as seen here) that LZ3 had in comparison to the first two which pushed 3 to go to number 1 on the charts on the strength of the first two LPs. Ironically Led Zeppelin IV only reached number 2 on the billboard charts which is strange given the instant future classics it housed- black dog, rock and roll and the iconic stairway to heaven. I think a lot of the fans were kind of put off by 3 that they didn’t take a chance on 4 and just waited. All in all LZ3 is a good album with good songs that will appeal to many fans of acoustic folk rock as well as those who still need a shot of blues.
Cool Chinese bootleg of my favorite Zep (along with Physical Graffiti)! Thanks for showing it to us in spite of its fragile condition. Great channel. This critic you mention must have studied under the so-called "Dean of Rock Critics", Robert Cristgau...another mediocre mind that hated the mighty Led Zeppelin and who drooled over two-chord wonders like the Sex Pistols... Like Zappa once said: "Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read..." ;)
In the mid 80’s I discovered the mighty Zeppelin!
I had LZ 2 and was blown away, few weeks later and bought 3 , loved the Immigrant Song………I was expecting another LZ 2 but I was wrong, it took me a few weeks but it grew on me and I started to really enjoying the different songs, Gallows Pole is one of my favorite!!
That bootleg cover is wild! I agree that you should get that in a frame asap!
As far as "rock critics" go, it seems they're always wrong. I wonder if they ever gave a band the ole 👍? Did they have friends? Did they die alone? Did they give Guy Lombardo & The Royal Canadians a favorable critique?
The real critics are
The People ✊️
I've been a huge fan of Zeppelin my whole life I even have a ton of the bootlegs. I discovered zep 3 in my late teen years and I did like it it took a few more years to fully love and appreciate it. Now it's one of my favorite albums from them.
Well, one thing is it surprised me. Side one rocks, but side two is acoustic. It's alright, i do like it though. I would recommend it for those who enjoy playing guitar.
This is a great collectors piece. I’ve been collecting Zeppelin for over 40 yrs and I’d love to own this album. Thxs for sharing. 👍
Same here !!
THE GREATEST BAND EVER HANDS DOWN!!❤😊
Wow something is only worth what someone will pay for it. That is really kool. I had a zeppelin Bootleg in Highschool and a friend offered me 500. Bucks I paid 25 for it. Later on My parents threw it out when I moved out and really pissed me off.
For me, Gallow's has always been a favorite. I love the way the song begins a bit mellow and slowly builds tension, speeding up as the bass guitar comes in. I love the story in the song. Zeppelin 3 has always been one of my favorite albums of theirs. They were growing and trying new things, instead of doing the same ideas over and over.
I'm always confused by people that don't love Led Zeppelin.
Nah it says something about their makeup as a human.
The condescending Dallas cowboys type attitude of some fans of zep
Really?
I’m 60 years old… from the time I was in kindergarten, I had to listen to Led Zep morning noon and night during the summer… then from 7th grade to 12th? 2 for Tuesday on the local radio station with Zep songs being played 40% of the time …all day… every Tuesday…let’s not forget Thursday nights: Get the Led Out!
Jimmy Page is one of the most overrated guitarists in the history of rock and roll… in the most overrated band in rock and roll history.
I don’t give a rat’s asshole who thinks they’re great… and if I hear Stairway to Heaven ONE MORE FUGGIN’ TIME!!!!
I’m gonna play frisbee with LZ3 /then use it for a dog food dish.
Does this help you at all with your confusion? Good!
@@adamexenvironmental4468cmon man Jimmy is a virtiouso and zep despite the over exposure.
they were the greatest rock n roll band
THE GREATEST BAND EVER HANDS DOWN❤😊
I think the cover to III is very cool and beautiful. Thanks for sharing you Led Zeppelin III bootleg, and the vintage “blast from the past” review/article.
Very cool! Technically this is a pirate copy, not a bootleg. Bootlegs contain material that is commercially or officially unavailable. An illegal copy of an official release is a pirate copy.
That's true. I got in the habit of calling it a bootleg when I was younger. I was under the impression that these things were illegal in communist countries so they would be brought into the countries illegally, so I thought of them as "bootlegs" in that sense.
Indeed so, I have bulgarian copies of Dire Straits, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and so on. That’s what was available on our markets. The good thing is, because of that we had the chance to discover REAL rock music. No benefit for their pockets, great benefit for us to have such chances! Originals were Never available in our stores…
Hi - just came across your video on Led Zeppelin. WOW - that article was a load of crap wasnt it lolol. Clearly the author had an issue that day, maybe got out of bed on the wrong side. I'm a massive Led Zep fan - saw them live in 1971, one of the best shows I ever saw. Led Zep III is probably my favourite Led Zep album. I'm a bit of an English folky from the 60's, so when I heard the album and the introduction of the acoustic stuff I thought it was just great. Jimmy Page - one of the great guitarist of my generation, and his acoustic playing was just phenomenal. Anyway - thats me. Led Zeppelin -one of the great bands. Cya Doug (from down under)
The B side of "Immigrant Song" on the Japanese import was "Hey Hey What can I do?" 🙂
I still have my original vinyl record, intact! The pinwheel is a cool effect!
Interesting review... A lot of folks didn't get Zeppelin back in the day. A lot were feeling the aftershocks of The Beatles breakup.
As it's once stated, Critics hate them, fans loved them".
Each Zeppelin album to me sounded much different than the other and even Bonham stated that fact.
Such incredible chemistry and mystique.
As time went on, III went from my top 6 Zep Album to top 3 now. III is so ahead of.... whatever it is. It took me a while to fully appreciate their vision for III. It just makes me appreciate this band more and more(typing this while kneeling) their monstrous talents and their creativity. It give me anxiety to rank their albums or songs, so no no we dont do that, absolutely love them all ！
What exactly qualifies someone as a music critic,it sure doesn’t have anything to do with taste. The fact that music is subjective disqualifies anyone from be a professional “critic “.
Led Zep 3 is a masterpiece and I've been listening to it since 15 years old.Now 68 and I thought it was brilliant from that first listen ! This review is typical of a lot that came out about LZ in the early 1970's.I'm not sure what they were thinking to not see the class and quality of these wonderful arrangements !
Every song by Led Zeppelin is phenomenal...even, "Poor Tom".
D'yer Ma'ker, Carousalambra, in fact most of Coda is absolute shite. From a Led Zep fan since l was 15 ( I'm 69 in 5 weeks.)
@@jackn4853 No, they aren't. That's cute that you've been around. I'm 47 and fan since 1991. I also have arms and legs. This songs are absolutely mind-blowing, powerful, masterful, pioneering classics. It's so sad and heartbreaking those songs were never performed live and weren't documented in both audio and film recordings in doing so. Some people are very closed minded and just want their beer and hot dogs and hear, "Whole Lotta Love", for the 50 millionth time. Sorry you never expanded your repertoire of interest in your entire life.
Great Video - I have lived in Denver a long time and I used to buy A LOT of music at places like Wax Trax, Angelo's, Twist and Shout, and Cheapo Discs. Great Find!
Such a cool cover with the wheel. I loved that!
If my house was on fire, but I had time to run back in and save one led Zeppelin album, it would be the third. It simply has all the ingredients and influences that made the band what is was. It goes from hard rock to acoustic folk and back, and still manages to showcase the groups roots in the blues and features some of their best lyrics. I love it. As for the critics, well what can you say? It seems, after hearing the review above and re reading a number over the years from the American press, that the group were despised by the media. No wonder Led Zeppelin were so distrustful of them all their career. I would finish by saying that anyone who has not heard the band or just dismisses them as all crash, bang and wallop, then just play them this beautiful album. It's one of the bands best.
Led Zeppelin= Best Rock Band Ever!!!! I don't trust anybody who does not like them or say they Suck. Zeppelin 3 is up there with my favorites. Funny how the "Critics" panned it back then!!! This album was put out the year I was born.
Very informative video! You never know that Chinese bootleg MIGHT be worth something; have you ever check on it?
The critics had the right to dislike the music, but to deny the musicality of the band was unconscionable.
“Since I’ve been loving you” should be mentioned when discussing this album. To me it’s my favorite Zepplin song.
That's actually a good point. It is one of their greats.
I have to admit that the first Zeppelin song I heard and the song that made me a lifelong fan was indeed Whole Lotta Love as the critic claims. I remember a number of friends and numerous music teachers who had the same opinions on Zeppelin in the early 70s. I ignored them and ended up playing many Zeppelin songs in various garage and club bands when I was young .
Led Zeppelin has at no point in time been overrated.
It wouldn’t be possible to overrate LZ.
The majority of the critics hated Led Zeppelin or at least had very little good to say about them. I have been a fan since 1969. As for Gallows Pole - I like the song. Especially when JPJ and Bonzo do the laughing part. It speeds up and gets crazy. I like crazy. I like the whole album. Luckily the fans didn’t care what the critics said. I loved their album covers. They were different and fun and unlike any thing we had seen at that point.
I have to admit in my heyday of coming into my musical tastes late 70s early 80s I was so burnt on Stairway & Whole Lotta Love and turned me away from Zep, I’m one of the 3 people that liked Presence probably because I had the 8 track on heaven rotation in my car lol and Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy and again believe it or not In through the Out Door, only in recent years III has grown on me, Great stuff
Out On The Tiles is absolutely incredible.
Gallows pole is one of my favorite song, better than anything that the beatles made, love zeppelin 3 and hats off to roy harper is an absolute gem . I consider led zeppelin the most underrated band in history.
My favorite lp after all these years
Very interesting and intriguing piece. Excellent content! I guess China has been knocking off everything forever.
Thanks for your videos.
..The first time I heard LZ 3, I was enthralled by Friends, Celebration Day and Since I've Been Loving You. I have watched the online guitar demonstrations of Celebration Day, and to this day I have not heard a rhythm or chord structure quite like it, and the vocal melody and cadence is like a school of fish swimming across the grain, then the lead guitar kicks in on Celebration and brings the listener back to a classic rock and roll feel. The only disappointment for me on LZ 3 was the last song. "Hats Off" didn't measure up to the other classic (last songs on their other LP's), such as How Many More Times,
Bring it on Home, Levee, The Ocean and Sick Again , which are all classics.
Zeppelin definitely had the best album covers my favorite album and cover is physical Graffiti
The, "IV", was I guess mistranslation. Get some photo copies made of the front and back cover...
1970, huh? So...when did YOU buy it? What shape was it in when you bought it?
Not one to compare Zep to the Beatles...The Beatles are still supreme.....But like the Beatles, Jimmy Page was adamant about not repeating himself, and III was cooked up in a more relaxed and insightful environment. The band was beginning to stretch out with more interesting instrumentation and arrangements which helped to set themselves apart from their heavy metal contemporaries. Like the Beatles, they also knew when to quit, which helped solidify their status.
Ahhh...the days when popular was rock heavy music played by people commanding their instruments, including singing.
I wonder if more people these days are listening to Led Zepplin III or reading Steve Gettinger reviews. That's what I thought.
I think I was 15 when I bought this, in fact it was the very first album I bought and this had been out for around a year.
A friend was Led Zeppelin mad, and had written the name all over his Push Bike, this is where I first heard it at his house.
This is where my love for rock and prog started, the sound was so captivating, just heard nothing like it before.
The person the wrote that review, was just a complete idiot, trashing all those albums, obviously didn’t understand music!
Well first stop putting the record in the sleeve get a poly sleeve for it for the record. Get another sleeve just for the cover so you do not need to handle it any more. That is a Taiwan pressing from 1976 you can look it up on Discogs they do not have price for it as it is a unofficial pressing, but they go for $30 to $100 based on condition. I have a similar Russian pressing which is very cool I should feature it in a video sometime. After that headline, I do not need to hear more from this clueless "journalist" . But go on .... Love Gallows Pole !!!! We all know the Beatles broke up because they knew it was over after hearing Led Zeppelin, they could not compete. 😉 LZIII showed they we not just a heavy blues band they were light and dark, tight but loose. I can not rank Led Zeppelin albums it is too hard for me to do. But LZIII is a go to for a listen many times for me. The press loved to hate on the band because it sold papers !!!!
Thanks.
Well said. 👍
Whoever wrote that review of Led Zeppelin III was absolutely correct.
Led Zeppelin wasn't terrible, but they were incredibly overrated (especially Jimmy Page), and were the product of massive hype.
It's very fitting that Led Zeppelin's publishing company was named Superhype; that name describes them perfectly !
If there was no Zeppelin, we would be still listening to the Beatles 😂😂😂
Led Zeppelin record is awesome
Led Zeppelin are the second greatest recording and live act in the world behind, Michael Jackson, and one ahead of QUEEN. In my mind, The Beatles, are fourth and the fifth best group? FREE.
My favorite Zeppelin song is hot dog
The so-called critic who typed that hit piece is actually what people have thrown away into a pile of unused items. Specifically, the trash, so Tommy James would be a step up for this “writer’s” comparative status. What’s he got against “Inna Gadda Da Vida”? And coming from a critic whom no one has ever heard of.
You’ll notice I ended my last sentence there with a preposition. Which is in theory bad English. But by what grammarian’s critique? Glad you asked. Coz there’s an analogy here which will bring us full circle right back to this moronic Zeppelin basher. And I was classically trained in the ‘60s, so I wouldn’t doubt the critic would find “allegro” to be a racy social statement; “staccato”, a radical act; and indeed, “forte”, an act of war. This writer-wannabe may *seem* to bear verisimilitude to the untrained ear. Because historical “journalism”. But not in mine own ears. In other words, the smear piece is ancient so we may presume “perhaps the critic was a scholar”. Perhaps the average reader is tempted to esteem a whiner as sensible. But the key is seeing through the mainstream “genius” authorities’ opinions. They want to warn conventional minds that it’s not what Perry Como would do. God forbid. Let’s remember there was a vendetta against the INDY group called “Led”. Coz they broke rules. Peter Grant invented the very idea of music talent not being abused by the label. Remember that time when that famous producer had no clue his newly signed act would catch on? Which one, you ask? About all of them, that’s who. Emerson Lake and Palmer’s first album was insulted by critics. As were many magnificent groups and composers. Beethoven himself not excluded. Atlantic wanted a single from Zep. Because what else? No one puts an album out without a single. Well, Zeppelin broke that rule, too. The industry wanted Led Zeppelin to fail. But word of mouth prevailed. It wasn’t that the Beatles were so much better, despite this writer’s implication. It’s that the Beatles played ball regarding singles.
Hundreds of years ago, John Dryden - all by himself - decreed the rule that a preposition cannot end our sentences. HE was not only dismissed by his own peers, but a contemporary grammarian far more reputed than he made light of Dryden’s decree with a sentence that ended with a preposition.
Now guess how published grammarians became a practice! In 2005, I read a history of just that in a Merriam Webster publication. With the printing press brand new in the 16th Century, newspapers became a thing. As did op-eds. In these OPINION submissions to newspapers, a self-appointed know-all would write an article complaining about the English of a given journalist. And would save his own words by clipping the indoctrination he submitted from the paper after it was in circulation. Writers began submitting their opinion pieces to book publishers, using their archived grumbling to influence them.
And regardless of right or wrong, credible or not, eventually the grammarians began quoting one another’s published works. It wasn’t that they were educated. But rather had extant writing. Merriam Webster confided that despite the popularity of Dryden’s rules, there is no authority for the preposition decree. And, in fact, one cannot avoid ending certain sentences with a preposition. Dryden was a Latin playwright. The Latin lingo doesn’t support ending a sentence with a preposition, per MW. I’ll admit, it sounds sexier to utter “for whom the bell tolls” than “whom the bell tolls for”. But either way is acceptable to anyone who be not snobs, sanctimonious. The moral of the story is : I’ve already forgotten the Zep critic’s name. And my copy of Zeppelin III only stopped getting play 20 years after internet was invented. I listened to “Out On The Tiles” on UA-cam just 2 days ago. I’ve bootlegged members of Led Zeppelin’s solo gigs. In stereo. Using 70μs Type IV Metal cassette masters. And still have the recordings AND ticket stubs now nearly 40 years later in some cases. They’ll be uploaded on internet next year, still audibly immaculate and well-stored.
Gallows somewhere in middle of record
Wow, what's wrong with that reviewer? 🤣
Confusing Counterfeit
Led Zeppelin was not "a creature of the pr men", far from it.. That comment is at best simply ignorant, at worst an outright lie. LZ were never promoted by "top of the pops" which almost every British band before them. I believe no singles were released in Europe. A few were released in the US against their will. The band simply gained popularity by relentless touring and by word of mouth.
That's from Taiwan, not china. fyi
Counterfeit not a bootleg, Taiwanese.
Ah yes! Thank you.
Led Zeppelin 3 to me is just the immigrant song and since I’ve been loving you. Kudos to the band for showing the softer side of their repertoire after two heavy rock staples such as LZ 1 and 2. It’s no wonder why 4 was such a heavy riffed album. i believe the band themselves, or rather Jimmy, went with a different approach cos he saw the poor reviews (as seen here) that LZ3 had in comparison to the first two which pushed 3 to go to number 1 on the charts on the strength of the first two LPs. Ironically Led Zeppelin IV only reached number 2 on the billboard charts which is strange given the instant future classics it housed- black dog, rock and roll and the iconic stairway to heaven. I think a lot of the fans were kind of put off by 3 that they didn’t take a chance on 4 and just waited. All in all LZ3 is a good album with good songs that will appeal to many fans of acoustic folk rock as well as those who still need a shot of blues.
Gotta sort of agree with the review... I never understood why people like the album, excluding In Thru The Out Door, this is their worst output.
Cool Chinese bootleg of my favorite Zep (along with Physical Graffiti)! Thanks for showing it to us in spite of its fragile condition. Great channel. This critic you mention must have studied under the so-called "Dean of Rock Critics", Robert Cristgau...another mediocre mind that hated the mighty Led Zeppelin and who drooled over two-chord wonders like the Sex Pistols... Like Zappa once said: "Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read..." ;)