The concert footage is early 1970s so what seemed quite grand then in terms of presentation is now a bit quaint. The stage is comparatively small and the band play quite close together. No video screens of course. The audience are seated amazingly and remain sitting! The fantasy sequences and visual effects are strangely 60s and frankly tiresome and a bit embarrassing.
The band are recognisably themselves - John Paul Jones with that stupid pudding bowl haircut, everyone else pre-dental remodeling. And the performances are pretty much as I recall seeing them at the time.
Page is fundamentally a pretty messy guitarist who tries to play too fast and makes lots of errors but the band certainly rocks. Today a band like Zep would have either prerecorded backing tracks or the odd session musician to supplement the band. But not here - to their credit it's all just the four guys.
The performances are pretty good - but funnily enough the reformation concert in Celebration Day to my ears is at least as good and better recorded.
Worth a look for fans despite the awful fantasy sequences
The band are recognisably themselves - John Paul Jones with that stupid pudding bowl haircut, everyone else pre-dental remodeling. And the performances are pretty much as I recall seeing them at the time.
Page is fundamentally a pretty messy guitarist who tries to play too fast and makes lots of errors but the band certainly rocks. Today a band like Zep would have either prerecorded backing tracks or the odd session musician to supplement the band. But not here - to their credit it's all just the four guys.
The performances are pretty good - but funnily enough the reformation concert in Celebration Day to my ears is at least as good and better recorded.
Worth a look for fans despite the awful fantasy sequences