Review HATS OFF TO LED ZEPPELIN -Live In Singapore 2nd June 2017

Lets take a break from talking about my backpacking trip walking around exploring cities and places in Scotland, England and Wales and bus and train journeys all over UK watching Iron Maiden on their just simply spectacular and their jaw dropping performances of the just completed UK Tour.
I did not backpack the whole tour but whatever shows I saw, its just that. Simply magnificent performance from the band with a great setlist for this Book Of Soul Tour (Tears Of A Clown dropped for the 2017 part of the World Tour, and swapped with Great Unknown is I thing its a bit slow and it slows down the pacing after a furious start of the show. LOL!! But I really love Tears Of A Clown live renditions on the 2016 shows I saw)

Today I want to tell about the just completed HATS OFF TO LED ZEPPELIN experience I had, just now. I have to agree with all the accolades given to this UK Tribute Band. Best band, nearest to the real thing, and whatever all else.

Lets switch to Bahasa Melayu Malay Language for a while.


Led Zeppelin beraksi kali terakhir tahun 1980, jadi seperti The Beatles, Elvis dan Michael Jackson (aku recommend tengok Tribute Show - "Michael Jackson Thriller WEST END LONDON Theaters nye show, Smooth Criminal siap ada senget badan, tapi nak tengok clear kena beli tiket mahal, tiket murah paling tinggi, pasal tradisional theater bangunan dia macam opera2 zaman dulu gitu, aku ada cerita pasal persembahan seni di bahagian West End London kat blog ngan details dia sila carik sendiri.). 
So... Kalau peminat masa kini nak rasa tempiasnya, nak cuba terokai cammana persembahan2 band ni zaman lampau, maka kena carik tribute performers handalan. 
Hats Off To Led Zeppelin ni bukan calang2 nye band, mereka dinobat antara band tribute terbaik di UK selama beberapa tahun, mereka dapat sponsor2 yang tak dapat oleh band tribute lain, mereka disokong dan diberi pujian oleh mereka yang ada nama dan bersangkut paut dengan sejarah Led Zeppelin.

Dan memang, apa aku saksikan, Hats Off To Led Zeppelin memang dahsyat tadi, 
Takkan dapat aku rasa tengok Led Zep main, tapi dengan nonton band HOTLZ ni, boleh rasa sikit betapa hebatnya Led Zep beraksi dengan bermacam2 lagu dan lagu dorang pun komplikated giler.
Betapa handal nye pemain2 muzik nya, betapa hebat penyanyi nya.
Dan seronoknya, persembahan tadi di Kallang Theater ni pakai lampu stage yang best giler. Jadi memang persembahan nya menampakkan suasana Gah.
Dan penonton pun semua sporting, aku rasa penuh jugak tadi... berbagai lapisan umur. Semua pun minat Led Zeppelin.

Dan pada aku tengok band ni mendengdangkan lagu2 Led Zeppelin, bak kata Jack Black, the greatest rock n roll band ever, macam mengimbau kembali kehebatan ROCK MELAYU.
Ingat tempat ni kumpulan MAY sambut 25 Tahun mereka beraksi, dan Rusty Blade, Unwanted etc pun main kat sini.
Lagi sekali aku cakap, aku sebagai peminat rock Melayu sangat bangga dengan kehebatan 
band2 rock Melayu dari dulu sampai sekarang.
Ada masa untuk Iron Maiden, ada masa untuk rock, dan ada masa untuk jadi peminat heavy metal omputeh dan backpacking Eropah untuk Metal, tapi ROCK MELAYU TETAP DI HATI, dan TETAP DALAM MP3 AKU (contoh bila aku gi Hellfest ,sorang sorang, aku pastikan MP3 player aku semua lagu ROCK MELAYU, ingatkan aku yang AKU NI ORANG MELAYU!!!!!).

So Melayu jangan malu dan terima hakikat dengan kehebatan band rock melayu baik band Malaysia atau Singapore.

 paling seronok tengok bassist dia masa persembahan ni tadi, yang sebijik macam John Paul Jones, tukar2 instrumen. Sedangkan Penyanyi dan Peman Gitar memukau penonton dengan aksi dan kehebatan persembahan mereka, tapi pemain bass seperti mana John Paul Jones yang menambat hati aku dengan sumbangan nya pada persembahan ini. 
Akhirnya, seumur hidup aku, aku baru dapat rasa cammana nak tengok betul2 cara lagu No Quarter dimainkan live. Tak gua tak nangis, tapi gua sedih... Dahsyat bassist main keyboard dekni, sebijik John Paul Jones.
Drummer tak yah cakap la. Ni John Bonham nye posisi siot dia duduk dan main.

Senarai lagu dimainkan , kalau kata aku yang pilih setlist nak lagu2 aku suka pun mau 4 jam tak abis. Tapi of course kalau aku pilih, tentu banyak lagu slow, dan mesti otak kejong siak show jadi slow down. haha.

Dan banyak giler lagu2 popular dan famous dan disukai ramai, dikenali ramai pun tak dimainkan.
Tapi ok la, Hats Off To Led Zeppelin main dalam 110 minit.
Aku tape show ni dan aku dapat bootleg hebat (sorry ye gua masuk bakul angkat sendiri), tak kuat la volume dia so lain kali aku upload kat youtube channel aku, sapa minat dengar pakai speaker komputer atau soundblaster ke hapa ke).

OK aku tukar balik cakap omputeh.. Ni setlist nya...

SETLIST- HATS OFF TO LED ZEPPELIN 
2nd June 2017 , Kallang Theater SINGAPORE
Total Playing Time (1hr 50mins based on my recorder timing for my personal collection live bootleg)

I hearing back the show, This should be the setlist tonight. An uptempo pace this show. Very energetic.
Its been a very very long time since I hear Led Zep songs in my collection.
So its so refreshing and fun remembering each song.
Or as Jack Black says in front of Barack Obama for the Led Zep Induction to Rock N Roll Fame,
THE ZEPATHON. 
OK song by song played and some info observation.

1. ROCK N ROLL
2. IMMIGRANT SONG
3. BLACK DOG
4. RAMBLE ON
5. NO QUARTER
6. THANK YOU
7. GALLOWS POLE (bassist/keyboardist extraordinaire plays Mandolin this song)
8. HOW MANY MORE TIMES (BASS SECTION)
(Drummer swapped snare drum, and band take opportunity to introduce each member to the audience, the guitarist says the singer last year was named as top 4 vocalist in UK in a magazine in UK. A really Proffesional act they are I dont think many people realise it of the drums problem)
9. THE LEMON SONG
10. THE OCEAN
11. THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME (Famous Double Neck)
12. GOOD TIMES BAD TIMES
13. TRAMPLED UNDERFOOT
14. CUSTARD PIE
15. KASHMIR (Longest applause at the end of this song)
16. SINCE I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU
17. Song of Hope aka Led Zep Wedding Song aka STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (double neck again, of course)
18. HEARTBREAKER
19. CELEBRATION DAY
20. WEARING AND TEARING
21. WHOLE LOTTA LOVE (with DAZED AND CONFUSED mid section).

 I would say some fast songs rare gems played.
1hr 50mins.
Excellent, worth the price of the ticket.

Review and opinion of Hats Off To Led Zeppelin live just now.

So what can I say? If this band comes to your town, village, country, void deck of your flat, neigbouring country, etc. Go and See Them.
Buy a bit more expensive ticket so can see more clearly. LOL!!
Worth It.

I will never see Led Zep plays. It is impossible.

So listening to their music, and watching videos of their live performances,
but just now watching Hats Off To Led Zeppelin,
maybe.... just maybe, "I got that just a l,ittle just a little bit" feel of the actual power of Led Zeppelin live.
It must have taken a lot of discipline, talent, practise, hard work to deliver a full Led Zeppelin setlist show.
So like I say, at least I got an idea.
Kashmir was brilliant and rightly receive a long applause.
And at last, I got an idea of how No Quarter is played live and I did not cry. A most beautiful yet Miserable song of all time, this No Quarter.

- So Man Of The Match for me just now is definitely the bassist also keyboardist also Mandolin player.
Though all is amazing performance from whole band.
- The drummer, OMG.
- The singer. (Can Ritchie Blackmore try him out for next year's Rainbow lineup please...I will be there for the first show again, just like in Loreley Germany last year with fans from all over the world, and you have signages indicating Iran fans, so if Iran Rainbow fans is there, surely it means the whole world is represented to salute the return of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow after 30 years)
- The guitarist. So... if he is that amazing, so how could Jimmy Page playing a full Led Zeppelin show be? LOL!!
Hope to see them again.

Like I say above, if I can request songs, at 4 hrs mark the band is still on stage LOL!!
No Achilles Last Stand, no In The Light, no All My Love, no Tangerine, no Communication Breakdown, no so many. But its not possible with so many songs of Led Zeppelin that I really like.

Thats about it.

Next post back to all the travels, food photos of all over UK, photos of exploration of streets and corners and mosque, sight photos of different cities and locations and of course pretty pictures of Iron Maiden on stage taken by me... me ... me...

More photos of the band Hats Off To Led Zeppelin.. below....
If I got time I will upload the full audio of the show on youtube for all of you to check them out.
Remember the audio bootleg does not represent their actual superb sound, but it gives an idea of how good they are...

Bye.


p.s - To All Muslims, continue to have a great and wonderful Ramadhan.

Does Anybody Remember Laughter??  (nope).

Oh Let The Stars Beat Down Upon My Face.. Stars To Feel My Dreams...
I am a Traveller of Both Time and Space... To be where I have Been...

soto ayam, Hats Off To Led Zeppelin, Maiden Empty Box Replacement for the ill-fitting 1980-1988 red box.

Hi, lets astray from real life for a while and bring my silly, fun, laugh out loud in front of laptop, happy times into this blog.
I will summarize (its actually a long novel LOL!!) on 3 SERIOUS topics.
In green italic will be in Bahasa Melayu and the rest will be in English.
As usual the Malay Language version is longer as its full of GOSSIP and SLANDERS. LOL!!

Soto Ayam - tamak haloba macam jin aprit, bagedel sekali dua.

Soto Ayam is a traditional Indonesian food of spicy soupy chicken shred, with packed rice, potato cutlets and bean sprouts, addition of chili paste to your own taste, and its famous in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia of course.


Next, Tribute Bands.
I will never see the Beatles, Elvis, Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin and many others performers play live. So the feel is when there are great talents performing tribute acts.
HATS OFF TO LED ZEPPELIN seems has won an award in UK as the best Led Zep Tribute Act.
So I hope I am able to see them play.
It would be nice to get an imaginary feel of the REAL THING, while having a bit of fun.

Seriously, if I live long, and Steve Harris has close the book on Iron Maiden not long from now, the Maiden tribute acts would have an important part to play to sustain the needs of the Maiden fans all over the world.
So HATS OFF TO LED ZEP is playing in Singapore soon. I got a ticket, I hope I am able to go depending on my working shift pattern, and also its the RAMADHAN month. LOL!! (I hope my soul can still be saved. LOL!!)



Here is the text from 2013 article - http://www.thebelfastempire.com/event/hats-off-to-led-zeppelin/1989/

Macam aku cakap kat atas, BANYAK!, RAMAI! kumpulan2 dan artis2 aku minat aku takkan dapat tengok pasal, dorang dah takde lagi..
ada dah mati, ada dah berpecah, dan ada yang masih wujud tapi aku takkan dapat tengok yang betul.
Jadi apa yang boleh dapat?
Aku cuma boleh dapat tengok Tribute Bands.

Dan ini peluang untuk tengok satu tribute band Led Zeppelin yang memang dinobatkan sebagai antara paling terbaik.
HATS OFF TO LED ZEPPELIN, seperti artikel memang cengkeh band ni.
Aku tengok2 youtube awal tahun ni ada rakaman dari Greece, memang dahsyat No Quarters.

Aku tak tahu kenapa, setiap kali aku dengar lagu NO QUARTERS, aku rasa nak nangis.
Ada macam sesuatu di kerongkong. AKU RASA HIBA sangat.
Sebab tu aku suka sangat John Paul Jones, dia punya mainan keyboards menyentuh sanubari ku.

So, bulan puasa confirm, aku dah cek rota kerja aku.. aku kerja hari tu, tapi kerja pagi....
HAHA..
Aku masih teringat zaman2 dulu, SLAYER main kat Expo Singapore 10 malam terakhir RAMADHAN.
Buka puasa makan Burger King.
Terus SLAYER! SLAYER! SLAYER!! 
tu jam Slayer - Jeff Hanneman masih hidup, masih ada.. dan Dave Lombardo masih ada. 

Jangan cop aku jahat, SETAN, dan apa2 negatif bersangkut paut agama, bukan aku tak suka, tapi pasal aku sayang korang semua pembaca blog aku yang huru hara ni, pasal nanti takut korang wujud dalam hati perasaan sombong dan rasa korang lagi baik pulak. Bahaya.
Ni memang adat Melayu kan, rasa diri lagi baik, lagi agung, lagi prestige, dari orang lain. Dah sebati dalam orang Melayu.
Kita takde kasta terbuka macam kat India.
Tapi kita Melayu ada kasta yang tak diperasan orang and I fucking hate it.

Aku tak mau jumpa korang dalam oven nanti. Walau aku pun takut mati masuk oven.
Tapi aku harap love ones aku, famili aku, kawan2 aku yang gerek nak mampos baik alam nyata atau alam cyber semua tak masuk oven la. Amin.
Anggap je la aku nakal. HAHA.OK nakal macam kucing.. 
(Aku baru dapat wassap group ada hamba Allah ni baru meninggal hari ini, jatuh dalam bilik air, terhantuk kepala meninggal, dikhabarkan muda orang nya pasal aku tak kenal hamba Allah ni, begitulah kehidupan dan pengakhiran masing2)



atas ni aku tampal dari youtube tribute band Hats Off to Led Zep ni main No Quarters pun, aku dah rasa semacam punya Sayu masa keyboards start. Ni la lagu magik untuk buat aku kesedihan.
Untuk aku keyboards lagu ni ialah tersangat cantik. John Paul Jones adalah "water carrier" Led Zep Tukang angkat baldi band Led Zep.
Korang sapa sokong Arsenal ingat tak Gilberto Silva?
Aku sayang giler kat dia, kalau jumpa aku peluk dia.
Dia la pencacai.. dia la tukang basuh jamban pasukan Arsenal.
Turun naik turun naik, matikan bola pasukan lawan, jadi tukang pencacai team, jadi player lain boleh bebas buat sarkis bodohkan team lawan.
Sama la John Paul Jones.
Dan versi ni, minit 3:15 onwards masuk bahagian instrumental... aku nak tengok la. Harap dorang main lagu ni..

ok sesuatu yang rancak. Ni tempat sama Megadeth beraksi di Singapore tu hari, harap kerusi semua masih boleh duduk dan belum pecah dan sompek macam kerusi2 kat stadium bola Bukit Jalil. hahaha)

 


FINALLY...

For those of those who have the Maiden Remastered 1980-1988 box and are trying to stuff the stuffs into that RED BOX and cursing and swearing at Maiden for always making life hell for you,

there is a something nice to cushion your pain.

Email nicely to  customerserviceteam@warnermusic.com telling them your horrible predicament.
They will nicely email you back, and the rest is history.

My original box I got from Amazon UK I think, and this replacement box is from US, and I think the box looks similar. But at least, more space.

This is a sample of my email and the unboxing of the box. LOL!!
A million thanks to the staff at Warnermusic who had assisted me.

Kan........
PER ok
tahu apa tu PER??

Bukan PER MERTESACKER ok ( Ni gua punya CAPTAIN ok!! walaupun season ni satu game dia belum main, final FA Cup memang kalau? dia jugak gi ambik piala dengan Royalty kat Wembley. HAHAHA).

Tapi PERCUMA.

So....  ada rakan2 yang dah mencuba... nampak so far menjadi.. tapi jangan pos pulak buat hal. Tapi aku punye sampai masih elok kotak dia. Tapi aku pakai alamat Singapore untuk ni.
So korang try ok..

Jumpa lagi...

Led Zeppelin IV (the UNTITLED and no band name on the cover fourth album) - (2014 remastered version with companion disc packaging)

Macam aku cerita aku tak pernah ada album ni, so macam biasa aku sebelum beli sesuatu aku minat, aku tunggu dan carik versi apa yang paling bebaloi. Jadi kebetulan ni series dah mula keluar tahun lepas so aku beli la. Kalau korang dah ada, jangan beli pasal companion cd dia tak best walau packaging cantik.
Korang lagi baik pergi dengar segala tok nenek Led Zep main live lagi best. Dan pastikan tu semua bootlegs rakaman peminat2 yang rakam tahun 70an tu semua dan bukan yang dah melalui ""Sabotaj"" di tangan Jimmy Page sendiri seperti SRTS nye live album.

Agaknye kalau sapa2 tanya aku kalau nak dengar studio album Led Zeppelin, album mana nak dengar dulu, aku rasa aku akan cakap cuba dengar album ni.

Ni album ada beberapa lagu yang popular dan dikenali ramai, dan boleh di kata kesemua lapan2 lagu kat album ni semua gerek.

Ada lagu Black Dog – dulu2 aku tercarik2 apa nye yang Anjing Hitam ni lagu? Then dah dewasa aku baca buku rupanya dorang tak tahu apa nak beri judul kat lagu ni, abis tu kebetulan kat studio ada anjing hitam keluar masuk, so dorang namakan ikut anjing tu la, ohh rupanya takde la ada unsur2 sumbang ye kat lagu ni? haha...., 

ada lagu Rock N Roll, best kan lagu ni. Legend la lagu ni.

Dan jugak, album ni yang ada lagu Stairway To Heaven,
Dalam banyak2 Stairway To Heaven Led Zep aku paling suka yang versi Songs Remain The Same live tu, tapi tu pun lagu versi kat Songs Remain The Same Live album tu pun tak wujud sebenarnye, Jimmy Page campur2 lain2 show live Led Zep dia cantum2 edit untuk dapatkan versi kat SRTS nye album tu. Nak dengar Led Zep main live, ialah menerusi bootlegs peminat2.
Contoh seperti SRTS nye album tu, dah kena vandalisma oleh Jimmy Page sendiri. Tapi kita sebagai pendengar ok je la, suka.. tapi kalau yang “pendantic” gitu, tentu tak boleh terima Jimmy Page dah suka tok nenek dia mengedit segala permainan live mereka sendiri ikut selera dia.

Aku sangat kagum zaman tu tapers semua rakam live shows Led Zeppelin, dan sampai sekarang bootlegs Led Zep masih tersebar. Bila tersebar maknanya masih ‘in demand” ye tak? Tentu tak sangka ye tapers tu semua, apa jadi kat rakaman2 bootlegs mereka. 

Sebab tu aku rasa rugi sangat kita melayu tak bootlegs kan segala persembahan band rock melayu.

Serious aku cakap. Aku cuba la tape, dan taruk dalam youtube. Dulu aku ada tape Amuk main live semua full show, ntah mana hilang haha... Aku harap kita orang melayu pergi la bootlegs segala tok nenek persembahan band rock melayu tak kira famous tak famous.

Tengok ni sekarang, semua rakaman2 band2 legenda semua dicarik dan dianalis setiap persembahan mereka setiap persembahan, kerana terutama Led Zep setiap show dorang tak sama. Sebjijik macam Deep Purple. Contoh la korang dengar tiga2 malam Made In Japan... Berlainan sangat...walau setlist sama.

Ok, sambung,

Dan jugak, album ni ada lagu Battle Of Evermore yang cerita ada kait mengait ngan Lord Of The Rings jugak lagu ada pompuan nyanyi duet tu,Sandy Denny. Ada lirik pasal Wraith semua tapi aku tak tahu la gambaran Wraith yang dinyanyikan kat lagu ni sewaktu yang sedang naik kuda hitam atau sewaktu yang naik dragon hitam tu.... haha..
Anyway, ni album yang ada orang panggil “Four Symbols” pasal setiap anggota Led Zep ada simbol unik masing2 kan? Sebenarnye Sandy Denny pun ada kecik kat bawah tu...

Actually kat album Unledded, yang Jimmy Page ngan Robert Plant main ngan tradisional musicians Morocco tu semua, yang dorang bastard la kan tak ajak John Paul Jones, pun ada versi Battle Of Evermore yang dramatik giler.

ada lagu Four Sticks yang John Bonham main lagu ni ngan 4 batang kayu drum, jadi title lagu la 4 kayu? 4 batang? 4 batang kayu? haha.

Then ada lagu Going To California. Suka giler aku kat lagu ni. Sedap dan lembut. Kalau la kata satu hari aku dapat pergi California mesti aku ingat lagu ni ngan lagu California Dreaming. Lirik lagu ni siap ada pakai bunga kat rambut. Very the zaman dulu2 gitu.

Lagi... Misty Mountain Hop. Lagu ni gerek. Henjut henjut gitu.

OK tapi last song album ni aku sangat suka.. When The Levee Breaks. Ni kira macam lagu rakyat gitu, Led Zeppelin modify kot jadi style dorang. Leve tu Empangan kan? Bila Empangan pecah, air pun masuk, jadi air bah.. Aku suka lagu ni..

Alrite la eh, album Led Zeppelin IV ni, kalau ikut original album cover memang takde nama band pun, dan ni album memang takde nama pun. Tapi selalu kena panggil “IV” la. Empat, Four.
Kalau aku dengar lagu2 dari album ni aku paling teringat kumpulan Heart. Dorang bawak2 lagu2 Led Zep memang bulu roma ternaik. Best giler dan dramatik. Even masa Led Zeppelin dapat award apa ntah Heart bawak lagu Stairway To Heaven ngan anak John Bonham main drum, Barrack Obama ada ok tengok kat majlis tu.

Companion Disc dia takde sangat la yang menarik, lain2 mixing, tapi yang Battle Of Evermore tu ngan Going To California ada mix Mandolin / Guitar ni aku suka...

I always wonder how its like for people to go out and buy this album in 1971. 

This album dont have a title, and dont even have the band’s name on the cover originally. 

Great songs, and of course Stairway To Heaven. I love this album, so for the time being, I had completed unboxing, unwrapping the first FIVE remastered deluxe 2cd edition. Till the next time, to be continued... Its a wonder to finally listen to Led Zep album by album, and by the Jimmy Page box 1 and box 2 arrangements of the 90s boxsets.

Anyway, the companion cd is a bit dissapoinment, so if you have already this album, there is no need I guess. But if you never had one, or want a new upgraded copy, then this is very good to get.

For the rest of the first five albums that have been re-released, remastered and repackaged like the above, go here -
 http://deaf-angel.blogspot.sg/search/label/led%20zeppelin



Anyway Physical Grafitti has been announced. And yes, it will be another toy to play with, the cover I mean.. LOL!!!

the beautiful fonts of Stairway To Heaven is on here..

^Sandy Denny got her own logo design

Banjir & Led Zeppelin HOUSES OF THE HOLY (2014 remastered version with companion disc packaging)

Berapa hari ni aku cuba ikut perkembangan banjir teruk kat kawasan pantai timur. Harapan semoga cepat2 la banjir ni reda dan keadaan pulih cepat2. Tapi macam merebak lak. 
Nak sedapkan hati, aku cakap kat diri aku sendiri, hati aku cakap mangsa banjir ni semua akan 'bounce back in no time' and life will goes on. I mean, tak semua orang rasanya mampu menghadapi situasi cam gini.
Rasanya ni jumlah yang affected tentu lagi banyak banyak sangat, tapi angka rasmi dah pun sangat ramai dah..

FLOOD DATA BY STATE (in Malaysia)  Number of evacuees* from:

KELANTAN: 32,079  TERENGGANU: 30,147

PAHANG: 35,736  PERAK: 5,530

JOHOR: 201  KEDAH: 157

TOTAL: 103,850  (*as of Dec 26, 2014, 11am)

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OK, sambungan cerita perlahan2 Jimmy Page remastered balik segala tok nenek Led Zeppelin studio albums dan jadikan setiap album ada "companion disc" yang tersangat best dan gerek ngan versi2 lagu yang tak pernah didengar,  dan semua ngan packaging yang lawa2.

Seperti biasa aku pilih versi ni yang double cd ni, aku bukak semua ni, ambik gambar semua ni, tengok2, tampal sini, dan lepas tu dah aku dah tak pegang lagi. Aku rip semua jadi mp3, dengar dalam bas, dalam tren, jalan kaki, dan simpan dalam hard disk drives.

Houses Of The Holy ni album tahun dari 1973. Keadaan dan pandangan waktu tu mungkin berlainan. Seni dorang lain la ye waktu tersebut. Zaman sekarang kau buat album cover cam gini, mampos kena lahar, silap2 kena ban. OK la mungkin kena lahar je, kalau letak mata satu baru kena ban kot. Mike Swaziski Monster Inc tu ok lak tak kena lahar?? 

Anyway, apa aku tahu model untuk kulit album ni ialah dua adik beradik lelaki pompuan tu, budak2 kecik la dorang zaman tu. Dan tempat ni batu2 memang wujud.
Kat Ireland kot? lupa lak aku pernah baca.

Album ni... semua lagu gerek, tapi lagu "Rain Song", aku ada masalah sikit. Nak kena tengok mood, mood ada aku dengar, kalau takde mood yang sesuai, aku skip.
Album ni jugak ada satu lagu yang sangat menghantui aku. Aku tak tahu apasal setiap kali aku dengar lagu "No Quarter", aku rasa sebak sangat. Macam ada benda kat kerongkong aku gitu. Mungkin ni antara lagu paling feberet aku. John Paul Jones!!!!, dulu2 kan masa aku budak2, belajar dengar Led Zep, tengok foto2 Led Zep, aku paling suka John Paul Jones, dia memang geng baik kat lagi tiga ada sikit setan gitu, then lepas tu makin tahu, then makin menghargai apa sumbangan dan kepakaran kehandalan dia. Sedap sangat bunyik organ (synthesizer  piano) yang JPJ main untuk lagu "No Quarter" ni.
Album ni jugak, kalau korang dengar macam2 style la yang Led Zep bawak. Of Course paling terkenal ialah lagu D'yer Maker la ye tak? lagu style raggae gitu. Lagu style Funk joget2 gitu "Dancing Days".. Tapi of course la lagu2 rock yang best giler macam Over The Hills And Far Away, The Song Remains The Same dan lain2.

Dia tak angkat gitar, dia angkat budak tadi tu kot?

Companion Disc dia, takde la lagu2 yang tak penah dengar, tapi tetap terbaik ngan versi2 lagu sedia ada yang menarik yang tak pernah di-release sebelum ini.

Guitar reference nye mix untuk Song Remain the Same memang thrill giler. Dan sudah tentunya, No Quarter JPJ overdubs nye version yang takde nyanyian. Cuba imejin kan Jimmy Page joget2 lompat2 masa time lagu Song Remains The Same.... Siot la kalau dapat tengok Led Zep main live zaman awal 70an tu cammana agaknye... Happy2 tentu nye suasana persembahan dorang.

OK layan gambo... Anyway packaging cantik sangat. Takde nama band, takde nama album, takde senarai2 lagu pun kat luar packaging ni. Tapi ada cam kertas pembalut tu taruk nama band dan album aje. Nanti sambung, aku actually skip nombor empat nye...

Continuation of the Led Zeppelin Jimmy Page 2014 remastering and re-release with awesome Companion Discs in very fancy packaging of all kinds. This is my take on the unboxing/unpackaging/unwrapping of the 2cd version of The Houses Of The Holy which contains the most emotional, DEPRESSING Lump In The Throat Led Zep song ever for me "No Quarter".
The packaging is simply magnificent for this one. The companion disc, though it dont have any unheard songs or jams, is still exciting and thrilling due to the different mixes and overdubs versions.

To be continued...

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and continued........