Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same Reviews
Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same Reviews
107 of 115 people found the following review helpful: The Film Remains Slightly Better, By This review is from: Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same (Two Disc Special Edition) (DVD) This 1976 concert film is one Led Zeppelin item that really did deserve to be improved and expanded. In the November 2007 glut of new Zep products related to the film, this 2-DVD set is clearly the optimal purchase. (Note that this review was written after actually purchasing and consuming the item in question, which appears to be a real rarity so far.) The "Collector's Edition" DVD set adds merchandise that will only be of value to super-diehards, and the new edition of the soundtrack album is apparently built around the new remaster of the movie itself and displays some odd editing choices. I have always felt that the purely audio soundtrack of the movie suffers from the lack of visuals - for example, all 27 minutes of "Dazed and Confused" makes more sense visually because you can watch the theatricality of Jimmy Page's stage performance, while merely listening to the accompanying soundtrack can be tedious. To a lesser extent, the same goes for the extra lengthy "Moby Dick" because... Read more 121 of 135 people found the following review helpful: Major sound defect mars otherwise great Blu-ray concert., By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) Unfortunately the Blu-ray version of this concert has a 7-second long sound dropout in the TrueHD soundtrack at timecode 1:40:45 - all copies of the Blu-ray currently available are affected. The TrueHD soundtrack of the previously released HD DVD does not suffer from this dropout (nor does the Blu-ray's lower quality DD soundtrack), so it is clear this was an encoding goof-up on Warner's part. This type of QC problem is unacceptable for a product that costs $20, yet Warner has not mentioned any intention of fixing the issue. Hopefully they get on the ball and set up a replacement program for those who buy this defective disc. Note that the recent re-release of this disc still suffers from the dropout problem. Maybe the third time will be the charm... :\ 232 of 268 people found the following review helpful: Remastering is Great, Bonus DVD is Great...but the PACKAGING SUCKS!, By This review is from: Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same (Collector's Edition) (DVD) I'm a Zeppelin freak. I own everything they've ever released. Probably twice. I bought this the minute I saw it. Now I wish I hadn't. The T-Shirt inside is very thin and not at all an XL as it states on the tag. If it were an XL, I'd wear it with pride. As it is, my wife can wear it. (What kind of material is that, anyway -- gossamer?) But once the T-Shirt is removed... That's where the problem with the packaging comes into play. The T-Shirt is what held the DVDs and the extras in the box, which is a very thin cardboard to begin with. Take the T-Shirt out and you have a large space in the box. When you put back the DVDs, they rattle around in the box. If you take them out of the box, they're packaged in their own little sleeve, but the cardboard of the sleeve is very thin, too. If it was a heavier slipcase-like cardboard, it would be okay. But it's not. It barely stands up on its own. By the way, one item in... Read more |
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