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The arrangement also resembles the Small Faces track "You Need Loving". Genre: Rock. See also ''Ramble On'', with added Tolkien references. It features a variety of dynamics during the track, along with flanged vocals and wide-panned stereo guitars. [11][6] Production was entirely credited to Jimmy Page, with Eddie Kramer engineering. Led Zeppelin II is the second studio album by English rock band Led Zeppelin, released 22 … "[71] "As a two-disc set", Consequence of Sound's Michael Madden wrote, "this reissue is both a reminder of the original album's wallop and a closer look at the alchemy of a band increasingly attuned to ideas of progression. [47], Since its initial critical reception, Led Zeppelin II has earned several accolades from music publications, frequently ranked on critics' "best album" lists. Led Zeppelin II is the second studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 22 October 1969 in the United States and on 31 October 1969 in the United Kingdom by Atlantic Records. [26], The album was released on 22 October 1969 on Atlantic Records, with advance orders of 400,000 copies. This link will take you off Amazon in a new window, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 June 2016. Led Zeppelin - What Is And What Should Never Be [Live; Top Gear 6/29/69] (Official Music Video) 4:21; Led Zeppelin What Is And What Should Never Be Live At The Royal Albert Hall 1970 HD . Free postage. It quickly became a live favourite, being performed regularly from October 1969 onwards, and throughout the group's career. Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold. Last updated on 06 Aug, 2020 22:12:29 BST View all revisions. Later copies have dark brown color. Amazon Price New from Used from Audio CD, Double CD, 2 Jun. Tracklist Hide Credits. Label: Atlantic – K 40037. Flawless from the immense opener of whole lotta love to the closer of bring it on home, which are perhaps my two favourite songs on the album! Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 March 2019. If you do not want to accept all cookies or would like to learn more about how we use cookies, click "Customise cookies". [34], Led Zeppelin II has since been regarded as the quintessential heavy metal album. Some very heavy (for the time) and some almost acoustic. By 14 November 1999, Led Zeppelin II had shipped twelve million copies and was certified 12× platinum by the RIAA. [4] Each song was separately recorded, mixed and produced at various studios in the UK and North America. ''What Is And What Should Never Be'' demonstrates what Jimmy always used to burble on about in interviews about 'using light and shade'. 5:52; Led Zeppelin - FULL Heartbreaker - Madison Square Garden 1973. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 July 2017. Led Zeppelin II (1969) was their first number-one album, and yielded " Ramble On " and " Whole Lotta Love ". 5 on its list of The 25 Greatest Albums of All Time. Made in UK is printed under STEREO on label "Sleeve printed and made in England by Gothic Print Finishers Ltd., London, SE9" (inner cover). The second album by the English rock band. Description Postage and payments. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 December 2010. One single, "Whole Lotta Love", was released outside of the UK (the band would release no UK singles during their career),[2] and peaked as a top-ten single in over a dozen markets around the world. Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin is the first and only official illustrated book to be produced in collaboration with the members of the band. It was played live regularly throughout late 1969 and 1970. Lyrics are there of course, but as an integral part of the music, a music better appropriated tactilely, through incoherent sensation, than intellectually, literarily. Commercially, Led Zeppelin II was the band's first album to hit No. [23], The album sleeve design was from a poster by David Juniper, who was simply told by the band to come up with an interesting idea. Led Zeppelin II The early gatefold unlaminated cover is in light brown color. Yes, the eruption of Led Zeppelin into the rock music genre seems in retrospect a final, swaggering, defiant blast of the 1960's. LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin II LP 180g 2019 new mint sealed - NEW RELEASE. Page played twelve-string guitar and Jones played Hammond organ on the track. "[12] Page and Kramer spent two days mixing the album at A&R Studios. Led Zeppelin's second album developed the solid groundwork of their first album... and THAT album itself is arguably the best debut album by a rock group ever! The album's production was credited to the band's lead guitarist and songwriter Jimmy Page, and it was also Led Zeppelin's first album on which Eddie Kramer served as engineer. Price: £12.99 & FREE Delivery on your first eligible order to UK or Ireland. [13][14] Plant had his first songwriting credits on Led Zeppelin II; he had been unable to have his contributions to the writing process credited for the first album because of a prior contract with CBS Records. I converted my vinyl to MP3, but there were some jumps and crackles, so decided to get the CD version. It was the closing number of their live shows between 1970 and 1973, often extended to incorporate a rock'n'roll medley towards the end of the set. The track made good use of dynamics, moving from a quiet acoustic guitar in the opening, to a variety of overdubbed electric guitars towards the end. [17] It was finally issued as a single in 1997. "[44], The album was described as a "brilliant if heavy-handed blues-rock offensive", by popular music scholar Ronald Zalkind. ''The Lemon Song'' (Howlin' Wolf's ''Killing Floor'' slowed down and sleazed up) is a great demonstration of how, live, Zeppelin locked together like no one else, making all resistance impossible. I have been a fan since the first albu, but it was the second one which really blew my mind. First 1987 CD mastering [19127-2] - Barry Diament at Atlantic Studios, 1994 digital remastering (from the original master tapes) - Jimmy Page and, 2014 192 kHz/24 bit digital transfers of the original analogue tapes - Jimmy Page at Metropolis Mastering, London, This page was last edited on 22 February 2021, at 19:43. 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[19], "What Is and What Should Never Be" was primarily written by Plant. LZ II opens with the unforgettable "Whole Lotta Love". Seller 100% positive. Report item - opens in a new window or tab. Led Zeppelin II [Remastered Original Vinyl] Led Zeppelin (Artist) Format: Vinyl. [28], The album also yielded Led Zeppelin's biggest hit, "Whole Lotta Love". Sorry, there was a problem saving your cookie preferences. Led Zeppelin's arrangement includes a faster middle section in addition to the straightforward blues structure of the original. Ramble on preshadows the acoustic folky style to come in their next album, and is just epic. All items are quality guaranteed. © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Between the release of the band's first, eponymous album and this, their second, Led Zeppelin had completed four US and UK tours. Amazon Price New from Used from Audio CD, Double CD, 2 Jun. The album's cover designer David Juniper was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in 1970. Juniper replaced four of the flyers' heads with photos of the band members, added facial hair and sunglasses to some of the flyers' faces or replaced some with the faces of other people. Probably the result of limited time to present product to 'the man' at Atlantic, the band included this 4-minute romp across the skins by Bonham. On 15 November 1999, the album was certified 12× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales passing 12 million copies. With the release of deluxe editions of Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, and Led Zeppelin III, the band will launch an extensive reissue program of all nine of its studio albums in chronological order, each remastered by guitarist and producer Jimmy Page. When I was 17 years old in 1972 I was an apprentice electrician in Sunderland and I used to buy a vinyl album every week from my wages. Led Zeppelin II was a commercial success, and was the band's first album to reach number one on charts in the UK and the US. Since its release, various writers and music critics have regularly cited Led Zeppelin II as one of the greatest and most influential albums of all time. It's getting on towards 50 years old, but Led Zeppelin II is still fresh, alive and kicking. [13] Page's guitar solo in "Heartbreaker" featuring rapid-fire runs of notes tapped only by the left hand, was a major inspiration to the later work of metal soloists and "shredders" such as Eddie Van Halen and Steve Vai. £19.99. Plant performed the track live on his 1990 solo tour. The album's production was credited to the band's lead guitarist and songwriter Jimmy Page, and it was also Led Zeppelin's first album on which Eddie Kramerserved as engi… Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 February 2020, got it to up date from cassette still got cassette which works after 40 odd years. Choose from over 13,000 locations across the UK, Prime members get unlimited deliveries at no additional cost, Dispatch to this address when you check out, Buy a CD or Vinyl record and get 90 days free Amazon Music Unlimited. First issues with this label are described here Led Zeppelin II ℗1969 Atlantic Recording Corp. An Atlantic recording distributed by WEA Records Ltd. ©1971 This release has no number printed and no stereo logo on top of front sleeve. [19], Led Zeppelin performed "Whole Lotta Love" at every gig from June 1969 onwards. In 1970 they released Led Zeppelin III which featured " Immigrant Song ". LED ZEPPELIN ~ Led Zeppelin II ~ 1970s German vinyl issue of the classic 1969 LP. [31] He nonetheless conceded in 1970 that "Led Zeppelin simply out-heavied everyone" the previous year, "pitting Jimmy Page's repeated low-register fuzz riffs against the untiring freak intensity of Robert Plant's vocal. eBay item number: 254929027724. [19], "Ramble On" was written by Plant. Amazon's Choice for "led zeppelin 2 " Price: £16.22: See all 4 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. My personal favourite zep album. A1: Whole Lotta Love: A2: What Is And What Should Never Be: A3: Killing Floor. From this point on they'd be nobody's band but their own. [72] The reissue was released with an altered colour version of the original album's artwork as its bonus disc's cover. 4.8 out of 5 stars 2,786 ratings. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Its truncated studio cousin just replaces the rockabilly medleys with swooping theremin and rattling toms. Whole Lotta Love5:30 - 2. 2014 "Please retry" £12.99 . [52] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Sold by DVD Overstocks and sent from Amazon Fulfillment. John Mendelsohn wrote a negative review of the record for Rolling Stone, in which he mocked the group's heavy sound and white blues, while writing that "until you've listened to the album eight hundred times, as I have, it seems as if it's just one especially heavy song extended over the space of two whole sides". 1 in the US, knocking The Beatles' Abbey Road (1969) twice from the top spot, where it remained for seven weeks. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. [30] In The Village Voice, Robert Christgau jokingly referred to the band as "the best of the wah-wah mannerist groups, so dirty they drool on demand", while complaining that "all the songs sound alike", before assigning the album a "B" grade. 65 in April 1970. LED ZEPPELIN "Led Zeppelin II" Deluxe issue 2 LP set on 180g Vinyl in Tri-fold Sleeve.First disc is the original Album Remastered by Jimmy Page, the Second … Since the group could only enter the studio for brief amounts of time, most of the songs that compose II are reworked blues and rock & roll standards that the band was performing on-stage at the time. Led zep are still very much in touch with their blues roots here. [3] In 1990, CD Review ranked it sixth on their list of top 50 CDs for starting a "pop/rock" library; an accompanying blurb described the album as "white boy blues with a hard rock edge". [46] Blues-derived songs like "Whole Lotta Love", "Heartbreaker", "The Lemon Song", "Moby Dick", and "Bring It On Home" have been seen as representing standards of the metal genre, where the guitar-based riff (rather than vocal chorus or verses) defines the song and provides the key hook. "Whole Lotta Love" has since been critically praised as one of the definitive heavy metal tracks, though the group have never considered themselves to fit that specific style. Country: UK. Thank You21:28 - 5. On Led Zeppelin’s second album, guitarist Jimmy Page showed the world that he knew how to perform riff rock. 4:42; Led Zeppelin - Thank You. Engineer, Eddie Kramer, uses his expertise in taming the live guitar for the confines of a studio as Robert, Jimmy, John Paul and John rip through their raggedy book of blues standards and poppier exercises in sword and sorcey-tinged rock folk. Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. No serious rock fans can omit this album from their collection. Thankyou is heartfelt and beautiful, one of plants first songs. Details: See all 4 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. And, though Whole Lotta Love and Heartbreaker are the bona fide classics, even deeper cuts like Living Loving Maid (She’s Just A Woman), Ramble On, Moby Dick and Bring It On Home rocked hard and influenced many. 138K likes. This song reached No. Led Zeppelin II, newly remastered, and including an additional CD and LP of previously unreleased studio outtakes. Led Zeppelin II, released in October 1969, built upon their debut with a more direct, hard … The second album by the English rock band, originally released in October 1969. LedZeppelin2. [25], Juniper's design was based on a photograph of the Jagdstaffel 11 Division of the German Air Force during World War I, the Flying Circus led by the Red Baron. 6 comments on “ 588198 – Led Zeppelin II ” roger woodgate on January 2, 2013 at 6:42 pm said: hello. It was the last song the group ever performed live with Bonham, on 7 July 1980. Led Zeppelin II is the second studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 22 October 1969 in the United States and on 31 October 1969 in the United Kingdom by Atlantic Records. A good remaster of a quality recording. This trademark has only emerged clearly on the second album, and more and more I am coming to understand it as an artistic triumph. In November Ritchie Yorke reported in Billboard that while the album had achieved "staggering" sales, as a hard rock record it was considered unsuitable for North American Top 40 radio stations, who were "dreary and detached from the mainstream of contemporary rock music". In their second album the band learnt how to raise rock & roll excess into an art form. Some copies could have panel inside gatefold glued upside down, see pic (this comes with vinyl that has runouts variant 5). We work hard to protect your security and privacy. [17] Such arrangements and emphasis were at the time atypical in popular music. [33] The 2014 reissue of the album helped itself get back into the Billboard Top 10 when it got to No. [1] Six of the nine songs were written by the band, while the other three were reinterpretations of Chicago blues songs by Willie Dixon and Howlin' Wolf. Released: 1972. The sound is clear and well defined. It's quietly jazzy and pastoral, and then in the chorus it rocks like a mother. A good mix of songs. [15], "Whole Lotta Love" was built around a five-note Page riff. Mind you, the blues molestations more than make up for this slightest of hiccups. The album exhibited the band's evolving musical style of blues-derived material and their guitar riff-based sound. Led Zeppelin 2, in my view, was the best album ever released by Zeppelin, and one of the greatest ever in rock music. Keeping the music of Led Zeppelin alive through the live experience! Recording sessions for the album took place at several locations in both the United Kingdom and North America from January to August 1969. Recording sessions for the album took place at several locations in both the United Kingdom and North America from January to August 1969. Just compare this album with its contemporary "Abbey Road"... the Fab Four's effort seems pretty inconsequential alongside this rock masterpiece. [19][20][21][22], "Thank You" was written by Plant as a love song to his wife, Maureen. eBay item number: 293389289180. Seller assumes all … Unsurprisingly the album contained what would become the some of the band's defining live statements. This leaves the rockers like ''Heartbreaker'' (again a fine platform for a lengthy stage work-out), its lightweight follow-on ''Livin' Lovin Maid'' and the blues molestations. ''Bring It On Home'', Sonny Boy Williamson's already sleazy slouch is here picked up by the scruff of the neck and kicked across the room by Jimmy's new, turbo-charged riff. [24], "Moby Dick" was designed as a showcase for Bonham's drum solo. The group disliked the track, considering it to be little more than filler, and consequently it was never played live by the group. Notable tracks include the epic “Whole Lotta Love” constructed around a simple, head-banging-friendly guitar riff and the louder, more percussion-heavy “Moby Dick”. P&P: + £14.99 P&P . item 7 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin CD very good condition 7 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin CD very good condition . The riff was pilfered (from Willie Dixon) but still mighty. Seller 100% positive. See all 45 - All … On Led Zeppelin’s second album, guitarist Jimmy Page showed the world that he knew how to perform riff rock. i also understand that the very first copies had blue/green lettering on the spine. Style: Blues Rock. [23], "Bring It On Home" was a cover of a Willie Dixon song originally performed by Sonny Boy Williamson II. Buy with confidence from a huge UK seller, all items despatched next day directly from the UK. The song was edited down to a single in the US, where it became a top 5 hit. The lyrics were inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien, and similar themes appeared on subsequent Led Zeppelin albums. It was originally called "Pat's Delight" (after his wife) and features a variety of drums and percussive instruments played with bare hands as well as drumsticks. Led Zeppelin, II, III, IV, Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti With the release of deluxe editions of Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, and Led Zeppelin III, the band will launch an extensive reissue program of all nine of its studio albums in chronological order, each remastered by guitarist and producer Jimmy Page. 4.8 out of 5 stars 3,287 ratings. Juniper was a fellow student of Page's at Sutton Art College in Surrey. Heartbreaker25:43 - 6. The deluxe and super deluxe editions feature bonus material containing alternative takes, backing tracks and the previously unreleased instrumental, "La La". Unable to add item to List. The album helped establish Led Zeppelin as an international concert attraction, and for the next year, the group continued to tour relentlessly, initially performing in clubs and ballrooms, then in larger auditoriums and eventually stadiums as their popularity grew. A must have for any Led Zeppelin fan. The lyrics were taken directly from Willie Dixon's "You Need Love", which led to the group being sued for plagiarism, eventually settling out of court. The single's B-side, "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)", also hit the Billboard chart, peaking at No. 9. [23] It was never performed live by Led Zeppelin during their main career, but Plant has performed the song regularly on solo tours, and it was part of Page and Plant's live set in the mid-1990s. Some truly great tunes. [74] In Rolling Stone, David Fricke wrote, "the alternate takes highlight Robert Plant's ripening vocal poise and, in a rough mix of 'Ramble On', the decisive, melodic force of John Paul Jones' bass and John Bonham's drumming. "[7], Kramer later gave great credit to Page for the sound that was achieved, despite the inconsistent conditions in which it was recorded: "We cut some of the tracks in some of the most bizarre studios you can imagine ... but in the end it sounded bloody marvellous ... there was one guy in charge and that was Mr. The album was written on tour, during periods of a couple of hours in between concerts, a studio was booked and the recording process begun, necessarily resulting in spontaneity and urgency, which is reflected in the sound. Hey, man, I take it all back! The Lemon Song16:40 - 4. [7] Kramer later said, "The famous Whole Lotta Love mix, where everything is going bananas, is a combination of Jimmy and myself just flying around on a small console twiddling every knob known to man. It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness. Am having to resort to buying vinyl, so things sound exactly as I remembered them, and as they should be. Free postage. £4.00. [3] In 1989, Spin magazine ranked the album No. Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–9 on CD reissues. [15] Meanwhile, the album reached the top spot in other 5 national albums charts (including Canadian, Australian and Spanish albums charts). Last CD of a classic I’ll ever buy. We covered Led Zeppelin I in our last lesson, but with the rock-oriented sound of II came heavy riffs. i am intrigued by debates about the very first matrix numbers of led zep II. Lots of them! ''Whole Lotta Love'' was born to be played live. Try again. Listening nearly always makes me starry eyed. ''Thank You'' is a nod to Plant's West Coast predelictions. [19], "The Lemon Song" was a re-arrangement of Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor", which had become a regular part of the group's live show during 1969. Features the singles 'Whole Lotta Love' and 'Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)'. Led Zeppelin II is the second studio album released by Led Zeppelin. [15] In the United States, some commercially duplicated reel-to-reel copies of Led Zeppelin II made by Ampex bore the title Led Zeppelin II – The Only Way to Fly on their spine. Led Zeppelin received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II CD 1997 New Jewel Case & Front Cover ONLY **NO CD** £2.13 + £2.08 P&P. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Led Zeppelin = レッド・ツェッペリン* - Led Zeppelin II = レッド・ツェッペリンⅡ ‎ (CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Car) Atlantic , Warner WPCR-13131 It’s flat, absolutely flat. This is one fucking heavyweight of the album! Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II. Whole lotta love is one of zeps best songs, along with heartbreaker, with its epic guitar solo. Item specifics. It was mostly recorded live and expanded to include new lyrics, including the sexually-charged phrase "squeeze my lemon" which was borrowed from Robert Johnson's "Travelling Riverside Blues", which the band had played for the BBC radio show Top Gear broadcast on 29 June 1969. Oh, and ''Moby Dick''. [29], Critical reaction to Led Zeppelin II was not positive initially. Words like "seminal", "definitive" and "legendary" apply to this opus. These items are dispatched from and sold by different sellers. [19], "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)" was purported to be written about a groupie the band encountered while touring the US. Some of these were ill-equipped; one studio in Vancouver, credited as "a hut",[6] had an 8-track set-up without even proper headphone facilities. --Chris Jones, Find more music at the BBC This link will take you off Amazon in a new window. [7] A more favourable set-up was Mystic Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles with Chris Huston engineering. The cover also pictured the outline of a Zeppelin on a brown background (similar to the cover of the band's first album), which gave the album its nickname "Brown Bomber". Between the release of the band’s first, eponymous album and this, their second, Led Zeppelin had completed four US and UK tours. This is the sound of a band having its last major tussle with the genre that gave birth to them: The Blues. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 August 2020. Led Zeppelin II [Deluxe CD Edition] Led Zeppelin (Artist) Format: Audio CD. 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