![]() ![]() ![]() pressing and exudes a highly compressed dynamic. Pressed at Pallas, Atlantic’s 2014 reissue features a remarkably different sound than the aforementioned “hot” U.S. In response to customer complaints about needles jumping out of the groove, this so-called “loud” version quickly got replaced in the U.S. Very early American pressings feature the initials “RL” in the deadwax. Robert Ludwig originally mastered the album in the U.S. Compared to almost everything else, this Page-mastered reissue sounds compressed and lacks any semblance of dimensionality. Of all the group’s LPs, Led Zeppelin II varies the most in sound quality in its different iterations. It served as the basis of all the heavy metal to come, its direct testosterone-fueled style no better exemplified than in Jimmy Page’s guitar riff and Robert Plant’s moans from “Whole Lotta Love.”Įngineer Eddie Kramer recorded the album at several locations in the U.K. In retrospect, and by the time the quartet’s fourth album rolled around, its sophomore album had won over most hearts and minds-to the point that it now ranks as both a classic rock album and a high-water mark in the group’s career. While both aspects of the band’s music have since been copied and amplified, at the time, Led Zeppelin’s style seemed the beginning of the end to certain sets of critics and some listeners (like me) “aging out” with a 20 th birthday just around the corner. Sure, the Rolling Stones had covered the blues before, but their early albums shoot a slight, sly sideways wink whereas Led Zeppelin II combines brutal, in-your-face proto-metal instrumental delivery with raunchy lyrics cut and pasted from the best blues singers dating back a generation and two. It was 1969 and Led Zeppelin was changing the rules. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet throwing buttoned glances at each other during the dance sequence to “Whole Lotta Love.” Music from this album would be a great soundtrack to this movie: Review By Dennis Davis When listening to this album I think of this band or music: ![]()
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